Hope Still Remained

The four of them joked around here as well. After all, they were brothers who had not seen each other in a long time. Wu Zhangkong did not interrupt them and let them chat a little longer.

"Alright, save the reminiscing for when you get inside," Wu Zhangkong said.

After the four chatted for a little while longer, Wu Zhangkong led everyone farther in, toward the depths of this shelter that preserved Shrek's flame of hope.

The farther they went, the more each sight before them drew involuntary amazement. Naturally, it was not as magnificent as the buildings aboveground.

Still, the underground construction could be called flawless. The vaulted ceiling was extremely high and did not feel oppressive, while the surrounding environment strongly resembled Shrek's style aboveground.

According to Wu Zhangkong, this shelter had gathered all two hundred-plus Shrek students. In other words, not a single Shrek student from that time had perished.

However, it had been a city-destroying crisis after all. Some civilians and Shrek teachers had still died, but fortunately, these future sparks of hope remained here.

They saw figure after figure along the way. Though none of the faces were familiar, the uniforms they wore could not have been more recognizable.

"The God Seal Sect will provide us with necessary cultivation resources, as well as materials such as special metals. But there are still a great many people here, and our circumstances are rather unusual," Wu Zhangkong said.

"So the God Seal Sect cannot shoulder everything either?"

"That's right. Although the God Seal Sect was founded by our ancestors and has deep ties with Shrek, they are not obligated to take full responsibility for us," Wu Zhangkong said.

Wu Zhangkong then explained that even Shrek within the Underground Shelter was still divided into the Inner Court and