Month 2 Day 2 of the Doomsday calendar was the Longtaitou Festival—the "dragon raising its head". This was an important event in Huaxian agriculture because the dragon was regarded as the deity in charge of rain.
In the Huaxian calendar, this was also the second day of the new year.
As this was the last day of the welfare disaster, most of the wasteland survivors had gathered at the campground. It was now time for the harvest.
Even some of the lone wolves were able to buy a small number of seeds the day before with their limited supplies, and after two rounds of propagation, they were able to harvest enough food on the last day to last half a year.
Either way, this should have been a day worth celebrating.
However, despite this being such a festive day, no one seemed very joyful. Instead, their faces were full of worry.
The reason for everyone's concern was simple…