Cave Refuge-Chapter 342 - 305: Concealing the Truth_2

Hearing Dong Tianyu’s words, Finnley Leo’s expression also turned serious, "Once the city wall is complete, Captain Robinson and the members of the Patrol Team began to reassess the situation around the camp.

I have followed Captain Robinson out a few times as well, but for the detailed situation, you should still ask him. I’ll just briefly tell you what I know.

Firstly, there are indeed many creatures resembling dinosaurs that have suddenly appeared outside. Besides those frequently attacking the camp, which are about the size of a fully grown Tibetan Mastiff.

The rest of the creatures we discovered are not small in size, and they strongly resemble the dinosaurs we once saw in movies and TV shows.

Sometimes I wonder whether some laboratory has successfully developed genetic revival technology; otherwise, where did these dinosaur-like creatures suddenly come from."

Upon hearing Finnley Leo’s words, Dong Tianyu suddenly seemed to remember something and opened the Data Layout, which he had almost forgotten about, to check the current situation.

Sure enough, Dong Tianyu saw that his daily gain of Survival Points had increased from 11 to 12. This indicates that the System has also recognized that a new natural disaster has appeared.

So, what does this disaster pertain to? Dinosaur revival?

Whether before the disaster or now, dinosaurs didn’t actually pose any threat to humanity.

Just like the deep-sea overlords, the whales, with their enormous size, they could easily destroy small and medium-sized ships at sea.

However, before the disaster, they also became targets for human hunting.

And after the disaster, if these newly appeared creatures really are dinosaurs, and their data almost matches the simulations by biologists without significant discrepancies, then as long as they are not large dinosaurs, medium and small-sized ones are no match for Inner Breath Realm Martial Artists.

Even for large dinosaurs, without the unknown Path Entry Realm Martial Artists’ involvement, Energy Refining Realm Martial Artists would suffice to eliminate them.

So if it’s really as Dong Tianyu speculates, this disaster poses no danger to the survivors. Instead, the emergence of dinosaurs could elevate the survivors’ standard of living to a new height.

But is everything really as Dong Tianyu speculates? As nature’s spiritual energy continues to rise, even survivors who haven’t cultivated will slowly improve their physical qualities simply by breathing.

And those newly appeared dinosaurs, with their vast size and frequent breaths, taking in far larger quantities of air than ordinary survivors, will be ingesting nature’s spiritual energy with every breath. Thus, they too passively enjoy the enhancements Spirit Energy brings them.

Unlike other disasters, which start at their strongest and then get weaker over time, this disaster caused by the revival of ancient creatures sees their combat abilities strengthen as more time passes.

Of course, most survivors haven’t realized this yet. Even if some foresighted survivors have thought of it, their voice carries little weight, and others tend not to believe them when they speak.

After all, not everyone thinks of danger when in a place of safety. And even if the ordinary survivors are aware of this issue, they don’t have the means to solve it effectively.

The best course of action would be to immediately organize the survivors to hunt down these newly emerged dinosaurs, preventing them from living long enough to grow stronger.

But setting aside whether these dinosaurs would respawn indefinitely like the Bugs Clan or the Giant Scorpion, just considering the quantity already ascertained in the wild, it’s not a small number.

Furthermore, the dangerous species encountered by Captain Robinson and his team during their explorations, while not fighting them directly, gave off a sense of danger when approached, according to Captain Robinson’s instincts.

So, when Robinson William saw the dinosaur, he didn’t even consider testing it, and he turned around and left with the special forces members who had come with him to gather intelligence.

But after several reconnaissances, Robinson had come to understand these suddenly emerged creatures a bit better. They not only resembled the dinosaurs of old in appearance, but their behavior, including their eating habits, also closely mirrored those of dinosaurs.

Among these dinosaurs, there were both herbivores and carnivores, and in addition, battles would break out among them over food or hunting grounds.

And the best part was, the larger and more powerful a dinosaur, the less likely it would bother the survivors around it, given they didn’t foolishly provoke it.

Just as lions wouldn’t bother eating ants that appeared near them, though sometimes out of boredom, a lion might torment the ants, they wouldn’t regard them as hunting targets unless extremely hungry.

The current survivors were not much different from ants to the larger dinosaurs, so as a general rule, as long as the survivors didn’t provoke the giant dinosaurs, they wouldn’t pay any attention to them.

Unlike before, when each city had different types of creatures emerging, this time ancient beasts resurged in all cities, and each city presented a plethora of ancient species.

The emergence of these ancient creatures did not cause the special species that had appeared in various places to vanish, but rather, due to the unique fauna of each area, the situation each city faced after the appearance of the ancient beasts was quite different.

In Saxon County, the situation was similar to most other cities. The Giant Scorpions had perfectly integrated into the ancient creatures’ food chain following their resurgence, preying on some smaller ancient creatures while also becoming a delicacy for other ancient beasts.

Pengcheng was somewhat special, however. The Bug Clans had been greatly affected by the ancient creatures’ resurgence. The appearance of the ancient beasts greatly interfered with the Insect Nest Hunters’ hunting activities.

Previously, teams that regularly harvested three to five Bug Nests a day now couldn’t hunt normally due to the threat of newly emerged ancient creatures.

As a result, the number of Bug Nests in Pengcheng grew increasingly numerous.

Now, the Bug Nests were not just satisfied with killing humans; small to medium-sized ancient creatures also became one of the Bug Nests’ hunting targets.

Many small ancient creatures were quietly covered by the Bugs in their sleep, and when dawn broke and the Bugs vanished, not a single trace could be found on the ground. If it weren’t for the heavy imprints left on the ground, no one would know that ancient creatures had been there the night before.

The appearance of ancient beasts had provided the previously hard-pressed Bug Nests with a rich store of food.

After satisfying their reproductive needs, the accumulated nutrition in the Bug Nests not only slowly increased their size but also made the Bugs they produced increasingly robust.

Furthermore, it was discovered that in several larger Bug Nests, the Bugs no longer exhibited fear or unease when facing Body Tempering Realm Martial Artists; they even seemed eager and ready to attack them.

When the Officials learned about this, they immediately kept the situation under wraps, knowing that if ordinary survivors found out, a large number would flee Pengcheng, turning it into a ghost city.

And after they left Pengcheng, whether or not they could maintain their current positions was another matter. After all, since the disaster struck, management positions had hardly changed, whereas front-line combat positions saw rapid promotions—a change that none accustomed to management roles were eager to embrace.

Rapid promotions also meant high danger; a position only became vacant due to someone’s death or reassignment. Reassignment might be palatable, but death meant whoever stepped up would also have to accept the associated risks.

It was precisely to preserve their current status that they particularly concealed the fact that the Bugs no longer feared Body Tempering Realm Martial Artists.

Fortunately, Bug Nests were usually immobile, and even though the Bugs now did not fear Body Tempering Realm martial artists, they would still actively retreat from those in the Inner Breath Realm.

That’s why the fact that Bugs had raised their fear threshold was still temporarily concealed.