Volume 1 The Vanishing Land, Chapter 62
"What are we going to do next?" Taylor and von Neuid, who had been lying in bed all day, were already feeling a little bored, and the three of them had finished everything they could say, not knowing what to do.
"Commander Philoy said let's wait here for her to come back. "Caishel does not forget the orders that Philoy gave her.
"But when is that?" Taylor recuperated for a day, although the breath recovered very slowly, but the physical strength has been fully recovered, and if he lay down again, he would feel that he was about to collapse, and he walked out of bed and walked out of the tent, looking at the Blatter military quartermaster station in the distance that they had destroyed not long ago, the raging fire had not stopped for a day and a night, but it was burning more and more, and the surrounding circle was affected by the fire, and several nearby villages were also engulfed in the fire, and many people could be vaguely seen standing not far from the fire watching their homes destroyed, but they were helpless.
"What, the fire is still burning?" von Noyd walked out and saw the tragic image in front of him.
"It seems like we've gone too far. Taylor felt a little guilty in his heart, all the time, Brett's wars did not hurt civilians, except for Blatter, most wars as long as they involved civilians decision-makers will be cautious.
Due to Taylor's destruction of Blat's main military supply station in the Hills of Hivis, Blatter's Fourth Army began to shrink, and the Naviaas defense line was also self-defeating, Yisi and the main force also successfully destroyed all the Blat's stations in Navias, and a large number of Blats retreated from the northern line of the Navias defense line to the Antanviin Sanctuary, but because of Taylor's fire, many of the Blatter troops who retreated to the hot wind jungle were trapped in the northern line position, but they didn't expect to be crooked, and Yisi was able to wipe out all the Blatter of Navias, but a more serious problem appeared, this fire seemed to be impossible to extinguishMost of the entire Hot Wind Jungle has been burned from north to south, and the Navias Mountains and the Hot Wind Jungle are exactly at an angle, making this a natural outlet, the strong wind fuels the fire, and it continues to spread to the south, after they came to the Hot Wind Jungle, they were frightened by the scorching fire temperature here, patches of plants and crops were burned, and there were still a lot of remains on the scorched land, and it was impossible to distinguish whether it was Blat's or the aborigines, and it was like purgatory on earth.
"Philoy, have you contacted the medical officer you mentioned?" Iss was a little worried about Taylor's safety, according to Philoy, Taylor has now run out of breath, and she has seen him use the origin breath before, she understands that if the origin aura in Taylor's body is exhausted, it means that in a short period of time, he can no longer use the breath, because the recovery of the origin breath depends on the concentration of his own breath, and he is already an awakened body and still needs a lot of time to recover, not to mention Taylor, who has just completed the awakening of his breath.
"Not yet, I've sent people to the makeshift camp we have set up, and I've asked them to wait for me there, and if nothing else, I should be able to find them. Filori didn't know the bottom of her heart, if something really happened, not only Taylor, but even Cayhill was also unlucky, she originally intended to keep Cayhill to take care of Taylor so that her niece could be closer than Taylor, Taylor can teach her a lot of things, compared to herself and the people in the church, Taylor is the best teacher, and it is also a good thing for the Kule family to be able to maintain a good relationship with Taylor, but she never thought that now the whereabouts of the three of them are unknown, she regrets a little bit that she didn't leave more people there to protect them.
"Report to the bishop, the makeshift camp was engulfed in fire and we could not get close. The investigator reported, and Philoy's heart tightened when he heard it.
"Look along the vicinity of the makeshift camp, they won't wait stupidly to be burned, they must be hiding somewhere else, expand the search area, Filoi, find a way, control the fire, if the entire hot wind jungle is burned, it will be a big loss for Red. Iss looked at the burned hot wind jungle, and his heart was dripping with blood.
Although it is controlled by Blatter, one-third of the food in the entire Red territory is produced from the Hills of Shivis, of which the Hot Wind Jungle accounts for more than half, if the Hot Wind Jungle is completely burned, it means that nearly one-third of the population of the entire South Continent will be starved to death.
The Red soldiers who had just returned from the pursuit front line had no time to repair, and began to go to the nearest water source, but far water could not quench their thirst, and transporting water from the water source of the western front was not only time-consuming and laborious, but also limited in the scope of extinguishing, and it was impossible to alleviate the fire at all, several high-level breathers went to the border of the sea of fire, and used the breath barrier to temporarily control the spreading fire, but the fire is not a breath barrier that can be completely blocked, as long as a little spark, plus the help of the wind, it will soon continue to spread, unless there is a heavy rain, otherwise such a huge area of fire, they can't do anything at all。
"It's not the way to go. Yi Si said with a sad face, they had been controlling the fire almost all day since they arrived in the hot wind jungle, but as night fell, the wind became stronger, not only to prevent Blatter from sneaking in, but also to put out the fire, which made all the soldiers a little exhausted, and the results were minimal.
Another problem that Issi is facing now is that the fire is almost burning to the passage to the next level, if they do not enter the passage in time, they will not be able to continue, they can only retreat to the Parris Plain on the southwest side, so they have to make a detour, but in this way, they will not only face Blat, but also face the Samon Royal Legion in the Paris Plains, if they want to rush to the Antanviyin Sanctuary I don't know when, but despite the fire to continue to advance, the entire Hot Wind Jungle will inevitably be destroyed, if this time can prevent the awakening of the commander of the Fourth Legion, once it fails, the price paid will be extremely huge。
"Bishop Is, Lord Taylor and von Noyd have returned. In the firelight, the night sky was lit up by flames, and Ise saw Taylor and von Neud supporting each other, with a large group of civilians with ash faces behind them.
