Chapter Seventy Six

Lesley gave a nod. "I'll put together a list and add to it as we proceed. However, that is an excellent concept. There is a Walmart in a neighboring town, as well as a few fairly small thrift stores. We'll get some nice clothing and everything else we require."

"How many individuals do you believe will survive the transformation back to life form?" Bella inquired. "There will be a bunch of dead corpses to reckon with if everyone with serious life-threatening afflictions just returns around and ends up dying again. Do you believe there will be more survivors or mass graves?"

"Dead corpses," Peter said. "Almost all of these men have been decaying for far too long, and there won't be too many left who are competent enough to turn around and go back. However, we will be able to salvage any of the newer ones or those with just a puncture or two. That should suffice. Even if just 10% of the inhabitants returned, that's a significant number of individuals to reconstruct civilization, and tha