Cave Refuge-Chapter 214 - 213: The Reason_1

The food was ready, they sat down to eat, two were drinking beverages, and one was drinking alcohol. The three of them didn’t start with idle talk but dug into their meal first to fill their stomachs.

Ye Liuyun and Robinson William had a refined way of eating, yet they ate quickly. On the other hand, Zachary was probably accustomed to having meals prepared by Walker Violet and Jasmine Anderson every day.

Even though the food prepared by William Robinson tasted quite good, Zachary was not blown away. Consequently, he ate slowly, as he usually would.

The three of them frantically ate for a while to fill their stomachs. Only after their stomachs were full, did they slow down the pace of their eating and start chitchatting.

"Recently, fewer and fewer Martial Artists are breaking through to the Inner Breath Realm. The chaos outside the city should have calmed down by now. This has resulted in a large number of deaths. The Airdrop Faction really shot themselves in the foot this time."

Hearing William Robinson’s comment, both Zachary and Ye Liuyun looked at him with confused expressions.

"Aren’t those who establish private sanctuaries mostly local faction members and their relatives? How did the Airdrop Faction end up being the biggest losers?"

After glancing at Ye Liuyun, Zachary asked this, voicing the confusion they both had.

"Your thinking is the same as most people, who believe that most private sanctuaries were established by local faction members.

The reason you think this way is that the local factions have essentially taken control of crucial positions in the West City District. But you need to consider that the West City District is virtually under our control. So, why would we need to go through the hassle of setting up more sanctuaries outside?"

Upon hearing this from Robinson William, Zachary turned his gaze towards Ye Liuyun.

Understanding Zachary’s thought process, William Robinson said with a bit of helplessness, "Cases like Liuyun’s aren’t the majority. In fact, Liuyun himself understands the specifics of the situation. Despite setting up a private sanctuary,

He secretly established a connection to the subway network. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have been able to transport people there so quickly this time.

The situation is a little complicated to explain. Simply put, after the catastrophe, the Airdrop Faction’s usual practices of planting their people and swapping out personnel became ineffective. As a result, most of the actual control over key positions is in our hands.

Upon realizing this, the Airdrop Faction, in an attempt to maintain what little power they had left, set up a number of private sanctuaries. Their intentions are pretty self-explanatory.

Although we became aware of this and noticed their actions, at the time the Airdrop Faction still had some power. They hadn’t been completely sidelined yet, and the means by which they requisitioned supplies were legal. Thus, we experienced some setbacks in this regard.

Currently, the control over the country is still in the hands of the Officials, so everyone has to play by the rules.

Once they started doing this, we contacted families from the other three city districts and found that their situations were the same.

At first, we planned on dismantling the private sanctuaries and reclaiming the misappropriated supplies. However, we were obstructed by the Airdrop Faction and the higher-ups among the Officials.

Next thing we knew, a decree on the autonomy of private sanctuaries was issued.

We couldn’t prevent the issuance of the decree, but we were not willing to give in, so we added a clause stating that if a private sanctuary connects with the subway network, all items in it will be confiscated."

Upon hearing William Robinson say this, Liuyun rounded his eyes in surprise, asking, "Was the Martial Artist incident your doing?"

Responding to Liuyun’s question, Robinson nodded, "With the increasing number of Martial Artists breaking through, the consumption of food in the sanctuary has far exceeded our original plan.

But now, we can’t directly restrict the amount of food a Martial Artist eats. After all, one’s appetite trumps everything else. Hence, we turned our eyes toward the private sanctuaries established with the supplies taken away initially."

"Then you guys arranged..."

William Robinson interrupted Liuyun before he could finish, saying, "It wasn’t us who orchestrated it. It’s just that some Martial Artists, after seeing the autonomy granted to private sanctuaries, began considering this idea. You already know what happened next."

Once Robinson finished, Liuyun sighed somewhat despondently, "Did I jump from the frying pan into the fire?"

"What jumping from the frying pan into the fire? You only have yourself to blame. When you left, didn’t I arrange some special forces members for you to take with you? They were all Martial Artists about to breakthrough to the Inner Breath Realm. At the time, you were worried about their large appetites and didn’t want to accommodate them. If you had listened to me, you wouldn’t need to fear a threat from other Martial Artists to the sanctuary you established."

Robinson’s comment left Liuyun speechless. Indeed, Robinson had wanted to arrange some special forces members to protect him. Even though these members had not reached the Inner Breath Realm, their appetite was several times that of a regular person.

Liuyun had no idea when all this was going to happen. He thought that although Martial Artists had reached the Inner Breath Realm and could freely move around in the high temperatures, they couldn’t resist firearms. So even though he knew Martial Artists were powerful, he didn’t pay too much attention to them.

Perhaps Liuyun had played too many video games before the disaster and had forgotten that Martial Artists can also fight with firearms.

Given the quick response and agility of a Martial Artist, which far exceeds that of ordinary people, a Martial Artist could easily wipe out a combat squad composed of ordinary people.

Only after losing do people regret.

In order to stop thinking about these upsetting matters, Liuyun deftly changed the topic, "Zachary, I heard that you still control Nameless Mountain? How did you manage that?"

Hearing Liuyun’s question, Zachary did not plan to hide anything, "Remember the sniper rifle you sold me? There is nothing obstructing the view on Nameless Mountain. Anyone who goes up there becomes an easy target, no matter who they are.

You know the capabilities of that sniper rifle. The single-shot mode in video games was deliberately weakened to balance the gameplay. In actuality, sniper rifles can fire continuously."

Originally hoping to lighten his mood, Liuyun felt even more regret after hearing Zachary’s explanation.

However, this thought briefly crossed his mind and then vanished instantly. He had a sniper rifle, but no one capable of using it.

It’s not that ordinary people couldn’t use it. It’s just that to accurately snipe Martial Artists, the sniper ideally should also be a Martial Artist.

Having refused Robinson’s kindly offer in order to save food, there was not a single Martial Artist in his sanctuary. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

The Martial Artists in Pengcheng are not like the superhumans in many novels, where everyone has a chance to awaken after the resurgence of Spirit Energy.

Reaching the cultivation of the Inner Breath Realm requires continuous practice. The number of Martial Artists who were still practicing before the catastrophe was limited.

Although the concentration of Spirit Energy in the air had increased, making cultivation progressively easier and lowering the threshold for breakthroughs, the baseline for cultivation remained constant.