Returning to hometown to farm: The apocalypse system arrived ten years earlier?

Chapter 330 A Year Before the Flood, Nationwide Preparations

As another year draws to a close, Lijia Village remains bustling with activity, distributing New Year's goods, and engaging in various celebrations, all brimming with a sense of ritual.

The company made a lot of money, and Li Xiang took out two million yuan of the profits. He used part of the profits to purchase various supplies and distribute them to the villagers and employees, and used the rest to give out large cash bonuses.

The core team members also possess precious seafood, gold and silver jewelry ornaments, elixirs, and magical weapons.

It is worth mentioning that Li Xiang's cousins, Yao Yao and Zhao Xueqing's younger brother, and Zhao Xueqing's cousin Han Qifeng have all entered the first level of transcendence.

Thanks to Li Xiang's hard work, Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, and Lei Xiaohui have all advanced one level and are now at the seventh level of transcendence.

Jiang Cai'er is at the tenth level.

This year's third annual Lijiacun Village Gala was a bit special; it wasn't held a few days in advance, but instead started promptly at 8 PM on Lunar New Year's Eve.

That year, the village's annual gala unexpectedly became one of the Sichuan branch venues for CCTV's Spring Festival Gala, and the largest one at that. The treatment was higher than other branch venues, with several well-known hosts coming to co-host the program with Jiang Cai'er, Li Xiang, Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, Lei Xiaohui, and others. The venue setup was also funded by the government.

Wow, it stunned the villagers and netizens all over the area.

How did this tiny mountain village suddenly become so powerful?

Only those who know Li Xiang's true identity, such as those involved in the Yellow River dredging project, understand why the country attaches such importance to Lijia Village and gives it such high-level treatment.

Some say that it may be the hope for humanity's future.

After the Lantern Festival, Li Xiang set out again to continue his unfinished task of dredging the myriad waterways of the world.

This is only the Yellow River that has been completed. There are still the Yangtze River, Qiantang River, Gan River, Huangpu River, Heilongjiang River, Pearl River and many other river systems.

It is still being developed in collaboration with the National Major Water Conservancy Project Command, with the same team and dedicated efforts.

As for Jiang Cai'er, she has already returned to Tsinghua University to continue her studies and research projects.

During the Spring Festival, they were not idle. Instead of spending all their time together, Li Xiang took Jiang Cai'er to travel all over the beautiful landscapes of the country every night, conducting on-site investigations of various water systems. In addition, they had geological and hydrological data provided by the special task force of the national command in advance for reference.

Based on this information, Jiang Cai'er helped Li Xiang draft a detailed plan. However, the actual implementation process did not require Jiang Cai'er's help, so she returned to school.

As for Luo Feifei, as a top actress in China, she was busy with work during the Spring Festival, participating in various Spring Festival Galas and variety shows. On New Year's Eve, she was still performing at the Beijing TV station and missed the Lijiacun Village Gala.

However, during her breaks, she secretly turned on her phone and showered Li Xiang's live stream with a large number of gifts. In addition, her "top-ranking aunt" persona also came online, similarly showering him with gifts.

When Li Xiang was about to start dredging the Yangtze River system, Luo Feifei finally made time to come to Li Xiang's side and fight alongside him!

"Hmph, you secretly dredged the Yellow River last year without even calling me." When the two met in private, Luo Feifei was sulking, pouting her little mouth, which was very cute.

Li Xiang felt ashamed: "There was no secret. It was such a commotion. I just didn't want to bother you because you were too busy."

Figuring that her elixirs were probably exhausted, he replenished her spatial ring with a large amount of elixirs.

Luo Feifei now has a cultivation level of ten. In this life, her cultivation is slightly slower than in her previous life. First, she listened to Li Xiang and tried to solidify her foundation before breaking through. Second, in addition to the "Ice Crystal Peach Blossom Technique", she also practiced seven or eight other breathing techniques to try to replenish her spiritual body. Third, this life's cultivation takes place in a peaceful era, with a more relaxed environment and no sense of impending doom like in the apocalypse. Fourth, she has devoted most of her energy to her acting career.

There was nothing she could do; her mother was a money-grubber.

In her past life, not long after the apocalypse, Luo Feifei's mother was murdered. In this life, Luo Feifei cherishes every moment and hopes her mother will be happier. Since her mother hopes she will become a star and earn more money, she will fulfill her mother's small wish.

However, in terms of strength, Luo Feifei in this life far surpasses her previous self at the same level.

Li Xiang had already practiced dual cultivation with all the other women, but he hadn't made a move on Luo Feifei yet, mainly because she was still young and a minor. Luo Feifei was two years younger than Jiang Cai'er (actually about a year and a half), and had just turned 17.

17-year-old Luo Feifei naturally possesses a divine beauty, an absolute pinnacle of beauty.

Li Xiang, clad in the Giant Whale Holy Armor, and Luo Feifei, in the Lightning Illusion Armor, joined forces to restore the golden waterway of the Yangtze River, the mother river of China.

Luo Feifei can sense hydrological changes at any point within a hundred-mile watershed and can also manipulate massive bodies of water, which greatly helps Li Xiang.

