Cave Refuge-Chapter 249 - 247 Surprise and Scare_1
Perhaps it was because the three women were tired after running about that their energy had been greatly consumed. They were genuinely hungry, or maybe they were just giving into Smith Benjamin’s persistence by reluctantly eating a bit of the food he had prepared.
But the mere thought of having to eat this type of food again sullied their expressions.
At this point, apart from staying here, the trio was left with only two paths to choose from.
The first, to return obediently and face an uncertain punishment from Dong Tianyu. And then resentfully stay aboard the ship under the contemptuous gaze of the other Canaries.
The other option was to leverage Smith Benjamin to get into contact with his superiors, to secure better living conditions.
Facing these three choices, they were undoubtedly leaning towards the second option, reaching higher-ranking personnel through Smith Benjamin.
However, they also understood that even though Smith Benjamin was now acting like a loyal lapdog easily manipulated by them, if they wanted to climb higher, one of them would first need to sacrifice herself to secure his trust.
Once the other two had enchanted Smith Benjamin’s superiors, they would continue to climb using previously successful strategies.
As they were in their room discussing who should be the one to sacrifice herself for Smith Benjamin, their bodies suddenly fell one by one, their heartbeats gradually slowing down until they stopped.
When Smith Benjamin finished his shift and came home with apples he had just bought at the Black Market, wanting to surprise the women, he was the one who ended up surprised by the cold hard bodies of the women in his room.
At this moment, Smith Benjamin panicked a bit. While he was certainly lusting after the women, any Martial Artist who had cultivated to the Inner Breath Realm was no fool.
The women thought they had controlled the lapdog-like fool, but little did they know that bringing them home was not part of Smith Benjamin’s plan.
After all, having undergone the Officials’ forced pairing policy, Smith Benjamin, a member of the West City District Guard, had a wife. He had arranged for his wife, along with their kids and his parents to live together so he could take better care of them. This house was allocated to him only after he became an Inner Breath Realm Martial Artist.
Despite the pleasant environment, the house was located in a suburban area for the sake of his family’s safety. Smith Benjamin used this place as a temporary rest stop.
He planned to move his family here once the neighborhood was more populated. After all, this house was assigned by the Officials to Inner Breath Realm Martial Artists, and it was destined to grow in the future. However, the lack of residents was a fact.
That’s why when he encountered the three women, he initially got tempted. Although this thought was initially faint, the strange behavior of the women hinted that they were not as pitiful as they claimed to be.
Thus, his initial vague notions took root after he brought them to this place. However, his plan was still in the phase of securing the women’s trust, and he never expected them to suddenly die in his home.
Smith Benjamin checked their bodies, finding them to still be warm, although their breath was gone.
Thinking they might be in a state of suspended animation, he immediately tried traditional first aid: artificial respiration and chest compressions.
After several attempts on all three, he found no signs of the women regaining their heartbeat or breath.
Although slightly unhappy, Smith Benjamin had to accept the result, understanding that what is destined to come will come, and force is of no use where it’s not meant to be.
Since their bodies were still somewhat warm, they shouldn’t go to waste... (Explicit content, those under 18 jump to the next part....)
Days passed quickly. This time only Ye Liuyun came to notify Brother Dong to set off. The Official’s convoy had been assembled to ensure the security of the convoy, and security staff like Robinson William had to follow the convoy.
This time, Ye Liuyun drove a five-meter-six freighter. Without comparing, it didn’t seem very noticeable. But when both vehicles were parked side by side, the cool exterior and huge size of the black vehicle immediately dwarfed the small truck.
"Why did you bring this truck? Where’s the truck from last time?"
Hearing Dong Tianyu’s question, Ye Liuyun felt helpless. "Good brother, you think everyone has a car? The truck I drove last time belonged to the West City District Headquarters and even my brother would need to pay a price to use it.
Let alone that truck, I had to pay a huge price just to borrow this one. It seems you really don’t understand the hardships. Now, not just anyone can have private cars. Times are tough, you understand. Without a solid background, even if you get a car, you won’t necessarily be able to keep it safe." 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮
Hearing Ye Liuyun say this, Dong Tianyu expressed his doubts forthright: "I have been going back these few times and Pengcheng is managed quite well, I didn’t hear about any chaos."
Faced with Dong Tianyu’s foolish question, Ye Liuyun wasn’t sure if Dong was genuinely ignorant or pretending to be. But there was no time to chit chat. He didn’t beat around the bush and spoke frankly:
"The order has been restored, but Brother Dong, do you know of such a thing called robbery? No, I should say strong borrowing."
