The Broken Water Standard Tablets
The sun sets.
The sky and earth were pitch black, and the sound of rain filled my ears.
Lu Xinqing could neither see nor hear clearly.
He knelt at the bow of the boat for almost half an hour, feeling extremely uncomfortable, with a sore back and aching waist. He dared not move rashly, fearing that he might displease the other party and have his life cut off with a single blow.
Sometimes when Lu Xinqing couldn't hear anything, he would wonder if Liang Qu was still on the boat.
The Liang Qu shines with Golden Eye, revealing the scenery on both banks with crystal clarity.
The surrounding hills become fewer and fewer, and the terrain becomes flat and open.
Judging from the current situation, the boat will soon reach the vicinity of Lord Qiu's Dyke, where the Water Standard Tablet will be located.
It is not easy for the inside of an object to be completely soaked with water; it takes days.
Liang Qu can sense water vapor. As long as the Water Standard Tablet is found, the internal moisture content can be checked, and the markings on the surface of the stone tablet can be compared to determine that there are no problems with the Hydrology Station.
Awei folded his wings, staggered onto the boat, and was caught by Liang Qu.
Awei is not good at long-distance flying, and acting as a scout in the heavy rain was really tiring, but fortunately he brought back good news.
Lord Qiu's Dyke is one mile ahead! Liang Qu replaced the four slightly tired finless River Dolphin, and the boat sped up a bit more.
The closer you get to the embankment, the louder the sound of the water becomes, eventually becoming deafening.
A broken embankment, about 80 meters wide, suddenly appeared! The Blackwater Black Water River, which used to flow straight, made a sharp 180-degree turn here! The Great Serpent Mouth! The Yan brothers, Yan Qingshan and Yan Chongwen, were right. The entire Black Water River was a straight road at the beginning, and the water flow accelerated continuously. However, when it reached Huazhu, it formed a Great Serpent Mouth that was almost "U". How could the impact be small?
Water broke through Lord Qiu's Dyke, and Huazhu became a fishpond.
Furthermore, the lateral circulation can carry away sand and gravel, easily causing piping at the base of the dike, requiring reinforcement every year.
Looking into the distance, the Black Water River continues to pour out its waters, but the drop is not significant, only about one meter. As it plunges down, it creates layers of foam, making it appear from above as if a white strip of foam has been added to the river.
However, Liang Qu Golden Eye around but did not find the Water Standard Tablet standing in the water!
Given the current water level of the Black Water River, it is absolutely impossible for it to submerge the Water Standard Tablet!
The Fat Catfish, Cannot Move, with its Fist and Round Head, and the remaining finless River Dolphin all came out to explore the bottom of the water.
Fifteen minutes later, Fist first discovered the Left Water Level Stele submerged in mud and sand, and then Cannot Move found the Right Water Level Stele nearby.
Both Water Standard Tablet are broken! Liang Qu grabbed Lu Xinqing by the collar and pointed at Lord Qiu's Dyke: "When did the Water Standard Tablet break?"
Lu Xinqing's eyes stung from Liang Qu's Golden Eye. He squinted and turned his head. He didn't have any pupil magic, and he couldn't see anything in the darkness. "I don't know, everything was fine five days ago!"
Five days ago? Are you sure?!
"Yes!" Lu Xinqing said firmly. "I went to town five days ago and spent money. I only spent fifteen taels of silver to light two candles and burn three candles! I had a blast and I was so tired that I had to lean against the wall when I came out."
When the brothers passed by the Water Standard Tablet on their way back, they joked that a man should be like the Water Standard Tablet, soaking in water for decades without softening. I remember it clearly!
Liang Qu loosened Lu Xinqing's collar and jumped into the Black Water River.
Lu Xinqing looked around and saw that only a large chestnut horse on the boat was staring at him, and a thought suddenly came to him.
However, he was surrounded by darkness and could not see anything, only the thunderous sound of the floodwaters, which made him lose interest again.
It's too dark.
It's too dangerous to go into the water near the flood outlet.
Who knows if there are any Water Beast hiding underwater?
Lu Xinqing had fallen into the water when he was young and was almost swallowed by a Giant Crocodile. He had a psychological trauma. He was about to overcome it when he reached the Four Gates Martial Master, but the Fat Catfish reawakened him.
