Apocalyptic Flood: Sexy Beauty Neighbor's Midnight Plea for Food

Chapter 1464: Chapter 797: The Choice of Furong Valley

Ji’an City, Meteor Island.

People came and went on the island, all kinds of buildings rose one after another, with hardened roads and solid houses. Together with the blue defensive shield, this place looked completely different from the vast surrounding floodwaters.

From time to time, streaks of light like meteors would flash across that blue defensive shield and then vanish.

This Floating Island was called Meteor Island precisely because of this.

Meteor Island lay to the southeast of Ji’an City, not too far from Linjiang City.

For the humans nearby, this Floating Island was their greatest support for survival in the Flood World.

At this moment, there were two small boats outside the island rapidly approaching the harbor.

The harbor of Meteor Island was bustling with noise, crowded with people coming and going.

The accumulated snow nearby had long since melted, and only remnant chunks of ice still floated on the water.

As winter passed, the ice surface gradually melted, and the water level rose again.

Now many boats could be launched again.

However, as the water level rose, many mountain peaks that had once still stuck out above the surface were now submerged as well.

This round of flooding had risen quite a lot, much more serious than people had anticipated.

Many Shelters that had originally been set up on the mountains were completely submerged by the flood.

The mountains could no longer bear so many people, so some who failed to secure a patch of living space could only begin migrating elsewhere.

Now, in the Ji’an City area, the Floating Island had already become the first choice for relocation.

Yet it was not so easy. With the floodwaters rising again, land resources on the Floating Island naturally became even more precious.

Getting onto the island was not something just anyone could do.

“Boss, I heard that Meteor Island isn’t easy to get onto. We’ve brought so many people from Hibiscus Valley—can we really move them all over?” Zang Haiyang couldn’t help looking at Ma Gaoxuan standing at the bow and asked in a low voice.

Ma Gaoxuan, standing at the bow, did not turn around when he heard this, but kept his eyes on the distant, enormous Floating Island.

He said slowly, “We’ll do our best. At the very least, we have to ensure the patrol team and all the high-level members and their families are transferred over.”

“Meteor Island had a great battle a few months ago, and the Island Lord has since changed. This should be the time when they’re short on manpower. If we go now, we ought to be able to secure a decent position.”

Shen Yan, who was beside them, said upon hearing this, “I heard that in that battle a few months ago, the people who invaded Meteor Island came from Linjiang City. Is that true?”

Ma Gaoxuan nodded slightly. “Yeah, they did come from over there.”

Shen Yan asked, “Could they have been people from Yangshan?”

Ma Gaoxuan shook his head slightly. “No. Right now Yangshan’s power in Linjiang is extremely strong. Lin Jingtao and Lin Miaomiao refused to leave Hibiscus Valley and were dead set on heading for Linjiang City—that alone shows what Yangshan is like.”

At this time an old man at the bow said, “Leader, based on the information I had our people gather earlier, that Yangshan Shelter is anything but ordinary now.”

“I heard they’ve even defeated the Guangfu Military. In the whole of Guangfu now, no one can stand against them.”

“You could say that Yangshan is now the number one Shelter in Linjiang City.”

“No, it should be said Yangshan is the only Shelter in Linjiang City now, and the territory under its control is already very large.”

Zang Haiyang also nodded. “Our patrol team’s trade caravan went over there to check things out as well. I heard Yangshan now not only occupies those high mountains in Guangfu, even the area around Yang Baoshan has been taken by them.”

He hesitated for a moment, then asked, “Boss, why aren’t we going to defect to Yangshan? Why are we choosing to rely on this Meteor Island instead?”

He couldn’t quite understand Ma Gaoxuan’s decision.

Yangshan was currently the number one Shelter in Linjiang City, and he’d heard they possessed several Floating Islands just by themselves.

Wouldn’t joining a force like that be better than joining Meteor Island, which had only just emerged from a period of chaos?

