C5

"Professor, have you watched the news for the past few days …"

Professor Fang paused for a second after hearing Zhou Lin's words, then slowly stopped what he was doing and walked over with his glasses off.

"As you know, the problem is not that simple …" Little Ding, why don't you show Little Lin some of the news reports from abroad? "

Ding was one of Professor Fang's female assistants. She was once Professor Fang's student, even though her name was Ding and she was over 30 years old. As for Professor Fang's account of the situation abroad, Zhou Lin had not thought about it. He was thinking, could something like this also happen abroad? This was normal, because it wasn't just China that had Adepts.

However, the report Little Ding showed him wasn't the situation of the Adept. There were many university laboratories and scientists who suggested that the earth's magnetic poles had 'drifted' twice in the last few days. The magnetic field had also changed several times.

Zhou knew that the earth's magnetic poles had been drifting, averaging about 17 kilometers a year westward along the equator. However, it was definitely not normal for it to drift away twice within the next few days, and change its strength many times.

The consequences of this could be a catastrophe, such as an earthquake. Because the geomagnetic field was caused by the high-temperature liquid iron and nickel circulation under the mantle and outside of the earth's core, the sudden change in the magnetic pole meant that they were changing rapidly. The things inside the earth suddenly changed, and it was very easy to attract changes in the upper layer.

Everything in the universe is interconnected. Even small changes can bring about huge consequences, let alone such great changes.

"Professor, do you think that this is the reason why those Adepts have behaved so differently in the last few days?" Zhou Lin finished listening to Little Ding's introduction.

Professor Fang nodded, then said, "A long time ago, a scientist suggested that in addition to the main gravitational force, Earth would also be affected by the magnetic field of the entire solar system and Milky Way. And our research shows that in addition to these forces, there are also some dark energy effects that we are not sure about. "

"You mean some dark energy affected the Earth's magnetic field?" Zhou Lin thought for a while and asked.

Professor Fang nodded, continuing, "Well, we know that whether it is the solar system or the Milky Way galaxy, their magnetic field influence is very small, so I think this geomagnetic shift should have nothing to do with them."

"Dark energy is something we cannot touch and have yet to recognize. It accounts for 73% of the universe, and it reigns supreme …" Zhou Lin said as he thought back to what he had read about dark energy.

"..." "No, that's just a rough estimate from a scientist. The things we know are still too little, so this data can only be used as a reference." Professor Fang interrupted.

"There must be more things here. Now God has opened a door for us. I believe that after a while, we will have a whole new understanding of the universe …"

Just when they were still discussing this issue, another assistant told Professor Fang that a vice minister of Defense requested him to come to the research base. Professor Fang had a lot of background, Zhou Lin knew about it. And if the Defense Department wanted to find him at this time, it was most likely related to the change in the Earth's magnetic pole these few days.

Professor Fang left right away, and Zhou Lin returned to his dorm to continue watching the news online.

The reports Little Ding showed him earlier could also be found online, but many of the news he had seen before had already been reconciled. Now, even more news was that some experts had come out to spread the rumour, explaining that the changes in the geomagnetic field during the past few days were not real. It was normal to mention that even if there were any deviations, it would be nonsense to talk about a bipolar transition.

Thus searching, Zhou Lin also found some netizens say that the evidence of geomagnetic changes was the appearance of the aurora borealis over the Arctic and Antarctic. Their formation was mainly due to the action of the sun, but they were also related to the earth's magnetic field.

It was the same sentence: Everything in the universe is connected. Zhou Lin also knew that, in the last few days, Adepts like them had also undergone drastic changes. Their Discipline had become stronger.

So the sudden shift in the earth's magnetic pole was real. As Professor Fang had said, it might be related to some unknown force, or even something periodic.

The most terrifying phenomenon is the possible "magnetic reversal", because the Earth's magnetic field is the Earth's protective umbrella. When the Earth's magnetic field disappears during the reversal process, the solar particle storm will strike the Earth's atmosphere and trigger a series of chain reactions, which will have a fatal impact on the Earth's climate and human destiny.

Of course, the probability of such a disaster happening was minuscule. Moreover, when it really happened, there might be some unknown forces that would help Earth escape this calamity.

This reminded Zhou Lin of his own life. If he stayed in the research center on the day of the disaster and was unable to explore the outside world, it would be too much of a waste.

But this rush was useless. If the opportunity didn't come, then he could only make preparations. He was thinking that if something happened to the earth's magnetic field, it might become a huge panic and cause the world to fall into chaos. Then, he could take advantage of the chaos to leave this place. Or perhaps, the power of the superpower would increase and he would be able to leave this place easily.

If that was the case, he would have to check the location of the research center first to see what kind of cities were nearby. And then prepare some money to use after you leave here.

Money was a very important thing. Zhou Lin knew from the internet that it was now omnipotent. With it, one could have everything. Even if they made a huge mistake, they could use money to pay for everything.

But here he had only seen money in the pockets of other researchers, and his identity as a researcher was unpaid. How was he going to make the money to prepare for his departure? Did he have to steal from someone else?

Zhou Lin was familiar with the personalities of his fellow researchers. Among them, there were two or three who liked to gamble, because from their usual conversations, he knew that they were in the habit of gambling.

Now that Zhou Lin had a direction, he had to think of a way to get some money from them in the future. With money, he would be able to go even further.

In the next few days, Zhou Lin became a gambler and won a little money based on his talent.

Based on his online experience, he knew that such a small amount of money was still too little. However, those researchers who had lost money to him were unwilling. If this was too much, they might even ask the higher-ups to take back his money.

He had to wait for a better opportunity. Since he already had the expenses for lodging and transportation, it would be easy for him to get into trouble if he rushed in too fast.

Over the past few days, Zhou Lin's Discipline had become even more intense. The researchers began to pay more attention to how strong the Adepts were. The higher-ups also began to discuss plans, but Professor Fang had yet to return.

A change in quantity would result in a qualitative change, and those who were meticulous would know that all the minute changes would eventually lead to a big change. Therefore, for Zhou Lin to become such a powerful superpower, he would get into trouble sooner or later at the research center.

Finally, Zhou Lin had a chance. He got a piece of news from the leader of the research team: the higher research department wanted to take an Adept from their research center to do research.

If that was the case, they could leave this place, but Zhou Lin had no choice but to think deeply about it. First of all, he wasn't an Adept anymore, and second of all they said they were going to do some research.

However, this was an opportunity. When the time came, experts from the other side would come to investigate. Thus, he decided to act accordingly. First he had to know what kind of research it was, and what the consequences would be if he went with them.

He could not allow the opportunity to slip away from his hands, nor could he rashly sneak into the trap. Zhou Lin had already made his preparations. This was a Pandora's box, and it was a very important choice for him, one that might affect his future prospects.