The difficulty in dredging the Yangtze River lies in the development of meanders in the middle and lower reaches, the winding river channel in the Jingjiang section leading to low shipping efficiency, and the seasonal shrinkage of Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake exacerbating the ecological crisis.

Li Xiang used his earth-based superpowers to straighten the 180-kilometer-long winding river channel of the Jingjiang River, while simultaneously preserving the old channel as an ecological wetland, and reshaping the slopes on both banks with his earth-based superpowers.

The plan also includes a "lake-reservoir linkage" design called "intelligent water distribution matrix," which involves installing sensor gates at the mouth of Poyang Lake to automatically intercept water during the dry season to ensure the water level in the lake area. Zhao Xueqing will also incorporate an "algae symbiotic network" to purify the water quality.

Dredging is now Li Xiang's forte. He expanded his interdimensional warehouse to 35 trillion cubic meters and transported 2 trillion cubic meters of silt into the depths of the Pacific Ocean in one go.

With Luo Feifei's help, and with Li Xiang's abilities greatly improved compared to last year, the Yangtze River dredging project was completed in 28 days.

It's about speed achieved through meticulous attention to detail, not rushing and shoddy work.

When the mission was accomplished, a 10,000-ton cargo ship traveled directly from Shanghai to Chongqing, the wetland area of ​​the two lakes was restored by 40%, and the population of finless porpoises also increased significantly.

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Like the Yellow River, the Huai River also faces the predicament of being a "suspended river," with its riverbed in the Bengbu section of its lower reaches being 4-8 meters higher than the cities along its banks. The dense network of tributaries makes it prone to overflowing its banks during floods. However, compared to the Yellow River, it pales in comparison.

Li Xiang and Luo Feifei joined forces. Li Xiang activated "Starfall Sand" to compress the riverbed, while Luo Feifei manipulated the water to press down simultaneously. The little girl's abilities in the water were even greater than Li Xiang's. With the two working side by side, the suspended riverbed subsided by 6.4 meters in a single day, which can be described as a miracle.

In addition, 12 underground flood diversion tunnels, each 50 meters in diameter, were excavated along the Fuyang-Xuyi section and reinforced with basalt.

Zhao Xueqing planted flood-resistant gene-edited red willows in the flood diversion area, where their root systems formed a natural flood retention zone.

After assessment by the National Water Conservancy Major Projects Command and dredging, the flood control standard of the Huai River has been raised from once every 50 years to once every 500 years, with 120 million mu of new arable land along the river and an annual flood storage capacity of 120 billion cubic meters in the flood diversion area.

Such a significant project naturally requires the writing of reports. Li Xiang naturally entrusted this task to the National Major Water Conservancy Project Command Center, which is full of highly educated professionals who are most skilled at writing such reports and have the highest authority.

Li Xiang and Luo Feifei worked together to dredge the river at an astonishing speed. The National Major Water Conservancy Project Command had assigned several report-writing teams, but they simply couldn't keep up. They were rushing to finish, staying up until two or three in the morning every day. There was no other way; they couldn't have Li Xiang and his team finish their work and move on to other waterways while they were still writing reports. The higher-ups required that they not lag behind the project's progress by more than three days.

The key is that the report cannot be written arbitrarily; it must be based on actual measurements. Some data cannot be obtained immediately and can only be supplemented later.

Considering the hard work of the support staff, Li Xiang and Luo Feifei slowed down their pace again. Sometimes they would take a day or two off to go fishing in the Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Indian Ocean to relax.

With Luo Feifei around, catching seafood is faster than dredging rivers; she can easily catch tens of millions of tons of seafood a day. And this is just for fun, done casually.

During this time, she also hunted down many potential extraordinary sea beasts and obtained countless spiritual herbs. Li Xiang selected high-grade ones that were suitable for her water-ice physique and filled her space gem ring with them.

As for extraordinary items, Luo Feifei didn't need many, because Li Xiang had given her too many.

"Huh, there's an even bigger space gem." After hunting a tiger shark, Li Xiang was surprised to find that the system had rewarded him with a light blue space gem containing 100 cubic meters of space.

"Feifei, this gem is for you." Li Xiang took out the gem, thought for a moment, and then used "Crystal Gold Armor" to casually craft a beautiful gold necklace, and set the teardrop-shaped space gem into it as a pendant.

After thinking for a moment, Li Xiang realized he couldn't just give away an empty necklace, so he selected a batch of precious seafood and stored it inside, taking up about half the space.

The remaining half of the space was filled with spiritual herbs, a full fifty cubic meters, enough for her to reach the eighteenth level without any problem, and perhaps even with some left over.

Then, he handed it to Luo Feifei.

"Help me put it on." Luo Feifei didn't take it, but just looked at Li Xiang with a smile.

Helpless, Li Xiang put his arms around her neck and helped her put it on.

Luo Feifei's neck was fair with a rosy tinge, delicate and flawless like her face. Her flowing hair was blown by the sea breeze and brushed against Li Xiang's face, and a refreshing fragrance wafted into Li Xiang's nostrils.

