Unconsciously, the New Year is approaching, and people in a foreign land have embarked on the road home. Although the atmosphere of the Spring Festival is not as good as before, the descendants of Yan and Huang, who have thousands of years of ancient traditions, still rush back to their parents at this time every year to relive the strong family affection that cannot be measured by money.

In order to make up for the harm he has done to his mother over the years, his father Ling Yunyu left Ling Yun to travel around the world with his beloved wife, so that he could only welcome the New Year with the begonia daughters.

Winter brings together a variety of colors and decorates the world with white. In the harsh winter, everything is curled up in the cold wind, but the snow is still in full bloom in such a severe cold, like catkins are fluttering, dancing lightly, gorgeous, crystalline, pure, like white butterflies flying all over the sky with ethereal intentions sprinkled in the world, although the cold wind howling outside the window, but Lingyun only feels full of spring in the room against the begonia.

Begonia is dressed in pale yellow clothes, her hair is draped casually over her shoulders, and her eyes are like a deep pool, which makes people fall into it and can't help themselves.

After being moistened by the rain and dew, the begonia exudes more and more amazing charm, delicate and bright like fire, a pair of bright eyes are condensed in Lingyun with affection, and the affection like the sea almost melts him completely.

Taking a deep breath of the aroma, Ling Yun, who had been carefully considered these days, told the other party the original thing about the Three-Eyed Dragon and Hitler.

Haitang didn't show too much surprise when she heard this, she just got up and sat on her lover's lap and said softly: "My love, how do you want me to help you?"

Holding Begonia's slender waist through thin clothes, he clearly felt the tenderness of the other party's skin and the plump and roundness of his buttocks, coupled with the intoxicating fragrance that continued to emanate from the delicate body that was close at hand, which made Ling Yun feel a little shaken and moved.

At this time, Haitang, who was sitting in Ling Yun's arms, immediately felt the changes in his lower body, so his pretty face turned red and bit his teeth lightly and whispered: "What a big villain, I want to make it bad again!"

Facing the shy and pretty little woman in front of him, Ling Yun grabbed the other party's waist with a wicked smile on his face and whispered: "If I can, I want to control the lifeblood of the world economy as soon as possible and become an important figure who can influence the direction of the world political situation." ”

As soon as the words fell, Begonia couldn't help but laugh out loud, and after glancing at the man coquettishly, he said softly: "What's so difficult about this, I have all the information on the technology of the Moxika beauties here, as long as they are enabled, the earth civilization can be advanced by at least five hundred years, and then you will become the most knowledgeable and powerful person in the world, and your country will become the most powerful country on the earth." ”

It is absolutely a risky act to artificially push forward the process of world development across the ages, because no one can predict whether it is right or wrong, whether it is leading mankind to a peak of scientific and technological take-off, or an abyss of destruction.

At this moment, Ling Yun didn't speak, just looked at the woman beside him quietly with a soft and firm gaze, and Begonia, a high-IQ alien creature, read a kind of resoluteness from the other party's deep eyes, so he slowly raised the arm of the deceitful Saixue and stretched it forward, and then from her smooth and tender palm, six golden rays of golden light appeared, slowly rotating around a dazzling golden light in the middle like an axle, and finally converged into a colorful and dreamy diamond-shaped crystal.

The diamond-shaped crystal couldn't tell what material it was made of, and the countless eye-like carvings on the surface continued to emit a kind of demonic golden light to the surroundings, making Ling Yun's mind next to him experience a kind of tranquility that he had never experienced before, and that wonderful feeling was as if he had returned to his mother's body.

Begonia stretched out his right index finger and pointed at the diamond-shaped crystal, only to hear a soft crisp sound, the crystal scattered in all directions, turning into countless flakes of diamond-shaped flakes rotating around the palm, and the center revealed a spherical light source body emitting an R-white light, and countless galaxy icons and strange words were slowly floating out of this light source.

"This is the most advanced technology on our planet, and I estimate that it is at least a thousand years ahead of what Earth currently has. As he spoke, Begonia's entire palm closed inward slightly, and the scattered crystal flakes also covered the light source again, and reunited into a complete diamond-shaped crystal.

