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Chapter 179 - 150 The Whistleblower

Chapter 179: Chapter 150 The Whistleblower

"[I wish to live like a meteor streaking across the sky, with edges and angles, and still able to shine brightly.]"

Meng Lang read this sentence and sighed softly.

When ideals are replaced by harsh realities, one might end up accepting life’s imperfections, gradually smoothing out the enthusiasm and edges of youth, uttering such thoughts.

Although unmentioned, under the pressure of the apocalypse drawing nearer each day, Meng Lang must have exhausted all his efforts by now.

The saddest thing in the world, no doubt, is feeling sympathy for oneself...

Putting aside his emotions, Meng Lang looked at this book "Meteor" very carefully several times with a serious face.

He had at last lived again until 2043, and as planned, he conducted environmental monitoring.

It was both sad and surprising that he indeed detected some environmental changes this time, confirming his previous speculations.

Although it was still unknown whether this coincidentally discovered sound wave was truly the sought-after "trigger" of the madness disease.

But this was undoubtedly a crucial step in unraveling the mysterious "apocalypse puzzle"!

Beyond the main text, there were two appendices in the book this time.

One was the "Mengpo Soup 3.0 formula," a "super-frequency drug" that leaped a major version, with pleasing progress.

According to the instructions, this version of the formula could greatly reduce the side effects of the drug.

Although it inevitably still caused some brain damage, the damage was within an acceptable range, already possessing the preliminary commercial value of a potent stimulant.

With this, Meng Lang had one more monetizable technology in his hands.

However, this technology was too sensitive, and its military value was probably greater than its civilian use.

What kind of storm this technology would stir up after exposure, further "safety" validation was probably needed.

As for how to validate it, it certainly wouldn’t be Meng Lang who would take the plunge.

The second appendix was a "waveform diagram."

Clearly, this was the sound wave waveform diagram recorded before his sacrifice.

"He" had personally proven with his body that brain overclocking could indeed resist mutations for a short period.

It was just a pity that he couldn’t maintain this state for long, otherwise, could he consider himself to have cracked the madness disease with brutal force?

Brain overclocking, not only an auxiliary divine skill but also resistant to abnormal states, held enormous potential for development.

Meng Lang defined it, and then he looked carefully at this two-dimensional waveform diagram made up of horizontal and vertical axes.

He meticulously examined every detail along the axes.

Relevant graphic interpretations naturally came to mind.

Soon, he recognized through the units on the vertical axis that this sound wave belonged to the category of "infrasound waves."

Infrasound refers to frequencies below 20Hz, low-frequency sound waves that human ears cannot hear.

This type of sound wave, compared to ordinary sound waves, attenuates less easily and is not readily absorbed by water and air.

Because of the long wavelength of infrasound waves, they can diffract around large obstacles and have extremely strong penetration, even passing through concrete layers tens of meters thick.

At specific frequencies, infrasound waves can also resonate with human organs, causing deformation, displacement, or even rupture, thus achieving a lethal effect.

Hence, infrasound can also be used as a weapon.

"I was more inclined towards light waves; I didn’t expect it to be sound waves." Meng Lang felt somewhat surprised.

Sound waves are mechanical waves, while light waves are electromagnetic waves.

The speeds at which these two propagate are incomparably different.

Electromagnetic waves propagate at the speed of light and can cover the Earth almost instantaneously, while the speed of sound is just 340m/s, and even in water, it’s only 1500m/s.

To trigger the madness disease with sound waves, even covering the entire Country Hua would take two to three hours, let alone the whole world.

Such reaction time is enough for city warning alarms to ring across the skies; it’s unreasonable that humanity didn’t respond at all.

"If physical laws cannot be changed, then there must be some reason that circumvents the drawback of slow sound wave propagation.

Perhaps establishing numerous infrasound trigger points worldwide and then activating them simultaneously?"

To generate such a level of infrasound, large power speaker systems must be used, probably only some military weapons can meet this requirement.

This method is not only costly but also too obvious a target. Since it’s not mentioned in the book, it means no signs of such a large-scale project were detected.

The remaining possibility..."

Meng Lang’s gaze slowly fell upon the only photograph.

It was a high-definition landscape photo, where a fleeting brilliance left by a fire meteor made the entire sky look dim.

"The remaining possibility is that this infrasound source is sweeping across the globe at a speed far exceeding the speed of sound..."

"No... could it be?!"

Meng Lang frightened even himself with this thought.

Infrasound in nature originates from many aspects, such as solar magnetic storms, storms, the roaring sea, volcanic eruptions, thunder and lightning, and ... meteor impacts!

If this book is titled "Meteor," could it be a hint?

But why hadn’t he seen this meteor during the several past occurrences in 2043?

Right, there were three deaths, two of which occurred indoors, and one was in Meng Family Village, which is known for being surrounded by mountains on all sides.

Moreover, the areas on Earth where meteors can be observed are indeed limited...

But... could a meteor from billions of kilometers away in outer space be the trigger for madness?

The people of Earth, as capable as they may be, surely didn’t have the ability in 2043 to alter a meteor for the purpose of wiping out humankind, did they?

Even if it were possible, they couldn’t manage such a tricky operation under the watchful eyes of all Earth’s people, could they?

He suppressed the unfathomable fear in his heart, opened the web browser, and searched using the keywords "meteor" and "infrasound."

Half an hour later, Meng Lang leaned back in his chair, his eyes vacant.

It was proven that when a meteor sweeps past Earth, it does indeed generate a special "ripple sound," which includes infrasound.

If Earth were imagined as a spherical lake, infrasound would ripple back and forth across the surface in a manner akin to water ripples. This is the so-called "ripple sound."

Because infrasound decays very slowly, this oscillation would be global.

It could even create second and third echoes.

For instance, in August 1883, the eruption of the Krakatoa volcano between South Sumatra Island and Java Island generated infrasound that circled the Earth three times, covering over a hundred thousand kilometers and lasting 108 hours.

In a sense, infrasound is a type of mechanical wave with the potential of an intercontinental weapon.

In terms of its impact range, it surpasses nuclear weapons.

A mental image gradually formed in Meng Lang’s mind.

A meteor, speeding at dozens of kilometers per second across the Eurasian continent, Australia, America, and Africa, resembled a "whistle."

As it swept through the atmosphere, the intense friction with the air produced a silent "whistle sound."

Then from a point to a line, from a line to a plane.

In just a few minutes, this "death melody" would spread to every corner of Earth...

What’s worse, this "death melody" wasn’t a one-time event.

It rippled back and forth across the surface of Earth, likely continuing for about four or five days before finally fading away as the energy decayed.

[The beauty of fireworks lies in how they burst at the height of their descent; the allure of meteors lies in how their fall is yet a flowering.]

Only, this beautifully splendid meteor was flowering a "flower of death."

So, who was the "whistleblower" behind the scenes?

Aliens?

With the death ripples stirring across the globe’s surface emerging in his mind, Meng Lang suddenly had a bizarre sensation.

It seemed... as if it were a 360° germicidal sanitization of Earth?

A true* death ripple?!

Meng Lang felt a sense of absurdity.

At the same time, he experienced a chilling fear despite not feeling cold.

If the enemy was of his own kind, Meng Lang was confident, with his cheat-like ability to predict the future, that he could outmaneuver them in dozens of ways.

But if the enemy were aliens...

Fear arises from the unknown.

It also stems from that untouchable expanse of deep space...