Chapter 74: Chapter 74: Beware of Human Nature

But soon, people would go out on the streets to scavenge for supplies and they would realize too late that the new reality was living similar to the ancestors who lived in the dark era.

“What do you mean see what the situation on the ground is like, can’t you just watch that on TV? You can see that the soldiers are already dealing with these walking-dead.” Li Yunjia was certainly confused.

Her usually smart self wouldn’t assume that what was shown on TV was the truth. But now that it involved her children taking risks, her brain seemed to have stopped functioning.

“Mom, do you really think what you see on TV is the reality out there? Do you think that these zombies can be eliminated by soldiers shooting a few bullets?

This is a worldwide crisis where a large population has turned into man-eating monsters and more are still mutating.

Sooner or later we will have to go out and fight those things. It’s better to start now and do a survey to understand what is really happening so that we can prepare.

Right now, we are comfortable because of the supplies we bought before all this started. What about those who depended on food deliveries every day?

They are already starting to starve and human nature tends to seek benefits for themselves and avoid disaster. They will soon start knocking on the neighbors’ doors to borrow food and water.

Some saintly and kind-hearted people will share at first, but once they realize that the situation isn’t getting better, they will, of course, refuse.

What do you think will happen then? Enmity will emerge and people will start to fight and rob. As long as they can fill their stomach.

Once there is no more food to share or help survive, these people will still have to go outside to look for food and other supplies if they don’t want to die.

Without prior knowledge of the terrain and the situation outside, they will be sending themselves to death. Without the ability to fight and protect themselves against the zombies and robbers, they will still die.

That’s why we want to start understanding the situation now and know where to go when we need to scavenge for supplies. This way we can avoid unnecessary detours and waste time. Also, we can start gaining experience fighting now because once things get uncontrollable, we will be fighting for our lives.” Leng Pan said a lot and hoped that her mother-in-law and the other elders understood their reasoning.

This wasn’t something to joke about. So, they had to accept it sooner. Moreover, she also used this opportunity to tell them about what might happen later so that they could be on guard against unscrupulous neighbors.

Li Yunjia took a deep breath and sighed. How could she not understand what her daughter-in-law was saying? She was just scared and a little confused for a moment.

She was a mother and a mother’s job is to worry for her children. Now that everything was laid in the open, she couldn’t pretend to be an ostrich that understands nothing. She had to accept reality and understand that her children wanted to have the initiative in their own hands.

“Then be careful out there. Don’t take any unnecessary risks and come back safe.” She said after a short silence.

“Don’t worry Mom, we’ll be careful.” Leng Pan breathed a sigh of relief seeing that their mother had relented.

It was good that she understood.

Uncle Li and Aunt Li also understood that they couldn’t convince the youngsters to stay, so they could only support them.

“Be careful then.” Aunt Li said emotionally.

Even though she hadn’t experienced much in the last three days, she was still smart enough to realize that the two, husband and wife, had probably known what was going to happen before.

Them inviting them there to celebrate their wedding was just an excuse to get them to their house. They had done that so that they could protect them.

How could she not be touched? These youngsters could have just ignored them and pretended not to know anything. After all, who would expect something like the end of the world to come and still willingly carry two burdens like her husband and herself?

However, these two children didn’t abandon them. So, she decided that whatever they said or did, she would support them

Since they knew what was going to happen, they must know the subsequent events that would follow.

“We’ll do as you say, so don’t worry and go do your work.” Aunt Li said with a smile.

She had come to terms with the situation and all she had to do was listen to them.

“Thank you auntie. You guys show be careful while we are not here. Don’t open the door for anyone no matter what.

Even if they come carrying crying children, pretend you can’t hear them. Otherwise, you will open the door for wolves and get robbed.

People already don’t have enough to eat and some must have seen us carrying many supplies that day. So, our family will soon become the target of everyone.

The doors here all have anti-theft locks and are bulletproof, so you don’t have to worry no matter what commotion they cause.

Lu Tao, you stay and make sure you listen to what’s going on in the building. Don’t worry about other people’s privacy. Right now, our safety is at stake.” Leng Pan instructed them directly because she was afraid that her subtle hints previously wouldn’t work.

Telling them what to do directly would reassure her when she and Lu Zhen are away.

“Don’t worry sister-in-law, I’ll do as you say.” Lu Tao replied with vigor.

In fact, he had wanted to suggest going with them, but thinking that it’s the first time they are going out and don’t know what the situation outside was like, he decided not to become a dead weight and drag them down in case something happened.

Getting his own mission made him happy.

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