Chapter 225: The Curse of the 40th Parallel North

Facing the camera, Jiang Zhe stated the truth about the Tianqi Explosion directly.

"Through my research over the past few days and nights, and the conclusions I have written, the Tianqi Explosion is actually like this."

"I conclude that the [Tianqi Explosion] was a four-in-one disaster event caused by an earthquake, gunpowder, combustible gases, and static electricity explosions."

"I have previously conducted a detailed analysis of the details and data of this great explosion, and after a comprehensive analysis of various abnormal phenomena—"

"I believe this was a typical 'large-scale space plasma explosive recombination accompanied by subterranean plasma recombination energy release' event."

"Specifically, it means: a super-large-scale lightning phenomenon occurring on the surface of the Earth."

"Or, as some earthquake experts put it: this was an earthquake event with a hypocenter on the surface."

"Let me first explain the 40th Parallel North Death Line; the Beijing area is located right near 40° North Latitude."

"This latitude is precisely where the vast majority of the world's most devastating earthquakes occur!"

"Because this is where the magnetic field lines of the Earth's radiation belt enter the Earth's interior."

"The radiation belt's magnetic field lines captured a large number of charged particles near Beijing, which is: [plasma]."

"The Tianqi Explosion was precisely because a large amount of plasma had accumulated within the Earth, forming a relatively strong electrostatic field—[historical documents contain records of 'thunderous sounds from within the earth never ceased']."

"Under the induction of this electric field, a high-density, massive plasma cloud in the ionosphere (historical documents record [extraordinarily large fireballs] suddenly descending to the ground) subsequently underwent a complex explosion, resulting in a massive catastrophe."

After hearing this, the audience and experts wore pensive expressions.

"The 40th Parallel North, is this information true?"

"Is it really a zone of frequent earthquakes, or rather, a zone of frequent disasters?"

"I am a graduate student in geology, and I regret to tell you that it is true."

"I don't believe it. I'm going to search it and see the truth!"

"..."

The audience did not immediately verify the truth of Jiang Zhe's information, but instead searched the internet for the curse of the 40th Parallel North.

Soon, the results of their collective search appeared—

The 40th Parallel North is perfectly the most suitable zone for human survival, with many of the world's major cities almost all located within this region.

New York, Beijing, Tokyo, Western Europe, and so on.

These megacities, which occupy extremely important positions in the world, are almost all at this latitude.

As they read on, they were surprised to discover that these cities are also places of frequent disasters.

Either extreme heat or extreme precipitation.

Either Canada or the western United States are scorching hot, while New York, Western Europe, Beijing, and Zhengzhou suffer from heavy precipitation disasters.

Continuing to investigate, the bewildered audience suddenly realized—

The 40th Parallel North is indeed, as Jiang Zhe said, a "land of frequent disasters."

The 40th Parallel North line is unanimously recognized by experts as the [terrifying earthquake death line].

At this latitude and longitude, as well as in the surrounding areas, besides the existence of the Eurasian seismic belt, it is also where the Ring of Fire seismic belt treads.

At the same time, typical cities at the 40th Parallel North, such as Beijing, Tianjin, Pyongyang, Ankara, Madrid, Lisbon, San Francisco, etc., mean that earthquakes occurring here are highly catastrophic.

In this region, excluding the Tangshan earthquake in Hebei, there have been dozens of catastrophic earthquakes with death tolls over 2,000 or magnitudes above 7.

Such as the magnitude 8 earthquake in the Sanriku region of Japan, the two magnitude 8 earthquakes in Lisbon, Portugal, the magnitude 8 earthquake in Erzincan, Turkey, the magnitude 8.3 earthquake in San Francisco, United States, and the magnitude 9 earthquake in Latanza, Italy.

The latitude and longitude of these cities are mostly between 35 and 40 degrees North.

This 40th Parallel North line is known by industry insiders as the "earthquake terror line."

After reading all the professional data, the audience was bewildered.

"I... am very sorry, I have shown my ignorance."

