Chapter 180 Discovery of the Thunder Listening Device
The white van was driving on the suburban road, and Wu Xie was organizing his thoughts.

"Fatty, Little Wu, do you remember how many times we heard thunder along the way?"

"The message is conveyed in the thunder we hear."

The fat man was driving while recalling seriously.

"The first time on the ship in the Nanhai King's underground palace, you went crazy when you heard thunder."

"Another time, it was in Yang Daguang's treasure cave. There was a loud thunder and I almost died in there."

"Fatty, keep your voice down. Xiaobai is sleeping."

The fat man was in high spirits when he was happy, and his voice was raised an octave. Wu Suowei, who was sitting in the back row, couldn't help but remind him.

Bai Haotian had finally fallen asleep, and if he woke her up again, everyone would be in trouble again.

The fat man shut his mouth tactfully. Now was the time to get down to business, and he knew the limits.

"Tian Zhen, why are you asking these questions suddenly?" Wu Suowei turned around and asked.

"No." Wu Xie shook his head. "I was just thinking, those two times when I heard thunder, I needed to install wings. So what should I do this time? What should I use this time?"

"The car will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridge. We'll talk about where we get to first," Wu Suowei comforted.

Wu Xie didn't say anything else. The car gradually drove out of the suburbs and into the mountains, and the temperature suddenly became cooler.

The four of them soon arrived at the weather station they had been to last time.

It still has the dilapidated gate, messy yard, and crumbling buildings, but the difference is the mood now.

The last time I came, it was completely unknown.

This time, he came with a purpose.

"I don't know what kind of secrets are hidden in this shabby yard. It really feels like revisiting an old place." The fat man complained as soon as he got out of the car.

Wu Xie and Wu Suowei were both practical people. They didn't waste too much time talking to Fatty and just threw the pile of luggage to him to stop Fatty from nagging.

Standing in front of the courtyard gate, Wu Xie adjusted his backpack and said.

"Uncle San should be prepared. We must have missed something last time."

Wu Suowei nodded.

"Come on, Fourth Sister, come, I'll show you around, follow me."

The fat man patted Bai Haotian, who was still confused, and walked in first.

The fat man kicked open the dilapidated gate of the courtyard and led the way proudly in front as if he was the owner of the place.

Because they were here specifically for the purpose, they searched very carefully, even the meteorological equipment in the yard was not spared.

Wu Suowei took a careful look and found that these devices were very old and did not seem to contain any secrets.

“These are all old equipment that have been refurbished.”

The fat man looked around and added: "There are more than these. There should be some abandoned ones that have been demolished."

Bai Haotian couldn’t see these, he just felt that this place was a bit eerie and scary, and there were many mosquitoes.

"Everyone be careful. Here, let me spray some mosquito repellent on you." As she said that, she took out the mosquito repellent that she had prepared long ago from her backpack and sprayed it at Wu Xie.

"Oh my, second brother is going to be jealous of third brother. My area is bigger than his. Fourth sister, you should spray me some."

The fat man looked at Bai Haotian's concern for Wu Xie and started to tease him.

Bai Haotian was so angry at Fatty's ridicule that he sprayed mosquito repellent at his face.

These sprays are fine when sprayed on the body, but it is a bit uncomfortable when sprayed on the face.

The fat man quickly turned his face away, but out of the corner of his eye he accidentally noticed that there was someone in the weather station.

"What are you doing?"

The fat man had a bad temper and he immediately shouted loudly.

"You bastard, mind your own business!"

It turned out that a few thieves were stealing the abandoned electrical wires in the weather station. Facing the fat man's harsh shouting, they were not afraid and challenged him arrogantly.

The fat man had never been so angry before, so he immediately hit back: "If you have the guts, get down here."

"Just wait for us!"

These thieves might be hooligans from the nearby villages. They thought they were the local bosses and were extremely arrogant. They put down the wires in their hands and were about to come down to cause trouble for Wu Xie and the others.

"Are all the people who thieves of electric wires so irritable nowadays?" Wu Xie couldn't help laughing as he saw such an arrogant thief for the first time.

The fat man stretched his muscles and said, "I have to teach them a lesson. Lend me this for a while."

He also snatched the mosquito repellent spray from Bai Haotian's hand, ready to use it as a weapon.

"Those of you who are not feeling well, women comrades, young men who have just come of age, please rest for a while over there."

Listening to what Fatty Wang said, it's obvious that this problem needs to be solved by one person.

Wu Xie asked with concern, "Can you do it?"

Three wire thieves came down from upstairs. The leader was holding a steel pipe in his hand and looking at this group of young men.

