Chapter 722: 482
Before the flood disaster struck, Magic City actually had its own livestock farms, which bred a considerable number of animals. If it weren’t for the prophecy that revealed the impending flood, according to the plans of the livestock farms, Magic City should not have faced a meat shortage within the next two years.
Unfortunately, the prophecy of the flood came from Kyoto, and right after the establishment of the first platform of Magic City, rather than withdrawing the reserved meat according to the original plan, there was an excessive draw.
Because of this example, if it were not for the supervision of the person in charge of Platform Three of Magic City, Platform Two of Magic City would not have withdrawn materials strictly according to the regulations.
Although Platform Three of Magic City forcefully took away the planned materials of Platform Four during its material withdrawal, high-end commodities like meat were not abundant in the Magic City Reserve Warehouse.
So when Chester heard that Dong Tianyu was preparing to gift him a load of pork, although he declined politely on the surface, deep down he really wanted it.
Perhaps it was because Chester was too eager to help, or maybe it was indeed because meat was in short supply, but in any case, with Chester’s help during the negotiation with the logistics department, the procurement price for meat increased by another twenty percent on the original basis.
After the two sides agreed on the price, Dong Tianyu directly asked the other party to take him to the trading spot. Upon hearing Dong Tianyu’s request, both Chester and the head of the logistics department understood that Dong Tianyu must own storage equipment.
Upon arriving at the trading location, just as they expected, Dong Tianyu immediately took out nearly one hundred million contribution points worth of pork.
Looking at the mountains of pork, not only did the logistics department head, but even Chester couldn’t help but swallow his saliva.
After weighing was completed, the logistics department head handed Dong Tianyu a crystal card, which contained the payment of over one hundred million contribution points to Dong Tianyu.
After receiving the money, Dong Tianyu immediately went to the housing management department with Chester and transferred the property of the lottery-selected house on the spot.
Just as everything was settled and Chester was about to take Dong Tianyu to see his newly purchased house, the lookout on the watchtower suddenly pulled the emergency alarm, and the shrill sound of the alarm immediately caught the attention of everyone on board.
As soon as the alarm sounded, all non-combat personnel on the Platform smartly hid inside nearby houses, while the remaining combat personnel hurried towards the deck.
Just as Chester was about to lead Dong Tianyu into a nearby house, Dong Tianyu suddenly broke free from Chester’s grasp and spoke very seriously, "Since I’ve already joined you, I’m now an ordinary Martial Artist on this ship. When the Platform is in danger, it’s only right that I contribute my strength."
Hearing Dong Tianyu phrase it so eloquently, Chester couldn’t find fault with it at the moment, but even so, after hearing these words, Chester felt something was not quite right.
In fact, Chester’s feeling wasn’t wrong. The reason Dong Tianyu didn’t want to just stay in nearby rooms was that Dong Tianyu was very clear that, should they encounter an irresistible danger, his chances of survival on the deck would be much higher than staying inside the cabins.
After all, for Dong Tianyu, as long as it wasn’t a completely enclosed space, with his ability to fly, the larger the open-air space, the more directions there would be to escape, and the higher the possibility of avoiding danger.
Although Chester also had a decent cultivation level, when he stepped onto the deck, he couldn’t overcome the fear in his heart. He stood there, his legs trembling non-stop, unable to move a step forward.
Chester just stood near the entrance and watched helplessly as Dong Tianyu walked towards the edge of the deck.
It wasn’t until Dong Tianyu walked past those neatly lined up combat personnel to the edge of the deck that he realized there were many small Mysterious Ships rushing towards them in groups.
Seeing this, Dong Tianyu was actually quite puzzled, because all he knew was that when Mysterious Ships came into contact with ordinary ships, they would use the interior structure of the ordinary ships as a blueprint to transform into a Mysterious Realm with identical terrain.
But what Dong Tianyu didn’t know was that if the size difference between the Mysterious Ship and the ordinary ship was too great, then the transformation into a Mysterious Realm couldn’t succeed.
Of course, this wasn’t an absolute impossibility. As long as enough Mysterious Ships supplemented it in a short period, even if the ordinary ship was much larger, it could still be transformed into a Mysterious Realm.
The highest leader of Magic City’s Platform Three was very clear that once the water Platform below merged with the Mysterious Ships into a Mysterious Realm, given the massive size of the water Platform, the level of the resulting Mysterious Realm would definitely not be low.
To avoid a cataclysmic disaster, he had not only arranged for the guards onboard to take the initiative to intercept the Mysterious Ships, but also used the full Platform broadcast to reason and appeal emotionally to everyone, explaining the current situation and sincerely requesting those powerful Martial Artists to volunteer and help intercept the Mysterious Ships.
The rationale that one’s downfall could affect everyone was known to all, so when the full Platform broadcast sounded, more and more people stepped out of their rooms.
Some exceptionally skilled and courageous individuals didn’t take the usual path, instead directly climbing over the deck’s railing, leaping out of the water Platform.
At that moment, any Martial Artist who could make such a move possessed exceptional skills, so after they climbed over the railing, each one used their own means to propel themselves forward with significant force, and whenever they went past their jump’s apex and began to descend, an object would precisely appear under their feet, ready for their use.
