"[I wish to live like a teor streaking across the sky, with edges and angles, and still able to shine brightly.]"
ng Lang read this sentence and sighed softly.
When ideals are replaced by harsh realities, one might end up accepting life’s imperfections, gradually smoothing out the enthusiasm and edges of youth, uttering such thoughts.
Although unntioned, under the pressure of the apocalypse drawing nearer each day, ng Lang must have exhausted all his efforts by now.
The saddest thing in the world, no doubt, is feeling sympathy for oneself...
Putting aside his emotions, ng Lang looked at this book "teor" very carefully several tis with a serious face.
He had at last lived again until 2043, and as planned, he conducted environntal monitoring.
It was both sad and surprising that he indeed detected so environntal changes this ti, confirming his previous speculations.
Although it was still unknown whether this coincidentally discovered sound wave was truly the sought-after "trigger" of the madness disease.
But this was undoubtedly a crucial step in unraveling the mysterious "apocalypse puzzle"!
Beyond the main text, there were two appendices in the book this ti.
One was the "ngpo Soup 3.0 formula," a "super-frequency drug" that leaped a major version, with pleasing progress.
According to the instructions, this version of the formula could greatly reduce the side effects of the drug.
Although it inevitably still caused so brain damage, the damage was within an acceptable range, already possessing the preliminary comrcial value of a potent stimulant.
With this, ng Lang had one more monetizable technology in his hands.
However, this technology was too sensitive, and its military value was probably greater than its civilian use.
What kind of storm this technology would stir up after exposure, further "safety" validation was probably needed.
As for how to validate it, it certainly wouldn’t be ng Lang who would take the plunge.
The second appendix was a "waveform diagram."
Clearly, this was the sound wave waveform diagram recorded before his sacrifice.
"He" had personally proven with his body that brain overclocking could indeed resist mutations for a short period.
It was just a pity that he couldn’t maintain this state for long, otherwise, could he consider himself to have cracked the madness disease with brutal force?
Brain overclocking, not only an auxiliary divine skill but also resistant to abnormal states, held enormous potential for developnt.
ng Lang defined it, and then he looked carefully at this two-dinsional waveform diagram made up of horizontal and vertical axes.
He ticulously examined every detail along the axes.
Relevant graphic interpretations naturally ca to mind.
Soon, he recognized through the units on the vertical axis that this sound wave belonged to the category of "infrasound waves."
Infrasound refers to frequencies below 20Hz, low-frequency sound waves that human ears cannot hear.
This type of sound wave, compared to ordinary sound waves, attenuates less easily and is not readily absorbed by water and air.
Because of the long wavelength of infrasound waves, they can diffract around large obstacles and have extrely strong penetration, even passing through concrete layers tens of ters thick.
At specific frequencies, infrasound waves can also resonate with human organs, causing deformation, displacent, or even rupture, thus achieving a lethal effect.
Hence, infrasound can also be used as a weapon.
"I was more inclined towards light waves; I didn’t expect it to be sound waves." ng Lang felt sowhat surprised.
Sound waves are chanical waves, while light waves are electromagnetic waves.
The speeds at which these two propagate are incomparably different.
Electromagnetic waves propagate at the speed of light and can cover the Earth almost instantaneously, while the speed of sound is just 340m/s, and even in water, it’s only 1500m/s.
To trigger the madness disease with sound waves, even covering the entire Country Hua would take two to three hours, let alone the whole world.
Such reaction ti is enough for city warning alarms to ring across the skies; it’s unreasonable that humanity didn’t respond at all.
"If physical laws cannot be changed, then there must be so reason that circumvents the drawback of slow sound wave propagation.
Perhaps establishing nurous infrasound trigger points worldwide and then activating them simultaneously?"
To generate such a level of infrasound, large power speaker systems must be used, probably only so military weapons can et this requirent.
This thod is not only costly but also too obvious a target. Since it’s not ntioned in the book, it ans no signs of such a large-scale project were detected.
The remaining possibility..."
ng Lang’s gaze slowly fell upon the only photograph.
It was a high-definition landscape photo, where a fleeting brilliance left by a fire teor made the entire sky look dim.
"The remaining possibility is that this infrasound source is sweeping across the globe at a speed far exceeding the speed of sound..."
"No... could it be?!"
ng Lang frightened even himself with this thought.
Infrasound in nature originates from many aspects, such as solar magnetic storms, storms, the roaring sea, volcanic eruptions, thunder and lightning, and ... teor impacts!
If this book is titled "teor," could it be a hint?
But why hadn’t he seen this teor during the several past occurrences in 2043?
Right, there were three deaths, two of which occurred indoors, and one was in ng Family Village, which is known for being surrounded by mountains on all sides.
Moreover, the areas on Earth where teors can be observed are indeed limited...
But... could a teor from billions of kiloters away in outer space be the trigger for madness?
The people of Earth, as capable as they may be, surely didn’t have the ability in 2043 to alter a teor for the purpose of wiping out humankind, did they?
Even if it were possible, they couldn’t manage such a tricky operation under the watchful eyes of all Earth’s people, could they?
He suppressed the unfathomable fear in his heart, opened the web browser, and searched using the keywords "teor" and "infrasound."
Half an hour later, ng Lang leaned back in his chair, his eyes vacant.
It was proven that when a teor sweeps past Earth, it does indeed generate a special "ripple sound," which includes infrasound.
If Earth were imagined as a spherical lake, infrasound would ripple back and forth across the surface in a manner akin to water ripples. This is the so-called "ripple sound."
Because infrasound decays very slowly, this oscillation would be global.
It could even create second and third echoes.
For instance, in August 1883, the eruption of the Krakatoa volcano between South Sumatra Island and Java Island generated infrasound that circled the Earth three tis, covering over a hundred thousand kiloters and lasting 108 hours.
In a sense, infrasound is a type of chanical wave with the potential of an intercontinental weapon.
In terms of its impact range, it surpasses nuclear weapons.
A ntal image gradually ford in ng Lang’s mind.
A teor, speeding at dozens of kiloters per second across the Eurasian continent, Australia, Arica, and Africa, resembled a "whistle."
As it swept through the atmosphere, the intense friction with the air produced a silent "whistle sound."
Then from a point to a line, from a line to a plane.
In just a few minutes, this "death lody" would spread to every corner of Earth...
What’s worse, this "death lody" wasn’t a one-ti event.
It rippled back and forth across the surface of Earth, likely continuing for about four or five days before finally fading away as the energy decayed.
[The beauty of fireworks lies in how they burst at the height of their descent; the allure of teors lies in how their fall is yet a flowering.]
Only, this beautifully splendid teor was flowering a "flower of death."
So, who was the "whistleblower" behind the scenes?
Aliens?
With the death ripples stirring across the globe’s surface erging in his mind, ng Lang suddenly had a bizarre sensation.
It seed... as if it were a 360° germicidal sanitization of Earth?
A true* death ripple?!
ng Lang felt a sense of absurdity.
At the sa ti, he experienced a chilling fear despite not feeling cold.
If the enemy was of his own kind, ng Lang was confident, with his cheat-like ability to predict the future, that he could outmaneuver them in dozens of ways.
But if the enemy were aliens...
Fear arises from the unknown.
It also stems from that untouchable expanse of deep space...
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