Cave Refuge

Upon being asked by Ye Liuyun, Dong Tianyu did not conceal anything and told him everything he knew.

But something that Dong Tianyu found strange was that, before they left, it was certain that their current weakness was due to parasites invading their bodies at an unknown time and place.

However, when they returned to the Magic Capital Base, they changed their story and insisted that they were afflicted with a contagious disease.

Frankly speaking, Dong Tianyu didn't think the excuse of a contagious disease was much better than that of parasites.

But because there had previously been an incident where survivors were parasitized, causing significant loss and impact, the Officials then decided to use the contagious disease excuse.

After all, if another excuse were used, some people, to learn about the recent battle conditions, might actively contact those survivors.

Although the Officials had already made it clear to everyone that this matter needed to be kept confidential, such a thing could not be kept secret for long.

Thus, to prevent those idle people from getting close, and noticing something amiss in their daily lives, they deliberately said that those who returned were suffering from a deadly infectious disease, to ward off those who wished to approach them.

Just as the Officials predicted, when everyone learned that those who had been out were about to return and arrive at the docks of the Magic Capital Base, many people instinctively went to the docks together, hoping to get firsthand information from those returning warriors.

But before these people could gather at the docks, they heard an announcement from the Officials informing everyone that those returning Martial Artists had contracted a deadly infectious disease, and getting close to them could lead to easy transmission, thus advising everyone not to gather at the docks.

If originally, before the Natural Disaster, there were people stubborn enough to ignore warnings, then now, after experiencing so many such disasters, those stubborn people had already died.

Those who had survived until now, upon hearing the Officials' warning that staying at the docks posed a life-threatening danger, wouldn't dare to take their chances to verify the truth for themselves.

However, when Ye Liuyun heard Dong Tianyu finish explaining the truth, he suddenly thought of a chilling possibility: "You said that after that monster died, parasites seemed to suddenly appear in the air and water.

Do you think those parasites that didn't inhabit those people's bodies, could perhaps have traveled to the Magic Capital Base via ocean currents or seasonal winds?"

Upon hearing Ye Liuyun's speculation, Dong Tianyu immediately denied it: "Not to mention how low this possibility is, even if really there are people in the Magic Capital Base who were parasitized by these parasites, just think about the doctors there.

If before, parasites could only be killed by taking medication, now in these times, even amputation can be fully treated, so even if parasites really inhabited a person's body, I believe the doctors in the base could treat them right away.

After all, the symptoms displayed after being parasitized by those parasites are very obvious. If anyone is seen constantly drinking water, it's very likely they have parasites in their body. Checking whether one has been parasitized is also simple; those who are capable can self-examine, and those who aren't can ask someone to help probe their bodily condition.

Once a parasite grows inside the body, it becomes very obvious, and one can be sure upon checking, so such parasites really won't cause much harm."

After hearing Dong Tianyu's reassurance, Ye Liuyun's heart did not ease, as having a tangible example right before his eyes made it quite normal for him not to accept the reality immediately.

The silence on the other end of the phone also reflected Ye Liuyun's current mood.

Perhaps Dong Tianyu guessed what Ye Liuyun was thinking, so he subsequently comforted Ye Liuyun by saying: "Don't worry about this sort of thing. Honestly, if you really are worried, just wear a mask whenever you go out, and when you drink water, only drink water that has been fully boiled, definitely do not drink untreated water."

"As long as you stick to this lifestyle, over ninety percent of diseases will not bother you."

Just as Dong Tianyu was about to continue comforting Ye Liuyun, the water surface below him suddenly began to churn, and the loud sound of waves slapping the water was transmitted to Ye Liuyun through the communicator on this side.

Based on the sound of the wind and waves just now, one could tell that the turbulence at Dong Tianyu's location was intense, so Ye Liuyun no longer cared about other matters and immediately asked Dong Tianyu, "Zachary, how are things on your end? The sounds transmitted through the phone aren't good; has something happened there?"

After hearing the sound of the waves, Dong Tianyu turned his gaze to the water below, and upon seeing the situation there, he immediately said to Ye Liuyun, "I've run into a bit of trouble here, it's not convenient to chat right now. I'm going to hang up and will contact you after handling it." Subsequently, Dong Tianyu hung up the call.

Hearing the busy tone from the phone, Ye Liuyun knew that Dong Tianyu must have encountered some tricky situation.

However, knowing it was one thing, he had the self-awareness to realize he couldn't participate in Dong Tianyu's fight, so he could only stay at the base and pray silently.

Dong Tianyu's Divine Sense pierced through the turbulent waves, probing what was happening underwater and why such an inexplicable disturbance was occurring there.

When the Divine Sense penetrated to the seabed, Dong Tianyu was startled by the scene underwater; a headless corpse, which had been resting there, had now regenerated a new head using the blood returning to it.

However, as the new head had just formed, perhaps due to the blood blending into the surrounding seawater, it had attracted all the aquatic creatures nearby.

Hence, while the headless monster lay underwater, using the blood to regenerate a new head, before the creature could even rise, numerous carnivorous fish immediately rushed towards the monster's body and, without giving it any chance to react, began frenziedly tearing at the flesh of the headless corpse.

Even before the Natural Disaster, there was a saying in the ocean that "the fall of one whale brings life to thousands," after all, all fish are omnivorous, meaning they can eat both meat and vegetation.

It's easy for fish to graze in the water, and most fish not only feed on aquatic plants but also on the algae growing on the seabed.

However, for fish, sustaining on vegetation merely prevents starvation, but if they truly want to grow, the most practical choice is to eat meat, be it insects or worms, which are high in protein.

For this reason, if a corpse appears in the sea, it doesn't take long for it to be cleansed by the fish.

Now, the soon-to-be-resurrected corpse underwater was similar; the blood had attracted so many fish to this area.

When the fish drawn by the blood discovered the corpse, given that their aggression was higher than that of fish before the Natural Disaster, they immediately swarmed towards the headless corpse ready to feast.

Perhaps because the headless corpse was relatively large, the fish that gradually gathered here, even if they arrived late, didn't need to compete with the earlier fish and could find a spot to partake in the flesh.

Although the return of the blood continuously repaired the headless corpse, by now, once the body was fully restored, the monster would reawaken immediately.

Unfortunately, this method of resurrection had a bug: the monster could only revive after its wounds were completely healed.

Currently, the head that had been lost was now restored by countless repairs from the blood, and as long as the body was fully repaired, the monster was inevitably going to be resurrected.

However, right now, the monster's body was being gnawed on by countless sea fish, and though the blood kept repairing the monster's body, after the fish appeared, a peculiar balance was temporarily formed between the two sides.