Chapter 580: Chapter 413 Camp Changes_2
Hearing Mr. Thompson say this, Dong Tianyu had not yet spoken when Mrs. Thompson immediately interrupted, "No, if we leave, we’ll leave together; otherwise, I’ll stay here with you."
Mrs. Thompson was not clear about the situation with the giant tree, and she was also reluctant to leave. So when she heard Mr. Thompson express a desire to stay, she had not hesitated to want to stay with him.
At Mrs. Thompson’s words, Dong Tianyu looked at Mr. Thompson somewhat helplessly. Knowing his wife so well after so many years of marriage, Mr. Thompson understood her thoughts and sighed with a feeling of helplessness. Although he said nothing, he shook his head at Dong Tianyu.
Dong Tianyu knew that at this time, his father could not persuade his mother, so he did not speak further on the matter, and the issue was temporarily dropped.
After that somber topic had ended, Mrs. Thompson immediately asked why Walker Violet had not come back with Dong Tianyu. Although Mrs. Thompson had only met her daughter-in-law a few times, she had come to approve of her after their acquaintance.
In addition, during chats with other friends, their children had already started to play with their grandchildren, so Mrs. Thompson was also quite anxious at this time.
Hearing his mother’s question, Dong Tianyu also felt very helpless. He knew that he had not taken any precautions while playing games, and he entered the Cave to frolic almost every other day.
But just like the saying goes, the more powerful the individual, the less likely they are to reproduce—it was true to the point where none of the women in the Cave showed even a sign of pregnancy. This made Dong Tianyu doubt whether he was practicing the art of eternal life or the way of heartlessness.
Dong Tianyu, facing his father who was silent but looking serious, reluctantly gave an answer that could be accepted by both parents using the art of language.
However, to cover up one lie, it often takes countless more. Dong Tianyu did not understand why he could not speak directly about something so clear.
Sigh ~ The affection he felt for home before returning had vanished in an instant, and he even found himself wanting to go back urgently.
They say a child returning home on the first day of the holiday is a treasure, but after two days, they become as unremarkable as grass. The same held true in the Thompson family; after staying at home for a couple of days, Mrs. Thompson found many of her son’s behaviors irritating.
In the past, when there was nothing else to do, she would take Dong Tianyu out for arranged meetings, but now that there was Walker Violet, the tasks Mrs. Thompson could assign to Dong Tianyu were few and far between. Yet she still disliked seeing her son sitting idle at home.
Although a bit slow to realize, once he noticed his mother’s thoughts, Dong Tianyu immediately decided not to continue staying at home and, incidentally, gave those tailing him outside something to do.
When Dong Tianyu stepped out of the house openly, he clearly sensed many ’tails’ following him. Dong Tianyu did not mind these little followers and continued to walk toward the outskirts of the city on his own.
Truthfully, Dong Tianyu had not been gone from Saxon County Camp for long, just a little over half a year, but the changes there gave him the feeling of being in a different city.
The previously disorderly and complicated streets were now well-organized, and the formerly deserted streets were lined with countless storefronts. If it weren’t for seeing the outside view from the plane when he arrived, judging by the bustling scenes on the streets now, it would be hard to believe this was a post-disaster city.
Continuing along the bustling street and heading outward, although the streets here were not as lively as those within the second ring, people could still be seen laughing and talking in groups of twos and threes. Some survivors had even set up small tables on the sidewalks to play chess or cards.
As Dong Tianyu continued to move forward, he saw the construction site that was under development. Unlike before the disaster when various engineering machines were needed, there were very few of those machines to be seen on the entire site now. The vast majority of the work was completed by human labor.
Perhaps it was the substantial improvement in physical fitness after becoming a Martial Artist that allowed tasks, which previously could only be done with machines, to be easily completed by hand. It seemed that even with the widespread adoption of Martial Path, bricklaying was still a very common occupation.
Watching Dong Tianyu continue to head out of the city, those "tails" following behind him looked a bit lost as they glanced at each other. Following him outside the city would not be as simple as it had been within the city.
Using his Divine Sense, Dong Tianyu saw them making a phone call to report the situation. Although he could tell what they were saying by reading their lips, he had no way to use his Divine Sense to interpret the sound waves of the person on the other end of the line, so he had no idea what was being said there.
But seeing that those tails continued to follow him, Dong Tianyu knew they had not given up. However, at that moment, he had no intention of confronting them; instead, he kept acting as if he had not noticed anything and went on his way to the wilderness.
When Dong Tianyu left the still-under-construction city wall behind, his casual walk turned into a quick run, and he dashed towards the forest in the distance.
At the most outer layer of the city wall, the camp had already cut down all the trees within a hundred meters of the wall, leaving a buffer zone between the forest and the wall.
The few people following behind Dong Tianyu watched as he quickly moved away. Although they had reported to their superiors, they were clearly hesitating at this point.
After all, tailing Dong Tianyu within the city, even if discovered by him, would at most result in a lesson. Not to mention life-threatening danger, even the possibility of injury was minimal.
But if they entered the wilderness, what might happen to them if they were caught was unpredictable. Despite the preservation of pre-disaster order within the camp, those who were normally polite within the city might instantly turn into merciless demons once outside its walls.
It was precisely because of this that they were hesitating. Only after Dong Tianyu’s figure had disappeared into the woods did they, reluctantly and belatedly, symbolically run toward the forest. However, their running pace was not fast, and by the time they reached the woods, Dong Tianyu had long since vanished without a trace.
After confirming this situation, they went back ’disheartened’ to report to their superiors the failure of their surveillance mission.
After entering the forest, Dong Tianyu still observed those tails with his Divine Sense. Seeing their pretentious actions, Dong Tianyu chuckled and, no longer paying them any mind, took out his Flying Swords and took off with Sword Control.
Perhaps because the insect disaster had ended or for some other reason, Dong Tianyu did not encounter any attacks during his short flight and arrived safely above his destination.
Looking at the now-collapsed mountaintop, Dong Tianyu felt nostalgic for the days he had spent there.
Indeed, Dong Tianyu was currently visiting the Nameless Mountain, reminiscing about his past there. Initially, because the Cave mansion had upgraded to a Cave, the dwellings built inside the mountain vanished, leaving a huge void inside the mountain. Without the support of the Cave mansion, the cavity within the mountain quickly collapsed, resulting in the Nameless Mountain suddenly becoming shorter.
The collapse of the Nameless Mountain conveniently provided Dong Tianyu with an excuse to erase all traces of his past life on the mountain.
