Cave Refuge

The two walked to the edge of the deck, Ye Liuyun first took a deep breath, and then exhaled the smoke from his mouth, immediately drawing it back in through his nostrils to his belly. The smoke seemed to form a curtain between his nose and mouth.

This method of smoking twice was also the most common way to smoke nowadays, especially since tobacco wasn't just expensive but had even become rarer than gold, making every wisp of smoke valuable.

However, for this smoking method that had become fashionable, Dong Tianyu had not really learned it. Firstly, he didn't like smoking; although almost over ninety percent of the cigarettes originally stored in the Storage Space had been sold, the remaining ones, if only smoked by him, could probably last for a very long time.

"Zachary, do you think it's still necessary to keep our camp going under the current situation?"

Hearing Ye Liuyun say this, Dong Tianyu immediately understood his current thoughts. They indeed had experience in establishing new camps, but back then, it was their predecessors who were in charge, and they were merely helpers. So, they didn't think creating a new camp was a difficult task.

But when Ye Liuyun took control of building the camp himself, he encountered various unforeseen problems. The main reason Ye Liuyun had previously refused to join the Officials' camp was because he felt that establishing a camp in the wilderness, as long as it was successful, whether still under his control or receiving sanction from the Imperial Court, would definitely yield greater returns than the current investment.

However, the accidents happening one after the other now had caused many of his investments to go to waste. If this continued, he would definitely need to continue investing more into the camp. Right now, it wasn't that he didn't have money or resources, but facing this bottomless pit of a camp, he didn't know how much he would ultimately need to invest before he could start recuperating his costs.

Yet, if he chose to give up now, all his previous investments could be considered completely wasted. And because he had already thrown in so many resources, he was now hesitating between the two choices.

Although Dong Tianyu understood Ye Liuyun's indecisive mood at the moment, facing such a matter, he didn't want to blindly give advice. After all, whether to continue investing or to cut losses, both choices involved a huge cost.

Once Dong Tianyu gave his advice, it was fine if Ye Liuyun didn't follow it. But if Ye Liuyun made a choice based on Dong Tianyu's suggestion and later regretted it, he would inevitably blame Dong Tianyu, the source of the advice.

Dong Tianyu certainly didn't want to be the thankless character, "You shouldn't ask me this. You should think it over yourself. Either choice isn't necessarily wrong, and what you need now is to trust your own decision."

Hearing Dong Tianyu's diplomatic talk, Ye Liuyun instantly understood his thoughts. Since Dong Tianyu didn't want to delve into this topic, Ye Liuyun simply changed the subject:

"Do you think these little water snakes in the water are edible?"

Although Ye Liuyun's shift in the topic was overly obvious, when it came to food, Dong Tianyu could speak much more freely, "I think it should be fine, although these little black snakes aren't very large and have strong defensive power.

But if the species hasn't changed, then even if the snakes are poisonous, the poison would only be in the fangs and glands. You just need to be careful when cleaning them, unless these snakes are like pufferfish, with venom in their blood.

Hmm~ there are plenty of them anyway, I'll arrange for a group to catch some and then have a few people test them. If they're edible, then we don't need to worry about their sneak attacks, only about their numbers.

Think about the bears and tigers before the Natural Disaster, very aggressive and dangerous, right? But they eventually became protected animals because they were eaten.

Tsk tsk tsk, hearing you talk like this, I suddenly feel like their sneak attacks aren't such a bad thing, as you should know, at this time, food is more important than anything. If it turns out to be a delicious ingredient, despite our camp just being attacked by those monsters.

Don't even talk about releasing the results that are tested and certified one hundred percent real, just by spreading the rumors, I believe there will definitely be curious people wanting to taste what it's really like, to see if it's as good as advertised."

Watching Ye Liuyun analyze while talking profusely, Dong Tianyu could barely help himself from giving a thumbs-up.

Just as Ye Liuyun and Dong Tianyu were discussing various ways and methods of cooking, they suddenly heard a loud crash from the city wall.

From the sound that traveled over, they could tell that the impact was absolutely not small. Even though their villa community wasn't far from the city wall, the fact that the sound could travel all the way here showed it was definitely loud.

"This is urgent, Zachary, help me get there."

Hearing Ye Liuyun's request, Dong Tianyu did not hesitate and directly summoned his Flying Swords, then enlarged them a bit.

After all, even if the two men were close, they didn't want to cling together closely.