Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

Since they planned to go straight back, the group didn't bother to cook anything. They figured it wouldn't matter if they ate a little later, so they decided to wait until they got home to eat.

Shen Zechuan called to the other three that he would follow, and then took the lead and walked upstairs.

The others followed immediately.

Zhou Yang put away the heavy crossbow that Chai Jin had put down earlier and was about to follow when he turned around and caught a glimpse of the pink hair ornament on the middle-aged man's wrist. He paused for a moment, then realized something and felt a sudden sense of irony.

He looked at the middle-aged man, his eyes cold: "Do you know a little girl wearing this hair accessory? About four or five years old?"

“This is my daughter’s hair accessory! She and her mother got separated from us. Have you seen them? Are they still alive?”

“I have seen her. Do you know where I saw her? Right outside this door. Her mother was eaten by the zombies and only half of her was left.”

"No, that's impossible!" The man looked at the woman in disbelief. "Didn't you say my wife took my daughter and ran off in another direction?"

The woman's gaze darted away, avoiding the man's eyes: "I was originally running with Tian Tian, ​​but a zombie caught up and bit her. I was scared, so I had to run first. I couldn't stop your wife from going to save our daughter. Besides, I'm pregnant with your child; I can't stay there and die with them!"

The man was speechless. Although he felt sorry for his daughter, he also thought the woman's words made sense.

"Tch, if you say you dragged her away, how could someone so small standing on the ground get bitten on the back of the neck? I bet you threw her into the zombie horde because you thought she was a burden..."

Zhou Yang sneered and continued to look at the middle-aged man:

"And you, you actually think the child in this woman's belly is yours? I think it's more likely that man's!"

After saying that, she glanced at the woman who was being supported by the young man and was almost huddled in his arms, then grabbed Pea and strode away.

The middle-aged man turned around sharply and saw his woman leaning against another man, or even embracing him. His brows furrowed immediately.

"What are you doing?!"

When the woman saw the middle-aged man looking at her, she trembled with fright and hurriedly explained, "Brother Yong, I... I just feel unwell and can't walk. I just asked Xiao Lu to help me. The child... the child is of course yours."

The middle-aged man was about to breathe a sigh of relief after hearing the woman's explanation when he heard the young man laugh and say, "Meng You, you don't need to be afraid of him anymore! It's the apocalypse now, he's not the mayor anymore. He has no money, no power, no resources, he's just a useless thing. I'll take care of you and our child from now on!"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man nearly screamed, "Is what he said true? The child wasn't mine at all? You killed my daughter too!"

Seeing that she had been exposed, the woman stopped pretending and gave the middle-aged man a disdainful look: "You think you can have a child in those few minutes? Dream on! I should have killed you when you were in the warehouse, since you're a useless mayor anyway."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man's fists hardened, and he charged at the woman. However, before he could even touch the hem of her clothes, the young man kicked him in the lower body, causing him to kneel on the ground in pain, unable to utter a sound.

Seeing this, the young man ignored him and walked away with the woman in his arms.

After Zhou Yang went upstairs, he didn't rush to meet up with the others. Instead, he went to a car dealership on the first floor and bought several gas cars, along with their keys. Among them was a large SUV that could be converted into a small campervan after adjusting the rear seats, which he quite liked.

When he got to the second floor, the others had already set up a ladder at the entrance.

Just as they boarded, the young man and woman got on as well, but the middle-aged man was nowhere to be seen.

When Shen Zechuan and the others asked a question, the young man said that the middle-aged man was too heartbroken to leave.

The group exchanged glances, not wanting to get involved, and then went straight down the ladder.

As soon as Zhou Yang arrived, he shared his guesses with the others. Right now, none of them wanted to save that scumbag mayor.

Actually, the two people didn't really want to save them; they only took them back reluctantly because they could exchange them for points.

As for what happens after we get back... well, true friendship is revealed in times of trouble, isn't it?

For ordinary people with no money, surviving in the apocalypse is no easy task.

Then we'll have the military take special care of them, and they'll definitely experience the warmth of humanity.

In the underground supermarket, the middle-aged man finally recovered and stood up shakily, his heart hardening as he resolved to kill the despicable couple.

When he came to his senses, he realized that he was all alone, with countless zombies lying not far away. He quickly supported his trembling legs and walked out.

When he got up there, he searched around but couldn't find anyone. He collapsed to the ground in despair.

When she looked at the hair accessory that belonged to her daughter in her hand, she burst into tears, feeling a mix of regret, guilt, and despair.

The man's voice woke up a potted green plant in the counter on the first floor; its trembling leaves slowly reached out towards the man...

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The group drove back to the base at breakneck speed.

As soon as the sled stopped, the woman vomited violently and said she was going to complain about Zhou Yang and his group. The man also kept demanding compensation from them.

Zhou Yang and his group didn't tolerate it. Right under everyone's noses at the base, they dragged the two people to the service hall and exchanged them for points.