If you can’t protect what’s in your hands, someone will borrow it from you. They’re not taking it by force, just borrowing it, and they even write an IOU, specifying when to return it.
Although they call it borrowing, once the stuff leaves your hands, you never get any news about its whereabouts again. If you’re lucky, after the IOU deadline, they’ll tell you it’s lost and give you some compensation to send you off.
But if you’re unlucky, which is the most common situation now, you have to look for whoever signed the IOU.
Some people have a bunch of old, lonely men, using their information to sign IOUs. Even if you find them in person, what can you do?"
At this moment, Dong Tianyu realized that even before the disaster when the law was so sound, there were debt defaulters. Isn’t the situation now even worse?
Never mind it, why think so much about it? This kind of thing can’t be managed and doesn’t want to be managed. Just not involving oneself is enough, let others do as they please.
Ye Liuyun this time just came to inform Dong Tianyu that the convoy will depart in three days. He didn’t ask Dong Tianyu what he brought with him this time, and of course, Dong Tianyu did not inquire about Ye Liuyun’s prepared goods.
Because all things are carried with you, so Dong Tianyu doesn’t need to do any preparation in advance.
Because they had to travel this time, although Dong Tianyu comes once every half month or so, he still came to tell his parents in advance. After all, as the saying goes, don’t travel far while the parents are alive, if one travels, he must know the direction.
Going out is fine, but the whole journey, itinerary, and planned time must be told to the parents. That way, parents won’t worry about losing your information.
After restocking some supplies for the parents and switching batteries for the outdoor survival battery pack that had run out of power, Dong Tianyu drove the black car following behind the convoy set up by the Officials.
According to the intelligence heard from Ye Liuyun, the plan for this trip is to get directly on the expressway from the northern entrance. The Officials of Pengcheng and Salt City had already arranged for survivors to clear road garbage and obstacles in advance.
The plan for this trip is to travel the whole way on the expressway. If there are no accidents, it is expected to arrive in about five hours. Before the disaster, it would take about three hours on the expressway.
The estimated time of five hours now is under the condition that the road conditions are good.
Although we are in the perpetual night period now, the senses of Inner Breath Realm Martial Artists are extremely keen. Although they can’t see in the dark, a bit of light can actually make the road ahead clear.
So darkness isn’t the main reason affecting the movement of vehicles, relying on survivors to clean the motorway is slow, so the fleet’s lead vehicle is actually a heavy armored car.
Everyone was very clear about why they used this car as the lead, there are several cities to pass through from Pengcheng to Salt City.
It was agreed between Pengcheng and Salt City to clean their respective areas of the motorway, but for fear of accidents, they did not contact the several cities to be passed through, fearing that some undecidable accident might occur.
So the conditions on the motorway sections belonging to the other cities are completely unknown.
The Pengcheng convoy won’t clean the roads as a charity to others. So they decided to directly use the armored car to open the road, forcibly pushing a path out.
After all, they’re only using it once, so they don’t care whether this method of road clearing will affect the cleaning work in the future. After all, the salt storage in Pengcheng Warehouse is now in crisis, there’s no time to wait for other cities to plan slowly.
The Officials’ vehicle convoy set off first, the leading vehicle is the armored car mentioned by Ye Liuyun.
Although he hadn’t approached, after sweeping with his Divine Sense, Dong Tianyu now was clear about the structure of the car and the number of people in the car.
Without going into details, although this armored car might not have external heavy armor, the thickness of the car body at this moment was about a yard. Even with this body thickness,
You can’t just shoot it with a pistol. Even if you shoot with an automatic rifle, without tens of clips, it’s hard to penetrate through it.
Besides the thick shell of the vehicle, the most important thing is that the fuel tank is too big. After scanning with Divine Sense, Dong Tianyu realized that a third of the car comprises the fuel tank.
The overall construction of the car body is simple, so simple it does not appear to be a vehicle for normal use. Apart from thick armor, the biggest component is just a massive fuel tank.
The more Dong Tianyu looked at the car, the more abnormal it seemed. Unknown to him, he wasn’t wrong. This car was a special model custom-made for this action.
What seemed to be a heavy car body was actually temporarily pieced together using a special alloy, prepared for paving the way.
The reason for the large fuel tank was even simpler. This time they have to travel long distances and paving the way will definitely consume a lot of fuel. So to be prepared, such a large fuel tank was designed.
