Chapter 215: After the Calamity
The speed at which the red mist spread was more than doubled, but there was still no way, everyone could only keep retreating, retreating. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The island is 300 kilometers long from east to west and 240 kilometers wide from north to south. To the west is the Kumtag Desert, which is still 400 kilometers away in a straight line, and the buffer zone is huge. To the south is Yangji and Yiwu, to the north is Bayinh, and to the east is Tsing Ninh Province, adjacent to a place called Huagou Town.
The direction of their main retreat was south, to Yiwu, and then to Longxi Province. There is no way, Longxi is a corridor from the northwest to the Central Plains, and there is no room for error.
The fog is propelled on all sides, is very irregular, and does not take on a circular shape.
It walked slowly at a speed of one kilometer per hour, spread more than 20 kilometers the next day, and by the third day, it was exactly 50 kilometers. Combined with the results of the first day, this area already occupies more than half of the Fire Continent.
Where the fog passes, not a single grass grows, and birds and beasts are extinct. Even cars, buildings, streets, etc., can not be seen in their original appearance, some have been eroded clean, only a gray-white shell remains, and some can only be piled up in it to die.
If before, the vision brought a suffocating sense of oppression. Now, it has become a blunt knife to cut the meat, a little rubbing, a little pain.
The morale of the government is low, as if it is a routine matter, and it continues to observe, guarding what cannot be guarded.
On the fourth day, it was fine.
In a dilapidated town, the old man sat in the command center, eating breakfast solemnly. The meal is simple, rice porridge steamed buns, a piece of soy tofu, and a plate of pickles.
Their food and clothing are all transported from outside, and there are large trucks going back and forth between Huozhou and the neighboring cities every day.
The town is on the edge, and there are a few villages beyond that, and then across a river, you will reach the territory of Igo. It can be said that the town has become a symbol in a sense, and if it falls, it means the complete failure of the government.
"Alas......"
The old man sighed and came back to his senses, only to find that the steamed bun in his hand had been held for a long time, and it was already a little cold. He was about to eat when he heard a "bang".
The assistant pushed open the door and rushed in at a trot, his voice sharp and harsh: "Slow down! Slow down again!"
"What?" he didn't react for a moment.
"Speed, speed reduced by ......"
The assistant gasped and said, "From eight o'clock to half past eight this morning, the observation data shows that the fog is now 0.2 meters per second!"
"Whoa!"
The old man stood up suddenly, and the tables and chairs that he had slammed were shaking. He was stunned for a moment, then took a step, walked around the table twice, and finally patted the back of the chair:
"Okay! Heaven will not stop me, and the sky will not end Xia Guo!"
"Let's go, let's go check it out!"
So, the two of them hurried out and went directly to the observation point. He took the telescope and took a look, and sure enough, the red sky in the distance was no longer as fierce as before, it became a little sluggish, and the color was much lighter.
"Hoo ......"
The old man put his mind at ease, and this is done!
At the same time, the news spread quickly, and everyone cheered:
"Saved, saved!"
"God didn't abandon us!"
"Our work has not been in vain...... Whining...... Woohoo......"
One of the professors even knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, losing his temper to the extreme, and even throwing his glasses into the soil.
The Flaming Mountains raged for four whole days, and after being consumed by floods, they finally reached the stage of exhaustion. At this moment, everyone has confidence that if they persist for a few more days, they will see the light of day.
……
"Poof!"
"Bang!"
A cluster of flames rose high, with a slight explosion, and quickly connected with the surrounding fires, burning unscrupulously and desperately.
This is a large mine, which has been dug into a valley and is full of shallow coal fields. Huge piles of debris were piled down before they could be hauled away, along with a number of buildings and vehicles scattered around – all engulfed in flames.
Shallow coalfields are extremely dangerous, and once the temperature is too high, spontaneous combustion is prone to occur. There are many records in the history of the Western Regions, and the most ferocious one was in Bayin, which burned for decades.
At this time, it spontaneously combusted due to the high temperature, and at the same time, it was eroded by the fire aura, forming a very strange state.
Although the flames were fierce and imposing, in a short period of time, they turned into grayish-white dead stones with no mineral composition.
The process was so short that it was as if it was not coal that was burned, but paper.
"Poof!"
"Woo-ra!"
Gu Yu and Xiao Zhai stood on the high ground, their faces flushed by the firelight. They were burning when they came, and after waiting for a long time, they were finally burning out.
Seeing that the fire subsided, and only a small area was still struggling, the two of them didn't bother to wait any longer, and jumped down as soon as they jumped in.
"Smack!"
As soon as the foot hit the ground, there was a crisp cracking sound, and at the same time, a thick residual heat was heard. The mine was completely transformed, and everything was gone, except for a field of white bones and stones.
The stones seemed to be hard, but they were all empty, and they creaked and crushed into powder when stepped on.
"I can't think of any use for it, it's just pretty good. ”
Gu Yu picked up a little powder, rubbed it between his fingers, and shook his head.
