Chapter 246: Plan to Return to the City

The reconstruction of Divine Elephant Village was proceeding in full swing.The rain kept drizzling, never stopping.

The damp air made everyone irritable.

For the past two days Chen Ye felt his clothes constantly sticking damply to his skin.

He hadn’t washed his clothes or taken a bath for a long time.

Plus the big battle the day before yesterday had left Chen Ye feeling unwell.

Fortunately, after using a Cleaning Talisman, that discomfort eased a little.

Iron Lion, that big oaf, became the most important labor force in the village’s reconstruction.

Even though his wounds hadn’t healed, he worked himself to the bone in the village.

The village had gained a Superhuman from the Architect Sequence.

The rebuilding pace accelerated considerably.

Originally Chen Yonggu planned to rebuild the village to its former appearance.

But after recruiting this Architect Sequence Superhuman, Chen Yonggu’s ambitions grew bigger.

This time he intended to build the village into a castle.

A castle that could hold everyone from the village and accommodate the villagers’ daily activities.

That way, if other Anomalies attacked in the future, the village could form an effective defense.

For this purpose, Chen Ye and Chu Che and the others were invited to the newly built Temple to review the village’s blueprints.

The Temple was the newest structure in the village.

The newly built Temple looked much more imposing than before, with sweeping eaves and interlocking beams, and the roof even had red glazed tiles.

Those red glazed tiles were said to have been brought up last night from the Divine Elephant by the villagers.

Before, although the Temple had been solemn, it had been nothing more than a slightly larger single-story house.

It hadn’t been that people didn’t want a better Temple before.

They simply lacked the capability.

Even this Temple was only about one tenth complete compared to the full design.

This time the Temple didn’t just enshrine the Eighteen Grandpas.

It also displayed the eighteen young names, placed in two separate halls apart from the Eighteen Grandpas.

Every villager who entered the Temple could see the eighteen names carved into the stone stele.

Entering the Temple into a side hall.

This room would later be used as the residence for Village Chief Chen Yonggu.

At this moment the room was already full of people.

Chen Ye also saw the Big Monk.

The Big Monk saw Chen Ye as well.

Their gazes met in the air.

The Big Monk’s look was full of complaint;he still remembered Chen Ye having lured that Sequence 4 terrifying wraith to him.

After being blasted away by a punch,

that person had actually said, “So useless?”

Because of that, the Big Monk had broken his precepts.

That sentence replayed in the Big Monk’s mind every night when he closed his eyes these days.

It felt like that hateful voice had spoken it countless times right by his ear.

Chen Ye rubbed his nose, feeling a little embarrassed.

He hadn’t meant any malice back then.

He had just blurted it out!

Chen Ye found a corner to sit in, a bit farther away from the Big Monk.

In the middle, an aerial 3D projection floated.

Chen Ye glanced over and immediately understood it was the Divine Elephant Village reconstruction plan.

Everyone was voicing their opinions about the projection.

Then the 3D blueprint began to change accordingly.

Among them a few gaunt villagers spoke with unusual sophistication;upon closer inquiry Chen Ye learned that these people had been design school students or staff at design institutes before the end of the world.

Chen Ye looked at the rebuilt 3D projection and didn’t know what to say.

The plan was simply magnificent: the village’s ground floor would all become a planting base.

The planting base formed terraces along the ridges and muscle contours of the Divine Elephant’s back.

Occasional pavilions offered places to rest.

The upper floors were for villagers to live in.

They even planned schools and hospitals and other facilities…

The overall architectural style followed Daxia’s traditional design.

If the village were built according to this blueprint, it would be a major project even before the apocalypse.

A few days ago such an undertaking would have been almost impossible.

But Divine Elephant Village now had a Support Sequence user named Xie Huai.

Every Superhuman sequence has its wonders.

Perhaps he couldn’t complete the entire project at his current level.

But rising to a higher sequence was not impossible.

Yesterday Chen Ye had personally watched this newly awakened Superhuman, with sufficient materials, build a sturdy residence in half an hour.

The whole process was full of marvel.

If such a vast, miraculous project could be completed,

Xie Huai’s name would be remembered by everyone;even after the apocalypse ended, his name would be left in the annals of Superhuman sequences.

Time passed quickly.

On the village’s final day, the Qi Devouring Technique finally upgraded to completion.

There was no time to try out the effect of the Qi Devouring Technique.

The convoy’s departure day had already arrived.

Standing on the cliff at the Divine Elephant’s shoulder,

villagers and the convoy lined up on opposite sides.

The thin rain in the sky still hadn’t stopped.

It soaked everyone’s clothes and hair.

But no one cared.

After sharing hardships for this period, the convoy survivors and Divine Elephant Village’s villagers had become well acquainted.

If not for what happened later, many survivors wouldn’t have wanted to leave Divine Elephant Village and planned to stay.

Even after the wraith attack on the village, some survivors still planned to stay.

But the Village Chief did not agree.

For this attack, Chen Yonggu thought that perhaps the village had attracted Anomaly attention because it had grown too large, which caused this incident.

“This time, we really owe you all our thanks! If it weren’t for you, Divine Elephant Village probably wouldn’t exist.”

“Village Chief, even without us, Divine Elephant Village wouldn’t disappear, don’t you think?”

Chu Che smiled meaningfully.

Chen Yonggu’s expression didn’t change: “It seems you guessed, I always felt like you were eavesdropping on me.”

Chu Che’s face stiffened, then he laughed awkwardly: “Village Chief, that’s not fair, we’re not idiots!”

“Hahaha… forget it, everyone has their secrets;those without secrets won’t survive the apocalypse!”

“But, Chu Che, though I don’t know how you always eavesdrop on what I say, there are two things you certainly don’t know!”

The Village Chief bobbed his big head, somewhat proud.

“What do you mean?”

Chu Che pressed.

“One: the plan to return to the city.”

“There’s a group of Superhumans planning to gather people and return to the city!”

Hearing it was this news, Chen Ye and the others all looked over.

Return to the city!

The city——

Just mentioning the word felt like a previous life.

“Don’t ask me how I know, I have my own information channels, my own secrets too!”

Chu Che gave an embarrassed smile, then hurriedly asked, “Which city? Who’s involved?”

Chen Yonggu shook his head: “I don’t know. I only heard the rumor that they’re planning it. For more information you’ll have to find out yourself.”

“If you learn more, tell me next time we meet.”

The news left everyone feeling wistful.

“And the second thing?”

“The legendary Oasis, have you ever heard of that place?”

Legendary Oasis? That term sounded like something mentioned long ago.

“We once met a convoy before that planned to look for the legendary Oasis. They said the Oasis had abundant food, complete medical care, even plentiful supplies…”

“It was like the world before the apocalypse!”

“Honestly, when I first heard about such a place I didn’t believe it. Now, in the apocalypse, if a place like that existed, the Anomalies would have found it long ago.”

“But they sounded convincing, and I couldn’t judge for sure.”

“You all travel around and always hear news, so I’ll tell you what I know!”

“All right, it’s getting late, you should be leaving!”

At that moment the Divine Elephant’s trunk had already reached down.

Everyone said their goodbyes.

They returned to their vehicles;raindrops hit the canopies, producing a tinkling white-noise.

They drove onto the elephant’s trunk, narrow as a single-lane road.

The villagers of Divine Elephant Village waved wildly at the convoy.

Some villagers’ eyes were red.

In this kind of apocalypse,

this final farewell might be the last time they ever saw each other.