Cave Refuge

Although they were initially bewildered when someone in the crowd began to give directions, it wasn't long before they all caught on. So before they arrived, they already had their suspicions; the reason they came in person was to verify their own thoughts.

From above, Zachary could clearly see the situation on the ground where the black snakes deliberately avoided the location of the Companion Spiritual Treasures.

Even before the crowd on the ground discovered the function of the Companion Spiritual Treasures, Zachary had already known this would happen.

After all, Mr. Thompson's parents were still inside the Companion Spiritual Treasure, and the black snakes weren't just appearing around the crowd; they were spreading throughout the entire camp.

Compared to a group of unfamiliar strangers, when predicting danger, Zachary would naturally focus first on his parents' location, ready to act at any moment to protect them.

Just as Zachary was preparing to use the Three Flags to escort and protect his parents, he was surprised to find that the black snakes emerging from the fissures in the ground wouldn't come near the Companion Spiritual Treasure at all. Even with their own kind everywhere around, they had no intention of climbing it.

After observing for a while and confirming that none of the black snakes would approach the Companion Spiritual Treasure, Zachary then turned his attention elsewhere.

In contrast to Father Thompson and Mother Thompson, who were probably just worried about the earthquake and had not noticed the black snakes, and the survivors who had already found a suitable way to cope,

it was the Patrol Team members waiting on the city walls for their teammates to return and Madeline who were truly fighting the black snakes.

When Zachary shifted his gaze to the city wall, he realized that the Patrol Team formed by Madeline truly lived up to the high welfare treatment he provided; each member was very strong in combat. Although Madeline was also on the city wall, she was protected in the central area, and the black snakes couldn't get close to her.

At this moment, perhaps only the Patrol Team members on the city walls were still fiercely battling those black snakes, because though the space on the city walls was fairly wide,

it was insufficient to summon the Companion Spiritual Treasure from the Sea of Consciousness unless it was an unevolved raft, as evolved Spiritual Treasures would find it difficult to stand on the city walls.

Even though the Patrol Team members on the walls did not summon their Companion Spiritual Treasures, with their powerful combat abilities, they could still firmly suppress those black snakes, preventing them from climbing over the walls.

Even though the black snakes were not only climbing up the stairs but could also climb directly up the vertical side of the wall without external help, the Patrol Team remained dominant, not letting a single black snake stay on the wall for even a minute.

Maybe it was because Zachary had been lingering in the air for too long, and since he wasn't using a spell to hide his presence, it wasn't long before Madeline, who had nothing better to do, noticed him.

Hearing the sound from his communicator before even pulling it out of his pocket, Zachary immediately observed Madeline making the call through Divine Sense and answered his phone directly without looking at the caller ID.

"Zachary, are you hovering above the base now?"

Hearing the voice from the other end of the phone, Zachary rolled his eyes with a hint of irritation and replied, "Can't you see that clearly?"

Madeline didn't mind Zachary's sarcastic response and asked with a slight edge of anxiety, "How's the situation over at the villa area?"

Although Madeline didn't specify, Zachary understood exactly what she wanted to know, so he didn't beat around the bush and gave her the answer she wanted to hear, "Your family is safe."

Hearing Zachary's straightforward response, Madeline didn't believe it, even though she was in a safe place with all the black snakes trying to climb the wall being suppressed by Patrol Team members.

But looking at the seemingly endless stream of black snakes, Madeline didn't believe that just her parents could remain unscathed under their siege.

However, thinking about the relationship between the two families, she knew that Zachary definitely wouldn't stand idly by if her family was in danger. Seeing Zachary observing the whole camp leisurely from the air suggested her family must be very safe at the moment.

In just a few moments, Madeline figured out the cause and effect, so she was no longer anxious and asked somewhat puzzled, "What's the situation with my family now?"

Now that she knew her own family wasn't in danger, Madeline was even more curious as to why her parents were able to remain unscathed amidst the siege by so many black snakes.

After all, her current safety relied entirely on the members of the Patrol Team next to her, who had very strong individual combat skills. She was well acquainted with all the residents living in the villa area, so she understood that even if all the residents in the villa area worked together, they could not keep safe from the black snakes' siege all the time.

Precisely because of this, Madeline was curious as to why Zachary could so easily say that her family was safe.