Cave Refuge-Chapter 267 - 263 Nutritional Supplements_1

So, these bugs must have appeared recently. However, according to the previous cycles of disasters, only one type of disaster would occur at the same time, and there would be no cross-occurrence of disasters.

Moreover, in the data layout, the number of survival points obtained each day has not increased, so Dong Tianyu cannot tell whether the appearance of these bugs is considered a disaster.

With the help of the Canaries, the livestock that Dong Tianyu had originally kept has been well cared for.

Eggs from chickens, ducks, and geese were no longer randomly discarded in the grass. People were assigned to collect them and send them to the storage space.

Dong Tianyu made a one-way passage to the storage space in the cave. The Canaries could send things into the storage space through this passage, but they were not able to take things out from it.

People would say that Jones Samuel was corrupt and unprincipled, but whether in historical records or myths, Jones Samuel only had a few women in his harem, and only two sons.

According to this, Dong Tianyu is definitely indulging more than Jones Samuel.

The spiritual energy in the cave was far richer than outside, and with constant daily cultivation combined with the dual-cultivation method of the Canaries, Dong Tianyu’s cultivation was steadily improving.

Due to the reason of food, the threshold for cultivating Qi sensation was getting lower, but the number of martial artists who truly broke into the Inner Breath Realm was rather small.

This was unlike the martial arts novels, where high-level practitioners could live without eating or drinking, or even undergo Bigu by relying on their inner strength.

The martial artists appearing on Blue Star were more like those who cultivated hard Qi Gong or physical procedures in cultivation novels.

Cultivation would consume a large amount of nutrients in the body, using these nutrients to fully enhance the physical qualities of the body.

When the body’s strength was raised to a certain level, Qi sensation would naturally appear. When one could truly feel and control the Qi sensation, they would be considered a true martial artist.

When a martial artist condensed the originally sensed Qi sensation into substance in the body, and enhanced his or her body temporarily by consuming Qi sensation, it meant that the martial artist’s cultivation had reached the Inner Breath Realm.

It was unknown whether other cities had professional equipment for testing a martial artist’s cultivation level, but Pengcheng did not. Currently, assessing whether a martial artist in Pengcheng had reached the Inner Breath Realm depended mostly on actual combat tests.

Whether it was the officials or private individuals, they would arrange for a martial artist who had reached the Inner Breath Realm level, then let the testee engage in combat with him or her. The testee didn’t necessarily have to win. During the combat, the Inner Breath Realm martial artist would naturally understand the testee’s strength based on his or her performance.

At this point, the people taking the tests would only hide their strength, and would not deliberately exaggerate it. After all, once assessed as an Inner Breath Realm martial artist, one had to participate in frontline combat.

If one inflated one’s ranking, encountering a battle that was not level-appropriate, failure would not be simply resolved by admitting a mistake. It was more likely one would be killed on the battlefield by an enemy.

Because cultivation consumes the body’s nutrients, many people stop cultivating after they have obtained Qi sensation and reached the level of a junior martial artist.

After all, most of them have families to feed at this time. Although increasing one’s cultivation level could bring greater benefits, normal people surely wouldn’t let their whole family starve for their cultivation.

It was because of this heavy sense of responsibility that, despite the sharp increase in the number of martial artists in Pengcheng, the number of martial artists who reached the Inner Breath Realm was not very many.

Moreover, the division of martial artists’ strengths is actually not very clear right now, and lacks specific standards like the stages and levels in novels.

During the original scorching heat, one’s survival time outdoors, a clear indicator, could be used for precise assessment.

But after the end of the heat disaster, only a manual, vague assessment could be used.

Besides this, even if they have all cultivated to the Inner Breath Realm, the difference in actual combat is actually quite large.

Inner Breath Realm martial artists with rich practical experience can normally fight against ten or so Inner Breath Realm martial artists without the aid of firearms.

Just like the ongoing debate: is a gun faster outside of seven steps, while within seven steps, a gun is not only faster but more accurate.

Martial artists using guns can empty the clip before average people can react, and can even hit all shots on target.

Inner Breath Realm martial artists are even stronger, not only can they quickly empty the clip, but they can also throw an empty handgun like a hidden weapon, attacking the target and causing damage not inferior to a bullet.

Just as Dong Tianyu’s life once again became very regular, the Pengcheng Government became very busy. Things heated up after Old Zhao’s boss played the recorded video at the meeting.

The conference room fell silent at first, then the attendees began to discuss quietly with the others around them.

