Jingzhe is a solar term that is often mentioned but also often ignored.
For most people in Yangcheng, they only find out when they look at the weather forecast or the calendar. A day with thunderstorms is the Waking of Insects!
No matter how many there are, there are none.
Among the twenty-four solar terms, they have little sense of existence.
Before the Waking of Insects, there was only some light rain in Yangcheng. As the Waking of Insects approached, there was not much time for the sun to rise.
The ungrounded tornado the day before the Waking of Insects brought a lot of topics, and it was still mentioned frequently until the Waking of Insects the next day.
The gloomy sky did not bring thunderstorm immediately.
People don’t think that today is so special and they just do whatever they should do.
I saw the warnings from the meteorological department and didn’t take them seriously. They were just thunderstorms. I got it, I got it! Don’t send them one after another!
Beside Green Lake.
In a seemingly quiet house.
Feng Yi moved from the basement to the stone path in the middle of the night, but he didn't move much. He stood there in his original form, feeling the humidity of the air and the surrounding environment.
At this time, instinct is the most reliable. Of course, follow the instinct and leave everything to instinct.
Feng Yi quietly sensed the surroundings and the larger space outside.
not enough.
It's not time yet.
It seems that there is still a lack of energy and the surrounding environment is not suitable. It needs to be accumulated for a while.
Doctor Xiao Wu stood guard outside the stone path and did not follow him in. He said he would not disturb Feng Yi, so he thought that standing here he should be able to observe the movement inside and achieve his goal.
I looked at the humidity monitor and saw that the humidity here had increased compared to the morning. Moreover, the humidity near the stone path was higher than that in other parts of the house.
For ordinary people, they will definitely feel uncomfortable after staying in such a high humidity environment for a long time. Xiaowu can still bear it. Even if it is uncomfortable, it will only be uncomfortable for one day and just bear it. It is not like staying in such an environment every day.
inside.
Inside the house, the housekeeper stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows and did not approach the stone path.
Several others also knew that today was a special day, as it was both Feng Yi's birthday and the time for Feng Yi to shed his skin.
Xiao Jia and the others are decorating the hall and waiting for Feng Yi to finish shedding his skin before celebrating his birthday.
After Xiao Bing put away the ingredients, he wandered over to the housekeeper and looked out the window.
Standing here, you can only see the scenery of the courtyard, not the stone path, let alone Feng Yi.
Xiao Bing was confused, "You've been watching here, worried about the boss? Why don't you go to the stone path with Xiao Wu?"
The housekeeper still looked out the window and smiled, "I would like to go there."
Xiao Bing poured a few cups of dehumidifying tea, one for each person in the room. Just as he was about to ask why, the housekeeper said, "Pour a cup for Xiao Wu, too."
Xiao Bing wanted to say, "Xiao Wu has been staying outside and has no intention of coming in to drink tea." But the housekeeper specifically mentioned this, so he poured another cup.
Maybe Xiaowu will come in for a cup of tea later when he is thirsty outside.
Xiao Ding held up the balloon: "Didn't you say there was a thunderstorm today? It hasn't rained yet, and I haven't heard any thunder."
Xiao Yi also said: "The moisture is very heavy, and there should be heavy rain soon."
Xiao Jia: “I just don’t know when the rain will fall.”
The housekeeper looked at the sky outside, walked aside, adjusted the dehumidifier in the room, and then returned to the floor-to-ceiling window again, looking at the sky outside, as if whispering to himself or telling others:
"Ever heard of an old rumor?"
"When the snake comes, the rain comes."
In a coastal city more than 100 kilometers south of Yangcheng, in a seaside villa.
A dozen young people are gathering together to have fun and have fun. They are having a party here.
They originally planned to take a yacht out to sea today, but they received several warning text messages from the meteorological department in the morning. They were hesitant, but after discussion, they felt that there was no big problem.
Turning off the positioning of their mobile phones to avoid being monitored by others, and forgetting the warning text messages, a group of people drove out on the yacht.
As soon as I went out to sea, I was stopped by the coast guard.
We have no choice but to gather here.
There were people barbecuing on the terrace outside, but it wasn’t raining anyway.
Several people in the room played a round of games and chatted.
