Doomsday magician

Chapter 237 Open the gate to release water

"The water level of our Changshan Lake has risen by an average of [-] centimeters."

It was the young man named An Deyang who reported the letter to Xu Bai. Xu Bai had some impressions of him, the person who often followed An Hai before.Even though he didn't have a clear impression of this number, seeing Ande Yang's anxious face, he understood the seriousness of the matter to some extent.

"What does that mean?"

Xu Bai poured him a glass of water and asked as he handed it to him.

An Deyang ran a little hurriedly along the way, and he is also a little thirsty now.He took the water and drank it all in one gulp, then panted and said, "Let me tell you, the level of our island is not high. If the water level rises by one meter, then one-third of our island will be submerged. If it rises More than 1.5 meters, it is estimated that the large peninsula will sink underwater."

"what?"

Xu Bai didn't expect such a result, and couldn't help being surprised.

Since staying in Anshun Island, Xu Bai has found that the island's location is superior, and the zombies outside can't get through. Occasionally, zombie birds are also chased away by them with all their strength.If the island that is enough for them to settle down is submerged by the lake, then they will have to find a way to find a place.

However, after the initial surprise, Xu Bai immediately came to his senses, and asked suspiciously, "It's true that it rained for three or four days, but this amount of rainfall is far from enough to cause the lake to rise that much."

An Deyang sighed, pouted his mouth towards the west, and said, "It flows down from the Longxi River upstream."

As soon as An De Yang reminded him, Xu Bai immediately realized that the artificial reservoir of Changshan Lake was the terminal of the Longxi River. If he guessed correctly, the abnormal rise in the water surface should be due to heavy rain in the upper reaches of the Longxi River. That's why the water level of Changshan Lake rose so much in a few days.

"So, is there anything we can do about it?"

An Deyang shook his head, and said: "We are having a meeting to discuss, and you, the commander-in-chief, will come with you."

If it was something else, most of Anshun Island's top management would not have informed Xu Bai, but dealt with it by themselves. But now that it was a matter of Anshun Island's survival, An Hai and the others couldn't sit still, and promptly notified Xu Bai of the news.

"I'm going right now."

Xu Bai was also very concerned about this matter, he picked up an umbrella from the side of the table, and then led by An Deyang to the conference hall of Xinfa Villa.

Along the way, the rain with a clear smell is still sprinkled non-stop.A few days ago, although Xu Bai felt a little annoyed, he didn't take it seriously.But now that he knew that the rain had affected the safety of Anshun Island, he couldn't help but hate it even more, wishing that the bad weather would clear up and rain immediately.

A faint cold wind blew past, making Xu Bai shiver.

"Commander, you are wearing less clothes, be careful of catching a cold." An Deyang asked with some concern. He had a good impression of Xu Bai before. It is not too much to say that Bai is a mixture of idols and beliefs.

"It's okay."

After entering the realm of a great magician, ordinary warmth and coldness can no longer affect him.After running the fire element for a while, the coldness before was immediately replaced by warmth. However, even though his body was not cold, Xu Bai still quickened his pace and followed An Deyang into the conference hall.More than a dozen high-level executives were already discussing something inside. When they saw Xu Bai coming, they quickly got up and greeted them politely. Judging from their attitudes, they still respect Xu Bai as the commander-in-chief, at least on the surface. .

Obviously, this has something to do with Xu Bai's amazing performance before, no one dares to ignore his formidable strength.

"What's going on with this rising water?"

After finding a random seat and sitting down, Xu Bai couldn't wait to ask.

An Hai's lungs seemed to be a little bad, he coughed hard a few times, and commented: "Basically, there used to be spring floods at this time every year, but in the past, the scale of spring floods was very small and basically did not affect our island, but this year is different. There is too much water coming down from the upper reaches, if you look at the current rise in water level, after two days at most, the periphery of our island will be affected."

"Are there two more days?"

Xu Bai thought for a while and asked, "Why didn't you notice it before?"

An Hai also sighed, with a serious face: "The key is that we don't have a lot of rain here, who would have thought of it? If it weren't for today, the water surface is almost level with the sampans at the pier on the island, and we wouldn't have noticed."

Xu Bai nodded, and asked again: "So, is there any good way to deal with it?"

An Hai pondered for a while, and said: "We've been discussing for a long time, and there are only two possible methods. The first is to build a breakwater outside our island. It doesn't need to be too high. First, build a breakwater of more than one meter for the time being." If the amount of water from the upper reaches is still pouring in continuously, then we can only forcefully close the gate of the Longxi River Dam."

