Temperature Control in Academy City

Chapter 634 Chain Reaction

In the blink of an eye, the raging high-temperature flames spread out from the cherry trees along the dense forest to the surrounding areas of the park, like a rapidly growing fire dragon, devouring all combustible materials in its route.

Even the shouts of the crowd were drowned out by the huge sea of ​​fire. All that could be heard were the crackling sounds of burning trees and the hissing sounds of the air being squeezed and rolled.

As the fire grew fiercely, Natsume Sonoko's radar map immediately fed back a large amount of real-time information. It was filled with chaotic and complex temperature signals, burying the humans with lower temperatures deeply in a corner.

However, for Natsume Sonoko, it only added a little obstacle. In just a moment, she was able to distinguish the temperature signals belonging to humans.

Having said that, it was not much different from what Natsume Sonoko had imagined. The cause of the fire was hidden within the park itself.

It was a very simple yet helpless result. Even someone with super powers could only watch the fire happen silently.

A certain bun-head has not yet realized that a person should take on everything, break the rules and do things that are not understood and troublesome, just to eliminate a possible hidden danger.

"That's indeed the reason."

"It can be said that this is a combustion phenomenon caused by the trees themselves. Perhaps there are other factors, such as some nutrient solution rich in chemical elements such as phosphorus and sulfur, which have seeped into the ground a long time ago."

"In short, I really have no way to nip the cause of such a fire in the bud. It only takes a little spark to detonate the situation."

With a somewhat expressionless face, Natsume Sonoko sensed the fire throughout the park.

The thoughts in my head were running fast, and the time in reality seemed to be stretched a lot.

She found that flames and explosions were constantly gushing out from beneath the surface, and the most intense burning and even simultaneous explosions were mostly found around the cherry trees.

The area near the cherry trees is where most couples and tourists gather.

If the fire was deliberately targeted at couples, it seems to be correct from this perspective.

“There will be no more cherry blossom trees here in the future.”

The little face was full of seriousness, and Natsume Sonoko's every move revealed a serious tone.

There was no legitimate reason to raze the area before the fire, but once the fire started, that concern disappeared.

Whether it was a water pipe explosion or a river backflow, it had become a reasonable and well-founded behavior. This was probably one of the rich combat experiences summed up by Natsume Sonoko. She had to memorize some of the rules of Academy City before taking action.

With her hands clenched and a serious face, Natsume Sonoko controlled her body to continue descending. When she was in the right position, a water tornado rose from the surface of the lake.

Under the intimate request of moving in a certain space, the lake in the park can completely turn the entire park into a swamp.

However, it is not convenient to take action now, as there is only drizzling rain falling from the sky. Large-scale flooding can only be dealt with after the people in the park have been evacuated.

Just as Natsume Sonoko was controlling the waterspout to hover over the park, strong vibrations began to resound around the park. A large number of water pipes outside the park began to burst. The strong water pressure hit the flames that were close at hand, completely separating the inside and outside.

"In Miyama's prediction, some of the fire damage occurred outside the park. So as long as the fire is confined to the park, those predictions will naturally not hold true."

Natsume Sonoko's expression suddenly changed, and she remembered something that she had been very concerned about before.

She held a strong critical attitude towards the so-called three-dimensional destiny, but she also wanted to see how the fire would break through her encirclement according to destiny.

The diameter of the area covered by Natsume Sonoko's ability is more than 200 meters. As long as she keeps circling the park and uses the water pipes, it seems that the fire will not be able to break through.

She also quietly paid attention to the locations of some predicted events in the park, and now the main activity range of the waterspout was nearby.

In addition to suppressing the surrounding fire, it can also ensure the normal movement of Shirai-san and prevent the other party from being burned by the flames.

Although Shirai-san always does some inexplicable things, and Misaka-san said that she has been lying on the bed looking at her every morning recently, and her perversion is becoming more and more obvious, but after all, she is a friend that Natsume Sonoko cares about, and she would still feel very uncomfortable if she got hurt.

"I remember that a prophetic event will take place here."

Natsume Sonoko was muttering something silently, and her eyes instantly focused on a certain area where there happened to be a trapped girl.

The other party was calling for help in a distant direction, but basically no one could hear him.

According to the plan, a space movement will arrive here in fifteen seconds and rescue the other party from the sea of ​​fire.

"We just need to control the air a little bit, and we should be able to rescue the people."

Natsume Sonoko's expression was a little conflicted, and some strange emotions surged in her head.

Do you want to give it a try? Ms. Shirai hasn't come yet, and there is still some time before the expected time.

After all, Natsume Sonoko is not the kind of person who can't make up her mind.

In just a moment, Natsume Sonoko had a plan. A huge airflow rose from around the girl and released in all directions, suppressing the flames that were about to approach the opponent far away.