"Just now, the weather station sent out another thunderstorm warning text message! Do you need to be so nervous? It's not typhoon season now. It's just a little rain and a few thunders. What's the problem?"
"The meteorological station will definitely be nervous. It has long been predicted that the weather will fluctuate in the past two years. There was a tornado in Yangcheng yesterday."
"That shitty tornado can't even be shaped! Yesterday I watched the most complete video and stared at it for 10 minutes. It couldn't reach the ground. I was so anxious that I wanted to just pull it off!"
"Didn't the experts say that the attempted grounding in Yangcheng yesterday was not a tornado? What is it called a tubular cloud? It's just a special case, just like that. I want to encounter one more. This sea here is too boring. I watch it every day.
It’s all the same.”
"Then you wait for the typhoon season. It won't be boring when the typhoon comes."
"I wonder? Typhoons happen every year, but tornadoes are different!"
Just as he was talking, the man who was half lying on the sofa with his legs swaying, the wine glass in his hand trembled, his eyes almost popped out of his sockets, and he raised his hand and pointed out the window with excitement:
"coming!"
"What's coming?"
Others looked in the direction he pointed.
On the distant sea surface, under the gloomy clouds, a funnel-shaped cloud column rolled up, extending downward from the bottom of the clouds.
"tornado!!!"
"It can't be done, it's just like the one in Yangcheng yesterday, it can't touch the ground at all..."
Before they could say anything more, the cloud pillar there was like a long dragon, protruding from the clouds, going down, and reaching the water.
Moreover, it’s not the kind of weak spinning in circles!
Even if they were far away, they could feel the water there being forcefully pulled up.
It is like a straw stretching from the sky, drawing water from the sea to the sky.
Suddenly there was a roar in the room, and people rushed out with their mobile phones in hand.
Being far away, they actually couldn't feel much wind here, and it wasn't raining now, so they all held up their mobile phones to find the best shooting position.
"Holy shit! Waterspout! Dragon sucks water!!!"
"An authentic dragon absorbs water! Isn't this better than the one in Yangcheng yesterday?!"
"The daily evaporation of seawater can no longer meet the needs of the clouds, so you just use a 'straw' to suck it?"
"With this momentum of pumping water to the sky, it's not a straw, it's a pump!"
"Well, next to it, is it going to roll up again..."
In the field of vision, not far from the waterspout just now, another long dragon quickly formed, winding out of the clouds and reaching the sea.
"Double...double tornado?"
"A spectacle! This is a spectacle!!"
"The last time I saw a double tornado on the Internet, someone took it near the equator a few years ago, right? I never expected that I could see it right in front of my house!"
"Hey, don't take my spot. I'll post it on Moments first and then continue filming!"
If it was a surprise just now, it is ecstasy now!
"Hahahaha! I'm just saying that I'm lucky. The tornado that didn't hit the ground in Yangcheng yesterday was nothing!"
"Wait! It seems...it's rolled up again..."
Some distance away from the first two waterspouts, a third waterspout also formed at an extremely fast speed, descending from the clouds and into the water.
Where the water surface contacts the tornado, it is torn into rotating water mist.
Immediately afterwards, further out on the sea, two long dragons fell one after another!
The noisy room suddenly became quiet.
If we say, they were "surprised" just now.
Now, it’s “fear”!
The vast sea surface, the gloomy sky that seems to be collapsing, and the waterspouts that have not dispersed...
Further away, it was no longer possible to see clearly, as the mist on the sea blocked the view.
This is only the range they can see. Are there other waterspouts forming further away on the sea that they cannot see?
It was originally a hot and humid environment, but now it gave them an eerie chill.
You can even hear the sound of your upper and lower teeth chattering.
This is a dream situation, right? Or a nightmare!
"Is the end...the end of the world coming again?"
"It's not the end of the world, it's a climate anomaly! The climate anomaly is here again!"
"The 6th mass extinction is coming!"
"Bah! Get away! What nonsense are you talking about! This is just...just...a small fluctuation in the weather!"
Someone took out his drone and controlled it to fly towards the sea, hoping to take a close-up shot. But it got caught.
