CH 6

The work went even smoother than expected. With the repair of the embankment, Lin Wen could obtain at least 20 points of merit every day, and once he even got 31 points, making him so excited that he almost burst.

The only problem was that the consumption rate of his Yuanshen was faster than the recovery rate. He would consume 15% every day but could only recover 8-10% after sleeping. Resting for a whole day was even less effective. After sleeping for more than 12 hours, not only was it difficult to fall asleep again, but the recovery of his Yuanshen was also pitifully small. Lin Wen even resorted to sleeping pills and slept for 24 hours, but he only recovered 13%.

It seemed that a person's spirit could not be simply compared to a bucket. The crazy mathematical calculations of the swimming pool administrator were not applicable. To accurately calculate, calculus or partial differential equations were needed.

So Lin Wen simply changed his method. On the day of rest, he went back to the town to handle miscellaneous affairs. Anyway, he had nothing else to do, and sleeping for 12 hours was enough. Even mosquito bites were flesh.

The total length of the embankment in Changpai Village was 261 meters, and Lin Wen completed the entire repair work in just 15 days, even after resting for two days.

The entire embankment contributed a total of 296 points of merit to Lin Wen. Combined with the previous ones, he now had a total of 305 points of merit, enough to undergo six reincarnations of merit, but unfortunately, the effect could not be stacked.

During this period, Lin Wen also had two important gains.

The first was that he discovered that he could still use merit to cast spells, which was the only way to use merit in this physical world.

Using merit to cast spells was not subject to many restrictions. Many gray and black spells could be released, and there were even some Yuanshen period spells.

However, the consumption was very high. Even the lowest consumption Yuanshen period spell required 900 points of merit, and the Qi Refining period spell "The Power of Nine Bulls and Two Tigers," which only consumed 15% of Yuanshen power, required 20 points of merit to cast.

Obviously, this was an unconventional and huge loss method. Unless the spell cast could directly obtain more merit than the consumption, or faced a crisis of great loss of opportunity and luck, Lin Wen would definitely not use it.

In addition, not all spells could be cast using merit. Except for some gray and black spells, incomplete spells without names were also not allowed.

The second gain was that he discovered two special spells. They were not marked with a realm, nor did they have any consumption.

[Qingming Haodang]

Makes one's own Tianji chaotic and difficult to understand.

[Asking Heaven for the Dao]

Seeking the answers of all things in heaven and earth.

These were two very useful spells. The first one could be used to cover up and shield one's own Tianji when traveling through time and space. It was basically a must-have for future experts.

The second one was obviously also very useful, but Lin Wen currently had no time to study how to use it.

However, not everything went smoothly.After Lin Wen's good karma exceeded 50 points, he felt an inexplicable impulse, a strong urge to use his good karma to reincarnate immediately, tempting him to give up the trivial matters of the mortal world and directly enter the world of cultivation. Even if it wasn't a perfect start, as long as he could cultivate, it would be good.

This feeling was like a raging fire and could not be suppressed. However, one time, Lin Wen suddenly had a wild idea: the Dao Ancestors and Immortal Kings in the world of cultivation could usually calculate the heavenly secrets, know the past three thousand years and predict the next five hundred years, and knew everything.

Since no one was helping him cover up his heavenly secrets, they must have calculated that there would be an extraordinary person in the future with exceptional talent, rapid progress in cultivation, constantly subverting the norms of cultivation, and ultimately defeating the gods and ancestors in the heavenly court. Since they couldn't calculate this person's origin, they must have devised some means to influence his state of mind and disrupt his cultivation.

After thorough reasoning, Lin Wen keenly realized the truth of the matter.

Poison!

It's really poisonous!

If I accidentally fall into the path and reincarnate, wouldn't I miss out on a great opportunity and luck?

Without opportunity and luck, my progress in cultivation will be greatly delayed, and I may even fall halfway because of it!

Okay!

