Cave Refuge-Chapter 319 - 294 People from Kyoto

The ruined city finally showed a glimpse of an apocalyptic world among the remnants of walls and debris, with survivors wandering among the wreckage of buildings.

They resembled a post-apocalyptic supply search team, not only carefully looking for supplies buried under the rubble but also being wary of the possible stealth attacks by bugs at any moment.

Compared to the bugs that appeared in Saxon County, which resembled giant scorpions, the bugs in Pengville City were very small. However, those attacked by these bugs wouldn’t even realize they had been attacked unless someone else alerted them. By the time they knew they were under attack, they would find themselves covered with who knows how many bugs.

Dong Tianyu entered the City Center not to look for supplies; after all, not to mention that the production from the Cave could satisfy the daily consumption of dozens of people, the resources stored in the storage space could sustain hundreds of Martial Artists for at least several years without worry.

This time, Dong Tianyu’s visit to the City Center was mainly to check out the transport aircraft that Ye Liuyun had mentioned. Although the Officials had moved from the City Center to the eastern district, the fastest way to get there was still through the City Center.

Although the city was now in ruins and vehicles could hardly be used in the City Center, the situation on the ring road at the edge of the City Center wasn’t much better, since fast tracks had been set up for that road in the past to promote development in Pengcheng.

Frequent earthquakes had practically collapsed the raised ring road, which also rendered the originally smooth ring road battered and unusable for ordinary vehicles.

Because he occasionally encountered survivors searching for supplies in the ruins, Dong Tianyu advanced rapidly using the speed of an Inner Breath Realm Martial Artist.

When passing by Pengville Plaza at the City Center, Dong Tianyu intended to use his Divine Sense to see if the Officials left anything useful when evacuating.

But when Dong Tianyu arrived at Pengville Plaza, he found it crowded with many survivors. They carefully lifted each piece of debris, checking to see if there was anything valuable underneath.

Dong Tianyu felt rather helpless about this situation; it seemed others weren’t foolish. Compared to aimlessly searching in the city’s ruins, it was more likely to find supplies in such places.

Seeing so many survivors here, Dong Tianyu didn’t linger any longer and continued eastward, occasionally looking up at the sky ahead to see if there were any signs of the transport aircraft.

Even moving through the ruins, Dong Tianyu’s speed was not slow. As someone who cultivated both spirit and body, even without having learned lightness skills, he could almost skim over grass. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

So though he didn’t leave afterimages while running, he could still move effortlessly over the uneven ground.

Because of the frequent earthquakes, the Officials’ relocation site would definitely not be the previous office buildings. It had been moved to Grand Dragon Lake Park, not far from the office towers.

Since the eastern district was a newly developed area, Grand Dragon Lake Park was created as a free leisure park with a very broad lawn surrounding the lake, originally meant for Pengville City’s citizens to camp and fly kites.

However, after the earthquakes, the open environment around it turned it into a temporary office site for the Officials.

Dong Tianyu hadn’t even approached the area when his Divine Sense detected that the security here was extremely tight; there were fixed checkpoints and uninterrupted Patrol Teams alternating patrols in the area.

Before Dong Tianyu got close, the checkpoint detected him, but since he showed no signs of approaching, they paid him no mind.

After all, although the city had become a ruin and the Spirit Energy recovery that only happened in novels had occurred, leading to a food crisis, the situation hadn’t descended into the chaos depicted in those stories. Instead, due to the Officials’ enhanced control and the establishment of Survivor Camps, everything was quite stable.

It seemed that after the disasters, it wasn’t the end of the world, but rather like the natural disasters China had experienced before. As long as everyone worked together, this difficult period would eventually be overcome.

After seeing the area where the Officials were based, Dong Tianyu retreated a little and found a flat area to release a vehicle he had modified for his parents, which couldn’t be used by them, and had been temporarily stored in the Storage Space. Now, it served well as a temporary resting space.

Dong Tianyu stayed there squatting for three days, and on the fourth day, he finally saw a black dot in the distant sky. As the transport aircraft drew closer, Dong Tianyu finally saw its full appearance.

Unlike traditional twin-wing airplanes, this transport aircraft resembled an enlarged drone, with four helicopter-like large rotors as if hoisting a rectangular cabin. Although the shape of the cabin didn’t quite fit aerodynamics, the large volume of the cabin indicated a considerable capacity. It seemed this was the transport aircraft sent from Kyoto for trade with Pengville.

Just as Dong Tianyu was preparing to approach and observe the transport aircraft closely, the ground began to shake, signaling that the daily earthquake was occurring again.