Chapter 39: Fill it all in
"Back off!"
The dam cracked, and Sun Kunpeng immediately pulled Xu Xinxin and forgot to retreat, leaving Xia Runlin alone standing next to the crack. "Be careful!" Xu Xinxin's heart jumped into his throat when he saw this scene.
Sun Kunpeng next to him said: "Don't be afraid, he's fine!"
Almost at the moment he finished speaking, a whirlwind suddenly rose up with Xia Runlin as the center, and swept up all the soil that Xu Xinxin had just taken out.
The blowing sand instantly blinded Xu Xinxin's eyes, causing her to subconsciously cover them with her hands.
"alright."
Just when Xu Xinxin covered her eyes, she heard a rustling sound beside her ear, and then Xia Runlin spoke: "There's no problem here, let's go to the next rift."
Ah, is this the end?
Xu Xinxin was a little puzzled and put down her hands that were covering her eyes. Then she saw that the dam that was originally cracked had become smooth in an instant. Not to mention the cracks, the ground looked like it had just been repaired.
Seeing Xu Xinxin's surprised look, Sun Kunpeng felt a sense of pride and explained, "Xia Runlin is a dual-powered person with the abilities of 'wind' and 'earth'. He just used the wind to roll up the sand and has blocked all the gaps in the dam.
Moreover, he solidified the sand and made it as hard as stone, so it would not fall apart even when soaked in water.”
Xu Xinxin listened to Sun Kunpeng's explanation and then looked at Xia Runlin. She didn't think his solemn face was scary at all. Instead, she said with sparkling eyes, "Xia Runlin, you are really amazing. With you here, we can definitely defend the dam."
When Xia Runlin heard her praise, he was stunned for a moment, then looked back at the river.
He could indeed use sand to block the gaps, but the ring-reinforced dam was too long, and new cracks were forming more and more, and his ability was limited.
I heard that the nearby sand and soil is running out...
Xia Runlin looked at the rising river water and said, "It is far from enough for me to build the dam alone. We must all work together.
There are still too few people with special abilities in Jiangcheng. If there were more people, everyone would be under much less pressure."
"It's okay. Just try your best to use your strengths. I will also try my best to help you move the soil."
Xu Xinxin said, "Where are we going next?"
The next point will require notification from the command center.
Above the dam, a few large birds appeared at some point, and were flying around above the dam carrying people.
Whenever these people discovered a new crack, they would use the "One Card" to call the nearest psychic and provide the location on the dam that needed to be reinforced.
Xia Runlin took Xu Xinxin and Sun Kunpeng and quickly went to the next high-risk location.
Xu Xinxin looked up at the familiar big parrot in the sky and thought, could Sister Liu Wanqing be up there?
But now is not the time to "recognize relatives", Xu Xinxin obediently took out the sand and ran towards the truck again.
But this time, she didn't wait for the truck full of loose soil. Because the truck was not filled with loose soil, but mutant rice that she didn't know where she got it from.
Xia Runlin can control the sand, but he cannot control the rice.
There was no choice, Xu Xinxin could only go guard the truck again.
On the dam.
Sun Kunpeng took out a can of supernatural power recovery potion, handed it to Xia Runlin, and said with a worried look on his face: "You haven't rested for a whole night. Even if you have recovery potion, you can't go on like this. Your body can't take it."
Xia Runlin took the medicine, drank it in one gulp, and said, "I can still hold on. Thank you very much."
Sun Kunpeng looked at his calm face and couldn't help but feel a little angry: "No one is stopping you from being a hero, but you should at least take a break, eat a meal, and drink some hot water."
After Xia Runlin finished drinking the supernatural power recovery potion, he didn't say anything. He just looked at the calm river surface and said, "I just want to try my best. Even if the dam breaks..."
"What dam is going to break, you...you..."
Sun Kunpeng said "you" twice and couldn't help becoming more annoyed.
Others may not know the situation, but they know it best.
This dam looks fine on the surface, but it is actually full of holes inside.
There was no way around it. There were too many "grass seeds" hidden inside the dam. It rained heavily a few days ago, and a lot of mutated weeds grew. Even if they pulled them out in time, the inside of the dam began to loosen.
It just so happened that at this time, it had been raining heavily, and coupled with the flood discharge from upstream, a large number of local psychics in Jiangcheng went to the capital... I was afraid that the dam could not be defended.
It's raining cats and dogs. Everything has happened to them. Does God want them to live?
…
In another tent on the levee, Mayor Jiang was also very upset and didn't even believe what his secretary said.
She rubbed her brows with her hands and confirmed again: "Is the capital sure to wait until night before sending people with special abilities to support us?"
The secretary also hoped that the news was false, but, "The flood prevention work in the capital has not been completely completed, and there is no way to transfer manpower today."
"Fuck him!"
With a bang, the mayor slammed his hand on the table, stood up, and cursed: "When the flood was released last night, why didn't they say that they couldn't withdraw manpower!"
After she finished cursing, she quickly paced back and forth in the tent. Finally, she suppressed her temper and turned to the secretary and said:
“How many earth mounds are left near the levee now?”
These earth bags were specially made by her last year and piled up in a warehouse near the dam to deal with the current situation.
"There's not much left," said the secretary.
"There's not much left, how much is there?"
The mayor was a little angry when she heard such an ambiguous answer. For the first time, she felt that her secretary couldn't even speak.
“Less than 100 packs.”
100 packs, what’s the use of it?
She had asked people to prepare a lot before, but she didn't expect that this year's rain would be heavier and more frequent than in previous years, and all the preparations would be used up.
"Where is the loose soil?" she asked again.
“This one is almost gone.”
The mayor took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down, then he took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it with his lighter.
She tried twice but failed to light it. She got angry and turned to the secretary and said angrily:
"Why don't you go to the nearby warehouse and fill it with whatever you have, whether it's rice, coal, or trucks, fill it all in!"
The mayor's face flushed, and at the end, his voice was even a little hoarse, and there was a slight tremor as he said, "Even if I am buried in the end, this dam cannot be broken!"
Below the levee are hundreds of thousands of Jiangcheng residents, who have worked hard for three years and sacrificed countless garrison troops to build their homes.
"yes!"
The secretary also became excited when he heard the mayor's words.
He has followed the mayor for several years and knows her personality best. She said that in the end she had no other choice but to fill the dam herself, and she could really do it.
The mayor was risking his life, so he was risking his life too.
Isn’t it just guarding the levee and filling the holes? They fill them together!
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