I'll remember this account. When I find out who did this, I won't spare their spouse or Dao companion.

After understanding this point, Lin Wen's state of mind stabilized again. In the way of cultivation, his demon was eliminated, his Dao heart was harmonious, and all distracting thoughts were expelled from his mind, without any hesitation.

Let's work!

You want to give me less opportunity and luck and make me suffer in the future? I won't be in a hurry.

When I finish everything here, accumulate enough good karma, and achieve a perfect reincarnation, I'll come back and settle the score with you! By then, I'll use my luck to coincidentally kill you!

At this point, the repair of the embankment was basically completed. What needed to be filled was filled, and what needed to be reinforced was reinforced. However, it didn't mean that there was nothing else to do. The embankment could be further thickened and reinforced, or a subsidiary embankment could be built.

This earned much less good karma than repairing the embankment, about 5-6 points a day, but it was still much higher than usual.Lin Wen has been working here for about ten days. It has been raining all this time, and although Lin Wen is not affected, the ten laborers are complaining. Anyone who has done this work knows how difficult it is to dig in the rain. The wet soil is heavy and sticky, and it takes twice the effort to fill a bag than usual.

The road has also become muddy, and the tricycles used for transportation have been stuck in the mud several times and couldn't get out without the help of Sheriff Lin who came specially to assist.

Therefore, Lin Wen decided to take a break for a few days, which gave him time to accumulate some spiritual power in case of a flood and to gain some good karma.

Soon, the flood came.

That day, a red warning from the Empire Hydrological Bureau was broadcasted on the radio, and a flood prevention notice from the county also arrived.

In the distance, in the upper reaches of the Tianjiang River, the Yunzhou and Lingzhou regions had been experiencing continuous heavy rain for 66 days. The governor's office of the two provinces had organized more than 120,000 people to patrol and guard the levees day and night. The major water systems such as Yunshui, Linghe, and Yajiang had all experienced significant rises in water levels. The Yinsa River even exceeded the historical highest water level by 12 meters, relying solely on the sub-dams that were built to prevent it from overflowing.

The Empire headquarters mobilized more than 200,000 laborers to rush to Zhongzhou, Mingzhou, and Tianzhou to prepare for the downstream of the Tianjiang River, the Dalong River, the Empire's main river, which was experiencing a surge and flooding.

The flood was imminent.

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East Qin Prefecture, Changshan County, the Sheriff's office.

Zhao Anping was reading reports from various departments while listening to the work report from the director of the county government.

From what he saw and heard, the situation in Changshan County was excellent. Officials and civilians worked together, the levees were intact, and the riverbanks were solid. Flood prevention agencies in various regions were ready, and all preparations had been made, waiting for the flood peak to arrive.

Zhao Anping was an experienced official who had been in Changshan County for ten years. If even 10% of what his subordinates said was true, he would have left this position long ago, and he would not have had to spend so much effort and resources on his new personnel plan.

After waiting for a while, the director of the county government had not finished his nonsense. Zhao Anping did not want to waste any more time. This personnel plan was crucial, and he could not afford any mistakes.

"Director Li, is the flood prevention warehouse in Huaizhen full?"

Director Li was taken aback, thinking that this was not following the rules. He replied, "Yes, all the materials are prepared, registered, and accounted for..."

"What about the entry records and the signatures of the warehouse manager?"

Director Li broke out in a sweat, "I forgot to bring them."

"Is the National Guard defense organization ready?"

"Of course, we have demonstrated excellent..."

"Who are the captains of the first, second, and third teams? Let me review their employment reports."

"Uh, about that..."

"What about the shore defense plan?""Um... Sheriff Zhao, should I go back and prepare?"

"Go ahead." Sheriff Zhao nodded.

Director Li, whose bald head was covered in sweat, went out.

"Xiaozhang!" Sheriff Zhao said, "You go supervise him and make sure he completes the task without any discounts."

