The murky sky continued to drizzle, though it no longer poured as furiously as before.
Xuzhou City, ravaged by the flood, had long lost its former liveliness and bustle. Everywhere, there were remnants of broken walls, livestock drowned in the deluge, and the corpses of the Human Clan.
When the envoy from the Jizhou Capital with Di Shun's holy decree arrived in Xuzhou, Gun was already at the city gates.
After exchanging polite greetings, Gun took the holy decree but showed no particular reaction. After all, even without the holy decree, Gun would have made arrangements for flood control on his own.
The matters that followed grew more complex. After multifaceted investigations, Gun eventually decided to build embankments and dams to block the floodwaters.
