Cave Refuge

In the end, after much discussion, the matter naturally fizzled out without resolution.

Seizing the chance when everyone fell silent and stopped raising objections, Evan immediately escorted the construction team out of the neighborhood.

Since this was a direct reconstruction, although all houses were newly built with altered layouts, their addresses remained the same as before.

Dong Tianyu first used his Divine Sense to probe the overall structure of the building, confirming that this building, made entirely of rock, was not much different from a cave dwelling in the mountains.

Although this reconstruction compensated an extra fifty square meters of space, their residences reverted back to being unfinished properties. If they wanted to live comfortably, renovations would be needed once again.

The location of the nuclear reactor beneath the building had been detected by Dong Tianyu using his Divine Sense. Though buried about fifty meters underground, any accident would surely affect the inhabitants above.

However, based on Evan's attitude just now, everyone understood that this situation could not be changed, so there was no point in further discussion.

It was only when the Dong family found their property according to the original address that they realized the unfinished state of their home now lacked even basic amenities, except for water and electricity supplies.

It goes without saying that the windows had not been fitted, just like before, and even the front door had not been installed; in essence, their home was nothing more than a large shelter that could protect them from the elements.

And naturally, one needn't think too hard to realize that they would have to seek out Evan for the renovation, as seemingly simple as it might appear, organizing the various tradespeople for each stage was exceedingly troublesome.

Luckily the weather was fair, meaning that even without windows, their sleep at night would not be disrupted.

Despite destruction caused by the Bat Monsters, support from the Imperial Court enabled the Magic Capital Base to be reconstructed at an astonishingly fast pace.

If one considered the scenario before the Natural Disaster, although the performance of the Civil Engineering Sect was noteworthy, no one could have imagined that it would take just five days to completely rebuild and restore all the damaged areas of the Magic Capital Base.

As time passed, the Magic Capital Base swiftly regained its former prosperity.

In the meantime, Robinson William actually invited Dong Tianyu to join his newly formed team, but Dong Tianyu flatly refused.

At this time, there were mainly three outcomes for the various teams within the Magic Capital Base.

Either they became like the old Escort Agencies, responsible for safeguarding the transport of merchant caravans between bases, though now, instead of escorting fully laden vehicles, they merely needed to guard a few individuals carrying Space Equipment.

However, precisely because each person being guarded could carry a significant amount of supplies, teams accepting guarding missions had to first pay a deposit amounting to eighty percent of the cargo's total value, unless there was a high level of mutual trust with the merchant.

Of course, this also led to some not-so-transparent dealings between the Guard Squads and those they protected, so unless it was a highly reputable Guard Squad, new or small teams generally found it difficult to get guarding jobs.

Most cross-city merchants would either form their own dedicated Guard Squads or establish long-term partnerships with certain squads. Usually, many merchants would band together creating a large caravan, leveraging their numbers to diminish the risk of treachery while traveling through the wilderness.

After all, everyone knows that the biggest profits come from ventures where no capital is at risk.

Besides the cross-city caravan guarding channel, the other two options were previously tried by Dong Tianyu: becoming a Sea Explorer, or hunting down Otherworldly Invaders that had just emerged from the Plane Transmission Channel.

If the old Robinson William was more down-to-earth, he might have accepted the task of guarding merchants, but now he could no longer tolerate that routine lifestyle.

His painful past experiences led him to discard the long-term voyages away from home, leaving no doubt that Robinson William would opt to form a Hunting Team specializing in hunting Otherworldly Invaders.

Dong Tianyu wasn't surprised by Robinson William's choice, and with the establishment of his Hunting Team, there would be an additional source of goods for the stores purchased by Ye Liuyun.

As time went on and the situation inside the Magic Capital Base stabilized, Ye Liuyun naturally couldn't just sit at home; though having idle time, he wouldn't join Robinson William's Hunting Team, since he didn't have the business acumen and wasn't keen on risking his life fighting outside the base.

As for Dong Tianyu's immediate refusal to join Robinson's team, that was because, after the battle, he faintly sensed the existence of the Plane Will.

Perhaps it was because Dong Tianyu single-handedly eliminated a large number of Otherworldly Invaders, allowing Blue Star to gain a substantial amount of Plane Origin, thus earning him the favor of the Plane Will.

Dong Tianyu might be called the Child of Destiny on Blue Star. At present, Dong Tianyu has only just begun to receive the favor of the Plane Will, so he hasn't reached the point where he is invulnerable to diseases or evil within the Plane.

While Dong Tianyu's current Cultivation Level already allows him to reach this state, a true Child of Destiny not only stumbles upon money on his path but also turns misfortune into fortune, a bit like how a novel's protagonist discovers various relics after jumping off a cliff, and then obtains a great fortune within those relics.