Cave Refuge-Chapter 253 - 250: The Way Home_1

It wasn’t clear if Dong Tianyu was lucky this time around, or if it was luck on the part of the other party, but the entire trade process didn’t encounter any problems.

When all the items in the black vehicle were unloaded by the soldiers, and after Dong Tianyu had personally inspected the goods in front of him before loading them into the trunk,

Dong Tianyu and Mace simply drove away from inside the mountain without any overly cinematic incidents of betrayal or double-crossings happening like those often seen in films and television.

By the time their vehicles left the mountain and rejoined the convoy, countless other vehicles had unknowingly parked above ground. It seemed there were many people who had heard about the arms deal happening and were already lined up outside.

As Dong Tianyu’s convoy was leaving, others didn’t attempt to stop them. After all, this was an arms deal. Anyone leaving the site had surely made their purchases of weapons already. It would be ridiculous to think these people hadn’t tested their newly acquired weapons and were lacking target practice, especially if someone was foolish enough to attempt a roadblock at that moment.

Once purchases were completed, the convoy of seven vehicles embarked on their journey home.

On the road, Dong Tianyu kept chatting with Mace over the walkie-talkie he’d given him.

"Though the sun isn’t shining yet, the situation is much better compared to the past few occurrences of divine calamity. Everyone has already adjusted to living in underground shelters, so as long as no mishaps occur, the survivors should lead quite comfortable lives throughout this catastrophe," Mace casually commented.

Dong Tianyu agreed wholeheartedly, "How about the situation on your end? Has the plantation area in the mountain been started?"

Previously, it was mentioned how the owner of Peach Blossom Paradise had hollowed out the mountain and converted it into a five-storey replica of the paradise depicted in the poem. One of these floors was completely designed to replicate pastoral life.

Just like how, with enough money, you can create a snowy mountain in a desert, simulating an outdoor environment in an enclosed space is also a simple feat.

If you believe in the construction prowess of the Daxia, you would know that with enough money, dreams can become reality.

"It started, but well...,"

Mace’s sigh piqued Dong Tianyu’s curiosity: "Stop sighing and tell me more."

"The once fruitful farmland, all the crops were removed and replaced with a garden."

At times like these, who in their right mind would replace food crops with a garden?

"The big boss went to Kyoto for some business, and the second boss also went on a trip. The small boss is in charge now. As long as they follow the routine, there shouldn’t be any problems.

We’ve already experienced several rounds of divine calamity, so every department knows what needs to be done day by day even without orders."

But once the two bosses left, the small boss took over, and somehow got infatuated with a low-grade Canary, which led to the situation now."

Upon hearing Mace’s words, Dong Tianyu was left speechless, "Isn’t that girl stupid, fooling your small boss like this? Your big boss and the second boss are going to come back, doesn’t she know what will happen to her then?

And your Canaries, don’t they have brains? If the small boss wants to play, why not find him a good one."

Listening to Dong Tianyu’s rant, Mace also expressed his discontent, "You’re telling me! We do have top-grade Canaries, but for some reason, the small boss only wants that low-grade Canary.

When we initially tested her character, we guided her to develop in the direction of a destructive woman. We intended to use her to cause trouble for others, but we didn’t expect the small boss to take a fancy to her, now she’s causing trouble in our own home."

After listening to Mace, Dong Tianyu silently cursed them for their deserved fate, and then they switched topics and talked about other matters.

Soon they began discussing the current status of the Canaries Dong Tianyu had purchased.

"Overall, they’re doing alright, but three of them took advantage of my absence and ran away."

Hearing this, Mace immediately said that he would arrange for a bounty on those three runaway Canaries as soon as he got back. Peach Blossom Paradise would bear the cost of the reward.

Upon hearing Mace, Dong Tianyu casually said: "No need, my place isn’t one where you can simply come and go as you please."

Hearing Dong Tianyu say this, Mace realized Dong Tianyu wasn’t an easy mark, so he didn’t say anything more. He only mentioned that they were partially responsible for the Canaries’ escape, and next time Dong Tianyu wanted to purchase Canaries, he would give him a thirty percent discount.

Hearing Mace still hawking his wares at this time, Dong Tianyu could only laugh and remained silent.

Just as they were chatting happily, the lead off-road vehicle started to slow down, and Dong Tianyu heard Mace announce that there was a roadblock ahead.

Having heard what Mace said, Dong Tianyu thought about the bandits they had encountered on the way there. Figuring it was likely the same scenario, he took out his sniper rifle from the storage space.

Honestly, after using it a few times, Dong Tianyu found the rifle increasingly handy. With the assistance of his Divine Sense and the Art of Controlling Objects, using the gun was like having an aimbot. It was both exhilarating and satisfying to headshot with every shot.

