Cave Refuge-Chapter 166 - 165 Abnormality of Robinson William_1

"Aside from the saltpeter theft case, there have been no major incidents in Pengcheng recently. Overall, we are still living relatively peacefully.

However, I’ve gathered from various channels that Pengcheng has re-established contact with the central government, and all military regions have already prepared for first-level combat. It’s said that a few fourth and fifth-tier cities seem to refuse to follow the central government’s jurisdiction.

Then they were swept by the nearby garrison, and the survivors in the city were dispersed and resettled in other cities.

Of course, this happened just after the floodwaters receded, and before the weather warmed up. Communication hadn’t been restored then, so the news didn’t reach Pengcheng.

It is said that they are ready to launch the communication satellite from Jiuquan. It is currently being debugged, and it may be launched soon. By then, the communication network should be restored."

This piece of gossip from Ye Liuyun stunned Dong Tianyu. Communication is an important indicator distinguishing ancient and modern times. Although it seems that restoring communication doesn’t significantly impact actual production, it has an indelible effect on social stability.

Although he knew that Jiuquan was the most famous rocket launch base of the Great Summer empire, he didn’t expect any intact rockets to be preserved after so many rounds of disasters.

Perhaps sensing that Dong Tianyu did not believe the news he just relayed, Ye Liuyun continued to explain: "I heard that the warehouses storing rocket parts there are not ordinary warehouses. Besides being incredibly sturdy, they have been painted with a special coating to make them disappear from radar scans, and they are hidden deep underground.

So they were not affected during the frigid catastrophe. Because of the dust-free requirement, once the warehouse was closed, it was waterproof. When the floodwaters receded and the warehouse was reopened, it was extremely dry inside, without a single drop of water.

The reason they hadn’t launched before was that the electromagnetic pulse destroyed the external hoisting equipment and some basic facilities for fuel filling.

It seems that those things are almost repaired now, so the communication satellite will soon be launched, and the Great Summer’s communication network can be restored immediately."

"Good for you, Mr. Ye, even knowing the news from Jiuquan, amazing my brother."

Hearing Dong Tianyu’s exaggeration, Ye Liuyun did not feel smug, but instead waved his hand and said quietly: "This is not something I actively investigated. The information was deliberately released by the authorities. We are so far away from Jiuquan, there’s no way we could know about it."

Seeing no reaction from Dong Tianyu, Ye Liuyun moved his stool next to Dong Tianyu and continued to whisper: "No more gossip, I need to tell you something important.

Pengcheng has indeed resumed communication with the central government, and there was news from the central government that something was discovered in Kyoto that seems to be related to you martial artists.

I’m not sure of the specific situation, but it seems my brother has joined a special department.

You know my brother. His colleagues always praised him as a genius and said he had reached a certain level of Inner Breath. However, due to confidentiality agreements, he never talks about this at home.

But after all, he’s my real brother, and the fact that he can continue to practice martial arts every day depends on me scavenging supplies for him. Although he hasn’t explicitly said anything, I have noticed some problems from certain signs."

Upon hearing Ye Liuyun’s words, Dong Tianyu instantly became interested and picked up a handful of peanuts from the plate, his face showing the expression of a bystander who has just heard some interesting news: "Go ahead and tell me the story."

Changed by Dong Tianyu’s eager gaze, Ye Liuyun gave Dong Tianyu a reproachful look but continued: "Even though I’ve not practiced martial arts, I know very well what my brother was like when he first retired from the army.

He was very strong then, capable of easily dealing with ten or twenty unarmed men. But once those people armed themselves, my brother would probably bear some injuries even if he could defeat all of them.

My brother used to be strong, but he still fell within the category of ordinary people. But one day, I accidentally saw him and his teammates, and what I saw then was hard for me to believe."

Pausing, Ye Liuyun looked at Dong Tianyu and continued reluctantly when he saw that Dong Tianyu was not interested in his previous story,

"That time, I saw him at a Storage Zone. I wanted to greet him, but before I could get close, I saw him break the door lock of the warehouse with his bare hands. He then pulled open the heavy doors and went inside."

Seeing Ye Liuyun drinking water, Dong Tianyu thought Ye Liuyun was thirsty and took a break to drink, but after Ye Liuyun had finished his drink and still hadn’t continued his story, Dong Tianyu stared at Ye Liuyun incredulously and asked him word for word,

"Is that it?"

"Well, I thought they were executing a task, so I didn’t go and greet them."

Hearing Ye Liuyun say this, had Dong Tianyu been in a comic, he would have had black lines all over his head.

"Are you joking with me? How great can it be to pry open a lock?"

In response to Dong Tianyu’s retort, Ye Liuyun suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to tell Dong Tianyu about the warehouse situation recently, so he hurriedly added,

"I apologize, I didn’t explain it clearly before. That warehouse is different from regular ones. It was built to store valuable goods, so its outer walls were directly poured with reinforced concrete, and the gate was also a one-piece casting with reinforced concrete.

Previously, the opening and closing of the door relied on electric power, as each door probably weighed several tons, and was usually controlled by the control room.

After the catastrophe, the warehouse became redundant due to the problem of electromagnetic pulse.

There are a lot of good things in the warehouse, which I am coveting to death. Of course, I have also tried, but the things inside can’t be retrieved with human power alone.

That day, I saw my brother pry the lock into the door with one twist, and then hit the door several times. Finally, he reached in, grasped the broken lock, and pulled it out.

Then he put his single hand in the indentation where the lock was, and forcibly opened the incredibly heavy door with one hand.

This behaviour of my brother is far beyond ordinary people. When he entered the door, I thought he hadn’t noticed me.

I was afraid that I might disturb his mission, so I didn’t approach him. But who would have thought that after he opened the door, he actually turned and looked at me.

He was probably pretending not to notice me, and he definitely saw me. Otherwise, why would he secretly signal for me to leave as soon as possible before entering the warehouse?

When I returned to the warehouse after I finished my work, I found that the warehouse door had been closed. If it weren’t for the lock place being randomly obstructed from the outside with miscellaneous objects, no one would have known that someone had been there.

I also tried to get people to open the door afterwards, but we were unable to do so."