The rapids are turbulent, and broken logs and pebbles often brush past you.
Following the Mental Link, Liang Qu leaped to the side of the Fist and found the Water Standard Tablet buried in the silt.
Reach out and close your eyes to sense.
The overall water content was almost the same, Water Standard Tablet had been soaked in water for at least two days!
Liang Qu unearthed another Water Standard Tablet. He closed his eyes and sensed it, and found that it was the same. The stone tablet had been soaked in water for two days, and the internal moisture had reached equilibrium, making it impossible to determine the previous water level of the Black Water River!
According to Lu Xinqing, the water level began to drop around noon the day before yesterday, Water Standard Tablet had been submerged for more than two days...
Water Standard Tablet is not so easy to break when it is submerged in water.
The probability of a man-made disaster causing the Lord Qiu's Dyke to breach surpasses that of torrential rain and floods, reaching its peak in Liang Qu.
Back on the ship, Lu Xinqing remained kneeling in the same spot.
Liang Qu wiped the water off his face and stood at the breach in the dike, gazing into the distance.
Downstream from the breach, the area became a vast expanse of muddy, yellow water.
Broken logs, withered grass, and dead fish mingled together, swept away by the turbulent current, rushing towards the distance.
The Lord Qiu's Dyke, a super-sized water tap over 80 meters wide, has been continuously releasing water without stopping for a moment.
When the flood struck, the Hydrology Station, which should have stood near the dam, also disappeared, submerged under the raging Great Marsh.
Liang Qu attempted to Water Control, and the more than 16,000 tons of floodwater transformed into an invisible water wall, blocking the flood outlet.
The torrent of water came to an abrupt halt, and the white spray on the Black Water River vanished instantly.
However, he couldn't hold on for even a single breath before the water droplets reappeared.
Liang Qu leaned against Red Mountain and sat down, panting heavily, his strength almost completely depleted.
Lu Xinqing, who was kneeling at the bow of the boat, fell silent upon hearing the panting.
He was facing the boat plank and did not see the heroic act just now. He only felt that Liang Qu was inexplicable. Could it be that he was heartbroken to see the raging flood that submerged the village?
No wonder others can be masters while I can only be a bandit.
Lu Xinqing was filled with awe. He felt nothing when he saw the flood; he just thought that the two women must have died in the flood last time, and it would be a pity if he couldn't find such good prostitutes again.
Liang Qu took out a medicine bottle, swallowed a Qi Replenishing Pill, and after regaining some strength, he dared not try to stop the flood again.
He resisted not only the water volume of Lord Qiu's Dyke in a short period of time, but also the enormous impact of the entire Black Water River rushing for dozens of miles to reach this place.
It's completely unbearable.
Go find the County Magistrate of Hua Zhu County first.
Liang Qu guided the River Dolphin forward. When they reached the confluence of the breached dikes, a stream of water lifted all the Water Beast and boats, gently lowering them and allowing them to drift away with the flood.
Fat Catfish and other animals turned their heads to look at the breached dam. Their mouths were slightly open, and the Lord Qiu's Dyke looked exceptionally majestic, a sight never before seen by fish.
Liang Qu unfolded the map and, based on the location on the map and the direction of the Compass, quickly arrived at a small town.
Gan Huang Village, which is closest to Lord Qiu's Dyke, was hit hardest and is now completely submerged by the flood.
If it weren't for the Fat Catfish and other creatures exploring underwater and telling him that there were house ruins at the bottom of Liang Qu, he would have even doubted whether he had gone to the wrong place again.
There is no Gan Huang Village; it is clearly a large lake.
Liang Qu reached into the water and occasionally sensed a few bloated corpses buried under the wall. Sometimes, long logs stood on the water, their cracked trunks crawling with centipedes, spiders, and centipedes.
Centipedes and centipedes crawled onto the bodies of spiders and earthworms, and then several ants burrowed into their shells before falling into the water.
There were so many insects that there wasn't enough room on the tree, and they had formed a thick layer of insect shells! Several rats were hiding in the topmost canopy, while a dozen green eyes were fixed on the boats drifting below.
They all huddled together, trying to avoid being eroded by the flood.
Unfortunately, people aren't that lucky.
In just two days, the exact number of people who fled from the entire Gan Huang Village is unknown.
Liang Qu hurriedly headed to the next location.