Chapter 132: Volcanic Lightning

"Hercules, we can't fight hard!" Tianxuan stopped Hercules, who was about to rush forward to fight Nippel.

"What then?" Hercules turned his head and looked at Tianxuan suspiciously.

"That place!" Tianxuan pointed to the Flame Storm area to the southeast.

Hercules closed his eyes, thought for dozens of seconds, and then said with a tense face: "Okay! Just do as you say! ”

So, according to Tianxuan's suggestion, everyone avoided the confrontation with the snowman and moved to the southeast instead.

It didn't take long for them to reach the outskirts of the Firestorm Zone, and what unfolded before them was a fiery scene - in the cracked red earth, lava ridges, lava mesas, lava plateaus, lava waterfalls, lava flows, lava ridges, lava caves, and other volcanic formations unfolded before their eyes, and of course, more volcanic piles.

Nipel also followed with the snowman, but then something happened that caused the snowman to retreat completely.

At this moment, the volcanic group not far away suddenly erupted en masse, and then the intersecting flames stretched out in all directions, and although they stood at the border between snow and red earth, they still felt the rolling heat wave coming towards them.

This high temperature is still comfortable for the Mayans, but it is disastrous for the snowmen.

"All retreat!" Then, with a sense of humor, Nipel retreated his troops a few hundred meters. But they did not withdraw, but set up camp on the spot.

"They're waiting for us to go back!" Blake said, pointing to the snowman.

"What are you afraid of! It's all here, let's keep going! If you can make it through the Firestorm Zone, you won't have to fight them. Hercules said confidently.

"Hey!" Blake sighed and said, "Let's go and see!" ”

Then, Tianxuan and his party left the glacial realm completely and headed towards the center of the Flame Storm Zone.

"Just cross the road behind the center and it's not dangerous!" Tianxuan said as he looked at the sign on the navigator.

"Hmm!" Hercules answered, and ordered his troops to speed up immediately.

At this time, because they got out of the cold area, everyone immediately recovered, and all the uncomfortable symptoms quickly disappeared, and then they ran like chickens.

As they followed, they witnessed the formation of a network of fire in the air after the eruption—red and yellow, spitting Sachiko like a fiery snake in the air, and the fluctuations of the heat wave were evident around them.

The closer they got to the center, the more intense the impact of the heat wave became, and gradually the Mayans began to feel a little hot, and at this time, Tianxuan was even more unbearable, squatting on the ground and panting, and beads of sweat on his head continued to flow down one after another.

"Can you hold on!" Blake lowered his head, put his hand on Tianxuan's back and asked with concern.

"You can't die, just hold on for a while and get through!" Tianxuan was about to get up, but suddenly found that the ground under his feet was actually moving.

"What's going on?" Tianxuan was startled and hurriedly took a few steps back. Just as he left, the ground just now actually began to bulge upward.

“Oh,MyGod!” Tianxuan stroked his chest with his hand and said, "What kind of play is this!" Is the volcano going to erupt? ”

"Don't get excited, it's normal!" Blake said calmly.

"Nani? Is the ground all uplifted, or is it normal? Tianxuan exclaimed with his eyebrows pressed and his eyes widened.

"Listen to me!" Blake hurriedly waved his hand to signal Tianxuan to calm down, "There is a large magma chamber under the volcano, and the appearance of volcanic gas bubbles increases the volume of the magma chamber, and the pressure will also increase, and under the action of this pressure, it will sometimes lead to the uplift of the ground near the volcano." ”

"Isn't this going to erupt at any time? Let's get out of here! Tianxuan was ready to run away.

"Hehehe!" Blake smiled, grabbed Tianxuan, and continued, "There are at least three conditions required for a volcanic eruption. The first is that there is magma underground; The second is to have a 'channel', and the third is the power that causes the eruption, which is important. Even if there is magma, there are channels, and there is no power, a volcanic eruption will not necessarily occur. Before the eruption of a volcano, the underground magma contains some gas, which continues to expand under high temperature and pressure, and the expansion will cause the surface to rise, so the ground uplift is an important manifestation of the upward uplift of magma, but not all volcanoes are like this. ”

"I see, it really scares me to death!" Tianxuan wiped the sweat from his forehead and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Don't worry about it now!"

"Hmm!" Tianxuan nodded.

"Good! Keep going! With that, Blake and Tianxuan hurriedly followed the marching troops.

The group had not walked long before a red cloud suddenly appeared in a dark place in front of them, and then a bolt of lightning appeared between the cloud and the crater, which was extremely strange. After the lightning, a rumbling sound was also heard, and the deafening sound directly shocked everyone.

"What's going on? The crater was actually discharged. Tianxuan's eyes widened, and he was extremely surprised.

"Volcanic Lightning!" Blake replied.

"Volcanic lightning? Doesn't it only happen when it rains? Can volcanoes also discharge? Tianxuan shook his head stiffly.

"You don't know what you know, volcanic eruptions are often accompanied by intense lightning activity. ”

At this time, many volcanoes not far away spew ash and lava at the same time, and lightning pierced the sky above the volcano, which was very spectacular. Of course, the roar after the lightning also makes people feel creepy.

"Please keep talking!"

"Okay!" Blake went on to explain, "First of all, you need to understand how lightning is born. To put it simply, we need to electrify the particles in the atmosphere so that they have different positive and negative charges and separate them from each other. When the positive and negative electrode charges continue to accumulate and pull apart, reaching a certain limit, they can discharge and break through the air in between. ”

"You mean that the smoke from the volcano is electrically charged!" Tianxuan said as he tapped his chin with his fingers.

"That's right!"

Tianxuan watched the angry volcano not far away constantly spewing out magma and smoke, and the hideous lightning roared in the air, and had to sigh at the magic of nature: "This really opened my eyes." ”

As he spoke, a larger and more spectacular "natural fireworks" appeared near the volcanic group along with the eruption. Seeing this, Blake's expression became panicked, and he hurriedly informed everyone to lie down.

Just a few minutes after the crowd lay down, an even greater stream of lightning struck everywhere without restraint, flashing over their heads from time to time. Where the lightning hits, it instantly shatters the rocks and makes an explosion-like sound.

When the storm passed, everyone got up. At this time, after patting the dirt and dust on his body, Tianxuan walked up to Black and asked, "Why did the lightning get out of control just now and release it everywhere?" ”

"Volcanic lightning has a hybrid electrification mechanism. In the first stage, the mechanism of "drying" plays a major role, with mechanisms such as frictional electrification and rock bursting, which charge the billowing smoke. In the second stage, volcanic smoke erupts into the sky, and the "wet" mechanism comes into play, continuing to create brilliant sparks in the higher skies. Blake explained as he straightened his clothes.

"I see, no wonder you just shouted at everyone to lie down!" Tianxuan grinned and praised Blake. However, after a few minutes, I thought, "Isn't that right? How do you know? Have you been here? ”

Blake smiled faintly and replied, "I once served in the Streamer Layer for a few years, and I was specifically responsible for protecting the expert group!" ”

So, Tianxuan stretched out two thumbs to give Blake a thumbs up.

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