Just Walking Makes You a Millionaire - Chapter 212



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◈ 212. Drought (2)

Floods were a terrible disaster, but droughts, when there was no rain, were also a terrible disaster.

A drought meant a period of several months without rain, either locally or nationally, but a super-long drought meant no rain for 20 years or more.

In a historical example, there was a time in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of the United States when not a single drop of rain fell for 200 years.

Of course, droughts were more tolerable than floods, but as temperatures continued above 35 degrees Celsius as climate change intensified and there was no rain for months, even trees that were relatively more drought-tolerant began to dry up.

The drought hit the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

After more than three months of no rain, rivers dried up and reservoirs, dams, and even rivers began to show their water levels.

With drinking water as well as water for growing crops becoming scarce, even limited water supply became difficult in the area.

In some areas, the price of water was higher than the price of oil, but in others, the price of water was higher than the price of gold.

People were left suffering from water shortages as even dirty puddles dried up.

Most of the crops had dried up, and we would have to worry about food shortages in a few months.

Some countries have tried to scientifically spread cloud seeds into the atmosphere, but the area in question and the surrounding areas were so dry that no clouds were formed.

It only works if there is at least a little cloud cover.

All he could do was look up at the cloudless sky and pray fervently for rain.

Because there was no water for people to drink, livestock also began to die.

As forest animals began to disappear, people began to have grim concerns that this drought might last a very long time.

It wasn’t just a problem for the continent’s inland areas.

Areas that should have been receiving rainfall at certain times were also experiencing problems as rainfall decreased significantly.

It may not cause ecological changes in a year or two, but over time it could lead to the collapse of the ecosystem.

Eventually, a war began over water.

Incidents of plundering not only countries with relatively abundant water, but also rich regions within the same country began to occur.

In fact, this water war has been going on since the past.

Privatizing water caused problems.

This privatization issue has become a problem as the Chinese government’s construction of dams on the Mekong River has put a hold on the lifeline of Southeast Asian countries.

Ultimately, by storing excessive water in one area, it changed the ecology of the surrounding area, put excessive pressure on the ground, and eventually caused a collapse accident.

But amid a global drought, the Chinese government has once again begun building dams on the upper reaches of the Mekong River.

For Southeast Asian countries that were weakened by the war with China, this was an act that was absolutely unacceptable.

Southeast Asia was a region that was devastated by the collapse of a dam, but as time passed, the river course changed slightly from the past, but it was restored and people established their homes again.

Such an extended river course has helped us relatively escape drought, but if China builds dams again, this is absolutely unacceptable.

Eventually, attacks on the dam increased.

China has the most dams in the world, with an average of 51 dams failing each year.

With over 100,000 reservoirs and thousands of dams built since the 1950s nearing the end of their lifespan, projections are emerging that 80 percent of the dams have reached the end of their useful lifespan.

The most important of these dams was the Three Gorges Dam, the largest dam in the world.

There were even predictions that if the Three Gorges Dam were to collapse, hundreds of millions of people would be displaced and southern China would collapse.

As a result, rumors began to circulate every year that it would collapse.

Because it has such an overwhelming water volume, it is said that it not only harms mainland China, but can also change the ecosystem of the Yellow Sea.

This means that fish and fish farms in the Yellow Sea region and some southern sea areas of the Korean Peninsula could die in large numbers.

In particular, there were rumors that the Taiwanese military had an operational plan to attack the Three Gorges Dam with missiles if China invaded Taiwan.

Although it has not been confirmed whether such an operation actually took place, it was clear that it could have significantly weakened China’s national power.

But if that happened, it would have been impossible for Taiwan to occupy China.

The angry Chinese would not recognize Taiwan, and it would be impossible for Taiwan’s national power to take over a land filled with hundreds of millions of displaced people.

Moreover, the Japanese forces occupying the area near Shanghai could easily have been annihilated by the collapse of the Three Gorges Dam, so if Taiwan were to attack the Three Gorges Dam, Japan would certainly be terrified and try to block it.

Moreover, the moment they attacked the Three Gorges Dam, China would use nuclear weapons.

So, both China and Taiwan had no choice but to refrain from using their worst moves against each other.

But for Southeast Asian countries, whether the Three Gorges Dam collapsed or not was of no concern to them.

They threatened to attack the Three Gorges Dam if construction on the Mekong River was not halted.

Of course, the Chinese government ignored it because the Southeast Asian countries had no means to attack the Three Gorges Dam.

That arrogance caused a shocking problem.

bang!

There was an explosion.

The dam did not collapse, perhaps because the explosion was weak.

However, because the dam’s structure was damaged, it became impossible to tell when it would collapse.

The Chinese government also had to deploy insufficient troops to provide an ironclad defense around the Three Gorges Dam in case of an attack on the Dam.

In addition, reinforcement work on the Three Gorges Dam had to be carried out urgently.

It was also difficult for Korea to escape the drought.

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During the sowing period, Jincheol used a huge amount of points to make it rain, but after that, it stopped raining and the drought in the Korean peninsula began to prolong.

Fortunately, the water storage rate in the southern region was quite good, so there was no water shortage.

Although the northeastern part of North Korea did not lack water, the western part began to suffer from a serious drought.

It was fortunate that we took this opportunity to build a reservoir and dredge the river as a preventive measure.

If the drought were to end and sufficient rain would come, a significant amount of water resources could be secured.

