Cave Refuge

After arranging to meet with Ye Liuyun at Magic City Pier, Dong Tianyu put away his Companion Spiritual Treasure and rushed there with Father Dong and Mother Dong.

By the time Dong Tianyu and his parents arrived at the pier, the Taylor Family had long been waiting there for the arrival of the three members of the Thompson Family.

Dong Tianyu, seeing Robinson William's wife and child also there, asked with some confusion, "Why are sister-in-law and the children also here?"

Although the Companion Spiritual Treasure would definitely dive under the water once they entered the battlefield, it's still ultimately a battlefield. Once the battle begins, no one can predict what might happen.

It would be better to leave the sister-in-law at the base to wait for our return than to let her and the children follow along."

Robinson William had indeed considered Dong Tianyu's suggestion, but ultimately decided against it.

The main reason for rejecting the suggestion was that Robinson William felt that at this time, the majority of powerful martial artists or Artifact Masters in the vicinity of Magic City had all received the forced conscription message.

Even if we exclude those who chose to flee and not participate, the majority of those capable of fighting would be taking part in the battle to hold back the enemy.

For that reason, the safety of the Magic Capital Base might actually be less secure than staying within Dong Tianyu's Companion Spiritual Treasure come that time.

After all, despite Ye Liuyun's limited real combat experience, his Cultivation Realm speaks for itself. As his brother-in-law, he would surely protect his sister-in-law and his niece and nephew with all his heart in the face of danger.

Whereas if his wife and children stayed at the Magic Capital Base, should the Bat Monsters decide to attack the base before their return...

At that time, with all the capable fighters dispatched from the base, leaving behind only those non-combat logistics personnel...

The absence of a large number of fighters to protect them would spell a clear outcome for these non-combat individuals at the base should the Bat Monsters attack.

It was this consideration that made Robinson William prefer to have his wife and children stay in Dong Tianyu's Companion Spiritual Treasure with Ye Liuyun, rather than leaving them in the Magic Capital Base.

After listening to Robinson William's concerns, Dong Tianyu suddenly felt an inexplicable sensation that the scenario Robinson William described could very well happen in the future.

He sent both the Thompson Family and the Taylor Family into the Companion Spiritual Treasure, leaving only Dong Tianyu and Robinson William sitting on top of the Treasure.

Despite the fact that, apart from Robinson William's wife and children who didn't have communication devices and thus did not receive the Imperial Court's conscription message, everyone else in possession of a communication device had indeed received the mandatory conscription message sent by the Imperial Court.

Under normal circumstances, it could be acceptable for Master Ye and his wife not to participate in the battle, but for Ye Liuyun to dodge the fight given his youth would be somewhat excessive.

However, upon further thought, it's clear that whoever issued this message must have had a lack of foresight, because according to what Dong Tianyu knew, this time the Imperial Court issued the forced conscription message without considering any factors and sent it directly to everyone.

Perhaps the person who sent this message was trying to achieve a grand feat or simply made a snap decision, but they ended up ordering everyone with a communication device to head to the battlefield to participate in the defense.

At this time, anyone with fighting capability would have purchased a communication device for convenience in communication.

And because of base policies, Magic City has attracted quite a few strong Hunting Teams, so at this point, communication devices have basically become ubiquitous in the Magic Capital Base, one in every person's hand.

As such, after the conscription order was issued, most people in the Magic Capital Base received the message, rushing straight to the battlefield.

That's why Dong Tianyu felt the base had become so deserted as he hurried through it to the pier; during his passage through the entire base, he hardly encountered any of the residents of Magic City.

It is for this reason, and tangentially validating Robinson William's concerns, if the Bat Monsters do choose to attack Magic City Base, the base at this moment would have no capability to fend off the Bat Monster attacks.

If seen from this perspective, then indeed, after the start of the battle, staying inside Dong Tianyu's Companion Spiritual Treasure would surely be much safer than staying in Magic City Base.

Originally, Dong Tianyu was planning to take everyone to the designated area aboard the Companion Spiritual Treasure, but at this moment, Robinson William came up with another proposal.

He suggested that everyone not participating in the defense battle stay safely within the Companion Spiritual Treasure, and those who choose to participate in the battle sit on top of the Treasure to head to the designated area.

This way, when they arrived at the designated area, they could arrange for the Companion Spiritual Treasure to dive, avoiding attracting anyone else's attention due to the diving.

After the battle starts, both Dong Tianyu and Robinson William would be better off keeping a low profile with their family's Companion Spiritual Treasure, the less noticeable to the Bat Monsters, the better.

Therefore, after Robinson William mentioned his idea, Dong Tianyu immediately adopted it without hesitation.

What Dong Tianyu did not expect was that compared to the stable and comfortable environment inside the Companion Spiritual Treasure, because of its full-speed advancement, the environment Dong Tianyu and Robinson William were currently in was actually not that great.