Immediately afterwards, Haitang pointed to the eye ornament on the diamond-shaped crystal and looked at the lover next to him and smiled slightly, and then said seriously: "Press the index finger of your right hand on it, and you will realize how great the technology that our Moxika beauties have." ”

Hearing this, Ling Yun couldn't wait to stretch out his finger without saying anything, so the diamond-shaped crystal made another crisp sound and gently bounced around, scattering into countless tiny flakes that rotated around the light source.

"Put your finger in the light source and you'll be the most knowledgeable human on the planet in no time!"

Under Haitang's signal, Ling Yun controlled his fingers to stretch out further towards the light source, which suddenly made the soft light source suddenly golden light, and then an unimaginably large flow of information was quickly released from the golden light cluster, and pointed his hand at Ling Yun's mind surging wildly.

"Ah!" The reception work had only been carried out for a second, and Ling Yun, who had a limited brain capacity and could not receive such a large amount of information at all, suddenly retracted his fingers from the light source with a loud and strange scream, which immediately provoked Haitang, who had expected that the other party would have such symptoms, to laugh.

"You little goblin, you dare to tease Young Master Ben. ”

Looking at the woman who was smiling and trembling beside him, Ling Yun still didn't understand what was going on at this time, so Y smiled and put one of his colored hands on the full ** of the other party's chest, and once again raged on the pair of towering plumps on the other party's chest through his clothes, and exclaimed: "I really don't know how much knowledge is stored in this, just a moment of contact just now, the whole head seems to explode!"

was attacked by a pervert on the chest, the begonia was as bright as a peach blossom, and the delicate beauty was immediately dyed with a layer of coquettish red, and a pair of beautiful eyes also became watery and revealing a strong sense of spring, but he still solved the doubts in his heart for the lover around him in time: "This is a computer information storage processor similar to your planet, which includes most of the scientific and technological information of the Sika Beauty Planet, but most of it is not available to you now, because the current scientific and technological level of the earth has not yet reached that level." ”

Gently lifting the hem of the woman's skirt upwards, Ling Yun leaned into Haitang's ear and asked, "Then what method can be used so that Young Master Ben can read and understand this knowledge?"

Haitang leaned softly on her lover, and said intermittently in the other person's ear with a petite mouth: "I will form a new language cell from the language center of your left brain, and then in this way, you can absorb all the information and information in the intelligent system, and clearly understand how to use them." ”

Stretching out a white jade-like slender index finger and nodding it on the man's forehead, Begonia continued: "In fact, you only need to master a few of these very simple technologies to achieve your goals, such as gold, which is considered the most precious metal on the earth by humans, as long as you add a biological enzyme that you have not discovered yet as a catalyst, you can extract a large amount from the cheapest seawater." ”

When Ling Yun heard this, he immediately realized that as long as the description in the other party's mouth became a reality, he would definitely be able to stand at the peak of that power in a short period of time.

"Although it violates the guidelines of the Interstellar Alliance to help backward planets develop technology, a small violation should not be discovered!" Looking at the excited look on her lover's face, Begonia's beautiful little face couldn't help but flash a trace of worry.

Sensing the worried look on the woman's face, Ling Yun, who understood what the other party was worried about, hugged her into her arms, and said in an apologetic tone: "Begonia, make it difficult for you!"

Judging from the fact that the other party had never used the slightest bit of his own planet technology since the establishment of the sporadic group, that alliance criterion must have a strong binding force on them extraterrestrial intelligent beings, and now she easily left it behind for her own sake, which made Ling Yun very moved.

"Lingyun, kiss me!" Without a chance to say any more words of gratitude to the other party, Ling Yun's thick lips were already tightly sealed by Begonia's burning lips.

The tip of the soft and fragrant tongue swam in Lingyun's mouth with a thin panting, and the begonia's cheeks were dyed red because of excitement, and the body temperature rose rapidly. The long, sweet kiss not only made them physically close to each other, but even their hearts were infatuated together..............

In this way, in the next period of time, Lingyun will sort out the scientific and technological information obtained from Begonia, and independently preserve all the epoch-making technologies that can be used at this stage, and organize scientific researchers to prepare for secret development.

A week later, a secret research institute began to break ground on a lonely desert island, with an investment of up to $10 billion, funded entirely by sporadic groups, and externally in the name of building an ultra-luxury private resort.

The scorching sun hung high, and the bright red light made the clouds in the sky turn like fire, and the entire sea was covered with a brilliant red light. With the help of countless large machines, the main experimental buildings of the institute have been built in just a few days.

