Separation

In the North Shore Mountains, in a place where an abandoned road led.

Upon seeing a small stream meandering through the farmland that had fallowed, the water was clean, so clear that the bottom could be seen. The surviving townsfolk of Early Spring Town revealed excited expressions as if they had excavated a huge treasure.

Several children ran to the stream and lay down. They scooped up the water with their hands and fed it to their mouths.

Some had already prostrated on the ground, kissing the soil with their lips.

"Are they not testing the water before drinking?" Genava asked Zeng Duo.

This didn't conform to the wilderness survival rules. Some water only looked clean.

Zeng Duo shook her head. "In any case, it won't be worse than the water we had."

The townsfolk of Early Spring Town had drunk water that was seriously polluted, which caused abnormalities for decades.