Secretary Xiaozhang took the order and left.

"Hu Ping, is the reinforcement project for the Dongdao Dam completed?" Sheriff Zhao continued to ask.

"It's completed," Hu Ping replied.

"What about the Nan'an Dam and the Yingjia Village Dam?"

"They're both completed."

"Is the quality reliable?"

"It's reliable. It meets the standards of the Empire."

"Are the emergency flood prevention materials and personnel ready?"

"They're all prepared."

Sheriff Zhao thought for a moment and said, "It's not enough. Increase the original plan by 50%."

"But Sheriff Zhao, we don't have enough funds..."

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Sheriff Zhao said calmly, "Take it from my treasury."

"Yes!"

"Have the flood prevention measures been taken for the Huwan Village Dam, Ximen Village Dam, and Pingguo Village Dam?"

"Sheriff, we've only taken some basic defensive measures for these secondary locations."

"Make up for it."

"Sheriff, we don't have enough money, personnel, or materials..."

"Take it from my treasury. Buy the materials and hire the personnel."

"Yes!"

"Liao Zhian, report your recent work to me."

...

A day passed in the blink of an eye. Only when Sheriff Zhao had arranged everything perfectly did he finally relax and say with a smile, "Work hard. You're all my trusted aides. As long as nothing goes wrong this time, we can enjoy our lives."

Amidst the praise, Sheriff Zhao added, "The three main dams must not have any accidents, especially the Dongdao Dam. All the poor income of Changshan County is behind them."

"The three secondary dams should also avoid accidents, so no one can find an excuse."

"As for the other dams, just leave it to fate. Keep an eye on them when you have time. The flood warning level is very high this time, even if they collapse, it won't be our fault."

"Oh, by the way," Sheriff Zhao slapped his forehead and asked, "How's the Changpai Village Dam? Although there are only two villages behind it, it's still a half-dry dam."

"I don't know."

"I haven't heard any news."

"Lin Wen went somewhere to play and hasn't been in Changle Town."

Seeing Sheriff Zhao's face turning dark, his nephew Liao Zhian tried to comfort him, "Don't worry. That dam has collapsed twice in five years. Even if it collapses again, it won't matter. After all, the people behind it are mostly elderly, weak, sick, and disabled. The young people have already left, and it won't matter if those poor people drown."

"Shut up!"

Seeing that the sheriff was angry, Liao Zhian shrunk his neck and hid behind the crowd.

After a moment, Sheriff Zhao sighed, "Forget it, let him go."

-At night, the water level of Tianjiang rose by 180 centimeters, and the splashing waves could already hit the embankment. The torrential rain upstream and downstream showed no sign of stopping, as if it could submerge the world.

Lin Wen learned from the radio that the first flood peak was about to come.

Looking at the river, he used to occasionally see boats transporting stones, but now there was nothing on the river. The muddy river water and the extremely low dark clouds were connected, and the pouring rain made the river more turbulent.

Lin Wen checked himself, he was in good condition, full of energy, all tools were tied to his body and would not be lost. The embankment was filled with various flood control materials accumulated in these days, his Yuanshen had also recovered to 60%, and various Qi refining period spells were ready at any time.

Very good!

Lin Wen clenched his fist.

When the flood peak arrives, he will stand on this embankment and fight to the death with the mighty power of nature, without taking a step back.

Of course, with his current strength, he couldn't win, and the ultimate outcome would be death due to emergency rescue, while achieving the status of savior and guardian, and carrying over 360 points of good fortune to the next life.

This is definitely an explosive start!

Although he could accumulate more good fortune, the physical world was so unbearable that it was better to pass early to avoid the dust on the Dao heart.

Moreover, opportunities to achieve both the status of savior and guardian were rare.

If he missed this opportunity, it might be impossible to find another one.

Therefore, this opportunity must be seized.

Hmph.

Lin Wen sneered.

Those who framed me, is your wife ready?