Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 209

Chapter 209: Chapter 209: Surveying Humanity

Winnie Summers nodded. "Yes, but our team only has about a dozen households left. We should be able to finish the job tomorrow."

Melody Summers suggested, "I’ll go with you tomorrow, then."

The things her mother described were too outrageous. Even though Winnie recounted them in a calm tone, when Melody thought them over, she was terrified!

’They’re all lawless thugs. What if one of them, after being exposed, decides to just throw caution to the wind and take the survey staff down with them...’

The mere thought sent a shiver down Melody’s spine!

’I can’t let my mother face these dangers alone!’

Winnie saw what Melody was thinking. She smiled, shook her head, and said, "To ensure our safety, we’ve increased our teams from two people to four. Thorne is on our team, too. With a police officer around, it’s pretty safe. You don’t have to worry about me."

Seeing her mother’s firm stance, Melody thought, ’With Officer Tanner there, nothing should go wrong.’ So, she didn’t insist further and just nodded in agreement.

To reassure her family, Winnie added, "People that outrageous are the minority. Most of the residents are very good..."

"...In Building 7, there was a family of three. Unfortunately, the two adults died two months ago from pneumonia caused by volcanic ash infection... leaving behind only a five-year-old child."

"When their neighbors, a newlywed couple, found out, they offered to adopt the child. When the Emergency Response Office members visited today, they found the child was being very well taken care of. Rations are tight right now, and no one is eating well, but that couple has managed to raise him to be so healthy and chubby!"

"Then there’s a resident in Building 12, a mother and daughter. During the heatwave last year, the daughter was mugged on her way home from work and tragically killed, leaving her elderly mother to live alone."

"The mother has mobility issues, and it was always difficult for her to go downstairs to collect rations. When her neighbors found out, they took her in and started caring for her. Now they’re getting along just like a real family!"

Cases of people hurting others were, after all, the minority. In the apocalypse, most people would still help each other.

That’s just how humanity is.

It’s because of this social instinct for mutual aid, this collective drive to unite in times of crisis. That’s how humanity has overcome countless hardships, defeated countless other species, and evolved to stand at the top of the food chain today.

...

After dinner, the family finished washing the dishes and went about their own evening activities.

Grandma, Miss Lowell, and Winnie sat on the brand-new sofa watching TV. Colin Summers, on the other hand, had been out driving a truck for deliveries these past few days and had already gone to bed early.

Melody Summers went back to her room and lay on her bed, idly scrolling through The Metropolis Residences’ residents’ group chat. Unexpectedly, she saw the residents discussing an even more bizarre incident—

"4-2009 Nina: For real? His parents have been dead for so long and he never took them to be cremated? He just kept the bodies at home??"

"3-904 Felinae_Panthera: @4-2009 Nina Absolutely true. It’s in Building 6. My parents discovered it during the household survey. They were nearly scared to death! The two bodies were just lying on the balcony, already mummified!"

"4-2009 Nina: Keeping them in the house after they died, what on earth was he thinking?! Did he want to keep them as specimens?"

"2-1908 Coco: He must be doing it for the extra two shares of rations... As long as he hides the fact that his parents are dead, he can collect three shares of rations every day, plus a triple water allowance!"

"12-1803 AAA Lawson Building Materials - Out of Business: That actually makes sense. Forget the rations, he could make a lot of money just selling the water he doesn’t use. You guys have no idea, a single jug of water can sell for hundreds on the trading market now!"

"3-1007 Kiki, Mom of Two: That’s horrifying. How could he stay with two dead bodies for so long? Wasn’t he scared? Could... could he even sleep at night? He must see two corpses every time he closes his eyes!"

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