Just as the city was being built in full swing, the order issued by Chen Fengxin undoubtedly became the focus of everyone's attention.
Build ditches.
Chen Feng wants to build a huge ditch around the city.
The rainstorm was just the beginning. Global warming was the culprit of this natural disaster. In just a few months, the sea level rose by almost ten meters.
What does this portend
Sea level rise has a significant impact on the social economy, natural environment and ecosystem of coastal areas.
First, the rise in sea level can submerge some low-lying coastal areas, and the strengthened ocean dynamic factors can push toward the beach and erode the coast, thus turning "mulberry fields" into "sea"; secondly, the rise in sea level can make storm surges more intense and more frequent, and the seriousness of the threat to the lives of people in coastal areas is self-evident.
Although they did not understand what Chen Feng's intention was in giving this order, the other party had absolute control over the city. Everyone put down their work and participated in digging ditches and building dams.
The work begins.
If ordinary people were to dig for such a project, it would take at least three years and require the use of countless equipment and tools. However, in this world, there are professionals. Some earth elements can make dozens of tons of ordinary soil be dug out in a day. Humans and indigenous people only did some finishing work. In just three days, a drainage system that runs through the city was roughly completed.
Drainage ditches are actually a very simple thing. As long as they are distributed reasonably, dug deep and well managed, there will basically be no problem.
But in the end times, few people care about such a simple point.
In that chaotic era, everyone lived a precarious life. Instead of wasting time building these useless ditches, it would be better to organize forces and capture more food in the wild.
Everything has cause and effect.
Of course, when natural disasters strike, the drainage system has long been abandoned due to lack of maintenance, which causes many residents' houses to be washed away, and even their precious food to be swallowed up by the flood.
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Half a month later.
Just when the drainage system was still undergoing some final work, a rainstorm hit the city. Each drop of rain was as big as a thumb and poured down from the sky like a waterfall. It was extremely terrifying.
The drainage system worked.
Because it is connected to the river in the city, most of the excess water flows into the river through the ditches.
People always thought that the heavy rain would stop soon, but one day passed, two days passed, and it was not until the third day that people's expressions became a little panicked.
This heavy rain has been going on for three days. During these days, the rivers in the city are about to overflow, and some low-lying areas have already been filled up to form a lake.
Chen Feng's power of faith is surging.
After a brief moment of surprise, there was sincere gratitude towards Chen Feng. If it were not for the other party's foresight, after the insect swarm, order would have once again faced a new crisis.
But now...
Although there were collapses in many places, the situation was much better than before. At least people had the opportunity to prepare and evacuate.
A few more days passed.
Early clear day.
The heavy rain that lasted for a week finally stopped.
Chen Feng stood on a high place, looking around at the scenery in front of him. Large areas of houses were submerged, and from time to time he could see some insects rolling in the water. These insects were flat in shape, and they used to hide in the soil and sleep. But now, this flood undoubtedly submerged their homes and forced them directly to the surface of the water.
Because it is not aggressive, some ordinary people will even pick it up and cook it into meat.
What
These bugs are white and look like maggots, and are a bit disgusting to look at.
This is the end of the world.
Not to mention insects, when they are extremely hungry, some people even eat grass roots and tree bark to fill their stomachs.
Throughout history, large numbers of people starved to death during famines. Didn't they know to eat grass roots and tree barks? Oh, that's because grass roots and tree barks can only solve the problem temporarily. If people eat grass roots and tree barks all year round, they will still die. Moreover, the population of the escape team reached hundreds of thousands, so it would be strange if there were not enough grass roots and tree barks to eat along the way!
Especially those girls, who are spoiled and lack exercise, and whose digestive functions are far inferior to those of men. For them to eat grass roots and tree bark is simply killing them. Some people, when they were extremely hungry, ate some poisonous mushrooms, and as a result, their stomachs swelled up to the size of three watermelons as if they were inflated. They screamed and wailed for a long time before their intestines were ruptured...
In this case, although the insects are fatter and uglier in appearance, they can provide people with the protein and nutrition they need after being cooked, so they are very popular.
Chen Feng stood aside and watched all this, but did not try to stop it. There were quite a lot of these insects. If someone organized a force to salvage them, they would weigh over a thousand kilograms.
But what is Chen Feng's identity now? Dumen's experimental field is the main protected object. Because of its good drainage, only a small piece of it was washed away by rain. The rest of the land, with the ripening of energy, can obtain tens of thousands of kilograms of food every week. Hunting operations in the wild continue, and members of the exploration department can also bring back thousands of kilograms of meat every day. Although these insects are numerous, they still do not catch Chen Feng's eyes.
Suddenly, Chen Feng heard the sound of rapid waves coming from the river not far away. He raised his head suddenly and said solemnly:
"Giant fish!"
As the energy ran rampant, the fish in the lake also mutated. Some fish even mutated into silver-level fish. In the river, ordinary strong men could not do anything to them. In the past, because of Li Siqi, these big guys lurked under the water and did not do anything extreme.
But now, because the water level has risen sharply in the past few days, and there are some survivors nearby who are salvaging, the monster's sleep has been disturbed, so it is directly angry.
This is a loach.
What was originally just a delicacy on the human table has now turned into a giant monster over ten meters long with glowing triangular eyes. Its mouth is extremely huge and is covered with layers of ring-shaped fangs. It does not look like a loach at all.
What's more, with the mutation, it got a new name.
Earth dragon!
"Hmm? This loach has already entered the silver level. I didn't expect there is such a powerful creature in the river. Now that the water level has risen sharply and the environment has been strengthened again, maybe it won't be long before it can enter the peak of the silver level!"
Chen Feng shouted loudly and responded solemnly. Although the ordinary loach may not seem to have any special features, this mutant creature has unfathomable strength in the water. Not only does it have amazing defense and huge size, but it can also control the water flow and release quite powerful water energy!
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