"Boom!!"
A deafening thunderclap, unlike anything anyone had ever heard before, suddenly resounded through the sky.
Everyone inside the room shuddered; the thunder was so loud it sounded like a missile exploding.
The two girls screamed in fright…
Ye Feng hurriedly went to the window to check the situation, but what he saw really shocked him.
At that moment, white light flashed in the sky, and dense, muffled thunder rumbled continuously.
It was like someone was rapidly switching the lights on and off, making his eyes blurry...
"Tart!"
Another clap of thunder sounded, but this time, Ye Feng clearly saw…
An irregular white lightning bolt appeared in the sky along with the thunder.
At the same time, a howling wind began to violently blow the surrounding trees, and some straight saplings were even blown at a 40-degree angle.
For a moment, the rustling of falling leaves and the crisp sound of breaking branches filled the air.
Everyone has seen thunderstorms, but one this exaggerated is extremely rare.
Seeing this, Ye Feng slowly stretched his hand out of the window to fight against the strong wind.
He felt his hand being pushed by a force that was neither too strong nor too weak, about the same as that of a five or six-year-old child.
He estimated that the wind force at that moment was around level 5...
After observing the roof for a while, he immediately closed the window…
He felt incredibly fortunate at that moment, because just two days ago, he had anticipated this situation…
So he and Fu Changxiong used long wooden sticks to clamp the palm leaves on the roof horizontally, and then firmly tied them to both sides with vines...
This might cause a small amount of water to accumulate, but fortunately it's sturdy...
Unless the wind is strong enough to blow the roof off, it poses absolutely no safety threat to them.
He even coated the entire window of the smoke vent with resin…
"Damn, brother... you were right to have foresight, otherwise all our tiles would probably be gone by now."
Fu Changxiong said with lingering fear…
Others also expressed their agreement…
"Thanks to Brother Feng's foresight, otherwise we might have lost our roof today."
"The rainy season here is really weird. The thunder is loud, but the wind is so strong?"
"Thank goodness, Brother Feng... is enough. Be careful... otherwise... we'll become... a... drowned... chicken."
When they first heard about reinforcing the roof, they thought it was just because of the rain, and Ye Feng was being overly cautious. As long as it didn't leak, there wouldn't be a problem.
In retrospect, Ye Feng's caution once again saved everyone...
Hearing the praise from everyone, Ye Feng was not pleased but worried, his brows furrowing even more deeply…
"You don't think this is the end of it, do you?"
Upon hearing this, Fu Changxiong quickly asked:
"What's going on? Is the wind going to blow even stronger?"
Ye Feng slowly shook his head...
"What I'm worried about now is... just how bad this rainy season will be."
After sixteen days of silence, the rain that God had been holding back is now going to be released all at once.
If the camp gets flooded, we're doomed…
"No way!?"
Liu Sisi quickly asked...
"I measured it before; our campsite is about ten meters above the river level. How could it flood like that?"
Ye Feng's face was ashen, his features contorted in pain... It was clear that he was extremely anxious at that moment...
"I also took the test, and I took it on my first day here. At the time, I thought nothing would happen."
But now it seems like the rain is going to be really heavy, and I'm not really sure anymore…”
Seeing Ye Feng's serious expression, everyone tensed up immediately...
Qi Xiaoyan quickly comforted her:
"Uh...maybe it's just the first heavy rain, and the road downstream from the pond is quite wide..."
Even in heavy rain, the water should drain away in time, right?
Ye Feng shook his head…
"This is the rainy season for the entire Amazon, not just in one particular area."
In other words, water levels are rising in all areas, so where can the drainage go?
In the end, doesn't it all end up here? It's just a matter of the money coming from the sheep's back…
Upon hearing this, everyone frowned...
Seeing that the atmosphere was getting awkward, Ye Feng quickly added:
"It's alright, don't worry too much. Maybe I'm just being overly anxious."
I think our camp should be safe if it weren't for the continuous torrential rain.
Even if we were to be flooded, have you forgotten? Don't we still have a way out?
As he spoke, he pointed behind him…
"Yes!"
Liu Sisi spoke up:
"We still have a hillside behind us, so we can always move up there. We can't let the whole mountain get flooded, can we?"
Unexpectedly, no sooner had she finished speaking than another deafening clap of thunder boomed outside…
Immediately afterwards, the sound of raindrops hitting the ground began rapidly…
Everyone quickly opened the windows, and the rain before them seemed far more dramatic than they had imagined…
In just two seconds, the scattered raindrops turned into a torrential downpour.
Moreover, the flow increased as it went down, and the sound was similar to that of a waterfall.
In the end, it even formed a curtain of rain...
A few minutes later, the soil on the hillside, washed away by the rain, turned a yellowish-brown color and, carrying some mud and gravel, flowed down into the pond...
Seeing this, everyone felt a wave of fear wash over them... At the same time, they marveled at Ye Feng's advanced foresight...
Because from the very first day we arrived here, when we decided to build a shelter in the middle of this hillside…
Ye Feng then thought of what would happen if it rained heavily, besides avoiding snakes, insects, and rodents on the ground…
Given the location, the shelter will definitely be affected by the rain...
That's why he was determined to spend several days building the treehouse...
Otherwise, their shelter would have been turned into a water dungeon by now.
Fortunately, the treehouse is of good quality and is high enough off the ground…
At this moment, the muddy water flowing down the hillside all flowed from the bottom of the treehouse into the pond, and then slowly flowed downstream.
The treehouse is still as dry as ever.
Looking at the noticeably rising water level in the pond, Ye Feng fell into deep thought…
Things seem to be developing in a direction he didn't expect.
He hated the unknown fear that nature brought, not knowing where to start or how to accurately predict the course of events.
If the rainy season continues with this kind of rain, there is no doubt that the treehouse he painstakingly built will not survive.
Thinking of this, he said in a deep voice:
"Everyone, get some rest. We'll see how things are tomorrow. If it's really not working out..."
We have no choice but to move up the mountain…
Upon hearing this, everyone's spirits plummeted. Such a wonderful treehouse, such a wonderful campsite, and the smelting furnace that they had painstakingly built over many days—all of this was going to be abandoned...
This night will be a sleepless one for everyone…
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