Exaggeration

Although he was extremely confused, the supervisor still dispatched a number of people as quickly as possible and called the fire department himself.

"Hello? Is this Lao Liu?"

"Hey, old man, what a coincidence, we just finished work here."

"You still out there?"

"Yes, we are so lucky. We were putting out a fire in a community, and some kids threw cigarette butts at a tree, setting it on fire. We were working hard, but guess what happened? It started raining! The rain was so heavy, the fire that we had been busy putting out for a long time was put out in the blink of an eye!"

Supervisor: “That’s great.”

"What?"

"Take your people and head to Xianlin Road now. I will meet you there with my people."

"What? What do you want to do?"

The supervisor said tiredly, “We need to save a bunch of dilapidated houses that might be washed away by the mudslide.”

Opposite: ???

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As the saying goes, the effect of post-remediation is far less than that of prior prevention, but the process is still hundreds or thousands of times more difficult than prior prevention.

The head of the city management department discovered today that this statement is truly an ever-lasting truth!

When he finally arrived at his destination, he looked up from under his umbrella at the mountain where mudslides were said to occur. Just one glance and he knew something bad was going to happen, even though he was experienced.

Although the mountain was not very high, there were almost no trees from the foot to the ridge to the peak. The mountain was full of mud and sand. At this time, under the torrential rain, the mud mixed with stones was rushing down!

He glanced again at the pile of dilapidated houses that had been specifically named for protection.

“…”

Not to mention a mudslide, even if there was a strong wind, he estimated that all these buildings would be blown down.

"Here! And there!"

The supervisor stood in the crowd holding an umbrella, directing the firefighters and people from the city management department to move the piled sandbags to the foot of the mountain. The sandbags were placed in designated locations one by one, and in the blink of an eye, they were piled up into a flat hill at the foot of the mountain.

Before the mudslide occurred, the on-duty personnel also began to build a temporary reinforcement retaining wall.

These measures cannot prevent the occurrence of mudslides, but as long as they can temporarily weaken its power and control its impact, the ultimate goal will be achieved.

…

Just as people were working hard, there was a loud "bang" and everyone was attracted to look up. They saw that the top reinforced retaining wall was instantly collapsed by the mudslide. Countless stones and bricks were broken into pieces and became part of the mud and sand rushing down.

"A mudslide is coming!"

I don't know who shouted, but everyone suddenly woke up as if from a dream, and ran backwards with all their strength.

After the mudslide broke through the first reinforced barrier, its power was not reduced at all, and it rushed towards the second reinforced barrier in the blink of an eye.

However, between the first and second barrier walls, there were densely packed sandbags. In full view of everyone, the mud and water surged and submerged the sandbags!

Did it fail?

Some people thought in despair.

The next second, part of the mud and water was blocked behind the piled sandbags, but more mud and water above the sandbags continued to rush down and move towards the foot of the mountain.

Fortunately, the speed of their attack has slowed down significantly.

The next second, mud and water that broke free from the heavy encirclement of sandbags rushed towards the second reinforced barrier!

Can a retaining wall stop a mudslide?

Then, everyone heard the "click" sound that they least wanted to hear at this moment!

The retaining wall collapsed into pieces, although it did accomplish its mission - slowing down the speed of the mudslide.

Afterwards, the mudslide was blocked by three layers of sandbags, which meant that the mud and water that finally rushed towards the dilapidated buildings at the foot of the mountain was reduced to just a river that posed little threat.

However--

"Where are the sandbags?"

"We've run out of sandbags! We don't have any more sandbags!"

“What if we go to other places to make the allocation?”

"It's too late!"

“…”

The head of the city management department looked desperate:

Even if the remaining debris flow seems harmless and cannot destroy houses, bridges and embankments, it can destroy the only dilapidated houses that need to be protected!

Everyone stared at the approaching mudslide in exhaustion and despair. Was there really no way out?

Just as the head of the city management department ordered everyone to evacuate, he suddenly heard a voice -

[Hey, is there a water pump on the fire truck? If we use high-pressure water to spray the debris flow, can we change its course? ]

What?

Without even thinking about where the voice came from, the supervisor first considered the rationality of the content of this passage.

Where is the water pump?

He took a glance and was immediately overjoyed!

On a fire truck! The fire brigade had just put out the fire when they came directly to the mudslide scene, without even removing the high-pressure water cannons that were originally used to put out the fire!

