Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!

Chapter 394 - 386: Urgently Needed Military Expansion

In this cycle, the people can fill their stomachs and hope and anticipation have returned to their lives.

Whether it’s work points or supplies, it was all initiated by Cheng Xiaoxiao who always ends up at a loss no matter how you calculate it.

For Qiao Town’s swift recovery, her dedication wasn’t any less than for the Underground City.

She only wishes that when her brother recovers, he’ll see a town full of new hope.

"Brother, take care of yourself. It may be some time before I am able to visit you."

Cheng Xiaoxiao calmly informed while sitting at the edge of Cheng Yao’s bed.

Although the Space Transmitter has no limit on usage, it also consumes a lot of energy and with lots of tasks to do, she can’t keep commuting back and forth for personal matters.

With most arrangements in Qiao Town settled, she needs to leave for a while.

Most importantly, before she came, she received news from her second brother that an unexpected guest had arrived at the Underground City.

Without much thought, she knew it must be Sikong Yinlong who came knocking.

Truly, a lingering soul that doesn’t go away.

Even without the support from the Sikong Family, she can do well on her own; isn’t mutual non-interference a good thing?

It has been a month and a half since Qiao Town’s bloody history, and how many missions has she completed in the past half month?

She saved tens of thousands of people, and everywhere she went, she promoted Phoenix City. She believes that after her countless efforts, the reputation of Phoenix City will become louder, which is the effect she wants.

She wants the people to know that Tianqi still has a pure land that belongs to the people, to freedom; she wants to widely gather aspiring individuals who have nowhere to go and build a new home together.

Currently, her System Coin is in six digits, more than enough for daily expenses, without worrying about penny-pinching because of insufficient funds.

"Brother knows you are destined for greatness, go and do what you want to do."

Cheng Yao understood that his sister is not the same person she once was, seeing the progress in Qiao Town over a month and a half explained it all; it took him three years of planning to achieve the previous results, while his sister did it in less than two months, a gap that truly makes one’s heart ache.

"Just one thing, make sure to protect yourself; the Jianghu is treacherous, full of experts, avoid if you can, your safety is most important. Also, steer clear from the man-eating court."

Cheng Yao repeatedly urged with concern.

"Got it, brother, I’ll be careful. Don’t worry, it’s not like I’m going away for good. Once I’m done with this busy period, I’ll come visit, I still have my business in town, how could I leave it all behind? When one or two months pass, I’ll come to collect money and check accounts, brother, you need to keep an eye on things for me, don’t let others embezzle our Silver."

Cheng Xiaoxiao joked.

"Alright, with me around, who would dare embezzle our Silver? Don’t worry, I’ll keep watch for you."

Reluctantly, Cheng Yao ran his hand through his sister’s hair.

"Ah, my hair is messed up, haven’t you heard the saying, brother? Heads can roll, blood can flow, but hairstyles cannot be messed up."

Cheng Xiaoxiao quickly shielded her head and hurriedly retreated from the side of the bed.

"Where did you learn such nonsense? Alright, let’s go already, stop dilly-dallying."

"Then I’m leaving, really leaving." Cheng Xiaoxiao said with uncertainty in her voice.

"Go, go! Come back safely."

"I will."

Knowing that his sister didn’t want to make the atmosphere too heavy, to ease his mind as an older brother.

He didn’t expose it but hid his reluctance and watched her leave with a smile.

Once her petite silhouette walked out the door, crossing the courtyard, silence spread across the earth, and countless snowflakes floated down from the gloomy sky.

In that moment, Cheng Yao’s heart felt a void, the solitude he was used to for years was shattered by this short-lived warmth.

He could no longer pretend to be aloof as before.

Turning his eyes away, Cheng Yao silently vowed to get better quickly.

Upon learning that his sister had built an Underground City, he was in utter admiration, understanding that his sister now is worlds apart from before, he didn’t want to delve further.

No matter what, his sister and family are currently well and safe, and that is enough.

Life is short, full of waves, cherishing the present, dreaming about the future, is what he must do now.

Therefore, he accepted it quickly, just wanting to accompany his family well in future days, safeguarding the people here.

Unfortunately, such a simple wish may be difficult to achieve.

From his sister, he came to know that not just Tianqi but other major countries on the continent also faced severe disasters, and to protect the people safely in the future, his previous ideas and policies won’t work, a strong military force is key and must be built up quickly.

His sister implied that the more people, the better; thus, he could focus on sheltering refugees, training them in secret, and expanding forces to the fullest extent possible.

So that in the future they can have the strength to protect themselves.

Regarding resource issues, his sister said he need not worry.

As long as he needs them, it’s available anytime.

Where could you find such a thoughtful sister?

Without worries, he could now unleash his efforts and strive hard.

With constant natural and man-made disasters in the future, there was no need to worry about the Court sending people to investigate him, as they too would be overwhelmed and unable to monitor such a remote place.

To have a safe place to stay in the future, he had to muster up energy to contribute to the human defense battle his sister mentioned.

Even though he had limited mobility, it didn’t stop him from making arrangements in advance.

So, he quickly gathered several Deputy Generals and Village Chiefs to discuss expansion of military plans.

This matter had a ready-made excuse, suitable for use.

After all, in Qiao Town, the heavy casualties and plundering were true, asking higher-ups for people and resources shouldn’t be refuted flat out.

It’s just that few were willing to come to their small town.

At that time, short on manpower, they could seize the chance to propose harboring refugee civilians, training them slowly, believing it wouldn’t arouse suspicion.

As for how many ultimately get recruited, the number was up to him; those people wouldn’t verify, no one regards them as significant enough.

They deliberated for two hours on a series of plans before finalizing.

Cheng Xiaoxiao, on the other hand, hasn’t figured out how to negotiate with Sikong Yinlong when she returns, so she decided to complete a task instead.

When she opened the virtual map, looking for the nearest task point to start a new mission,

suddenly, multiple red spots within Great Xia started flashing rapidly.

"What’s going on? Seems like an emergency." Cheng Xiaoxiao stared at the strikingly colored areas.

"Host, it seems an earthquake has occurred within Great Xia," the system explained.

"An earthquake? Why haven’t you reported this earlier?"

"Due to the distance, widespread detection consumes a lot of energy; I can’t spread resources thinly!" the system complained a little.

This world is disintegrating; how could it possibly cover everything?

"Alright, you have your reasons." Cheng Xiaoxiao responded nonchalantly.

She just asked casually.

"Host, good to understand."

"Great Xia, should I save or not save? Back in the Yan State hometown, it was the Great Xia troops’ invasion that caused them displacement."