Cave Refuge

At this moment, Dong Tianyu was not staying in the cabin, but sitting on the deck. Perhaps because large amounts of blood had seeped into the water, Dong Tianyu could easily smell the blood scent from the breeze passing by.

Seeing the tragic scene on the surrounding water surface, an urge arose in Dong Tianyu's heart to cleanse the water zone with the Bloodthirsty Banner.

However, this thought was fleeting in his mind. After all, the chunks of corpses in the water were, in a way, feeding the various fish in this water area.

Perhaps it was because all the fish in the surrounding waters were attracted to the area mingled with corpse fragments, so after leaving that water zone with the Companion Spiritual Treasure, they hardly encountered other fish along the way.

When the Companion Spiritual Treasure was about to approach the harbor, no one stayed in the cabin anymore, but left Dong Tianyu's Companion Spiritual Treasure, all standing on the deck of Robinson William's Companion Spiritual Treasure.

Perhaps because they felt safe, everyone preferred not to stay in the fully enclosed cabin, instead asking Robinson William to summon his Companion Spiritual Treasure and everyone moved onto it.

Neither Dong Tianyu nor Robinson William refused their family members' desires, and right after the transition was completed, Dong Tianyu withdrew his Companion Spiritual Treasure back into his Sea of Consciousness.

That is why, when they were about to approach Magic Capital Base, everyone was standing on the deck of Robinson William's Companion Spiritual Treasure.

The purpose of the Bat Monsters invading Magic Capital Base was to plunder property, so they did not destroy the harbor of Magic Capital Base.

Perhaps because they were delayed by chatting with Grayson Todd, the ones who had rushed back earlier had already landed and returned to the inner city of Magic Capital Base to check the damages to their properties.

It must be said, if not for the foolish mess created by the Staff Department, and if everyone had relied on Magic Capital Base for defense, those Bat Monsters might not have dared to enter Magic Capital Base to plunder.

Even though the Bat Monsters are capable of flying and can disregard the walls' defenses, if they wanted to loot property, they would inevitably be dragged into street battles with humans.

Once the Bat Monsters engage in street battles with humans, their innate flying abilities not only fail to help in street fights but instead have a certain impact on them in such battles.

Once the Bat Monsters are dragged into street battles, not to mention others, their wings alone, while moving on the ground, would always cause certain hindrances.

Because of this, had there been forces stationed in Magic Capital Base from the beginning, even if it was only one-third of the people, the already successful Bat Monsters, after a few probes, would have definitely given up on attacking and plundering Magic Capital Base.

Unfortunately, the rightful garrison of city guards supposed to be in Magic Capital Base was completely redeployed elsewhere, so before the Bat Monsters had a chance to probe, those weaker residents of Magic Capital Base had all fled into the underground air-raid shelters.

When the Bat Monsters noticed that in Magic Capital Base, it seemed as if they were facing foreigners like Brazilian steaks (women) at their disposal, naturally, they would not give up such a delivered feast.

Everyone got off at the dock, then followed the main road into the inside of the base.

If the docks and walls were almost undamaged, then inside Magic Capital Base, the more centrally located, the higher the rate of destruction to buildings.

The Bat Monsters invaded Magic Capital Base to seize property, and generally, the positions closer to the wall edges are the homes of the poor.

Because of this, although many Bat Monsters participated in the pillaging, they preferred to scavenge resources in the wealthier central region of the base, and tended to ignore the slums near the walls.

Seeing the higher ratio of ruined buildings towards the center of the base, Dong Tianyu didn't quite know what to say about this situation.

After all, the scenes left behind after pre-disaster battles between countries are directly opposite to the scenes after the Bat Monsters' recent raid.

After the battle before the Natural Disaster, the luxurious villas in richer areas were less likely to be attacked by artillery fire; instead, it was the ordinary residential buildings that were easily subjected to the opponent's powerful attacks.

As he was walking, Dong Tianyu suddenly recalled the national compensation that Grayson Todd had mentioned. However, the more Dong Tianyu thought about it, the more interesting he found this compensation to be.

Although Grayson Todd said that the compensation was only for houses and did not cover any other losses, Dong Tianyu initially thought that the Imperial Court was just being stingy.

But after confirming the situation here, Dong Tianyu realized that those who devised this compensation were not stupid; they were malicious.

After all, at this time, the houses of common people had not been destroyed, while the houses of prominent officials, mainly located in the inner city, were not subjected to catastrophic damage but were still rendered temporarily uninhabitable.

And the housing repair compensation given by the Imperial Court, for ordinary people, at most covered only basic repairs to prevent leaks and dripping.

But if the compensation was for those high officials, the compensation provided by the Imperial Court would not just be a simple repair, but could even afford a complete renovation.

Thinking about this, Dong Tianyu could only helplessly sigh. Such matters were beyond his control and beyond his reach to manage.

The group first arrived at the house purchased by the Taylor family. The Taylor family was lucky, perhaps this area did not attract the Bat Monster, so the houses around had at most some broken windows and no other damage.

After saying goodbye to the Taylor family, the Thompson family quickened their pace home unconsciously. When they reached their residential complex, Dong Tianyu didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

As expected, because their complex was near the inner city, the people who could settle in this place were also quite wealthy.

Also, as such, many people had stored some highly valuable items at home, because not every family was like the Thompson family, where both parents each owned a storage ring with a relatively large interior space.

Not to mention, Mrs. Thompson's Companion Spiritual Treasure was a bearing branch, so each member of the Thompson family did not lack storage space.

Perhaps it was because of several crises they had encountered before; they had always chosen the path of relocating and leaving.

So, although the everyday household items were placed around the house, if one observed carefully, they could notice that if there was a need to leave and perform a strategic relocation, those home furnishings could be quickly and neatly packed up in no time.

When Father Dong and Mother Dong received the notice to ensure safety and were asked to leave the Magic Capital Base, they quickly packed everything in the house into the storage space.

Because of this, once Father Dong and Mother Dong left, the house that used to look very cozy now directly turned back into a bare structure.

Looking at the neighborhood that had practically turned into ruins, and noticing the slightly happy crowd nearby, Dong Tianyu was momentarily unable to comprehend the situation here.

At this time, there was no demolition assistance. Although the Imperial Court had promised to provide free repair services, looking at the collapsed houses, rebuilding might be more time and effort saving than repairing.

Unnoticed, Mrs. Thompson had already joined the chatting crowd around her. Before long, after understanding what had happened here, she came back to them with a joyful expression.

Before Mr. Thompson could ask, Mrs. Thompson shared all the information she had learned.

It turned out that since most of the houses in the complex had turned into ruins, the Officials were planning to rebuild the complex, and most crucially, the reconstructed houses would all have water and electricity.