No one had expected that the city walls of Pudong would be so fragile. Even before suffering any serious attacks, they had collapsed.
Shen Feng, who was in the sky, saw this scene by the sea and quickly flew down. "What's going on? Why did the city walls collapse?"
"What else could it be? It's obviously shoddy construction. Look at this cement and these bricks; they're all no good. Now, after just being soaked by the seawater, they've caved in," Wang Ao Ye said helplessly.
"What do we do now? These insects will definitely keep pouring in through the gap!" Shen Feng asked. At this moment, his stamina was still very good, but no matter how good his stamina was, he couldn't fight forever without eating or drinking.
"If it continues to rain, the tide will keep rising, and more insects will come in. You should quickly disperse the dark clouds in the sky!" Yun Lai Zhe said to Shen Feng helplessly.
"Didn't you guys say before that you needed abundant water vapor to alleviate the drought? Don't you need it now?" Shen Feng asked.
"Things have changed. Protecting Pudong is more important than alleviating the drought!" Yun Lai Zhe said seriously.
Shen Feng shrugged. "Dispersing these clouds is much easier than gathering them. I'll do it right away, but don't blame me if it doesn't rain afterward."
After saying this, Shen Feng flew back into the sky. However, this time his target was not the small insects flying in the sky, but the clouds at a higher altitude.
Shen Feng flew upwards. After half an hour, he finally reached the clouds. There was lightning and thunder all around. To prevent himself from being struck by lightning, Shen Feng had set up three layers of protective shields around his body. This time, the ordinary heavy rain was not ordinary heavy rain, but heavy rain brought by a typhoon.
A massive typhoon formed in the northern Pacific, then crossed the East China Sea and reached Pudong. Due to the formation of a continental high-pressure system, the typhoon could not penetrate inland and remained in the coastal area, which indirectly led to the continuous heavy rain these days.
Shen Feng flew continuously in the sky. The surrounding rainwater splashed against the protective shields. Moreover, there were many lightning bolts in the clouds. The sound of these lightning bolts could be clearly heard even through the protective shields. The visibility in the clouds was very low, and this was an area that ordinary creatures could hardly reach.
However, Shen Feng did not stop even after flying below the clouds. Instead, he continued to fly upwards, finally breaking through the clouds and reaching above them. Sunlight instantly shone upon him.
Shen Feng felt the warmth of the sun on his body, then looked around. All around him were white, fluffy clouds. The scene above the clouds was dreamlike, forming a stark contrast with the torrential rain below. There was not a drop of rain above the clouds, and the sun was shining brightly everywhere, with no obstructions in sight.
The clouds were drifting everywhere in the sky, and the sun overhead emitted a strong radiance. The sunlight shone on him, making him feel warm, but Shen Feng did not dare to open his protective shields. If he opened the barrier around him, the strong winds blowing around would turn the warmth into cold.
"It's about time to get down to business. Dispersing such a massive typhoon is not an easy task!" Shen Feng said in a low voice.
After saying this, Shen Feng immediately used his abilities, controlling the surrounding strong winds to rotate. He did not rotate against the direction of the typhoon; Shen Feng did not have the ability to defy a typhoon.
Shen Feng controlled the strong winds to move in the same direction as the typhoon's rotation, but the rotation speed of the strong winds was relatively slow. In this way, the strong winds drove the typhoon's wind speed to decrease. As the wind god in the eyes of others, Shen Feng had a way to disperse the typhoon. As long as the typhoon's wind speed was reduced, the water vapor and cloud systems in the sky would not continue to gather, and then they would disperse, and the heavy rain would stop.
After Shen Feng exerted his power for a year, the surrounding typhoon indeed showed a trend of decreasing wind speed. Fortunately, this typhoon was at sea, and only its edge brushed Pudong. Otherwise, if the typhoon had landed, Pudong's city walls would have likely collapsed from the soaking long ago.
The typhoon's wind speed continued to decrease. Without the strong wind speed, the typhoon could only dissipate slowly. Without the restraint of the typhoon, the clouds in the sky began to scatter. Some drifted northward, some drifted southward, and only a small amount of clouds drifted towards the mainland. After all, due to the existence of the continental high-pressure system, it was very difficult for clouds to approach land.
By dusk, Shen Feng had finally dissipated the typhoon at sea. The people of Pudong finally saw the sunset for the first time in days. Although there were still dark clouds in the sky, they were dissipating, and the rain had stopped.
"As expected of the Wind God, he's truly amazing. He can even repel a typhoon!" Seeing the current situation, everyone was very excited and began to praise Shen Feng.
Shen Feng descended from the sky in the middle of the night. Pudong was brightly lit, but there was still a lot of standing water in the low-lying areas. Outside the city walls, insects were constantly approaching. The typhoon had brought a tsunami. Although Pudong had tall city walls, when the walls collapsed from the soaking, the tide still rushed into the city.
The standing water in the city would not recede in a short period. It could be imagined that in the next few days, more insects would continue to emerge from the water.