As soon as Dong Tianyu was ready, a dozen Martial Artists brandishing machetes suddenly sprang from both sides of the road. Through his Divine Sense, Dong Tianyu could tell their cultivation levels were very low, barely having just entered the martial path.

Besides being a bit stronger than an average person, they didn’t even have the indispensable weapon (firearm) of a martial artist. They dared to learn how to rob with just a machete.

Before Dong Tianyu even had the chance to open the lathe to distract himself, two of the three off-road vehicles that had originally fallen behind in the convoy suddenly accelerated from both sides of the black car and slowly decelerated as they overtook it.

After opening the car carrier, Dong Tianyu discovered a machine gun mounted in the back of the car.

Although its firing speed was not as fast as a close-range artillery gun, it was much faster than a Gatling gun.

Before the robbing martial artists could approach the truck, the robbers had already stepped onto the road to the underworld, ready to report to the King of Hell, after the sound of ’da da da’.

The entire battle didn’t last longer than the time it took for the leading vehicle to arrange for martial artists to clear obstructions in the front.

Watching a few people getting out from the off-road vehicle and robbing bodies, Dong Tianyu was also kind of interested. However, considering that those who followed were just ordinary flunkeys without much money, he didn’t feel like getting out of the car to take a look firsthand.

The battle, from beginning to end, took less than ten minutes. Modern weaponry meant that the real fight was over quickly and did not drag on with perilous situations like in novels.

In modern warfare, if a handgun’s power wasn’t enough, a rifle was used. If a rifle’s long-distance shooting was not accurate enough, a sniper rifle was used.

If a sniper rifle’s power wasn’t enough, various artillery would be used, including mortars, individual cannons, and even hand-held cannons.

If an individual weapon was not powerful enough, various missiles would definitely meet anyone’s needs.

Dong Tianyu couldn’t quite understand the thinking of these robbers. In this period, basically, anyone who could drive a car on the road had backup or power.

Robbing them was not a good choice, as cars were very precious at this time, and it was common practice to be accompanied by martial artists carrying firearms in the family’s vehicle.

However, Dong Tianyu didn’t want to think about it. The range that the officials currently controlled seemed to be reverting back to ancient times, where officials could only control everything within the city and they were helpless about the conditions outside of the city.

Furthermore, after becoming a martial artist, if one wanted to quickly improve their cultivation, they had to eat more things, and to eat more, they had to buy them with money.

However, as the number of martial artists gradually increased, food prices were also getting higher.

Having become martial artists, some people were no longer content with leading a mundane life. Thus, they chose to become bandits and robbers outside the city, which was an easy and quick way to make money.

Whether they succeeded or failed, they wouldn’t have to worry about resources for cultivation in the future.

So, it appeared that many martial artists unwilling to return to mundane life were rallying their friends to try their luck outside the cities.

In fairness, whether they succeeded or not, it would surely reduce the pressure of food supplies in Daxia.

The only problem was that the rate at which the population was decreasing was a bit fast, with the young and strong being the ones getting eliminated.

Every cloud has a silver lining, though. If this situation continued for a long time, the ratio of males to females would become imbalanced, leading to a surplus of females.

On the journey back to Pengcheng, we encountered many robbers, but because we had just purchased arms, our firepower was ample. So, there was hardly any disadvantage during the fights.

After reaching Pengcheng, Mace initially planned to invite Dong Tianyu to do some work in Peach Blossom Paradise, but Dong Tianyu politely declined his invitation and returned to Nameless Mountain ahead of everyone.

However, as soon as Dong Tianyu returned to Nameless Mountain, he saw that the door which had originally been closed tightly was now open. It seemed like someone had forced their way in after he left.

Without even exiting the car, Dong Tianyu used his divine sense to examine the inside of the mountain. He discovered that three people were still hiding inside the mountain, each in different locations.

Seeing their weapons all aimed at the gate, Dong Tianyu sneered, "If you want to ambush me, you’ll have to wait eight lifetimes."

Because he detected that the ambushers all were at the Inner Breath Realm and each had a gun, Dong Tianyu didn’t want to risk his life.

As the interior of the mountain was quite spacious, he wasn’t sure how much anesthetic gas he would need to use, so Dong Tianyu simply closed the metal gate and used the black car to block it.

Then, he went up the mountain and completely closed all the vents he had previously left open. It was a matter of who would outlast the other.

When Dong Tianyu closed the metal gate, the three martial artists hidden in the cave felt something was wrong. However, they were unsure whether Dong Tianyu had discovered them hiding in the cave mansion.

But when Dong Tianyu blocked all the ventilation channels, it didn’t take long for those hidden inside the mountain to feel the air inside gradually running out of oxygen.

Thinking it was the metal gate being closed that was causing the air inside the mountain to not circulate, they emerged from their hiding spots when they began to feel a bit suffocated.