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

Was the forecast for Chapter 333 wrong?
Chiba Yukio also bought a second-hand cruise ship. It wasn't big, about 20 or 30 meters long. The hull structure was still quite good, but the buildings and decorations on it were very old, so the price she paid for it was cheap.

She had the four shikigami, Xuan Chi, Jin Tong Zi, Garuda, and Huang Quan Jin, work together to renovate and rebuild the original ship, creating a new wooden house that would serve as a convenient means of transportation.

Following the style of Japanese pleasure boats, a two-story building was built on the boat. Inside the boat is a twelve-tatami tea room. The beams and pillars are inlaid with amulets in Sanskrit. When the sliding door is opened, a three-meter square sunken hearth is revealed. The iron kettle is suspended and secretly connected to the fire source of the spirit of the Ash Child.

A semi-open-air bathhouse was added to the stern of the ship. When the steam rises, the wind chimes on the eaves will play excerpts from the classical music of "The Tale of the Heike".

Xuan Chi has the ability to steer boats and drive water, so Chiba Yukio appointed her as the captain. Moreover, she holds the "Xuanming Konghou" (a type of harp), and when she plucks the strings, she can summon a bone-corroding mist that surrounds the hull and protects the boathouse.

There are five lakes at the foot of Mount Fuji: Lake Yamanaka, Lake Kawaguchi, Lake Saiko, Lake Shojiko, and Lake Motosu. These lakes are all barrier lakes formed by the eruption of Mount Fuji and are located in Yamanashi Prefecture on the northern slopes of Mount Fuji. Lake Kawaguchi is the closest to Chiba Yukio's hot spring resort and is not far from the mountain shelter, so this houseboat is moored on the shore of Lake Kawaguchi.

Lake Kawaguchi covers an area of ​​5.63 square kilometers and is the most beautiful of the five lakes of Mount Fuji. Especially in spring, you can see the reflection of Mount Fuji in the lake from the north side of Lake Kawaguchi, as well as the magnificent view of cherry blossoms in full bloom, which is truly a sight to behold.

However, the houseboat was not yet fully renovated, so Chiba Yukio could only wait until Li Xiang's next trip to invite him aboard to enjoy it.

Although she knew that Li Xiang had traveled the world and seen all kinds of beautiful scenery, she believed that different companions would bring different experiences. She considered herself exceptionally beautiful, with a variety of tricks up her sleeve, and with several stunning shikigami to add to the fun, she should be able to give Li Xiang a unique experience.

……

Li Xiang traveled to South America, to the Amazon rainforest, to visit Yaki Toto.

Yaki Toto has already reached the third level, and his cultivation progress is quite good. Li Xiang gave him some pointers and a few words of praise, and then inspected the preparations he had made for the Great Flood.

“Paya, look, these are the canoes we built. And the treehouses.” Yaki Toto pointed to the more than one hundred canoes moored in a tributary of the Amazon, and then introduced the treehouses built in the trees.

"In addition, we have also established a base on the mountain over there in the distance."

The two arrived at the mountain. Li Xiang looked around and saw that the conditions were indeed harsh, and the cave was severely leaking water. So he used his earth-based superpower to help him modify it.

After Li Xiang's modifications, not only were there more and larger caves suitable for habitation, but a layer of "seamless" rock armor was also added.

In most homes, tiles are laid one by one, leaving gaps that require grout sealing. But when Li Xiang lays "Rock Armor" (tiles), they are laid in one continuous piece.

To prevent slipping, some raised lines and patterns were specially designed.

He asked the deity that Yaki Toto worshiped, wanting him to carve a totem on the rock. Yaki Toto replied, "I worship Paya, which is the great you. I respectfully request Paya to carve your totem on the rock."

Li Xiang laughed and scolded, "When did you learn to flatter people?"

However, when he saw Yaki Toto kneel down on one knee and kowtow to him with a devout expression after saying those words, Li Xiang suddenly had a feeling: Could it be that I misunderstood? These were Yaki's heartfelt words?

Li Xiang wasn't shameless enough to carve his own portrait or build his own sculpture in the cave. He smiled and waved his hand, ending the matter.

He arrived outside the stronghold, looked around, and with a wave of his hands, a high platform was erected on the hillside where he stood, forming an arc-shaped platform about a hundred meters long and ten meters wide.

Various wooden houses can be built on this platform. It can also serve as a dock for ships to dock in case of flooding.

