Xin Kai River

  The natural landscape formed by the heaven and earth has its unique properties and structure. In normal circumstances, any geological change occurs in slow and unstoppable dramatic changes over tens of thousands of years. The so-called "Cang Hai Sang Tian" is nothing more than this.

  In a short period of time, the drastic change in terrain may trigger unpredictable dangers. Therefore, to minimize the adverse effects on the natural environment of Huo Mountain caused by this new river, Lin Xu deliberately suppressed the power of Huan Shan Bian to the lowest limit, and he would rather expend more energy himself to avoid potential future troubles.

  Fortunately, Lin Xu himself was a local tyrant, and the direction of the earth's pulse was clear to him. As long as he didn't seek quick success or rash advancement, unexpected mistakes were unlikely to occur.

  The deputy generals of the Mountain God Temple took turns leading the yin soldiers to clear the field and maintain order. Anyone unrelated who approached this construction area would encounter the ghostly phenomenon of hitting a wall, but with the meticulous cooperation of his subordinates, Lin Xu was able to construct without any external interference.

  The project is ongoing, and time is still passing minute by minute. There are no signs of weakening rain in the area near Jiufeng Town. To rush for the deadline, Lin Xu is working day and night without rest, repeating these monotonous mechanical actions all the way towards the direction of the East China Sea.

  Following the principle of shortest distance between two points, Lin Xiu initially chose a location slightly south, with the Dongliu River running almost parallel to the Huai River. This was not because he didn't understand the concept of saving labor by directly using the Huai River, but rather because the Huai River itself couldn't contain that much extra rainwater. If they had insisted on using the Huai River for flood diversion, it would have inevitably led to a catastrophic flood affecting the entire river basin, and at that time, the provinces and counties of Huaibei and Huainan would all become a vast expanse of water, with millions of people and livestock, fields and homes being swallowed up by the torrential floods. Heaven knows how much karma this would have brought upon them. It was for this reason that Lin Xiu had already given up worrying about what ordinary people would think when they suddenly discovered a brand new, straight-as-a-ruler river flowing in front of their doors after the storm had passed.

  Facing this newly opened river's arduous project, at this moment Lin Xu's heart only had one unshakeable conviction: to be fast, must be fast.

  The rain on the other side of Mount Huo showed no signs of weakening, and even the strongest magic couldn't permanently suppress the increasingly abundant floodwaters. It wasn't until now that one could truly feel it - time is life!

  "Whoosh! Rumble rumble——"

  As a faint beam of white light shot out from the whip, the front grayish-white hard granite mountain ridge collapsed with a loud noise, and the falling rocks as big as houses crashed into each other, rubbing against each other, making a sound like thunder.

  "Success!"

  In the distance, a mountain ridge with a visible gap appeared in the sky. Lin Xu's slightly tired face showed a hint of a smile. With this stumbling block out of the way, only tens of miles of flat coastal plain lay ahead, and he was just one step away from ultimate success.

  Suddenly, Lin Xu felt a heart-wrenching pain. He quickly calculated with his fingers and his face turned pale instantly. The flood on the side of Huo Mountain could no longer be contained.

  At this time, accompanied by the sound of cracking ice like the polar ice cap, the floodwater that was originally blocked in Huo Mountain poured down all at once. Fortunately, Lin Xu had already opened up the last low mountain ridge running north-south, and beyond that lay the coastal plain. When the floodwaters that had been building up for a long time in Huo Mountain came roaring down, the turbulent sound of the rushing water could be heard from hundreds of miles away. The violent torrent instantly occupied several small rivers' natural riverbeds, then merged into an even more massive river with greater momentum.

  The torrential flood poured down from the towering Mount Huo, rushing and surging like a fierce tiger descending a mountain, its power awe-inspiring to the extreme.

  The mighty waves, capable of opening mountains and splitting rocks, instantly divided the coastal plains into isolated islands that were not connected to each other. The rolling thunderous waves churned up murky foam, overflowing farmlands and roads, rushing towards the azure sea in the distance.

  The sky, which had been overcast for many days, now presented a leaden grey that made people feel heavy-hearted. Tiny snowflakes fell silently from the sky.

  In front of the old mountain temple at the foot of Tianzhu Mountain, several branches of ancient plum trees with curved and twisted trunks had slightly opened their small pink flower buds, revealing a rare bright color in this vast and desolate expanse.

  After another year of intense busyness, Lin Xu finally had a little time to breathe and reflect on his past experiences, summarizing the gains and losses.

  Sitting upright in the courtyard of the old mountain temple, on the stone table in front of Lin Xu, a small red clay stove had a kettle sitting on it, emitting a hissing white gas. Next to it was a cup of warm clear tea, which showed off its bright green color like new leaves against the white ceramic teacup.

  On Earth, humans who possess wisdom and animals that act on instinct are thought to differ most significantly in their ability to think and plan. Humans are said to be the only species capable of considering events far into the future and making long-term plans, while other animals have no understanding of the concept of time. As for planning a better life for oneself and developing it in a direction beneficial to oneself, this behavior can almost be called a uniquely human technology.

  The piece of land where Lin Xu is now, although it is generally consistent with the original world in many ways, such as mountains and rivers, terrain, and even humanistic feelings are very similar. However, many things still show unavoidable huge differences.

