"Things are going to be difficult …" Sui Xiong leaned on the conference table and looked at the translucent model of the Main Plane floating in the air, frowning.
This model was a prop made with divine power and could truly reflect the general situation of the Main Plane. Sui Xiong used it to monitor the drought, and the effect was very reliable.
On the translucent model, most areas of the Main Plane were covered in various shades of yellow. The most serious was around the capital of the Commonwealth of Gold Coins — the Goddess of Wealth had never been bold, and it was the same this time. She did not dare to be too unscrupulous when it rained, and as a result, she did not get much rain.
In contrast, the situation on the prairie was much better. The Orc gods were very straightforward. They almost directly poured water on the ground. Before the Master of Order ordered them to stop, they had poured at least two years' worth of rainfall on the prairie, and even caused floods on the ground. Now the floods had not receded, so naturally, there was no drought.
To be honest, Sui Xiong really admired the Orc gods. They actually did this … What were they thinking by turning drought into floods?
"What else could they think? They must have predicted that the Master of Order would prohibit it, so they hurried to get more water, "Morani said with a smile.
As an old friend of the Orc gods, he was the most familiar with them. After all, he was also one of the Orc gods back then. He knew everyone well and was familiar with each other's style of doing things.
The other crazy rain was the human god system. Their method was different from the Orc gods. They first made hundreds of lakes on the ground, and then directly filled these lakes with water. After that, they started to rain.
At first glance, this method did not seem as efficient as the Orc gods, but it avoided possible floods. It was more suitable for the humans, who were mainly farmers.
It was just that the human gods did not protect all human countries. Their rain was mainly concentrated in three places — the Kingdom of Light, the Blue Moon Federation, and the Country of Thousands of Springs.
These three countries were geographically adjacent. More importantly, they clearly took the belief of the human gods as their state religion.
In contrast, the Duchy of Thunder, the Mifata Federation, the three southern countries of the Dhaka Business Alliance, and the Commonwealth of Gold Coins in the West did not take the belief of the human gods as their state religion.
"Those guys … are really stingy!" After listening to Javier's introduction, Sui Xiong could not help but complain. "After all, they are all humans. Why can't they help to rain?"
"My ability is limited. There's nothing I can do about it." Javier didn't seem to care at all. "Besides, there are so many good gods. Actually, those places have received rain as well."
Sui Xiong sighed as he looked at the projection of the Main Plane, which was still mostly green, but now had a layer of withered yellow on it.
After a while, he asked, "How long do you think the effect of this rain … will last?"
"A few months."
"If the rainwater is stored properly, it might last for a year."
"One year is too much. It's impossible. The water will flow away."
The gods began to discuss the matter.
Sui Xiong was noncommittal as he stared at the translucent shadow.
He had a bad feeling about this.
In autumn, this ominous premonition gradually turned into reality.
Because there had been no rain for the whole summer, the drought was getting worse.
This time around, the Commonwealth of Gold Coins was experiencing the most severe drought. In many places, even the land had begun to dry up and crack. As for crops … If there was rain now, perhaps there would be some harvest. Otherwise, there would most likely be no harvest.
The Goddess of Wealth was very anxious. Every day, she was like an ant on a hot pan. She had already sent out all her clergymen and Oracles. Her Divine Power was being used like flowing water. But it was still far from enough for the disaster relief work of the entire Commonwealth of Gold Coins.
The disaster relief method was still the same old method, which was to get water from the Water Elemental Plane. However, due to the suppression of the Main Plane, even the legendary Oracles could not exert much power. Even if the Goddess of Wealth provided Divine Power at all costs, an Oracle could only get enough water for about ten thousand acres of farmland in a day.
In terms of numbers, ten thousand acres of farmland seemed to be a lot. But in fact, the Commonwealth of Gold Coins was a big country with a distance of more than 5,000 kilometers from north to south and nearly 4,000 kilometers from east to west. Its total area was more than 15 million square kilometers.
This country was still not developed enough. The area of arable land occupied about 15% of the country's territory. In other words, there were 2.2 million square kilometers of arable land. Converted to acres, it was … about 550 million acres.
Well, the conversion of "acres" to kilometers in this world seemed to be different from what Sui Xiong remembered. Was it because he was too bad at geography? Or was there really a problem with the measurement?
Then here came the problem. An Oracle could provide water for ten thousand acres of farmland in a day. Assuming a watering cycle of five days, how many Oracles would be needed to ensure water supply for 550 million acres of farmland?
With a slight calculation, one would know that it was not a lot. Eleven thousand Divine Envoys would be enough.
If it was outside the Main Plane, it was not a big deal to maintain the activities of eleven thousand Oracles. But in the Main Plane, to maintain the activities of such a number of Oracles, the consumption was an astronomical figure.
In fact, if it were not for the help of Sui Xiong and the others, the Goddess of Wealth would have been squeezed dry by herself.
But even with the help of Sui Xiong and the others, things were difficult.
Although the Goddess of Wealth was not good at fighting, she was a great Divine Power after all. She could probably maintain the activities of one thousand to one thousand five hundred Oracles in the human world. This was almost the entry level of a great Divine Power.
And among her allies, there was no one else who could do this.
Both Yorgaardman and Sui Xiong were stronger than the Goddess of Wealth. But no matter how strong they were, it was useless because they did not have that many Oracles under them.
To move around in the human world and guide water for irrigation, those mass-produced Oracles were not enough. Only elite Oracles had enough wisdom to complete such a task. Yorgaardman and Sui Xiong combined their elite Oracles, not to mention one thousand, they could not even gather five hundred …
Specifically, Sui Xiong had nearly three hundred elite Oracles, while Yorgaardman had less than one hundred.
In contrast, the God of Law, Lao Branse, had more elite Oracles. He had a total of two thousand.
All in all, in the end, after everyone sent out all the Oracles that they could send out, there were still about three thousand vacancies.
What was worse was that even if these three thousand vacancies were filled, they could only barely maintain the water supply for the farmland. The drought situation of the entire Commonwealth of Gold Coins could not be alleviated.
Don't forget, only about fifteen percent of the land in the Commonwealth of Gold Coins was arable land …
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