As the world's largest active volcano, Hawaii Volcano's eruption generated energy fluctuations that were instantly detected by major powers across the globe.
Satellites around the world turned toward it, closely monitoring the eruption of Hawaii Volcano.
"How could this happen so suddenly? Wasn't Hawaii Volcano still several years away from entering its active period?"
Jia Yi, stationed in Yanjing Base City, said in puzzlement.
The ash produced by Hawaii Volcano's eruption could affect the global climate, so every nation and base city kept an eye on its condition.
However, they had never paid it too much attention.
After all, Hawaii Volcano lay in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, with no human base cities within thousands of kilometers.
Even if it erupted, it would not have the slightest impact on humanity on Earth today, so it was only monitored occasionally.
But Hawaii Volcano's abnormal eruption now truly came as a surprise.
"Sir, our satellites captured footage from before Hawaii Volcano erupted. Take a look."
A young officer dressed in a senior military uniform pointed at the screen as he spoke.
The screen showed footage of Hawaii Volcano before its eruption.
"Here. Zoom in as far as possible."
With his Planetary-level strength, Jia Yi quickly spotted a strange tiny dot.
The screen rapidly magnified, revealing the figure of a young man.
The moment they saw him, everyone in the command center cried out in shock.
"It's Councillor Jiang Ming!"
"Why is he there?!"
Seeing Jiang Ming appear on the screen, Jia Yi's expression changed as well.
"Find the fluctuations from Hawaii Volcano after Jiang Ming entered it."
"Yes!"
Upon receiving Jia Yi's order, the command center staff immediately got busy.
Before long, a series of peak fluctuation readings was projected onto the large screen.
As Jia Yi looked at the peak data on the screen, astonishment appeared on his face.
The other staff members erupted into an uproar.
"How is that possible?! These fluctuations... did some major-power base city drop dozens or even hundreds of nuclear bombs on Hawaii Volcano?"
"The center of the peak fluctuations is at the bottom of the volcano. There's an enormous amount of volcanic magma there to act as a buffer, so how could the peak fluctuations still be this high?"
"Could the instruments be malfunctioning?"
As members of the command center, every one of them was an elite officer hardened by countless battles.
Yet at this moment, the data from inside Hawaii Volcano left every one of them unsettled.
"Everyone, look! Hawaii Volcano has stopped erupting!"
An officer who had been monitoring Hawaii Volcano shouted.
At the reminder, live footage of Hawaii Volcano appeared on the screen.
By then, Hawaii Volcano had stopped erupting, and thick volcanic ash blanketed the sky above it.
Magma still boiled and churned within the crater that had suddenly erupted.
Jia Yi suddenly noticed something unusual.
"Zoom in here!"
The screen instantly enlarged, revealing a naked young man covered in crimson-gold Sun God Marks, lying amid the boiling, churning magma.
"It really is Councillor Jiang Ming!"
The command center instantly exploded into chaos!
The energy released by Hawaii Volcano's eruption was at least equivalent to tens of millions of tons of nuclear explosives.
And the magma it spewed out was on an entirely different scale.
Yet under such a terrifying natural disaster, someone was leisurely taking a bath.
Yes, leisurely!
The officers in the command center could see clearly. Jiang Ming's eyes were half-closed, and he looked as though he were enjoying a soak in a hot spring.
And when they recalled the peak fluctuations generated before Hawaii Volcano erupted—
At that moment, everyone had the same question in their hearts.
What level has Councillor Jiang Ming's strength reached?!
Even Jia Yi could not see through that question at this moment.
But while Jia Yi could not see through it, someone else could.
Hongning Base City.
"What an incredibly outrageous talent."
Hong looked at the image projected on the screen before him, watching Jiang Ming bathe in volcanic magma.
At that moment, Hong suddenly felt as though the new generation was surpassing the old.
"Perhaps the future of humanity on Earth will rest on his shoulders."
Hong had risen to prominence before the Great Nirvana Period and had been a super assassin whose name resounded across the world.
During the Great Nirvana Period, he had risen like a comet.
He became Earth's number one in strength and number one in power!
If anyone else stood in Hong's position and saw a super genius like Jiang Ming, they would surely be uneasy, fearing that Jiang Ming would replace them.
But Hong would not!
"In the darkness of the universe, Earth is nothing more than a tiny candle flame. When even the slightest storm comes, Earth will be destroyed.
"Jiang Ming! Will you be the one to carry the lamp?"
Hong's gaze fell upon those crimson-gold eyes on the screen as he silently thought to himself.
Within the boiling, churning volcanic magma, Jiang Ming lazily narrowed his eyes.
He enjoyed the sensation of immense volcanic energy continuously pouring into his body.
The ever-rising power left Jiang Ming somewhat intoxicated.
"What a shame. Hawaii Volcano had accumulated too little energy. It stopped erupting after such a short time.
"It would have been better if there had been more."
Jiang Ming thought with some dissatisfaction.
But as he felt the abundant power within his body, some of his regret faded.
"If I stay a few more days, I'll reach Planetary level two."
The energy Hawaii Volcano had accumulated beforehand had all been drawn out by Jiang Ming, but he still needed time to digest that volcanic energy.
With that thought, Jiang Ming slowly closed his eyes and entered a cultivation state.
In the blink of an eye, nine days passed.
By then, the world's largest volcano had gradually cooled.
The black volcanic smoke that had risen from it year-round had completely dispersed, as if it had fallen utterly silent.
Jiang Ming shattered the cooled volcanic rock wrapped around his body and walked out from the black stone.
"What a pity."
Looking at Hawaii Volcano, which had completely cooled, Jiang Ming felt somewhat regretful.
"But I've reached Planetary level two as well, so I should be satisfied."
The energy Jiang Ming needed for each level-up now was an astronomical figure.
Even the volcanic energy Hawaii Volcano had accumulated over countless years was merely enough to count as one filling meal for Jiang Ming.
"Let's head back. I wonder how Hall Master's progress is going."
Jiang Ming shot into the sky, instantly soaring into the high altitude.
A King-class fighter jet emerged from the still somewhat dim clouds.
"Hall Master, how is the spaceship coming along?"
Sitting in the cockpit, Jiang Ming asked Hong, whose image was projected before him.
"Soon. At most half a month, and it will be ready."
Hong had excavated quite a few civilization relics on Earth. Though he did not possess an intact spaceship, he did have damaged spaceships that could still fly.
Such damaged spaceships were not even qualified to travel within a star system. If they flew for too long, they would fall apart on their own.
But they could still travel through space for a short period.
After all, Jiang Ming's goal was not to have a spaceship land directly on the sun, but merely to get close to it.
"Then thank you, Hall Master."
After confirming the spaceship's progress, Jiang Ming's mood, which had dimmed after Hawaii Volcano went extinct, improved a little.
"Oh, right. Of the trials you set at the Elite Training Camp, how many people have completed them so far?"
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