He was silent for a long time before finally, as if he had exhausted all his strength, he set the water bottle down heavily on the ground with a weary and helpless resignation. He simply closed his eyes, leaned back, and grumbled, "I'm done! I can't handle this anymore! I'm going to sleep for a bit, so don't bother me."
It was as if by simply closing his eyes, he could avoid this complicated situation that left him conflicted, embarrassed, and forced to accept reality.
After that, the convoy continued to press forward. They didn't encounter any more large-scale hordes of the dead, and the journey was smooth the rest of the way.
「Several days later.」
After many hardships, the massive migrating convoy finally arrived safely, despite a few scares, at the experimental base hidden within the mountain range.