"Lord Taylor, where have you been? Seeing that Taylor and Kehir were safe and sound, Philoy finally landed on the ground.
"I'm going to help evacuate civilians, all of whom are villagers in the neighborhood. Taylor's face was also full of ashes, he really couldn't bear to let these people die in the fire like this, so he went to evacuate the villagers with von Noyd and Kehir and brought them to safety, but the fire burned their homes, farmland, and everything, although they picked up a life, but they were not happy at all, the land and fields that they had relied on for generations were destroyed, and they did not know what to do in the days to come.
Although Yi Si will also be uncomfortable, but now the survival of hundreds of thousands of troops is more important for her to consider, so she said to Taylor: "Your Excellency Taylor, is there a way to put out the fire?" Although she already knew the result, she still asked by luck.
"There is no way, although there is a water source in the hot wind jungle, most of them are small ponds, which are not enough to extinguish such a large area of fire, unless the water source of the Sanqi River can be brought here, there may be hope, but the distance is too far, there is no way. "It's not that Taylor hasn't thought about it, but based on the terrain he's observed, there's no way to put out the fire.
"Water? The ground in the Hot Wind Jungle is full of water. A villager shouted behind them, but he spoke the local dialect, which Taylor didn't understand, and looked at Philoy in confusion.
"You say there's water underground?" Philoy understood, and asked in Red's words.
"Yes, most of the water that flows down from the mountains goes underground, and the south side is low, so the water rises from the ground and becomes a lake, and the north side is high, so every house is a shallow well, and about ten meters can get water. An old man talked to Philoël, and after a general understanding, he turned back and explained to them.
"The locals say that most of the river goes underground after flowing down from the Navias Mountains, the lake in the south is formed by a large amount of groundwater, and the north is high, there should be an underground river, and they also say that there is a cave called Abbe not far to the east, and there is a dark river in it that leads to the whole hot wind jungle. After Filloi finished speaking, Taylor thought of a solution.
"I have a way to bring up the underground river, but then it's likely that the whole hot wind jungle will be submerged and maybe never recovered. Taylor said to Eath that no matter what, it was up to Eath to make a decision.
"Can you keep the rest of the Hot Wind Jungle?" asked Iss.
"Building a dam here might protect the southern half of the Thermals Jungle. Taylor said that this would be equivalent to giving up half of the land, but it would save the jungle land that was born and ensure that the army could evacuate from the passage on time.
"How long will it take?" asked Iss.
"It won't be long, but I need a lot of white breathers, the more the better. ”
"Alright, do as you say, but whatever the outcome, our army must cross the border of the Stormy Jungle tonight and enter the fortress of Brog, and most of Blatter's army in the territory of Hevis has already withdrawn to the vicinity of the Sanctuary of Antanviin, so we need to hurry. Issy said to Taylor, and then handed Taylor the token of the Breather Force, and asked Philo to follow him to put out the fire, while he went to the army to reorganize.
"Lord Taylor, this is what they call Abbe Cave. Following the route given by the villagers, they quickly found the entrance to the cave, and Taylor and Philo went in to investigate, and found that one day the dark river flowed here, and along the river, they found the location of the riverbed.
"Is there a breather who can use flying skills?" Taylor asked, several breathers behind him stood up, there were not many of them, but it was enough, Taylor gave them a few coordinate locations, let them use the breath skill from above to these places, through the soil layer, and then all the white breathers began to release Qianjun Ding towards the riverbed, this is a skill that can enhance its own degree of hardening, what Taylor wants is to harden the riverbed, and then force it up, use the pressure to press the groundwater to the ground, and then use the weight of the water to collapse the ground, turning the entire northern part of the hot wind jungle into a huge lake。
The reason why the White Breathers were chosen was because their physical strength was much higher than that of the other Breathers, and he needed these Breathers to hold the riverbed in place, so that enough water could seep out of the ground, and use manpower to resist the entire northern soil layer.
Just as Taylor had expected, the groundwater began to seep out in large quantities from the hole that had been dug in advance, and soon the ground of the entire northern line was flooded, and a large amount of smoke began to rise from the ground.
With a bang, the huge sound of soil cracking was accompanied by a huge earthquake, and the raised soil layer began to sink from the center point, and the water gushing out from all directions instantly submerged the entire northern line.
"Ready, breath skill evacuate!" Under Taylor's unified order, all the white breathers put down the fixed soil layer at the same time, and the riverbed that was reinforced and raised was not reinforced by the skills of Qianjunding, and it was also sunken by the lake formed by the flow of water, and the terrain of the entire northern line fell a lot at once, and the unrestrained water began to pour into the lower southern hot wind jungle, fortunately, the embankment was built in advance, and the protection of the breath barrier cut off these large waters, and gradually were introduced into the ground, the water gradually stabilized, the fire on the ground has been completely extinguished, only some plants and a few sparse fire sources in the higher places on the periphery, and the entire northern line is basically free of fire。
After the fire was extinguished at dawn, the entire Hot Wind Jungle changed its appearance, and now there is still thick smoke billowing everywhere, and after the surface has completely cooled down, these villagers are surprised to find that a huge lake has been formed overnight, and the original home has completely changed its appearance, and the departing Red Legion has resettled these villagers in several suitable places in the south, and since then, the north of the Hot Wind Jungle has become the Hot Wind Lake.