Chapter 32: Getting Struck by Lightning!

"Rumble..."

Yanhai City, the Zoo broadcasting room.

The distant thunder exploded, its sound like a muffled drum, rapidly echoing through the air.

At this moment, Wang Chengyu, Jiang Tao, and the others were still standing by the window, watching the celestial anomaly in the sky.

"Whoa... that thunder is no joke!"

From time to time, Wang Chengyu would feel his heart tremble from the distant thunderclaps.

He couldn't help but click his tongue, chatting with Jiang Tao beside him as if watching a spectacle.

Just then, a massive, giant-like dark cloud on the horizon suddenly unleashed a bolt of lightning.

The branching, tree-like limbs of the lightning and its brilliant radiance were etched into everyone's eyes in an instant!

"Hey! Look, quick!" Wang Chengyu held his phone for the livestream in one hand and pointed at the horizon with the other.

The image of that magnificent lightning tree seemed to linger in his eyes, refusing to fade.

This was the first time Wang Chengyu had seen lightning so clear.

Moreover, it seemed to carry a sense of dread.

It felt as though even watching from a distance, one could vaguely sense the majestic power carried within that lightning!

"Everyone, did you see that just now?!"

"Such a thick bolt of lightning! It just struck straight down from the clouds!"

"And those branches were so long! It looked like... it hit the ground directly!"

Wang Chengyu spoke excitedly, his mood as agitated as if the apocalypse had arrived.

As he was narrating his excitement, Jiang Tao was also slowly raising his phone to take photos.

Since it was a rare sight, Wang Chengyu immediately spoke up

"Tao, take a few shots for me too. I'm livestreaming on this phone."

Hearing this, Jiang Tao glanced at him.

Only then did he notice the excited expression on the other's face, and he couldn't help but ask

"What are you so excited about?"

"Sigh, don't you know?"

Wang Chengyu gave him a knowing look and said meaningfully

"If the apocalypse comes, fat guys with my build are usually the ones who thrive... hehe."

As he spoke, some unknown image surfaced in Wang Chengyu's mind, and he asked back

"Right? Isn't that how it's always played out in cartoons?"

Hearing this, Jiang Tao seemed to realize something. He frowned and said with a hint of disdain

"You... you should watch less of that stuff that isn't allowed on children's channels."

With that, Jiang Tao raised his phone again to take several photos of the lightning surging through the clouds.

However, while holding the phone, a thought flashed through his mind.

Jiang Tao froze for a moment and asked Wang Chengyu

"The direction where the thunder just struck... which way was it?"

"It seemed... to be the south," Wang Chengyu responded, recalling it himself.

He had glanced at a map earlier; it seemed there was a natural scenic area to the south of the zoo.

He paused, exchanging a look with Jiang Tao.

"Eh? Didn't Ye Qing report it? Did those human traffickers say they were running that way?"

With that, both of them turned their gaze toward Ye Qing in unison, seemingly wanting to confirm a random thought.

However, Ye Qing was staring blankly out the window and said to them earnestly

"Huh? Isn't that way north..."

"I remember the main entrance of the zoo is right over there, isn't it?"

Hearing this, both Jiang Tao and Wang Chengyu were rendered speechless.

Having learned just how poor this girl's sense of direction was, Jiang Tao said helplessly

"Sis, the main entrance of the zoo faces southeast..."

"Sigh... forget it. Even if we ask, it's useless."

"We can't get involved in the rest; we can only wait for the police to handle it."

After saying that, Jiang Tao turned back to look at Lin Nan.

He saw that Lin Nan was still standing in place, eyes slightly closed, lips moving silently.

"Hiss... is Brother Nan okay?"

Seeing this, Jiang Tao couldn't help but mutter.

Hearing this, Wang Chengyu glanced at the boy's mother standing in front of Lin Nan.

She was no longer wailing loudly; instead, she was weeping softly while praying devoutly.

Seeing this scene, Wang Chengyu turned his phone back and whispered

"You don't understand. With Brother Nan here, it's at least a form of comfort for this mother."

"Look at her now; it's better than her just sitting there crying her eyes out, isn't it?"

Following Wang Chengyu's explanation, Jiang Tao and the people in the livestream felt it made sense.

After all, under the current circumstances, there was very little they could do.

