Chapter 308: The Broken Water Level Stele

The sun set.

The world was pitch black, full of the sound of rain.

Lu Xinqing couldn't see clearly, couldn't hear clearly.

He had been kneeling on the bow of the boat for almost half an hour, very uncomfortable, his waist and back aching, and he didn't dare to move rashly, afraid of making the other party unhappy and cutting off his life with one knife.

Sometimes Lu Xinqing couldn't hear any movement and always suspected whether Liang Qu was still on the boat.

Liang Qu lit up his golden eyes, and the scene on both banks was as clear as fire.

The low mountains around were getting fewer and fewer, and the terrain was flat and open.

According to the scene before his eyes, the pleasure boat was about to reach the vicinity of the Qiu Gong Dike, and then he would be able to find the water level stele.

It is not easy for the interior of an object to be completely soaked by water; the time is counted in days.

Liang Qu could perceive water vapor; as long as he found the water level stele and investigated the moisture content inside, comparing it with the carvings on the surface of the stele, he would know if there was any problem with the hydrology.

Awei folded its wings and stumbled onto the boat, being caught by Liang Qu.

Awei was not good at long-distance flight; acting as a scout in the heavy rain was truly exhausting, but fortunately, it brought back good news.

The Qiu Gong Dike was one mile ahead!

Liang Qu replaced the four slightly tired finless porpoises, and the pleasure boat's speed increased by another notch.

The closer to the dike, the stronger the sound of water, and finally it was deafening.

A broken large dike about eighty meters wide appeared suddenly!

The Heishuihe, which had been straight, made a 180-degree turn here!

Big Snake Mouth!

Yan Qingshan and Yan Chongwen were right; the first section of the entire Heishuihe was a straight road, the water flow constantly accelerating, but when it reached the Huazhu territory, it formed a large snake mouth nearly in a "U" shape; how could the impact not be great?

If the water breaks the Qiu Gong Dike, Huazhu will be a fish pond.

And the lateral circulation will roll away sand and stones, easily forming piping under the dike, which needs reinforcement every year.

Looking from afar, the Heishuihe was still pouring out heavy water, but the height difference was not great, only one meter; it rolled down and stirred up layers of foam, looking down like an extra white foam belt on the water river.

Yet Liang Qu's golden eyes scanned the surroundings and didn't find the water level stele standing in the water!

With the current water level of the Heishuihe, it was impossible to submerge the water level stele!

The Fatty Catfish, Cannot Move, Fist, Round Head, and the remaining few finless porpoises all set out to investigate the bottom of the water.

A quarter of an hour later, Fist first discovered the left water level stele submerged in the mud, and immediately after, Cannot Move found the right water level stele nearby.

Both water level steles were broken!

Liang Qu grabbed Lu Xinqing by the collar and pointed to the Qiu Gong Dike: "When did the water level stele break?"

Lu Xinqing's eyes were stung by Liang Qu's golden eyes; he squinted and turned his head; he didn't have pupil techniques and couldn't see anything in the pitch black: "Don't know, it was fine five days ago!"

"Five days ago? Can you be sure!?"

"Yes!" Lu Xinqing's tone was firm, "Five days ago I went to town to spend money, only fifteen taels of silver to order two! Burned three candles! Played happily, and came out leaning on the wall.

At that time, the brothers passed by the water level stele and joked that a man should be like the water level stele, soaking in water for decades without softening; I remember it clearly!"

Liang Qu let go of Lu Xinqing's collar and jumped into the Heishuihe in one leap.

Lu Xinqing scanned the surroundings and saw only a date-red horse staring at him in the pleasure boat, and suddenly had thoughts.

However, it was pitch black all around, and he couldn't see anything, only the thunderous flood discharge sound, and he extinguished his thoughts.

It was too dark.

Approaching the flood mouth, going into the water was too dangerous.

Who knew if there were water beasts hidden underwater.

Lu Xinqing had fallen into the water when he was young and was almost swallowed by a giant crocodile; he had a shadow in his heart, and he had almost overcome it when he reached a four-pass martial artist, but it was reawakened by the Fatty Catfish.

Turbulent currents interlaced, and broken wood and crushed stones often brushed past.

