Chapter 141 Lanterns attract souls(1/3)
After the Tiangong clan accepted the decree.
Immediately, several groups of people were sent to Jinzhou and to various places along the river.
Some go to Ximen and Jinshan counties.
Some went to Yangcheng.
Each has a division of labor depending on the situation, the tools they bring are different, and the resources they have for deployment and the "dragons" they assist are also slightly different.
Although they are both "Ba Xia", a mythical beast, there seems to be subtle differences in the "supernatural powers" they practice.
Jinzhou, Yangcheng Huajiang Embankment.
For many days since arriving, the Tiangong clan members sent here have been intensively inspecting the damage and disrepair of the dam.
With the help of the Ghost Helmet, the heavenly workers visited everywhere and analyzed the entire situation captured by drones from high places.
Every possible crack or leakage was found, and then the secret techniques and tools of the Tiangong clan were used to plug the leaks, reinforce them, and provide disaster relief.
A large-scale cement ship transported materials to the riverside, and a concrete mixing ship helped repair the embankment. Wen Shenyou coordinated and mobilized all the river workers, and also recruited many corvees to households on both sides of the river.
However, the time is too short after all, and it is difficult to take into account the details.
midnight.
Heavy rains and floods came suddenly, the water level rose sharply, and the embankment was under tremendous pressure.
On the embankment, silhouettes of people came and went.
In the darkness, one of the people patrolling the dike noticed something and pricked up his ears to listen.
Then he immediately ran to somewhere, took a look, his face changed drastically, and he immediately shouted.
"No, it's missing!"
"Leaked!"
The people patrolling the embankment were beating gongs and drums, shouting hurriedly as they ran, and immediately saw the surrounding people and river workers arriving quickly.
The river workers immediately organized themselves. Wearing coarse clothes and holding hoes, they rushed to the breach.
"Quickly, tie up the reeds!" a river worker shouted loudly.
"Put up the bamboo frame and fill it with soil!" Another river worker waved his hand.
Everyone tied the reeds tightly, built temporary supports with bamboos, and filled them with soil and rocks, trying to seal the breach as soon as possible.
But soon, everything they threw was washed away, the gap became bigger and bigger, and everyone became more and more panicked.
"No, no, we can't stop it."
"The water was so big that it was all washed away."
"What should I do?"
Just when everyone thought it couldn't be blocked, the Tiangong clan arrived.
Tishang Tiangong took one look at the situation and spoke urgently.
"We must act quickly, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable."
There was a sense of urgency in his words.
"Send a letter immediately and mobilize more people to bring magical weapons."
"Where is the glazed fairy lantern? Whoever has it now must invite it over."
"We also need sacks and weaving baskets. We need a lot of them. We need to transport them from the warehouse quickly and then organize people..."
Everyone in the Tiangong clan knows that urgent measures must be taken to prevent it. People can wait, but this river embankment cannot wait.
The lights on the embankment began to flicker. Seeing this scene, Tiangong in the distance immediately knew that something had happened, and quickly rushed over with various supplies and "magical instruments".
Come together to the embankment.
The craftsmen first tried to block the breach, but the effect was not obvious.
The raindrops hit my face, and it was biting to the bone; the wind howled by, like the roar of a wild beast.
There were bigger and bigger cracks and the sound of rolling torrents.
Like a delicate drum beat.
It is constantly beating on people's heartstrings.
Several leaders of Tiangong stood together and discussed countermeasures with each other.
"No, the flood water is turbid, and it is difficult to accurately determine the specific location and size of the breach from the surface."
"That's right, we don't know what's going on under the water at all. How can we block it like this? We don't even know how deep it is or how much the underwater embankment has been damaged!"
"We have to send people into the water to explore and measure the situation, so that we can more accurately find the location of the breach, and then drive piles or install sandbags and gabions to seal the breach."
Soon, two Tiangong ethnic groups and a dozen river workers who were familiar with the water properties decided to tie themselves up. Some of them carried sandbags, gabions, straw bales, and ropes and threw themselves into the turbulent river.
When they jumped into the water, the splashes mixed with the rain, and the people disappeared.
In the heavy rain, everyone was extremely silent.
Everyone on the embankment watched their companions disappear into the river, feeling worried and terrified.
As time goes by, the rainstorm continues.
No one knows if there is anyone on the other end of the rope.
The Tiangong tribe, Yangcheng Hegong, and the people on both sides of the strait were anxiously waiting for news. Every drop of rain hitting their bodies, faces, and hearts was like a test from God.
Finally, I waited for a response.
"Found it, found the location."
"I saw it, there!"
"Don't panic, everyone obeys orders..."
"Steady, steady."
immediately.
Everyone started to move, the river workers, the common people and the Tiangong tribe continued to guard the embankment. At the same time, more and more people were coming here.
Fight with the flood, compete with the times.
Let's work together to block the breach and stabilize the embankment.
This is a wrestling match between the power of mortals and the power of heaven and earth.
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late at night.
The battle was still going on on the embankment, and Liu Hu also arrived.
Placed in front of Liu Hu was a row of corpses, each of them wet, having just been pulled up from the river.
This was the first group of people who jumped into the river. Many of them were already lifeless when they were pulled back.
What's more, there are no traces of the corpses.
The two leaders among them can be seen from the clothes they wear and the characteristics of the mountain people that they are from the Tiangong clan.
Someone from the side came forward and said, "Head of the clan, everyone is dead. Should we send them back?"
Liu Hu looked at someone who was still trying to save him: "Can he be saved?"
After a while, the rescuer shook his head: "We can't save him."
Liu Hu nodded: "I understand."
Everyone stopped talking.
At this moment, on the other side is the embankment that has not been blocked, and on the other side are people who are dying.
Suddenly, Liu Hu looked at the corpse on the ground, knelt on one knee and closed the man's eyes.
"Don't worry or be afraid."
"Life and death are determined by destiny. We have fulfilled our destiny with our bodies and prevented this disaster. We can be considered to have died a worthy death."
"Although we are dead, we are the work of heaven, and the witch has already arranged where we will go."
“When we were alive, we were created by heaven, and after we die, we are also created by heaven.”
As soon as these words came out.
Everyone looked at Liu Hu one after another, and their expressions changed.
Although the witch has never stated it clearly, the Tiangong clan has long had rumors about it.
The shaman once told Liu Hu, who was wearing the helmet of ghosts and gods, that he was born as the leader of the Tiangong clan in the human world and would become a ghost and god immediately after his death.
Since Liu Hu, the leader of the Tiangong clan, has already made arrangements after his death, then even if they, the Tiangong clan, cannot become ghosts and gods, they will always have a place to go!
At this moment, this question seems to have an answer.
To be continued...