Ma Gaoxuan shook his head slightly and said, “There’s an old saying: better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix.”

“People like us count as first-class experts in Ji’an City, but if we join Yangshan, will we still be top-tier?”

“Yangshan’s resources are indeed abundant, but how much of that would actually end up in our hands?”

“By comparison, Meteor Island has only just come out of its chaotic phase and is at the stage where it’s desperate for manpower.”

“If we join now, we’ll definitely be valued.”

“Once we become high-level figures on Meteor Island, we’ll have a certain amount of say. Isn’t that better than just struggling to survive under Yangshan’s banner?”

Zang Haiyang came to a sudden realization and nodded slightly.

Ma Gaoxuan turned to the old man beside him and asked, “Old Mei, have you got a clear picture of Meteor Island’s situation?”

Mei Jingxuan nodded slightly. “I’ve got it all figured out.”

“Tell everyone.”

Mei Jingxuan said, “The original Island Lord of Meteor Island was named Liu Mingwei. He was the first to discover this Meteor Island and refined the Heart Core of the island.”

“Later on, people discovered this island one after another, but since there was already an Island Lord, they all acknowledged him as their leader. From then on it developed into the Meteor Island Shelter.”

“However, after Liu Mingwei had been the boss for a while, he got carried away—ransacking women everywhere, monopolizing food. His reputation outside was terrible.”

“About half a year ago, a man named Wu Meng came to join Liu Mingwei. Not long after, Liu Mingwei suddenly sheltered him, and Wu Meng replaced him, becoming the master of Meteor Island.”

“This Wu Meng has quite a few tricks. After he took power, he quickly straightened out the discipline and put the whole Meteor Island in perfect order.”

“But later he rarely showed himself. I heard he’d been devoting himself to the cultivation of his Superpower.”

“Until the invasion battle on Meteor Island broke out a few months ago, when he acted again. By then he had already reached the gene recombination stage. He fought the enemy for a long time before a winner was decided.”

“After that, that group of invaders were actually subdued by him and ended up joining Meteor Island together, causing Meteor Island’s development to become even more formidable.”

“That’s also why there are rumors outside that this Island Lord Wu Meng has an astonishing breadth of mind and can tolerate all kinds of people, so he’s attracted quite a few to come pledge themselves to him.”

Speaking of this, he glanced at Ma Gaoxuan.

Ma Gaoxuan smiled and said, “I came because I heard this person has that kind of magnanimity, so I wanted to give it a try.”

Zang Haiyang asked, “gene recombination—do we know how far this Wu Meng has progressed in gene recombination, has he passed ten percent?”

“If he’s over ten percent, then he really is an expert.”

Mei Jingxuan shook his head slightly. “No one is clear on his exact strength, but he definitely isn’t weak, that much is certain.”

“I heard that back then he fought many at once all by himself, utterly domineering.”

“And that group who attacked Wu Meng, who were they?” Shen Yan asked curiously from the side.

Mei Jingxuan said with a smile, “A band of ronin. No one knows where they came from, only that the one leading them is called Shi Lianhai, and his strength is very high. It’s said he’s an Earth Attribute Superpower User.”

“And under him, there are quite a few experts as well.”

Shen Yan couldn’t help asking, “Such sudden top‑tier experts, and they didn’t have any reputation at all before this?”

Ma Gaoxuan said, “In this Flood World, information is the hardest thing to transmit. This group’s background is mysterious; it’s perfectly normal no one knows where they came from.”

Mei Jingxuan laughed. “In any case, with a group of experts like that sitting in town, Meteor Island can be considered completely stabilized.”

“I’ve heard Meteor Island’s development is quite good now, and the environment is relatively stable. Among the three major Floating Islands of our Ji’an City, its public security is considered one of the best.”

Ma Gaoxuan looked toward the harbor area of Meteor Island and suddenly said, “We’re here, get ready.”

Everyone’s Spirit lifted, and they all looked toward the outer harbor of Meteor Island.

