Cave Refuge

With Yara’s comforting words, the crowd at the entrance of the surveillance room gradually dispersed, but even so, everyone’s face still held concern.

In silence, Yara led Dong Tianyu and Ye Liuyun to the Interrogation Room. The captured individual was gagged and had restraints on her limbs.

Upon seeing the trio enter, she couldn’t help but struggle frantically; however, with the gag in her mouth, she could only emit a ’mmm mmm mmm’ sound.

Yara looked at her disheveled state and lost interest, turning directly to Dong Tianyu and Ye Liuyun to ask, "Do you have any other questions?"

Seeing Dong Tianyu and Ye Liuyun remain silent and merely shake their heads, Yara pushed open the door and said to the two guards waiting, "Take her away."

Under Yara’s lead, they arrived at a small Conference Room.

Yara did not exclude Dong Tianyu and Ye Liuyun and directly activated the projector. The image that appeared was from the perspective of a camera, seemingly worn on someone’s chest, showing the view of someone clambering through a narrow tunnel.

Without waiting for the other two to ask questions, Yara immediately explained, "The place in the video is one of the artificial escape tunnels of this Underground Bunker. He’s using the escape tunnel to check the situation aboveground."

Listening to Yara, Dong Tianyu and Ye Liuyun nodded calmly to indicate they understood.

The three of them silently watched the projection’s viewpoint shift continuously; soon enough, the person seemed to have reached the exit at the surface.

Instead of immediately opening the exit to leave, he opened a secret compartment beside the exit and took out a periscope similar to those on submarines.

He extended the folded periscope, then cautiously opened a small slot in the cover of the escape tunnel and stretched the periscope through it to the surface.

One couldn’t see what the periscope revealed from the video, but from the constant changing directions, it was clear he was carefully observing the situation outside. After a long while, he must have confirmed it was safe as he cautiously opened the escape tunnel cover and climbed to the surface.

Just as he replaced the cover to conceal the escape tunnel and was about to explore his surroundings, the projection surprisingly started to ascend continuously.

At first, the three in the Conference Room thought he might be climbing a tree to get a broader view, which would allow for better observation of the surrounding area.

However, as the projection’s height increased further, all three realized there must be a problem.

When the viewpoint in the video reached a certain height, there was a sudden acceleration, and the scenery visible to the three viewers gave them a rough idea of what had caused the issue.

The person arranged by Yara had been caught by an ancient creature with the ability to fly after exiting the tunnel. It was like an eagle seizing a rabbit, carrying its prey into the stratosphere before letting go abruptly, using gravity to smash the captive creature to death.

The video now showed this exact scenario unfolding, placing him in a desperate situation, with the outcome being self-evident.

While he fell from the sky, the camera attached to him kept working until the man crashed heavily onto the ground, causing the camera to shatter into pieces from the high fall, and thus darkening the projection to black.

Although the entire process from leaving the escape tunnel to being snatched and dropped by the ancient creature was brief, a playback of the video still offered glimpses of many peculiar sights.

The area around the exit of the escape tunnel may have seemed devoid of much ancient creature activity, but as the viewpoint lifted higher, a pause and count from the video playback revealed numerous ancient creatures lurking around.

Moreover, as the viewpoint stretched to a certain altitude, they faintly noticed the shapes of some giant ancient creatures in the video.

Unlike the common ancient creatures considered as food by the survivors, these giant ancient creatures were like tyrants to those who had survived.

Whether or not Kyoto had a way to deal with them was unknown to Dong Tianyu, but in Pengcheng, the usual method was to lure them away from the city area before they could get close, using various means. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Dong Tianyu and the others in the Underground Bunker were unaware that Kyoto was also undergoing a monster siege at this very moment.

However, unlike Saxon County, where ammunition had run low and the defense later relied solely on Martial Artists, Kyoto was not only well-stocked with various types of Ammunition but also had a variety of defensive methods against the monster siege.

After the swarm-like appearance of small ancient creatures, Kyoto converted transport aircraft into bombers to conduct bombing raids on the ground swarms.

Apart from the transport aircraft serving as bombers, several fighter jets provided escort, helping to chase away the flying ancient creatures that appeared in the sky.

With the protection of fighter jets, the converted bombers undertook carpet bombing in an effort to eliminate the incessantly gathering small ancient creatures.

Even though the ground had been thinned by the bombing, the number of small ancient creatures had not decreased. There seemed to be an inexplicable abundance of small ancient creatures still converging toward Kyoto.