Cave Refuge-Chapter 340 - 304 Changes in the Camp_2
When Dong Tianyu approached the city wall, the soldier inside the watchtower had already spotted him. However, upon confirming that Dong Tianyu was human, they merely glanced at him occasionally, without any significant vigilance.
But Dong Tianyu frowned in confusion after seeing the face of the soldier on watch in the watchtower. Although he wasn’t particularly familiar with the members of the special ops team led by Robinson William,
it was because every time Dong Tianyu returned to the camp, he would subconsciously use Divine Sense to scan the area. Moreover, at this time, there was hardly any transient population within the camp.
So over this period, although Dong Tianyu did not know every individual’s name in the camp, he had memorized the faces of all the people there.
It was precisely the appearance of that unfamiliar face on the watchtower that gave Dong Tianyu a slight feeling of unease.
After approaching the wall, Dong Tianyu saw the hemp rope hanging from it, which seemed to be a tool for climbing.
Although Dong Tianyu’s Art of Controlling Objects was now capable of flight, at this moment, he honestly grabbed the rope and slowly climbed up the city wall.
No sooner had Dong Tianyu ascended the wall than members of the Patrol Team were there waiting. Fortunately, unlike the unfamiliar soldier in the watchtower, Dong Tianyu recognized this member of the Patrol Team.
"Brother Sun, it’s only been a few days since I last returned. Why have there been such big changes in the camp? How did you make such a huge city wall in just a few days!"
Surprised by Dong Tianyu’s words, Finnley Leo said, "Brother Dong, are you joking? Let’s not talk about the other procedures, just digging the foundation and assembling the wall alone took the camp nearly half a month. And that’s with the efficiency we had by borrowing engineering machinery from the military camp.
From beginning to end, building this wall took about two to three months. You’re saying it’s only been a few days; have you gotten muddled from secluded cultivation somewhere!"
Ever since the Martial Realm became widely known, many martial artists started imitating scenes from movies and dramas, finding secluded places to focus on their secluded cultivation to quickly reach higher realms.
The concentration of Spirit Energy in the air was still slowly increasing. Although it was far from the concentration within the Cave, it was a world of difference compared to the early days of the catastrophe.
Thanks to the continuous increase in Spirit Energy and the ongoing production of transport machines from Kyoto, the Imperial Court is now able to ensure every citizen of China receives three meals a day.
As a result, with the Imperial Court openly distributing "Sha Wu - Body Tempering Edition" and "Inner Breath Edition," the majority of China’s survivors have also become martial artists.
The situation abroad is only known to the high levels of the Imperial Court, but looking at the internal situation of China, in preparation for future unknown disasters, the Imperial Court has already made efforts in terms of population and improving the average physical fitness of all citizens.
Many survivors in the camp, unsatisfied with the noisy training environment, prepared themselves, left the camp voluntarily, and sought quiet places outside to train.
It was for this reason that Finnley Leo did not find it strange that Dong Tianyu had just returned after leaving the camp.
Dong Tianyu casually took out a cigarette box, which only had a few cigarettes left, from his backpack and handed it to Finnley Leo before continuing to ask, "It seems I really haven’t been back for quite some time. If you have time, tell me what’s been going on? It looks like there are many new faces in our camp."
Finnley Leo did not disdain the nearly empty cigarette box that Dong Tianyu gave him. Following Dong Tianyu’s gaze to the sentinel on watch in the watchtower, he knew what Dong Tianyu wanted to inquire about.
"I do have time, but you have to accompany me for a walk on the wall. Consider it joining me for a patrol, and you can also have a good view of the changes in the camp from up high."
"Alright, if you say so, think of it as taking a walk with you. I’m not busy right now. Let’s talk as we walk."
Hearing Dong Tianyu say this, Finnley Leo carefully placed the cigarette box into the pocket over his chest. While walking along the wall with Dong Tianyu, he began to describe the recent changes in the camp.
From the questions Dong Tianyu had asked earlier, Finnley Leo guessed that Dong Tianyu must not have returned to the camp for a long time, so he started from the very beginning of the wall construction.
"I remember running into you back when we were logging; you should still remember how we cleared a patch of land at first and then began logging on a large scale.
The trees were so huge that three to five people couldn’t encircle them, so the logs, after a bit of trimming, were piled up in one place to dry naturally before they could be used for building houses.
Initially, the camp didn’t plan on building a wall; after all, although there were quite a few survivors in the camp, the only danger we faced at this side was the Giant Scorpions.
You know the size of those Giant Scorpions; they would be spotted before they even got close to the camp, and since the earthquake was over and there was no knowing when we could return, everyone planned to wait until the timber dried naturally before starting on constructing wooden houses, to improve the current living conditions.
At first, everything seemed quite normal. I don’t know if it was because we were logging extensively, but the Giant Scorpions, which used to attack the camp from time to time, scarcely appeared around the camp anymore.
As more and more giant trees were felled and uprooted, the surrounding land became increasingly level, and the giant logs that were piled up waiting to dry naturally slowly accumulated into a mountain. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺
Although we hadn’t started building the houses formally, everyone felt quite happy seeing the giant logs stacked up into a mountain, with many fantasizing about their new homes from time to time.
However, this peaceful life didn’t last long. Besides the Giant Scorpions, many dinosaur-like creatures started appearing around the camp unnoticed.
Some of these creatures would turn away after seeing our camp, while others would charge directly at it, regarding the survivors inside as their prey.
Those dinosaur-like creatures might look big, but they weren’t very strong in combat. So, those who tried to barge into the camp to hunt became our extra meal for the night at the hands of us in the Patrol Team.
We thought these were isolated incidents, but then those creatures started to appear more and more frequently. Although our camp had many Martial Artists and those attackers only resembled dinosaurs...
Their combat strength wasn’t too strong, so they basically didn’t cause any harm to the camp.
However, at that time, those creatures would stealthily attack from all directions of the camp, regardless of day and night.
This left the Patrol Teams responsible for camp security running ragged. Although they easily turned the invaders into jerky every time, the workload was several times greater than when we only faced the Giant Scorpions.
After a few days of this, all the Patrol Team members became listless, and of course, I was no exception.
Seeing that this was unsustainable, the boss discussed with the leaders. Even though the giant logs hadn’t completely dried, we couldn’t wait any longer, so we used the chopped logs to construct a wall to deter these occasional nuisances.
Of course, just relying on the people from our camp, the construction was too slow. So, the boss took his brother and, at some unknown cost, brought in many engineers from the military camp to help build the wall.
With their involvement, the construction of the wall went very smoothly. With this wall at our feet, the frequent nuisances by those creatures were all blocked, significantly easing the burden on us Patrol Teams.
As for the unfamiliar faces you mentioned, after the camp built the wall, we brought over many soldiers from the military forces.
As for how we managed to bring those people over, that’s not something I can speak about directly. You should ask our boss directly, or you can ask his brother Ye Liuyun."
Looking at Finnley Leo, who wore a somewhat strange expression as he spoke, Dong Tianyu knew that some dishonorable methods must have been used to keep those people at the camp.
