"There is now foggy cold weather in our city, the temperature will quickly decrease, residents are urged to stay at home.
"In case of emergencies, such as a family member falling ill and needing to go to the hospital, please dial the emergency number 11888."
This is the voice from the broadcast.
Since the implementation of the Emergency Bill, each community in Linjiang City has been gradually equipped with a broadcasting system.
If there is anything important to announce officially, the broadcast will be played over and over.
Although this thing is very useful and indeed plays a big role.
But Yang Fan, having listened to it often, finds it somewhat noisy.
The cold fog has fully descended, with temperatures plummeting straight down to minus twenty-five degrees.
The entire Linjiang City has entered an emergency state to handle the crisis.
All factories have shut down;
All schools have been dismissed;
Most public facilities in the city are only maintaining the bare minimum operation.
In the streets and alleys, not a soul can be seen, the city seems to have turned into a ghost town.
Yang Fan moved a lazy sofa and an electric heater, sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, watching the city enveloped in cold fog.
Wangzai obediently lay beside, enjoying the warm heater, occasionally wagging its tail.
Although Yang Fan isn’t afraid of the cold, since there’s a way to keep warm, why foolishly endure the freezing temperatures?
Wangzai suddenly stood up, staring at the greenbelt in front of the villa, barking once "Woof".
Its pair of dog eyes detected changes happening in the greenbelt.
Due to the significant temperature difference between day and night before, the greenbelt isn’t very green anymore.
Most of the green plants in Linjiang City have been frozen to death, and the authorities have no time to deal with such trivial matters.
The green plants in front of this villa were all dead, even the frost-resistant evergreen plants didn’t survive.
Yang Fan stroked the dog’s head, ordering: "Wangzai, go fetch a branch."
It came running from the staircase, holding a branch in its mouth, presenting it to its owner.
Yang Fan picked up the branch, examined it for a few moments, slightly startled.
Unconsciously clicking his tongue, he remarked, "Interesting!"
The surface of the branch was wrapped in a layer of crystal-clear thin ice, about five millimeters thick.
This is evidently a phenomenon caused by the cold fog.
Described with a technical term — rime.
Under normal circumstances, the growth rate of rime is one millimeter per hour.
But the rime here formed in just ten minutes.
Upon closer inspection.
A multitude of patterns can be seen inside the thin ice, resembling snowflakes.
It seems like an artisan with superb skills meticulously carved so many patterns.
This is a phenomenon never before seen on Canglan Star.
Yang Fan observed for a long time, softly muttering, "Interesting indeed!"
The mystical intuition brought by the Super Sensing Superpower gave him a feeling that the snowflake-like patterns must be a manifestation of some primordial law.
He looked at it for a long time without understanding, so he tossed the branch to Wangzai: "Hold it!"
Wangzai accurately caught the branch, wagging its tail once.
This Great Xia dog perhaps was a bit bored, suddenly playful, beginning to juggle the branch.
It jerked its head, flinging the branch forcefully.
The branch shot out swiftly, drawing a large arc in the air.
It circled around the second-floor living room before flying back to Wangzai’s mouth, which snapped it up.
It continued to toss it again and again, having a great time.
This provided both entertainment and a way to train precise control of force.
It must be said, this is a very industrious Great Xia dog.
Yang Fan watched a few times, then picked up his phone to scroll.
As expected, the sudden extreme cold fog disaster in Linjiang City became a focal point across the internet.
With a population nearing ten million, everyone staying home with nothing to do, many people were taking bursts of photos with their phones.
Thus, there were especially many photos and videos of the extreme cold fog disaster, naturally hyping up the trend.
Yang Fan was scrolling through popular posts, quite engaged.
For instance, in one popular post:
A bored guy uploaded a video.
He boiled a kettle of warm water, opened a window, and poured the warm water onto the glass surface.
A wondrous scene appeared.
The warm water immediately froze, the ice surface adorned with many splendid patterns.
They looked like cloud patterns, but more intricate.
This guy shamelessly bragged, naming the video — I Am an Art Master.
Great Xia people had never seen such a spectacle before, so this video naturally went viral.
The number of comments exceeded a hundred thousand.
After watching the video, Yang Fan vaguely felt he understood something, but couldn’t pinpoint what it was.
He replayed the video several times, but couldn’t capture the inspiration, so he gave up.
In another popular post:
A netizen’s child had a high fever, and the family was very anxious, so they called the emergency number 11888.
They didn’t wait for the hospital’s ambulance; instead, the authorities unexpectedly sent an armored vehicle.
For the first time in his life, he experienced what it felt like to ride in an armored vehicle.
This netizen was very curious and specifically asked the official personnel why they didn’t send an ambulance.
The explanation given was that the nature of the cold fog was very strange, lowering the fluidity of liquids.
Normally, gasoline can be used at minus forty degrees.
In a cold fog environment, the temperature was only minus twenty-five degrees, yet the gasoline became somewhat viscous.
This would lead to insufficient power for ordinary vehicles, with even a risk of stalling.
If that happened, the people inside the car might freeze to death.
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The vast netizens expressed that their understanding was overturned.
Yang Fan was unaware of such a peculiar phenomenon and also found it astonishing.
But he knew one thing — it must be related to the primordial laws.
Yang Fan pondered, "The priority level of these laws should be higher than the physical rules of Canglan Star; that’s why such strange occurrences happen."
Wangzai suddenly barked.
Yang Fan turned to look and immediately saw the branch flying toward the ceiling.
Wangzai’s control over its force had deviated, and the branch didn’t become a boomerang.
A soft sound was heard.
The branch hit the corner of the roof.
The ice layer on the branch shattered instantly, turning into a large amount of ice fragments falling down.
Yang Fan watched the ice fragments scatter down, a flash of insight struck in his mind, "I understand!"
A mark of star formation and a glimmer representing superpower lit up in his mind.
This was a kind of mysterious resonance.
Yang Fan picked up his phone again, opened the previous video, and stared at the splendid patterns on the glass surface.
His lips curled into a slight smile.
This time, he perceived something different.