Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

Zhou Yang was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses, and then he stood up and pounced on Pea.

"Wow, kid! You can do this too? Why didn't you tell me before? But you're too big now, change back quickly!"

Pea looked at Zhou Yang with an innocent expression, made some "woo-woo" noises, and then returned to its original size.

"Huh? You can only grow bigger? You can't shrink? What if you grow so big you can't even get through the door?"

Seeing that the peas had returned to their previous size, Zhou Yang persisted and asked again.

Pea gave its owner a resentful look, sighed, then covered its eyes with its paws, transforming into a half-grown puppy.

Ahhh, its majestic, powerful, and domineering image is gone!

Seeing Pea's appearance, everyone burst into laughter, and Gu Yaoyao and Lu Xingye held the puppy-like Pea tightly and refused to let go.

The pea, its head throbbing from the noise, had no choice but to shrink back to its previous size and subdue the two annoying two-legged creatures.

Then, with a haughty expression, it retreated to its big doghouse, closed its eyes, and went to sleep.

Upon seeing this, everyone burst into laughter again.

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Neither Shen Zechuan nor Yan Fei were Moji's people. After dinner that day, they went directly to the military headquarters to talk to Gu Tianqi about renting the shop.

Of course, I also mentioned the newly discovered crystal cores with different supernatural attributes, as well as the matter of mental zombies.

The probability of zombies evolving superpowers is far higher than they imagined.

This discovery naturally attracted Gu Tianqi's great attention.

Knowing that those few crystal cores wouldn't be of much use to Yan Fei and his group, Gu Tianqi shamelessly tried to buy them from them and then send them to the research institute along with the few rare attribute crystal cores the army had collected that day.

Before leaving, to save them the trouble of going to the service center to choose a shop and having to go through the approval process, Gu Tianqi simply waved his hand and gave them a blank slip of paper, which stated that they could choose any shop in the trading market, and the rent was drastically reduced.

With the receipt in hand, Shen Zechuan and Yan Fei returned home satisfied.

The next morning, with everyone's unanimous agreement, Shen Zechuan, a man skilled in business, took Gu Tianqi's IOU to the service hall.

Then, on the recommendation of the staff, I chose a two-story shop of a suitable size in the very center of the trading market and rented it.

Since it wasn't yet time to open, the group didn't go to check out the shop's details. Anyway, Shen Zechuan said the shop was good, so the others were all reassured.

Having finalized their rental arrangements, they still plan to go out and fight zombies today.

This time, the target was chosen to be the old town on the other side of the white border. The neighborhoods there are all old, and there are many elderly people. It is one of the hardest-hit areas since the beginning of the apocalypse when zombies broke out.

When the army arrived to rescue them, they had only managed to save about a hundred survivors. They didn't have the time or the resources to clean up the mess, so they had to retreat hastily.

Therefore, the number of zombies there is extremely considerable.

Such a good place naturally attracted the attention of the military.

The group didn't compete with the army for the central area; instead, they chose a neighborhood with a decent occupancy rate on the edge of the old city.

Considering that they weren't very familiar with the area and the situation with the zombies was unclear, Zhou Yang, who had originally planned to go with them today, was arranged by the others to stay home and take care of Gu Yaoyao.

"There should still be plenty of supplies in that neighborhood. Are you planning to just take the crystal cores and not the supplies?"

Xu Zhiyi raised an eyebrow: "Sure. Are we the kind of people who indulge in extravagance?"

Zhou Yang stared in disbelief: "Then why aren't you taking me with you?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Zhiyi smiled crookedly, looking inscrutable, and said, "No need, I have my own brilliant plan. However, we must take your peas with us."

"Alright, alright. I'll be waiting at the base gate this evening to see what brilliant plans you have."

Zhou Yang shrugged, having no objections. He figured if he didn't go today, he could go tomorrow. Since they could handle bringing back supplies, he was happy to stay home for the day.

After breakfast, Shen Zechuan and his group packed up and set off with the peas.

Since Zhou Yang wasn't going today, they definitely couldn't cook on the spot, so they packed a few rice balls and self-heating hot pots for everyone to take with them.

After seeing the others off, Zhou Yang and Gu Yaoyao harvested all the vegetables that had grown in the house and then did a quick cleaning.

By the time Zhou Yang finished his work, it was almost 10 o'clock. Since he had nothing else to do, he decided to go out for a while.

He wanted to find a location for their shop in the trading market and also investigate the current supply and demand situation. That way, he could also plan what to sell in the shop in the future.

However, Gu Yaoyao didn't want to stay home alone, so Zhou Yang had to wrap her up like a little ball before taking her out. For safety's sake, he also brought along his pet dog, Xiao Huang, just in case they encountered any bad people.

Since the snow was cleared inside and outside the base, many people in the base have started to get active again. Those who have some items on hand or urgently need to exchange for supplies have started to set up stalls again.

In addition, after the snow stopped, some private teams started going out to look for supplies and would set up stalls here. So even though it was freezing cold outside, there were still quite a few people with points at the trading market who were willing to come and try their luck.

Due to the weather, the market is only open for a short time, basically from 10 am to 2 pm.

When Zhou Yang and his group arrived, the trading market had just opened, and there were already quite a few stalls set up.

Zhou Yang led Gu Yaoyao through the stalls, while Xiao Huang perched on Zhou Yang's shoulder, curiously looking around.

After looking around, Zhou Yang summarized that most of the stalls sold daily necessities and winter clothing, with a few selling long-expired snacks. However, these were mostly stalls belonging to more powerful superpowered teams.

Otherwise, if it were an ordinary person selling food, even expired food would have been snatched up long ago.

Having figured things out, Zhou Yang found the shop that their team had rented, following the address given by Shen Zechuan.

Looking at the sign above, it used to be a fast food restaurant with two floors. It has been renovated, and the tables and chairs are still there. It can be easily modified and rearranged.

After Zhou Yang finished looking around the shop with satisfaction, he planned to take Gu Yaoyao back.

He had only taken two steps when he heard a commotion behind him. He instinctively looked in the direction of the noise and saw a woman, dressed in thin clothes and with disheveled hair, lying on the ground, having smashed a man's stall. The man was now pulling her around, yelling and cursing at her, demanding compensation.

When Zhou Yang looked over, he met the eyes of the woman who was desperately trying to escape.

This wasn't a big deal; he was just curious and glanced at it a couple of times. But the woman's gaze was full of malice, as if she had some deep-seated hatred for him, leaving him completely confused.

Before he could figure it out, two burly men appeared out of nowhere and grabbed the woman. They apologized to the stall owner, saying that his sister had a mental illness and had accidentally escaped. They also gave the stall owner a pack of instant noodles as compensation.

The stall owner then fell silent and simply told them to take the person away immediately.

When the woman saw that she had been taken back, she began to struggle violently, repeatedly shouting, "I don't want to go back, I don't want to go underground, help... um..."

Before the woman could finish shouting, one of the burly men covered her mouth, and then he and another burly man dragged her back.

The people around just watched coldly as the woman was dragged away, without any intention of stepping forward to ask her anything.

Before the apocalypse, few people cared about such things, let alone after the apocalypse.

Although Zhou Yang noticed something amiss, he didn't want to be clever and meddle in other people's business. He just found the woman's gaze strange, and the woman's voice sounded somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it before. That's why he lingered for a while longer.

When he looked up again, he only saw the backs of two men pulling the woman away.