Of course, in the current water shortage situation, the South Korean government tried to solve the water shortage by developing groundwater in North Korea, but it had to worry about the limitations of that as well.

“The water storage capacity of Baekdu Mountain’s Cheonji Lake is approximately 2 billion tons. This amount of water is sufficient to provide drinking water to North Korean residents.”

“Are you saying we should bring water from Baekdu Mountain’s Cheonji?”

“Yes. Currently, most of the water of Cheonji flows into the Songhua River through the Dalmun River in China. The Amnok River and the Duman River are rivers where the groundwater of Baekdu Mountain flows, so they are not directly related to the water of Cheonji.”

“The idea is to lure it south.”

“Yes. Moreover, the enormous amount of water in the heavens and the earth could cause a huge steam bomb during the eruption of Mt. Baekdu, which could act as a bomb that could cause catastrophic damage to the surrounding areas. The water storage capacity in the heavens and the earth must be properly controlled.”

“The report says that the water from Cheonji also plays a role in suppressing the magma chamber under Baekdu Mountain and suppressing eruptions. If we draw out the water and use it, won’t there be any problems?”

“There are such problems, but there is also a paper that says that the pressure created by the enormous water storage capacity of Cheonji is stimulating the magma chamber of Baekdu Mountain.”

At the time of its completion, it was the largest dam in the East and is currently the fifth largest dam in the world, with a water storage capacity of 2.9 billion tons.

It was a reservoir with a huge water storage capacity comparable to the Soyang River Dam, which supplies 1.2 billion tons of water annually to the metropolitan area and central South Korea.

70% of the water in the world comes from rainfall, and the remaining 30% comes from spring water from within Mt. Baekdu.

Unlike droughts in other regions, Baekdu Mountain was still seeing abundant rainfall, which even made the Korean government drool.

“What about the negotiations with Houcheng?”

“They said they would give us the entire Baekdu Mountain if we increased our support.”

There was no problem with the fact that it didn’t matter whether Baekdu Mountain was developed or not.

“The Chinese government must be the problem.”

“We can’t possibly be concerned about the Three Gorges Dam issue right now. Moreover, even if it weren’t for the Qing, half of the world is on our side.”

“You could argue that it was a preventive measure against a volcanic eruption.”

“Yes, and we can also secure abundant water resources.”

“The construction won’t be easy.”

“That’s because of the recent movement of Mt. Baekdu, which has caused quite a few landslides in the North Korean region. As a result, some of the water from Cheonji is flowing south.”

“Are you sure it’s okay?”

“It is said that the energy of the magma chamber is decreasing somewhat.”

As the difficulty of construction also decreased, the Korean government eventually decided to utilize the vast amount of water in the world, as it could secure scarce water resources.

By secretly providing support to the Qing dynasty, he secured ownership of Baekdu Mountain and removed restrictions on the development of water resources in Cheonji.

Despite concerns about a landslide, construction began to open up a channel for the waters of Cheonji to flow down Mt. Baekdu.

And such construction put Jincheol in an awkward position.

Ruby was brought near Baekdu Mountain to reduce the eruption energy of Baekdu Mountain.

However, construction of a waterway on Mt. Baekdu began.

While the public’s demand for Mt. Baekdu tourism was quite strong, entry to the mountain was prohibited due to signs of earthquakes and eruptions.

I knew that the purpose of the Jincheol River was to develop water resources.

Since it was not possible to make it rain every time even with Jincheol’s point, it was clear that it would be difficult to leave the vast water resources of Baekdu Mountain alone.

The problem was that the eruption energy of Baekdu Mountain had not yet been sufficiently reduced.

Moreover, there was no place better than Baekdu Mountain to properly control the energy of the ruby.

In the end, Jincheol decided to move to a place other than the place where the Baekdu Mountain waterway construction was being done and continue the process of lowering the energy of Baekdu Mountain’s magma chamber.

However, since the moving location was quite far from the magma chamber, it was difficult to sufficiently reduce the energy, and an earthquake occurred in the previously stable direction.

Although the process of suppressing the eruption of Baekdu Mountain had to continue for years and even decades, Jincheol was powerless when it came to drought.

One way would be to appropriately utilize the energy accumulated through the Eternal Ice Wall.

If you spread ice on the Earth with an eternal ice wall, it will snow even in summer.

It was a terrible weather anomaly as it snowed in the middle of summer, but it helped somewhat with the drought as the snow melted and created water.

Of course, since the crops would all freeze in the snow, it could only be used after the harvest season was over in late fall or until early spring, and it was impossible to even think of using it in midsummer.

Eventually, Jincheol used the ice of the Eternal Ice Wall after the fall harvest season was over.

By causing snow to fall worldwide in an attempt to moisten the entire planet amidst a worldwide drought, people began to worry that the entire world was experiencing an ice age.

It snowed even near the equator, where it is not supposed to snow.

And unless it snowed a lot, the amount of snow itself was not that large, so in order to relieve the drought, it had to snow several times until spring.

And Jincheol could not have predicted what effect such an act would have on the Earth’s environment.

Jincheol, who had caused snow to fall on land three times, stopped, but he had to regret stopping.

It was expected that the drought would be alleviated the following year, but the following year, a severe drought continued from the spring onwards.

The drought that lasted more than 30 years began.

If it weren’t for the worldwide snowfall that came during the winter, we might not have been able to survive this long drought.

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