Chapter 56

Hu Lao answered the phone.

On the other end of the line.

Zhang Chengfeng's voice sounded unusually agitated.

In the middle of the night, what are you doing...

"Hello? Chengfeng, it's so late—"

"Professor! Volcanic lightning! Volcanic lightning!"

On the other end of the line, Zhang Chengfeng's voice was panting heavily.

"Chengfeng, what did you say?"

Hu Lao froze, raised his hand to fumble for his glasses, and put them on his ears.

"Professor! It's volcanic lightning! Tonight! Changbai Tianchi! Volcanic eruption! Volcanic lightning has appeared!"

These words entered Hu Lao's ears with crystal clarity.

Now, he heard it perfectly clearly.

Hu Lao's eyes suddenly widened.

"What did you say? Changbai Mountain Tianchi volcano erupted?! And volcanic lightning appeared?! How is that possible!"

"It's still happening! Professor, I've sent you the link! Look quickly!"

But Hu Lao, at his age, never watched any kind of live stream.

Naturally, his elderly phone didn't have the Shark APP either.

The evening news interruption on Yang Shi had already passed by now.

Fortunately, Zhang Chengfeng had already recorded the screen on his end.

He sent it directly to the professor's computer.

Hu Lao held the phone, got up, went to the study, and turned on the computer.

When the video started playing on the computer.

Professor Hu Lao, with his messy Bai Fa, looked at the screen with eyes full of disbelief.

On the computer, the video from his student Zhang Chengfeng had loaded.

He was still over at the Geological Bureau.

"Professor! Did you see it?! Volcanic lightning! One of the research topics you've studied for so many years! It's recorded! It's recorded!"

"Chengfeng..."

Professor Hu Lao still looked at the lightning filling the screen beneath the mushroom cloud in the video with eyes full of disbelief.

"Can the source of this video be confirmed?"

"Professor! This is a live broadcast from the scene! It's a streamer's live broadcast! Two million people witnessed this moment!"

Professor Hu Lao's entire body shuddered.

He knew and understood this student, Zhang Chengfeng, very well.

Without absolute certainty, he would not have reported this to him.

Professor Hu Lao.

Is a leading figure in meteorology within Dong Guo.

The "Different Atmospheric Layer Meteorology Research Group" he led is the leader in national meteorological research, and because of his presence, Dong Guo University of Geology holds a leading position among national universities in the field of meteorology.

And the volcanic lightning that Zhang Chengfeng is talking about now.

In fact, is one of the research topics Professor Hu Lao has studied for over a decade.

But it has always been a difficult hurdle.

Because historically, since the birth of moving images, this spectacle has been captured only once.

According to foreign historical records.

There are a total of two records, but both are concentrated on the Soviet Volcano in Italy.

It was captured during its last eruption in 1944, consisting of a few photographs.

But the photography technology at the time was too poor; the images were blurry and black-and-white, allowing people to know only that such a spectacle indeed existed, but the research value was naturally limited.

Another instance traces back to the eruption in 79 AD, which also recorded lightning.

At that time, the massive eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, causing approximately 16,000 deaths.

Apart from this, there are no further records in historical materials.

At the end of the first decade of this century, the foreign BBC aired a documentary titled "Earth's Secret Paradise," which played a segment of the spectacle of a volcanic eruption accompanied by "volcanic lightning," which at the time sparked heated discussion among meteorologists worldwide.

But afterwards, it was proven that the footage was faked; later, the BBC itself admitted that it was spliced from two segments.

For so many years, while researching this topic.

Professor Hu Lao and his team had only those few pitiful black-and-white photos from 1944 on hand.

Moreover, they were copies!

And now.

Right before his eyes.

A video of crystal clarity!

Volcanic lightning!

Such a magnificent, such a beautiful spectacle.

It appeared before his eyes, so clear and distinct, just like that.

Professor Hu Lao could hardly believe his own eyes.

"Chengfeng, whose hands produced this video?"

"It's a streamer named Brother Shiguang on the internet; he came specifically tonight to watch the Changbai Tianchi volcano erupt, and just happened to be live-streaming this final scene!"

"Changbai Tianchi volcano eruption..." Professor Professor Hu Ke murmured.

On Zhang Chengfeng's end, he also gave a bitter smile. "Mentor, we didn't do our job well. A streamer predicted the Changbai Tianchi volcano eruption, and if it weren't for him, we probably still wouldn't have noticed anything..."

"You're saying a streamer predicted all this?" Professor Professor Hu Ke's eyes were full of disbelief.

"Yes... In fact, based on what we know so far, he should have accurately predicted this Changbai Tianchi volcano eruption several days ago."

"This is truly incredible. You know, volcano prediction is a very challenging thing with extremely low accuracy, yet he, several days ago, not only predicted it accurately but even confirmed the eruption would happen tonight!"

"And... at the same time as the eruption, a red moon and a lunar rainbow phenomenon also occurred..."

"Red moon? Lunar rainbow?" Professor Professor Hu Ke was stunned again. "Quick! Send me all the videos from your end!"

"This is simply... too incredible! To have obtained such precious data!" Professor Professor Hu Ke kept exclaiming.

Naturally, Zhang Chengfeng immediately sent all the previous videos of the volcano eruption, the red moon, and the lunar rainbow to the professor.

The old professor leaned over his computer, carefully watching the videos that had been sent.

The more he watched, the more excited he became.

Finally, unable to hold back any longer, he stood up, put on an outer coat, and went straight out the door.

On the way, his private assistant had already begun contacting other members of Professor Professor Hu Ke's team.

Professor Professor Hu Ke issued an emergency notice: Everyone, right now, immediately! Go to the conference hall on the third floor of the Meteorology Institute building for a meeting!

Changbai Tianchi.

Volcano crater.

After Ning Chen snapped the last few photos of the volcanic lightning.

Although the volcanic lightning in the mushroom cloud above the night sky had not yet stopped.

He had to leave.

This place was no longer safe to stand on.

A few seconds later, he would have been swallowed by the lava beneath his feet.

Ning Chen turned around and leaped over the massive boulders beneath his feet in a few steps.

He jumped up over a still-narrow stream of lava and landed in a safe spot.

Then, he ran toward the mountain behind him.

Meanwhile, in Brother Shiguang's live stream.

The viewers had not yet come to their senses from the miracle of the volcanic lightning before their eyes...

44. Clue Fragment: A complete photo