"Close the gate?" Xu Bai was startled by his words, and asked, "In that case, wouldn't Longxi River want to..."

"good."

An Hai said in a heavy tone: "The water of the Longxi River broke through the embankment, then breached and flooded both banks."

"This……"

What An Hai said made Xu Bai hesitate. The flow of the Longxi River is still quite large. If the embankment bursts, the area of ​​tens of kilometers on both sides of the river may suffer.

"I can't control that much." An Hai said firmly: "Either too much river water is left in Changshan Lake, submerging our shelter, or completely blocking the river water. But you don't have to worry too much, the survivors around here Basically, they are all concentrated around our lake area, and there is no survivor camp near the Longxi River Dam. Even if the embankment really breaks, it will at most just submerge the uninhabited land, and the victims will only be zombies."

These words made Xu Bai feel much less conflicted. If there was no one near the Longxi River Dam, it would be fine even if the embankment really broke.

Everyone continued to discuss for a while, and after seeing that there was no good way, they made a decision.

On the one hand, the survivors on the island braved the rain and began to build breakwaters around Anshun Island. On the other hand, Xu Bai and the senior officials of Anshun Island drove to the Longxi River Dam, intending to go there to check the situation on the ground. .

Xu Bai had seen the dam of the Longxi River when he set up a plan to eliminate the fourth-order zombies. However, he only had a cursory glance at that time, and did not take a closer look. When he came with An Hai and the others today, he actually boarded the dam. The dam, which created Changshan Lake, has been built for many years, but even now, it is quite a majestic building. Standing on the dam, Xu Bai can see countless foaming rivers gushing from the flood gates. Downstream, into the downstream Changshan Lake.

It can be seen that compared with the previous memories, the current flow of the Longxi River is undoubtedly much larger, so that Xu Bai can clearly feel the strangeness.

"Who will operate this?"

The only way to prevent the inflow of river water is to close the gate. Although it can be closed by itself by indirectly interrupting the cable, it is a last resort. Once that is done, it will be difficult to open the gate again. The most reliable is Find an employee who used to work here to enter the control room to operate.

Fortunately, there are people in the Anshun Island camp who have worked here, although they are not in charge of the gate switch, but they know a little bit after being influenced by their ears and eyes.

"Do you really want to close the gate now?"

Xu Bai looked at the sky, which was slightly clearing up, and he was still a little hesitant. After all, closing the gate and letting the river burst its embankment is a very dangerous thing. Only when the degree of dam collapse is properly grasped, can the excessive river water brought by spring floods be prevented from harming Anshun Island, and will not cause permanent damage to the dam.

"hold on."

An Hai also felt that the most dangerous time had not yet come, so he did not make this decision, but continued to wait for another day.However, although the rain near Changshan Lake has become less and less, the water potential in the upper reaches of the Longxi River has not decreased at all, but has a tendency to become more numerous.

In desperation, he could only make up his mind and ask the employee to close the gate of Longxi River.

"There are four gates currently open on the Longxi River. How many gates do you want to close?"

The man was very familiar with the Longxi River Dam, but he was not sure how many gates would be closed.Moreover, because there is no electricity, he can only close the gate manually, which requires several people to do it together. For this reason, he had to temporarily find a few helpers from the accompanying people.

"Otherwise, it's all off."

Noticing that the water level of the Longxi River has risen by nearly [-] centimeters compared to before, An Hai thought for a while, and made him close all of them. Soon, with the sound of rumbling machine strings, the flood gates of the mountain and lake were constantly being released. All the river water washed down from the upper reaches has nowhere to go, and it continues to accumulate in front of the dam until finally, the river water continues to be even with the banks of the Longxi River, and rushes out of the embankment under their shocked gaze.

The scene of the rushing river bursting its embankment is still quite shocking.

Yuliu and Leopard, who have already received the news, have already arrived here. Seeing the surging river overflowing the embankment, they couldn't help but sigh with emotion. However, although this is a bit unreasonable, the crisis on Anshun Island has been resolved. For two days, the water potential of Changshan Lake did not rise any more, but began to decline slowly with the passage of time, and it has almost returned to the level before the spring flood.

At this time, the water volume in the upper reaches of the Longxi River also returned to normal. After making sure that there would be no recurrence, An Hai and the others reopened the gate, allowing the water condition of Changshan Lake to return to normal.

During the whole process, except that the Jueti river flooded many wastelands, nothing else happened. However, no one noticed that several large groups of zombie rats on the bank were forced out by the Jueti river, and most of them were facing Safe inland relocation, but some fled to the dam of Longxi River in a panic, and settled here.

(End of this chapter)