Cave Refuge-Chapter 192 - 191: Blue Star Gradually Taking a Different Path_1

Although Captain Wu still retains his title because order still exists, he knows that his department differs from the others.

The special operations team belongs to the violence department, and each mission they undertake is a display of their individual strength. If their personal level can’t keep up with the average level of the team...

It’s possible that one could be stabbed in the back eighteen times and be killed by the enemy, according to the official battle report.

For this reason, Captain Wu picked up a cultivation method he had previously scorned and started to practice it diligently in secret.

However, the practice of martial arts inevitably leads to a considerable consumption of food. As the control of supplies is in the hands of the enemy, even though they haven’t cut down the amount of supplies that should be given out each time, when factoring in the resources needed for cultivation, it is somewhat insufficient.

This is also why Captain Wu surreptitiously decided to ally with Li Minghao. After all, he is well aware that regardless of how the situation evolves in the future, an unbridgeable gap will exist between the treatment of martial artists and non-martial artists.

After a long silence, Captain Wu answered with some frustration, "I understand your thoughts. A martial artist can indeed operate outside for a short time, but activities in the outside world will continuously consume the Inner Breath, commonly known as Inner Strength.

The few martial artists under my command, due to long-term lack of food supply, can barely maintain the strength they had when they first broke through and cannot continue to enhance their strength. After testing, we found that the maximum time we can operate outside is two hours. This is the limit under the circumstances where there are no intense activities.

The nearest subway station to Nameless Mountain is not far away. For a martial artist, it would take a maximum of half an hour, but according to special information, the Refuge Center on Nameless Mountain has a sturdy metal door.

It would be difficult to open that metal door without professional tools, and we currently do not know the exact location of the Refuge Center within the mountain. Even if we wanted to bypass the metal door and dig in from the side, it would be a troublesome task."

Upon hearing Captain Wu’s report, Li Minghao fell silent for a moment, "If I provide you with enough food for your ten martial artists to cultivate, can you ensure that the next time Dong Tianyu comes, you will definitely be able to control him?

You should know that he should also be a martial artist and that if engaged for too long, Robinson William might intervene. Dong Tianyu must be controlled before Robinson William takes action."

Captain Wu was somewhat incredulous about what he just heard, and he stared at Li Minghao with an air of disbelief, trying to ascertain the sincerity of his offer.

Li Minghao noticed Captain Wu’s gaze and repeated his words again, but also spoke his own requirements: "No matter what, once Dong Tianyu enters the Refuge Center next time, you must control him before Robinson William takes action."

Upon receiving a positive response, a thrilled Captain Wu immediately stood up, saluted Li Minghao, and pledged on the spot to complete the task.

Dong Tianyu, who was currently cultivating, was unaware that he had become a target for others and was still immersed in his cultivation in his cave mansion.

The current Blue Star, compared to before the rebirth, is like a line with a very small angle. Although the two lines overlap near the intersection point, but as long as the ends of the lines can be extended infinitely, the distance between the two lines will eventually become increasingly larger.

As time passed, Dong Tianyu’s influence on Blue Star became more and more significant.

The emergence of martial artists officially put Blue Star on a different path from the world Dong Tianyu knew before his rebirth.

Although martial artists now have the ability to operate freely outside, there is currently nothing useful to martial artists in the outside world.

Although it can currently be considered a return of the Spirit Energy, no treasures or natural resources have appeared in the wilderness. Even many previously edible things have quickly decayed and spoiled in the high temperatures.

The current survival status of the survivors seems to be unaffected by the emergence of martial artists.

However, it is precisely because there are no natural resources or treasures that martial artists need to consume a large amount of food to cultivate.

Although there is not currently a food shortage in most of the Refuge Center on Blue Star, the food consumption of a martial artist is several dozens of times that of an ordinary person. Combined with the increasing number of martial artists, anyone with discerning eyes would understand that a food crisis is imminent in their Refuge Center.

Yet it is almost impossible to impose restrictions on martial artists. After all, although firearms can cause harm to martial artists, one can’t simply pull out a gun because a martial artist consumes slightly more food.

What’s more, most martial artists are members of the violence department, many people had their own firearms even before they became martial artists, and after becoming martial artists, they became the main fighting force in the department.

In the face of increased consumption by martial artists and unchanged production in the underground Refuge Center, the precarious balance of food supply was instantly disrupted. Although there is still some food stockpiled in each Refuge Center, this can only delay the outbreak of the food crisis.

The reason why no one has openly broken the news so far is because many people are speculating whether the situation that occurred in the later stages of the previous flood, where various kinds of fish inexplicably appeared in the water, will happen again.

It’s normal to have fish in the water, even in a flood, but the quantity of fish in the water was abnormal and suddenly increased significantly, just like in a game where things spawn.

Even if someone suspected something at that time, they wouldn’t dare to spread it recklessly.

Now that another extreme disaster has occurred, no matter who breaks the news, if the situation where large quantities of fish supply suddenly appeared like last time were to happen again, those who revealed the truth would absolutely be condemned by others.

The intelligent people who can see this matter, because of their instincts for profit and avoidance of harm, certainly won’t actively expose it.

The court’s think tank actually recognized this issue when martial artists first appeared. But they also knew how difficult it is for ordinary people to cultivate to the Inner Breath Realm.

Their children have been receiving elite education all along, so letting their children learn more about internal martial arts at this time would definitely make them progress much faster than ordinary people.

Therefore, as beneficiaries of existing rules, they turned a blind eye to this matter, as stability is needed for now.

Matters concerning martial artists have thus become semi-public information.

Special Information: Martial Artists

Traditional martial arts are practiced and a stream of energy that can be controlled is cultivated within the body. This stream of energy circulates within the body in different ways according to the cultivation method practiced by the individual.

Each cycle of the energy will carry out a subtle strengthening of the body.

The consumption of Inner Breath can greatly enhance one’s overall physical attributes for a short period of time.