Cave Refuge-Chapter 229 - 228: Settling Accounts After Autumn (4000 Words)_1

Shortly after the return of normal temperature, the Officials swiftly razed most of the private sanctuaries in the City Center’s vicinity.

Announcements and self-governance of private sanctuaries were ignored by the officials. Since martial artists dared to occupy these sanctuaries by force, they could not blame the officials for doing the same.

However, the officials did not act excessively this time. No soldiers were sent for those sanctuaries that never changed hands, such as the Nameless Mountain, or Dong Tianyu’s sanctuary that hung its name for all to see.

This operation led to the disappearance of over ninety percent of the sanctuaries outside the Pengville city zone.

Just like wild grass in spring, however, even if you burn them all, they will grow back before long.

That is why the Airdrop Faction’s retaliation did not affect those sanctuaries that had never changed hands, like Dong Tianyu’s.

At the end of this purge, the dispatched soldiers did not return to their former posts. Instead, they were directly stationed in office buildings near the Pengville Plaza.

Sine temperatures had returned to normal, survivors no longer needed to live underground, and there were many buildings available for habitation on the ground.

Having suffered from inadequate strength before, the Airdrop Faction decisively used the excuse of defending official security this time, and left behind all the soldiers and their equipment.

Daxia’s soldiers were different from those of other countries. They could fight in times of war and also do some labor in their leisure time.

Although retaining these soldiers seemed to significantly increase the Officials’ logistical pressures, in reality, their addition made Pengville Plaza, where the Officials were located, self-sufficient.

With the experience of the past and the emergence of martial artists, the speed of Pengville’s recovery this time was even faster. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

All survivors began to work nearby, in accordance to stipulated zones. Most of them undertook basic jobs like farming, planting fast-growing crops, with staple crops like potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes being the main focus.

Some survivors continued mining for coal. With the experience from this time, the Officials once again confirmed the benefits of sufficient reserves. Therefore, not only coal, but also other resources that might be used, were planned for in advance by the Officials.

By this time, the supplies reserved before the disaster had been consumed, either eaten, spoiled, or damaged. It could be said that they had exhausted all previous reserves.

Now, all that was left in Pengville that could be of use were the vehicles taken from the War Reserve Warehouse, and the fuel remaining there.

Most of the other supplies in the War Reserve Warehouse had also been almost consumed.

Nowadays in Pengville, almost everything used has been produced after the disaster descended. Excluding the buildings, not much was left from before the catastrophe.

Once outdoor temperatures returned to normal, apart from actively developing agriculture, Pengville allocated four vehicles from the remaining trucks, laden with goods, towards the west in prepared exchange with the neighboring province.

Of course, this was pre-arranged through communication facilities and was not a blind arrangement.

While communication facilities could still be used, the cities of Daxia could still be deemed a whole. Although they couldn’t assist each other like before, cities in the vicinity could still exchange supplies.

Moreover, despite severe casualties among ordinary people in the private sanctuaries due to the abandonment of sanctuaries outside the city during the extreme heat, the prior population policy led to many more newborns in the inner sanctuaries.

If it weren’t for ensuring the health of newborns, the Officials wouldn’t have chosen to implement geothermal cooling so soon.

Although the Pengville city zone was bustling with activity, Dong Tianyu’s routine remained unbroken.

Dong Tianyu thought that Walker Violet and Jasmine Anderson would, like the heroine in novels, sneak out of the ship after he told them that the outer temperature had returned to normal.

In fact, Dong Tianyu had also thought about it, if they did leave the ship, they would lose the opportunity to meet Dong Tianyu again.

Because if Dong Tianyu saw them again, they would not live to see the next day.

However, Dong Tianyu hadn’t expected that his attempt to test Walker Violet and Jasmine Anderson wouldn’t solicit a reaction. They obediently remained on the ship, at most standing on the deck, looking at the surroundings with a telescope, without any intentions of leaving.

Divine Sense could only gauge a person’s honesty through their heartbeat and had no capability of reading minds. Thus, Dong Tianyu did not know whether they genuinely understood or were just pretending to stay and waiting for an opportunity to escape.

However, regardless of whether they left or not, it wouldn’t greatly affect Dong Tianyu. The ship they resided in was modified for them. If they left, Dong Tianyu would place the ship back into the Shadow Space. It would be virtually impossible for them to bring someone back.

As for the cave mansion on the hillside, Dong Tianyu knew, even without Robinson William and others’ words, many people already knew of it.