9 Dayu's Flood Control⑧
◎The show is over, let’s spread the flowers◎
The system has given up.
It spread out its network of tentacles, and its consciousness shuttled through them, following the intricate chain of relationships, all the way to a pitch-black world where one could not see one's hand in front of one's face.
There was nothing in the darkness, like a wasteland. Only a huge six-story bust stood in the center, its outline vaguely visible, its face unclear.
A long rope hangs down from the top of the statue, with the end extending all the way to the ground. Not far away, a man is sitting cross-legged on the ground.
Several giant puzzles the size of A4 papers were placed in front of him. The man held his chin with one hand and tried to put the pieces together.
The system extended its invisible tentacles of consciousness, letting its voice come close to the man and complaining to him, "Someone is bullying me!"
The man it called had just picked up a puzzle piece, but when he heard this, he had to divert his attention and look away from the puzzle.
He looked at the air in front of him, raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "...no respect for elders."
"What should I call you?"
The system was silent for a moment, then reluctantly changed its tone and said again: […Daddy, someone is bullying me]
The man didn't react at all. He took the puzzle piece, squinted his right eye, tilted his head to compare it with the half-assembled puzzle on the ground, and then chose a suitable piece to fill the gap.
The moment they were put together, a "click" sound was heard.
At this time, the system heard the man draw out the last word and smiled softly.
system:【……】
What are you laughing at?
Then, the system heard the man say, "Good son."
"Don't you see your daddy is busy?"
"Get lost."
The system returned to the cabin with a dead expression.
If it had a face.
"Humans" cannot, or at least should not, endure such blows, insults and inhuman torture twice in a row.
Inside the cabin, Zhu Heng was still maintaining the same movements as when the system left.
Less than a second after he said thank you, the system had already traveled to another world and returned.
After returning, the system did not respond to Zhu Heng's request immediately. It was still immersed in the damage it had suffered twice in a row and had not fully recovered.
I'm afraid I will never forget it in my life. When it told the man the whole story and asked him to seek justice for it, the man actually smiled and said, "He bullied you, why don't you just listen to him?"
system:【? 】
Is there any father like this? For example, if the son was beaten at school, instead of standing up for himself, the parents asked the son to be the younger brother of the other party!
The system's younger brother, filled with resentment and hatred, paid true love for Zhu Heng and turned back the minute hand of this world.
Just be my little brother this time, and never compromise again! He swears on his daddy's life!
With the system's "blessing", time goes back to one minute ago.
Under the astonished gazes of the crowd, Zhu Heng steered the cruise ship straight towards the dam used to block the flood.
The moment the bow of the ship struck the dike, the system, with a sullen expression as if it were a "minute left before the end of the shift, yet the boss assigned me a last-minute task and didn't even give me a pay raise," continued to follow the previous prompts with a perfunctory attitude.
During the reign of Yao and Shun, floods ravaged the land, causing food shortages and devastating poverty. Trigger this interactive hidden plot: Please confirm your flood control plan.
[Scheme 1: Control water flow by blocking it and continue to build high embankments]
[Option 2: Drain the accumulated water and open up the drainage path]
Zhu Heng paused and lowered his eyes to think.
If blocking the floodwaters fails, and diverting the floodwaters and opening up the downstream path also ultimately fail, then...
He placed his hands on the center console, hooked two fingers around his collar, and breathed a sigh of relief.
He knew.
Zhu Heng said: "I don't choose either one."
System: [...Then why don't you just die? ]
Zhu Heng said: "Please help me add a third option. I want to choose a combination of loosening and blocking."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone felt as if their throats were choked with anger.
The air was silent.
"What did Gun plan for? What did Yu achieve..." The silence was broken by the scholar's muttering to himself.
"...I understand, I understand, Brother Zhu!" The scholar pounded his palms, his clear eyes meeting the gazes of the crowd. He excitedly said, "After Dayu's father, Gun, failed, Dayu took over his father's unfinished work and succeeded by changing the flood control strategy. But when Yu was controlling the flood, he never completely overturned his predecessors. Instead, he built on Gun's management. Therefore, blocking and dredging are never an either-or relationship. The combination of blocking and dredging is the key to Dayu's success!"
For the first time ever, the system did not go against everyone. It was quiet for a moment and fell into thought.
[Unblocking and blocking...combination? ]
Although everyone has always been called an audience by the system, in reality, the system is more like a spectator who is not involved in the matter.
It just throws the problem to them at the beginning and lets them explore it on their own.
As for what kind of ending will be triggered, even the system is not 100% sure.
Zhu Heng tapped the center console with his fingers, urging it to respond.
The system was silent for a moment before finally speaking: [I'll try]
The moment the words fell, the cruise ship turned sharply and avoided the embankment.
Next to the dike, a flood diversion area suddenly appeared. A channel was created specifically for flood discharge. Floodwaters blocked by the dike were diverted through the channel to the flood diversion area, inundating a large area.
