I Became The Chief Of A Primitive Village

Chapter 356, Light Travels Faster Than Sound

Translator: Silavin

“That’s quite hard to explain. I’ll explain it to you when you know more Chinese Characters.” Su Bai smiled.

On Earth, based on plants in groups by considering their evolution, physiology, cells, genetics, and other relationships. They classified tea trees systematically into taxonomic ranks, with tea classification belonging specifically to the botanical taxonomy.

This hierarchy was represented by a series of units: phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. Tea trees belong to the tea plant family.

Such classification was extremely complex to explain. Even Su Bai had to think for a while to remember it.

But, who told him to be an Author? It was because of his profession that he had to eventually touch upon this kind of knowledge.

The girls definitely would not understand even if he tried to explain. So, it was better to wait until they fully comprehended Chinese Characters before explaining these concepts.

“I understand.” Yan Hua nodded, looking forward to learning more Chinese Characters.

*Rumble…*

*Pitter-patter…*

A series of muffled thunder sounded, and the room was suddenly illuminated by lightning.

For an instant, the room was as bright as day. However, this was fleeting. It quickly returned back to normal.

When the next lightning struck, the room was bright again, illuminating the faces of the girls and Su Bai.

After lightning echoed across the sky, rain began to fall, with the sound of rain mixed with thunder resonating throughout the Tribe.

“The rainy season has come…” Yu Ying put down her teacup and turned to look outside.

She was initially worried that the rain would drift in, afraid to get too close to the window.

That was until she saw all the raindrops hitting the glass, forming droplets without any seeping through. It was only then did she relax, placing both hands on the glass, looking outside with innocent curiosity.

This was her first time experiencing the rainy season in a cement house. The feeling was truly amazing.

“……” Su Bai remained silent. He held his teacup as he joined them by the window, wanting to see firsthand what the rain was like in this era.

Earth did not have any so-called rainy season. At most, there would be frequent rain during certain periods like the monsoon season. But, it would not rain non-stop every day.

He had heard that here, it rained every day during the rainy season. He was particularly curious about how this all worked.

However, at this moment, outside, there was more lightning than rain. Though the thunder was deafening, the rain was just a light drizzle.

Looking out, the entire Tribe was shrouded in misty rain, with the distant forest and river creating quite a scene.

If artists from Earth, who loved sketching from life experiences, saw this scene, they would likely be unable to resist picking up their brushes to record it.

“It’s my first time watching rain from such a high place.” Yan Hua kept tiptoeing to look around. She wanted to see if there were any changes to their usual training grounds and the places where they gathered berries.

From this height, places they had visited before were usually clearly visible.

Of course, it was nighttime now, and most of the fruit oil lamps had been extinguished. Moreover, with the misty rain falling, it was impossible to see those places clearly. Even straining her eyes would not help.

“Why can’t I see anything?” Yan Hua muttered.

“It’s raining and it is late at night. It would be strange if you could see anything at all.” Sha Lan could barely hold back from commenting. She kept looking toward where her Mother lived, trying to catch a glimpse of her.

Originally, she was supposed to share the same room with her Mother, in the same cement house, but Su Bai had said there were extra rooms on the third floor of the central building. Since one was available for her, she saw no reason to refuse. Besides, she was not young anymore. Furthermore, she was now a Shaman Priestess. She needed to be available to help the Shaman at any time, so it was better for her to be closer to him.

“Is the rain always this light during the rainy season?” Su Bai suddenly asked.

“No, only the first day or two of the rainy season has light rain. Afterwards, it will become heavy rain.” Yu Ying quickly shook her head and explained.

If the rainy season only consisted of such light rain, previous years would not have been so difficult. In fact, the Hunting Team would have been able to continue hunting in the Wilderness, as this little bit of rain was not much to deal with.

“I see.” Su Bai thoughtfully nodded.

This meant the rain gradually intensified during the rainy season, rather than immediately becoming a strong downpour.

[So, we can still enter the Wilderness during the early stages. In that case, my previously arranged plans can proceed.]

“Shaman, look, it’s so bright over there!” Yu Ying excitedly pointed to the other side of the river.

A lightning bolt had descended from the sky, its light particularly dazzling. It illuminated half the Tribe at once.

“Cover your ears first.” Su Bai said as he immediately covered his own ears.

Though the others did not know why, seeing the Shaman do this, they followed suit.

*Boom!*

Just as everyone covered their ears with their hands, a huge boom came from where the lightning had struck.

Yu Ying stared in surprise with her pink eyes, exclaiming: “Shaman, How did you know there would be such a loud sound?”

Yan Hua found it especially amazing, her mouth slightly open as she asked, “Shaman, was that a Shaman Technique?”

Sha Lan was the same, still not recovered from the huge sound. Her blue eyes were just continuously blinking.

“That wasn’t a Shaman Technique. It’s the power of nature, explainable by science!” Su Bai explained.

Actually, lightning and thunder occur simultaneously. It was just that light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second while sound travels at about 340 metres per second. In short, light would always be much faster than sound.

Additionally, since the lightning and thunder occurred far from them, this creates a situation where during thunderstorms, a person would always see lightning first before hearing thunder.

This was because light’s propagation speed was much faster than sound’s propagation speed. This was basic physics taught on Earth.

“Shaman, is this also something we’ll understand after we learn more Chinese Characters?” Yan Hua asked.

She could be said to be very studious, evident since her first time learning Chinese Characters.

She was very curious about these things and was willing to learn anything that could be explained to her.

“Actually, this isn’t too difficult to understand. Once you learn more Chinese Characters, I can demonstrate it to you through an experiment.” Su Bai’s physics grades have always been excellent.

Furthermore, the experiments demonstrating that light travels faster than sound was not difficult.

Yan Hua nodded without hesitation, saying, “Shaman, can you teach us Chinese Characters now.”

Su Bai was stunned by her enthusiasm, and he smiled, “Alright, since we have nothing else to do, take out your Wolf Tail Grass Paper and quill pens.”

“Yes!” The three girls eagerly responded with great enthusiasm.