A month has passed, the season has transitioned from early summer to midsummer, and the weather has become increasingly hot.
It seems as if the heavens have forgotten about rain, and this summer in Virginia is exceptionally dry. The outdoor sun scorches everything, leaves droop, and the grass and trees on the ground are nearly scorched.
As for when it will rain? No one knows. Weather forecasts have long disappeared, and humanity's ability to combat natural disasters has sharply declined.
Outside Avoni Town, captured white slaves are operating the integrated water and fertilizer drip irrigation system, with pipelines mounted on wheels, slowly moving through the wheat fields.
The town has ready-made farmland machinery, highly mechanized; as long as there's electricity and fuel supply, thousands of acres can be cultivated with minimal labor.
