Cave Refuge

Watching the time already past eight o'clock, logically speaking, even in winter, it should have been daylight by now. Yet, looking outside through the window, it's still pitch-dark. It seems something might have occurred outside.

Father Dong and Mother Dong, seeing Dong Tianyu had gotten up and hearing their son's inquiry, moved away from the window and then said to Dong Tianyu, "It's raining outside now. The rain doesn't seem too heavy, but perhaps the dark clouds completely block out the sunlight, and there might be an even heavier downpour later."

After hearing Father Dong's explanation, Dong Tianyu immediately opened his Divine Sense, wanting to personally observe the situation outside. However, as soon as he extended his Divine Sense, he immediately detected that the drizzle outside had the ability to disturb it.

While the raindrops wouldn't directly destroy or harm Dong Tianyu's projected Divine Sense, the rainwater did possess the ability to obstruct and interfere with it.

At this moment, the Divine Sense was like the water in a pond, and the raindrops were like small pebbles. Though throwing pebbles into the water doesn't damage the pond, every time a stone is tossed in, it causes intense ripples on the surface.

Although the water eventually returns to calmness, before that, the surface won't be serene and naturally won't reflect the outside world's scenery.

And the number of raindrops outside is no less compared to the pebbles by the river, so now it effectively seals off one of Dong Tianyu's senses.

Although Dong Tianyu often says that the Divine Sense isn't very useful and tends to become ineffective in face of various issues, rendering it ineffective in certain scenarios.

But previously, where the Divine Sense became ineffective was usually in some special departments or a secret location of some organization, or perhaps it could be in a Cave Blessed Land.

In short, places where the Divine Sense was blocked could generally be said to be enveloped by Formations, whether they were human-laid formations in special locations or naturally formed formations in wilderness cave heavens. In any case, factors that could block the Divine Sense were mostly related to Formations.

It was the first time Dong Tianyu encountered something unrelated to Formations that could easily affect the Divine Sense, after all, it couldn't be that every droplet of rain outside contained a Formation; otherwise, Dong Tianyu's Divine Sense wouldn't be disturbed by every falling raindrop.

Having noticed the hindrance on his Divine Sense, Dong Tianyu simply retracted it. Even with the temporary disablement of his Divine Sense, it didn't have much impact on him.

After all, Dong Tianyu was not like the characters in some novels who, after acquiring Divine Sense, would blindfold themselves and directly use Divine Sense to replace the function of their eyes in order to train it.

Moreover, Dong Tianyu was currently inside his Companion Spirit Treasure, and he was very clear about its defensive power. Although it's now not gun-resistant, let alone missile-resistant, Dong Tianyu wasn't worried about the safety of himself and his parents.

After all, with two experiences of material evolution, ordinary firearms would struggle to even leave a mark on its shell, and those high-powered weapons would hardly be expected to leave nothing behind if they were all destroyed.

However, both Dong Tianyu and his parents felt that, or Dong Tianyu also felt, their Thompson Family had not offended anyone to deserve a missile attack at such a time.

After confirming that the Divine Sense would be affected by the rain, Dong Tianyu immediately took out a communicator to contact Ye Liuyun to inquire about his situation.

Unfortunately, Dong Tianyu noticed while making the call that the communicator displayed that it was in flight mode.

With several communication satellites suspended in space, theoretically, as long as Dong Tianyu stayed within the country, he should not have any connectivity issues.

And even outside the country, the communicator could be connected to satellites; it's not as if being in a remote area meant weak signals impeding phone calls - it wouldn't affect sending text messages to each other.

But clearly now being within the country, with communication satellites hovering above their heads, there shouldn't be a situation where they lack a signal.

Yet now the loss of signal has occurred, which inevitably tells others that they possess a large-scale ability to block signals.

Some people might think that this method of concealment won't fool anyone for long, but consider that there is only one surveillance satellite hanging high in space.

Therefore, unless the Imperial Court actively issues a long-term order to monitor him, the satellite absolutely will not constantly watch over Zachary's every move.

Zachary absentmindedly gazed out of the window at the drizzling rain that had been falling for a long time. By all common sense, based on the light rain seen from the window, many people would go out in this weather and wouldn't even carry an umbrella.

But at this time, could there really be an accident?

Unexpectedly, there really could be. Zachary had thought that the rain outside was nothing more than a common drizzle.

However, when Zachary opened the hatch to go outside and take a look, he noticed something odd about the rain.

Who would have thought that this fine rain actually contained a strong corrosive property? Although the corrosive effect was only potent against inorganic material and had little impact on the flesh,

it was because of this that the rain, in addition to corroding any umbrellas that those out had in hand, could also eat away at the clothes they were wearing. If they stayed outside without seeking shelter, no matter how many layers they were wearing, it wouldn't be long before they would be reduced to the state of primitive humans.

Completely naked, without a thing on them.

In Zachary's opinion, compared to rain with direct harmful capabilities, this kind of rain that only corroded inorganic material was far more terrifying.

After all, no matter the era, a person running naked in the street would definitely arouse a great deal of interest from the public.

Mr. Thompson looked at Zachary, who had just prepared to go out only to return again, and asked with some confusion, "Why have you come back? Did you forget to bring something?"

Hearing his father's inquiry, Zachary didn't beat around the bush and directly relayed the situation he had just discovered.

After Mr. Thompson heard the entirety of what Zachary had to say, he asked with a very grave expression, "Is the rain that's falling outside related to that wind?"

Upon hearing his father mention that gust of wind, Zachary suddenly felt as if the current scene seemed familiar, as if he had experienced it before.

Watching the water level on the ground rise gradually, a sense of dread struck Zachary's heart. He prayed that the rain would end soon and not last too long, otherwise what followed would become a very troublesome matter.

But that's just how it is, the more you dread facing something, the more likely it is to appear before you.

At this time, the situation had developed in a way Zachary least wanted to see. Although the drizzle had no negative effect on humans and was even enjoyed by many in this kind of weather,

because the rain contained corrosive properties, many people experiencing romance on the streets found their clothes gradually being eaten away by the rain during their enjoyment of the atmosphere, ultimately leaving all of those who ventured out in the rain to experience a unification with nature.

However, not everyone liked this feeling of unity with nature. As many began to notice something was amiss with their clothing, they quickly returned home to change.

By now, there were only a very few people left outside who, amid various looks of contemplation, envy, or other indescribable gazes from those around, still did not wish to go home and continued to stay outside, enjoying the light rain caressing their entire bodies.