[The wheel knob continued turning under your grip, slowing down and gradually making cracking noises. It seemed to have reached its limit, but a small stream of water was still flowing from the outlet. Continue?]
"Yes."
[Ignoring the pipe's protests, you continued applying force. You felt the pipe beneath your feet trembling more and more frequently... until, at a certain moment, the pipe around the knob finally failed to withstand the pressure and burst apart along the knob's edge. Water immediately surged from the outlet ahead several times more violently than before...]
"Uh..."
Mu You felt awkward. He had meant to tighten it a little further and solve the problem once and for all, not twist it until it exploded...
Fortunately, he had a chance to try again. Mu You hurriedly pressed his watch to rewind and stopped applying force through the Qilin Arm.
[You stopped turning the wheel knob in time. The knob was now almost at its load-bearing limit, but water was still trickling from the outlet.] [You observed the water tank for a while. At the current rate, filling the empty tank would take approximately 50 hours...]
He had failed to shut it off completely, but the interval between "tsunamis" had increased from one hour to fifty, adding more than two full days. That was basically enough for the players to explore.
Mu You then posted the news in the City Lord group chat, telling them to adjust their tsunami clocks.
The news immediately lifted several City Lords' spirits. Ever since they had entered the True World, the threat of the tsunami had kept countless players confined to the tiny patch of land near the exit, unable to explore farther afield.
With so many people, everything became a competition. Lately, everyone