Chapter 30: A City Suddenly Beneath the Waters
From the southern side of the city, a towering wave of murky water fifteen zhang high surged forward, carrying with it a deafening roar that shook the heavens. Before this wall of water that rose from the earth itself, Lengshan County’s city walls seemed as fragile as paper.
Both officials and commoners within the city were struck with sheer terror at the horrifying sight, their courage shattered. After a brief moment of stunned silence, panicked screams erupted all at once. Driven by instinct to survive, the crowd fled in all directions in blind desperation, only to realize they were already trapped like fish in a jar. There was nowhere to retreat, nowhere to escape.
The wall of water closed in within moments, about to crash down and swallow the entire city whole.
At that critical instant, when disaster hung by a thread—
The cold shout of County Magistrate Fang Xun rang out like thunder across the entire city.
Before his voice had even faded, a streak of dazzling golden light shot into the sky from the county yamen. It expanded into a massive dome-like barrier, which in the blink of an eye enveloped the entire city beneath it.
In the next moment, the overwhelming floodwaters slammed violently against the golden formation.
Amid a cataclysmic crash that seemed to split heaven and earth apart, the golden array trembled violently, as though it might shatter at any second. Fortunately, though it quaked under the impact, it did not collapse. Its light merely dimmed drastically, becoming faint and nearly transparent.
After enduring the first wave of impact, the force of the flood weakened considerably. Yet it did not recede. Instead, it followed the terrain, surging toward lower ground. At this moment, Lengshan County resembled a solitary rock standing firm amidst raging tides.