Cave Refuge

The destruction wrought by the last bout of chaos was, in fact, repaired in not too long, as the survivors who could reside in this area still had some resources at home.

Although they were looted by those opportunistic looters, these young thugs were not far-sighted, mostly taking away various supplies by chance. So in terms of actual value, it didn't really hurt the residents to the bone.

Thus, even though these families had been invaded by these young thugs, their homes damaged and ransacked, to them, it was merely the loss of some unimportant belongings.

If they had suffered irreparable losses, even the Martial Artists in these households, despite being warned, would not have just stayed put.

After all, when facing the imminent threat of losing everything, most Rabbit wouldn't just accept their fate; they would fiercely rise in rebellion.

Because among a people that can cry out, "Would rather be a ghost than a slave", and have the courage to pull an Emperor off his horse, there's no lack of a bloody determination to fight when cornered.

This fiasco, for the families in the middle-class, was like a disastrously heavy loss. Yet for the residents living here, it was more like Monkey King wreaking havoc in the heavens, just playing along in someone else's drama.

Had those people not been too engrossed and too arrogant, this act could have carried on more deeply.

When the chaos had ended, naturally, it was time for renovations and repairs which had to be paid for out-of-pocket.

Although now everyone knew who was pulling the strings behind the scenes, what good was that knowledge? Even if one held so-called evidence, and even if it were compelling enough to convict, what then?

The worst they could expect was a verbal apology from the other party; if you pressed harder, they might casually offer some so-called compensation.

But what good was compensation if the place you lived in theoretically belonged to the other party? It wasn't like before the natural disaster when, if things got too tough, one could just move elsewhere.

Now, relocating to another base wasn't impossible, but it came at a considerable cost, and there could be unknown dangers along the way. So, after weighing the pros and cons, most people would opt to stay, as the outlay was only for some repair costs.

After the uproar, regardless of the state of the houses, they had actually been repaired and now, during this period, housing repairs were remarkably simple.

The overall architecture of the base was metal, so those young thugs, upon entering a room, could only damage doors and furniture, they had no real impact on the house's main structure. That's why house repairs were so expedient.

At this time, Zachary saw so many renovations on the street because some people had moved to the newly expanded area of the base, to succinctly put it, the New City District.

Originally living on the base's lower levels, these residents, due to the Officials' exceptional relocation benefits, mostly volunteered to move to the New City District.

And the houses they left behind were all taken over by the Officials, unlike before the disaster, where after reclaiming the houses from demolition, the land and houses were removed completely to develop anew.

The houses currently reclaimed by the Officials, situated on the original base's lower levels, could also be renovated, but the restructuring couldn't affect the base's core framework.

After all, if the main structures of those lower-level houses were compromised during renovation, the entire base could easily collapse.

That's precisely why, even after the Officials had bought back those lower-level houses at a low price, they were not eager to invest in their renovation.

Following numerous meetings, the Officials ultimately decided to sell these cheaply exchanged houses in packages to wealthy individuals interested in purchasing them.

Of course, these buyers could renovate and demolish, but like pre-disaster commercial houses, they must not touch the load-bearing walls (main structural framework).

Because of the importance of this issue, when these buyers commenced their renovations, numerous Officials' patrollers would check in, patrolling and inspecting unpredictably.

It was because of this, after the original lower-level survivors had moved, those living in the middle levels, looking to improve their living conditions, would sell their current homes and use the proceeds to buy several lower-level units.

This method of improving living conditions wasn't new; even before the disaster struck, many original residents of big cities had thought of this strategy.

For instance, if their current home could sell for five million, they might use the money to buy a small villa with a courtyard for about five hundred thousand in a third-tier city or a rural area with a good environment, and spend another five hundred thousand to renovate it.

The remaining four million would be divided across three Money Houses, each part held in different term deposits. With the yearly interest granted by the Money Houses, one could live quite lavishly, especially in a smaller town with lower living costs.