If you change the route...

If we want to prevent the mudslide from destroying the buildings at the foot of the mountain, where should we divert the water?

He looked closely and saw a clear ditch near the original debris flow track! The ditch was also formed during this rain, but it was very obvious because of the depression in the soil!

And that ditch leads to a pool of water at the foot of the mountain!

Supervisor: "Mr. Liu, why didn't you tell me you had a water pump?"

The fire chief looked puzzled: "You didn't ask me! Besides, how would I know that water pumps can be used to prevent mudslides!"

Indeed, if it weren't for that voice's reminder, who would have thought of it?

There was no time to think about it at this point. The supervisor ordered everyone to use high-pressure water pumps to divert the mudslide to another path.

If it was the powerful water flow before, even if more people worked together, they would not be able to change the direction of the mudslide in the slightest. But now, thanks to the various methods they used to reduce the power of the water flow, they were able to gradually divert the water and mud to other directions.

When the mudslide was finally redirected successfully, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, feeling both grateful for surviving the disaster and happy for finally completing the mission.

It was at this time that they discovered that the rain overhead had stopped a long time ago, but they had been so nervous that they had not noticed this.

"Boom——"

A helicopter circled several times and slowly landed on an open area that was not affected by the erosion of mud and sand.

The plane door opened, and after a while, three people walked out. The leader had short golden hair and gentle sky-blue eyes. He looked like a darling of heaven, but at this moment, there was a rare hint of worry in his eyes.

He was quickly recognized, and excited shouts arose everywhere: "Your Highness the Prince!" "Are you His Highness the Prince?" "His Highness the Prince has come in person!"

The head of the city management department even saluted directly to Andre in front of everyone!

He realized belatedly at this moment that fortunately he did not do it half-heartedly, but tried his best for that inexplicable task, and fortunately the result was good!

Otherwise... Wang Chu would come and punish him personally! Absurd! Who knew that Wang Chu would come and supervise the work personally!

At this time, his eyes shifted to the girl behind Wang Chu.

This lady looks a little unfamiliar, he thought.

Wang Chu noticed his gaze and introduced her sympathetically, "This is Luo Tan, my sister."

It was her?

All the people who had just breathed a sigh of relief after defeating the mudslide held their breath again. They did hear that Emperor Nicholas had adopted a daughter, but had not yet introduced her to the public in public.

So, it was her?

Luo Chen came to her senses. She had thought that she only needed to be an obedient background behind Andre, but she never expected this to happen. So she hurriedly greeted everyone awkwardly but politely.

However, as soon as she finished speaking, everyone present was shocked again!

Isn't the timbre of the voice that just proposed another plan to save them from the fire and water exactly the same as this voice?

Could it be that the words just now were said by this new princess?

But, considering the timing of when that sentence was spoken, she should have still been on the plane?

Forget it, maybe they have some high-tech that is different from others!

Everyone stopped arguing and started praising the new princess:

"Your Highness is truly extremely intelligent."

"Yes, if it weren't for Her Royal Highness, our mission would have almost failed."

"Your Highness's wisdom really makes us feel ashamed."

“…”

Hearing endless compliments, Luo Tan was confused.

She almost wanted to find someone to ask:

No, I just introduced myself in two sentences, and you can tell that I'm smart from these two sentences of a dozen words?

Could it be that every word I say has an IQ bonus?

There is only one explanation -

The people here are so good at boasting! Their mouths are as sweet as honey, and they don't even need to think before they tell a lie!

Luo Chen was determined not to listen to their compliments, otherwise she would float into space and cross the galaxy!

But she just made a few excuses.

Those people started to say: "You are too modest." "Really, how can ordinary people be as smart as you?" "That's right, you deserve our admiration and praise." "..."

Luo Tan: “…”

It doesn't look like acting at all.

At this time, Xu Cheng patted her shoulder, indicating that he had something to say. This action finally helped her break through people's praise. Luo Tan followed Xu Cheng to the side under the admiring gazes of everyone, and then saw the sign of "Aksai Extraterrestrial Civilization Research Center" that she saw in the prophecy.

But it’s not just an expected brand.

The sign was hung on an open doorway, and the words on it were gradually blurred, so he could only barely make out the words. Behind the sign, Luo Tan saw a group of ancient buildings that looked like ruins and had been eroded and weathered by wind and sand.