"Is this a volcanic eruption? Otherwise, why is there so much volcanic ash here? And what's going on with the sky in the distance? Why has the entire sky gone dark?" Shen Feng asked Li Keyi beside him.
"You're right, it is a volcanic eruption, and it's from a volcano in Indonesia, very close to us. This volcano is a supervolcano, and it's also an active volcano. I never expected it to erupt now, and to reach level 8. At the same time, other volcanoes in various places are also erupting!" Li Keyi said with great anxiety.
"I didn't expect those ancient legends to be true. I really don't understand how ancient people predicted volcanic eruptions. They could predict this. Almost everyone said the volcanoes were in a dormant period, so the Earth's magma activity was no longer active. But now these volcanoes are erupting together!" Shen Feng shook his head helplessly at this moment.
Shen Feng had actually learned about volcanic eruptions long ago, and he had learned about it in Tengchong, which was half a year ago.
However, Shen Feng did not take this matter to heart at the time, because almost all geologists worldwide said that the volcanoes had entered dormancy, and the Earth's magma was no longer active, so there would be no volcanic eruptions in the short term, and the mini ice age was about to end. He did not expect that the facts were now before them, slapping everyone in the face.
At this moment, Chang Haojie arrived from a distance, holding a few gas masks. Seeing Shen Feng, he handed him a gas mask and said, "Brother-in-law, quickly put this mask on your face, otherwise you might get lung disease later!"
Now, black snowflakes were falling from the sky around everyone. In fact, all of these falling from the sky were volcanic ash. The fact that it could be scattered here directly from thousands of kilometers away indicated that the volcanic eruption was very severe. In just a few hours, this volcanic ash had already spread to most of Southeast Asia.
And this volcanic ash could actually kill people, not by burying them, but by destroying their respiratory systems. This volcanic ash had dispersed as it fell. Once the fine particles entered the respiratory tract, they would make it difficult for the entire person to breathe, and then cause irreversible changes in the lungs, making breathing extremely uncomfortable, and eventually leading to death due to pulmonary fibrosis. This way of death was very painful.
Fortunately, this time, almost everyone in the army had gas masks in their hands, so these gas masks played a significant role at the critical moment. They thought they would not need these masks again after using poison gas to kill a large number of tiger-headed bees. They did not expect that in the end, the gas masks would still need to be worn, not to guard against poison gas attacks, but to guard against this volcanic ash in the air.
"You've thought this through very thoroughly. Quickly send one to your second sister, and also notify everyone to wear gas masks on their faces, otherwise there might be huge casualties!" Shen Feng continued to say.
After agreeing to this matter, Chang Haojie immediately went to execute these tasks. He needed to distribute these gas masks as quickly as possible. As for those who did not get gas masks, it would be best to wear masks on their faces, but the protective effect of these masks was very limited and might not be able to prevent these fine dust particles in the air.
"I'm going to go to the Indonesian region of Southeast Asia to see what the scale of the volcanic eruption is. If it's an 8-magnitude volcanic eruption, it hasn't stopped yet. I have to see what impact it will cause." Shen Feng suddenly thought of this and immediately said to Li Keyi beside him.
"Then you must be careful of the volcanic eruption. It's not a joke. Once these volcanic eruptions, especially supervolcanoes, erupt, even all of humanity is at risk of extinction. This is the real doomsday. Be careful not to approach casually, otherwise you might be buried by the overwhelming volcanic ash." Li Keyi said sternly.
If it were an ordinary volcanic eruption, it would not be a big problem, because ordinary volcanic eruptions would only have lava flows or large amounts of gas release. As long as you were not around the volcano, you would not be greatly affected. However, supervolcanoes were different. Once supervolcanoes erupted, they could directly change the shape of the land, and even reshape continents.
There was a volcanic eruption in Tonga today, and this volcanic eruption was only around level 4. Yet, it could be seen from outer space, which shows that the power of the volcano should not be underestimated.
Li Keyi had more worrying things she didn't say. What she was most worried about now was the impact of the volcanic eruption. Not to mention that the entire Southeast Asian region, in the center of the volcanic eruption, would definitely suffer devastating blows. Even in Myanmar, thousands of kilometers away, volcanic ash had fallen. Then, on other closer islands, it would naturally be even more tragic. Perhaps no one was alive there anymore.
And the global climate change brought about by the volcanic eruption was the most terrifying. Perhaps the Earth's temperature would continue to drop. Once the Earth's average temperature dropped by about 10 degrees Celsius, then all of humanity would truly be finished.
Shen Feng nodded, put on the gas mask, and then cast "Wind King's Barrier" around himself to add a layer of protection. Then he flew into the sky and flew towards Indonesia. From afar, he could see that the sky in the distance was dark, and there were faint lightning bolts crisscrossing everywhere. There was no need for map navigation to find the location of the volcanic eruption.