Then he gave a few words of advice to the soldiers in charge of settling the two men, telling them not to give them any special treatment and to just assign them dirty and tiring work.

After leaving the two to the base, the group took out all the supplies they had collected over the past two days and piled them up in the hall in an instant.

There were also some supplies that Zhou Yang had previously purchased for free, which he had secretly mixed in with his own purchases. This way, he could take them out without attracting attention each time.

Because there were too many items and it was too much trouble to count them, the group asked the staff to count them slowly and then transfer the money to their cards later.

The people working here were all ordinary soldiers in the army. Besides, it was the commander's nephew's team, so no one dared to embezzle or cheat. The group went back with peace of mind.

It was already 1 p.m. when I got home.

When Yan Fei and the others entered the house and didn't see anyone, they knew that Lu Xingye had taken Gu Yaoyao for a nap.

Afraid of waking them up, they moved to Zhou Yang's house across the street, where they could also freeload.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, changed their clothes, and sat back down on the living room sofa, they took out the four attribute-bearing crystal cores they had obtained and began to study them.

Shen Zechuan lined up several crystal cores, rested his hands on his chin, and said:

"The colors of these crystal cores match the attributes of the abilities perfectly. Fire is red, metal is gold, plants are green, ice is ice blue, earth is brown, and water should also be bluish. Once we figure out the corresponding crystal core colors for these abilities, we can buy the crystal cores we need. It's too slow to rely on fighting zombies on our own."

Yan Fei nodded in agreement: "Yes. We also need to continue fighting zombies and collecting crystal cores, and we can also do the acquisition at the same time. We need a lot of crystal cores to upgrade. I have a feeling that the zombies will only get stronger in the future. Becoming stronger is urgent."

Zhou Yang thought about the acquisition of the crystal core and then proposed:

"Should we wait until the snow melts and the base fully announces the acquisition of crystal cores, then set up a stall at the trading market? Or maybe just open a small shop there? One that only accepts crystal core transactions?"

Shen Zechuan considered the feasibility of the idea, then nodded and said, "Okay, Yan Fei and I will talk to Uncle Gu about it later and set up a shop first. But will we sell supplies?"

"Hmm... it seems like there's nothing else to sell besides supplies, right?"

Chai Jin asked doubtfully, "Aren't they everywhere? How can we sell them?"

Xu Zhiyi had no objections and leaned back on the sofa, saying, "We'll give it a try. If it doesn't work, we can try something else that others don't have. With Uncle Gu's backing, as long as we don't compete with the base for business, who can cause us trouble?"

"Too!"

As the group was discussing, Lu Xingye and Gu Yaoyao woke up from their afternoon nap. Upon seeing the backpacks of the group in the living room, they immediately took Gu Yaoyao and ran over to Zhou Yang's side.

"Wow, you guys are back so early! I thought you wouldn't be back until tonight! How many zombies did you kill today?"

Yan Fei pulled the man down to sit, then helped him hold Gu Yaoyao in his arms, and then gave him a "1" sign.

"one hundred?"

Yan Fei shook his head: "More than a thousand."

"Wow! So many! Where are the crystal cores?"

"It's also over a thousand."

Lu Xingye: "!!!"

"Have you all finished upgrading?! Quick, give me the crystal cores, I want to upgrade too!"

"Yes, we've all upgraded. Don't worry, I'll give it to you right away."

Yan Fei pressed down on Lu Xingye's shoulder, then took the crystal core he had prepared earlier and handed it to him: "Here, I saved it for you, go upgrade."

Lu Xingye stared at Yan Fei's hand with starry eyes, took the crystal core and began to upgrade.

The group all fell silent, waiting for Lu Xingye to level up.

A few minutes later, Lu Xingye opened his eyes. Seeing the smug look on his face, the others knew that he had also successfully leveled up.

At this point, all members of the Hidden Dragon Squad have reached Level 1.

However, the most powerful among them is probably Pea. Unfortunately, there is nothing that can specifically test the strength of his ability, but Zhou Yang knows that it is definitely not level 2.

Xu Zhiyi's fireball is more than twice the size of its previous size after the upgrade, and the pea can already breathe fire directly, so it must be at least at the level of a human superpower level two.

Zhou Yang thought for a moment and then patted the pea's big head.

His kid is amazing!

It's this size, it seems like she's gotten a little bigger... I'm really worried!

"My dear child, if only you could be like Big Yellow and Second Yellow, able to grow bigger and smaller..."

Pea tilted her head and glanced at him, then looked at the weasel family at her feet, suddenly stood up, and barked at Zhou Yang.

Zhou Yang looked over in confusion and saw that the dog, which was already tall, had suddenly grown several times larger, filling the empty space behind it completely in the blink of an eye. The dog's head was touching the ceiling, and it could only lower its head.

The weasel family beneath them was completely crushed under the dog mountain, unable to struggle and squeaking helplessly.

Zhou Yang and the others were completely dumbfounded.