Adam paid no heed to Shae's emotions. After witnessing the human farm, he had already been made aware of just how sick and depraved the dark underbelly beneath the facade of the civilized world was. Compared with witnessing countless infants being crushed to death on a conveyor belt, a cannibal party almost seemed tame and mundane.

He calmly drove the car into the town, and as he looked around, he was greeted by a picturesque scene of tranquility.

The convenience stores, the pergolas, the strolling young couples, the old people laying under the shade on reclining chairs, the children who were playing and laughing as they trailed along behind their parents... Everything seemed so comfortable and relaxed. This was indeed a far more leisurely place compared with the tense and busy environment of Sandrise...