Age of Legends

Chapter 135 Extinguished
"Zhang, Zhang Chen, do you feel... numb all over your body!?"

As they entered the alley, Zhang Chen heard a low buzzing sound, so he asked Wang Shuowei.

Without Wang Shuowei saying anything, Zhang Chen also felt it. A tingling sensation came from his feet, making him feel like an electric shock all over his spine.

Wang Shuowei pointed at Zhang Chen as he spoke, "Hey, our clothes...are getting fuzzy!"

Zhang Chen looked down at himself and Wang Shuowei. It wasn't that their Qing Dynasty official robes were fuzzy, but that some of the exposed threads on the edges of the material were standing up. This kind of chemical fiber fabric cosplay costume is not a product for long-term wear. Today, jumping and jumping around will inevitably cause wear and tear. In addition, some of the seams are exposed, and now these exposed threads are rising out of thin air.

The feeling of an electric shock... Zhang Chen understood immediately in a flash.

"do not move!"

Zhang Chen shouted immediately, then he looked around and heard the source of the low buzzing sound. Beside this road, there was a construction site separated by a blue iron shed wall. It was not surprising that Rongcheng was full of construction sites during this period. At the edge that the iron shed had just covered, a transformer casing top was exposed. This type of transformer could often be seen during this period, often standing on the side of the road. It looked like a huge iron coil. The iron shed just blocked the transformer. At this time, there was newly turned soil next to it, and the excavator was parked there. The buzzing sound came from the transformer in the iron shed... Could it be that the cable was dug up at this construction site, or the transformer had a broken high-voltage wire that was grounded?
So now there is current in the ground?

Zhang Chen was very familiar with this feeling of electric shock. When he was a child, he once plugged the copper plates of a plug into a socket and felt as if half of his body was bitten by a crocodile. That was the feeling he had now.

Fortunately, they were not in the center of the electric current, and they were walking over and felt the current from a distance. The current was not strong enough to knock them down. If the high-voltage line suddenly broke and was grounded, and they were not careful, both of them would die here.

In a flash, Zhang Chen said, "Jump, hop on one foot! It's best to hop on one foot, jump forward! Stay as far to the left as possible to avoid that transformer!"

The grounding current will form a potential distribution on the ground. If you take a step and walk normally at this time, the potential difference between the two feet will immediately cause the body to generate voltage, thereby forming a current and knocking the person down directly. This is called step voltage.

The transformer is on the right side, and this alley is relatively narrow, so two cars probably can't pass side by side. This is also the only way to go home, but as long as the source of the leakage is confirmed, this method can still be used to avoid it!
Having said that, Zhang Chen took the lead in demonstrating. After standing on one foot, the numbness immediately disappeared, and then he jumped to the left.

“What, what’s going on!?”

"There's a leakage. Prevent step voltage. Don't walk. Jump on one foot. Follow me and move forward!"

At the critical moment of life and death, Wang Shuowei had no time to admire Zhang Chen's quick thinking. He hurriedly followed suit, put one leg away, and jumped with Zhang Chen.

It’s just that both of them were wearing Qing Dynasty official uniforms, with their long robes touching the ground, so jumping with one foot and jumping with both feet looked no different from the outside.

At this moment, in the residential building at the other end of the alley, a family was having dinner, and their windows faced the alley diagonally below.

The incandescent street lamps cast a warm white light on the alley. The alley that the family was facing was already a bit pale and eerie. A pile of graves had been exposed on a construction site not far away. A street away was the tomb of a former prince, which of course had now become an exhibition site.

This place is fine during the day, but it is still creepy looking at this alley at night. And because it is remote, only occasional people pass by. There have been cases in the past where thieves hid here and waited for people to pass by, then punched the person and robbed them of their jewelry and wallet.

Originally, when Zhang Chen and Wang Shuowei appeared over there in zombie costumes, there was only a fat kid among the people eating there. He was facing the window, gnawing on a chicken leg. He glanced over there, and after passing by, he turned his head back suddenly, with only a "wuwuwu..." sound coming out of his mouth.

