This was the first time the two little ones had experienced this, and they were staring at it curiously.

When I saw those skin and bones, shivering and trying to hold back their tears, I almost burst into tears myself.

“Master, we want to go and help too.”

Lin Qi and Lin Lin tilted their little heads up, looking at Lin Yuan with longing expressions.

"Go ahead, but remember to protect yourself and don't trust strangers too much."

Lin Yuan knew that they had to experience this for themselves.

Sometimes you only learn a lesson after you've suffered a loss.

Otherwise, the two little ones will grow up to be just as innocent and kind.

Upon hearing this, the little ones held hands and ran over.

They only heard the first half of the sentence and knew how to protect themselves, but completely forgot the second half.

This incident taught them a lesson, and their young minds were hurt.

But this also led to its rapid growth.

Human beings want to grow, and there is no gentle type, because growth comes with pain.

"Are you in pain? I have some medicine here."

Are you thirsty? I have water.

Seeing that the little ones quickly got into it and did a great job, Jiang Rushi returned to Lin Yuan's side and said with satisfaction, "Indeed, poor children learn to be independent early. At your age, you wouldn't have been able to do these things."

Lin Yuan glared at her irritably, but did not refute her.

Before his parents were alive, he was indeed a pampered rich young master.

But that's not the case now!

Ding Yun and his team quickly completed the headcount.

He brought over the statistics sheet and reported the general situation: "The number of people in this shelter exceeded our expectations, and the survival rate is also very high. The original capacity was around 5,000 people, but because of the high mountains and long distances, not many people came, so the final number was capped at 5,000."

However, it later experienced the chaos of the apocalypse, attacks by zombies, and avalanches.

The number of people in the shelters has decreased sharply.

Later, because there were too many survivors and the waiting time was too long, some people couldn't sit still and went crazy, resulting in another chaotic battle.

The death toll has decreased by another third.

The number of people still alive today has miraculously reached two thousand.

Ding Yun was quite moved when he reported these situations.

The people in this shelter are still united.

Otherwise, so many of them wouldn't have survived.

They knew the amount of supplies in each shelter.

No wonder these people are so hungry.

Severe malnutrition is a good thing.

Even worse, some have developed anorexia and nowadays can't eat even if there is food available, or simply don't want to eat.

Most people who have experienced such events suffer psychological trauma. To heal, they need not only doctors but also psychotherapy.

“There is no person in charge here. Everyone takes turns on duty. No one wants to hold power in their hands, for fear of becoming a monster.”

Ding Yun choked up as she spoke.

Because the person who started that chaotic fight was the same person who was in charge at the time.

He couldn't hold on and broke down.

Lin Yuan nodded, indicating that he understood. "Psychological trauma is easy to resolve. You can use your spiritual energy to nurture it, and it will get better in a while. They just stayed in one environment for too long, which is why they are like this."

"The most important thing to pay attention to now is whether they are sick."

In this situation, the biggest worry is the possibility of an epidemic.

With such a large population, an outbreak of plague would be catastrophic.

After giving him a lot of instructions, Ding Yun turned around and went back to handle the matter.

After a while, the two little ones came over, pulling along a thin but very pretty little girl.

“Master, she also wants to become your disciple.”

Enough!

It seems these two have been scammed.

And he was even tricked by a young girl.

However, Lin Yuan wasn't angry.

It's much better to be scammed now than when you're an adult.

With a cold face, he rebuked in a deep voice, "Have you forgotten my previous instructions? Telling everything to outsiders, do you think it's a matter of course for me to accept you as disciples? If that's what you think, then I can expel you from the sect right now and find someone else to be your disciple."

He didn't have to do it this way, but he didn't want his apprentices to be too kind and easily bullied.

In that case, you'll only suffer more losses in the future.

The little girl was clearly not expected to turn out this way and was startled, quickly hiding behind the two little ones.

If she were truly innocent and kind, that would be one thing, but how could she know so much, and even have the little guy bring her here to ask to become her apprentice?

Either the girl is not innocent, or her parents are encouraging her behind the scenes.

Even if they do survive, some of them will have ulterior motives.

It's just not completely bad.

Thinking of this, he glanced at the spot where the little ones had been and, sure enough, saw a couple looking over expectantly in his direction.

When they met his cold gaze, the couple gave him ingratiating smiles.

But to her surprise, she only received a disgusted glance from him, and she panicked instantly.

"Master?"

The two little ones were indeed frightened.

Although they were a little smarter than ordinary people, they were still children with little experience. They had only stayed in the deep mountains with the old hunter and had seen few people.

It's normal to react this way when faced with such a situation nowadays.

However, Lin Yuan did not want this kind of normalcy.

"Speak, what did I instruct you to do?"

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