They saw quite a few boats lined up, waiting to enter the port and dock.

Zang Haiyang and Mei Jingxuan walked in the rear.

Zang Haiyang asked in a low voice, “Old Mei, I heard there are quite a few Floating Islands in Linjiang City as well, and the public security there is no worse than here. Our Furong Valley is actually closer to Linjiang City.”

In his heart he still leaned toward seeking refuge with the Yangshan Shelter of Linjiang City.

After all, the siblings Lin Jingtao and Lin Miaomiao often went in and out of the Yangshan Shelter and frequently brought back all kinds of information.

So Zang Haiyang’s understanding of Yangshan was much deeper than his understanding of this Meteor Island.

By comparison, he naturally preferred to attach themselves to the Yangshan Shelter.

Because he had also heard that the Yangshan Shelter was expanding its scale, recruiting refugees everywhere, and providing free lodging and food supplies.

That’s something an ordinary Shelter absolutely couldn’t do.

You have to know that even with the Flood Era having developed to today, there are still many people who can’t get enough to eat.

Those Mutant Fish in the water are not something just anyone can catch.

Mei Jingxuan looked around; seeing no one nearby, he finally lowered his voice and said, “There’s another important reason the leader chose not to join Yangshan that I haven’t mentioned.”

Zang Haiyang froze for a moment and quickly asked, “Please, Old Mei, give me some guidance.”

Mei Jingxuan said, “Have you forgotten that armored convoy from Yu Province a few months back?”

Zang Haiyang shuddered in fright. “You mean… Mengya?”

“Mm. That Mengya Company was obviously an armed force from a major power. Leaving everything else aside, just their armored vehicles alone are not something an ordinary faction could develop.”

“Yangshan has offended such a colossal organizational force; I fear there’s still no small crisis lurking ahead.”

“It’s precisely because the leader took this into consideration that he’s unwilling to wade into those muddy waters.”

Hearing this, Zang Haiyang finally understood the reason behind Ma Gaoxuan’s decision.

He couldn’t help saying, “But that armored convoy seems to have already been wiped out by Yangshan’s forces. From the news I heard Lin Jingtao bring back from Yangshan, Yangshan’s level of development is anything but low now.”

“I heard they’ve even managed to develop aircraft.”

At that, Mei Jingxuan was slightly taken aback. “Aircraft?”

He then shook his head and said, “What’s the use of that? No matter how powerful an aircraft is, can it fly through the cloud layer up there?”

“Don’t forget, even the military’s planes couldn’t get up there.”

None of them had seen Yangshan’s spaceship, so they had no idea how far Yangshan had actually developed.

They simply assumed Yangshan’s level of development was about the same as theirs.

The siblings Lin Jingtao and Lin Miaomiao also hadn’t gone to Yangshan for quite a while.

Because after the great battle at Yangshan’s Baoshan City, everyone was on edge. For safety’s sake, Lin Jingtao and his sister temporarily halted their trading caravan to Yangshan.

Then, when the ice and snow melted, the markers they had originally made on the ice all disappeared. To feel out a new route again would take some Time.

As a result, even now, the intel on Yangshan’s rapid development still hadn’t reached the people of Furong Valley.

By this time, the group had already arrived at Meteor Island’s harbor.

Seeing that Ma Gaoxuan and the others carried themselves with unusual bearing, the Meteor Island patrol at the harbor immediately came over and inquired about their background.

Ma Gaoxuan didn’t hide anything, and straightforwardly stated that he was the leader of the Furong Valley Shelter and wanted to meet the Island Lord of Meteor Island.

Hearing this, the patrol members didn’t dare neglect them, and immediately led the group into the island.

Meanwhile, over in Yangshan, Yang Mei and the others were also frowning in worry.

Because it had been more than half a month since Liang Yuan entered the Floating Island, and he still hadn’t returned.

Although a spaceship came back every month to transmit information, Yang Mei and the others still couldn’t help feeling anxious.