Many other people living in this coastal area had seen what was going on at sea. Even if they didn't see it, they quickly learned about it from various channels. More and more people came out to take pictures.
The news that at least five waterspouts appeared in the area quickly spread online.
There are so many explosions. It’s surprising that waterspouts appeared in March, and there were so many of them as soon as they appeared!
The first reaction of the Internet public after seeing this: "Special effects?"
As more and more videos and photos appeared online, as well as live broadcasts, the authenticity of this matter was confirmed.
[It’s already so hot in the south? Is the strong convective weather so severe? Tornadoes are too frequent! 】
[Yesterday there was a tornado that failed to hit the ground in Yangcheng, and today there was another dragon sucking water in the sea. I suspect there is someone in the south who is going through the tribulation [dog head]]
[One straw can’t pump enough water? Can’t the water it pumps out be enough?]
[Only five? Doesn’t it mean that nine waterspouts have appeared somewhere before? 】
[Where is the Kowloon Scroll? Please video!]
[There are only five because only five waterspouts were photographed! The farther ones cannot be photographed. The sea surface is full of water mist and cannot be seen clearly from a distance! No one dares to go there!]
[Someone flew a drone over and was caught too close, but there is a close-up video [link]]
[No matter how many planes you fly at this time, they will all be given away in one wave! Tens of thousands of dollars will just be taken away!]
【Doomsday Situation!】
[Calm down, calm down. Meteorological station: It’s just an ordinary meteorological phenomenon]
[Normal meteorological phenomena should not appear at this time! It is understandable that it appears in July and August, but this is only the beginning of March! This is rolled up! 】
[I have a question, where does the pumped water go?]
[If you smoke so hard, will you catch fish?]
[Don’t just talk about fish, there are also hundreds of shrimps and crabs]
As a result, the serious meteorological issue was split in the middle. Some people continued to discuss it seriously, while others began to pay attention to the waterspouts that appeared on the sea surface and how much seafood they swept up into the sky.
When the Internet focused on the five waterspouts that appeared in the southern sea, Yangcheng was already facing dark clouds.
Inside a skyscraper in the city.
The upper part of the building is a hotel. A young businessman who came to Yangcheng on a business trip entered the guest room, opened the window screen and looked outside.
Outside the large closed floor-to-ceiling windows, you can see the flowing water vapor with the naked eye. If you can reach out, you can touch the clouds.
Looking further up, you can hardly see anything. It is already very close to the clouds. The weather is bad today and the obstruction is serious. If you live higher, your view will be completely blocked by the clouds.
The skyscrapers in this area were all built after the abnormal climate period. Each one is taller than the other. If it is sunny, the scenery will definitely be much better.
But it’s okay to watch the night view.
After handling a few work emails, he called his family.
"Yes, I've already checked in... I live on the 70s floor." He walked to the side and said, "I'm here to show you the misty clouds outside..."
When I opened the window screen, it was dark outside and I couldn't see anything.???
When I took a quick look, I didn't realize it, so I thought there was some curtain that was not open.
After coming back to his senses, he found the room controller and controlled the opening and closing of the curtains. After confirming that the curtains were not the problem, he turned off all the lights in the room.
Only dim light shines into the house through the floor-to-ceiling windows.
The lights had been on indoors before, and he didn't pay attention to the weather outside when he was working.
Looking at the time on my phone, it was only around two in the afternoon.
It’s already dark after two o’clock in the afternoon?!
outdoor.
The clouds were pressing down step by step, as if they were slowly swallowing the city.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and there was thunder coming from the distance.
The busy city will not stop because of this. There are lights everywhere in the darkness.
The clouds were constantly flashing with electric light.
The roar of thunder is deafening.
If it were during the typhoon season, this would be a relatively common thing, but now, it feels unusual.
In addition, yesterday's ungrounded tornado sparked a lot of talk and attention on the Internet. It was rare that some of the attention was diverted from the stopped waterspout gathering on the Linhai side to the "black clouds overwhelming the city" in Yangcheng.
[Damn it, are there people in Yangcheng who can survive the tribulation? 】
[It is said that spring thunder can wake up hundreds of insects, but now the thunder in Yangcheng can wake up even dragons, let alone insects!]
