Yu Luo stepped barefoot onto the soft moss, the cool touch gradually calming her chaotic thoughts.
With a thought, the panoramic map before her unfolded again, the scene rapidly passing through the Skull Kingdom and finally settling on a small county town on the border of Liang Kingdom.
Anhe County.
At this moment, locusts have already swept into Anhe County.
The swarms of locusts, dark and thick like heavy clouds, turned the entire sky a grayish-yellow color.
Wherever it went, all the greenery was lost.
Vast swathes of crops were devoured at a visible rate, leaving only bare stalks swaying in the wind.
"Oh God! Stop eating! Stop eating!"
"Give us a way out!"
On the ridges of the fields, countless people knelt down and kowtowed to the dark swarm of insects, their cries heart-wrenching.
Those weren't crops; they were their family's life!
In a corner of the map, a thin girl tightly hugs a squealing piglet, huddled under the eaves of her house, watching locusts slowly approach her family's only remaining small vegetable garden, trembling with fear.
Her clear eyes were filled with fear and helplessness.
It was just that one glance.
Yu Luo's gaze met that of the piglet in the girl's arms.
"pig……"
A familiar name instantly popped into her mind.
The Classic of Mountains and Seas describes a beast that resembles a pig, has tusks, and cries out like a howl; its name is Dang Kang.
Its cry is a natural sign, and its appearance foretells a bountiful harvest throughout the land.
Dang Kang!
A flash of understanding crossed Yu Luo's eyes, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.
What could be more appropriate than using a mythical beast symbolizing a bountiful harvest to combat a locust plague that devours the crop?
She lazily raised her jade-like finger, and a point of dazzling golden light gathered at the tip of her finger.
"Go."
Yu Luo tapped the panoramic map lightly.
The golden light instantly disappeared into the map, traversing thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, and landed precisely on the piglet in the arms of the girl in Anhe County!
"Aww!"
The piercing squeal of a pig abruptly ceased.
Instead, a roar that shook the heavens and the earth resounded.
"roar!!!"
Golden light burst forth, dazzling and eye-catching!
The once pink and tender piglet suddenly grew larger in the golden light, its fur turned bronze, and two huge, sharp tusks sprouted from the corners of its mouth!
The mythical beast Dang Kang has descended!
Kang shook his majestic body and let out another majestic roar at the swarm of locusts.
This sound seemed to contain some kind of law of heaven and earth.
The once ferocious and all-consuming locust army seemed to have encountered its natural enemy and instantly went into chaos!
They turned around in terror and fled frantically, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye, like the receding tide.
The dark clouds that had obscured the sky dispersed, and the long-awaited sunshine returned to the earth.
At the summit of the desolate mountain, Yu Luo looked at this scene and nodded in satisfaction.
"I was right."
Previously, I was pondering which kind of strange beast to enlighten, but now it seems that Dang Kang is simply tailor-made for this moment.
Moreover, pigs were a common domestic animal in the homes of the people of Liang.
In the footage, the people of Anhe County are still immersed in the shock of surviving the disaster.
The majestic Dangkang, however, strode happily into the field that had been ravaged and broken.
"Hey! Don't! Don't step on it!" an old farmer cried out in distress.
However, an unbelievable scene unfolded.
Wherever Kang passed, the withered crop stalks visibly rejuvenated, sprouting tender green leaves!
Further away, the crops that survived but were not yet ripe seemed to be infused with the essence of life, rapidly growing taller and sprouting ears of grain...
The heavy ears of rice bent low, and the golden ears of corn were so plump they almost burst open!
A scene of abundant harvest spread across the fields of Anhe County in just a few breaths!
After a brief silence, deafening cheers erupted!
"They're alive! The crops are all alive!"
"A bumper harvest! It's a bumper harvest!"
"It's the Mountain Goddess! It must be the Mountain Goddess manifesting her power!" A middle-aged woman knelt down excitedly and kowtowed desperately towards the barren mountain.
Someone nearby asked, puzzled, "Sister-in-law, how can you be so sure it's the Mountain Goddess?"
The woman wiped away her tears, her voice filled with fervor and devotion.
"Does this even need guessing?"
"Last time, there was a severe drought and high temperatures, and it looked like we were about to have no harvest at all. It was the Mountain Goddess who sent down sweet rain to save us!"
"When that golden light appeared just now, I saw the mountain god temple at the entrance of the village light up for a moment as well!"
"Besides the Mountain Goddess, who else possesses such extraordinary abilities!"
Upon hearing this, the surrounding people immediately understood.
yes!
It's the Mountain Goddess!
The Mountain Goddess saved them again!
"Thump! Thump!"
Hundreds and thousands of people knelt down in unison, facing the direction of the barren mountain, their faces filled with tears of relief and heartfelt gratitude.
"Thank you for your mercy, Mountain Goddess!"
"Thank you, Mountain Goddess, for saving my life!"
"We are willing to worship the Mountain Goddess for all eternity!"
The power of devout faith transformed into invisible golden specks of light, soaring into the sky from Anhe County, traversing thousands of miles, and merging into Yu Luo's body.
She felt a surge of warmth, as if countless forces of faith were flowing through the entire desolate mountain like a vast ocean.
The next second, countless golden lights burst forth.
All the mountain god temples radiated golden light, and some piglets nearby squealed and transformed, running into the fields.
Some people didn't understand at first, but when they saw the piglets after these changes easily drive away the locusts and then restore the crops to life, they were all so shocked that they knelt on the ground.
Only a thin girl stood nearby, staring blankly ahead, muttering unconsciously, "Mom, will we have no more pigs to eat in the future?"
The girl's mother quickly slapped her on the head.
"Forget about eating pork, the most important thing is to save our crops!"
"This mythical beast could save so many fields from locust plagues!"
The middle-aged woman spoke loudly.
The girl nodded repeatedly, saying that if it could protect so many crops, she wouldn't eat them!
Seeing this from the panoramic map, Yu Luo made a mistake in the secret passage.
She quickly relayed the message to the believers.
Not long after, the caravan from the desolate mountains set off again.
This time, however, the caravan was carrying a large group of piglets.
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