The main fortifications are generally 30 meters above the ground, and there are various facilities such as research centers, power generation equipment, repair equipment, hospitals, canteens, dormitories, etc. During the construction, a heating system was installed in the interior of the institute to ensure the dryness and constant temperature of the underground space.

The entire project is unimaginably large, with a total length of 50 kilometers of underground tunnels and a total length of 40 kilometers of roads and railways. The amount of earthwork is 2 million cubic meters, the consumption of concrete is about 8 million cubic meters, the consumption of steel is 100,000 tons, and the total cost of the project is nearly 5 billion US dollars.

Of course, without the help of the advanced large-scale intelligent excavator developed by Begonia, even if there is unlimited financial support, it is estimated that the construction of such an underground secret research base is not a huge project that can be completed in a short time.

As for defense, Ling Yun sent the most elite 1,000 members from the black blood team to defend the entire research institute to the fullest, setting up infrared camera monitors every 100 meters, and the touch and sound sensors around the power grid were impregnable.

A total of 30 energy-gathering photon cannons are deployed on the periphery, with 5 missile launcher guns and 50 dark armored bunkers, as well as an advanced rough artillery system that can freely protrude from the ground and weigh several tons, can be freely raised and lowered up and down and rotated 360 degrees with a range of more than 100 nautical miles.

The reason why so many people have worked so hard to build a research laboratory on this isolated island is because, according to Begonia analysis, this seemingly desolate island actually contains billions of tons of pupil stone, which is more than the total reserves of other regions on the earth.

For this kind of precious material that is indispensable for the development of extraterrestrial high technology, because the various countries on the earth have not yet studied this kind of pupil stone, and they do not know how huge energy this seemingly useless stone can release, so no one knows the huge potential value of this material for the time being.

As we all know, hydrogen energy is the most ideal energy source for the 21st century. Because hydrogen is inexhaustible, with a weight percentage of 11% in water molecules, the vast oceans and frozen polar ice caps are the source of hydrogen.

Each kilogram of hydrogen can release 28,600 kilocalories, which is equivalent to 2.6 times the weight of gasoline. The amount of water in the ocean is 1.4×1018 tons, and if the hydrogen in it is extracted, it is 1.41×1017 tons. The amount of heat emitted is equivalent to 52,000 times that of the world's coal mines.

However, as long as the hydrogen element is added to the pupil stone, it can be mutated to produce an unimaginably large energy body - TCH fusion hydrogen.

The energy released by nuclear fusion of deuterium extracted from 1 liter of seawater is equivalent to the energy released by the combustion of 100 liters of gasoline, but this must require a temperature of up to 100 million degrees Celsius to do so.

But the energy produced by one gram of TCH fusion hydrogen when heated to 500 degrees can produce the energy equivalent to that produced by the explosion of 100,000 tons.

Once the successfully developed TCH fusion hydrogen is put into the market, the energy system established by all countries in the world with countless amounts of money will collapse in an instant, and almost all energy-related industries on the earth cannot exist without TCH fusion hydrogen.

And as long as different other elements are added to the refining, or different refining methods are used, the pupil can be used in many fields.

So in the next time, even Ling Yun, the usual shopkeeper, began to get busy, after all, if you want to conquer the power of the world's black organizations, you must have sufficient people, material resources, and financial support.

The headhunting company under the "sporadic group" has recruited a large number of high-tech talents from all over the world to be sent to the underground research institute in accordance with the requirements, and the only requirement of these people on the other side is to have real talent and real learning, and there are no restrictions on qualifications, education, gender, household registration, age, etc.

When these elites arrived on the island after strict screening, Begonia implanted a biochemical chip in their heads, so that these scientists could not betray Ling Yun's leadership for life.

At Lingyun's request, Haitang even developed a set of virtual training equipment for future fighters to achieve the goal of quickly producing excellent fighters.

If a person wants to become a truly good fighter, he must drastically improve his attack and defense speed, physical resistance to hitting, and nerve anti-S speed and strength technique exercises.

But if you want to improve them all in a short period of time, this is almost an impossible thing to accomplish in normal times, but after Haitang implanted biochemical chips for all the black blood team members, the biggest problem of this rapid mass production of excellent fighters was easily solved.