However, the floodwaters could not possibly rise that high (that was the effect we wanted; what use would a stronghold be if it were flooded?). After a moment's thought, Li Xiang built several stone steps on the side of the platform to make it easier for people to climb up from the boat in the future.

Yaki Toto was pleasantly surprised. Climbing was a strong point of their rainforest tribe. Li Xiang also suggested that if they found the stone steps inconvenient, they could hang down a vine ladder.

Li Xiang drew several improved rattan ladder patterns on the ground with a twig and asked Yaki Toto to arrange for people to make them according to these patterns.

Yaki Toto listened attentively and took careful notes.

Although the Amazon rainforest has a complex terrain with mountains, most of it is still plains, rivers and lakes. The mountain that Yaki Toto occupies is called "Cerro Elcono", which is already the best location within a radius of hundreds of kilometers. After Li Xiang's construction, it has become an even more "sacred place".

"There might be tribes coming to raid us in the future, so you need to prepare in advance," Li Xiang reminded him.

Although rainforests often experience flooding during their flood season, this year's massive floods are no small matter. Those tribes, unable to stay any longer, will definitely flock to this mountain.

Yaki Toto's gaze was firm: "I'm not afraid."

Yaki Toto is at least a third-tier expert, and his abilities are most suited to the rainforest. Now, with Li Xiang's reminder, there shouldn't be any worries. However, Li Xiang still taught him some basic martial arts, instructing him to choose a loyal subordinate to teach him, practice daily, and enhance his overall combat strength.

If someone is exceptionally talented and can master martial arts, then we can try to teach them advanced martial arts techniques or breathing methods.

As the saying goes, in the apocalypse, the more forces that resist, the less pressure there will be.

Earth needs to be protected by all people on Earth.

After Li Xiang replenished him with a large amount of supplies, he soared into the sky and disappeared.

Yaki Toto looked up, and with his keen eyesight, he could naturally see that Paya was now truly soaring through the sky.

In fact, Li Xiang now flies at an altitude of 10,000 meters most of the time. If you can fly, who still bothers with low-altitude skimming? Sometimes he flies above 30,000 meters, speeding above the clouds, and that's when he truly feels like a god.

At Mach 40, Li Xiang can travel approximately 49000 kilometers per hour, or 98,000 li (a traditional Chinese unit of distance). A monkey can travel 108,000 li in a single somersault, so Li Xiang is far inferior to a monkey.

However, in myths and legends, it is also possible to "travel to the North Sea in the morning and visit Cangwu in the evening".

Furthermore, at an altitude of 30,000 meters, conventional missiles are out of reach, and even if they could, they couldn't keep up with Li Xiang's speed. There was once a balloon that slowly drifted to North America at this altitude, causing the United States considerable trouble. Finally, when the balloon descended to around 22000 meters, they deployed F-22s, only to be dumbfounded – the F-22s still couldn't reach it.

Later, the balloon descended to 18000 meters, and the F-22 launched three AIM-9X missiles. Finally, one of them hit the balloon, bringing it down.

The AIM-9X missile costs approximately $38 per missile. However, the takeoff and flight of the fighter jet also incur costs, approximately $6 per hour. It has been calculated that the total cost of this mission was approximately $150 million, equivalent to about 1017 million RMB, while the value of the shot-down balloon was only around 3000 RMB. It was a huge loss.

The F-22 can be considered one of the most advanced fighter jets in the United States.

To intercept Li Xiang, not only does Li Xiang's Giant Whale Holy Armor have an "invisibility (blocking radar, infrared, etc.)" effect, but he himself also possesses a true invisibility ability, the kind that is invisible to the naked eye. Even if Li Xiang openly reveals his form, the F-22 will have just taken off and Li Xiang will have already flown to who knows where.

Moreover, Li Xiang could dash into space in a flash, while the F-22 couldn't.

The official F-22 boasts a service ceiling of 2 meters, but a single balloon test revealed its true extent; the actual service ceiling is only around 1.5 meters.

Li Xiang arrived in France and landed at the castle of Irene de Merovinga.

"Darling, why haven't you come to see me in so long?" The blonde, blue-eyed Western woman greeted Li Xiang with boundless joy in her eyes.

"I'm busy with something." Li Xiang hugged her, and the two immediately became passionately entwined.

Previously in China, I was busy dredging thousands of waterways, a massive undertaking, and also had various spiritual insights, so naturally I had no time.

"You, you, have reached the Saint Rank?" During their dual cultivation, as their spiritual energies merged, Eileen naturally sensed that Li Xiang had reached the legendary realm.

