Sealed memories awakened, and many people fell silent all at once.
The experiences and insights into life that had suddenly appeared in their minds made them seem reborn, as if they had become entirely different people.
The seemingly meek middle-aged men underwent a sudden change in bearing, their faces glowing with renewed vitality.
They touched the excess flesh around their bellies, then looked at the unfamiliar or familiar faces around them. Complex expressions appeared on their faces—a mixture of worry and adaptation.
They were worried about humanity's current predicament. If the skin was gone, what could the hair cling to? In the face of a true catastrophe, no one could stand apart from it.
They instinctively began considering humanity's future.
It was bad. Extremely bad.
But now? Things were good. Extremely good.
Their homes had been reduced to ruins? Their property had suffered heavy losses? But weren't they all still alive?
Besides, humanity still had time to develop. Things were temporarily very peaceful. Compared with the endless swarms of insects they had faced back then, when they had not even had time to catch their breath, this was incomparably better.
Thus, while they were tense and worried, they adapted better than anyone else.
Many young people were uneasy, confused, and agitated, but the awakened ones were remarkably calm. There were so many people, after all, and so many fellow countrymen around them. This filled them with a sense of security.
Having adapted, they were not confused in the slightest. Instead, they immediately began calming and suppressing the chaos around them.
The most important things in humanity's fight against disaster were unity and order.
During the war against the insects, some people might not have been able to help with anything else or learned any other skills, but everyone knew that