[Actually, if you look carefully, the wind outside is not particularly strong, it can’t be compared with the typhoon season, and there is no lightning. It’s just that the clouds are scary, and I feel oppressive just looking at the photos]
[In movies, this kind of scene is usually haunted by monsters [ooh]]
Under the gloomy and heavy clouds.
Inside the residence next to Green Lake.
On the stone trail, the moisture gradually increases and turns into mist, covering the entire trail.
Doctor Xiao Wu watched the white mist advancing towards him from the stone path. He originally thought that the humidity would increase a little, just like the mist from a humidifier. But when the white mist got closer, his breathing was blocked, as if he was drowning.
The feeling of suffocation is coming!
As a last resort, he could only retreat.
Don't talk about getting closer now, your life is in danger just standing there!
If that was all, he could have brought him a breathing mask for diving, but he felt an inexplicable pressure at this moment, which was still increasing.
There seemed to be an invisible wall in front of me, making it impossible to get close.
By this time, Xiaowu also understood in his heart that he had to give up the original observation plan and return to the house for safety reasons.
Even if you are indoors, even if there is an indoor air circulation system to maintain the temperature, pressure and humidity, you can still feel the cool air flow, making the hairs on your whole body stand up.
Xiaowu's movements did not escape Feng Yi's perception, or in other words, all the objects around him, living and non-living, could not escape his perception.
Not just the ground.
Feng Yi could feel that there was invisible energy shrouding the clouds, gradually forming a suitable and stable environment with the ground.
The energy stored in the body finally becomes active.
The upper body, which originally looked like an ordinary person, has scaly lines, layer upon layer, from the torso upwards, arms, fingers, neck, face... until the entire upper body.
The fingertips covered with scales and the sharp claws made of bone are covered by water mist, like a cold blade lurking in the dark.
A golden stream of light that seemed to contain huge energy flashed in the gaps between the scales.
The eyes were originally covered with a blue-white film. Suddenly, a long and narrow gap opened up at the pupil, like a crack caused by strong energy. With the erected pupil as the center, the covering film
Gradually disintegrates, then turns into dust and disperses into the water mist around the body.
The tendency of disintegration continues to expand outward from the eyes.
It's like a layer of aging skin is peeling off and decomposing from the body surface.
The huge snake's tail broke free from its restraints and swung in the mist.
From the sky, the rain finally fell. Not urgently, not slowly.
The wind is strong but not violent.
The sound of thunder remained the same, as if it was about to wake up all the dormant creatures on this continent.
Seasons change and come again and again. No matter where you are, in the cold zone or the tropics, nature has its own rhythm.
The wake of hibernation has arrived, and recovery has begun.
Yanghe took place and has become increasingly prosperous since then.
His vertical pupils, which were a bit colder than usual, moved and he raised his head slightly.
The scale-covered claws swung upwards, disrupting the balanced and stable environment formed by the sky and the ground.
The gloomy and heavy clouds cracked into zigzag cracks.
The afternoon sunlight passed through the cracks and leaked down obliquely.
The rain lines are all dyed with a layer of gold.
Feng Yi stretched out his arms and stretched his body.
After shedding, my whole body feels much lighter.
The scale pattern that appeared on the upper body slowly disappeared, the active energy gradually subsided, and the sharp claws returned to a harmless state.
Feng Yi looked at his fingers that had returned to their original shape, then looked at his body and tail. After everything calmed down, his body shape seemed to be no different from usual. However, he couldn't see everything right now. He would go upstairs and take a closer look in the mirror later.
The water mist on the stone path has dispersed.
Feng Yi walked out from the path and walked out of the shelter.
There was a waterproof locker standing outside, and the housekeeper placed clothes inside.
Feng Yi returned to his human form, put on clean clothes, and prepared to enter the house. The people inside were still waiting to celebrate his birthday, and he could already smell the aroma of the kitchen.
After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped and Feng Yi stepped aside to avoid it.
A palm-sized fish flopped down in front of me.
Feng Yi stared at the fish on the ground, his sharp and cold eyes rarely showing obvious confusion:
Who threw it?!
Don’t you know that throwing objects from high altitude is punishable by law?!!