Chapter 150 Exclusively published on Jinjiang: Draining the Flood (1st update)...
Because the current was too strong to determine how far the lotus leaf had been swept away, Lu Xuan and the others spent nearly an hour searching the area around where the lotus leaf was found before they could roughly pinpoint the location.
However, determining the location does not mean you can start digging for lotus roots.
The water here is at least seven or eight meters, or even ten meters deep. The lotus roots are buried under the silt, so it's simply not practical to go down and dig them up.
[Why doesn't the streamer just buy a few diving suits?]
"I'm afraid that won't work. The water's so murky; we wouldn't be able to see anything down there."
[And with such a rapid current, it was swept away in an instant.]
【Let's tie it with a rope.】
Lu Xuan said, "There's no need for that."
He activated his wood-type ability, urging the vampire vines that hadn't been released for a long time to grow and put them into the water.
Dozens of vines continued to explore underwater. The tactile sensation of the vines connected with Lu Xuan, and Lu Xuan soon 'touched' something that looked like a lotus stem at the bottom.
Lu Xuan moved his fingers, manipulating the vines to break through the underwater silt and dig below. After digging up the lotus root, he wrapped it up and pulled it up.
Looking at the long, dark brown object wrapped in the blood-sucking vine, Zhang Chengming exclaimed excitedly, "There really is lotus root!"
Lu Xuan held the lotus root, now broken in half, in his hand and frowned.
The lotus root was growing in the mud, and his view was obstructed, so he couldn't control his strength and angle well. The lotus root he rolled up only had two sections, and it was broken in half. The broken part was dirty with mud and water, and it didn't look appetizing at all.
He controlled the other vines and dug up a few more lotus roots, none of which were intact; the best ones only had four sections rolled up.
But he remembered that the longest lotus root he had ever seen before could have eight or nine segments.
Even if the lotus root varieties in ancient times were of lower quality, there shouldn't have been so few.
He looked at the water and realized he couldn't expect to bring all the lotus roots ashore using the bloodsucking vines.
He told the others to wait where they were, and then he drove his fishing boat around the area. During the process, the vampire vines continued to expand their exploration range underwater, and finally determined that the underwater lotus root distribution area was about twenty acres.
He hadn't learned about the yield of this crop before or after the apocalypse, but considering that a single lotus root has many nodes, the yield shouldn't be too small, probably two or three thousand catties.
Using bloodsucking vines to break it would result in a huge loss.
We still need to go into the water to harvest manually.
After returning and gathering with the others, Lu Xuan shared his idea.
The others looked at each other in bewilderment.
Zhang Chengming asked, "Isn't your blood-sucking vine able to break up lotus roots? Have you encountered some trouble?"
Lu Xuan patted the half lotus root in his hand: "Using the bloodsucking vine to break it will result in a huge loss. There are more than 20 acres of lotus roots here, and each acre can probably yield 1,800 to 1,000 catties of lotus roots. If we use the bloodsucking vine, we might only be able to dig up 400 to 500 catties per acre in the end."
Chen Rong gasped, "Losing half a mu? That's such a huge loss!"
If one acre is lost this much, what about more than twenty acres... Everyone's face showed a pained expression.
No, they can't accept such a huge loss!
Wu Yang frowned and said, "But the flood is too rapid. We'll probably be swept away very quickly if we go down there."
Lu Xuan glanced at the number of fans in the system backend, which was getting closer and closer to the 100 million mark, and said, "Then drain all the water."
Everyone: "???"
Live stream viewers: ???
Drain the water?
How do I draw it?
Lu Xuan didn't answer, but instead showed them how to draw the ticket with his actions.
"Everyone step back a bit, clear out an area of about one acre."
The others, unaware of what was going on, drove their kayaks a little further away out of curiosity.
After retracting the blood-sucking vine, Lu Xuan placed his hands on the water's surface. His supernatural power surged wildly into his palms, and to everyone's astonishment, he quickly drained a large area of water in front of him.
As they watched the floodwaters within the one-acre area they had marked decrease rapidly, dropping one meter with each breath, gradually revealing the lotus stems that were barely still standing despite the flood's impact, as well as the layer of silt at the bottom, Zhang Chengming, Wu Yang, and the others stared wide-eyed, their expressions as if they had seen a deity.
"Am I dreaming...?"
"Drain them all!!!"
"This is just too outrageous!"
