Chapter 310 Opening (Part 2)

Although Qianyan didn't know all the details of the canal, she was roughly aware that there was a main canal under each of the four main streets, and that there was a horizontal branch connecting the main canals every three or four rows of streets. If it were drawn on paper, it would roughly look like a spider web, and it would become increasingly sparse from the inside to the outside.

She was now sitting on top of a branch canal.

No one noticed that a lot of frost had formed under these deep canals.

The task that Xia Fan assigned to her and Qianzhi was to turn the outer drainage canal into a huge "water tank". All the undischarged water was directed to the horizontal canal to the west of the palace, causing the water level here to exceed the main canal under the White Tiger Avenue.

Through the water holes under her feet, she could see that the still water was about to overflow the ground. This scene, which only appeared during heavy rains, was obviously not normal, but few people would notice this abnormality.

After all, even if the water overflowed, it would only cause some inconvenience to the people celebrating. When the canal was unblocked, the water would naturally disperse. Who would regard it as a big deal?

In fact, Lian Qianyan didn't think it was a big deal.

According to Xia Fan, the "celebration gift" he sent could concentrate all the defense forces of Shangyuan City to the West Street District, but she really couldn't imagine what could be done with these rainwater and sewage.

Oh, right... he seemed to say it would explode?

"Look, the palace gate is open!"

"Is that the worship group that set out first?"

"Will His Royal Highness show up?"

"Silly, he is now the emperor!"

A cheer suddenly broke out in the crowd.

For the people, the officials' persuasion, the imperial edicts, and other things done in the palace have nothing to do with them. What they can see is that the new king sets out from the White Tiger Avenue and goes all the way to the Lingshan Ancestral Temple to worship. This process will last for most of the day, and there are performances, music, fireworks and firecrackers, which can be regarded as very lively. Therefore, when the west gate of the palace wall opened, the cheers of the onlookers immediately reached a new high.

This is also the time for action in the plan.

Qianyan took out a ball of grease-soaked guncotton from his arms, carefully lit it, and stuffed it into the hole under his feet.

At the moment when the guncotton was about to enter the water, a small ice boat quietly condensed and formed, just enough to hold it up.

After completing the preparations, Qianyan stood up, walked through the crowd, squeezed to the side of Baihu Avenue, and stomped his feet at the intersection of the canal.

A new piece of solid ice suddenly pushed open the frozen road.

The accumulated sewage immediately resumed flowing, but this time, their flow was from outside to inside, pouring back into the main canal.

If it were normal, people standing on the street could even hear the sound of rushing.

But at this moment, the hustle and bustle of the city completely covered the sound of water.

With the help of the water, the ice boat also moved, dragging the guncotton through the ditch, and soon sailed under Baihu Avenue.

So far, Qianyan's mission has been completed.

According to the plan, she should leave the main street immediately, head towards the west gate, and take advantage of the chaos to evacuate Shangyuan City.

However, the living dead did not move.

Because she was also curious about what Xia Fan had done here for nearly two hours.

In a place that Qianyan could not see, the speed of the ice boat had slowed down significantly - the size of the main channel was much wider than the branch channel, and the amount of water accumulated before could not fill the main channel, so after the water flow merged, the water surface would soon form a new balance.

Under the burning of the flames, the ice boat itself began to melt, and the dripping water had accumulated a puddle half the size of a palm at the bottom. It's just that grease will not melt when it comes into contact with water, and the oil film they form allows the guncotton to continue to burn on the water.

That weak light also slightly illuminated this place that never sees light.

If someone can sneak in, they will find something abnormal in the main channel.

It should have been a paradise for mice and insects, and with the fish fry or floating leaf plants floating in from the landscape garden, this place can be regarded as a unique biosphere.

But now the channel is dead.

Animal corpses can be seen everywhere, whether it is rats, fish, poisonous insects or snakes, they are all floating on the water motionless, as if they have all died. Many animals are even charred and smelly, and they are still steaming.

In other words, the ambient temperature here has reached an incredible level. Even in the daytime, there are bursts of white steam coming out of the drainage holes beside the main road, just like steaming springs in the mountains.

When the ice boat rounded a corner again, the brightness of the flame suddenly soared.

Its outline continued to expand, and soon it exceeded the ice boat itself, so that it seemed to take off. Once such a change begins, it can no longer be stopped. In almost less than a blink of an eye, the flame has expanded into a fireball, and changed from a dull red-yellow color to a dazzling blue-white color.

The next second, this manic flame has spread further along the waterway to most of the main channel. The air above the accumulated water seems to be ignited at the same time, instantly heating the already warm space to more than hundreds of degrees! The high temperature caused the water to evaporate rapidly, and the small drain hole could no longer meet its release needs.

Then Qianyan heard a loud noise!

The ground of Baihu Avenue suddenly bulged, and the solid stone pavement suddenly seemed to be made of soft mud. Such a huge deformation directly caused the ground to break and crack, and then white air waves spurted out from the ground, directly rushing the bricks and stones to a height of dozens of meters!

And the explosion was far from over.

It was like a series of firecrackers, gradually exploding towards the direction of the palace. The roars one after another made the earth tremble. The white smoke that erupted one after another formed a towering "smoke wall" on Baihu Avenue!

Qianyan was stunned.

In her impression, only gunpowder could cause such a shocking effect. The problem is that sulfur and saltpeter are strictly controlled medicinal materials, and she has never seen Xia Fan hoard these things. In other words, even if he suddenly conjured up dozens of large bags of gunpowder, it would be impossible to stuff them into the underground sewer in full view of the public!

This sudden change made the people present panic. They retreated in panic and poured into the surrounding streets and alleys from both sides of Baihu Avenue. If it weren't for the series of explosions heading towards the palace, their escape would have been even more chaotic.

The most intense reaction was undoubtedly from the worship group that had already walked out of the palace gate. The gorgeously dressed palace maids were so scared that they dropped the brocade and flower baskets in their hands, screamed and ran into the palace with their heads in their hands. The guards who were leading the way in front were not much better. Many of them even dropped their flags and fled to both sides of the White Tiger Avenue, fearing that the explosion would happen at their feet the next moment.

This "dry land thunder" was both a gift to the coronation ceremony and a signal for the curtain to be opened.

Hearing the roar, Qianzhi put down the same ice boat at a location closer to the palace.