After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 927

Juno Village, a few days prior

Not long before the heat wave ended, more and more people had reached the end of the rope.

Among these people was the beautiful—or at least she was—Hana.

At this time, she held onto Tim, her new boyfriend, who helped her keep going.

Like everyone else, they were pale and thin as skeletons. The pains of hunger and thirst had already made them numb and weak.

"If we had known things would be like this, we would’ve escaped the territory as soon as the enemies announced the attack."

"We should’ve escaped even before the heat wave," another said. "Like Eve and the others."

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They said this in regret, hearts filled with ’what-ifs’, but they were too afraid to do much at the time. They were just thankful they didn’t become slaves like the others.

They hid in fear and it took a day to realize the enemies had really left them alone and had left the territory. They had no idea what it meant for them, but they could only live life with what they still had.

Sadly, they weren’t given much time to feel relieved.

The intense heat came and starvation became prevalent as early as a couple of days into the disaster.

Juno had a slower regeneration rate even before the heat wave—though it was mostly due to terrain—how much worse did things become when the extreme heat actually hit?

A few weeks into the Heat Wave, hundreds had perished from the heat, the mob, or human greed. They were attacked again, and they were even more helpless this time than before.

At the time, when the war was ongoing, Hana hid deep in the room, hoping never to be found. When they lost again, she actually heaved a sigh of relief, thinking at least it was over.

She was lucky enough to avoid becoming a slave, but after the heat wave hit she thought she wouldn’t mind becoming one after all.

Stronger territories should’ve been able to handle that heat better, right?

Anyway, the war was over and more people were taken away. Fortunately, the mobs there were thinner and weaker in their area. Otherwise, Juno had long been infested by beasts.

Still… being eaten by beasts would’ve been less painful than the excruciating hunger and thirst they felt.

It was horrible. They lacked food and water and they could barely breathe with the heat. Even the insides of the houses were steaming.

One time, she even witnessed people drinking blood!

At some point, they found out that there was even a group who started eating people.

She was almost kidnapped by them as well. They raided her dorm and took out everyone. Their sense of smell seemed strong and they found her hiding place.

It was Tim and another man named Atlas—a brave young man her age—who protected her. Although the level gaps weren’t high, people didn’t have much energy anymore and they didn’t bother with anyone who required too much energy to kidnap, and thus she was saved.

Time passed slowly and torturously, with more and more people dying of different causes.

It was fortunate that during this time, a few people reached level 10 and gained elements, so they—a group of a thousand or so— could survive the village-level mobs they encountered, for the most part anyway.