Meanwhile, inside the base, the streets were already buzzing with life. People who had just come back from work were done with dinner and were now lounging outside, chatting in clusters.
When Kisha passed by, they greeted her with warm smiles and reverence, and she returned their greetings with a polite nod before heading straight to the equipment storage.
The streets were now illuminated by the newly restored post lights, thanks to Engineer Steel and his team, who had rewired the poles and connected them to their power system. With the lights functioning again, the patrol teams no longer had to struggle to monitor the base after dark; if any resident suddenly turned into a zombie, they would be able to see and respond immediately.
The residents, too, depended on these streetlights as their only nightly illumination; no need to waste precious gasoline on lamps or risk starting a fire with candles.
