Underground Shelter Plan, a Chance Encounter in the Imperial Capital-"End-of-Month Vote Request

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The next day.

Xu Mingwei, Xu Mingyuan, and Xu Mingxuan arrived.

Using the "Demon Calamity" as his pretext, Xu Chuan instructed them to undertake a secret underground construction project—not cellars or anything of the sort, but survival bases a hundred zhang beneath the earth.

"Mingwei, dig an underground passage from Dongxi to Broken Tooth Peak. Excavate sufficiently large spaces inside the peak and beneath the surrounding area.

"Mingxuan, the Guangling collateral branch needs a passage connecting its underground area to the Moon Mound Alliance. Both locations must have sufficiently large spaces for people to survive in.

"There must be multiple entrances and exits. Ideally, one should connect to a water source."

All three were shocked by his instructions.

Xu Mingyuan frowned. "Father, Moyue has already recovered to the early third rank. Before the Demon Calamity, recovering to the middle third rank, or even the late stage, isn't impossible.

"Would that still not be enough to survive the Demon Calamity?

"How did the three Golden Core aristocratic clans—the Cao Clan, Sima Clan, and Liu Clan—survive it before?"

Xu Mingwei and Xu Mingxuan had the same doubts.

"Demon Calamities vary in magnitude. The five-hundred-year calamity is only a minor one. During the millennium calamity, even Golden Core Stage demonic cultivators may personally take action.

"If a great battle erupts, even its aftershocks will be beyond what ordinary members of our Xu Household can withstand.

"Do you want to see our clan grounds reduced to scorched earth, with only a handful of Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment clansmen surviving?"

"I failed to consider it thoroughly," Xu Mingyuan immediately apologized.

"Just do as instructed. Whatever happens, during the great calamity several decades from now, our Xu Household must preserve at least the majority of its people.

"If we continue building our strength until