"The Xirongshan Refuge aims to create a place without discrimination, where people are not divided into refugees or those in safe zones, and everyone is equal."

Li Yu and Fu Xiyao were taken aback:

"Equality for all?"

Li Yu had never even heard of such a grand idea before, and she looked somewhat dazed.

As if they had anticipated Li Yu's reaction, the scavengers all laughed:

“Surprised? We didn’t believe it at the time either, but the Xirong Mountain Refuge really did it.”

"They don't care who you are. As long as you have the ability, you can all contribute to the shelter. Those who perform well can even be promoted to management."

"Where is this refuge?" Fu Xiyao asked impatiently.

“That’s a bit far.” One of them stood up, looked to the west, and pointed to the two of them.

"It's roughly in that direction; it'll probably take you another day to get there."

"Thank you everyone," Li Yu said politely.

The leader then brought over a few more strips of green algae fiber and handed them to Li Yu.

"A day is quite a long time, so don't go hungry. Take some food for the road; we have plenty left."

"Thank you!" Li Yu was truly grateful this time.

The other party waved their hand, not taking the food to heart, appearing exceptionally generous.

Li Yu never expected that someone he had only met once would be so enthusiastic and friendly towards him.

In the Montenegrin region where he grew up, this would have been impossible.

Li Yu and Fu Xiyao slowly walked back, both with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

It's unbelievable that there are still such friendly and peaceful places in the world.

And it sounds like that place called the refuge is even better.

Both of them were eager to see if what the scavengers said was true.

When they arrived at the place where Xiao Hei was hiding, Xiao Hei was chewing on a piece of snake meat that Li Yu had previously stuffed into its mouth.

Although the snake meat tasted good, Xiao Hei looked somewhat dissatisfied.

It had been fed delicious and energizing exotic beast meat before.

Now it's just regular snake meat, and Little Black seems to feel its treatment is rapidly declining.

Li Yu had to pull Xiao Hei along several times before Xiao Hei reluctantly agreed to walk.

"Why is Xiao Hei suddenly so stubborn?" Li Yu wondered.

"Maybe they ate too much," Fu Xiyao said from the side.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Hei felt like jumping up and down.

After Li Yu and Fu Xiyao comforted him, he finally got on Little Black.

The two men and one horse quickly headed towards the shelter indicated by the scavengers.

Thanks to Xiao Hei's amazing speed, the journey that would normally take a day was completed in less than half a day.

As they got closer to the shelter, the surroundings changed more and more.

The number of scavengers on the streets began to increase steadily.

Li Yu discovered that the way the scavengers interacted was completely different from that of the scavengers in Black Mountain.

The people here don't deliberately keep their distance from each other; they appear close and natural with one another.

The refugees gathered together.

Some people even worked together to build shelters from the rain, lived together, and looked after and helped each other.

Seeing the harmonious and friendly scene among the refugees, Li Yu and Fu Xiyao began to believe that the rumors about the shelter were true.