Cave Refuge

But observing the nascent dragon tornadoes not too far away, Dong Tianyu found himself momentarily at a loss for words. After all, even if he were to ram into them with his ship as he did before, shattering those juvenile tornadoes,

he still wouldn't be able to eliminate them all. While the Wave Rider was fast and its hull was large, its size was limited. It was very easy to smash those juvenile tornadoes, but once the Wave Rider moved away, the ones Dong Tianyu had broken would reappear.

Faced with this situation, Dong Tianyu also couldn't resolve it right away. If he rammed and destroyed them, in a while they would simply regenerate.

As soon as he left, they would reappear. If Dong Tianyu did not command the Wave Rider to ram the other water spouts, it wouldn't be long before the other water spouts would likely turn into a horrific natural disaster, just like the scene in the distance.

At this moment, Dong Tianyu was caught in a dilemma. Indeed, it had occurred to him to use Companion Spiritual Treasures to stifle the growth of a few water tornadoes.

But after careful observation by Dong Tianyu, unless someone else came to help, even with his Companion Spiritual Treasure, he wouldn't be able to disrupt them all.

Therefore, facing this situation, Dong Tianyu had not summoned his Companion Spiritual Treasure from his Sea of Consciousness. Of course, the main reason was that if the Wave Rider couldn't prevent the emergence of those water tornadoes on the surface,

then Dong Tianyu was ready to enter the Companion Spiritual Treasure, to hide deep under the water. After all, no matter how powerful the water tornadoes were, their impact underwater was almost negligible.

It was precisely because he had a backup plan that Dong Tianyu felt so relaxed at this moment.

Just as Dong Tianyu had the leisure to observe the entire process of the Dragon Siphon's formation, he forgot that such an eerie manner of formation for these water tornadoes certainly wasn't the sort of rare natural disaster that occurred only once in a thousand years before the disaster.

This appearance of the Dragon Siphon belonged to a new wave of natural disasters.

Perhaps it was because the recent disasters, whether Mysterious Ships or mechanical life forms, followed by aquatic creatures and the deep-sea Undead Race,

appeared, they involved battles and killing to obtain generous rewards. Therefore, Dong Tianyu had forgotten that the earliest form of disasters was natural calamities.

For those Martial Artists with high Cultivation Levels and formidable strength, the larger the scale of the natural disaster, the simpler it was for those powerful Martial Artists to survive.

After all, even with the land submerged by floods, those powerful Martial Artists could still hold their breath and dive underwater to hide.

If they encounter a Mysterious Ship underwater, even better. They could enter the Secret Realm of the Mysterious Ship and take their time to clear it, waiting until they understood the situation inside the Mysterious Realm.

Then they'd exterminate all monsters within the Mysterious Realm, leaving but a single one alive. As long as a monster survived, they would be unable to leave the Mysterious Realm.

If their initial intention on entering the Mysterious Realm was to swiftly decipher it and obtain the Mysterious Core, then now, their purpose was to take refuge from the natural disaster within the Mysterious Realm.

Normally, all they had to do was to calmly stay inside the Mysterious Realm for about a day, and the devastatingly powerful Dragon Siphon on the surface, even if not weakened or dissipated, would move away from this place.

After all, so-called tornadoes are indeed anomalous conditions occurring when two different air flows meet, and they only form when there is inequality in the air flows on either side.

Because these two opposing air flows differ in strength, one stronger than the other, the tornado continues to advance towards the direction where the airflow is weaker.

So, compared to other natural disasters, when facing a tornado, the safest refuge plan is actually to hide in a sufficiently deep underground space. Without needing to do anything else, just waiting calmly can easily see one through the disaster.

Unfortunately, when the tornado approaches, the martial artists can leap into the water without a second thought. Even those in the Body Tempering Realm can hold their breath underwater for four to five hours without external interference.

Furthermore, the Mysterious Ships that once posed a threat to divers now become a lifeline for the majority. As long as they enter the Mysterious Realm with enough supplies, they can stay underwater for as long as they wish.

Although in theory the Dragon Siphon poses no significant danger to the survivors, those martial artists may dive to avoid it, but the boats on the water's surface are unable to submerge and hide.

While Companion Spiritual Treasures can be stored in the Sea of Consciousness, there are survivors who use these treasures as everyday vessels. Some have made simple modifications to their Companion Spiritual Treasures, some have added common tools to them, and there are even those who have stored all their collected supplies within them.

They also know that once these objects are stored inside, the Companion Spiritual Treasures can no longer be taken into the Sea of Consciousness.

If they forcefully try to take the Companion Spiritual Treasures into the Sea of Consciousness, then the objects placed on the vessels would explode and scatter, just like the treasures from a monster chest in a game upon death.

And when facing the Dragon Siphon, those large ships built before the disaster couldn't even manage to ditch their stored supplies to preserve the vessel's integrity; they had to either flee far away or rely on the vessel's structure to withstand the onslaught.

At that time, Zachary, watching the Dragon Siphon gradually taking shape around him, didn't feel any urgency. After all, unlike the others, his Storage Space was sufficient to take the Wave Rider inside.

Even if the Wave Rider was currently surrounded by Dragon Siphons, Zachary still had the two options of escape above the water and below.

You should know that even a Dragon Siphon that seemed to connect to the sky could only reach as high as the troposphere.

Theoretically, as long as Zachary flew on his sword to the altitude of the stratosphere, the Dragon Siphon wouldn't cause him any harm.

To put it even more simply, essentially, as long as Zachary rose above the clouds, he would hardly be affected by the Dragon Siphon.

Beyond escaping upwards, Zachary also had the option of diving underwater. After all, unlike the others, his Companion Spirit had the feature of submersible navigation, allowing him to move freely underwater.

In contrast to Zachary's casual attitude, those survivors who owned their own vessels were quite conflicted at this moment. Some lived within the Water Base, others in their boats.

Upon learning of the situation, although they wanted to preserve their belongings, they were also concerned about whether they could survive the disaster.

For survivors like Father Dong and Mother Dong, who had settled directly at the Water Base, they could escape from the Water Base, but compared to the unknown dangers of the outside, staying in the Water Base felt safer to them.

Moreover, the Imperial Court had already prepared for potential disasters when constructing the Water Base. After all, it was initially built to survive disasters, so consideration was given to coping strategies for different types of disasters during construction.

This time, the disaster had come differently than before, not just affecting a single area but targeting specifically with calamities.

No matter where the ships were moored, a small water tornado would soon appear nearby. If left unattended, this small tornado would grow over time into a powerful water spout.

And if others interfered with the small tornado during its early stages, like Zachary did, then the intervened small tornado would fragment and give rise to even more small tornadoes in the vicinity.