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Chapter 224 Gu Mian vs. the Thunder and Lightning King!

The commotion started in the first-floor living room and quickly spread throughout the entire hotel.

The sounds of hurried footsteps, shouts, and cries mingled together, but were quickly extinguished by the sound of wind coming from outside the hotel.

The windows in the corridor were shattered by the strong wind.

The sound the fat man just heard was the sound of a window breaking.

At this moment, a strong wind, accompanied by torrential rain, swept through the entire corridor. People who were resting in the corridor screamed and ran towards the stairs. The doors at the top of the stairs were constantly being opened and closed by the strong wind, hitting the walls and making a loud banging sound.

The fat man peered through the peephole, still shaken, and asked, "The whole city is without power. Is this temporary?"

Gu Mian shook her head: "I'm afraid not."

Just then, a bolt of lightning suddenly struck from the sky, almost hitting the roof of the dilapidated building, startling the fat man.

Of course, the thunderclap also startled others. Gu Mian heard panicked screams coming from the first floor. The sounds rose and fell, and were even quite melodic.

Immediately afterwards, the boss's voice came from below: "Don't panic! Don't panic!"

Gu Mian looked out the window again.

The wind was really strong tonight, and there were constant banging and crashing sounds coming from the road, as heavy objects were being blown around by the wind.

The slightly taller trucks, seemingly due to the large area of ​​force they were subjected to, tipped over on the side of the road with a thud; not to mention the small tricycles and electric cars, which had already been blown about by the wind without human intervention.

The glass was vibrating incessantly, as if it might shatter at any moment.

The fat man reached out and tugged at Gu Mian: "Doctor, move away from the window..."

Gu Mian took a step back and then looked at the announcement board on the game panel.

There was nothing on the bulletin board.

Just then, a sound like something falling to the ground came from afar. A heavy object fell with a "thud," and immediately, many more sounds of almost the same came from behind.

"Damn it!" the fat man cursed. "This looks like a typhoon! A typhoon in this month? Are they crazy?"

Gu Mian stroked her chin: "Something unusual must be going on."

Gu Mian glanced at the clock on the wall. It was 2:35 a.m., a good time to sleep, but no one should be able to fall asleep at this hour.

Thinking of this, Gu Mian looked at Chu Changge and Fatty: "Are there any players in your friends list who are not in this city?"

The fat man thought for a few seconds: "That female celebrity... her name is Xiao Qiao, she should still be in the capital."

Gu Mian nodded: "Ask her about their current situation."

The fat man was very efficient and immediately opened the friends panel.

He clearly didn't expect the other party to be just as efficient as he was; he received a reply in less than five seconds after sending the message.

[Xiao Qiao]: It's windy and rainy here.

[Xiao Qiao]: The entire building in my building is without power. There's nothing that can emit light in my line of sight except for the supermarket in the game...

The fat man's lips trembled as he looked at the two messages.

At this moment, Gu Mian was also sending messages to her friends.

He didn't have many friends, but he could always remember one or two when he needed them. Captain Feng, the police chief of Lianhua City, was still on his friend list.

This person also replied instantly.

Gu Mian had just inquired about the situation when they replied. [Captain Feng, Chengdong Police Station, Lianhua City]: Don't even mention it! I was just sleeping when I was woken up. A dozen people messaged me saying there was a strong wind and a power outage.
[Captain Feng of Chengdong Police Station, Lianhua City]: This is a sudden strong wind that started tonight, like a typhoon. It was so sudden. We've never had anything like this before. There's a power outage throughout Lianhua. It sounds like you're experiencing strong winds over there too.

Gu Mian looked at the two messages and thought about them for a while before closing her friend list.

The fat man, still shocked, reminded him, "Doctor, you haven't replied to them yet..."

Gu Mian: "..."

Chu Changge's voice rang out from the side: "It's clear that this is a large-scale typhoon combined with a power outage. It could be a regional power outage, a nationwide power outage, or even a global power outage."

The noise downstairs was still quite loud.

Gu Mian heard the boss shouting desperately to maintain order, but the curses and cries continued to come, almost drowning out the sound of the wind outside for a moment.

The fat man's scalp tingled: "A global blackout... what's going on?"

What is this for?
Obvious.

Gu Mian stroked his chin: "At the same time, typhoons made landfall in different locations all over the country, some hundreds of thousands of miles apart, and then all of them lost power..."

What are they trying to do?

The torrential rain pounded against the window, and menacing flashes of lightning occasionally streaked across the sky. The lightning illuminated Xiao Hong's face on the sofa through the window, making the atmosphere even more terrifying.

Chu Changge also looked at the glass window that was constantly shaking from the wind: "I'm afraid the power will not be restored this time."

The fat man scratched his head: "If there's no electricity, people will die, right?"

Modern human life relies almost entirely on electricity; life without electricity... is simply unimaginable.

Chu Changge continued, "This is Earth's doing."

This global game can certainly have an impact on the real world, but most people haven't thought about it in that way.

Gu Mian stroked her chin: "I guess the supermarkets should have stocked some new and interesting things by now, things related to this power outage."

Upon hearing this, the fat man seemed to understand something: "Electricity?"

Gu Mian put down her hand: "Most likely, but of course they won't sell you electricity directly. Only the Thunder King would sell it that way. I guess they'll put electricity on the market in some other form... like an electricity card."

Of course, this kind of item may not be available in supermarkets, but may only be obtained in dungeons.

Gu Mian still remembers that the original intention of this game was to make humans evolve. Humans evolved from apes because of danger and scarcity of resources. This time, Earth obviously wants humans to repeat the old path of apes.

In an era of resource scarcity, people scramble for resources and continuously develop the potential of the human body, thereby completing evolution.

Chu Changge glanced out the window.

The gale and torrential rain showed no signs of stopping. Neither of them was willing to leave first, so the unfortunate players could only huddle together and shiver in the terrifying rainy night.

Gu Mian stroked her chin again: "This time it's electricity."

The fat man paused for half a second, then repeated, "This time?"

"Hmm," Gu Mian nodded, "I suspect that Earth will continue to take things back in the future, eventually leading to the situation where we can only obtain the resources we need from supermarkets or dungeons. This time it was electricity, so what will it be next time?"

The fat man gasped, "Speaking of which... this typhoon must have destroyed a lot of crops, right?"

Ah! Ah—ah~~~
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