This world has many problems, not just issues of order.
In the past, in the martial arts world, the strong ruled, but they could not arbitrarily bully the weak, the old, or women and children.
Yet, after experiencing an era of equality, the post-apocalyptic world is more rigidly stratified than ancient times.
She understood that ability users were indeed very useful, but people shouldn't be so quickly categorized into ranks.
"There's another issue."
"What is it?"
"What about the government?" Lin Yan countered, "Even if the apocalypse came very quickly, the government couldn't have completely collapsed. But this world doesn't mention it at all."
"It seems so." The system also flipped through the plot several times and found that the government was indeed never mentioned. There were only bases established by families or private individuals.
"But why is that?"
"This indicates that the author of this post-apocalyptic novel is not following Chinese logic, but Western logic."
"What do you mean?" The system was very confused.
"Racial discrimination, individual heroism, public distrust in government due to its inaction. These are all things that should happen in Western countries.
But strangely, the original host, the character, has a typical Chinese mindset. How odd."
After changing the bedding, Lin Yan lay down in bed.
"Host, what you said seems correct. If it were Chinese logic, the government would have informed the public immediately or sent troops for rescue.
In previous worlds, whenever a natural disaster struck, people would wait for military rescue. And the soldiers in the army are physically strong, so they would definitely be among those who awaken abilities.
Even if they didn't awaken abilities, their combat power would be beyond that of ordinary people, and they would surely have no problem fighting zombies." The system also realized the crux of the problem.
"So this apocalypse involves not only natural disasters but also man-made ones. If order can be restored quickly, there will be many more survivors, and they won't have to worry about food and daily necessities later on."
Lin Yan turned off the flashlight and placed it by the bedside. "Moreover, if the original host hadn't died so early in this world, regardless of whether she could adapt to this society, she would have become the male lead's and many people's white moonlight.
After all, in the apocalypse, or for those living in darkness, who doesn't crave such warmth and help? Someone who extends a helping hand when you are most desperate, allowing you to continue living."
After all, this was the apocalypse. Everyone could barely take care of themselves, let alone others.
When the original host took in that child, she didn't burden the group. She saved her own rations for the child.
The child sat on the original host's lap in the car.
The original host knew she hadn't awakened any abilities and didn't have a strong body, so she couldn't protect them or fight zombies.
Therefore, she always tried not to be a burden to the group. She also used her own methods to offer suggestions and guidance to the group.
But those people only saw the original host saving people, and all of them were people without combat ability.
These people were useless and only wasted food. So they abandoned the original host, completely forgetting that it was the original host who had been supporting them.
The original host wasn't really wrong; her biggest mistake was simply not awakening an ability!
"So, Host, you?"
"I also want to be a saint like that. In such an apocalyptic world, I want to help as many people as I can."
"You mean?"
"Living in such a distorted society, with my abilities, why shouldn't I protect more people and try to change this society?" Lin Yan said softly.
The system had always known that its host had a relatively sound moral compass, but it hadn't expected her to choose to do this.
"Moreover, saving such an apocalypse should earn a lot of points, right? I don't think it will be less than the Republic of China world."
"Host, you are absolutely right!" The system really didn't want its host to accumulate points so quickly, but seeing the host's shining eyes, it couldn't say anything.
It knew that the things the host wanted to do were rarely unsuccessful.
After speaking, Lin Yan fell asleep. She was exhausted from the day's events and had no energy to do anything else.
Although Lin Yan was asleep, the system remained vigilant, as this world was too dangerous. It had to protect the host.
When Lin Yan woke up the next day, she changed into a long-sleeved shirt and pants for easy movement, then went downstairs to draw water from the well to wash up.
The movement attracted several zombies. They pressed against the iron gate, trying to get in, but were firmly blocked.
After checking that the gas stove's tank still had plenty of gas, Lin Yan made herself a packet of instant noodles.
In fact, a town like this, close to the countryside, would be the best choice for a base, but those people didn't listen to the original host.
Like this gas. Because the towns don't have natural gas pipelines, each household should have one or two such gas tanks, enough for their small team for several months.
Coupled with the fact that each household in the village should have stored food, they could eat and drink without worry here.
But the female lead and her group simply looked down on such a place. They always set their sights on grain depots, supermarkets, and gas stations.
But in reality, farmers always keep a lot of grain. Some is for their own consumption, and some is sold when the price is low after the new harvest, waiting for prices to rise.
With high yields per mu now, some farmers have at least a hundred catties of grain, and some have tens of thousands of catties.
Villagers grow vegetables and raise livestock. Even though the animals might pose a danger later on due to severe mutations, in the early stages, it was a place where food was not a concern.
The original host brought that group here with this consideration: the countryside had fewer people, fewer zombies, and more resources.
But they thought a commoner like the original host, without abilities, wouldn't understand anything and completely disregarded her words. They cared more about the female lead, who had spatial abilities and had collected a lot of supplies along the way.
The female lead's spatial ability not only allowed her to store things but also to attack, making her very powerful. They relied on the female lead to help them store more supplies and to protect them.
So when the female lead took a dislike to the original host, and merely showed some displeasure, they directly attacked the original host.
"System, how many survivors are left in this town?" Lin Yan asked.
"Less than a hundred people, many of them children. They managed to survive by hiding in concealed places. Many people might have been bitten by their mutated relatives before they could react, thus turning into zombies."
"Less than a hundred people in a town?" She knew that the town where the original host died had hundreds of households, and now there were less than a hundred people left.
Lin Yan once again felt the cruelty of this apocalypse!