A huge air hand then grasped the girl's body, trying to lift her off the ground.

But in the next second, the sea of ​​fire that was suppressed by the strong wind suddenly changed. Violent explosions sounded one after another, and it actually triggered a series of abnormal explosions from the roots of a large number of surrounding trees.

The fine dust that had been blown up by the strong wind before, plus the small space that had briefly formed in the center of the airflow group, also triggered a chain reaction, and a strong dust explosion replaced the flames and appeared in the original place.

Sensing the rapid loss of contact with the giant hand in the air and a new round of explosions regenerated at the original location, Natsume Sonoko's eyes suddenly turned red.

Oh no.

Standing above the waterspout, Natsume Sonoko came to her senses and wanted to remedy the situation, but an overwhelming chill emerged from the ground, and a thick ice wall instantly wrapped around the girl in the middle in three layers.

In just a moment, the situation changed drastically, and Natsume Sonoko felt unwell.

"Hey, what are you doing!"

Shirai Kuroko's complaining voice suddenly appeared in Natsume Sonoko's ears, and for some reason a layer of ice had formed on her hair.

She was still holding the girl in her arms, and she moved just above the waterspout. Then she looked around with dissatisfaction, trying to find the temperature control that had made such a mess of the scene.

Although we couldn't see the guy with the bun on his head and it was obvious that he was invisible, the huge water tornado behind him was too conspicuous.

"Shirai-san, it's great to have you here."

Natsume Sonoko was slightly stunned, and incomparable joy and excitement suddenly appeared on her face. She appeared from mid-air and pounced on the other party.

Great, Shirai-san arrived in time. Only then did Natsume Sonoko feel what Miyama-san was feeling.

Although the ice wall was strong enough to protect the girl, Natsume Sonoko became less confident. The chain reaction that suddenly occurred made her hesitant.

This probably also proves one thing, that there is really nothing special about her temperature control.

"Let me go, you bastard. Kuroko will always belong to onee-sama."

A serious expression suddenly appeared on his face, and Shirai-san got rid of someone's hands with a spatial movement, and in the process left the rescued girl in someone's arms.

She still had to continue saving people and had no time to waste with this bun-haired guy.

Having said that, the timing of my attack this time was just right, and thanks to Natsume Sonoko's protection, the girl didn't suffer any harm.

But hadn't she already reminded the girl with the bun hair before that she just needed to concentrate on putting out the fire? Doing some unnecessary things was really her style.

Although Natsume is a person with super powers, according to Miyama, no matter what the other party wants to do or do nothing, the events in the prediction will eventually return to the predetermined results.

Chapter 635 Interference Priority

The ability to control temperature itself has no way to interfere with fate. Even if all possibilities are taken into account, changes will occur at the moment of actual prediction.

This is probably one of the most hated things in the life of a certain Hanged Man, a world rule called accident.

At the same time, the burst water pipes scattered around the park did not stop the spread of the fire as Natsume Sonoko had imagined. Only some tree roots extending from the ground to the outskirts of the park brought sporadic flames and explosions to the outskirts, reigniting a small fire.

From this perspective, Natsume Sonoko's attempt seems meaningless. Only Shirai's ability can interfere with fate.

However, this also made Natsume Sonoko fully understand one thing. The so-called three-dimensional destiny is not impossible to change, but it is necessary to find the right method, and her temperature control is obviously inappropriate.

If it's like what the god in the bag said, fate is something like sparks produced when phases rub against each other and collide with each other.

In this way, these sparks have almost been tacitly accepted by the world as real things, so any means of interference with a lower degree and no way to erase their existence will be ineffective.

This kind of invalidation should also have a despairing characteristic, that is, the ending itself cannot be changed, and the process in the middle is meaningless.

“Is there an invisible and intangible priority rule in this world?”

"It seems that even the will of the universe itself cannot determine its own destiny."

Natsume Sonoko suddenly felt a little toothache as she thought about it, and felt that this was almost the truth.

The universe I live in is riddled with holes, just like a house with leaks everywhere. The laws of physics can be interfered with and changed at will. Human consciousness has no dignity, and all common sense can be tampered with....

"If I want to match the strength of Shirai-san's eleventh-dimensional interference, the only thing I have left is the force field formula."

"Let's not consider destructive factors for now. The purely indigenous forces of the three-dimensional universe should have the lowest priority in terms of interference. The priorities of the phase and the eleventh dimension cannot be distinguished. We can only regard them as the same level for now."

Natsume Sonoko thought silently, and sorted out some ways of interference.

And she suddenly felt that the current ability division in Academy City was a little too simple no matter how she looked at it.

It only divides the capabilities into stages according to the user's level, without accurately describing the value and risk level of the capabilities themselves, resulting in insufficient understanding of the capabilities.

