The shelter built amidst the ruins still faced a multitude of troubles in need of resolution. The most pressing issue was the security of the camp, followed by controlling the spread of the epidemic, and lastly, there were problems such as the shortage of medicine, and drinking water, and food being on the verge of running out.
The importance of these issues was essentially the same.
The priority was to survive.
This scorching city of ruins was truly akin to Hell. Those injured and ill beneath the tents seemed like lost souls waiting for reincarnation, every face marred with dust and blood, their clothes tattered and torn, with not a hint of light in their eyes.
Some lay on stretchers, receiving IV drips, huddling in the shadows away from the sunlight, trembling. After infection, they often exhibited symptoms of vomiting, accompanied by unstable mental states, which, despite medical intervention, could never be entirely alleviated.