When Margaret and Dustin led the rescue team to the slums of Wugang City, they were utterly shocked by the sight before them. Inside the wooden walls, the muddy ground had long been blackened and tainted by filth and stench. Countless civilians were huddled together like livestock in captivity. Their eyes had lost all light --- only numbness and despair remained. Many were dressed in rags, some even half-naked, their emaciated bones casting terrifying shadows under the dim light. In one corner, an elderly man with graying hair curled up in a ball. His legs had completely rotted, covered in wriggling white maggots. Yet he seemed numb to it all, mechanically shoving clumps of mud into his mouth with his withered hands. Nearby, a young woman clutched the lifeless body of her child. The child's face was darkened, with black saliva still staining the corners of her mouth. The mother gently caressed the child's cold cheek again and again, murmuring softly, “Don’t be afraid,...