My Apocalypse System Arrives 10 Years Early

Chapter 521: Chapter 335: The Water Spirit Pacifies the Realm, the Turbulent River Yields a Rainbow

This was evident from the disastrous situations in other countries.

International news was filled with tragic scenes from India’s Ganges River basin: a murky, yellow-brown torrent that blotted out the sky tore through the riverbanks. Ten-story religious complexes toppled like building blocks. Pilgrims in the Holy City of Varanasi struggled against the flood’s crest, and bloated corpses tangled in prayer flags were swept into the Bengal Bay alongside gharials.

In the Mississippi River Delta, 98% of the towns were inundated by the saltwater backflow. In the Brazilian Amazon Basin, a thirty-meter-high ”wall of water” devoured the rainforest. On the Danube Riverbank, centuries-old wineries became whirlpools as the surface runoff was rerouted...

Similar scenes, far more tragic than those within the country, were playing out all over the world.

However, the country was currently overwhelmed with its own problems and naturally had no capacity to aid the rest of the world.

Besides, Li Xiang had given a warning over a year in advance. If they were still underprepared, there was nothing more to be done. Some countries had merely put on a show, with no real consideration for their citizens.

At the Yangtze River Estuary, Luo Feifei stood atop an Ice Crystal Phoenix, her Electric Light Illusion Armor shimmering with faint blue ripples amidst the thunderstorm.

The girl, her expression cold and melancholic, formed a Mysterious Seal with her hands. Her Qinhuai Water Spirit Pendant erupted with a pillar of azure light that pierced heaven and earth. The Abyssal Sea Royal Seal hovered above her head, its surging tidal drone actually causing the frenzied river waters to still.

”Seas, heed my command!” As Luo Feifei’s fingertips sliced through the curtain of rain, the Yangtze River’s water system transformed into a three-dimensional meridian map in her pupils. Hundreds of millions of tons of floodwater suddenly defied fluid dynamics and began to spin in reverse, forming twelve spiral Water Dragon Vortexes over a hundred meters in diameter at the river’s mouth.

These water dragons roared toward the heavens, carrying the colossal waves straight into the East Sea. Along the way, they even extracted all the industrial pollutants from the riverbed sediment. These pollutants then condensed in the sky, falling as black Ice Crystals.

On the riverbanks, soldiers watched in awe as the waterline fell at a rate of three centimeters per minute.

In the Jinling section, a massive whirlpool suddenly formed in the river’s center, gently lifting a 600-year-old Ming Dynasty shipwreck from its slumber on the riverbed. At the ruins of the Jiangcheng Dragon King Temple, a startled pod of finless porpoises was enveloped in a soft blue halo and safely relocated.

When Luo Feifei finally pressed the Royal Seal toward the river’s surface, the majestic Water Element Law pierced straight through to the Eye of the East Sea. The entire Yangtze River grew docile, as if soothed by a divine hand. Beneath her feet, the lingering water vapor bloomed into a seven-colored rainbow bridge that spanned five provinces.

”Feifei, have you reached the Saint Tier?” A commotion of this magnitude naturally alerted Li Xiang. His figure flickered, and he appeared beside Luo Feifei, asking the question.

Luo Feifei huffed softly and continued casting her spell, ignoring him.

’That’s not right. You’re still Tier Eighteen.’ Li Xiang studied the young woman for a moment and realized what was happening. She was using treasures like the Qinhuai Water Spirit Pendant and the Abyssal Sea Royal Seal to wield power on par with the Saint Tier.

After all, Luo Feifei’s foundation at Tier Eighteen was exceptionally solid. As her own strength grew, she was able to draw even greater might from treasures like the Qinhuai Water Spirit Pendant and the Abyssal Sea Royal Seal.

Both of these treasures were Extraordinary Items from the High Tier of the Saint Tier.

Luo Feifei ignored him. Her figure flickered as she activated her Electric Light Illusion Armor, shooting off at Mach eight or nine toward the Yellow River Estuary. Major floods in the north still required her support.

She excelled at both Water and Ice Superpowers. Having reached Tier Eighteen, she was only a step away from the Saint Tier and could provide far more effective rescue aid than Li Xiang.

The Electric Light Illusion Armor was a Tier Twenty-sixth Extraordinary Item. At full power, it could reach speeds of Mach 10. However, since Luo Feifei had not yet advanced to the Saint Tier, she could only manage Mach eight or nine.

With a faint flicker, Li Xiang caught up to her, flying alongside.

”Don’t follow me,” Luo Feifei said coldly.

”I’m going to help you.” Although Li Xiang didn’t specialize in the Water Superpower, he could channel his Spiritual Power into her, allowing her to unleash stronger ”Mana” and improving her endurance.

Luo Feifei scoffed. Seeing that Li Xiang was still shamelessly tagging along, she stopped trying to get rid of him and simply ignored him. The two of them arrived at the Yellow River Estuary side by side.

The northern regions lacked experience with flood control, making the disaster there more severe. Fortunately, Luo Feifei and Li Xiang had arrived.

Li Xiang placed his hand on Luo Feifei’s shoulder, and a torrent of Spiritual Power flowed into her. Luo Feifei didn’t resist. Working together, they managed to greatly reduce the water levels in the north in just half a day.

Since the major river systems had been dredged beforehand, drainage was unobstructed. Once the torrential rains stopped, the floodwaters receded quickly.

The entire nation erupted in celebration.

#YangtzeFloodRecessionMiracle shot to the top of Weibo’s trending list. Before-and-after drone photos of the riverbank went viral: the Jianghan Customs Tower in Jiangcheng, which had been submerged in murky waves just three days prior, now had only a few strands of seaweed dangling from its pillars.

The top comment, from ”@JiangchengAngler,” showed off their balcony’s high-water mark: ”From my second-floor windowsill being flooded to being able to go downstairs and buy hot dry noodles—it only took 18 hours! Did they strap a turbocharger to the storm drains?”

The ”Receding Flood Moment” challenge on Douyin produced some viral gems: a Jinling ”auntie” danced to ”The Waves of Honghu Lake” on the newly exposed boardwalk of Xuanwu Lake; a guy in Yu City used a pressure washer to clean the mud from the Liberation Monument business district, captioning it, ”Giving the grand old monument a back scrub”; the official Zheng City Fire Department account livestreamed the ”Human Bridge Rescue Team’s” celebration, eating braised noodles together, drawing over a million viewers.

On Zhihu, a popular thread titled ”An Evaluation of Our Recent Flood Control System” took off. In it, a verified ”Hydraulic Engineer” posted a frame-by-frame analysis of news footage showing Luo Feifei manipulating the Water Dragon Vortexes. The user calculated that her Superpower output was equivalent to the Three Gorges Dam’s total discharge over three days. This sparked a heated academic debate on the ”paradigm for synergy between Extraordinary powers and national engineering projects.”