National Survival: I Supported the Dragon Nation by Hunting Dinosaurs

He suddenly looked up at the horizon.

At some point, the horizon, which had originally been just a single black line, was swallowed up by a thick, inky cloud.

The cloud was pressed very low, as if it were rolling just a few hundred meters overhead.

Inside the clouds, purple electric snakes were crisscrossing wildly...

"Oh no!"

Zhang Li's pupils constricted slightly.

He was so focused on mining that he overlooked the fact that this was a strong magnetic field area.

For charged clouds, this mountain, rich in metallic minerals and with strong magnetic permeability, is practically the perfect "lightning rod" for miles around.

A thunderstorm is brewing.

Moreover, it's the kind of super thunderstorm that can instantly vaporize a person.

In the live stream, the comments that were originally discussing the "scientific nature of missiles" instantly changed direction.

"Holy crap! Look at Li Shen's hair! It's attracted by static electricity!"

"Something's wrong with these clouds. They're as black as the bottom of a pot, and they're moving way too fast!"

"Didn't Professor Li just say that this place has a strong magnetic field? Doesn't that mean...?"

Professor Li had already stood up, his expression changing drastically.

"Run!!!"

Regardless of whether Zhang Li could hear him or not, he shouted into the microphone, "This is a 'magnetic storm cloud'!"

In high-altitude, strongly magnetic regions, the electrical charges in clouds are accelerated by the Earth's magnetic field polarization! Lightning strikes here are more than ten times stronger than at sea level!

"Staying here is like playing with a lighter while standing on a powder keg!"

Professor Chen was so anxious that he slapped his thigh repeatedly:

"We're doomed! This cobalt-nickel magnetite has extremely high electrical conductivity! The entire mountain is like a giant electrode! Lightning will prioritize striking this area!"

on the screen.

Zhang Li was clearly aware of the seriousness of the problem.

He quickly put away his entrenching tool.

"Cang Yu!"

He let out a sharp shout.

However, the once majestic ruler of the skies was now trembling, letting out a terrified moan.

Animals are many times more sensitive to changes in air pressure and electromagnetic fields than humans.

In Cang Yu's perception, the cloud above his head was a giant maw, and anything that dared to take flight would be instantly torn apart and devoured.

It was terrified...

Even the chip instructions in the brain cannot suppress this survival instinct that originates from deep within the genes.

"Damn it!"

Zhang Li cursed under his breath.

Forcing a takeoff is suicidal.

Flying under thunderstorm clouds can result in being swept up by crosswinds or being roasted alive.

But staying here means certain death.

"BOOM—!!!"

The first clap of thunder finally rang out.

That wasn't the sound of ordinary thunder, but the tearing sound of a high-voltage transformer exploding.

A bolt of purple lightning, as thick as a bucket, struck a boulder about 200 meters away from Zhang Li without any warning.

"Snapped!"

The hard basalt rock instantly shattered, and fragments flew everywhere like shrapnel.

The air was instantly filled with ozone and the smell of burning rocks.

Zhang Li felt a ringing in his ears, and the huge shockwave made him stagger a few steps.

He could sense that the charge density in the air was increasing exponentially.

We must get down the mountain!

The gale swirled snowflakes and pebbles, which lashed against Zhang Li, making a crackling sound.

"Get up! Get up if you don't want to die!"

Zhang Li rushed to Cang Yu's side and twisted him hard.

The excruciating pain caused Cangyu to scream, but it remained firmly entrenched in the ground, refusing to budge an inch.

In the prehistoric world, thunderstorms were an absolute no-go zone.

Since we can't fly, we'll just slide down!

However, there is a snow-covered steep slope on the other side of this mountain, with a gradient of nearly 70 degrees. If you were to slide down it, it would be a near-death experience!

What should I do?

Run? It's too late.

Running wildly on this mountain ridge, which is rich in strongly magnetic minerals, is no different from carrying a lightning rod.

Since there's no way to escape, we can only tough it out.

Zhang Li didn't look at the trembling pterosaur again, and flipped his wrist.

The portable sterile operating room has reappeared.

He never expected that this thing would be useful after the surgery on Brother Qiang!

Zhang Li quickly deflected the hydraulic rod.

Then the support frame is deployed, the skin is stretched, and the clips are locked.

In just fifteen seconds, the portable sterile operating room rose from the ground at the center of the thunderstorm.

Without saying a word, he crawled inside and pulled the tight zipper behind his back.

Just as the zipper was closed, another bolt of lightning struck the rock face less than fifty meters high.

boom!

The international viewers in the live stream were thoroughly amused.

An Indian netizen commented: "What is he doing? Knowing he can't escape, is he setting up a mourning tent for himself in advance? The coffin design is quite unique."

A netizen from the Wildebeest Kingdom commented: "Hilarious! Hiding in a tent to avoid lightning? Is he trying to cook himself like a roast duck in a sealed oven because he thinks he's not cooking fast enough?"

American netizens were even more sarcastic: "Is this the elite of China? Under a high-voltage electric field, a protruding object is the best lightning rod. He's committing suicide!"

However, the screen did not show Zhang Li being burned to a crisp.

Instead, several more bolts of lightning struck, one even hitting the rock next to the top of the operating room.

A massive electric current spread along the ground, and blue-purple arcs of electricity snaked across the outer wall of the operating room before... disappearing.

Inside the operating room, Zhang Li was unharmed and even calmly straightened his collar.

The barrage of comments that had been relentlessly mocking the other person suddenly froze.

"???"

"This doesn't make sense! Why is the electric arc going around that tent?"

At that moment, a golden barrage of comments floated by, carrying a sense of intellectual crushing.

[A Chinese physics graduate student: This isn't a funeral hall; this is a physics lesson for you foreign illiterate folks. This is called a Faraday cage.]

In the studio, Wang Bingbing turned to Professor Li: "Professor Li, although I know the Faraday cage principle, I remember the book saying that only a metal cage can shield an electrostatic field. Zhang Li's... looks like it's made of fabric?"

Professor Li's eyes were full of admiration.

"You're right, ordinary fabric certainly won't do. But don't forget, this is military supplies."

He pointed to the details of the operating pod on the screen, "Look at the reflections on those skin panels."

This "electromagnetically shielded field surgical pod" is designed to prevent enemy radar detection and electromagnetic pulse attacks in modern electronic warfare environments.

"Its outer skin is woven with an extremely dense and highly elastic copper wire mesh."

"When lightning or a high-voltage electric field comes into contact with this copper wire mesh, according to the principle of electrostatic balance, the charge will be instantly distributed on the outer surface of the conductor."

In other words, the current flows from the outer shell of the surgical chamber to the ground, while inside the chamber…”

"The electric field strength is zero..."

"This is a perfect equipotential body."

As long as Zhang Li doesn't do anything reckless and reach out to touch the ground outside, he'll be absolutely safe inside.

The live chat exploded instantly.

"Holy crap! You can do that?"

"Is this the power of knowledge? Where are those Wildebeest Kingdom brothers who were talking about oven-roasted duck? Come out and show yourselves!"

Xu Zhiping looked at the screen, but his brows did not relax; instead, he sighed.

"The person is safe. But... what about Cang Yu?"