Cave Refuge

"Heatwave!"

After Mr. Thompson had enumerated the previous natural disasters, the remaining ones naturally appeared in his mind.

However, although Mr. Thompson had mentioned a natural disaster, in Dong Tianyu's heart, compared to the other types of disasters that had not yet appeared, the briefly occurring heatwave would not have much of an impact on the survivors.

And by this time, Dong Tianyu had developed a rather unsettling speculation about the natural disasters that had struck Blue Star, suspecting that they were actually under the control of some unknown entity.

The reason Dong Tianyu thought this way was because, after experiencing so many cycles of disasters, although they brought severe casualties to the survivors, when the majority of survivors could no longer endure, another kind of disaster that seemed to be destructive but actually provided opportunities for survival would emerge.

Aside from these inexplicable beneficial disasters, if the survivors could quickly adapt to a particular disaster, its duration would be very short. It seemed as if the disaster would only come to its scheduled end unless most survivors were suffering but without widespread deaths occurring prematurely or being delayed.

At this moment, Mr. Thompson, having calmed down, put down the things in his hands and slowly walked to the door, looking up at the position of the sun. He stretched one hand outside as if to feel the outdoor temperature.

However, although Mr. Thompson had begun his cultivation, he was still just one of the common folks and had no special constitution to sense a slight rise or drop in the temperature.

Watching Mr. Thompson stand at the door for a long time, Dong Tianyu and Mrs. Thompson didn't know whether he had really felt the change in the outdoor temperature. Just as Mrs. Thompson was about to say something as she couldn't bear it anymore, Mr. Thompson suddenly spoke up, "Tianyu, release your Companion Spiritual Treasure."

Mr. Thompson had originally not wanted to ride in Dong Tianyu's Companion Spiritual Treasure because he knew that no matter which Spiritual Treasure they rested in, the environment wouldn't differ much.

After all, even if the outside temperature decreased rapidly, not to mention that they could regulate their own body temperature with their cultivation, their Storage Space also contained many garments against the cold. As long as the outdoor temperature didn't suddenly drop below minus seventy or eighty degrees, it wouldn't have much impact on them.

However, compared to dressing more layers to combat the drop in temperature outside, there were no simple methods to tackle a rise in temperature. Before the disaster, if the outdoor temperature was too high, one could hide inside and enjoy a cool environment with air conditioning.

But at this time, not to mention that most air conditioners were damaged or lost during the recurring disasters, even if they could find a functioning air conditioner, the source of electricity to run it would pose a significant problem.

During the last heatwave, most survivors took refuge underground. Because the disaster had just struck not long before, if they were diligent, they could still scour the city and find many resources, especially later on when they discovered Saltpetre, a relatively unique cooling material.

Not to mention how effective Saltpetre was as a cooling agent, simply by using it to make ice blocks with water and then exposing the melted water to the sun, Saltpetre, once dissolved in the water, could naturally be extracted again. Though there would be a slight consumption, it could still be considered a recyclable cooling material.

However, such an excellent cooling material, after the onset of the flood, mostly disappeared in the floodwater due to preservation issues.

Of course, there were also a few lucky individuals like Dong Tianyu, who had Storage Equipment early on and chose to reserve some Saltpetre in their Storage Space for various reasons.

But at that time, very few people possessed Storage Equipment, and not every Storage Space was as immense as Dong Tianyu's Cave, making the number of survivors who actually had a reserve of Saltpetre extremely scarce.

And at this time, the camp had just been completed. Dong Tianyu did not believe that in the camp, there would be someone as far-sighted and capable of making Ye Liuyun listen, who had advised building underground refuge spaces before constructing the camp.

As someone who had been living in the camp since its construction from scratch, although Mr. Thompson couldn't claim to know every inch of the camp, he could confidently say that he was very familiar with all the visible structures of the entire camp.

And because Mr. Thompson knew the camp well, he was very clear that the camp, unlike Pengcheng where he had previously lived, lacked an underground Refuge Center. Therefore, when the heatwave struck, unless he and Mrs. Thompson were willing to endure it in their villa or their Companion Spiritual Treasure, hiding inside Dong Tianyu's Companion Spiritual Treasure was the best option.

After all, everyone knew that a submarine lurking deep in the water must inevitably have an air conditioning system to adjust the indoor temperature. While Dong Tianyu's Companion Spiritual Treasure was not strictly a submarine, having lived inside it several times, he knew that it indeed had air conditioning-like capabilities to adjust the cabin temperature to an optimal level.