I can upgrade the shelter

While the Ten-mile Slope Sword God is indeed a development approach, it’s somewhat overly cautious. Although it is an apocalypse now, it hasn’t reached the point depicted in various films where social order completely collapses, nations cease to exist, everyone struggles to survive, the dark side of human nature is magnified infinitely, and everyone has cast aside kindness, ready to do anything to survive.

Now, there will indeed be some sordid incidents happening, and some of the dirt previously hidden beneath the surface will become more direct, but basic social order still exists.

Without major changes, the structure of the city has essentially formed, and the subsequent process is just about fine-tuning and stabilizing the situation.

Given that the overall social environment remains relatively stable, a small shelter like Chen Xin’s, which is far from the city center, will not face significant danger as long as it isn’t discovered and targeted.

In this situation, Chen Xin, with the relationship he has with Uncle Ding, can adopt a bolder development model, allowing himself to develop quickly by exchanging vegetables for resources.

This could very well be the last autumn before the real winter arrives. If enough resources are not secured during this relatively mild weather to develop the shelter, it will be as challenging as climbing to the sky to collect and transport supplies once the temperature truly drops to minus several tens of degrees, akin to temperatures inside the polar circle.

Moreover, as the temperature continues to drop, more problems will undoubtedly be exposed.

Chen Xin is not someone who sees human nature as overly dark, nor does he harbor the greatest malice to speculate about others.

However, the ugliness of human nature is an objective reality. No matter how much one believes in the beauty of humanity, it cannot be denied that some people indeed harbor darkness.