"Knowing the truth for the first time makes me feel a bit foolish!"

"Let me ask the geology experts: what is your view on the Tianqi Explosion, without considering the four-in-one situation that Teacher Jiang mentioned?"

"I am a geology undergraduate, speaking from personal experience; actually, to us, the Tianqi Explosion isn't very special; because I know that is the death earthquake line. It's fine if there's no earthquake, but if one occurs, it's guaranteed to be a major disaster level."

"I am a geology professor from Guangzhou. Before seeing Teacher Jiang's explanation, I believed the Tianqi Explosion was just a subsequent gunpowder explosion caused by an earthquake and earth lights; but that was just my belief. If it were truly gunpowder self-ignition caused by an earthquake and earth lights, it actually wouldn't explain the phenomenon of people's clothes being blown away several kilometers, or even tens of kilometers away."

"I am a physics graduate student from California, United States; I can assert that your Jiang Zhe is right; because I have also recently been researching and deciphering many of the world's unsolved mysteries; the final results all point to what your Jiang Zhe said; I can confirm its authenticity!"

"..."

Soon, many practitioners in related industries came forward to testify.

Almost every professional confirmed the authenticity of Jiang Zhe's explanation, with no falsehoods.

This left the audience even more bewildered, which meant the long-puzzling Tianqi Explosion...

Was, solved?

The moment they knew the truth, they were bewildered.

Just a moment ago, many people felt that Jiang Zhe was at his wit's end.

After hearing Jiang Zhe's explanation, those people realized that Jiang Zhe had intentionally released the flaws of the [biogas hypothesis] for the sake of the show's effect, all to pave the way for the truth.

Moreover, this method of deciphering is far more convincing than any single type of explosion proposed by other experts!

At this moment, on the big screen.

Jiang Zhe smiled slightly and stated the conclusion.

"So, to put it simply, the Tianqi Explosion was—a four-in-one disaster of earthquake, gunpowder, combustible gases, and static electricity ignition."

"Of course, you could also call it a three-in-one disaster, after all, it was static electricity that ignited the gunpowder and the underground combustible gases!"

As his words fell, inside the lecture hall.

Professor Hua Yunfeng, Old Feng, and a group of other experts were speechless.

The truth of the Tianqi Explosion; it could be difficult, but it could also be very simple!

As long as every anomaly at the site of the Tianqi Explosion is resolved, and finally all the various anomalies are integrated into a single physical phenomenon that can encompass all of them, that is enough.

The final conclusion would inevitably be: a large-scale space plasma explosive recombination event accompanied by subterranean plasma recombination energy release.

Only such a complex major event can completely decipher the "Tianqi Explosion."

The experts and professors under the podium looked at the big screen, stunned.

"Is it solved?"

"Not yet, it's still one step away from being solved, but it can already be said to be solved."

"..."

The scene was silent for a moment, and soon an expert took the first step.

"Quick, quick, quick, write these materials into a paper and send it to the 'National Historical Archives.' Then students won't have to be confused by these so-called unsolved mysteries."

"You just thought of that? I've already started."

"You are despicable, you are actually so fast!"

The geology and history scholars at the scene excitedly set to work writing a paper on the "Tianqi Explosion."

They wanted to be the first to publish this matter in the "National Historical Archives." Today's matter must go through the national level, as long as it subsequently passes the approval of national geologists, historians, and physicists.

Then, this historical event of the Tianqi Explosion will no longer be an unsolved mystery, but one with an answer.

In the future, geography, history, and even physics textbooks will feature the solver: Jiang Zhe.

However, as the scholars at the scene were writing, they discovered an abrupt point: it seems there is no evidence to support what Jiang Zhe said.

Or perhaps, there is evidence, but Jiang Zhe has not yet provided it.

Currently, all there is is a physical phenomenon, and there is no related chain of evidence to show how the clothes of the people in Beijing during the Ming Dynasty were blown away.

Soon, the geology, history, and physics scholars at the scene stopped abruptly, looked at each other, and shook their heads.

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