At approximately 18:00 on the 13th, as Lin Ju boarded the Y-20 aircraft to return to his country, he could still see the spectacular mushroom cloud on the horizon.
The second hydrogen bomb caused a 45-minute communication blackout on Yuanwang Seven, indicating that the yield was definitely more than the declared 700,000 tons based solely on this fact.
In the instant of the explosion, it seemed as though a super sun, dozens of times brighter, had risen from the ground, even casting long shadows from ships tens of kilometers away, turning the sky a ghastly pale.
The resulting mushroom cloud even covered the distant sky, making the area appear as if it had prematurely entered a gloomy and dim night, reminiscent of a storm at sea where the center presents a similar scene.
Upon the restoration of communication, they received a series of messages from home: