From these two aspects, it can be confirmed that before the disaster, the water quality of Dragon Lake was very poor and definitely did not meet the standard for direct drinking.

But now, not to mention that the water of Dragon Lake had dried up during the disaster, the current water is all new.

Even if it was just as poor in quality as before, the survivors wouldn’t be too concerned; after all, when they are about to die of thirst, who cares about the health quality of the water? As long as it quenches thirst, that’s enough.

This is also why the camp where grandpa was located, after the city was destroyed by the earthquake, decided to move the survivors over here to set up camp.

Although the roads were somewhat rugged, it wasn’t much of an issue for the Black Car with its powerful off-road capabilities. It didn’t take long for Dong Tianyu to use Divine Sense to find the camp here.

At this time, Dong Tianyu didn’t drive the Black Car directly to that camp. Instead, he randomly picked a spot to get out of the car, stored the Black Car into the space, and then walked towards the camp.

Dong Tianyu didn’t intend to directly enter the camp to look for grandpa but instead climbed up a huge tree and advanced while hiding his body among the dense leaves.

When Dong Tianyu got close to the camp here, he found that, compared to the Saxon County Camp, which had already established thick city walls, this camp seemed very rudimentary.

The entire camp was surrounded by fences that even small ancient creatures could cross. These wooden fences were about one meter high at most—if it had been before the disaster, they might have been barely acceptable, but now, not to mention large ancient creatures, even small ones couldn’t be kept out.

In addition, Dong Tianyu did not find any guards or gatekeepers that should have been patrolling around the camp continuously.

Although the camp was very lively, the vigilance was too low. Even though everyone knew that small ancient creatures were very dangerous to ordinary people, Dong Tianyu didn’t feel any atmosphere of tension here.

It seems not everyone’s thoughts were the same. Compared to Saxon County Camp, which had been planning for many years, this place believed in enjoying the moment. After all, most people couldn’t live long during this period.

However, Dong Tianyu wasn’t concerned about what the camp was like; what he cared about was how grandpa was living here.

Although the coverage of Divine Sense wasn’t very large, it was enough to search for grandpa inside the camp.

Dong Tianyu quickly located grandpa with Divine Sense; grandpa was sitting at the door, chatting with several other old men of similar age.

Seeing grandpa looking robust and full of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, one could tell that uncle took good care of grandpa.

But that was to be expected, after all, they were father and son. Grandpa had been good to uncle since he was young, so it was normal for uncle to take good care of grandpa now.

After finding grandpa, Dong Tianyu began to search for his uncle’s figure in the camp, but after circling the camp a few times, he couldn’t find where his uncle was.

However, looking at grandpa, who seemed very happy, it didn’t look like the expression of someone whose relative had had an accident.

Unable to find his uncle, Dong Tianyu could only search the houses around grandpa.

Using this method, Dong Tianyu quickly found his aunt, who was at home sewing clothes for his uncle; from her appearance, one could tell that uncle must just be out working and that no mishap had occurred.

After learning about grandpa’s situation, Dong Tianyu was originally planning to bring some goods to his uncle’s family and then leave, but after much thought, Dong Tianyu decided to temporarily abandon this idea.

And now, he didn’t plan to meet with grandpa either but rather to return and report the situation here to mom, to ask her what she wanted to do.

If she decided to send something to them, Dong Tianyu would simply make another trip.

If she wanted to take grandpa and his family to Saxon County, Dong Tianyu actually wouldn’t object, because he was not often at home, and bringing grandpa back would also give his mother some solace.

Having decided to return and seek advice first—since he wasn’t going to show his face anyway—staying here didn’t seem to serve any purpose.

So Dong Tianyu never actually entered the camp; he only used Divine Sense to check the situation of grandpa and his family and then turned around and left.

The camp here was completely unaware that someone had been openly observing the camp from the giant trees nearby.

The return journey was much simpler. Again, he sat inside the Black Car, also sticking only to the main roads.

But even with Dong Tianyu being so cautious, there was still an unexpected encounter on the road.

This time, instead of ancient animal creatures, it was ancient plant creatures that appeared on the way.

Seeing the discarded wood piled up on the road, Dong Tianyu guessed that he had run into a robbery.

However, such a minor obstacle was a piece of cake for the Black Car under Dong Tianyu.

Upon seeing the obstacles ahead, Dong Tianyu didn’t even slow down but instead accelerated and rammed through them.

The collision was nothing to the Black Car, as Dong Tianyu had used special materials in its synthesis, not to mention that the roadblock was merely plant debris.

Even if the blockade had been reinforced with steel and concrete targets, Dong Tianyu’s Black Car could easily knock them aside.

For some reason, there hadn’t been any of this mess on the road when he first came to Pengcheng, yet now, on his way back, there were all these unknown things cluttering the road.

After confirming with his Divine Sense that the road was mostly blocked by miscellaneous plants, Dong Tianyu’s Black Car didn’t show any sign of slowing down when moving forward.

Facing the things that hindered progress on the road, he either smashed through them or crushed them under the tires.

They say men love starting things, but in truth, men are even more fond of violence, just like bumper cars in an amusement park are predominantly driven by men.

Dong Tianyu’s trip to Pengcheng was quick, and so was his return. Including the time delayed in the forest, he made it back to the camp by dinnertime.

In an unexpected coincidence, both of his parents had plans that evening and wouldn’t be home for dinner.

So after returning, Dong Tianyu didn’t linger at home but went straight into the Cave.

At that time, Walker Violet and the others were in the ranch area tending to the livestock. Seeing everyone busy, Dong Tianyu didn’t go to disturb them, but found a spot and opened the Data Layout, which he hadn’t checked in a long time.

The Data Layout was quite rudimentary, so Dong Tianyu seldom opened it, and when he did, it was just to check how many Survival Points were saved.

China’s ingrained hoarding trait meant that when playing games, Dong Tianyu would pick up even unnecessary items, keeping them unless the inventory was truly full, at which point he would reluctantly discard something.

Even in single-player games, he would sparingly use those boss-fighting boost potions, knowing they would be useless after clearing the game, Dong Tianyu wouldn’t use them lightly.

Dong Tianyu hadn’t made much use of Survival Points. In theory, he could instantly use them to construct many buildings within the Cave.

For example, an Artifact Refining room or alchemy chamber... and other special constructions that provide benefits to production skills.

Or leisure buildings like a tavern or an art gallery.

Or even special constructions like a training hall or an illusionary realm to increase combat experience.

And there are gambling facilities like the Hall of Exotic Stones or the Pottery Workshop.

Having saved Survival Points for so long, building one or two constructions wouldn’t be difficult for Dong Tianyu.

However, Dong Tianyu always hesitated to use his Survival Points lightly, saving them for when he was short of materials for upgrades, ensuring a sufficient supply for substitution.

Despite the tempting descriptions of the buildings provided by the System on the Data Layout, he resisted the urge and didn’t waste a single point.

Closing the Data Layout with some difficulty, Dong Tianyu stood up to stretch his body before entering the Wave Rider.

No longer concerned about dinner, Dong Tianyu urgently needed to find something to distract himself, otherwise he’d keep thinking about the characteristics of those special constructions on the Data Layout.