Some of the survivors harbored deep hostility towards the emigration group, taking advantage of the night to sabotage the newly constructed greenhouse frames and secretly release the precious irrigation water before dawn.
Worse yet, someone scrawled the words "Empire Lackeys" in charcoal all over the camp, even spreading malicious rumors that "the people of the Empire want to offer us as sacrifices to the New God."
These rumors spread throughout the camp like a plague, exacerbating the already tense situation.
An elderly immigrant woman, holding an empty water jug, looked at the whispering group of survivors in the distance and murmured to herself, "Are we here to help, or to suffer?"
No one could answer this question at the moment.
In such a tense and chaotic situation, the young Eric became the only bridge maintaining relations between the two sides.