Fatty Wang showed disdain on his face: "I'm afraid of wasting time."

Wu Xie showed trust on his face and raised two fingers: "I'll give you two minutes!"

After saying that, the three of them stood back and prepared to watch the show, and the leader hit Fatty Wang's chest with a steel pipe.

"We are the ones protecting this area, you can scold me if you want!"

Seeing their carefree appearance, Fatty Wang didn't care at all: "Just scold me if you want to. Alas, there's a mosquito here!"

As he said this, he sprayed the mosquito repellent in his hand into the leader's eyes and kicked him to the ground.

The boss was beaten, and the people behind him immediately rushed up. The fat man turned around and crashed into a tree with the gangster's hairstyle lifted up.

The other thug was easier to deal with, he was knocked to the ground with one kick. In less than a minute, the fat man had already beaten him up.

He walked into the building carrying a steel pipe and pointed at the corner. They squatted in the corner with their heads in their hands.

"You know what to do." Fatty Wang shook the steel pipe in his hand.

I was conquered by you and all my retreat routes were cut off. My mood was firm but my decision was confused.

I was conquered by you and drank the poison you hid. My story has ended, my love and hate have been buried.

The fat man listened to the uneven singing and smacked his lips. It was too difficult for them to sing.

He shook the steel pipe in his hand: "It's too bad to listen to. Don't sing it. You can't stand a beating, and you can't sing well. How dare you imitate others' arrogance?"

"I think you guys just need a lesson, how about you practice with me again?"

The three people squatting in the corner shook their heads in fear. Seeing that they were scared, the fat man frowned and said, "Is that all you can do?"

There was a knock on the door, and Wu Xie looked at the figure of Fatty, who looked like a class teacher: "Okay, Fatty, let's get down to business!"

"Right away." Fatty Wang waved his hand and pointed at the three thugs who were being beaten up: "You are lucky today to have met a kind man like me."

"I'll give you a chance to mend your ways."

Opportunity? The three of them immediately bent over like pugs. The fat man in front of them was really scary. He didn't hold back at all when fighting.

Fatty Wang saw that they agreed and pointed his finger: "You guys search this yard right now, turn the whole place upside down and look for it for me, understand?" The three people who had the chance realized that this big brother was also a wire thief and a collector of scrap metal. They immediately stood up and ran outside.

"Go, go, go, go quickly, go quickly!"

"Yes Yes Yes!"

Seeing their anxious looks, the fat man immediately realized that they regarded him as a rag collector, and immediately shouted angrily: "Stop? Where are you going? What are you looking for?"

Facing the fat man's questioning, the three of them were in love for a while. Aren't they looking for scrap copper and iron to collect junk? They all understand this kind of thing.

Seeing that they didn't dare to say anything, the fat man took out the photo from his pocket and said, "Here, go!"

The leader gave a flattering smile, then gave his subordinate a flattering kick.

"Go quickly, go quickly!"

Several people were assigned to each corner. As far as Wu Suo knew, the things inside were distributed in the corners of the wall, but the weather station was so large that it was surrounded by walls on all four sides.

It is really not easy to find clues, the best way is to search by listening.

Wu Suowei knocked on the wall, and the surrounding images appeared in his mind.

I didn't find any tools for listening to thunder, but fortunately I found several nests of rabbits, so it looks like dinner is secured.

Just as he was groping carefully, a gangster's voice was heard, and the voice was extremely urgent.

"Brother, brother, there seems to be something over here." Wu Suowei stopped and walked towards the man. When he arrived, everyone had already gathered there.

Wu Xie squatted by the wall, digging something in the corner, while Fatty drove away those who were stealing cables.

After everyone left, Wu Xie stood up and showed everyone the broken skin he had dug out - the Southward Weather Station.

After just one glance, there were no more clues, so Fatty Wang continued to squat on the ground and dig.

"There's something else here." He took out a jar from the ground. The jar was simple and ancient, with a round waist and a wide mouth. "Wine jar?"

"No, this is an urn." Wu Suowei took a look and said.

"Why is there an urn here?" The fat man showed a puzzled look on his face: "Burying a person also requires burying in a cemetery, this doesn't make sense."

"This should be one of the materials used by people who listened to thunder in the past." Wu Suowei said to Wu Xie.

Listening to Wu Suowei's words, Wu Xie fell into deep thought, and then he said, "Yes, my third uncle saw that group of tomb robbers performing sacrifices before, and learned their methods."

"What does this mean? This group of tomb robbers have also been here?" A serious look appeared on the fat man's face.

"It's possible." Wu Xie looked down at the ground again. He felt that there should be more than this, so he said to Fatty Wang: "Fatty, check to see if there is anything else?"