"It's okay to look good! A vast white valley will be a scenic spot in the future. ”
Xiao Zhai looked around and said with a smile: "Hey, how about this place is called Snow Valley?"
"Call it whatever you want......
Gu Yu twitched the corners of his mouth, despying his girlfriend's naming level.
Anyway, the next day, after the flood evaporated, they said goodbye to the authorities and began to wander around again. Today's fire aura is much less powerful, and the pressure it causes is getting smaller and smaller.
In the past few days, they have measured the land after the catastrophe by walking, and they have taken great pains to name each one.
For example, Ayding Lake is 154 meters below sea level, which is the lowest point of the Xia Kingdom, and the deepest depth of the lake itself is 161 meters. In this way, the lake becomes a huge and deep hole, and there is no end in sight, like a netherworld abyss.
Then Xiao Lent gave the name: The Great Pit.
Another example is Yorkson County, which is known as the wind reservoir, and the number of windy days above level 6 can reach 100 days a year, and March to May is the strongest time. Now prompted by the vision, it is simply mad, the wind is blazing, like a knife and fire, no one can enter, it can be called a forbidden place in a forbidden place.
Another example is the Sand Mountain Park, which is a park established by using the oasis contact zone in the northern section of the Kumtag Desert. Now the oasis is naturally gone, and it has extended a lot inside.
It's just amazing, the fire aura pushed through the desert, and it didn't turn gray and white like elsewhere, but became a kind of black sand-like thing. The texture is hard, the particles are huge, undulating, and when the wind blows, there is a creaking and colliding sound.
This black sand is much more useful, so I took a big bag from each and prepared to go back to refine.
And so on, the two of them went all the way to dig, and when they came across something of little value, they put it in their arms every minute, just like a waste collector. Wood method, Immortal Cultivation Era 1.0, the primary stage!
In addition to collecting resources, this action also has a very important purpose: it is their old profession to draw maps.
Others don't know, don't they know? The Fire Continent will definitely become a treasure land for monks, and the thick fire aura is the best raw material for refining, as well as the fire ore of the entire mountain, and the big monsters inside......
Isn't it beautiful!
…………
In the blink of an eye, it was the twelfth day.
The fog almost stopped spreading, and the speed was less than 0.1 meters per second, and it was still rubbing against the ground with only the remnants of its strength.
The concentration on the periphery was already very light, and the physically competent soldiers could barely enter. Their safe distance is thirty kilometers, and further down, their lives are in danger.
The troops set up a protective belt along the edge of the fog, and at the same time built a large number of buildings, and then they were to be guarded for a long time.
Not to mention the loss of financial resources in this miracle disaster, it is astronomical. The most regrettable thing is that Huozhou was not saved after all, and it was expanded a little next door.
Of course, this is also within the acceptable range.
Shazhou City, Longxi Province.
The old man sat in his office, drafting a report with a heavy face. He hasn't written a report in person for many years, and this time it's not trivial, so it's more reassuring to write it yourself.
First of all, the area of the fire island must be redivided, and the boundaries will be redrawn based on the area of the anomaly. It used to be 72,000 square kilometers, but now it is 73,000 square kilometers, involving the three cities and one province of Yiwu, Yangji, Bayin and Qingning, and the territory will be reduced.
Second, the government's fiscal consumption is like crazy, and how to fill it is also a key issue.
In the end, the peach blossom miasma was hidden, and the fire island was hidden, and there would be a vision in the future, and there would always be a day when it couldn't be hidden. So he thought about it again and again, and added a suggestion very carefully:
I have to figure out how to deal with my own people......
For a long time, the old man wrote. After making sure that it was correct, he sealed the report, stamped it with a top-secret seal, and put it away properly.
As soon as I finished processing, I heard a knock on the door outside.
"Enter!"
As the door opened, the assistant strode in and said, "Chief, there are a few things to report. ”
"Say it. ”
He rubbed his temples and leaned back in his chair.
"Daoist Lu and Daoist Wang have already returned to Tianzhu Mountain. ”
"Hmm. ”
"Mr. Gu and Miss Jiang also left this morning and entrusted us to send our luggage to Baicheng. It's the stone of the Tianshan Mountains, and there are many strange things. The assistant's expression was very innocent.
"Oh, they helped a lot, what we should do, anything else?"
"Well, those two left a word for you. ”
"What's that?" the old man was stunned.
"We went to the top of the lying mountain, the fire aura has stabilized, and it will not break out easily in the future, don't worry. The assistant conveyed it as it was.
“……”
The old man blinked, feeling a little subtle.
Are you at ease?
Oh, since he was promoted to this position, it seems that no one has spoken to him like this for a long time.
"And then there'......"
The assistant's voice suddenly lowered, and he said next to his ear: "There is news from the security department that several foreign intelligence officers have just been arrested in Ebony City, and their identities have been confirmed." ”