Cave Refuge

Previously, Thomas Jefferson was unwilling to trade with Dong Tianyu mainly because he feared that Dong Tianyu would cause trouble in the Magic Capital Base using those explosives.

After all, when the Imperial Court hadn't yet restored communication with other bases, if Dong Tianyu used a large amount of explosives in the Magic Capital Base, the Officials could quickly trace it back to him just by investigating the source of the explosives.

But now, not only has the Imperial Court restored the trade routes with the Magic Capital Base, but also from Dong Tianyu's previous plans to purchase goods from him, it could be more or less confirmed that Dong Tianyu would not recklessly use explosives in the Magic Capital Base.

With this assurance, Thomas Jefferson was naturally willing to establish a long-term trade with Dong Tianyu.

Just when Thomas Jefferson was about to discuss a meeting time for the trade with Dong Tianyu, the communication signal suddenly became somewhat unstable.

Dong Tianyu was about to suspect that there was a problem with his communicator, but coincidentally, he glanced at someone nearby making a phone call and saw that they too seemed unable to communicate with the other party.

He then used the Spiritual Sense Scanning on other people in the corridor using their communicators, only to find that communicators being used to contact others were all experiencing problems at this moment.

Just when Dong Tianyu was about to change locations and redial, a thought suddenly crossed his mind, and he immediately put the communicator in his hand into the Storage space.

Right after Dong Tianyu had put the communicator into the Storage space, all the electronic devices operating in the corridor began to emit a 'zzt zzt' noise suddenly.

Only a few people who noticed something wrong with the electronic devices in their hands instinctively put their devices into the Storage space.

The majority, upon realizing that there was a problem with the electronic devices they were using, instinctively distanced themselves from the malfunctioning devices.

After all, the majority of people who have communicators are old folks who survived since the Natural Disaster, and although they might not have experienced it themselves, they must have heard news related to electronic bombs.

Because of this, upon detecting abnormalities with the electronic devices in their hands or nearby, they would instinctively stay away from those malfunctioning devices.

And those discarded or avoided electronic devices, just as they surmised, began making louder and louder internal noises no more than a minute after their users distanced themselves from them.

Following a loud boom, all electronic devices, as if unable to maintain the overload, suddenly and abruptly came to a halt.

After a while, when it was confirmed thrice that the electronic devices wouldn't really explode, only then did some people boldly approach and carefully touch these devices, ultimately determining that all electronic devices were completely damaged.

Some might say the biggest difference between modern and ancient societies might be the difference in industrial and technological strength, and perhaps this view is very correct in the grand history.

But for those who have lived through the millennium, the difference between the old era and the new era might just be the difference between the prevalence of computers and smartphones.

Although smartphones appeared and became widespread earlier than computers, compared to the early phones that could only make calls and send texts, the later emergence of smartphones that resembled mini-computers was the beginning of a new era for most people.

This sudden accident, for some unknown reason, gave Dong Tianyu a strange sense of familiarity.

Looking at a wall lamp that suddenly began to flicker and then went out, he suddenly grasped the flicker of inspiration that had surfaced in his heart.

The electrical damage that occurred this time was no different from the first Natural Disaster that suddenly destroyed over 99.9% of the electronic devices on the market.

Compared to other traceable Natural Disasters, an abrupt electromagnetic pulse could catch everyone by surprise.

After all, unless one had a sudden epiphany like Dong Tianyu, in the face of an intangible electromagnetic pulse, even if nearby electronic devices were all destroyed without showing any response,

nobody could predict when the electromagnetic pulse would occur. Even in cases like Dong Tianyu's where a premonition suddenly arose, the spread of an electromagnetic pulse is as fast as the speed of light.

Unless one can have a premonition well in advance, even if someone like Dong Tianyu did receive a premonition, at the most, they would only have enough time to put a nearby object into the Storage space.

Looking at the chaos caused by the sudden electronic pulse among the people around him, before Dong Tianyu had time to look for his parents, he saw Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, although not in the same place, quickly rushing towards Dong Tianyu.

Upon arriving at Dong Tianyu's side, Mr. Thompson began with a trace of confusion, "Tianyu, what's happening now, why are there so many damaged electronic devices on the ground?"

Dong Tianyu, seeing Mr. Thompson about to take out his communicator, held his father's hand while hurriedly speaking, "Dad, don't take out the communicator from the Storage space for now. It seems like we are experiencing an electromagnetic pulse at the moment, and it's still uncertain whether it has ended. If you take out the communicator now, it will inevitably be destroyed by the electromagnetic pulse."

Mrs. Thompson, who had just come over looking somewhat puzzled, immediately showed a worried and frightened expression on her face when she heard that they were being hit by an electromagnetic pulse.