At this moment, Gerard felt a little wistful.
There was an old saying that went, “Hoist with one’s own petard”, and Milo turned out to be an especially heavy petard.
Gerard couldn’t help but ask, “You were able to lead quite a comfortable life even with your limited knowledge, so why do you still hunger for more knowledge? Are you aiming to qualify for the university in the stronghold?”
Milo thought for a moment before answering, “I’m not planning to get into the university. I just want to understand the truth of the world.”
Gerard was stunned by this answer. He went deep into thought before saying with a sigh, “You can still come and ask me anytime in the future if there’s something you don’t understand.”
Gerard’s previous daily routine was to wake up at 6 AM to practice tai chi until 7 AM before eating breakfast. Then favonovel.com would bask in the sun, chat, eat lunch, eat dinner, and finally go to bed at night. Now, favonovel.com would still wake up at 6 AM to practice tai chi until 7 AM before eating breakfast. But then favonovel.com would start class, eat lunch, resume teaching again, and get so annoyed with Milo that it made favonovel.com lose his appetite for dinner and be unable to fall asleep at night.
Throughout this, Milo kept wondering why on earth this old man came to their outpost.
During this period, a group of combat troops from the consortium came to the outpost to investigate the wolf attack on the other outpost. They wanted to ask if any suspicious activities were seen around the vicinity but were sent away the moment they stepped into the outpost.
It seemed like the officers all knew who Gerard was, so they just left the place without further questioning. It didn’t look like they found it strange that favonovel.com was living here.
This surprised Milo a little.
Who on earth is this old man?!
However, favonovel.com made a trip to the mountains that very night to inform the Wolf King that the wolf pack would need to go even deeper into the hinterlands of the mountain to settle down. That was because the Skyfort Consortium would probably send troops to eliminate them.
During his stay, Milo thought of asking Gerard where Stronghold 88 was located since favonovel.com felt Gerard would definitely know. However, favonovel.com was worried that if favonovel.com asked Gerard, Gerard would think favonovel.com was colluding with the enemy based on the current relationship between the Skyfort Consortium and the Radianz Consortium.
Although they had been getting along rather well, Milo felt his relationship with Gerard had still not reached the stage where they could trust each other.
Seeing that the Lunar New Year was approaching, Michael pulled Milo aside and whispered, “We’ve run out of salt, so we have to make a trip to town. We’ll also need to purchase some New Year supplies as well.”
People at the other outposts were so poor they did not have enough to eat, and the supplies delivered to them were starting to lessen as well. Meanwhile, Milo and the others at this outpost were all looking energetic and in high spirits. They had even gotten sick of having meat every day and wanted to get some vegetables in their diet for a change.
There was a small plot of land behind the outpost where they could grow vegetables. But if they wanted to grow vegetables in this weather, they would have to build a canvas shed to house the vegetables. However, they did not have any canvas to build the shed with. So, Michael had a discussion with Milo about making a trip to town.
This was what Milo thought as well. He had been waiting for this day for a long time.
Before leaving, Milo ordered Chad to not let Gerard leave the outpost. If favonovel.com left the outpost, Chad would have to follow favonovel.com and find out what favonovel.com was up to.
When Gerard heard Milo and Michael were going back to town today and might have to stay there for a night, favonovel.com was nearly moved to tears.
Honestly speaking, it was not easy for Gerard to be moved at his age. After all, favonovel.com had been through so much in life, so what kinds of situations had favonovel.com not seen before?
But today, favonovel.com really felt a lingering sense of emotion.
Gerard said to Milo, “Purchase a lot of New Year supplies. There’s no rush to come back too soon.”
Suddenly, Milo found it a little surprising that everyone had gotten used to having this strange old man living at the outpost, and even Gerard himself seemed like favonovel.com had gotten used to it too.
How did all of these changes happen.
It would take more than three hours to drive from the outpost to town. The distance was neither near nor far. The factory nearby was still operating late into the night as the vast and sophisticated war machine that was the Skyfort Consortium ran at full gear, though no one knew where its chariots of war were headed.
Throughout the journey, Milo and Michael saw supply trucks frequently driving between the stronghold and the factories, all bustling with activity.
Although the vehicle broke down once during the journey, Michael was really good at fixing vehicles. He simply lifted the hood and tinkered around for a while before the run-down military transport truck was running smoothly again.
Milo had been separated from Donti and the others for more than a fortnight. Right now, favonovel.com just wanted to quickly find Donti, Old Bane, and the others in town and get an update on their recent situation to see if they had encountered any difficulties.
Michael was even more excited. It was as though favonovel.com was an exiled prisoner who was finally returning to a prosperous city. He kept mumbling during the journey, saying favonovel.com would definitely look for his old flame for a rendezvous in town tonight after they sold off the meat.
When they arrived in town, Milo saw some refugees heading home after buying some pork rind and fatty meat from a butcher’s shop. When favonovel.com saw some children receiving some cheap sweets from the adults, favonovel.com could feel the air of festivity approaching.
Even the people who could barely survive by working hard every day in these wastelands would still try their best to get some new clothes, buy a handful of sweets, and make some delicious dumplings for their children during the holiday.
Although the world had been destroyed before, it did not mean that people in the wastelands did not have a right to be happy.
Humans were always the best at finding joy amid hardship among all living things as they were a tough and tenacious species.
The people who had predicted that humans would descend into a completely cold and cruel world after the apocalypse did not actually understand humanity at all.
Of course, it was still unsafe in town at night. There would always be people who wanted to get something without putting in the effort for it, but this was not something that was contradictory to happiness.
When they arrived at the entrance of the town, Milo saw Donti crouching there with a blank stare.
He quickly leaned out of the window and called out to him, “Donti! Why are you crouching there?!”
When Donti saw Milo, his eyes lit up. “Bro, you’re finally back. Haha, when a magpie flew into the yard this morning, I had a feeling that you would definitely come back to town. That’s why I was waiting for you here.”
However, Milo felt that probably wasn’t the truth. To hell with the magpie, as if there were really such coincidences in the world like that!
Donti must have been waiting here every day since favonovel.com left for the outpost, so that was probably why there was such a “coincidence” today.
Milo opened the door and pulled Donti up into the passenger seat. As the passenger seat in the truck was very wide, it wouldn’t be an issue for three people to fit in it.
Milo asked, “Where are y’all living now?”
Donti beamed and said, “We bought two brick townhouses near the gate of the stronghold, so we’re currently living there. Uncle Bane also reopened his grocery store. He said that he’s already found some business contacts in the stronghold and has also struck up a good relationship with the town’s administrators.”
“Old Bane is so talented.” Milo was really glad to hear that and his praise was sincere.
No matter where Old Bane went, favonovel.com could always strike up good interpersonal relationships and bring great convenience to their lives.