Li Keyi, on the other hand, went to the ward to accompany Chu Chaoyan. Both of them were holding radios and listening to reports. However, these news reports were already intermittent because the electromagnetic waves were also interfered with by the volcanic eruption. Even though they were in the marginal area of the volcanic eruption, they were already affected. Even receiving a complete news broadcast was a serious problem.
"All geologists have made wrong judgments. Currently, volcanoes all over the world have become active at the same time, and many large volcanoes have erupted. The eruption with the largest scale is Indonesia's Toba Volcano, followed by North America's Yellowstone Volcano with a level 7 eruption, then Europe's Pompeii Volcano, an unnamed volcano in Hawaii, Japan's Mount Fuji and Sakurajima Volcano, China's Changbaishan, and a volcano erupting in New Zealand. In short, more than a quarter of the volcanoes, large and small, worldwide are erupting." This news finally appeared, shocking everyone.
"It's one wave after another. What should we do now that the volcanoes have erupted?" Chu Chaoyan said with a worried expression.
"The direct impact of the volcanic eruption on our region of China is not too bad, because at most, some volcanic ash has fallen, and after a while, this volcanic ash will naturally settle. However, the subsequent impact of these volcanic eruptions is something that cannot be ignored." Li Keyi said with a wry smile.
"What subsequent impacts will there be after the volcanic eruption? Tell me quickly. I didn't understand it before, and now I'm ready to record this major event!" Chu Chaoyan said, while taking out a notebook from under her pillow, intending to record the major events happening around her at this moment.
Seeing her like this, Li Keyi could only explain: "Once a supervolcano erupts, it will instantly change the Earth's environment. In the past billions of years of Earth's history, supervolcanoes have erupted many times, and each time it has brought devastating blows to living beings. The most famous is the extinction of dinosaurs. The most direct reason was the asteroid impact on Earth, but the asteroid impact on Earth triggered widespread volcanic eruptions globally. The volcanoes obscured the sky and blocked sunlight, causing the ground to become frozen everywhere. Eventually, the dinosaurs could not get food and starved to death. If this had not happened, the Earth's oxygen concentration would not have decreased, and then humans would not have had the opportunity to become the dominant species."
"So that's how it is. I wonder how large the scale of this volcanic eruption will be? How long will it last?" Chu Chaoyan became instantly worried after hearing this explanation. Will her future be even more miserable?
"In short, don't plant crops next year, because even if you plant crops, it will be useless. Because the global average temperature will drop, and then everyone should stop dreaming of having enough to eat, because no matter how many crops you plant, they will eventually freeze to death!" Li Keyi said slowly.
"Doesn't that mean we won't have food in the future? What will we eat then? Will we eat people?" Chu Chaoyan retorted.
"Who knows about such things? We can only take it one step at a time!" Li Keyi shrugged.
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In order to investigate the volcanic eruption, Shen Feng immediately flew into the sky and kept advancing towards the area of the volcanic eruption. However, the further he advanced towards the area of the volcanic eruption, the more terrified he felt, because he found that the volcanic ash falling around was getting more and more. The entire sky was a bloody red, because the light was blocked, and the sunlight became a crimson red due to refraction. Now, the entire world looked like it was about to be destroyed.
Seeing this situation, Shen Feng immediately felt uneasy: "I haven't even reached the vicinity of the volcano yet, and there's already so much volcanic ash. I really don't know how much volcanic ash and magma have erupted!"
The entire sky was dark red. At a glance, there was no blue sky or white clouds, as if blue sky and white clouds had never existed. Many stones were floating on the sea.
Ordinary people do not understand floating stones at sea, because many people naively believe that stones always sink in water and cannot float on the sea. Therefore, everyone takes this as a joke. However, in traditional Chinese medicine, there is a medicine called "Hai Fushi" (sea floating stone), which is actually a stone formed by volcanic eruptions. This stone is used as a basis for traditional Chinese medicine. Ordinary people do not understand it, and Shen Feng does not want to understand its efficacy. It is just that the sea is now densely covered with Hai Fushi.
The reason why some stones float on the sea surface is mainly because these stones contain a lot of gas inside. After all, many stones are in a molten state during eruption, with a lot of compressed gas inside. Therefore, when they fall into the sea, they contract when stimulated by the cold water, and a lot of pores are generated inside. Thus, these stones have many air pockets inside, which makes the density of these stones no longer compact.
As Shen Feng passed by many islands, he couldn't help but land on these islands to observe them, because many people lived on the islands. Many of them were local aborigines who had never left the island in their lives. Looking at their situation now, one could understand their attitude towards the volcano.
Unfortunately, when Shen Feng landed on these islands, he found that everyone was covering their mouths and coughing, all of them had been affected by the volcanic ash, and their lungs could no longer function normally.
Many people had already fallen to the ground and died. What killed them was not the magma from the volcanic eruption, nor those terrifying gases, but the volcanic ash that was constantly falling from the sky.
"It seems that most of the countries in Southeast Asia are finished. With so much volcanic ash, I don't know how long it will drift!" Shen Feng couldn't help but sigh.