The incident of the infected man being dealt with was like a minor interruption in daily life. It quickly passed, and no one even mentioned it again.
After Zhuang Hong and Yin Zizhong entered the town, they found that most of its residents were old, weak, sick, or disabled. Everyone was wrapped up tightly, hurrying along while consciously keeping at least two meters away from others.
The two walked as they looked around.
Yin Zizhong said, "I came to Three Fort Town half a year ago, but it wasn't like this back then. Ever since Ash Disease spread here a few months ago, everything has changed. Many people can barely survive."
Zhuang Hong said, "That is the nature of natural disasters. Humanity is still too fragile in the face of such calamities. We can only find ways to solve the problem, or change ourselves to adapt to the new environment and endure it."
After making a round of the town, they arrived at a beast-taming ground, intending to learn the Beast Taming Steel Seal there. However, they had not expected the Beast Tamer to have already left.
An old man weaving bamboo baskets by the entrance chuckled. "A Beast Tamer? Heh, once Ash Disease came, they ran faster than anyone else. He disappeared without a trace a month ago."
Zhuang Hong said in astonishment, "He just ran away?"
He had thought that most Beast Tamers would be like Yin Zizhong, stepping forward to fight the ash!
The old man said, "Vast stretches of ash from the west are spreading this way through the mountains, forests, and grasslands. Who wouldn't run? Everyone who could move ran east. They say the big cities in the east still haven't been reached by the ash. Only old geezers like us, who can't run, are