Cave Refuge

Of course, if you really don't want to participate in this conscription, there is actually a way out. This conscription was a sudden decision, despite everyone receiving the conscription message on their communication devices.

But in this period, if you really do not wish to participate, you can actually choose to discard the communication device and stop using it after all. Compared to the owners of powerful communication devices, the vast majority of ordinary people would not have a communication device in their hands if there were no accidents.

So theoretically, those people are equivalent to not knowing about the Imperial Court's forced conscription this time. Since they don't know, they don't need to arrive at the designated place at the designated time.

After digesting this information, Dong Tianyu was about to enter the Companion Spiritual Treasure to discuss with his parents about their next steps when he saw Father Dong and Mother Dong had already come out of the Companion Spiritual Treasure.

"Dad, did you and mom see the mandatory conscription message sent by the Imperial Court?"

Knowing that his son was asking about this matter, Father Dong didn't say much. He simply nodded his head with a very calm expression, as if he wasn't too concerned about the upcoming defensive battle.

Although Dong Tianyu didn't know whether the calm expression on his father's face was genuine or not, he still wanted to ask his parents if they wanted to give up this forced conscription mission.

After all, on the battlefield where swords and sabers do not have eyes, any small mistake or accident could result in them being killed or dying in combat with others.

Therefore, Dong Tianyu was not at all reassured about his parents entering the battlefield. After all, if Father Dong and Mother Dong really respond to the call and participate in the melee, Dong Tianyu would not be able to fight with all his might at that time. He must divide some of his mind to take care of his parents' safety.

If such a scenario truly occurs, it would be better to have his own parents stay in a safe area, while Dong Tianyu participates in the defensive battle himself. This way, Dong Tianyu could actually fight freely.

However, this time the Imperial Court used communication devices to send out the mandatory conscription message. Although communication devices are now like the unregistered big brother devices before the Natural Disaster, simply replacing it would prevent others from investigating your prior usage history.

But now, the value of communication devices is even more precious than in the heydays of big brother devices, so the vast majority of people would not replace their communication devices just for this minor issue.

Especially communication devices like the high-end global communication version owned by Dong Tianyu. It has almost become a collector's item now. The Artifact Master who manufactured these communication devices has passed away, although he left behind detailed replication blueprints.

However, for some special reason, even using the same techniques to create a one-to-one replica of the communication device, while the functions are comparable to the old models Dong Tianyu purchased, the signal stability is significantly worse.

And everyone knows, once anything touches upon the concepts of being rare and irreplicable, the price will mysteriously skyrocket.

Just like stamp collections before the Natural Disaster, truth be told, stamps don't have any practical use. If it's just a personal hobby, it's still fine. But there are always some people who want to use the pretext of stamps to speculate wildly.

Just like once with orchids, koi, and Tibetan mastiffs, which were hyped up to sky-high prices by those people, only to end up with their prices completely collapsing.

The communication device in Dong Tianyu's hands is currently the same. The reason why its price is relatively stable without any severe fluctuations is that such items basically do not circulate on the market.

After all, not to mention the top-grade communication device in Dong Tianyu's hands, even the basic models are no longer freely available for purchase now.

If you want to buy a communication device from Magic Capital Base, it not only requires a significant number of Contribution Points but also involves a long wait in line. Again, the original Artifact Master who manufactured the communication devices died in an accident. Although he has left behind all the manufacturing blueprints, some things, even with detailed blueprints, are very difficult to replicate.

So unless there is some special circumstance, Dong Tianyu is not willing to let his parents give up the communication devices they currently have. Keep in mind, the devices in the old couple's hands were also purchased by Dong Tianyu at a high price before the Natural Disaster.

To know that after Dong Tianyu spent a fortune to buy all the top configured communication devices in the store, it didn't take long before the Imperial Court stopped selling these high-end communication devices to the public.

As such, unless absolutely necessary, neither Dong Tianyu nor Father Dong and Mother Dong are willing to give up the communication devices in their possession.

Perhaps some may think, letting Dong Tianyu carry three communication devices to the battlefield so Father Dong and Mother Dong don't have to go, and they don't have to worry about the Imperial Court's subsequent punishment.

This is something Dong Tianyu has already thought of; wouldn't the Imperial Court with its Staff Department have noticed this loophole?

Dong Tianyu doesn't believe that a loophole he can think of would go unnoticed by the Staff Department; it's something that anyone a bit smarter should realize, but some people, for the sake of small gains, choose to take the risk, deceiving themselves into believing the Imperial Court won't notice the loophole.

Since everyone can detect a problem here, and yet the Imperial Court pretends to know nothing, without much thought, it's clear that the Imperial Court wants to exploit this loophole for a trap.

The Imperial Court can certainly precisely locate communication devices and also has the means to detect if one person carries multiple communication devices to the battlefield.

Since he already guessed this, unless absolutely necessary, Dong Tianyu would definitely not choose this foolish method of self-deception.

At a moment of helplessness and worry, while Dong Tianyu glanced around at the scenery, he suddenly noticed the Companion Spiritual Treasure that was still left in the courtyard, not yet put away.

Just as he was about to collect the Companion Spiritual Treasure into his Sea of Consciousness, he suddenly thought of a solution, although still somewhat crafty, but compared to staying in a safe area and relying on others to help mark attendance, this was significantly better.

The method Dong Tianyu thought of wasn't complicated; since everyone conscripted must enter the battlefield at a designated time, there was no requirement to participate in combat.

Under normal circumstances, as long as one reaches the battlefield, once the battle begins, no one can remain unscathed; in a battlefield where it's either kill or be killed, no one can maintain a detached stance.

It's already clear that the Plane Transmission Channel for returning is in the sky, and those Bat Monsters possess the ability to fly.

Thus logically speaking, the Imperial Court has taken into account those survivors who, despite possessing communication devices, do not have strong combat abilities.

Because theoretically, the real battlefield should be mid-air, so those with weaker combat abilities might choose to hide on a ship, managing to survive until the end of the battle, without any hope for awards, but able to gain a record of participation in the conscription battle.

Since theoretically, staying on the surface of the sea should run no risk, Dong Tianyu thought that he might be unlucky, so during the battle, whichever passenger ship his parents are on, that ship might likely experience accidents.

Therefore, in order not to endanger anyone else's ship, Dong Tianyu plans to hide his parents directly inside his Companion Spiritual Treasure once they enter the battlefield.

Compared to the theoretically non-combative sea surface, Dong Tianyu actually feels the safety is higher deep in the sea, and with his Companion Spiritual Treasure having evolved twice, speaking of protective ability, it could be ranked amongst the top even inside the Magic Capital Base.

After Dong Tianyu shared his plan, Father Dong and Mother Dong did not insist, but directly agreed with Dong Tianyu's ideas.

Dong Tianyu didn't expect to convince his parents so easily this time; according to his original assumption, perhaps Mrs. Thompson would be willing to stay in the Companion Spiritual Treasure waiting for the battle to end, but Mr. Thompson definitely wanted to be involved to gain a change of perspective.