Cave Refuge-Chapter 133: Relatives Visiting_1

"The temperature outside is getting hotter, I wonder if the two underground tunnels have been dug through yet, maybe I’ll go and check tomorrow."

The location of the cave mansion is far from the city, the advantage being that it’s rarely disturbed, but the downside is that it’s difficult to access information from within the city.

Although the cave mansion is currently still inside the mountain, it follows that besides the entrance and exit inlaid on the mountain surface, the inside seems to be an independent space, not connected to the outside world.

All the communication lines that Dong Tianyu had originally set up were now abandoned and unusable, and Pengcheng’s communication base station has not yet been repaired, with only a small number of telegraphs still functioning.

Therefore, if he stays in the cave mansion, Dong Tianyu would have no way of knowing what was happening outside, this is why even though he lacked nothing, he still maintained a trade relationship with Ye Liuyun every month.

It was precisely because of this circumstance that Dong Tianyu did not force his parents to move into the cave mansion.

After all, humans are, by nature, sociable creatures. Perhaps staying with just a few people can drive one to madness, but if one is alone, unless their will is incredibly firm, their descent into madness would likely come even quicker.

Of course, this only applies to ordinary people. For cultivators, the more they advance, the longer their cultivation periods, with some even lasting ten or twenty years. But for them, completely engrossed in their practice, they don’t feel the torment, nor do they notice the passage of time.

After the floodwaters had receded, the temperature outside was always above twenty degrees. This temperature was quite pleasant for ordinary people, allowing them to go outside dressed in a long-sleeved shirt or short sleeves with a light windbreaker.

But as the weather began to heat up, many people, even when dressed in short sleeves, would find themselves drenched in sweat after only a few steps outside.

This temperature had already become unkind to ordinary people. Although they could still move about freely, everyone had a sense of unease in their hearts.

After all, everyone had experienced the Cold Catastrophe. The current rising temperatures, although gradual, were remarkably similar to the initial stages of the Cold Catastrophe.

After the flood waters had receded, Dong’s relatives had returned to their own homes, but at this time, they also realized that the current weather was unusual, so they considered going back and living in the subway station’s refuge center, like before.

As for why they wanted to bring Father Dong and Mother Dong along, it was because Dong Tianyu had prepared so many supplies in advance. At this time, although everyone still had some stock at home, the quantity was small, so their purpose for inviting his parents was clear.

However, they didn’t expect that after the floods receded, Father Dong and Mother Dong didn’t move back into their own home, but chose to remain in the difficult-to-access office building.

When the relatives approached Father Dong, trying to persuade him to move into the subway refuge center with them, Father Dong refused: "I’ve heard that the subway refuge center where we were living before will be requisitioned by the West City District Headquarters. So even if we moved in there in advance, we’d be ’invited to other refuge centers’ by them."

So, I can’t help you this time, let’s wait for the community’s arrangement.

Anyway, most of the underground refuge centers are now connected to the subway network, so it doesn’t make much difference where we live."

Upon hearing Father Dong’s reply, the relatives felt somewhat resentful. Although they said living anywhere would be the same, they knew very well that Dong Tianyu could obtain supplies.

If they lived together, things would be better. Father Dong and Mother Dong would feel embarrassed to keep the supplies all to themselves and would certainly share them.

But if they lived separately, there’s no telling. Once they moved out, they could not always stick to Father Dong and Mother Dong’s side.

"Uncle, where will you two be assigned to live in the underground refuge center?"

Father Dong was quite clear about the purpose of the relatives’ inquiry, but he didn’t mind, if they could live with him, he wouldn’t be selfish:

"By the ’placement according to proximity’ principle, we two have been assigned to the refuge center reconstructed from the parking lot below."

Upon hearing that Father Dong had already been assigned, they felt a bit helpless. After all, they had just noticed the abnormal weather and hadn’t made any preparations. They hadn’t expected that the officials had already started implementing the placement plan.

No wonder Father Dong and Mother Dong preferred the trouble of going up and down the floors rather than moving out of the office building. It was truly a case of ’those near the water are the first to get the moon’.

Because of the simultaneous construction of both tunnels in four different directions, everyone basically knew the situation here and clearly understood that even though the office building car park was a newly transformed refuge center, its potential was obvious to any sharp-eyed person.

It was difficult for ordinary people to be assigned to this refuge center as it was under the current West City District Headquarters. Apart from survivors like Father Dong and Mother Dong, who had always resided in the office building, no one would consider being relocated there unless they were relatives of the headquarters’ staff.

But the relatives heard that only Father Dong and Mother Dong had been reassigned, and Dong Tianyu was not among them, so they felt a glimmer of hope again: "What about Tianyu then, if he has nowhere to live, he can stay with us."

Upon hearing this, Father Dong secretly rolled his eyes. Stay with them? Their small tricks were almost turning heaven and earth upside down. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

"No need, just like before, Tianyu will stay at his working place, he won’t be staying in the City Center at that time."

Hearing Father Dong’s words, the others were resigned. They could only depressedly return home for now, thinking about how to gather some supplies for reserves before the official announcement comes.

After the others had left, only Father Dong’s second brother and Hai’s father were left in the room. Initially, these two families lived with Father Dong and Mother Dong on the 30th floor of the office building. However, after the floodwaters receded, they found it inconvenient to go up and down the stairs, so they moved back to their own homes.

Upon seeing the two looking like they wanted to say something, Father Dong pulled out his packet of cigarettes and handed one to each.

At this time, the packet Father Dong took out was extremely exquisite, but the cigarettes inside were of various brands, a common situation among most survivors who could scrounge up cigarettes.

Although Father Dong could produce boxed cigarettes any time, or even strips of cigarettes, in order to not stand out too much, he also followed the trend and carried loose cigarettes on his person.

"Fifth bro, is there really no way?"

Although Brother Two’s words were unclear, Father Dong understood what he wanted to ask.

"Isn’t your son-in-law enlisted? Shouldn’t he be able to access information here? If you guys hadn’t moved out back then, it would have been easier to deal with."

Or if anyone from either of your two houses was present during the assignment, this would have been easier to handle.

You guys don’t know, but a man suddenly came asking about the number of residents at night. I initially thought of reporting an extra place for Tianyu, but it didn’t pass."

Father Dong was not lying. Although the place where he and Mother Dong were assigned was not the new underground refuge center downstairs, there was indeed a person who came to register the number of residents at the time.