Li Xiang humbly replied, "I only recently broke through."

Eileen became increasingly agitated.

Because the higher Li Xiang's strength, the higher he can fly with her during dual cultivation.

When we last parted, Eileen was at the fourth level. After a long time, she has reached the fifth level. This time, she cultivated with Li Xiang and easily advanced two more levels to the seventh level.

“Give me a child,” Eileen said.

Li Xiang remained silent for a moment, but didn't say anything to spoil the mood, so he granted her wish. Of course, whether she would succeed on the first try was another matter. Eileen wanted a child because she was too lonely. In this vast castle, she was the only living person, accompanied only by her alchemical servants.

Her original plan was to ask Li Xiang for ten children, but that had to be done step by step, and she couldn't have ten at once.

As for marriage or not, or having a formal status, she didn't care at all. As the only bloodline of the Merovinga family, the idea of ​​"leaving the father and keeping the son" had been in her mind for a long time. However, firstly, she was still young before, secondly, she was under a curse (a side effect of entering the extraordinary realm), and thirdly, she hadn't met the right person (someone with excellent genes and whom she liked). But after meeting Li Xiang, this idea became stronger and stronger.

So all she said was, "Give me a child." She didn't mention marriage at all. Her child had to take her surname and inherit the Merovinga family business.

The outdated practice of "taking the husband's surname" originated from the West. In France, traditionally, women take their husband's surname after marriage. Of course, with the changing times, some women choose to retain their own surname or merge it with their husband's surname to create a new one.

In ancient China, there was no such custom. Regardless of gender, people "did not change their names or surnames," and even if they married the emperor, they would not change their surnames. It was only during the Republic of China period that, influenced by Western culture, some people who admired foreign things chose to follow suit.

The character Qi Qinshi in "Hail the Judge" is a product of Hong Kong's deep Western influence, and the screenwriter used customs from the Republican era when writing the script.

After a passionate encounter, Eileen advanced two levels, and her joy was beyond words. She took Li Xiang to visit her newly designed alchemical magic ship, which was basically completed, but they hadn't tried it out yet.

"Wait a few days, I'll refine it a bit more, and then we'll go on a test voyage together." Eileen was reluctant to let Li Xiang leave, so she tried to persuade him to stay and gave him two more Alchemy Holy Blood Hearts.

This was something she had promised Li Xiang before—ten children. Eileen wouldn't renege on her promise, but she had a ulterior motive: she wanted ten children from Li Xiang as compensation. However, it wasn't appropriate to voice this thought aloud, for fear of scaring Li Xiang.

In the following days, although the two continued to cultivate together, they only consolidated their realm and did not attempt any further breakthroughs, because breaking through too quickly would definitely cause problems.

Finally, five days later, Eileen's alchemical magic ship was completed. It was a large ship about 100 meters long, more than 10 meters wide, and 20 meters high, with three decks. On the top deck, many griffin totems with outstretched wings were carved, consistent with the griffin design and style of Eileen's family castle.

At the top of the mast floated a navigation compass composed of seven phantom images of golden irises, and thirty-six magical cannons protruded from both sides of the ship, with rune civilizations floating on the surface of the cannon barrels disappearing like the tide.

The most eye-catching thing was the alchemical furnace at the stern. Li Xiang didn't know what it was. He activated the "Nine Netherworld Eyes of Delusion" and took a look. Inside, there were seven or eight kinds of liquid gold, mercury, etc., which served as the power source.

Li Xiang asked Eileen, who readily shared her knowledge, explaining that this was an alchemical perpetual motion machine powered by the blood of Merovinga, but it required regular replenishment of alloy metals.

"Is this another kind of nuclear power?" Li Xiang pondered. He considered collecting the blueprints and showing them to Jiang Cai'er for her to study, but ultimately gave up on this suicidal idea.

“Per sanguinem et aeternitatem (In the name of blood and eternity)…” Eileen chanted a few incantations, and the alchemical ship rumbled and trembled, then transformed into a small swan ornament about to take flight, which landed in her hand, the swan's wing feathers flowing with the luster of liquid mithril.

Li Xiang marveled; Western classical alchemy was quite sophisticated. He and Eileen cultivated together, and he himself also benefited. His "Crystal Gold Armor" improved significantly, and he gained new insights almost every time, all thanks to Eileen's sharing of alchemy. Because Eileen herself was also progressing, each cultivation session was a win-win situation for both of them.

Li Xiang, with Eileen by his side, sprinted to the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.

