Ordinary people can also be extraordinary

Zhang Chen went upstream along the river. He knew that the swarm of insects was digging a passage somewhere upstream. If he went upstream from here, he should be able to find some clues.

The widest part of the river is more than ten miles long. Zhang Chen went up the river for hundreds of kilometers before he began to feel the traces of the insect swarm. From time to time, he could see groups of flying insect beasts patrolling around.

Zhang Chen immediately used the water invisibility technique and quietly found a calm and narrow place in the river to cross to the other side. He continued walking forward for dozens of miles. The swarms of insects in the sky became more and more numerous.

At this moment, Zhang Chen discovered that there were a large number of insects and beasts guarding the front. He had to take a detour, quietly move away from the river, then escape underground and flee forward. After fleeing for a mile, he felt that there were no insects and beasts above him, so he quietly popped his head out, carefully observed everywhere, confirmed that there was no danger nearby, and then walked out.

Seeing several towering trees not far away, Zhang Chen used the Water Invisibility Technique to hide his body, and then began to climb the trees. Zhang Chen did not dare to use his body skills, as he was already surrounded by a large swarm of insects and could be in danger at any time, so he had to be cautious.

As he climbed higher and higher, Zhang Chen could see farther and farther. In the distance he could see the huge Daliang city, which was like a huge gate, blocking the swarm of insects from invading the heartland of Qing Kingdom.

The Daliang city is now surrounded by densely packed insects and beasts, with a huge river channel between them, one end of which is less than two miles away from the Daliang city. Zhang Chen observed from the tree that from time to time, people from the city went out for sneak attacks, but were blocked by a large number of insects and beasts. Zhang Chen looked to the other side of the river channel, which was still more than ten meters away from the river. It was estimated that once the passage was dug outside the city, the more than ten-meter river channel would be dug through.

It seems that the situation is extremely urgent. Zhang Chen looked at Daliang City in the distance and was extremely anxious. It seemed that in a few days, the swarm of insects would divert river water to flood the city. However, he could do nothing now and could only watch.

Zhang Chen could see from the tree that the entire Daliang City was located in a relatively high position in a low-lying area, but the terrain on this side of the river was even higher.

Zhang Chen slowly climbed down from the tree. If he stayed there for too long, he might be discovered. When he came under the tree, Zhang Chen began to think. He definitely couldn't go back to the city now, but what could he do here? How many could he kill by himself if he attacked the insect beasts? It would be useless.

So they walked towards the river. Zhang Chen had seen from the tree that there were fewer insects there, the defense was not as strict, and it was safer.

When we arrived at the river, we saw groups of insects and beasts patrolling nearby. Thousands of insects and beasts were lying dormant beside the remaining dozen meters of river channel that had not been dug through, probably waiting for orders.

Zhang Chen was just about to take a detour when suddenly an idea came to his mind. If he dug a river channel now and brought the river water in, since the river channel was not dug into the city and Daliang City was relatively higher than the surrounding areas, the river water would not be able to rush into the city for the time being, and the surrounding insects and beasts would suffer instead.

But eventually Daliang City will still be flooded by the river water, so it is necessary to block the river in time when the river water floods the city to prevent more river water from flowing in. But whether it will be so smooth at that time, we can only take it one step at a time.

Zhang Chen's eyes lit up when he thought of this. The situation was urgent, so this was the only way to deal with it, right? He had to solve the current dilemma first.

Just do it. Zhang Chen immediately used the earth escape technique and quietly came into the soil, constantly approaching the dozen meters of river channel that had not been dug through. The river channel dug by the insect swarm was very wide and deep, reaching more than ten meters deep and nearly a hundred meters wide, so it was a big test for Zhang Chen to dig through this dozen meters of river channel.

The swarm of insects probably didn't expect that someone would come to dig a channel through, so Zhang Chen easily came to the remaining ten meters of the channel that had not been dug through. He decided to start from the bottom and dig from the bottom up. He estimated that he could only dig half of it at most, thus saving half the work.