"Water-based superpowers can be this strong?!"
Xiong Mao was dumbfounded.
He had always thought that water-based abilities were not very useful except for supplying water during the hottest seasons.
Even if he could use water balls to attack, could their power compare to fire and his earth spikes?
Seeing Lu Xuan's actions made me realize that the strength of a superpower depends on how it is used.
Wow! This streamer is awesome!
[Holy crap! Next time, can you at least give a high-energy warning before you do something like this?! It almost gave me a heart attack.]
[666, this guy just drained an acre of land without warning! I'm bowing down to the streamer!]
[Hiss! How much superpower would it take to drain such a large amount of water? The power of advanced superpowered individuals is truly outrageous.]
Lu Xuan did not stop there. After pumping out the water, he used his earth-based ability to erect a thick earthen wall around the area to block the impact of the water flow.
The earthen wall won't last long, but it'll be enough for them to finish digging up the lotus roots.
Lu Xuan opened the clothing category in the system store, bought about a hundred pairs of rubber boots, put on a pair himself, and threw the rest to Zhang Chengming to divide among themselves. He then leaped onto the muddy ground in front of him and used his earth-type ability on the ground again, turning over the entire muddy area.
Then he looked up and waved to the others, "You can start digging now."
Everyone: "!!!"
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Inside the earthen wall.
More than twenty young men, wearing rubber boots, were digging enthusiastically in the muddy ground.
"Wow! This lotus root is so long!" Chen Rong dug out a lotus root that was almost as tall as him, his face full of surprise.
Zhang Chengming from next door then dug out a short, stout one, exclaiming, "Hahaha, mine is much thicker than yours!"
"I found one too."
"There's one here too, I found it!"
With Lu Xuan's help in turning the soil beforehand, the difficulty of digging lotus roots was greatly reduced, and everyone gradually reaped a harvest.
Seeing the tangible results, everyone's spirits soared even higher.
The harvest wasn't just lotus roots; after the floodwaters were drained, many fish, shrimp, and crabs that hadn't had time to escape were left on the ground.
This is the season for eating crabs, and the crabs are all quite large and very plump.
As they dug, the crowd discussed Lu Xuan's feat, their eyes constantly glancing at the surrounding earthen walls with expressions of admiration.
Lu Xuan glanced at the efficiency of the others and felt that at this rate, they probably wouldn't be able to finish digging up all the lotus roots today. So he used the communicator to contact the village chief, briefly explained the situation, and then asked Lei Yan to go and pick up the people.
Soon, a new batch of workers arrived at the lotus root digging site.
In addition to the collection team who were resting today, some members of the guard team also came, as well as newcomers such as Ji Xiuling and Lin Qingfu.
Everyone, whether newcomers or villagers who had never seen anything like it before, stared wide-eyed at the secluded puppet-digging area.
Water-based ability users like Lu Qing and Lin Man had eyes that lit up like light bulbs, and couldn't help but sigh in amazement.
"That's amazing! When will I be able to do that?"
The new laborers were amazed for a while before joining the hobby-digging team.
With more than a third of the village's population working together, efficiency more than doubled instantly, and the lotus roots and fish and shrimp from one acre of land were quickly harvested.
Lu Xuan quickly drained the new water area.
Newcomers who witness the entire operation firsthand inevitably gasp in amazement.
It was only at this moment that Ji Xiuling realized just how powerful an organization she had joined.
While the villagers were busy digging lotus roots, the viewers in the live stream were still discussing:
[If the streamer can separate floodwaters, why didn't he use this trick when catching fish before?]
[Are you serious? Don't be fooled by how easy the streamer looks; separating the floodwaters must have consumed a lot of his supernatural energy. Villagers go out fishing every day; does the streamer really expend so much energy every day?]
[The amount of fish caught wasn't even as much as the superpowers used up. Does the streamer seem like the type to do something that loses money?]
That certainly doesn't seem like it.
He isn't!
[It's only because the harvest was so large this time that the streamer was willing to go all out.]
Lu Xuan, who was watching the earthen wall for cracks, glanced at the comments and raised an eyebrow.
While high profits are certainly a factor, the main reason is to provide exciting content for viewers and boost the ratings.
Lu Xuan checked the backend data.
So far, the results are very good.
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More than fifty people spent most of the day digging and finally harvested all the lotus roots, fish and shrimp from more than twenty acres of land, returning home with a full load.