"Your heart is beating so fast, Chief Engineer Li, what mischief are you thinking?" Luo Feifei whispered with a chuckle.

Li Xiang quickly put it on her, then took two steps back: "..."

"Have you noticed that I've grown a bit more recently?" Luo Feifei said quietly, pursing her lips.

Li Xiang subconsciously looked at her chest, and yes, it had indeed grown considerably larger.

"I meant my height!" Luo Feifei rolled her eyes at him, but then, feeling shy, she couldn't help but hug Li Xiang and bury her head in his chest.

After a long while, Li Xiang patted her on the back: "Let's go back early, there's still a lot to do, so those people won't get impatient."

He couldn't resist hugging her any longer, but Luo Feifei was still too young and not yet an adult. Besides, Luo Feifei was different from Yao Yao and the others; she was proud and might not be willing to be his little lover.

He kept his engagement to Jiang Cai'er a secret from Luo Feifei.

Li Xiang sighed inwardly, "Being a scumbag isn't easy."

The two quickly returned to the construction site. Little did they know, the staff were hoping they would stay a day or two longer, as their report-writing speed couldn't keep up with the construction progress of Li Xiang and his team.

Li Xiang couldn't worry about much else. After all, the construction period was tight, and there would be a major flood next summer. With so many water systems in the country, big and small, the sooner it could be completed, the sooner it would be completed.

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Meanwhile, in preparation for next year's massive floods, the country is also making urgent preparations, including not only river dredging and dike reinforcement, but also work in all aspects.

Li Xiang was responsible for river dredging and dike reinforcement, while Zhao Xueqing was in charge of building ecological barriers (wetland restoration projects, ecological regulation in mountainous areas, etc.).

But in other areas, a nationwide mobilization is needed.

For example, the Sponge City 3.0 plan.

Thirty cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, have built underground "honeycomb-style water storage corridors," with an expected water storage capacity of 50 million cubic meters per city. Pedestrian walkways have been completely replaced with permeable ceramic bricks (with a water absorption rate of 200 liters/m²·hour).

The subway station entrance has been fitted with a 3-meter-high titanium alloy flood-proof gate (with a compressive strength of 30 tons/㎡), and a "floating flood wall" has been put into use in the core business district.

The emergency support system has been further strengthened on the existing basis, and is divided into two major parts: "strategic material reserves" and "personnel evacuation network".

比如，沿洪水风险带建设200个“防洪方舱”，每个储备：折迭式冲锋舟（30秒自动充气）、高能量压缩饼干（1块=全天营养）、净水药片（1片净化5升污水）。

A nationwide "3D flood escape corridor" has been created, integrating three-dimensional routes such as overpasses and mountain tunnels. 50 "flood prevention guides" have been trained and equipped with AR glasses to mark safe routes in real time.

Significant breakthroughs have also been achieved in the technological prevention and control system: the space-air-ground monitoring network has been further improved, and it is expected that by this summer, 128 "Guanlan series" hydrological satellites will be deployed, capable of penetrating cloud layers to monitor millimeter-level water level changes. Fiber optic hydrophones have been implanted every kilometer along the Yangtze River to accurately detect abnormal piping sounds.

Meanwhile, relevant departments have designed a special artificial intelligence early warning system, which comes from the same lineage as "Zhanlu". However, "Zhanlu" is used exclusively for military purposes, while "Hongmeng Flood Control Brain" is used exclusively for major floods. It has been connected to 2.6 million IoT terminals nationwide, and the early warning response time has been shortened to 8 minutes. The drone swarm system can patrol the dikes continuously for 72 hours, and the crack recognition accuracy reaches 0.2 millimeters.

In addition, a large-scale military-civilian integration exercise was carried out, and the "Shield Flood-2027" theater exercise was organized to test the 72-hour full evacuation of a city with a population of one million.

The Type 056 corvette was modified for inland waterway rescue, and equipped with high-pressure water cannons and medical mobile cabins.

Economic risk hedging: The government launched "flood catastrophe insurance," subsidizing 80% of the premiums and covering 6 million urban and rural residents.

Establish 3 trillion yuan in special flood control treasury bonds, prioritizing investment in AI early warning systems and ecological projects.

The "Extreme Weather Work Stoppage Plan" was issued: When a red alert is issued, enterprises must complete the evacuation of personnel within 2 hours and are required to install "flood survival cabins" in buildings (oxygen supply must be guaranteed for 72 hours).

Not only are countries preparing for war domestically, but almost every country in the world is on emergency alert. After all, this was personally warned by the most powerful and mysterious armored man on Earth. The mysterious armored man is all-powerful, so no one can help but believe it.

Therefore, China also cooperates closely with other countries, such as sharing flood forecasting data from the Tianhe-2 satellite with Mekong River basin countries; and purchasing Delta Smart Gate technology from the Netherlands for application at the mouth of Poyang Lake and the Pearl River Estuary.

The total investment in flood control projects nationwide is estimated to reach 4.8 trillion yuan, and the emergency material reserves can meet the survival needs of 1.2 million people for 30 days.

(End of this chapter)