Cave Refuge

When soldiers moved into the refuge center, the deterrent effect of the batons instantly reduced, but their value did not diminish.

And when vehicles going out needed an escort, although a soldier armed with a firearm would be provided, it was also required for members of the Thompson family, carrying batons, to follow.

Of course, the Officials did not just take advantage of them. They provided some subsidies every time they escorted a vehicle, not much, but in this era of supply distribution, the temptation was indeed great.

And if the Thompson family didn't want to escort the vehicles, they wouldn't be forced to. But every time they distributed supplies outside, they would 'borrow' the batons from them.

Although they would return them each time, they had to take care of several refuge centers, which meant the transportation of supplies was ceaseless, hence the batons too trailed the vehicle instead of the people.

Seeing this situation, Mr. Thompson and his son-in-law had a discussion and decided to donate all the batons in the hands of the older generation.

After donating most of the batons, they kept the ones held by the young generation. However, the Officials on the street also declared that the young men holding batons had to join the protection teams unless they handed over their batons, otherwise, they would have to accompany the vehicles outside.

After seeing this, some of the young people handed over their batons for their own safety.

Originally, Zachary also thought of handing over his baton. After all, soldiers were already stationed in the refuge center, and even if they were unarmed, Zachary would not be able to resist them for a minute if he held a baton against them.

But when Zachary communicated this idea to his father, he was dissuaded.

After the soldiers from the Military Department were stationed, the protection team that had originally been formed was disbanded and was reorganized by the Military Department soldiers, and all the young members of the Thompson family who had joined the protection team were eliminated.

It was not intentional on the part of the Military Department. When selecting people at that time, they were directly tested in front of everyone. There was no room for backroom maneuvers.

The younger generation of the Thompson family had a decent life during peacetime. Although not affluent, they could be considered a comfortable family.

So although they exercised regularly, their aim was just to keep fit. As a result, their physical condition was only average.

The difference between the subway station refuge center and the community refuge center is that most of the people entering here are not locals. Therefore, they are primarily out-of-towners who had come to work in Pengcheng, fewer old people but more young people.

Because selection was based on ranking, this meant that there was no standard in this selection, only merit-based admission.

The subway station at People's Square was also part of the central business area, so there were many young people and lots of physically capable persons here.

Therefore, according to the normal selection standards, no one from the Thompson family got into the protection team. Seeing this, Zachary's father also saw his son's healthy physique and his two young grandsons, so after much hesitation, he finally decided to let Zachary stay in the protection team.

Zachary's father's proposal made him hesitate for a long time, but finally, thinking about his own two sons, Zachary gritted his teeth and stayed in the protection team, managing to avoid any disability despite being slightly injured on several occasions.

Under normal circumstances, now that the Officials have restored communication between the various refuge centers, those who caused riots should be nervous.

But because of the cold weather outside, the Officials couldn't send large numbers of people to deal with them.

In fact, if the Officials were harsh, they could totally stop supplying those rioting refuge centers, letting them die off naturally.

But for some unknown reason, perhaps fearing the appearance of helpless citizens, even knowing that some refuge centers had riots, the Officials still supplied them, only in much smaller quantities.

This has led to the protection team frequently having to transport supplies to various refuge centers, and some refuge centers, after receiving a small amount of supplies and seeing that there were still remaining supplies in the vehicle, would conflict with the protection team. This was the reason why the protection team frequently suffered injuries.

As soon as the team neared the gate of the Logistics Park, Dong Tianyu noticed that there were others moving inside the park.

Seeing the gigantic steam truck, Dong Tianyu knew the identities of the people inside.

Seeing their outfit, one could assume it looked like a spacesuit, while his own was like wearing a long coat in autumn.

Dong Tianyu knew it was not suitable to interact with them today, otherwise, he couldn't explain why he wasn't afraid of the cold.

Fortunately, there were not many people moving in the Logistics Park, and their goals were also very clear. After finding the things they wanted, they left the Logistics Park immediately.

Only after hiding in the distance and seeing them leave did Dong Tianyu enter into the Logistics Park. First, he went to the place where the steam truck had just stopped, to see if they had left anything behind when they left.

Approaching the storage area, he noticed that it was clearly rummaged through. Luckily, there were some boxes left behind that hadn't been completely moved. Dong Tianyu directly opened the boxes and checked the remaining things inside.

After opening the box, Dong Tianyu was surprised to find that the box was full of various metal parts. He randomly picked up a pack and gave it a hard squeeze. These parts were not as brittle as the bicycle parts due to the weather and their strength did not weaken at all.

However, Dong Tianyu didn't know the use of these parts, whether they were spare parts for a machine, so he threw the package of parts back into the box.

Alright, the people from the Officials were already gone, now he could slowly replenish the supplies in the cave mansion.

Each large warehouse in the Logistics Park has all kinds of things, from small stationery and toys to large machinery. Every time he entered a warehouse, it was like opening a blind box, nobody knew what was inside.

Dong Tianyu did not pick carefully this time. Besides replenishing supplies, he was aiming to upgrade his cave mansion as soon as possible.

So this time, every time Dong Tianyu left a large warehouse, the temporary storage warehouses ended up neat and tidy.

Dong Tianyu picked some food and alcohol, and the rest was sent to the cave mansion for decomposition and absorption, serving as the foundation of the cave mansion.

In the process of busily cleaning, Dong Tianyu occasionally came across some special findings, such as prohibited transport of crossbows. These things were generally packaged in rectangular boxes, inside of which would be five to ten crossbow arrows.

Why did Dong Tianyu know so clearly about it? It was due to curiosity. For the goods without a clear label outside the package, Dong Tianyu thought that after sending it to the cave mansion, it would be decomposed and absorbed by the mansion, so he directly opened the box violently to check the items inside.

For some interesting or very practical items, Dong Tianyu would also keep them.