The future warrior virtual training equipment is a warrior training system called "virtual and real", which directly transmits information to the brain through the nerve endings of the neurosensory system, so that the virtual scene produces an intuitive effect beyond the real one.

This training device is simply a virtual hell on earth, and then in a desperate environment, people can completely overcome their fears, and if they don't explode in fear, they will perish in fear.

As long as all the trainees lie on a humanoid training plane, they will immediately fall into a virtual simulation world, surrounded by a dark space, the air is wafting a fishy smell, and the ears are roaring with the shrill roars of various beasts. In that deeply terrifying environment, there are still many disgusting maggots with sticky Y, terrifying spiders secreting sulfuric acid, intertwined and wriggling two-headed poisonous snakes, extinct prehistoric dinosaurs that have been extinct for thousands of years, unheard of science monsters, and even various rotten zombies and evil ghosts that have only been seen in science fiction movies.

Here, death can strike at any moment, and they are like a frenzied tide rushing towards the trainees to unleash deadly attacks. They don't have time or place to breathe, and they have to be on the lookout for the ubiquitous attack even during sleep and meal time.

Trainees do not need food, as long as they inject S special nutrition Y on time, and direct nerve hypnosis is used to achieve the best deep sleep effect.

However, the effect of this epoch-making training is also very obvious, after a week of training, those ordinary fighters can reach the level of the elite of black blood, and after a month of hellish training, a fighter with the primary strength of the dark world can be born.

It's just that this kind of cruel training method can only go so far, and then you can only rely on yourself to constantly break through the limit to produce new evolution and master new powers. However, even so, the overall strength of the Black Blood Team has made a qualitative leap forward, reaching a height that was unimaginable before.

With this technology, Lingyun has a powerful combat force that can dominate the dark world in the shortest possible time-

In the early morning, the sky outside the bright yellow curtain was slightly white, and Ling Yun, who had been busy with various affairs of the institute every day for a period of time, woke up from his sleep again under the urging of the body's biological clock.

After walking into the bathroom and briefly freshening up, Ling Yun went downstairs to prepare breakfast.

Sitting at the dining table, Ling Yun was enjoying a hearty breakfast when he asked Chen Hu opposite, "How is the progress of the research institute?" ”

"Everything is going well, and I believe it won't be long before it will be officially operational. Chen Hu replied.

At this time, Paul came over and said, "Boss, Mr. Blood Shadow called just now, saying that there is something very important to talk to you about, and I hope you can go today, the car is already waiting outside the door." ”

Hearing this, Ling Yun put down the knife and fork in his hand and took a sip of a glass of red wine, and then said leisurely: "The dragon group's movements are really fast enough, and the institute has not officially opened, and they have already taken the initiative to send it to the door!"

"How can we not attract the attention of the authorities this time with such a big move, if I am not mistaken, the Blood Shadow must have come to you because of the research institute. Chen Hu analyzed.

"Well, I also have some things to discuss with these guys. Ling Yun stood up and walked out of the room, and drove to a small airport in Shanghai to see the blood shadow. The other party seemed to be a little anxious, but was visibly relieved when he saw the convoy approaching.

"Come with me, the old man wants to see you. Bloodshadow grabbed Ling Yun and walked towards a small helipad nearby, and boarded a small helicopter waiting there.

After a word, the helicopter finally landed at a heavily guarded military base.

Stepping off the plane, Ling Yun and Blood Shadow went through a series of security checks under the guidance of a SWAT soldier before entering a small fortress-like manor inside the base.

The surroundings of the manor seemed to be quite quiet, but Ling Yun, who was very incomparable to others, could still clearly feel the cold murder hidden under the tranquility.

Taking off the coat in his hand and handing it to a man who looked like a butler, Blood Shadow led Ling Yun to the study on the second floor.

The study room is antique, and the bookcase carved by pear blossom wood is placed with several rare books. In the center is a sandalwood desk carved with antique patterns, which is simple and elegant, and you can see that it is worth a lot at a glance. Facing the wall of the wooden table, there is a pair of calligraphy books on it, "Self-cultivation Qi family rule the country and level the world", and directly below the calligraphy is sitting an old man with a faint majesty on his body, this old man looks about fifty or sixty years old, with a pipe in his mouth, is looking at him with a cold gaze, and after a long time, he points to a chair opposite the desk and says, "Mr. Lingyun, please take a seat." ”

Hearing this, Ling Yun was not polite and strode over and sat down, but he did not sit on the chair as the other party wanted, but found a sofa nearby and sat down very casually.