  Lin Xu must think about how to transform this strange and mysterious world in order to gain greater benefits for himself.

  It goes without saying that gods need incense, and the incense comes from the faith of believers. The number of believers and their devotion directly determine the prosperity and decline of the incense.

  As for piety, it's simply a matter of attitude, highly personalized, and thus hard to quantify. As a result, increasing the size of the faithful community becomes the primary consideration for deities.

  In this era of backward agricultural productivity, in order to support such a large population, the basic living needs of these people must be met first. The most basic necessities of food, clothing and shelter cannot be lacking at all.

  Assuming Lin Xu fully introduces new technology from Earth to this realm, it will undoubtedly thoroughly subvert the production and lifestyle inherent in this realm, and then disrupt the normal course of social development. This is by no means a brilliant idea. Let alone other gods facing such an unexpected situation, they would think what, Lin Xu was very clear that this realm itself also has its own will.

  Although it's hard for people to perceive that this world has any consciousness, as a part of the entire natural cycle system and as the god of Huo Mountain, Lin Xu is certain about this point. The world itself indeed has consciousness; it's not an inanimate object without knowledge. Whether you call it Gaia consciousness, which sounds more sci-fi, or simply heaven's will and heavenly way, it doesn't matter - they're all the same thing, just with slightly different names.

  Normally, the sense of time in the heavenly way seems to be particularly slow and dull compared to human senses. No matter what action is taken, it will always lag behind the development of things by a few beats, but the heavenly way is not doing nothing.

  It's just like in that classic horror movie "Death God Came", where some mysterious will wants to kill specific people, and those poor devils can even choke to death by drinking water. These phenomena are a low-level manifestation of the Heavenly Way, as for higher forms of expression, even gods would tremble with fear. The majesty of the vast universe, who dares not to fear?

  Lin Xu was extremely worried that if his actions triggered a backlash from the heavens, he had never thought that he had the ability to defy the heavens.

  The ignorant are fearless. The more a person knows, the less dare they act recklessly. Those who claim to fear neither heaven nor earth are usually inferior products with intelligence below the human average, or simply crazy.

  In view of this, the suspected radical plan was first ruled out. Lin Xu thought that a more stable approach would be to do things to the best of his ability within the permitted range of existing rules, and he was also thinking about how to improve the problem, silently calculating and thinking clearly about the pros and cons of his own plan.

  He picked up his tea bowl and drained it in one gulp, then called over a few of his men and instructed them.

  "Milord! White Day Evil! Mao Ben Zun! Each of you bring a team of yin soldiers, go to the outside of the mountain to search for all kinds of books and classics, especially agricultural books, medical books, and books that teach handicraft skills. I want them all, hurry up and do it!"

  The Yin soldiers are the private troops of the Earth God, simply put, they are like family slaves or household servants. Except for Lin Xu, their direct master, no one can command the yin soldiers and ghostly guards of the Mountain God Temple.

  Looking back, if Lin Xu hadn't inadvertently mentioned that he had accepted the inheritance of the previous Mountain God, Ho Shan, the dark soldiers of the Mountain Temple might not have accepted him so readily. The private army of the Earth God has always been unchanged since ancient times, so when the deputy generals addressed Lin Xu, they also called him "Master" in unison, rather than addressing his mountain god title like ordinary believers would.

  Now that the master has given orders, no matter how strange the command is, it must be resolutely executed. After the three deputy generals saluted Lin Xu, they immediately turned into a gust of dark wind and disappeared before their eyes.

  The ability of the gods to far surpass that of mortals, apart from the obvious difference in their actual strength, is also due to their complete memory capacity. Whether it's something they've heard or seen before, or a related memory they've thought about, even after thousands of years, they can completely recite it without any errors or ambiguity. For humans who forget 99% of their daily lives and knowledge that hasn't been used for a long time, this is undoubtedly an unimaginable extraordinary ability.

  The 21st century is an era of information explosion, as long as a person has the heart to learn and progress, they will absolutely not worry about finding relevant reference materials, the internet is the best cheap information provider.

  Of course, there are gains and losses. For this, the corresponding price that people pay is to have enough patience to sift through the sand for gold, and then they can obtain useful information from countless pieces of garbage information. In short, living in such an era, even if a person wants to be ignorant, it's a very difficult thing to do.

  When Lin Xu gained his divine position, all the memories he had long forgotten emerged in his mind. Even the embarrassing experience of wetting the bed as a child and being scolded by his parents was clear as if it happened yesterday. He recalled the entire contents of the Xinhua Dictionary, down to every word and page number. From childhood to adulthood, all the books and audio-visual materials he had read, the promotional ads that flashed on TV, the obituaries and notices in newspapers, the conversations of strangers on crowded buses, and even the pop-up ads on websites that he didn't even want to look at and closed immediately - all these memories appeared vividly before his eyes.

  In summary, Lin Xu is not lacking in innovative ideas and materials, what he lacks is an understanding of the actual situation.

  However, as an outsider, Lin Xu's understanding of this piece of land is too superficial. This time, sending three deputy generals to search for relevant books and classics outside is precisely to refer to the social development level of the outside world, in order to formulate a reform plan that will not be overly advanced.