Chapter 40: Going for help
"... Zila... Danger warning for the Huangu Dam... There is a possibility of a dam breach. All residents are requested to take their families and valuables with them... and go to the "Jiangyue Building" or the top of a mountain or other high-altitude places for shelter as soon as possible..."
Jiangyue Building is the tallest building in Jiangcheng.
In previous years during the rainy season, when people heard the broadcast, they would flock to high ground for shelter.
So the people who were still helping on the dam didn't feel anything when they heard the broadcast, thinking that this year was the same as previous years.
Xu Xinxin guarded several trucks and finally found two trucks carrying loose soil. He loaded the soil into the space and ran towards the dam.
When she found Xia Runlin and took out the loose soil in the space, she was about to get on the truck, but he grabbed her.
"Wait a moment."
Xu Xinxin stopped and looked at him with a puzzled look on her face: "Is there too little soil this time? Don't worry, I have already told the truck driver that all the soil that comes later will be left for you."
"no."
Before Xia Runlin could say anything, Sun Kunpeng next to him became anxious and tugged at Xu Xinxin's arm, saying, "Didn't you hear the broadcast? What are you still doing here? Go and get out of danger."
Xu Xinxin looked puzzled: "The broadcast says this every year. The dam won't collapse, so why should I leave..."
…
“We’re not leaving!”
On the other side of the dam, a group of garrison soldiers were persuading the people on the dam: "We don't need so many people on the dam now. You minors should go back and pack your things to avoid danger."
The "big sister", a person who was called a "minor", was dissatisfied and said: "Although we are small, I am very strong. Please don't discriminate against us."
“Yes, we are also very capable.”
This group of people are all around fifteen or sixteen years old. They look young but have very stubborn tempers.
They had been busy here all night, their clothes were almost covered with mud, their palms were all black, but their faces were all rosy.
The garrison was very tough: "Minors are not allowed to come here, go back quickly..."
The commotion here quickly attracted people nearby.
Xu Xinxin was talking halfway when she heard the noise over here and asked in confusion, "What's going on this year? I haven't seen the garrison coming over to chase people away in previous years..."
Halfway through her words, she suddenly froze.
Yes, everything was fine last year, why did they force us to leave this year?
Could it be that the dam is really about to break?
Xu Xinxin was frightened by her own thoughts and looked at Xia Runlin and Sun Kunpeng in shock.
Could it be that things were not what she imagined?
When Sun Kunpeng saw her expression, he just nodded with a serious face.
"The dam may be about to break. Don't stay here. Go back to safety."
"How is that possible?" Xu Xinxin pointed at Xia Runlin, and then at more people behind him.
"Everyone is still working hard. Is it because there is not enough soil? Don't we still have rice?... It's not the end yet, why... just..."
Xu Xinxin uttered just two sentences, and her voice became more and more stuttering, and she couldn't even utter a complete sentence.
"The dam was attacked by plant roots and was severely damaged. Ordinary filling methods are simply not enough, and there are not enough psychics in Jiangcheng, so..."
Before Sun Kunpeng finished speaking, Xu Xinxin immediately responded, "So as long as there are enough psychics, the dam can be defended?!"
Sun Kunpeng nodded hesitantly, and then said: "But the superpowers from the capital can't come to support us until tomorrow at the earliest... Where are you going? Don't run around everywhere..."
Xu Xinxin ran away like a gust of wind, and Sun Kunpeng couldn't stop her even if he shouted.
If there are not enough psychics, then she will call more of them over.
Don’t the porpoises in the river have ice-related abilities?
It is so lively, maybe it can make more friends with ice-related powers in the water.
She would go back now and beg them to come and help!
…
"Hey, girl, where are you running to?"
The person in charge of transporting the goods saw Xu Xinxin running down the dam and thought she was going to seek shelter, so he shouted, "You're running the wrong way. The main road is over there!"
But Xu Xinxin didn't listen to him and ran down the path.
The person in charge saw her back and just shook his head, muttering to himself: "This girl is still too young. She panics when encountering something. Even if the dam is about to break, she has to hold on until everyone is safe..."
"Everyone, keep working hard. After this batch of transports, there will be several more to come!"
"Okay!"
“Here it comes!”
"no problem!"
…
Xu Xinxin ran down the path and came to the place where the porpoise brought her ashore. Before she opened her mouth to call out to the porpoise, she saw it swimming towards her with a splash.
When the porpoise reached the shore, Xu Xinxin immediately asked it: "Porpoise, do you know any friends with ice-related abilities?"
"Meh~"
The porpoise wagged its tail happily and nodded at her.
Xu Xinxin was overjoyed and asked again: "Are they all friends in the water? Can you call them all over now?"
"Meh~"
Jiangtun nodded again, then turned around and motioned for her to sit on his back.
Xu Xinxin immediately climbed onto the porpoise's back, only to see it turn its body and swim downstream.
That's the direction they came from.
The Yangtze finless porpoise probably lives near Xu Xinxin's home, so the friends it knows are probably also in that area.
Just when Xu Xinxin was lying on the back of the porpoise, he seemed to hear a "bang" next to him, as if a huge wave hit the dam.
The sound of the dam "trembling" and the sound of the ice wall solidifying came from behind one after another.
There's no time.
"Finland dolphin, can you go faster?" she asked.
"Meh~"
The porpoise responded and immediately accelerated.
When the porpoise brought Xu Xinxin back to its home, it just raised its head and bleated a few times, then quietly stopped on the shore.
Along the way, Xu Xinxin lay on the back of the finless porpoise and gradually calmed down.
It is not raining now, and the air after the rain is free of impurities, so you can see very far.
When Xu Xinxin raised her head, she could see "Yushan", where her home was.
"Fang Pi, how long will it take for your friends to get here?"
"Meh?"
The porpoise thought about it, then swam a big "circle" on the surface of the river.
Xu Xinxin immediately understood what it meant: "You mean, it will take a long time?"
"Meh~"
The porpoise nodded.
In that case, she might as well go back.
She will come back after she brings the little orange cat, Vole, and the two chickens safely to the top of Yushan Mountain.
However, what Xu Xinxin didn't expect was that when the finless porpoise brought her back to the fence of site 333, before she even got ashore, she saw the little orange cat already standing on the fence.
"Meow!"
When the little orange cat saw her, it immediately jumped forward and jumped accurately into her arms.
"Meow~"
"Meow meow meow~"
"Xinxin, I have brought the field mice to the top of the mountain."
"If you leave again, you can take me with you~"
Xu Xin didn't expect that the little orange cat actually came here specially to wait for her to come back.
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