Chapter 72 The sky is falling, what does it mean to have two hundred Donghus?
As Lin Yan and Martha rode the speedboat northward, everyone in the live broadcast room became stunned.

"What's going on? Didn't he just say he was going to go off the air and go to bed? Why did he answer a phone call, and after they had a few private conversations, he came out again?"

"Where are they going now? Did anyone hear what they said just now?"

"Is it true that they eloped?"

"Not really. There were many people sleeping in the stadium at that time. The anchor kept his voice down except for the time he yelled subconsciously. I couldn't hear what he said at all. But coming out in such a heavy rain at such a late hour, it's probably not good news."

"Damn it, this rain is really weird! I saw on the news that it started raining about 15 hours ago, and it has been raining for such a long time, and the rain is still pounding on the ground! The rain has not stopped all day, how much rain did it fall all day?"

"I don't know about other people, but I've never seen such heavy rain in my life."

"I just checked. According to the official announcement of China, the daily rainfall in Chang'an City today reached an astonishing 330 mm! In some areas, it even exceeded 400 mm!"

"I don't understand, what exactly is this concept?"

"... Let me explain it this way. Has anyone been to China and seen the 'East Lake'?"

"I've heard of it, but I've never actually seen it. I remember it was a famous lake attraction in the south of China. What's wrong with it?"

"How big is East Lake? According to the official report of China, the accumulated rainfall in Chang'an City alone today is equivalent to nearly 200 East Lakes falling down."

The live broadcast room suddenly fell silent.

They may not know the exact size of East Lake, but a lake that can be used as an adjective by the Chinese government is unlikely to be a "small pond."

What exactly does 200 Donghu Lakes mean? Just comparing it to the "lakes" I have seen around me, I feel a chill and dare not think about it any further!
"Also, let me give you an inappropriate example. You should know that a long time ago, there was a global flood on Blue Planet that wiped out the world. According to the reverse deduction of later experts, the flood that almost destroyed all human civilization had an average daily rainfall of only 200 mm!"

"200 mm? But you just said that the rainfall in Chang'an City was 330 or even 400 mm!!"

"What the hell? Does that mean Chang'an City is experiencing twice as much rainfall as the ancient world-destroying flood?"

God!

Has the city of Chang'an suffered some kind of divine punishment?

Everyone's heart was so tense.

Chang'an City didn't know whether it was a punishment from God, but even if it was, so what?
Has China not been "punished by heaven" enough? Since Dayu established the capital to control floods, thousands of years have passed down to the present day. Has the so-called "punishment from heaven" ever been able to make this land and her people submit to heaven in time?

If the evil God doesn't give us a way to live, then we will rebel against the evil God with our own hands and fight for our own way to live!

"Gather! Gather!"

The horn is loud and clear, shaking the sky!
Before this, Martha had witnessed the bustling time of Chang'an City in the early morning.

But she never imagined that outside the commercial city that never sleeps in the city center, in this small village far away from the city, there are flares, flashlights, high-power lighting lamps... all kinds of lighting equipment, large excavator trucks rumbling in operation, and teams of fully armed people walking side by side in the rain.

This remote village, at this late hour, was brighter than the day! It was this dazzling light that allowed Martha to truly see the true ferocity of this rainstorm... no, it should be said that this "flood"!

"Oh my god……!!!"

The muddy yellow river water gushed out from the collapsed corner of the dam like magma from a volcanic eruption.

Looking around, the lush mountain village had already become a muddy swamp. The first floor of all the houses had collapsed, and the crops in the fields were also all submerged in the rushing river water. I don't know how much loss there was!
Except for the main road connected to the embankment under their feet, which can still accommodate large vehicles, the water in all other places, even at the shallowest point, is enough to reach an adult's knees.

There were continuous heavy rains and floods on the ground. In such a harsh environment, it was very difficult to even stand still, let alone having to carry sandbags, stones and other things, and use both people and vehicles to fill the gap in the Orange River bag by bag!
Is this the "small breach" you mentioned?
Just a small hole flooded the entire area like this?

It was her first time seeing the severity of a flood. Martha didn’t dare to think about it. If this section of the dam really collapsed completely, then…

The audience in the live broadcast room was also suffocating at this moment.

"F**K! The dam has burst!? Is this Chinese anchor crazy? How dare he come to a place like this?"

"F*** (Indian swear word), it's only been raining for one day and it's already like this, no wonder this rainstorm is so special! It was sunny yesterday, it's like seeing a ghost!"

"Shouldn't we run as far away as possible at a time like this? Are they crazy? Knowing that there is a risk of the dam breaking here, they still dare to move towards this side? If the dam under their feet suddenly collapses at this moment... Tsk!"

"No, I'm a little nervous. The rain is still falling, and the hole will get bigger and bigger!"

"Hiss... I see the water level on the other side of the dam. If this dam collapses, not only here, but also half of Chang'an City will be lost! How could something go wrong in such a vital place? Doesn't China maintain it normally?"

"Alas! In the end, it's all China's fault! Dams are a place where lives are at stake, so they are of utmost importance. When building dams, all unexpected situations should be taken into consideration, and there must not be any omissions in the construction of dams. They built a shoddy project, and now they are dumbfounded!"

"A nouveau riche is a nouveau riche. They look glamorous on the surface, but once they encounter an accident, their true colors will be exposed immediately! Such invisible places are the time to truly see the conscience of the city! Whether it is the sewers or these dam projects in China, they are obviously completely unqualified! There is no comparison with us at all!"

"Yes, yes. If they had allocated even a tiny bit of the money they used to build high-rise buildings to improve the sewer system, it wouldn't have been flooded like this by a rainstorm? Not to mention this dam."

rumbling...

Just when the live broadcast room was filled with noise, another disturbing sound came from Dibachu.

At the breach of the dam, a middle-aged man with a square face suddenly changed his expression and shouted:

"The breach is widening! Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!"

what! ?

This dam...is it really going to collapse?

The gap that was already tight finally cracked open under the continuous water pressure. Under the gazes of the people on the dam and the audience in the live broadcast room, cracks crawled and spread in all directions to the west, and then -

boom!
With a thunderous sound, the Orange River embankment completely broke!

(End of this chapter)