But his very simple action scared the blood shadow next to him into a cold sweat, because the old man in front of him who was not amazing was the leader of the dragon group for twenty years, and Ling Yun was obviously provoking the other party's authority by doing so.

"Hehe, it's been a long time since anyone has been so presumptuous in front of me!" The old man suddenly smiled and said, listening to his tone, not only was he not angry because of the other party's disrespect just now, but seemed to be a little happy, and then said to the blood shadow next to him: "You also sit down, don't stand so outside." ”

In the face of the old man's invitation, the blood shadow didn't dare to make a mistake, and after instructing the service staff to pour a cup of the best hair tip for Ling Yun, he retreated very respectfully.

Picking up the teacup and pecking lightly, Ling Yun said directly to the point: "You always call the kid here, isn't it as simple as just drinking tea and chatting?"

In the face of Ling Yun's straightforward question, the old man, who had been in the officialdom for most of his life, was not in a hurry at all, and asked leisurely as if he was playing Tai Chi: "So, what do you think should happen to me, an old man?"

Cursing the old fox in his heart, Ling Yun said in a deep voice: "I have decided to wipe out all the black organizations in China within three months, and subdue all the men and territories under them. ”

"What?" The blood shadow sitting on the side couldn't believe it and screamed, and then immediately realized his gaffe, so he immediately buried his head in embarrassment, but he was still secretly shocked by Ling Yun's wild words just now;

This is indeed a bit too exaggerated! But at this time, the old man who had experienced countless storms in his life still had a leisurely demeanor, and he didn't seem to be the slightest surprised that the kid in front of him had just spit out wild words, but the flash of confusion in his eyes still made Ling Yun feel the shock in the other party's heart at this time.

So he said proudly: "If you dragon group are willing to cooperate fully, three months is enough to eradicate all the black organizations in the country. ”

Looking at the bottomless pupils of the young man in front of him, the old man who knew that the other party could not joke about this kind of thing, although there was nothing strange on his face at this time, but deep down he had already turned up a shocking wave, and after thinking for a moment, he said in a deep voice: "Why should I promise to help you establish such an organization, I need a sufficient reason." ”

At this time, Ling Yun didn't know why he suddenly felt an unprecedented huge pressure, so he looked up in surprise at the old man in front of him, who was not amazing and had seriously aged, but found that the other party's face was still that kind of amiable smile, but behind this smile there was a great majesty, a kind of persecutive momentum naturally exuded by those who had been in the top position for a long time.

Facing the old man's compelling momentum in front of him, Ling Yun took a breath before smiling and said, "With all due respect, the law is just a means for ******** organs to use their unique authority to maintain their rule. ”

After a pause, Ling Yun continued: "I just want to use the power of the Dragon Group to unify and integrate the domestic black organizations as soon as possible, and then attack the black organizations all over the world. ”

After listening to Ling Yun's words, the old man slapped his palm on the pear wood long table in front of him, his eyes were full of light, and his eyes stared at him sharply and asked: "You not only want the country to let you go to annex the domestic black organization, but even do your best to help you break out of Asia and go to the world, don't you think this condition is too much?"

At this time, the blood shadow who had never seen the old man so angry only felt a pound in his heart, and his eyes looked at the clear palm print that was concave on the table.

Smiling slightly, Ling Yun looked at the old man without flinching, and said coldly: "That's right, I just need the full help of the Dragon Group, and the full support without any discount." ”

"You are presumptuous. The old man slammed the cup in his hand, and the whole room fell silent, except for the sound of tea dripping on the ground.

Staring at the young man who was still angry in front of him, the old man's mind suddenly flashed such a thought: "This son will definitely be a dragon among people in the future, and his future is limitless!"

According to the data, the young man in front of him does have great strength, but what really frightens people is the domineering spirit of a king who looks down on all beings and rules the world that invisibly exudes from his body, and he loses his calm in front of the other party in the negotiation, which has not happened in his memory for more than ten years.