Eileen flicked her wrist and threw the swan ornament into the sea. The alchemical magic ship, facing the waves, transformed into a black, steel behemoth filled with Western classical style.

The two landed on the magical alchemy ship, and Eileen steered the ship, taking Li Xiang for a ride.

The sea was unpredictable, and soon the two encountered a severe storm. However, Eileen was fearless, and the blonde girl became even more excited, steering the magic alchemy ship into the eye of the storm.

Li Xiang: "He's got a bit of Don Quixote's style." As a Saint-level being, he naturally wasn't afraid, so he went along with the girl's craziness.

The eye of the storm was cleaved open by the bow of the ship. Eileen stood on the elemental turret, her blonde hair fluttering like a flag in the gale-force winds: "Southeast 37 degrees, depth 2,000 meters, target: giant octopus swarm!"

The giant ship sailed through the waves and even had diving capabilities. Before long, it had wiped out the entire group of giant octopuses.

While diving, Eileen pressed the Holy Blood Crystal in the center of the rudder, and the entire ship suddenly folded longitudinally into a shuttle shape. Eileen's alchemical dress also automatically transformed into a streamlined diving suit.

The two spent several days playing at sea, testing the performance of the magical alchemy ship one by one. Eileen was very serious and even recorded various data, saying that she would make improvements when they got back.

Of course, during the sea trials, the two also frequently practiced dual cultivation in various locations on the magic alchemy ship.

Because of the frequent dual cultivation, Eileen accidentally broke through to the eighth level, reaching the realm of an eighth-level transcendent being, comparable to Chiba Yukio.

Eileen's magical alchemical ship can naturally withstand a great flood. Although it is currently enormous, it can transform into a small swan ornament and can naturally change to a suitable size.

However, the sizes are not arbitrary; they are three pre-designed sizes.

One type is about ten meters long, suitable for driving on the Seine and small lakes.

With the great flood approaching, Li Xiang returned home.

During his absence, the giant pandas, five tigers, and elephants were fed regularly every day. Since Yongye Media was making a lot of profit, they certainly wouldn't go hungry.

Both tigers and elephants have enormous appetites and require a lot of food every day. Tigers, in particular, are meat lovers.

For an ordinary family or company, they really couldn't afford to feed them; they would be eaten out of house and home.

Just like in Thailand, in ancient times, when the Thai king bestowed a white elephant upon his ministers, it was not a favor, but a punishment!
If you don't like someone but can't find any fault with them and can't punish them, well, just give them a white elephant.

This is an auspicious omen, a favor from the King of Thailand. How could the ministers dare to refuse it?

Unfortunately, an elephant is very expensive, and nobles often find it too much to bear, causing their families to quickly fall into ruin.

However, the nobility of a small state like Thailand cannot be compared with the nobility of ancient China, nor can they be compared with Li Xiang's wealth today.

The security guards were very excited to feed the tigers and elephants, finding it even more thrilling than feeding the pandas.

Even Lei Jiaming would go and participate whenever he had free time, and he would also take some videos.

When the animals were being fed, some tourists were in high spirits and took out their phones to take pictures.

Lijia Village has also launched an activity where various foods that elephants and tigers like are sold, allowing tourists to pay for them and experience the feeling of feeding them by hand.

Elephants and tigers only.

Because these two enormous creatures are relatively rough and can't be damaged, while pandas are more delicate, it's not advisable to open this project to them.

Lei Jiaming especially liked those tigers.

"Brother Xiang is really something else, raising such a huge golden tabby. I really want to go up and pet it." However, Lei Jiaming is only at the third level now, and his strength is far inferior to that of the tigers. He doesn't dare to get close and can only look on with envy.

……

Instead of the massive floods and torrential rains that had everyone on edge, this summer has been hit by extreme heat.

The heatwave is raging, getting hotter every day. The highest temperature in Sichuan Province has soared to 46 degrees Celsius. Someone braved the scorching sun at midday to go out on the street and filmed a video of frying an egg on a cement surface. There was no faking it; the egg cooked in an instant.

Infrared thermometers showed that the ground temperature had soared to over 60 degrees Celsius.

Some elderly people and children with weak constitutions suffered from the heat and were hospitalized.

There are countless people suffering from heatstroke, the emergency room is overcrowded, heatstroke is frequent, and intensive care unit beds are in short supply.

Many crops died from the drought. The ground cracked. Lakes dried up.

Some people questioned whether the forecast was wrong, mistaking the heatwave and drought for floods, which they found ridiculous.

(End of this chapter)