Back at his lodgings, Lu Xuan, who was in charge of harvesting lotus roots, took out all of today's harvest in the few open spaces on the hillside, and a mountain of lotus roots instantly appeared before the villagers' eyes.
"So many!?" The villagers who stayed behind were both surprised and delighted.
"This must weigh tens of thousands of kilograms!"
The final weight was more than they expected.
A total of 20,000 jin!
Average yield per mu: 800 jin!
Lotus roots buried in silt are unlikely to be washed away by floods, and this yield is, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the normal yield of lotus roots in this era.
It was much lower than expected, and Lu Xuan was a little disappointed.
The villagers, however, did not mind at all.
This is a harvest of 20,000 jin (10,000 kg). Throughout the entire hot season, only the harvests from wild sweet potato fields and bamboo shoot digging can compare. What is there to complain about?
They're overjoyed.
Besides lotus root, there was also a good catch of fish, including over a thousand kilograms of various kinds of fish, over six hundred kilograms of shrimp, and five hundred kilograms of crabs!
When they calculated the share each family would receive, the villagers were grinning from ear to ear.
The viewers in the live stream were also beautiful.
They were already imagining what delicious dishes they could make from their harvest.
Knowing everyone was eager to get started, Li Tie quickly distributed the spoils.
Each family received at least 70-80 jin of lotus root and 8 jin of fish, shrimp, and crabs, while some received over 400 jin of lotus root and 40-50 jin of fish, shrimp, and crabs.
Lu Xuan and the public supplies accounted for even more, directly taking up half of the total, including several thousand catties of lotus root and four to six hundred catties of fish, shrimp and crab.
After the supplies were distributed, Lu Xuan immediately swapped all the shrimp and crabs from the public supplies, increasing his stock to 550 jin.
The freshly dug lotus roots were covered in mud, and even after some of it was washed away by the rain, they were still very dirty.
The families who received lotus roots didn't rush to collect the dirty roots; instead, they immediately began cleaning them in batches.
Everyone else had to wash by hand, but Lu Xuan had it easy. He used his water and wind abilities to wash the lotus roots clean in no time.
The villagers watched with envy but didn't ask him for help; instead, they obediently washed their hands.
After washing the lotus roots, it was already past the time when the Lu family usually ate dinner.
Lu Qing asked Lu Xuan, "What should we eat tonight? Shall we just make do with the dishes we have in the space?"
Lu Xuan pointed to the fish, shrimp, crab, and a section of lotus root that he had specially set aside, "We're having a river seafood feast tonight."
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Climate anomalies, ocean pollution, global warming
When humanity ravaged the blue planet beyond recognition, the game of survival at sea suddenly arrived.
People panicked and became hysterical because of the sudden change, but Yu Tang, who possessed mermaid genes and had off-the-charts combat power, suddenly brightened up when she looked at the pure and vast sea.
Isn't this my ideal home?
Soon, many players discovered that one player's art style was completely different from theirs!
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When others hold a fishing rod and can't catch a single fish for half a day...
Yu Tang, who has a built-in aura that intimidates marine life, has achieved seafood freedom, with salmon, tuna, lobster, and abalone all at her disposal!
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While others were still barely managing to get one or two treasure chests by scavenging trash...
Yu Tang swung his claws and killed countless big fish, opened treasure chests until his hands were sore, and had so many rare resources that he couldn't even count them all!
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Landing on the island to kill the BOSS, surviving natural disasters, exploring the ocean depths—tests that would require serious preparation for others are so easy in Yu Tang's eyes!
Yu Tang: Trying to return to the real world? No, no, no, I can play this game forever!
Survival System: QAQ! Get out of here—!
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Just when Yu Tang thought he could do whatever he wanted in the game—he went into heat!
Yu Tang: ? ? ?
I'd accept a fish tail, but mating season? Don't be ridiculous!
But then I thought, I was single before the survival game came along, and now that it's the apocalypse, what's wrong with me having some fun?! (Full of self-righteousness)
On a whim, Yu Tang sent someone an invitation to join the rafting activity: Shall we do it?
The man's eyes were deep and dark, with a burning intensity that seemed to want to devour him whole. Without hesitation, he replied: Do it!
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Players all thought that the two top players in this server were like kings who would never meet, and that whenever they met, there would definitely be a fierce battle.
Little did they know, the two had already been secretly having an affair behind everyone's back.
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