So Zhang Chen started digging below, using a storage bag to quietly throw the excavated soil into the river. He dug from morning until midnight. Unexpectedly, it went surprisingly smoothly. Zhang Chen did not dig to the river at all. He only dug seven or eight meters towards the river, and the river water had already begun to encroach.

They only dug five meters upwards, and then Zhang Chen used the earth explosion technique, which immediately caused a chain reaction. The entire remaining gap of more than ten meters that had not been dug through collapsed directly because the bottom had been hollowed out, and thousands of insects and beasts above also fell into the river.

With a loud rumbling sound, a large amount of river water poured in. Under the continuous flushing, the gap widened further. The surrounding insects and beasts were all startled, not knowing what was happening.

As time went by, a large amount of river water began to spread around. The Daliang city was already in panic. Disciples flying on swords began to patrol in the air one after another with puzzled looks on their faces, because the river channel had not been dug to the city yet, so why would they start diverting water now.

But the swarm of insects was more panicked than the people in the city, especially the swarm of insects in the east of the city near the river, because the river water had spread to their feet. They didn't know what was going on and started to riot.

The insect beasts underground were also constantly emerging from the soil. The water had already poured into the underground passages they had dug, so they had to escape. The insect swarm originally wanted to block the river first, but the gap was too big and they really didn’t know how to block it for a while. In addition, Zhang Chen was still constantly attacking and making trouble, so they could only give up and finally chose to retreat.

The people in the city also noticed this situation. They thought that the swarm had made an error in its operation and diverted the river water in advance, but they didn't expect that it would flood their side first.

So they responded quickly, gathered all the soldiers and cultivators, and took advantage of the large-scale riot of the insect swarm to immediately leave the city and start chasing.

The river water was spreading rapidly to the left and right two miles outside Daliang City, and was also slowly spreading into the city. Since the terrain inside the city was higher than the surrounding area, the city would definitely be flooded later than the surrounding areas. Now the area around the river was already flooded, and the river water in the other directions had not yet flooded the bodies of the insects and beasts, so the insect and beast groups could still retreat in an orderly manner.

At this time, all the soldiers rushed to the place where the river water had not yet spread, and began to shoot arrows desperately, chasing the retreating insects and beasts, and large groups of insects and beasts kept falling down.

Those insects and beasts couldn't run fast in the water, and with the river water constantly pouring in, they became a little panicked. In addition to those killed by arrows, a considerable number of them were trampled to death.

Seeing the river water spreading continuously, the soldiers began to retreat. Although they killed a large number of insects and beasts, they had no time to be happy. At this time, the river water was still spreading into the city and the danger was approaching.

All the disciples flying on swords began to explore the gap in the river, preparing to block it, but countless flying insects and beasts in the air kept attacking them, obviously not intending to let them block the gap. Seeing the river water spreading continuously, everyone became anxious.

After one day, except for Daliang City, all places outside the city had been flooded by the river, but the gap was still not blocked. It was estimated that in another day, the river water would flood into the city.

Zhang Chen, the instigator, was standing on a big tree at this time, observing the situation in front of him with a frown. There were a large number of insects and beasts guarding the gap. Zhang Chen had launched several sneak attacks, but with little effect. Zhang Chen had no way to block the 100-meter gap.

Finally, the people in the city came up with a solution. They dismantled all the wooden boards and built boats. In just one night, they built 100,000 small boats, each of which could carry five people. Then, each boat carried a boatman and four soldiers, armed with bows and crossbows, and they marched towards the gap in a mighty manner.

This time the flying insect beasts could no longer be stopped. After destroying more than 10,000 small boats, they retreated after leaving behind a large number of corpses.

So several large ships took off from the city and flew towards the gap in the river, preparing to block the river and prevent the water from continuing to flow in.

After checking the size of the gap, they used large boats to load huge rocks and continuously threw them into the river, which soon blocked the gap in the river. They then organized soldiers and civilians to build drainage ditches outside the city in order to divert the water around Daliang City.

In this way, Daliang City no longer has to worry about river water flooding in, and it also has an additional weapon to defend the city, making it less afraid of insect swarms' attacks.