Cave Refuge

After listening to Ye Liuyun's lament, Dong Tianyu now understood the specific reason why the other party had come to seek him out, although Dong Tianyu was also very clear in his heart. While he did not know how many resources Ye Liuyun had actually put into this camp, just by looking at the scale of the camp, he knew it was not a small amount.

Moreover, Ye Liuyun already harbored the idea of giving up, and he also came here to share his woes with Dong Tianyu, but in fact, Ye Liuyun was still in a state of indecision at heart, so this visit was actually about asking Dong Tianyu to help him make a decision.

Regardless of what choice Dong Tianyu would make, no matter how Dong Tianyu judged, it would be fine if Ye Liuyun did not base his decision on Dong Tianyu's judgment. However, once Ye Liuyun made a choice following Dong Tianyu's judgment, if he ever regretted it later, the first person he would blame would be Dong Tianyu.

That's why Dong Tianyu did not suggest anything that might influence Ye Liuyun's judgment, but instead immediately tried to comfort him: "No matter what you choose, the final decision is still in your hands. Even if you come to ask me, I cannot make the best choice for you.

Instead of asking me, you might as well ask your father, Master Ye, at home. After all, he is your father, and most importantly, he had also been involved in the initial construction of the camp."

Although Ye Liuyun was not satisfied with Dong Tianyu's response, since he had come to Dong Tianyu, it indicated that he had definitely sought Master Ye's advice at home. The fact that Master Ye's suggestions could not make him resolute was precisely why he came to consult Dong Tianyu, wanting to know Dong Tianyu's judgment on the matter.

Seeing Ye Liuyun wanted to continue asking, Dong Tianyu very decisively changed the topic: "By the way, it's been a long time, hasn't your brother come to meet up with you yet?"

Although Dong Tianyu's way of changing the topic was rather abrupt, regarding the query from Dong Tianyu, Ye Liuyun still needed to respond seriously: "Although I have contacted my brother and confirmed each other's locations, but as you know the current situation.

Let alone the wilderness, even in our camp, various situations occur frequently. Thus, my brother simply cannot arrive at our camp according to the original plan. Due to frequent unexpected events, they have not even reached half of the originally planned journey. It seems like they won't be able to return in a short period."

After Ye Liuyun gave this response, he hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke again: "If I decide to give up this camp and go to a city established by the Imperial Court, I am planning to go to Magic Capital Base which is slightly farther away, not the closest base, Dawn City."

Hearing Ye Liuyun suddenly mentioning his plan to give up the camp for another destination, Dong Tianyu asked with some confusion: "Why choose such a distant place? With the current situation, the road is not safe."

Faced with Dong Tianyu's reminder, Ye Liuyun displayed a hesitant look. Seeing Ye Liuyun's expression at this moment, Dong Tianyu did not continue to inquire about the reason, but instead stood there with interest, quietly watching Ye Liuyun's performance.

After a while, realizing Dong Tianyu was watching him with a half-smiling expression, Ye Liuyun instantly understood that Dong Tianyu had seen through his careful consideration, so he stopped performing and straightforwardly explained his choice: "The reason I did not choose the nearest Dawn City Base is because I had friends inquire about it.

Although the camps established by the Imperial Court are based on the renovation of cities before the Natural Disaster, the cities are not the same. Even though they are all directly managed cities built by the Imperial Court, depending on the region, the Imperial Court will allocate different resources.

Our nearby Dawn City Base belongs to an inland base. Nowadays, those who seek asylum there are survivors who drifted nearby before the end of the flood.

As you know, even though the Natural Disaster submerged the entire Blue Star, turning those inland cities into swamp countries, the resources compared to the original coastal cities are still much worse.

Both water bases established during the flood were initially the same in terms of scale and personnel configuration. But when the flood actually struck, why did some water bases thrive while others gradually declined?

You must be clear about the specific reason—the fundamental reason is the difficulty of accessing resources. After the flood, although all water bases started in a similar state, those located inland could only rely on Martial Artists to dive deep into the water to retrieve resources.

The water bases originally located by the sea flourished so quickly precisely because they had more channels to obtain resources. To put it simply, this involved plundering resources from overseas Zoos and bringing them back to our local Zoo.

Extracting resources underwater is like mining for profits before the Natural Disaster—each mine's reserve of resources is ultimately limited. The more people arranged to mine, the faster the resources are exhausted.

Those so-called traveling merchant convoys are actually like merchant ships during the Age of Great Voyages. Although nominally merchant ships, when they go out, they mainly store only food and water in their cargo holds, with no goods intended for trade."