In the face of the old man's anger, Ling Yun didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, and stretched his waist very comfortably before he said lazily: "If nothing else, the black organization of the entire world will be under the control of hell in less than two years." ”

Seeing Ling Yun's fearless demeanor, the old man who had regained his composure gradually calmed down and asked, "Why should the Dragon Group help you, I need a reasonable explanation"

Taking a deep breath, Ling Yun stood up and said with a smile, "Of course I have my reasons. When the water is clear, there are no fish, and only a pool of muddy water can survive and develop. So there is no absolute black and white distinction between good and evil in the world. From ancient times to the present, the rulers of all dynasties have been inextricably linked with the black organization, and the problems that cannot be solved through the legal system and morality are all solved by the black organization; in turn, the survival of the black organization has to rely on the powerful power of the white way. ”

The old man nodded unconsciously, and said in a deep voice: "You are right, keep talking." ”

"The current situation in the country, you Dragon Group should know best, but you won't be unclear about how much chaos those black organizations have to make every year, as long as Hell can unify them all for intensive management, then every move of all forces will be closely monitored by the Dragon Group. ”

Seeing that the old man didn't say anything but his brows were still tightly locked, Ling Yun continued: "Nowadays, there are as many black organizations in the world as the sand of the Ganges, just imagine if I can unify all the black organization forces, what benefits will it be to our country, I don't need to say more!"

The old man seemed to be considering the advice Ling Yun had just made, and as he took a big gulp of his pipe, his eyes changed with it.

"If you don't bring something real out, it seems that this old fox will definitely not let go." Facing the old man who was deep in thought, the confident Ling Yun smiled slightly and took out a document from the file bag and handed it to the other party with one hand.

"This, is this all true" The old man took the document and flipped through the two pages, his eyes changed from initial hesitation to shock, because what was recorded in this document really shocked him.

What is recorded in this document is the design principles and related introductions of some conventional weapons, but the so-called advanced weapons in service today are a little ahead of their time.

The wings and fuselage are integrated, and the Mirage V-X1 has a streamlined design throughout, with a maximum range of 5,000 kilometers and a maximum speed of 3 times the speed of sound. It can resist the attack of light weapons with a caliber of less than 50mm at close range, and can almost ignore the strikes of conventional high-caliber high-S machine guns and small-caliber high-S guns.

The backfire armored combat vehicle, which has no traces of patchwork, is equipped with the latest armor with protective performance equivalent to 300 mm of homogeneous steel plates, and its running speed has reached at least 120 km/h, resisting the bombardment of 200 mm rocket launchers at close range.

After some fierce fighting, the old man's shock seemed to have reached an indescribable level, so he immediately promised: "As long as these materials are true, then the dragon group will help you achieve your wish at all costs." ”

At this time, Ling Yun, who had expected that the other party would compromise with him, did not change at all, but just smiled and dropped a heavy bomb on the other party: "I have established a new energy research institute overseas, and I am committed to researching new energy to solve the global energy shortage problem, I believe that it will not be long before I can break the constraints of oil on China's economy and greatly alleviate the country's current dilemma in terms of energy." ”

"Okay, if Mr. Lingyun has any requests, he can just put it forward, even special industries such as gold and arms can be unconditionally opened to all 'sporadic groups'. The old man said excitedly and loudly, as long as everything Ling Yun just said was true, then no matter how big the risk was, it was definitely worth the money.

A sense of pride rose in Ling Yun's heart, and he smiled and said, "I need the Dragon Group's 'Red Mansion' spy to provide me with the details of the largest gangster organization in the country and the list of your security sentinels in it, and then the whereabouts of those key people are reported 24 hours a day." ”

"Okay, everything is fine, if you need anything in the future, you can contact Jianguo directly. Without thinking about it, the old man immediately agreed to all the requests made by the other party, because he knew very well that if these advanced weapon-related materials fell into the hands of hostile countries, it would be an absolutely devastating disaster for China.

At this point, everything else is insignificant compared to the document in hand and the promise to address the energy crisis.

With the promise of the Dragon Group's full assistance, Ling Yun, who had all the preparations in place, finally raised the butcher's knife flashing with a cold aura in his hand to the domestic black organization forces, and after some bloody rain, he successfully incorporated the Qing Gang and Hongmen, the two most powerful black organization gangs in China, into his banner, making himself the godfather of the domestic black organization.

Next, there will be an even greater bloody storm around the world.

(End of chapter)