Unlike other natural disasters that can eventually recover, the Soldier Bug’s presence causes permanent damage to the environment.

This devastation is similar to that following a nuclear explosion, perhaps even more so since, after a nuclear detonation, some forms of plant and animal life with greater vitality manage to survive.

However, the arrival of the Soldier Bug, while not resulting in chemical degradation of the soil, is so physically destructive on the environment that it’s truly alarming.

At this moment, both Dong Tianyu and the Officials in many of China’s Survivor Camps are furrowing their brows with concern.

The number of Camps actually capable of closing the aerial rifts across China are few, after all, even before the disasters, there weren’t many cities equipped with fighters jets and reserves of nuclear peacemakers. Plus, the arrival of several rounds of disasters, especially earthquakes, has destroyed many underground bases, further reducing the number of cities able to close the rifts.

Therefore, most cities’ Survivor Camps, just like Saxon County Camp where Dong Tianyu was located, could only watch helplessly as the Soldier Bugs continuously poured out of the cracks.

It is unknown how much time passed, perhaps due to the space’s self-healing nature, or because the supports of the rifts could no longer sustain them; eventually, the number of rifts began to dwindle, and finally, all those that had appeared in the sky vanished.

Even though the rifts in the sky had disappeared, the number of Soldier Bugs that had emerged was beyond estimation.

As the sky rifts closed, the Soldier Bugs that had become the foundation of Bug Mountain began to slowly break away from it.

And these Soldier Bugs, despite having their limbs broken from being used as the foundations of Bug Mountain, began to hunt nearby and brought their prey to the foot of Bug Mountain.

Even the Soldier Bugs with broken legs and feet were able to grow new exoskeletons over their broken wounds after consuming resources brought by other Soldier Bugs. It seemed that it wouldn’t be long before these Soldier Bugs could regrow their limbs.

After witnessing these events, Dong Tianyu used his Sword Control to return to the camp from the air, knowing he needed to make early plans for his family in light of this disaster.

That saying still holds, the Cave is the last resort for his parents. Dong Tianyu did not intend to bring his parents into the Cave unless their safety was threatened.

As he flew over Saxon County Camp, Dong Tianyu made an assessment of the camp’s defensive capabilities at the time.

After several expansions, the camp now had four walls. The outermost wall was built with steel-reinforced concrete, while the other three were made of huge timbers.

However, except for the last wall, which was hurriedly built directly from timber, the wood used for the other two walls had been dried for several months, had their moisture content controlled, and after being coated with waterproof paint, they became the walls of the camp.

Although each of these walls was solidly built with no hollow spaces, the defensive strength of the multi-layered walls still declined progressively.

Therefore, once the outermost wall was breached, it would be very difficult for survivors to defend using the second and third walls.

Fortunately, this issue was not urgent for the time being. If not mistaken, although the Soldier Bugs have strong regeneration capabilities, they themselves do not possess reproductive abilities.

So, as countless as they may appear, the reality is that the number of Soldier Bugs diminishes with each one killed.

However, the damage that the Bugs cause to the environment is immense, and if the situation drags on for too long, the once lush forest might turn into a desolate desert.

Besides, Dong Tianyu had thought of an even more serious problem: the issue of food supply.

It should be noted that the reason why most survivors are not worried about starvation is that the Hunting Team captures small prehistoric creatures from the wilderness daily.

Since the end of the last round of disasters and the resurgence of prehistoric creatures, those still living in the forests no longer respawn like monsters in games but reproduce and lay eggs like real biological creatures.

Take the Saxon County situation, for example; although the Hunting Teams make daily kills, they are primarily small prehistoric creatures.

The reproduction capabilities of these small creatures are similar to rabbits before the disasters, capable of multiple and frequent births, and they grow quickly. Therefore, despite the Hunting Teams’ daily gains, the impact on the population of small prehistoric creatures isn’t significant.

But the Soldier Bug was different. First, the Soldier Bug not only hunted those small ancient organisms but also destroyed their living spaces, eroding their areas bit by bit in a sweeping manner.

Without their living areas, no matter how high their reproductive abilities or how fast their growth, they could not withstand the Bug Race not giving them time to recover.

Although with each Soldier Bug that died one less remained, even though the ancient organisms and those mutated plants would also attack the Soldier Bugs, looking at the numbers now appearing around the Saxon County Camp.

If the survivors didn’t intervene in the battle between the two sides, even with medium and giant ancient organisms on their side, the destructive power of the Soldier Bugs would ensure that even if the ancient organisms managed to survive till the end, the surrounding environment had been utterly destroyed, making their eventual death just a matter of time.

Therefore, it was very likely that such low meat prices would no longer appear, and the situation of survivors getting tired of eating meat would definitely cease to exist.

With this in mind, Dong Tianyu immediately took out his phone and first called his mother, instructing her to go and purchase some food that could be stored for a long time, right away.

Although there were many supplies stocked before the disaster in Dong Tianyu’s Storage Space, when it came to food, the more, the better.

And calling Mrs. Thompson was not just about having her shop alone; he instructed her to inform her circle of sisters to shop together.

Having gone through many rounds of disasters, Dong Tianyu understood that humans were social creatures, so it was still necessary to have some friends of the same status and identity.

It’s not that you can’t make friends across class lines. Even if both parties don’t mind each other’s background, their different living standards fundamentally result in different values.

The love between Cinderella and the prince, if it truly lasted, would be due to the prince’s one-sided effort to elevate Cinderella’s standard of living to his own level.

But with friendships, you cannot always have one side giving, like the small cliques in college, which are generally formed by students from similar family backgrounds.

After all, those students debating whether to feed their pets raw beef or cooked beef are definitely not going to have much in common with those who can’t afford beef on a regular basis.

The reason he did not call Mr. Thompson was firstly because Mr. Thompson no longer needed to expand his connections in this way, and secondly, Mrs. Thompson’s actions could also help Mr. Thompson to some extent.

After hanging up the phone, Dong Tianyu thought for a moment before dialing Ye Liuyun’s number, "What are you up to?"

"If you have something to say, just say it. I’m busy right now."

"Busy with what?"

"There really is something going on here. Just tell me what it is, I’m seriously busy."

Hearing Ye Liuyun respond like this, Dong Tianyu didn’t beat around the bush anymore and directly said, "There has been an anomaly in the wilderness. You should know about it, right? I went to check it out, and the actual situation is that a crack has appeared in the sky, and countless bugs have crawled out from that gap.

After those bugs appeared, they not only actively attacked any creatures around them but also destroyed the plants in the wild, so I guess..."

Before Dong Tianyu could finish, Ye Liuyun immediately interrupted, "You mean the food prices are going to rise, right? What do you think I’m doing right now if not stocking up on food?

This is something you don’t need to remind me about; actually, everyone understands that regardless of what the new round of disasters looks like, hoarding food is the most important thing.

Because the new round of disasters had yet to occur, coupled with the Hunting Team’s daily substantial gains, that’s why food prices have gradually decreased.

But with the appearance of abnormalities in the sky, everyone is guessing that a new round of catastrophe has already begun, so the perceptive people in the camp are tacitly beginning to stockpile supplies. If I waited for your reminder, all I’d be able to do is pick up the scraps left by others behind."

Hearing Ye Liuyun say this, Dong Tianyu was momentarily at a loss for words and could only say angrily, "Good intentions treated like a donkey’s liver and lungs!" before hanging up the phone directly.