Chapter 143: Nationwide Blackout in Japan

Of course, under normal circumstances, aside from shutting down nuclear power plants, this thing is useless.

As long as it isn't activated, it will have no effect on Blue Star.

Of course, during special times of war, its utility becomes immense.

It can render every nuclear missile on the globe ineffective.

Ultimately avoiding the outcome of humanity destroying itself.

With this thing present, even if the artificial intelligence Skynet from the Hollywood movie The Terminator wanted to destroy Blue Star,

it would have no way to do so.

Because even if all the nuclear missiles across the globe were truly launched,

When these nuclear bombs reached the ground, they would only smash out a large crater.

Honestly, this thing was more like installing a safety insurance policy for Blue Star.

"Host, you can use hyperspace teleportation to send it to the Earth's core!"

The system provided usage instructions.

"Then teleport it!"

Lin Yi said.

Immediately after deducting 5,000 dollars, the silver rod disappeared from the system space.

And he gained control over this device.

When he chose to activate this instrument, the core of Blue Star began to change.

It must be known that the total mass of Blue Star's core accounts for 31.5% of the entire planet's mass; since it lies at the deepest part of the Earth, the pressure it withstands is far greater than that on the crust and mantle.

In the outer core layer, the pressure has already reached 1.36 million standard atmospheres.

In the inner core, it reaches as high as 3.6 million atmospheres, a pressure unimaginable to humans.

This equates to bearing 1,770,413 tons of pressure per square centimeter; under such conditions, even the hardest diamond would become extremely soft.

However, under this immense pressure,

the three-meter silver rod, or rather the high-energy particle eliminator, remained completely unaffected.

And as Lin Yi activated this device,

the silver rod suddenly began to expand; its originally smooth silver surface sprouted needle-like spikes.

Yet these spikes seemed capable of proliferation, frantically spreading outward in all directions.

Eventually, they formed a silver sphere resembling a hedgehog.

At the tips of these spikes, beams of blue light flashed continuously from top to bottom.

Meanwhile, Lin Yi could view the global distribution of high-energy particles through this instrument on the system's virtual screen.

Those densely packed red dots represented nuclear power plants scattered across the globe.

However, compared to the dispersed nuclear power plants of the Dragon Nation,

those across the sea in Little Japan were simply a dense, crowded mass.

A small island nation possessed at least over twenty nuclear power plants.

This count did not even include the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant that had suffered an accident.

Sitting in the office of Fengyi Technology at the Songjiang Entrepreneurship Center,

Lin Yi curved the corners of his mouth and smiled:

"Then let's test the effect!"

With a single thought from him,

the particle elimination device in the Earth's core immediately began operating.

The next moment, invisible waves penetrated the mantle, heading toward the islands of Little Japan.

As these invisible waves passed over the entire archipelago of Little Japan,

people noticed no abnormalities whatsoever.

However, those watching television would discover that their screens had suddenly jittered for an instant.

Then everything returned to normal.

Such a minor change naturally failed to attract people's attention.

After all, it seemed as normal as electromagnetic interference.

But soon, a scene that terrified every nuclear power plant in the island nation occurred.

For instance, the Tomari Power Plant in Furubira District, Hokkaido, utilized three pressurized water reactors with a total output of 2.07 million kilowatts.

Komura Hikokazu was an ordinary employee of this Hokkaido Electric Power Company.

Although the work here was boring, requiring him only to watch the instruments and record data daily,

compared to some corporate slaves in other companies, Komura Hikokazu remained very satisfied with this job.

Today, like any other day, Komura Hikokazu was on duty.

He watched the instruments as usual, thinking about doing something interesting with his newly met girlfriend after getting off work.

But at this very moment, he suddenly heard an alarm sound.

It must be known that in a nuclear power plant, the appearance of such an alarm usually indicates a very serious situation.

He glanced over in panic and discovered that the reactor data were plummeting rapidly.

The speed of this decline was extremely terrifying.

Instantly, Komura Hikokazu's face turned pale.

It was not that only soaring reactor data indicated problems;

in reality, any drastic change in reactor data

was extremely frightening for nuclear power plant personnel.

Because this signified that the control rods might have malfunctioned, affecting the nuclear reaction rate.

Thus, Komura Hikokazu immediately reported the situation upward.

Soon, senior executives of the nuclear power plant arrived at the control room, yet by then the reactor data had already dropped to zero.

Moreover, no matter how they manipulated the control rods, the reactors showed no response whatsoever.

Although experts, after investigation, confirmed there was no danger of explosion,

the question remained: why had the reactors suddenly extinguished?

Coincidentally, all nuclear power plants in Little Japan had simultaneously shut down.

Instead, the thermal power plants in Little Japan remained completely unaffected.

At this moment, the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, responsible for electricity, was frantic like ants on a hot pan.

Because if these nuclear power plants did not resume operations soon, the entire grid's stored electricity would be depleted.

By that time, Little Japan would suffer a nationwide blackout.

And that time would not be long in coming.

However, no matter how much they investigated, even experts in nuclear power found nothing.

They still could not understand why all the nuclear power plants had gone on strike.

This bizarre incident even filled many people with dread.

Many even began to wonder: Could this be the punishment descended by the gods after the Fukushima nuclear disaster?

One hour after the incident occurred,

none of the major power companies had any way to restart the nuclear power plants.

Thus, widespread blackouts quickly began across Little Japan, stretching from Tokyo all the way to Hokkaido.

Throughout all of Tokyo, only a few areas remained unaffected.

This was because they relied on electricity from thermal power plants.

However, this amount of power was merely a drop in the bucket, capable of supplying at most the equivalent of 1.85 million households.

For Tokyo's population of 18 million, this amounted to only one-third of the required electricity.

So that night, across the entire territory of Little Japan,

viewed from satellites, the country appeared pitch black,

with even the bustling Tokyo showing only scattered lights.

At this time, many citizens of Little Japan did not feel alarmed, assuming the power department would restore electricity soon.

But what they did not know was this:

From today onward, Little Japan would never again have the possibility of using nuclear power.

Naturally, if they wished to wait for Little Japan's power supply to return to normal,

they could only choose thermal power generation; but given Little Japan's current mode of power supply, that would take at least several months.

Until then, many people in Little Japan would have to endure a long period of life without electricity.

What was even more critical was that, due to the sudden loss of power,

most of Little Japan's Shinkansen lines halted operations, trapping countless commuters on the platforms.

Bustling areas like Akihabara and Shinjuku's Kabukicho would be plunged into darkness at night.

Even the pachinko parlors, beloved by the people of Little Japan, had to shut down due to the lack of electricity.

It could be said that Lin Yi's single attempt,