Cave Refuge

What Grayson Todd didn't know was that Dong Tianyu's parents were hiding right beneath them.

Just as Dong Tianyu was about to ask some questions, he suddenly saw a Companion Spiritual Treasure charging towards them at high speed.

Before the Companion Spiritual Treasure got close, Dong Tianyu had already seen its owner through his Divine Sense.

On Grayson's end, perhaps thinking that the battlefield was between humans and Otherworldly Invaders, and seeing that the approaching figure was human, he didn't raise his guard too much.

When the speeding Companion Spiritual Treasure came charging, neither Dong Tianyu nor Grayson Todd were too surprised.

Just as the Companion Spiritual Treasure was about to collide with Grayson's Companion Spiritual Treasure, a person leapt high from the opposing Companion Spiritual Treasure, with the artifact disappearing in an instant beneath him.

Watching Robinson William land with a cool pose, neither Dong Tianyu nor Grayson Todd showed any hint of surprise on their faces.

The newcomer was none other than Robinson William who had just participated in the skirmish over there. As Dong Tianyu opened his mouth to explain the situation on the spot, he saw Grayson Todd and Robinson William quickly walk over to each other and then hit their fists together in a very in-sync manner.

In front of Dong Tianyu's puzzled gaze, the two kept hitting their fists together like a secret handshake and finally wrapped it up as if they were playing rock-paper-scissors.

This rock-paper-scissors-like conclusion seemed to result in Robinson William's loss, and it ended with Grayson Todd giving Robinson William a heavy punch on the shoulder.

The interaction between Grayson Todd and Robinson William, had it been in a TV show with a BGM playing during their interaction, might have made Dong Tianyu feel it expressed a profoundly deep friendship between the two.

But now, what Dong Tianyu saw was in reality, with no corresponding BGM during their exchange, which was somewhat awkward for him.

Dong Tianyu, being ignored by the two, was about to say something when he heard Robinson William happily say, "Little Grayson, shouldn't you be over at the Imperial Capital? How come you're here now?"

Instead of answering Robinson William's question directly, Grayson Todd counter-asked, "Little William, you are one to talk. Why have you come to the Magic City? Didn't you say you were going back to Pengcheng?"

Even if there were issues in Pengcheng, you should have gone to the closest Goldenridge Base, why did you run off to the Magic City?"

Robinson William, not as clever as Grayson, simply responded to Grayson's inquiry without thinking about how he had been the one to ask first, and Grayson not only did not answer his question but instead counter-questioned him, saying:

"I never wanted to come to the Magic City, actually. Although Goldenridge is a bit stricter, I think the environment there is pretty good, at least we don't need to worry about everything.

It's just that my brother didn't like the environment in Goldenridge, so he moved all of the Taylor family, young and old, over here. I had no choice. Even though I quite liked the system in Goldenridge, I couldn't just abandon my entire family and move there alone.

So with no other option, I had to follow my brother and settle in the Magic Capital Base. It's just that a few days after we settled down, something like this happened here. If I had known it was so dangerous here, I would have persuaded everyone to leave when I first got back."

As Robinson William narrated, Grayson Todd keenly picked up on some issues and continued to ask, "What's up, from the tone of your voice, when Pengcheng had the incident, weren't you wiped out together?"

Hearing Grayson's question, Robinson William showed a wry smile of helplessness before teasing, "Those who come out of the palace really don't know the troubles of the common folk.

You think Pengcheng is like the Imperial Capital, having everything you want? Pengcheng is just a third-tier city. Despite our constant boasts about "Great Pengcheng" and the bragging about becoming the provincial capital after the redivision of provinces before the Natural Disaster,

in reality, though we have long-distance high-speed rail and airports, and elevated metros in the city, although we always claim to be a quasi-second-tier city, the administrative ranking has always classified us as a third-tier city.

You tell me, in such a city, if it was an isolated disaster, even like the earthquake that happened before the Natural Disaster that only struck Pengcheng, maybe with its original foundation, Pengcheng could withstand it without support from other cities.

But faced with a global disaster, if the Imperial Court starts disaster relief and city restoration, do you think they would restore the Imperial Capital where you are, or care for a third-tier city like Pengcheng?"

"I won't say too much else, just remember when we first met, I said I was from Pengcheng, and you didn't even know which province Pengcheng was in."

Heard by Grayson Todd, who immediately retorted a bit defiantly, "You can't blame me alone for that. When other people introduce themselves, they say they are from XXX province, XXX city. Only you, when you introduced yourself, said you are from Rivermarch Province, Pengcheng."

"You have no idea, when you mentioned Rivermarch Province, not only me, but everyone else in the dorm was just as confused. Looking at your confident expression back then, I even doubted whether I slacked off in geography class and never suspected that your Rivermarch Province was a self-entertaining nickname."

Hearing this, Robinson William immediately showed a smile, "Then that just shows you guys are fools."

For Robinson William's remark, Grayson Todd also felt somewhat helpless, "Actually, sometimes the more you learn, the easier it is to deceive yourself."