Liang Qu located it according to the spiritual link, jumped to Fist's side, and found the water level stele buried in the silt.

He reached out and closed his eyes to perceive.

There was almost no difference in the overall water content; the water level stele had been soaking in the water for at least two days!

Liang Qu dug out the other water level stele, closed his eyes to perceive, and found it was the same; the stone stele had been soaking in the water for two days, the internal moisture content tended to be balanced, and there was no way to judge the previous water level of the Heishuihe!

According to what Lu Xinqing said, the water level started to drop at noon the day before yesterday, and the water level stele had been soaking in the water for more than two days...

The water level stele soaking in the water wouldn't break so easily.

The probability of human disaster in the Qiu Gong Dike levee break immediately surpassed the heavy rain flood and reached the top in Liang Qu's heart.

Returning to the boat, Lu Xinqing was still kneeling in place.

Liang Qu wiped the water stains on his face and stood at the breach looking down.

Looking down from the breach, it had completely turned into a vast ocean, the yellow water turbid.

Broken wood, withered grass, and dead fish were mixed together, wrapped by the turbulent current, galloping toward the distance.

The Qiu Gong Dike, this super-sized water faucet over eighty meters wide, hadn't stopped for a moment and was still pouring out water continuously.

The flood struck, and the hydrological station that should have stood near the dike was also nowhere to be found, submerged under the surging Great Marsh.

Liang Qu tried to control the water, and the flood of over sixteen thousand tons turned into an invisible water wall, blocking the flood mouth.

The pouring flood stopped abruptly, and the white foam belt on the Heishuihe disappeared suddenly.

However, it didn't last for a breath, and the foam belt appeared again.

Liang Qu lay back against the Red Mountain, gasping for air, his entire physical strength hitting bottom in the blink of an eye.

Lu Xinqing, kneeling on the bow of the boat, heard the gasping and was dumbfounded.

He faced the boat deck, didn't see the feat just now, and only felt that Liang Qu was inexplicable; could it be that seeing the surging flood submerging the village made his heart grieve?

No wonder others could be masters, while he could only be a water bandit.

Lu Xinqing felt awe; he saw the flood and had no feelings, only feeling that the two women last time should have died in the flood; it was a pity that he wouldn't find such good prostitutes next time.

Liang Qu took out a medicine bottle, took a Qi-replenishing pill, and after recovering some strength, didn't dare to try to block the flood again.

What he was resisting was not just the water output of the Qiu Gong Dike in a moment, but the huge impact of the entire Heishuihe after galloping for dozens of miles.

Completely unable to hold it.

Go find the Huazhu County magistrate first.

Liang Qu let the finless porpoises continue forward; when they arrived at the intersection of the flood breach, a water flow lifted all the water beasts and the pleasure boat, landed steadily below, and followed the flood waves to drift toward the distance.

The Fatty Catfish and other beasts looked back at the breached dam, their fish mouths slightly open; the Qiu Gong Dike was exceptionally magnificent, something they had never seen before in their fish lives.

Liang Qu unfolded the map, and according to the position on the map and the compass pointing, quickly arrived at a small township.

The Ganhuang Township closest to the Qiu Gong Dike bore the brunt and was completely submerged by the flood at this moment.

If it weren't for the Fatty Catfish and other beasts investigating underwater and telling Liang Qu that there were house ruins underneath, he would even doubt if he had gone to the wrong place again.

Where was there any Ganhuang Township, it was clearly a large lake.

Liang Qu reached into the water, occasionally able to perceive a few bloated corpses buried under the wall, and occasionally a long tree standing on the water, the cracked tree trunk densely covered with centipedes, spiders, and house centipedes.

Centipedes and house centipedes crawled onto the spiders and earthworms' bodies, and were drilled into their shells by a few ants, falling into the water.

There were too many insects, the position on the tree was completely insufficient, and a thick layer of insect armor was stacked!

A few mice hid in the top of the tree crown, dozens of green eyes staring at the pleasure boat drifting under the tree.

They were all huddled together, trying to avoid the erosion of the flood.

But people weren't so lucky.

In two days, no one knew how many had escaped from the entire Ganhuang Township.

Liang Qu hurried to the next location. ===== CHAPTER 309 =====