Song Xiaozhu stood up and said, "I'll go take a look. Sister Shuyu, come with me."
Qiu Shuyu habitually picked up her bow and arrow and replied, "Hmm."
They left the shop together, and Song Xiaozhu glanced at the Earth Temple.
Because the Awakening Stone and Iron Ore below were hollowed out, the Earth Temple lost its golden appearance and took on its proper look—gray, dilapidated, and old.
Bai Jing still treated this place as a temporary medical clinic, because the hall was spacious enough and there were enough beds that had been set up beforehand.
There were very few wounded this time, and most of the minor injuries only required regular anti-inflammatory medication. Bai Jing only needed to take care of some seriously injured patients, so she wasn't too busy.
Even so, Bai Jing stayed up all night in the temple, keeping a close eye on the patient's condition.
Song Xiaozhu saw the Bai Jing, slender figure from afar, and felt a warmth in her heart.
Healer have the hearts of parents.
Song Xiaozhu understood these five words from Old Master Bai.
Qiu Shuyu: "Don't worry, Master Bai has plenty of Force. There are few patients this time, so he won't get tired."
Song Xiaozhu nodded. "Mm."
She kept thinking about Xiao Yunjie's earlier words—regarding the situation at the Fortress —and suggested that Song Xiaozhu ask Bai Jing.
However, Song Xiaozhu noticed that Bai Jing was always busy and hadn't found a suitable opportunity.
Let's talk about it after the old man is done with his work.
Xiao Yunjie and Liu Xuangang remained at the village entrance, guarding the outermost perimeter.
Upon seeing Song Xiaozhu and Qiu Shuyu, Xiao Yunjie greeted them, "Miss, the exploration team we sent out last night has returned."
Song Xiaozhu: "How is the situation?"
Xiao Yunjie truly lived up to her reputation as the one who held Liu Family Village together; she had already arranged an exploration while everyone was still caught up in the victory celebration.
The squad went out to scout the situation.
Xiao Yunjie said solemnly, "Come in and let's talk."
Song Xiaozhu and Qiu Shuyu followed her into the house.
Liu Xuangang wasn't in the room. Xiao Yunjie explained, " Xuangang took the vanguard team to the other side to continue their reconnaissance."
Song Xiaozhu nodded. "Thank you for your hard work, Village Chief."
Xiao Yunjie shook her head, not bothering with pleasantries about these matters, and said as soon as she entered the house, "Last night's exploration team mainly went north, towards Deer Town and the Scavenger Community."
Describing it in words is rather vague, so Xiao Yunjie spread out a simple hand-drawn map on her desk, roughly depicting the situation at the foot of the Garbage Mountain.
The arc-shaped area forms the isolation zone, followed by Liu Family Village, then Deer Town, and finally the Scavenger Community near the Fortress.
A point was marked on the isolation zone, forming a triangle with Liu Family Village and Deer Town. This marks the locations of the Heaven Temple, Earth Temple, and Human Temple.
To the north of the Scavenger Community is also an arc, representing the walls of the Ink City Fortress.
Xiao Yunjie pointed to the area between Liu Family Village and Deer Town and said, "There are no longer large-scale beast tides outside, but there are still sporadic Polluted Beast wandering around. The exploration team recorded the routes of the Polluted Beast and the distribution of their corpses, roughly like this."
She took a pen and made markings on the map, Song Xiaozhu watched very carefully.
The isolation zone was completely gone, and the beast horde rushed towards the Garbage Mountain. But as if half of them were attracted by bait, the majority of the Polluted Beast rushed towards Liu Family Village and Deer Town.
The Heaven Temple was the first to fall, even though "warriors" and " Hunter " were stationed there... Of course, it's also possible that Fan Cang had already sent them away, or that they simply ran away when they saw the isolation zone was destroyed.
Next was the Earth Temple. Due to the unique terrain of Liu Family Village and the concerted efforts of the entire village, this small village, which was no longer protected by the Earth Temple, unexpectedly withstood the surging beast tide.
Seeing that they couldn't break through, some of the Polluted Beast turned around and charged towards Deer Town.
Song Xiaozhu: "How is the situation in Deer Town?"
Xiao Yunjie shook her head and said, "It's very bad. If the beast tide hadn't suddenly receded, the entire town would probably have been wiped out."
Song Xiaozhu frowned slightly. "Doesn't Deer Town have its own Guard Team?"
Logically speaking, Deer Town's overall development is much better than Liu Family Village's. Their environment is also better, and with the existence of " Planter," it is a rare place at the Garbage Mountain that can be "self-sufficient."
The population of Deer Town is twice that of Liu Family Village, and they are not like Liu Family Village...
Similarly, they were ostracized by the Scavenger Community because the Scavenger Community had close trade relations with them due to their self-sufficiency in food production.
Although Liu Family Village's fighting strength increased dramatically with Song Xiaozhu's support, Deer Town shouldn't be so weak. Such a large town shouldn't be on the verge of destruction.
Xiao Yunjie calmly stated, "After the quarantine barrier broke, Lu Chen escaped with his Guard Team."
Lu Chen is the mayor of Deer Town, and also the " Planter ".
He actually escaped.
Needless to say, Song Xiaozhu understood why Deer Town had fallen into such a miserable state.
These were ordinary people who had very little communication with the outside world. For them, the breach in the isolation zone was like an earthquake of magnitude eight. At this critical moment, Lu Chen, the town mayor, not only failed to organize Guard Team to resist the Polluted Beast, but also ran away.
One can only imagine the chaos, terror, and despair the villagers felt upon learning all this.
Song Xiaozhu breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Would you please arrange for the survivors in Deer Town to receive supplies from the shop? Hmm... I'll prepare some simple meals later."
Xiao Yunjie: "Don't worry, Miss. I've already discussed it with the Council of Elders. There's still vacant land in the village. The more than three hundred survivors from Deer Town can move here directly. As for the supplies for settling down, the village has the necessary measures in place, so there's no need to use the shops."
Song Xiaozhu didn't say much, but she made up her mind.
Once Tian Man and Luo Liuzi's batch of [ Raw Material ] arrive, she will make more tools and distribute them to the residents of Deer Town for free. After that, she will encourage them to scavenge at the Garbage Mountain, where any garbage can be exchanged for simple meals—this is a piece of cake for Song Xiaozhu, especially now that there is automatic and Batch Synthesis.
"What about the community?" Song Xiaozhu asked again.
Old Madam Hu was no pushover. Even Lu Chen had led his gang away, and she was worried that Old Madam Hu would also take her thugs with her...