From Natating

"By the way, what about those workers from the Hundred Fruit Garden? Were they rescued in the end?" Xia Fan suddenly thought of another question.

"Olina dragged Lasein there, and the Baisha Ship dispatched a thirty-man team to provide support, but no news has come back yet," Li replied. "Azure Fort is in a terrible state right now. The seawater hasn't fully receded, and corpses are floating everywhere. Tonight will likely be a sleepless one."

"Indeed." Xia Fan fell silent for a moment. They had defeated the Lesser Evil Spirits, but the losses they had already caused would not simply return to normal. Floods brought plague, famine, and displacement—and here, there would be another kind of disaster: Evil Spirits. The qi of those who drowned in terror beneath the waves would linger for a long time. Once their numbers grew, they might turn into Mei and Wang.

At the soonest, they would appear tonight.

To Yao and Qi Sense Users, these lowest-ranking evil creatures posed little threat. But to ordinary people, they were still deadly hunters.

The silver lining was that the vast majority of harbor-city residents could swim, and quite a few knew how to sail. When faced with seawater flooding inland, they could at least try to protect themselves, indirectly reducing the casualties. If such a seawater backflow had occurred in an inland city like Hila, the consequences would likely have been a hundred times worse.

"Once the seawater has fully receded, have the Baisha Ship help with the rescue efforts as well."

"Everyone already guessed you would say that." Li chuckled. "Don't worry. Captain Wu is already drawing up an aid plan. We intend to turn the docks into a temporary camp, where we can distribute relief rations and give those with nowhere to go a place