Brother Ji
"Brother, are you going to Henan to provide support?" Su Qi asked her brother on the other end of the phone with some surprise.
Su Jun listened to Su Qi's soft and cute voice. After all, his younger brother had become his younger sister, and in such a soft and cute way. For a moment, he felt a little uncomfortable.
With his honest and simple nature, and being a member of the armed police, he had even fewer opportunities to talk to women.
For a moment, she felt nervous speaking, so she coughed lightly and said into the phone, "Xiao Qi, I don't know the specific itinerary either, but the orders from above are that we go to the Taihang Mountains to carry out a mission! As for what kind of support mission it is, we'll only know when we arrive at our destination!"
Hearing her brother say he was going to the Taihang Mountains, Su Qi figured the support mission was probably related to water.
Although Su Qi is a science student, she has a special fondness for geography, which she draws on the story of Yu the Great controlling the floods, which her geography teacher taught her in junior high school.
Adding to the key points of the news she saw this morning and the "Taihang Mountains," the highly intelligent Su Qi quickly combined the three elements together.
Those familiar with geography know that Henan has a temperate monsoon climate, with cold winters and hot summers, and distinct seasons. It is also easily affected by temperate maritime air masses, also known as typhoons, which bring heavy rainstorms.
Henan has a typical topography that slopes from west to east, with two large plains to the east and the Taihang Mountains to the west. It's worth noting that the opposite of this mountain range is Shanxi.
Given this terrain, if a typhoon from Shanxi were to invade this mountain range, it would inevitably rub violently against the natural barrier of the Taihang Mountains.
Convection-induced rainfall occurs when the rainy season is too heavy, causing rainwater to flow from the high-altitude western part of Henan to the eastern Heiwa region along the drop in elevation.
As the eastern part of Henan is an inland region, the vast plains lack terrain with significant elevation changes, which means there are no favorable conditions for flood discharge. If there is a sudden downpour, it will definitely lead to flooding.
Judging from the fact that my older brother has already set off, it must be because meteorologists have already discovered that this typhoon (Haidou) may be heading towards Henan!
The most dangerous area is the Taihang Mountains, as it was the first line of defense. If heavy rains occur, the floodwaters will breach the dikes.
Su Qi thought for a moment, and the most effective method might be to form a human wall to block the water and build ditches. But then Su Qi became even more worried; if they were swept away by the water, wouldn't they be impossible to find?
Growing up in a military family, she naturally knew that military orders were paramount, and how could her brother, whose duty was to obey orders, possibly back down in the face of battle?
Just then, she heard the System Girl's voice. "Host, don't you still have me?"
Su Qi had some questions: What use are you?
Then I remembered the mysterious little staff that the System Girl had given me before, which could communicate with the power of heaven and earth.
Thinking of this, Su Qi felt that it might be able to alleviate the typhoon.
She asked Yu instinctively, "Do you still have that staff?"
Hearing Su Qi's words, the System Girl said pitifully, "No, and my job is sewing clothes, host. The tools I have now are all things I obtained through equivalent exchange from other systems."
The System Girl's words made Su Qi unable to help but mentally complain, "Then what use are you to me!"
As if hearing her host slandering her, the System Girl's voice carried a hint of a little girl's complaint as she said, "Host, although I don't have the ability to change natural disasters, I can do my best to help those who have helped you, since they are all part of boosting your popularity as the Female Protagonist."
Su Qi was stunned for a moment after hearing the System Girl's words, because it had been a long time since she had heard the word "Female Protagonist" from it, and she had almost forgotten that the System Girl was a "Female Protagonist" raising system.
However, the System Girl said it could help those who had helped it before.
This scene seemed somewhat familiar to Su Qi. Upon closer inspection, she realized it was part of her game's setting.
The story revolves around Female Protagonist is unfamiliar with the area and helps NPCs in need complete various tasks to increase her popularity. If she fails, various scandalous events will occur, and her "popularity" will turn into positive energy.
In the end, these NPCs can all become an aid in defeating the boss.
However, there was one question. Su Qi thought for a moment and asked, "Does this cost money?" The System Girl was taken aback by the host's somewhat direct question and then said, "It depends on the situation."
Although the System Girl's answer wasn't very reliable, Su Qi still felt reassured, at least she had some protection.
After chatting with his brother for a while, Su Jun looked at his phone and saw that the battery was low. He reluctantly hung up the phone.
To be honest, when Su Qi became his younger sister, Su Jun felt that she was somehow closer to him than when they were brothers. His comrade Zhao Mingli, sitting next to him, leaned in after he hung up the phone and teased him:
Class monitor, was that your girlfriend just now? Her voice is so sweet, she must be a beauty.
The two comrades opposite also asked with gossipy expressions.
"Go away, go away, what girlfriend? She's my sister!" Su Jun waved his hand at the group.
However, as the group drew closer, Zhao Mingli asked Su Jun, "Class monitor, isn't your sister pretty? What do you think of me?" Su Jun looked at him, recalling Su Qi's playful, cute, and adorable demeanor in the video.
Time seemed to soften my heart a little. Although you are my comrade-in-arms, I'm sorry, my sister is more important.
Zhao Mingli was not saddened by the cold rejection, because he was just joking. After all, he hadn't even seen what Su Qi looked like.
With his phone dead, Su Jun could only listlessly stare at Zhao Mingli's phone.
He then opened a dance video, which was exactly the same as the one his second brother had sent. Incredulously, he asked Zhao Mingli, "How come you also have my sister's video?"
Zhao Mingli paused for a moment, then remembered that her sister's voice on the phone did sound quite similar to that of the chuunibyou (Chunibyo Princess. Looking at his class monitor's face, he realized that he really wasn't lying.
The two comrades opposite him also looked over, curious to see what their squad leader's sister looked like that could make Zhao Mingli so smitten. But when they saw the video, they recognized her immediately—wasn't that 'Little Sword Princess '?
Wait a minute, the class monitor just said she was his younger sister. Doesn't that mean...?
Suddenly, all three of them focused their gaze on Su Jun's face.
Su Jun was a little disappointed. What was going on? Then he heard the three of them shout in unison, "Brother-in-law!" He was stunned for two seconds before he realized what they meant.
"Get out, get out, get out—" he waved his hand, but the scene just now attracted more comrades.
Zhao Mingli explained it to them very enthusiastically. And so, on the train bound for the Taihang Mountains, Su Jun acquired a new nickname. "Brother Ji!"
After ending her call with Brother Haidou, Su Qi checked the trajectory of Typhoon Haidou and found it was still hovering over Shanxi. However, according to reports, all local residents had been evacuated from the mountains, and there were no casualties.
If the rain continues northward, that would be the best outcome, and it would have nothing to do with Henan. Other provinces, due to their terrain, would be able to easily handle the torrential rain.
However, Su Qi's right eyelid twitched violently for some reason, and she felt as if things were developing in a way that was beyond her control.