The Future of Humanity

You could tell the other party was a little nervous, but the family seemed fine, at least the girl from a moment ago didn't seem like a bad person, so Rick took the lead and put the gun on the coffee table in front of him. 

The girl came over with a chair and saw the guns the three of them put on the table at a glance, and couldn't help but sigh wearily, "Did they bring all the guns from the city?" 

Morgan was a little embarrassed and sighed helplessly. He said, "It doesn't matter if we carry ten knives, it doesn't matter about the weapons if you don't feel comfortable, right?" 

The girl threw the back of the chair forward, then straddled the chair, arms on the back of the chair, then looked at Rick and the other two, "Introduce yourselves! My name is Elen, this is my sister Noa, the girl you saw in the window is named Katia, and the one on the couch is named Gerry." 

"Rick Grimes." 

"I'm Morgan..." 

"Guillermo , you can call me that!" 

Elen flashed a cute smile, stretched out her little fist in front of the three of them and looked at them expectantly. 

The three looked at each other for a few seconds, but Guillermo was the first to react and went over to greet the girl named Elen. Morgan was the one who was related to this kind of greeting, he greeted a girl named Tara who right now was in Alexandria. So he also went over to greet her, then finally Rick greeted. 

Elen clapped her hands with a cute smile and then asked, "Why are you guys here?" 

Rick then interrupted Elen's words and then said, "I know you have a lot of questions, but can I ask you some questions first?" 

After saying this, Rick looked around and said, "How many walkers have you killed?" 

Elen showed a thoughtful look and said with some uncertainty, "A dozen of the normal ones, those that run like rabid dogs I haven't been able to but kill one." 

"How many people have you killed?" 

"We never kill the living." 

The group in this room shook their heads, as if afraid that Rick and the others would misunderstand them. Elen was about to raise her hand to swear an oath, but she heard Rick ask the last question. 

"Why?" 

Rick first looked at Gerry, who was sitting on the couch. He noticed that Gerry seemed to have leg problems and was having difficulty moving. Morgan, facing Gerry, asked, "Mr. Gerry, can I ask you a question, have you always lived in this place?" 

Gerry is actually a talkative person, but due to his leg ailment, he didn't plan to talk at first, but desisted from remaining silent when he saw Elen who seemed friendlier than usual, as the only man in the group, he doesn't want these people to get the wrong idea. 

And seeing Rick asking them those questions now, Gerry could no longer remain silent, he pretended to be indifferent and said, "Yeah, we've been living here all this time." 

Rick nodded slightly, his eyes rested on the back of the couch, then he pointed to Katia standing to one side of Gerry. 

"Is this your granddaughter, beautiful girl!" After speaking, Rick pulled a piece of chocolate from his pocket and handed it to Katia. 

"Katia, isn't it, do you want some chocolate?" 

Katia's little head, originally curled up behind the couch, peeked out a little after seeing the chocolate, as if she wanted some, but hesitated and shrank back. 

Gerry, for his part, looked at Katia with a somewhat distressed expression and, incidentally, explained to Rick, "She's been through a lot since all this hell started and hasn't spoken in a long time since." 

Rick was stunned and remained silent for a while. After handing the chocolate in the bag to Katia, he looked at Elen in front of her. 

"Katia, I probably understand your current situation. What I am going to say next is very important. I hope you will all think about it properly after you think about it." 

Seeing that Elen nodded his head, Rick also arranged his words before speaking quietly. 

"I think you are also curious about who we are. Let me just say that I am, in fact, a cop. I have gradually met a great group of people after the end of the world. Morgan and Guillermo are friends I met early after the end of the world. Then we all worked together to build a settlement. We organize daily search activities, and the scope of the search is getting farther and farther away from our shelter. This time we passed by this village and saw Katia in the window. That's why we went up, we wanted to see her situation." 

Rick first explained why he came here, and then revealed information at the base. 

After Rick finished speaking, Elen looked stunned at the three people, she didn't expect the other party to be so powerful, and the person in front of her turned out to be the leader of this force. 

She said in amazement.

"Oh my God, you mean you have hundreds of people under you? They're all survivors like us! Do you still have a hospital? Have you farmed the land? Have you raised livestock? God, it's just like society before all this happened." 

Rick and the others smiled as they watched Elen, who struggled at first to be hard on the others, but right now it seemed like they were friends. 

"They are not my subordinates! They are all part of my family, besides I am not the leader of our base. The leader who organizes everything has many other important things to do, so he left and while he comes back I lead for now." After hearing Elen's words, Rick corrected those words and said that he was not the leader. 

Elen nodded silently, while Elen, who was off to the side, suddenly spoke up. He looked at Morgan sitting to the side and asked, "I've been listening to Officer Rick speak, so can this Mr. Morgan talk about his life at the place you mention?" 

Morgan was not surprised when his name was suddenly mentioned, he put a happy smile on his face, looked at Elen who was next to him and said slowly, "I also have a son about Katia's age, he and my wife stay at the base, so that's the only way I dare to get away from them." 

"From a personal perspective, I want to make sure my family is fed, clothed and can live normally within this world. From my time living on base, everyone who lives on base is very kind, I'm very grateful to everyone who works kindly." 

"I never expected that they would build such a large settlement in just one year and make such a growth." Gerry spoke suddenly. 

As he spoke, he held Katia in his arms, stroked the girl's soft hair and there seemed to be a trace of reluctance in his eyes. 

Guillermo , next to him, also spoke with astonishing speed: "Our captain is a very determined person. If you get to know him you will be surprised. A determined leader, someone who thinks ahead." 

Morgan also nodded with deep understanding and said, "If it wasn't for him and his people, my family would not be able to make it to this day unscathed alive." 

"Me too, my whole family owes a lot to Airon's good decisions." Rick said with a smile. 

Morgan said confidently, "Don't worry! The people living in our base are soldiers, policemen and experienced people, they won't have any problems. And no, we are not hundreds of people, but thousands. And we are the future of humanity."