Chapter 657: Chapter 450 Difficulties and Overcoming Difficulties_2
I thought about it, and even if we could get it started, we wouldn’t launch the ship most of the time. We’d just let it drift along with the current, just like how it behaved during the last flood.
However, if we don’t repair the propulsion system, then we’d better not let the ship move around at all and just leave it stationary.
As for supplies, we can transport them in advance, but personnel is a tricky issue. We’re not like the floating platforms built under Imperial Court supervision. Although not located in Kyoto, they are situated in Jinmen. If a flood occurs, it wouldn’t be difficult to get there.
The ship’s stranded location is quite remote, with a stretch of road that’s rugged and impassable for small vehicles. Although this couldn’t stop Martial Artists, it’s somewhat troublesome for ordinary people.
So, like I said, ordinary people need to move in early. Otherwise, unless we wait until the water level is high enough for transportation by small boat, it will indeed be a hassle.
The last problem, although a bit troublesome, should not be hard to solve. Once the water level rises, we’ll have Martial Artists from the ship dig out the soil."
Hearing Ye Liuyun come up with a solution all on her own, Dong Tianyu just smiled and didn’t say anything.
Seeing Dong Tianyu’s attitude as a listener, Ye Liuyun felt that she wasn’t really discussing with others but rather foolishly talking to herself.
Before Ye Liuyun could open her mouth to complain, Dong Tianyu preemptively spoke, "Have you contacted Pengcheng? What did they say back home?"
When Dong Tianyu asked this question, Ye Liuyun began to take it seriously and then said, "I’ve contacted home. Although we have Pengville Port, it’s an inland port where large ships can’t dock.
It would be fine for short excursions along the inland river, but if there’s a violent storm like the prophecy describes, those ships in the inland port are unlikely to survive.
So, after discussing with me, home decided to arrange in advance for some people to go to the ship’s location and station themselves there. To be honest, I don’t quite trust the people here in Kyoto.
Moreover, home has also sent some good news. The mechanical creatures that emerged in this disaster didn’t head straight for the shadows of the giant trees like the last two disasters with the Undead and Bug Race. Instead, they wandered normally in the wilderness.
Because of this, Pengcheng managed to kill many mechanical creatures and obtained a lot of electrical components.
After hearing my warning, they managed to repair three large ships—by that, I mean the kind that sails in an inland river—and they used some means to get these ships from Pengville Port into the inland river of Saxon County.
That way, even if the flood comes suddenly, they wouldn’t have to travel so far to Pengville Port to fight for a ship.
From what they said, if a flood really did hit, they would at least send one ship over to us here in Kyoto."
Ye Liuyun didn’t elaborate on why out of three ships, possibly only one would come here, and Dong Tianyu didn’t ask any further. The reason was quite straightforward—it was because the Taylor family, Mr. Thompson, and their staunch allies, at most, had full control over only one ship.
Watching Dong Tianyu silently listening and with no excess reaction on his face, Ye Liuyun prepared to drop a bombshell, "Home has decided to provide us with enough electrical components to help us repair the ship’s propulsion system, and they’ll also supply us with some fuel to enable the ship to sail normally."
Hearing Ye Liuyun say this, Dong Tianyu did not show any sign of joy. Instead, he directly asked, "What are the conditions from back home?"
In response to Dong Tianyu’s direct inquiry, Ye Liuyun was not annoyed, "Back home, they said if the flood really happens, we should sail over to pick up people—that it’s not about picking up someone specific. When that time comes, if our boat goes over, saving even one person is worth it.
They won’t have us make the trip for nothing; they’ll tell us the exact location of the fuel depot so we don’t have to worry about fuel."
Hearing this, Dong Tianyu couldn’t help but let out a sigh of resignation. This flood was different from the last one; though they had experienced a flood before, the high-rise buildings in the city hadn’t collapsed at that time.
So, during that flood, the majority of survivors weren’t actually living on boats, most of them resided in higher ground areas, and actually, very few survivors lived on boats.
But now, because of an earthquake, those skyscrapers that had been constructed in the city before the natural disaster had mostly collapsed.
After the earthquake, due to the scarcity of materials and because they were not essential, those skyscrapers weren’t rebuilt when reconstructing the city. This meant that if a flood happened again, the survivors living in the city couldn’t take refuge in the skyscrapers as they once did.
Even though the initial founders of Saxon County Camp were just a group of survivors fleeing from Pengcheng, after such a long period of development, the population of the camp was no less than any of the four camps in the southeast, northwest of Pengcheng.
Those boats traveling in the inland rivers, even the big ships, how much can they carry? Based on the most realistic scenario, if the flood comes, those three boats, even if overloaded to the brink of sinking, could each carry only a few thousand people.
What about the rest? Even if Ye Liuyun sails his boat over, to be honest, it won’t save many people.
Although the other party’s words were nice— ’save as many as you can’— Dong Tianyu thought it over a bit and could roughly see through the dark side of it.
Though the flood allowed the ships to go straight to any location like airplanes, it would still take at least ten days for a full-speed journey from Kyoto to Saxon County Camp.
After ten days, the number of people who could survive the flood wouldn’t be too many. According to Dong Tianyu’s prediction, those most likely to survive would be the ones who managed to get boats ahead of time.
Those small boats could only guarantee their survival for a short period, but with adequate preparation, they could hold out until Ye Liuyun sails over to pick up people.
So, their intentions were quite clear; likely they understood that, after the disaster struck, the boats they acquired would be hard to sail to Kyoto. So when they learned that the power system of Ye Liuyun’s acquired boat was damaged, they spared no expense—not only did they provide electronic components for free, but they also supplied fuel to help Ye Liuyun repair the boat’s power system.
Then they tempted Ye Liuyun with the fuel depot, making him return to the camp to carry out a rescue after the flood.
Under normal circumstances, by the time Ye Liuyun sails back, those who lived in Saxon County Camp, if they had survived, would have already left the camp to seek other ways out. By the time Ye Liuyun sails back, it’s likely that only they would be left waiting in the camp.
Moreover, they’re not fools—the ones they arranged to deliver the electronic components and fuel didn’t return after delivering the cargo but remained on the boat. Although it seemed they were helping to watch over the boat, in reality, it was also a form of surveillance.
However, Dong Tianyu and Ye Liuyun both deemed this situation to be quite normal.
Even though they, too, had come from Saxon County Camp, in truth, Dong Tianyu and Ye Liuyun only really acknowledged those who had left Pengcheng with them. They didn’t interact much with the other survivors who joined later, so there were no close ties.
Even if Saxon County hadn’t arranged it this way, as long as the ship was capable of free navigation, Ye Liuyun would choose to sail back anyway. After all, not to mention anything else, his parents and siblings still lived in Saxon County Camp, and since he had the ability, he would definitely bring his family to his side,
