In the days that followed, the base continued to operate in an orderly fashion.
Thanks to the efforts of the Earth Ability Users and everyone else, new residential buildings sprang up one after another, neat and sturdy.
In the designated plantation area, the Fertilization Ability Users worked daily. The fruits and vegetables were flourishing, heavy with produce, brimming with life and hope.
The panic from the early days of the apocalypse gradually faded from people's faces, replaced by anticipation for the future.
But beneath this tranquility, the unease in Josie Quinn's heart only grew stronger.
One day, Joy Jennings found Josie Quinn during one of her internal inspections and made a suggestion. "Cece, we have over twenty children in the base now. Letting them run wild all day isn't a good long-term solution. Shouldn't we figure out a way for them to learn something?"