"I'm exhausted. Quickly find me a place to rest. Don't bother with food; I'm not in the mood to eat right now." As soon as Shen Feng landed from the sky, he said, "I don't want to eat at all; I just want to rest well."
The people of Pudong immediately prepared a luxurious suite for Shen Feng. After all, Shen Feng was a world-renowned ability user and must not be neglected. Moreover, he was the one who dispersed the wind and rain in the sky. How could a savior not be treated well? The room had a spacious bed and shower facilities, with hot water available at any time if he wanted to wash.
"Does Lord Wind God require any service? If so, we can find some beautiful girls for you!" an official from Pudong said.
"Don't talk nonsense. I am a gentleman and do not need anyone's service. Don't flatter yourself; one room for myself is enough!" Shen Feng replied immediately. He knew that if he agreed, they would definitely prepare it, but then, there might be many reports in the news tomorrow.
To prevent his wives from hearing this news, Shen Feng could only choose to rest alone.
Mu Ying wanted to follow Shen Feng, but Shen Feng had anticipated her actions and said, "There are still many insects in the city that need to be dealt with. You should hurry and fight!"
Mu Ying had no choice but to obey Shen Feng's suggestion and go to battle.
In the following days, most of the insects that appeared in the city were eliminated by humans. However, just when everyone thought the battle was over, more insects would continuously emerge from the sewers. Even after the standing water in the city receded and the sea calmed down, many mosquitoes and midges would still fly into the air.
These small insects relied on blood for survival. Coincidentally, there was a large human city by the sea. In the eyes of the insects, these humans were delicious food. As long as they flew over and bit, they could obtain enough blood.
In addition to the mosquitoes and midges flying in the sky and constantly attacking the people in the city, the other two types of insects were also troublesome, constantly launching sneak attacks in the surrounding sea.
Water striders walked on the water. As long as humans appeared on the water surface, these water striders would immediately begin to attack. Moreover, the reproduction cycle of this type of insect was very short. After obtaining enough energy, they would lay eggs in floating objects on the sea. Even if fishing boats passed by, water striders would take the opportunity to lay eggs on them.
The egg-laying of water striders was in the form of egg masses, meaning many insect eggs were gathered together, forming irregular lumps. Each egg mass could contain 10 to 20 eggs.
If ships returned to port without careful inspection, these insects would breed within the port and continue to harm humans. Therefore, every time the ships in Pudong returned to port, they had to thoroughly inspect their entire bodies for white egg masses and clean them up if found.
In addition, water spiders were also an uncertain factor. These insects could build nests and breathe underwater. They could emerge from the water at any time to attack humans. Moreover, the size of these insects was the largest, with each insect being about the size of a palm. If enough insects swarmed up, they would surely kill many people directly.
"If these insects continue to attack the city's inhabitants after the wind and rain, then this battle will truly be endless. We must find a foolproof way to kill all these insects!" Han You Chan said with distress.
Everyone understood this principle, but no one was confident that they could catch all the insects in one go, nor did they have the means to support them in doing so.
Fortunately, at this time, reinforcements from various places arrived. This time, the reinforcements were not soldiers and ability users, but a large quantity of insecticides. These insecticides were urgently dispatched to deal with the three types of insects at sea.
With the insecticides, everyone finally felt relieved because the insects were very sensitive to insecticides. As long as the insecticides were sprayed, a large number of mosquitoes and insects would be killed.
"We already knew that the best way to kill insects was to use insecticides. We couldn't act before because we didn't have enough insecticides. Now that it's not raining, and we have enough insecticides, let's launch a counterattack!" everyone said eagerly.
"No problem. Since the insecticides have been delivered, it's time for us to launch our attack. We can only hope that these mutated insects do not have sufficient resistance to the insecticides." Han You Chan breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, with the support of reinforcements, they were able to hold on for many days until the insecticides were delivered.
Next, many helicopters in Pudong were loaded with sufficient insecticides, flew into the sky, and began to spray insecticides throughout the city.
There were still many mosquitoes and midges flying in the sky. These insects were small but the most annoying because they could easily enter houses through gaps in doors and windows and suck blood. Often, people would die unknowingly in their sleep because their blood had been drained.
But as the insecticides were sprayed, the small mosquitoes and insects in the air began to fall to the ground. They were hit the moment they came into contact with the insecticides. After the insecticides acted on their bodies, the mosquitoes and midges lost control and fell to the ground. They struggled for a moment and then stopped moving.
"That's right, quickly spray the insecticides and kill these damned insects! Damn gnats, who knows how much blood they've sucked and how many people they've killed!" The residents in the city cheered when they saw this scene because they saw hope for victory.
Helicopters continuously flew over the city, spraying white insecticides. As long as mosquitoes and midges came into contact with the insecticides, they would immediately take effect and kill them.
The people in the city, seeing the crowds on the streets, couldn't help but remind them: "Everyone, go back into your houses immediately to avoid coming into contact with the insecticides. These insecticides are harmful to humans!"