Not walking away was already considered more than enough.

However, they thought Lin Nan was merely putting on an act to provide a bit of psychological comfort to the mother who had lost her child.

Little did they know, Lin Nan was still performing the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder Technique!

And through the silent recitation of the mantra, his consciousness was staring intently at the location of the human traffickers!

Seeing these traffickers escape into the scenic area, with the pursuing police cars having lost their target, Lin Nan took a deep breath. He had already experimented with lightning arts last time and had absolute control over their power. Having confirmed he could avoid harming the child, he was certain this time would be foolproof.

Thus, his fingers moved rapidly.

With his fingertips dancing, he swiftly changed his hand signs, grasping another lightning mantra, and thought in his heart

"Bing Fire Yang Lightning... Fall!"

Rumble—

As Lin Nan's mental command echoed, the thunderclouds gathered on the horizon hummed once more.

It was as if an endless, majestic power was constantly churning and intertwining within the clouds.

The mere strange noise emitted during the gathering of the lightning made the hearts of all living creatures on the ground tremble!

"Oh boy, why again..."

Wang Chengyu shuddered in fear, muttering to himself.

...

"Hehe, I told you not to panic. Do you think they can catch us?"

"Once we enter this forest, we've basically got one foot on the shore."

As the car sped into the scenic area, the human trafficker in the driver's seat said triumphantly.

Seeing the surrounding mountains and forests were dense, and after several winding turns, the flashing warning lights were long gone.

Even the piercing sirens seemed to be blocked by the forest, their sound greatly diminished.

They had actually managed to shake them off.

For a moment, the three traffickers in the car all wore arrogant smiles.

However, this situation did not last long.

"Rumble—"

Just as they relaxed, a terrifying, muffled sound rang out from the sky once more.

In an instant, the sound struck their hearts like the beating of a drum!

Especially Sang Biao, whose hair stood on end all at once!

In his previous daze, he had already witnessed the abnormality of this thunder.

Particularly that bolt of lightning that had struck so close to the front of the car!

It had already left him with psychological trauma, and now his heart was in his throat again!

He immediately reached out to grab the back of the passenger seat, thrusting his head into the gap between the front seats.

This sudden movement startled the two traffickers in the front.

"Damn it, you bastard! Sit properly! What are you sticking your neck out for?"

Under his accomplice's angry cursing, Sang Biao couldn't even muster the energy to get angry.

He swallowed hard, struggling to tilt his head up to look at the dark clouds through the windshield.

"Something... something isn't right. I feel like..."

Before his words could even fall, a faint, ethereal voice echoed from above the clouds.

"Bing Fire Yang Lightning, Fall!"

The next second, a thick bolt of lightning condensed once more directly above their heads!

Sang Biao's eyes widened as a thick, long bolt of lightning descended from the clouds!

And that lightning was continuously expanding within his pupils!

In an instant, the dazzling, blinding light of the lightning illuminated the entire world.

It even illuminated the three traffickers in the car, turning their faces deathly pale!

"Boom—CRACK!"

With a burst of exploding electrical sound!

A bolt of lightning, at least three meters thick, struck directly onto the front of the van!

In an instant, the fierce and majestic power of the Yang Lightning struck the metal, erupting into dazzling sparks!

"Sizzle—"

Immediately following, countless lightning snakes raced rapidly along the body of the car, making one's scalp tingle!

But everything happened too fast; before any flames could be seen, the strike of the scorching Yang Lightning directly melted the front of the van into molten, lava-like iron!

The van, which had been driving, was abruptly brought to a dead stop!

Under the violent impact, the front of the car slammed heavily downward, while the rear was lifted nearly a meter into the air!

Because they had to slow down for frequent turns in the scenic area, the speed was much lower.

But even so, under the violent jolting, the three traffickers in the car were thrown about, bleeding and battered.

"Bang! Bang! Crash!"

As the three traffickers were struck by the heavy impact, they all nearly lost consciousness.

The one in the driver's seat slammed his head into the windshield, unable to even let out a wail.

The dazzling lightning flashed and vanished, leaving a foul, burnt smell in the air, while the molten iron from the front of the car continued to drip onto the ground.

The area from the front of the car to the ground, spanning a diameter of three meters, was all scorched black by the strike!

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(End of Chapter)