Cave Refuge

But when that person finished casting the spell, there was no difference in ground height inside and outside the residential area, and the construction debris that Zachary had seen turn into yellow mud seemed to disappear out of thin air after the casting was complete.

If it were just this, although Zachary would find it strange, he would not pay too much attention to it; after all, it was just a Special Ability.

Though through this Special Ability, Zachary could imagine its remarkable effects in large-scale battles, that was about it because, after all, Zachary could practice Sword Control, so this Technique would not pose any danger to him.

However, the second person who emerged from the construction team, after displaying his ability, greatly surprised Zachary.

After all, anyone who saw him merely wave his hand, causing countless rocks to break through the earth and then in less than a minute's time, directly assemble into a six-story apartment building, would be astonished.

After seeing the ability the person displayed, it directly reminded Zachary of the Wood Escape Four Pillar House Technique in Naruto; although the Four Pillar House in Naruto is a two-story villa constructed out of wood, what the construction team member built was a six-story apartment building.

However, upon further thought, one would realize that whether it's the six-story apartment building in front of them or the Four Pillar House Technique from Naruto, the structure of the buildings created is actually under the control of the caster.

As long as the caster is willing and possesses sufficient power, let alone an apartment building or a two-story villa, even constructing a bird's nest would only require a moment.

After the bare-shell building was completed, two people from the construction team walked straight to the entrance of the newly built unit, one of whom took out dozens of bundles of wire from their Storage Equipment while the other directly placed his hand onto the wall of the bare-shell building.

Then the bundles of wire that the other person had just dropped on the ground burrowed into the wall just like loaches.

Everyone watched the wires on the ground, which seemed to have Spiritual Wisdom as they entered the wall one by one in sequence, and one could roughly guess that this was the installation of electrical wiring for the rooms.

However, merely installing wires in each room is of no use; after all, stable power supply facilities are essential for truly free electricity before a Natural Disaster.

Otherwise, just installing wires in every room, without stable power supply facilities, it would be nearly impossible to have freely available electricity.

When the last of the wires at the person's feet had entered the wall, the other person took out a square box, but this time, placed it on the ground very carefully.

As soon as the small box was gently placed on the ground by the other person, it was like a waterlogged piece of wood on the surface of the water, initially still floating, but as time passed, the small box slowly and gradually sank as if it were Floating on the surface of the water.

After the small box sunk into the ground not long after, the other person, who had previously pressed his hand against the wall, finally retrieved that hand.

With those two rejoining the team, the fifth person left the lineup, but this time, the person didn't approach the still bare apartment building and instead looked intently at the surroundings before squatting down with both hands pressed on the ground.

Seeing this action, Dong Tianyu could naturally guess that this person was probably deploying his ability beneath the ground.

As Divine Sense probed underground, Dong Tianyu then understood that the other was constructing sewage pipelines beneath the ground.

And what Dong Tianyu never expected was that, initially thinking that the other was just making a small sewage channel underneath, he never imagined that in just a brief moment, the other could create a massive circular sewage channel approximately three meters in diameter beneath the ground.

When he first discovered the channel, Dong Tianyu was actually quite curious, after all, compared to circular channels, wouldn't square or rectangular channels be easier to construct?

However, this thought had just arisen when Zachary immediately extinguished it, as the idea that had just surfaced in his mind was entirely based on the former considerations of human construction of passageways.

But it was only after probing with Divine Sense that Zachary discovered that the underground passage that had just formed did not have walls like freshly dug earth, but was instead made of very hard rock walls.

If not for Zachary's investigation with Divine Sense, even if one were to enter the underground passage, upon seeing the actual scene within, it was very likely that they would mistake the passage for a natural cavern.

When the construction team's fifth member's hands left the ground and rejoined the team, everyone thought that a sixth person would emerge from the group of more than a dozen people.

But to everyone's surprise, it seemed as if those five had already completed all of the preliminary construction of the building. The construction team directly moved to another empty space within the community, and following the process they had just performed, they started building all over again.

And most crucially, the ones who were implementing the Technique were still the same five who had acted before; the other members of the construction team did not partake, but instead quietly waited within the group.

Perhaps owing to their many experiences, no matter how many residential buildings were constructed in the community, the construction team always maintained a fixed rhythm, building them one by one.

After the reconstruction of the originally collapsed buildings in the community was complete, there were those who wanted to snag connections by offering water and food, and some even attempted to invite the entire construction team out for a meal, but in the end, all such actions were kindly rejected by the captain of the construction team.

Watching the construction team arrive in a hurry, and then depart just as quickly after their work, everyone on site could not help but admire their integrity. Without guessing, it was certain that this construction team must be directly under the control of the Officials. Otherwise, they would not possess and maintain such discipline.

After all, if it were a private construction team, they might not actively ask for anything, but they would definitely not refuse things offered to them.

After the construction team left, Evan, who was in charge of renovating the houses for Zachary's family from the comprehensive office of the street, stood out, holding a loudspeaker and addressing the audience:

"I'm sure many of you recognize me since I'm responsible for renovating all the houses in our community.

This time, after our community was attacked by the Bat Monster, the Officials funded the reconstruction of the community. The floor plans of the reconstructed houses are exactly the same as the ones we purchased originally, but with an additional fifty square meters of space for each household.

This reconstruction of the houses is considered as compensation from the Officials for the Bat Monster attack. The houses have already been rebuilt, and the extra fifty square meters are considered compensation for the original interior renovation costs.

Since I'm responsible for the renovations of every household in our community, I have the records of the exact costs. The extra fifty square meters will surely make up for the expenses of your original renovations.

As for the damage to household items, whether there is clear evidence or not, the Officials will not offer any compensation on this matter.

After all, it's now not only about rebuilding your houses for free but also increasing the size of the houses, which already counts as the Officials making a huge concession. Otherwise, think back on when Natural Disasters occurred and houses were damaged—the Officials never offered any compensation back then.

So no one should feel too hard done by. After all, compared to the houses that had no water or electricity, not only do the new buildings have utilities, but most crucially, the Officials give each household a free annual electricity quota of ten thousand kilowatt-hours.

As long as your annual electricity consumption does not exceed ten thousand kilowatt-hours, your home will effectively have free electricity."

Hearing these words from Evan, Zachary suddenly remembered the small box that the construction team had hidden underground.

Recalling how carefully the construction team had handled that small box when they took it out, Zachary suddenly speculated whether the small box could be something nuclear, because in his mind, only something nuclear could continuously generate such an enormous amount of electricity.