An ability like Shirai's, which involves the eleventh dimension, should at least be classified into a separate level. In some ways, it is much stronger than Natsume Sonoko's temperature control.

This may be related to the fact that Academy City itself is still just a scientific research city, which treats students as research materials and experimental subjects, and has not truly become a city belonging to people with special abilities.

At the same time, Academy City's understanding of people with special abilities is still in the early to middle stages, causing most people with special abilities to remain at level 0 or 1, and even the development of people with absolute special abilities has been delayed.

"If we only consider the abilities themselves, perhaps we can divide the abilities into five levels, A, B, C, D, E, based on the English alphabet. Hmm... abilities like Shirai-san's can be classified as Beyond Grade A."

"No, this will affect everyone's enthusiasm. Those with low levels will definitely be disappointed."

Holding an unfamiliar girl in her arms, various complex expressions quickly appeared on Natsume Sonoko's cheeks, and she seemed to be in a dilemma when she shouldn't be.

"I figured it out. Let's just classify them by the difficulty of ability development. The more precious and detached from reality an ability is, the more difficult it will be to develop and use it. Shirai-san's ability development was much harder than mine."

"As long as we set a benchmark with moderate difficulty, we can accurately divide everyone's abilities. We can simply use 100 points to judge, and set the benchmark score to 50. In this way, although everyone's score is low, the development difficulty is also low. It can be considered a win-win situation."

Natsume Sonoko suddenly realized something and decided to write a letter of suggestion and submit it to the Academy City officials.

This suggestion is obviously useless. Even if the ability is developed with a lower difficulty, there will still be people who remain at the stage of being without ability. However, for people with high-level abilities, it can be used as a basis for judging the other party's quality.

Perhaps this suggestion will only have some practical value after Academy City's ability development level has made rapid progress and a way to break through the current quality assessment is found.

"My classmate, are you okay?"

The wind was howling, fire was burning in the sky, and a huge water tornado was swirling beneath him.

Feeling the terrifying environment around her, the girl who had been hiding in Natsume Sonoko's arms from the beginning couldn't help but speak,

Her face couldn't help but turn red, this was the first time she was hugged by another girl. Although the other girl was much shorter than her and looked quite cute, she had an indescribable sense of majesty in this situation.

However, what was somewhat surprising was that this seemingly powerful discipline committee member in front of him suddenly stopped moving in mid-air for unknown reasons, as if he had suddenly lost consciousness.

"It's okay, I'll take you down right away."

"By the way, you are not injured, right? The situation just now was too dangerous."

Being brought back to the real world by the words of the girl next to her, Natsume Sonoko suddenly showed an embarrassed expression on her face. She scratched her head and spoke.

Anyway, the most important thing now is to put an end to the incident. How could she forget something that even Shirai-san knew about?

And she also planned to verify some things. Natsume Sonoko wanted to know the extent of the aim field of the ability user.

It is clearly an appendage created unconsciously by the brain, but it seems to be closer to the reality of this world of Magical Index than the ability itself.

In other words, ability is just an external form of expression that is easy for people to intuitively feel, while personal reality and the extended aim field are the essence of people with abilities like Natsume Sonoko.

He sent the girl in his hand to Senior Gufa, and when there was no one around him, a doll-like creature was already standing on Natsume Sonoko's shoulder.

"If you want to calm down the sparks caused by the phase, then it is most appropriate to use the power of the phase itself to deal with it."

"But before the actual operation, even I can't be sure to what extent the interference can be caused. This is probably similar to the action of prying a lever. Although you have found a tool that can pry fate, it still depends on yourself and the weight of the other end."

The God said casually while combing his hair.

"I see."

Natsume Sonoko nodded slightly and said in a serious tone.

From the very beginning, she tried hard to master the force field control formula in order to deal with the God in front of her, but now it seems that it has some other uses.

Chapter 636: Fellowship

In the unpleasant air mixed with the strong smell of fireworks, the girl with a bun-like hair listened seriously to the opinions of a surreal creature.

She didn't have a deep understanding of some things, and she didn't even have basic common sense. But sometimes you don't need to know everything. You just need to use the most basic scientific verification method and do a simple experiment.

It seems that Natsume Sonoko does have a talent as a scientific researcher, at least her spirit of inquiry is not inferior to that of some Kiharas.

Moreover, if you separate the middle part of the four characters of Natsume Sonoko, it happens to be Muyuan. Of course, they are just a little similar in pronunciation.

"If you want to change the fate of the three-dimensional world, you need to put enough chips on your side."

"I don't have the interference from the eleventh dimension like Shirai-san, but it seems that I have a lot of things on hand that I can put pressure on."

A thoughtful expression appeared on Natsume Sonoko's face, and she once again felt it necessary to give it a try.