Floodwaters, a great flood!
Since its founding, Ten Directions Town had never suffered such an extraordinary flood. Its geographical position made such flooding unlikely; even mountain torrents would have spent their force by the time they reached the river outside town, raising the water level a little at most.
But this was no ordinary flood, and Ten Directions Town's unusual geography instead brought disaster upon it. Within a short span, mountain torrents burst down and submerged the town, the water rising almost higher than the houses of ordinary families.
The ferocity of that water was like countless rampaging beasts charging head-on amid the white waves.
From afar, Feng Yan saw a filthy black mass pressing down from the mountains behind the leading white spray. Almost instantly, he understood what awaited Ten Directions Town.
"Father, Mother-run! Run for higher ground!"
Feng Yan roared for his mother to flee while he sprinted toward the tree beyond the fields, where a little girl stood staring blankly at the approaching flood.
"Xiao Ya, come here-!"
Feng Yan was undoubtedly the quickest to react among everyone in the nearby fields. He raced to the tree with speed beyond an ordinary person's, but by the time he arrived, the flood was almost upon them.
Feng Yan scooped up his sister with one arm, then actually took a running start, reached up, and climbed straight into the tree.
Rumble! Splash, splash, splash!
The flood came too suddenly. They had barely climbed up when Feng Yan saw nothing below but muddy, raging floodwaters.
"Help! Save me-!"
Someone came sweeping past in the water, shouting. Feng Yan told his sister to hug the trunk, clamped his legs around it, and swung his body down to seize the person being washed away. Then, with a fierce heave, he hauled them