The sound alerted the seven adults in the room who were having dinner and drinking at a relative's house, and then everyone looked out the window following the fat boy's frightened gaze.

Then I saw Zhang Chen and Wang Shuowei jumping around in the alley...

Jumping and hopping...

……

The family was eating in silence, using the coffee table in the living room as a dining table.

Then they heard the sound of benches falling to the ground with "bang!"

Apparently, the scene in the alley outside was witnessed by more than just their family.

Then there were sounds of windows opening in several places in the building.

Some people came to the window to see more clearly. Then they saw clearly.

Two Qing Dynasty zombies are jumping in the alley.

Still jumping.

I don't know how many seconds passed, but it felt like a century, until the two zombies jumped to the end of the alley and could no longer be seen from the building.

Not far away, it is said that an ancient tomb was dug up that year.

Inside the building, some exclamations came from the cubicle separated by reinforced concrete.

……

Zhang Chen and Wang Shuowei jumped on one leg, leaning against the wall. The wall was white and the street lights left a pale patch on it.

Two people came to the front stage like a shadow play, wearing ancient costumes and high-ranking officials of the Qing Dynasty, and danced forward.

Suddenly, from the alley behind them, there was a scream that pierced the night sky. Someone might have just entered the alley and saw it from afar. He was so scared that he ran away in panic.

This sound awakened the night even more and disturbed people in more buildings around.

From the building far to their side, they heard the sound of stools being moved and screams, which obviously caused panic, but they could not care less at this time.

I just want to escape from this place with electric potential.

It was not until the two of them jumped far away, away from the life-threatening buzzing sound, and felt that it was almost time, that Zhang Chen tried to put his curled foot on the ground and tried to lengthen his steps. He found that the numbness was gone, and the hair and threads on their bodies also hung down. There was no longer that terrible premonition of being struck by lightning.

The backs of both men were covered in sweat. One reason was that they had just jumped over on one foot, which had caused their adrenaline to surge. Now that they were out of danger, their feet began to feel weak and swollen, and they felt sore from the accumulated lactic acid.

On the other hand, there was a feeling that I had escaped death by encountering such a thing.

Now Zhang Chen just wanted to quickly call the municipal government and ask them to clean up the place, otherwise someone might get into trouble today!
"Damn, how did you come up with that? If you hadn't reacted, we would have both died today!" Wang Shuowei felt like he had survived a disaster. He also had an unprecedented admiration for Zhang Chen. If Zhang Chen helped his father with the planning, it was because he himself had brilliant ideas.

But now, Zhang Chen was able to react immediately, sense the danger, and quickly grasp their situation. As a high school student, Wang Shuowei himself could not achieve this kind of response. He suddenly admired Zhang Chen's brain. This guy suddenly became smart!
"I'm just more knowledgeable than you." Zhang Chen smiled at Wang Shuowei.

Wang Shuowei was too lazy to refute at this time, "Okay, okay, okay... you are awesome this time!" He should admit defeat when he should.

Zhang Chen also looked relieved and relieved, and was about to reach into his trouser pocket to take out his cell phone to make a call. He didn't know the municipal telephone number, but he could call 114 for inquiries, or dial 110 directly.

The two had reached the end of the alley, where there was a shaded street lamp that cast a spot of light on the ground. The circular lampshade of the street lamp was covered with spider webs and the remains of dragonflies and various insects. Countless swarms of flying insects were lingering around the lamp.

The TV station’s wall is in front of us.

Then Zhang Chen looked past this place and towards the courtyard wall. The alleyway where he had replaced the street lights was dark and silent.

That high-wattage incandescent lamp there that gives off a peaceful warm yellow glow…

I don't know when it went out.

At that moment, a fear from the fate that he had always wanted to escape but had finally come to him, a numb feeling that was no less than the electric shock that had just occurred, surged up from his spine, buzzing! It rushed to the top of his head, making his entire scalp feel numb and panicky.

(End of this chapter)