Cave Refuge

Men think only of utility when shopping; for them, though there is a premium, it's not about the brand but the quality. Once a man has bought something and found it handy, as long as the price isn't significantly higher than similar products, he won't easily switch brands even if it's a little more expensive the next time he buys.

When Zachary purchased a technique, it was much the same. Initially, he didn't think about the future when choosing a technique; knowing that the spells bought from the Scripture Hall wouldn't be a rip-off, he simply bought the least expensive one that met his needs.

Now that the technique has failed, it could be that the monster's body still has the ability to resist, or it could be the fish that didn't die and continued to nibble on the monster's corpse interfering with the "Universe in the Palm" technique.

Either way, it's not a good outcome for Zachary at this moment.

Watching more dead fish float to the surface and turn into bloody water to be absorbed again by the monster's body, Zachary guessed that the monster submerged in the water would soon revive. Having learned that the monster is about to come back to life and without any means to stop it,

Zachary's only option now is to immediately return to the Magic City Base, take his parents, and notify Madeline and the others to temporarily leave the base.

Having conceived this thought, Zachary, while controlling his sword to fly back rapidly, took out a communicator to contact his parents.

Just after Zachary dialed the communicator, Mr. Thompson immediately answered the call: "What happened? How long will it take for you to come back?"

Mr. Thompson asked this because Zachary had sent a message to his parents assuring them of his safety before chatting with Madeline.

So, when Zachary suddenly contacted Mr. Thompson, his father naturally guessed there might be new problems.

"Dad, have you and mom arrived home?"

Hearing Zachary's question, Mr. Thompson instantly had some bad hunches, so he quickly inquired, "Why do you ask? What happened?"

Because after the alarm was sounded, the Officials organized all the survivors living at the base to evacuate, and it was a scattered evacuation. Therefore, when the alarm was lifted, people were not allowed to return to the city at will but were queued up to return by different regions.

Since our area was one of the first to leave the base, we are now a bit far from it, and consequently, returning to the city is naturally a bit later in the order. It is not yet our turn.

Hearing that his parents were still outside the city and while the monster under the water has not revived yet, Zachary still breathed a sigh of relief: "Dad, stay where you are, don't come back to the city yet, send me your location; I'll come to find you."

Although Zachary did not specify the exact reason, Mr. Thompson vaguely guessed there was still unremitting danger, hence the prevention of their return to the city.

Mr. Thompson did not question his son's arrangement, knowing his son's character well, Zachary would not speculate without a clear outcome.

After informing his parents, Zachary contacted Madeline again, telling him that although the Officials lifted the alarm, it would be best not to return to the city for the night.

Madeline, upon receiving Zachary's warning, immediately asked for the specifics. Though Madeline had a good relationship with Zachary, they hadn't reached the same unconditional trust Mr. Thompson and Mrs. Thompson had with their son.

Furthermore, the Taylor family, despite Madeline still being single, had both elderly and young; if Zachary's warned event did not occur, their family would have spent a night outdoor for nothing.

After hearing Zachary's warning, Madeline wanted to ask more details to verify the veracity of Zachary's words.

But Zachary, guessing what Madeline was thinking, didn't continue the conversation and ended the call with a "believe it or not" attitude.

Dong Tianyu's speed of Sword Flight was very fast, and based on the positioning sent over by Father Dong, he easily found the location of his father.

By the time Dong Tianyu arrived, he had expected that the others would have already left and returned to the city, but to his surprise, many people had not left and from their current state, it seemed they planned to stay here overnight and not go back to the city.

Seeing the people around him either sitting on the ground or resting in the already set up tents, Dong Tianyu was at a loss for words for a moment.

Father Dong seemed to guess the confusion in Dong Tianyu's heart and directly started to explain to his son: "Everyone has already received the notification from the Officials that the emergency alert has been lifted.

Among the group of people who left with us, many immediately returned to rest at the Magic Capital Base after the Officials' notification.

Besides those who went straight back to the city upon receiving the message, there were some who did not immediately return for resting but instead prepared to make do with a night in the wild.

Actually, if you were busy outside and didn't come back, and only your mother and I were at home, we would have done the same as them, choosing to spend the night outside the city rather than returning."

Dong Tianyu did not say much about Father Dong's thoughts, but looking at those sitting on the ground or living in tents, Dong Tianyu silently despised them for their lack of intelligence.

Their brains didn't seem to turn around, sitting on the ground could still be explained as being able to monitor the surroundings at all times so they could react as quickly as possible in case of an emergency at night.

But living in a tent, aside from seeking comfort, there was no other way to understand it.

Yet since they were already seeking comfort, why not directly summon their Companion Spiritual Treasure, after all, compared to a tent, the defensive power of a Companion Spiritual Treasure should be somewhat higher.

Even though there was no water around, summoning the Companion Spiritual Treasure at this time was only to have a more comfortable living space at night, not to use the Companion Spiritual Treasure as a vehicle.

When Dong Tianyu summoned his own Companion Spiritual Treasure, it immediately attracted the attention of everyone around, and the Thompson Family of three did not care about the gazes from others and directly entered the Companion Spiritual Treasure of Dong Tianyu to rest.

At first, the people around were puzzled by the sudden appearance of the cylindrical object, and after the Thompson Family of three entered Dong Tianyu's Companion Spiritual Treasure, others guessed that this thing was a Companion Spiritual Treasure that had evolved through the Submersible Navigation branch.

At first, they wondered why Dong Tianyu would summon his Companion Spiritual Treasure on land, but among so many people on-site, naturally, some reacted quickly and immediately understood Dong Tianyu's approach, promptly summoning their own Companion Spiritual Treasures as well.

At this time, although the tents were simple to make, it was not easy for ordinary people to get a tent, and for this reason, whenever someone brought out a tent to start setting it up, they would receive envious glances from others around them.

But after Dong Tianyu used his Companion Spiritual Treasure as a camping tent, some people also followed suit and summoned the Companion Spiritual Treasures from their Sea of Consciousness to use as tents.

Those who had tents, upon seeing others summoning their own Companion Spiritual Treasures as tents, naturally felt displeased when looking back at the tent they had gone through the trouble of setting up.

After all, no matter how you put it, living in the spacious Companion Spiritual Treasure was much more comfortable than staying in the cramped tent.

Just as the people on Dong Tianyu's side had all entered their Companion Spiritual Treasures to rest, the corpse that had sunk to the bottom of the water and was gnawed by various fish, at this moment had no fish around its body.

And the head, which Dong Tianyu had originally blown off with explosives, had now once again regrown from the neck.