Chapter 534: Blasting (2)

The Soldiers did not dare to urge them on; fortunately, they slowly ceased their arguing, as if they had unified their viewpoints, and then began to discuss the specific operational methods.

In the end, the few of them were all covered in sweat, and then said to Chi: "We have the specific operational method, but, but..."

Chi was also rarely angry: "If you have something to say, just say it directly. At a time like this, what else are you doing?"

The Workers glanced at the dam body, then pointed to the lowest place in the distance: "The blasting must be chosen there. That place is lower in position. As long as a gap is blasted out, the water will have a place to flow, and the other places will naturally be washed open slowly. Moreover, this can avoid the flood rushing down all at once, as the power of that would be too great, and the downstream would not have an easy time of it. It's just that, as you saw just now, the dam body is very slippery, and one might fall down if not careful."

"This is still the easy part; the most terrifying thing is placing the Explosive and lighting the Fuse. With the length of our Fuse, you have absolutely no chance to run. If the Fuse is connected too long, and it gets wet from the water, then it was all for nothing."

"Therefore, the people who go there to place the Explosive and light the Fuse have no possibility of surviving."

Chi said nonchalantly: "What of it? I'll just go and light it!"

The Soldiers were silent. Someone just opened their mouth: "General, it is better to..."

Chi told them to shut up directly: "I am the boss; if I don't go, who will? I wouldn't even be at ease if you went!"

The Workers did not care who went, because among the few of them, one person also had to go over to watch the placement of the Explosive; likewise, they would not be coming back.

"You all, stop arguing. One person won't do. The Explosive we brought can at most blast open one gap. Such a large Quake Lake—even if we took all the Explosive in Huaxia, we couldn't blast it open. I will go with you to place the Explosive, and the people lighting the Explosive must also be ten."

Chi was stunned: "This..."

This time, it was not up to Chi. The Soldiers pushed and scrambled with each other. In the end, those old Soldiers still out-competed the young ones. To them, living was indeed good, but if there were no Huaxia, at their age, they were already not far from death. If they died now, they would not only save Huaxia, but their own families and descendants could also be saved.

One old man was left behind to lead the team back after the blasting ended. The Workers already knew clearly who was going; it was Bocheng. His leg had been injured during an explosion, making him somewhat lame, and he felt he should leave the opportunity to more useful people.

Who was going was already determined, and then everyone helped each other walk down. By the time Chi and the others reached the predetermined position, the Explosive Packs were transferred over one by one.

Using his experience, Bocheng began to dig holes in the dam body to place the Explosive. With over a hundred Explosive Packs, they dug eight holes, and then stuffed the Explosive Packs into them one by one.

Fewer people were needed than expected, so those furthest away were persuaded to go back, leaving only the eight of them to prepare to light the fire.

When everyone was far away from the Quake Lake, Bocheng took the lead in taking out a Fire Tinder and blowing it into a flame, then roared: "I will count one, two, three. When I count to three, light it together. Once lit, run. The further you run, the better; there is still a chance to live." Although the chance was extremely slim and could be ignored.

Everyone blew their Fire Tinders into flames one after another, and then Bocheng began to roar the count: "One! Two! Three! Light!"

Several people controlled their somewhat trembling hands and lit the Fuse. Bocheng rushed toward Chi at the first moment, using his not-so-agile legs to pull him toward the slope on the opposite bank.

But they hadn't run far when their feet slipped and both fell together. At the same time, there were several loud bangs beside them. They felt a jolt beneath them, and then their heads also buzzed with a loud explosion.

The Soldiers on the opposite bank saw that at the same time the explosion sounded, several Soldiers were also shattered along with the soil on the dam, but Chi, who still slowly stood up, made them rekindle hope.

Chi felt his head was a blank slate, and then he bent over and vomited a lot of blood containing chunks of flesh.

He dizzily pulled up Bocheng, who was beside him. Bocheng's mouth was also full of blood. The two of them helped each other walk a distance, and dizzily heard the sound of flowing water. Turning their heads to look, the dam body had been blasted loose, and the water was gradually washing the broken dam body downward; the water was also getting bigger and bigger.

The two of them suddenly didn't want to run anymore. Their heads felt a bit clearer. Looking at the Soldiers on the opposite bank, they seemed to be jumping and shouting, waving at them. The two of them also raised their hands and waved, and then felt their bodies hit violently, after which they had no more sensations.

Watching Chi being carried away by the tall flood peak that had washed away the dam body, the Soldiers could not help but feel a deep sorrow. In the end, not one of the people who went to light the Explosive returned—those who were killed on the spot, those who were stunned and carried away by the flood...

They watched from the high ground on the bank. The flood washed away the dam body at an increasingly fast speed. The water level in the river channel surged, and the river water also emitted a roaring sound.

The Quake Lake could be said to have been successfully resolved, but everyone was not that happy. The water level was gradually rising, and they did not dare to stay in place, starting to walk toward higher ground.

Baifeng spent the whole day waiting anxiously on the city wall. The hot weather made the blisters in his mouth even more painful.

Seeing the Soldiers sweating like rain, he hurriedly asked the people from the Ministry of Works to make more ice and send it over to cool the Soldiers down. He was terrified that everyone would suffer heatstroke and faint.

But he paid no attention to himself at all.

Having waited anxiously until he heard a loud noise gradually coming from upstream, Baifeng's heart also rose to his throat at this moment. Sweat began to break out crazily on his head and back.

Not long after, he saw a huge flood peak rushing down. The Soldiers could not help but retreat a few steps.

The flood peak rushed through the river channel in front of the Huaxia City gate. The river water was instantly filled and overflowed to the foot of the Huaxia city wall. The riverbank was being constantly eroded and washed away.

Once this flood peak passed, although the water had already overflowed too much and the water level was too high, this also meant that this was the limit. Baifeng let out a long breath, and then his eyes went black and he fell straight to the ground.

The Soldiers scrambled over in a panic. The voices calling for help were all trembling.

When Baifeng woke up again, he was already in a strange, cool room, but he still felt as if his head was stuffed with paste, dizzy and heavy, and his stomach was nauseous.

Seeing Baifeng wake up, the Physician hurriedly leaned in and felt Baifeng's forehead with the back of his hand: "Master, you suffered heatstroke and fainted. Although some things are very important, you are the most important thing to Huaxia. You must take care of your body."

Only then did Baifeng feel it; it was indeed the symptoms of heatstroke. He already trusted the Physician's medical skills, so he didn't ask any more questions. Sui and the others were all there, only Yulong was missing.