blenderwars Chapter 345 Inciting Villagers to Riot, Torrential Rain Descends
Chapter 345 Inciting Villagers to Riot, Torrential Rain Descends
"The dragon vein has been severed! Our Jiangjia Village is doomed!"
"Master Wang said there's going to be a landslide on the back mountain, burying us all alive!"
"What a disaster! This is all because of that spendthrift Jiang Chen!"
The continuous rain, coupled with Blind Wang's alarming "divine pronouncements," made the situation even worse.
These words were like a bomb thrown into a frying pan, instantly exploding the feudalism and panic that were ingrained in the bones of Jiangjia Village.
Rumors, especially those concerning one's life and fortune, spread faster than lightning.
Those old-fashioned folks in the village are more diligent than anyone else in burning incense and praying to Buddha.
Startled by Jiang Jianwen and Blind Wang, he panicked and lost his composure.
Leaning on their canes, they shakily knocked on doors from house to house.
They embellished and repeated the theory that "the dragon vein was severed, and the mountain god was angry and would unleash divine punishment."
One pass ten, ten pass a hundred.
In less than an hour, the entire Jiangjia Village was shrouded in an atmosphere of panic.
The rain was still falling, not heavy, but with a chilly feel to it.
A dozen or so elderly men and women, without even bothering to use umbrellas, braved the rain and, leaning on their canes, gathered menacingly outside the gate of Jiang Chen's courtyard.
The leader was Jiang Wanhai, the village's third grandfather.
He was of high seniority and had a stubborn temper. At that moment, he was banging loudly on the large iron gate of the courtyard with his jujube wood cane.
"Jiang Chen! You little bastard! Get your ass out here!"
"You've severed the dragon vein left by our ancestors just to make money for yourself! You're trying to make our entire village pay with your life!"
"Hurry up! Stop those lumps of iron from operating immediately!"
Another elderly woman with white hair was so anxious that she kept wiping away tears.
Her voice was hoarse, with a hint of crying in it.
"We've all agreed to go to town to buy sacrificial offerings, and then go to the back mountain to kowtow and apologize to the Dragon King and the Mountain God!"
"Come out and pay up right now!"
In the courtyard, the door to the main room was wide open.
Jiang Chen was sitting leisurely in a grand chair.
He held a small purple clay teapot in his hand, slowly savoring the freshly brewed Da Hong Pao tea.
Every word of the absurd shouts outside reached his ears.
Jiang Chen almost spat out his hot tea while listening to this.
Should we kowtow to the Dragon King and apologize?
What era is this?
He put down the teapot, slowly stood up, and strolled to the steps at the entrance of the main room.
Looking at the group of "righteous people" outside the door, who were blinded by fear and filled with righteous indignation.
Jiang Chen was too lazy to explain to them what a "high-tech all-terrain ecological drainage and defense network" was.
Trying to explain molecular-level absorbent materials to a group of people who can't even figure out how to use a smartphone is like casting pearls before swine.
Jiang Chen put his hands behind his back.
His clear voice reached everyone's ears.
"Dear uncles and aunts."
"Put your hearts back in your own hearts."
Jiang Chen looked around.
"I, Jiang Chen, am putting my words here today."
"With me here, even if the sky were to fall, it would never damage a single tile of our Jiangjia Village!"
His words were firm and resonant, radiating strong confidence.
However, to the villagers, who were already dominated by fear, this confidence was heard as arrogant boasting.
Jiang Jianwen, who was hiding behind the crowd, saw that the time was right and immediately jumped out.
He pointed at Jiang Chen's nose and incited him with all his might.
"Don't listen to his bragging! He won't admit defeat until he's faced with the consequences!"
"This young man is arrogant and ignorant, he has angered the gods, and yet he's still being stubborn!"
"If you don't believe me, and the mudslide really comes down in the middle of the night, we won't even have time to run! We'll all die here!"
Jiang Jianwen's words were like a ladle of hot oil, pouring into the already boiling emotions of the villagers once again.
"Yes! We can't trust him!"
"He's a jinx!"
The two sides were locked in a stalemate, separated by a large iron gate.
Jiang Chen remained calm in the courtyard, while the villagers outside were filled with righteous indignation.
At this tense moment...
A piercing, urgent air raid siren suddenly blared from the direction of the village committee compound, echoing across the sky above Jiangjia Village!
This is an emergency broadcast from the county meteorological observatory connecting various townships.
It will only be sounded when the highest level of weather warning is issued.
Everyone, including the villagers who were shouting and cursing, was stunned by the ominous alarm.
Everyone instinctively shut their mouths.
On the radio, a serious male voice resounded throughout every corner.
"Urgent notice! Urgent notice!"
"Following a red alert from the municipal meteorological bureau, our county will experience an unprecedented level of heavy rainfall within the next three hours!"
"Rainfall is expected to break historical records! This could very likely trigger large-scale flash floods, mudslides, and other secondary disasters!"
"All villagers living along the mountains and rivers, please evacuate immediately! Evacuate immediately! This is not a drill! I repeat! This is not a drill!"
Red alert.
A once-in-a-century event.
These words struck the hearts of every villager like heavy iron hammers.
Could it be that Master Wang's prediction has actually come true?
The crowd was still reeling from the shock.
A bolt of lightning, as thick as a giant dragon, suddenly ripped through the leaden sky!
Immediately afterwards, a deafening thunderclap exploded above everyone's heads!
It was as if the heavens had been thoroughly enraged and were letting out a destructive roar.
At that moment, the whole world seemed to be swallowed up by this white light.
then.
A torrential downpour descended from the sky.
The rain was beyond description; it couldn't be described as just "falling."
It's as if the Milky Way in the sky has been cut off.
A huge hole was punched in the sky.
The raindrops, each the size of a soybean, were so dense they resembled a moving wall of water.
The rain, with immense force, slammed down on the earth.
My vision was completely blurred by the terrifying rain in the blink of an eye.
Not to mention the faces of people on the other side, I couldn't even make out the outlines of houses ten meters away.
The world was left with nothing but a white, deafening cacophony.
"Run! A huge flood is coming!"
"The mountain god is angry! Quickly go home, grab your belongings, and run for your lives!"
The villagers outside the door burst into terrified screams.
They no longer cared about arguing with Jiang Chen and turned around to rush home.
Jiang Jianwen and Jiang Gundao were so frightened that their faces turned pale. They helped each other and disappeared into the rain.
The entrance to the courtyard quickly became deserted.
At that moment, the satellite phone in Jiang Chen's pocket vibrated.
He answered the phone.
Wang Dagou's anxious voice came from inside.
"Brother Chen! Something terrible has happened! Wangjiagou next door is too low-lying and can't hold on any longer!"
"Their village chief just called for help, saying the water in the village is already up to their thighs!"
"The entire village of several hundred people is trapped, and they're asking us to find a way to save them!"