The rank of this meeting was very high. Each participant was either the head or the second-in-command in their respective departments, but they had one other thing in common: they were all ordinary people, and none was a martial artist.

Indeed, even though we are amidst the calamity, this disaster has caused the least harm to the survivors compared to the previous ones.

Had it not been for the appearance of these bugs, they could have easily waited for the sun to rise again in the following days.

After the video finished playing and the discussions subsided, devising a way to exterminate these bugs became the focal point of the meeting.

Faced with this potential threat to their lives, there’s no more bickering among the attendees. What is required is granted, be it manpower or resources, the sole aim is to exterminate these bugs as soon as possible.

The Officials’ action this time was prompt, without the usual procrastination. They formulated a plan that evening, prepared various resources the next day, and initiated a massive bug extermination operation on the third day.

Old Zhao received the orders early the next morning, to capture some alive bugs at all costs and deliver them to the laboratory across the university town.

With the bug-catching experience from Robinson William, Old Zhao used only three baits to capture hundreds of bugs. He placed them in different glass containers and delivered them to the university’s lab.

Through various experiments, a few hours later, the Pengcheng Government obtained a detailed analysis report about these bugs.

It’s unclear how they came up with it, but after several experiments, they concluded that the viscous liquid formed after the bugs’ death possesses a high nutritional value, and its consumption can speed up the training of the Martial Artists.

Consequently, the original plans for bug extermination were urgently halted that night. The operations continued as planned on the third day, but their nature had transformed from extermination to bug-catching.

The bugs nesting underground couldn’t escape the scan of the instruments specifically designed for them, despite being underground.

Ultimately, all the bug nests within the City Center, were unearthed within less than five days. The bugs were transported to the laboratory for processing and then turned into various drugs.

The most produced among them were nutritional supplements. It is estimated that an ordinary person, with a month of continuous consumption coupled with special training methods, can vaguely sense the Spirit Energy, thus possessing the preliminary level of a martial artist.

By the time Dong Tianyu learnt about the result, not only had the bug nests in the City Center almost vanished, but many ordinary people, unable to resist the temptation, voluntarily joined the bug hunting team as bait and collaborated with other martial artists to search for bug nests in the wilderness.

Upon learning this, Dong Tianyu felt an indescribable feeling. No wonder Isaac once said:

If there’s a 10% profit, capital will ensure its use everywhere;

With a 20% profit, capital can be activated;

A 50% profit will make capital risk everything:

For a 100% profit, capital will dare trample over all laws of mankind:

And for a profit above 300%, capital will commit any crime, even risking death by hanging.

Right now, aren’t ordinary people risking their lives for high returns?

The bugs, which should have been exterminated due to their harm to ordinary people, Dong Tianyu guessed might not have been fully cleaned from the city. Some nests might even have been deliberately hidden and raised by some individuals.

These people, driven by personal gain, won’t consider the immense harm it could cause to the survivors of Pengcheng if the bugs get out of control.

Human nature is such, often only considering immediate personal gain, with no regards for potential harm caused to others in the future.

However, the newly emerged bugs, although causing initial panic, significantly reduced the consumption of food in Pengcheng after it was discovered that they could be turned into nutritional supplements.

Moreover, according to conclusions from the lab, these bugs are omnivorous creatures that can consume anything besides survivors, making them more efficient than cockroaches in dealing with kitchen waste.

It’s unclear whether this claim is true or not. At this time, who has so much kitchen waste at home? Any discerning eye would know that this information, even if true, is nothing more than a fig leaf produced by some people for raising these bugs. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Regardless, the threat these bugs posed to Pengcheng has temporarily disappeared. As for potential leaks in the future, similar to those in movies or TV series, that’s a topic for another day.

At the very least, for now, the liquid these bugs transform into after death can reduce the food consumption during a martial artist’s training. This alone is enough to protect them from being exterminated for the time being.

From the beginning, Pengcheng had been notifying the court about this. After all, the bugs posed a significant threat to ordinary people in the beginning. Although there are Martial Artists in every city, their numbers are still far from the number of ordinary people.

Upon learning about these nests, the court immediately issued a warning to all other cities in the country, asking them to investigate their areas and confirm the existence of bug nests similar to Pengcheng.

However, it seemed as if these nests were a special product of Pengcheng. Despite repeated investigations by other cities, not a single one located a bug nest. Had it not been for the video evidence provided by Pengcheng, people would have suspected them of falsely reporting military conditions.