Once she caught one, she grabbed an abandoned bucket and began hunting on the beach.
After more than two hours of work, she had to admit that nature really did recover without human interference. There were plenty of razor clams around here,
along with oysters and all sorts of other things. She caught a whole
bucketful.
Satisfied with her haul, Fang Yuxuan returned to the villa and lit a fire. At last, she enjoyed a meal of grilled
oysters and razor clams.
Fortunately, Americans loved barbecue, so the house had a grill, though it had long since fallen into disuse.
The seasonings were another matter. All she could find was salt, which made for a passable meal, though it was a little gritty.
She had been too hungry to wait for the shellfish to purge their sand, so she had grilled them as they were.
Drinking rainwater and eating razor clams, Fang Yuxuan rubbed her slightly swollen belly. She raised her uncertain eyes toward the setting sun on the western horizon.
"What should I do next?"
Smaller Now~ (Monthly Ticket Bonus Chapter)
"Before the outbreak, the M Empire had a population of about 350 million. Hey, subconscious, do you remember the infection rate in the first wave?"
Fang Yuxuan sat alone by the window. More than a week had passed, and with better nutrition,
she was no longer quite so skeletal. But the toll this time had clearly made her younger; her genes had chosen to reduce her age to conserve energy.
She held a battered map showing the M Empire before the outbreak. Now, though,
all of San Francisco seemed to be submerged. Even the Golden Gate Bridge, which should have stood above sea level, had collapsed after years without maintenance.
She talked to herself, picked up the instant