"No!" Fatty Wang dug down a bit but didn't find anything.

"Impossible." Puzzlement appeared on Wu Xie's face. Logically, there should be a device for listening to thunder.

Otherwise, how could those people hear thunder? Seeing him in this state, Wu Suowei drew out the Minghong Knife from behind and flicked his finger on the sword.

Ding~!

The Minghong Sword in his hand kept vibrating, and the sound spread out in the form of sound waves with the sword as the center.

The scene at the weather station kept appearing in Wu Suo's mind. He heard different images on the tree. There was something like a transmitter hanging on the tree.

Wu Suowei estimated that this must be a thunder-listening device. He opened his eyes and pointed at the branch: "Over there."

After the voice fell, everyone looked in the direction Wu Suowei's finger was pointing with confusion. It was obvious that they didn't find anything, so everyone followed Wu Suowei to the tree.

After careful observation, I discovered something hanging on it.

"Oh, isn't it here? You can hear this? Not bad." Fatty Wang praised.

Looking at the thunder-listening device on the tree, Wu Xie smiled and said, "Stop talking nonsense and take it down quickly."

After saying that, the voice looked at the fat man.

At the same time, the fat man came to his senses and looked at the tree. The branches in front of him were only as thick as fists, and they seemed like they would be blown down by a gust of wind.

The fat man stamped his feet and said, "Ouch, you little rascal let it go too early!"

Wu Xie's face showed confusion: "Then what?

Then Fatty Wang turned to look at Bai Haotian: "Fourth sister, you are light, you go ahead."

Seeing the tree standing straight, Bai Haotian pushed Wu Suowei and said, "Take it down quickly!"

The tree was as thick as a fist. Wu Suowei looked up at the branches that were not even as thick as a thumb. He rolled his eyes and slashed up with the Minghong Knife.

Then he clapped his hands and said, "Okay."

Alright? Bai Haotian looked at him in confusion: "What? Don't think that you can just cut it with a knife and it will be alright. Hurry up and climb up?"

"No, no, no, let me do it. Fatty will do it myself." Fatty Wang said with a smile.

"I think I should do it myself. As an old veteran, I can defeat five people at once." Wu Xie poked his finger on the tree while saying this.

Crack. A smooth crack appeared on the fist-thick tree trunk, and then the tree fell down with a loud bang.

Wu Xie loosened his arms and smiled: "It seems that I am quite strong?"

"No, no, no. I think I'm still stunned by Fatty's handsomeness." Fatty Wang blew his hair.

Bai Haotian looked at this group of people with a confused look on his face: "Don't waste time, take it down quickly."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fatty Wang took the thunder-listening device down from the tree. It was quite heavy to carry on his back.

Fatty Wang put it next to Wu Xie and said, "This is the Dinghai Magic Needle that was passed down from your family."

Wu Xie smiled and said, "If we had the Dinghaishenzhen in our family, Second Brother, I would beat you back to your original form with one stick."

"That's great, is this a clothes rack?" Fatty Wang asked again, knowing the answer.

"This is a thunder-listening device." Bai Haotian explained.

Hearing Bai Haotian finally speaking, the fat man said without caring: "Why do I feel that it is just a clothes rack? Right, Xiao Wuzi?"

"Yes, a clothes rack. This clothes rack is pretty good. We used to hang quilts on high-voltage wires." Wu Suowei shrugged: "The sparks dried in less than two minutes."

"This is a thunder-listening device!" Bai Haotian argued again.

"Xiaobai, ignore them. Give me the blueprint of the thunder-listening device I brought out of the dead zone." Wu Xie said to the Fatty and Wu Suowei who were laughing.

"Okay." After Bai Haotian agreed, he immediately handed the urn to Fatty Wang, and then took out a stack of drawings from his bag.

Bringing the blueprint, Wu Xie explained to everyone that now they have both the jar and the lightning rod. Listening to Wu Xie's explanation, Fatty said.

"That means everything is ready. How about trying to listen to the thunder? Let the thunder strike you? Strike you!"

Wu Xie did not respond to Fatty's words, but pointed at the blueprint: "This is our only clue, and I believe in my Third Uncle. Now we are just missing this last device."

"This is the most important device. Once you have it, you can listen for thunder."

Bai Haotian looked at the cage-like device above and asked with a puzzled look: "What is this device?"

Wu Xie said without hesitation: "Faraday cage!"

"Brother, I'll take this job." Fatty Wang pointed to his head.

Fatty Wang looked at the weather forecast and found that there would be a thunderstorm in the afternoon. Without any hesitation, he started to make the Faraday cage.

(End of this chapter)