A Deal

The road from the previous civilization was still intact, even though most of the infrastructure, like freeways, had been destroyed. They had also done a lot of work pushing away all the remaining cars and other scraps off the road. 

In fact, a lot of them had been taken back to the city to be recycled into another item.

So, there wasn't much left to plunder on the road. 

Of course, they often heard about bandits that had been hiding in the ruined cities, raising explorers. However, the city had done a lot of work in eradicating all the bandits near their base.

As a result, the bandits usually only appeared far away from the city.

Clovis couldn't help but look at this desolate road in reminiscence. 

…

A year ago. 

"Evacuation!"

"Send the truck away."

"Mama!"

"Don't leave me."

"No!"