The water level dropped rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. A tree branch emerged from the water, followed by several more. Then, everyone saw a treetop appear before their eyes, followed by the thatched roof and plank walls of a house...
Everyone looked up and saw countless houses of all sizes, arranged in an orderly manner to form a settlement, appearing before them.
A village submerged by floods finally saw the light of day again.
The cruise ship fell vertically dozens of meters from its original position as the water level dropped, and stopped steadily in the open space in the middle of the village.
"Did we succeed? Did we succeed?" Tao Ran shouted excitedly. He hugged the craftsman like an octopus and shouted happily in his ear, "See? We succeeded in controlling the flood!"
The craftsman hissed and pulled out his hand, which was hurt by Tao Ran's skinny body, and said in a slightly painful tone: "It hurts! My hand hurts a little!"
Tao Ran let him go in frustration. The craftsman rolled his eyes at him, pressing a scabbed wound on his palm and grimacing...
The craftsman was suddenly stunned.
Wound?
Scabbed wounds?
He was injured? When did it happen?
The scholar nearby looked over, his eyes fell on the craftsman's hand, and asked, "What's going on?"
The craftsman retracted his hand, shook his head, and replied somewhat reluctantly: "...It's okay."
He bent his middle finger and secretly scratched the scar on his palm.
No one noticed that in just the blink of an eye, the purple-black scab on his palm became lighter in color.
It becomes...more "fresh".
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Zhu Heng looked around the empty village. There was no sign of the village being affected by the flood, and he found nothing unusual.
The old injury in his chest ached dully, his head felt like a paste, and he felt extremely dizzy. He lowered his head to calm down, glanced at the center console, and asked the system: "The flood control was successful, and now what?"
The system pretended to be dead and remained silent for a few seconds.
It was these few seconds that made everyone uneasy. Dead system, could it be planning something bad again?
Everyone waited nervously, but before the system could speak, the sound of a door opening outside the cabin reached everyone's mind.
In the corridor, the group of crew members who were skinny and starving like ghosts had now all returned to normal, and even their bodies were much stronger than before. They surrounded Dayu and walked forward, standing in front of everyone.
Dayu opened his arms enthusiastically and hugged everyone with a happy face.
"Thank you all for helping to cure the flood and rescuing us. You are my great benefactors."
At this moment, in the settlement outside the cruise ship, a few villagers were standing sparsely at the front gate.
In the front was a mother and son who were dressed simply. The child was still very young, with a pair of big eyes that were frighteningly bright. When he saw the cruise ship appear at the entrance of the village, his eyes burst into joy, and he shook off his mother's hand and ran straight towards this side.
The mother hurried after him, calling the child's name as she ran.
Zhu Heng subconsciously glanced over there, his gaze fixed on the mother's mouth shape - her lips were round and her mouth corners were slightly turned down.
Dayu noticed his gaze and explained with a smile: "Those are my wife and children."
Dayu’s wife and children?
Zhu Heng frowned, turned his head to look at the scholar, and asked in a low voice: "What is the name of Dayu's son?"
Scholar: "Qi, Xia Qi."
Zhu Heng turned his head back and frowned even deeper. His name was Qi, he was not mistaken.
But why, when Dayu’s wife called Qi’s name, her mouth shape didn’t look like “Qi”?
Dayu seemed to have not noticed Zhu Heng's strange behavior at all. He bowed to everyone and said, "I can be reunited with my wife and children thanks to the help of all of you benefactors. If you need anything in the future, as long as it is in my territory, please tell me your name. I, Si Gun, will do my best to help you!"
“…”
There was dead silence in the cabin.
Everyone looked over as if they had seen a ghost.
Tao Ran's throat cracked: "Wait. What was your name? Say it again?"
A system that is ignorant of current affairs appears to gloat over the misfortune: [Haha]
The system played the report emotionlessly: [After nine years of unremitting efforts, the Central Plains region, under the leadership of leader Gun, finally succeeded in controlling the flood. From then on, Gun and his wife and children lived a happy and fulfilling life. Because the flood had subsided, Dayu, the founding emperor of the Xia Dynasty, no longer took on flood control work, thus missing the opportunity to enter the vision of Yao and Shun and receive the abdication of the throne.]
【Earth civilization ceases to exist and is declared to have come to an end.】
The system finally came to a joyful ending: [The show is over, spread the flowers]
Zhu Heng: “…”
I want to sprinkle your brains.
Everyone was silent.
Tao Ran said with a sad face, "That's great. It's like Dayu hasn't even officially entered the stage of history, but we, the audience, have hurriedly skipped over it and dropped in."
Not only did it drop in out of the blue, but the entire plot in between was also cut out.
Also give more scenes to supporting characters.
The protagonist was also hidden.
【Author’s words】
The airdrop was a success! The show is over, let’s celebrate!!!
Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or provided me with nutrient solution between 2022-05-24 21:29:22 and 2022-05-25 22:38:42~
Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution: 5 bottles of broken promise;
Thank you very much for your support. I will continue to work hard!
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