Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

With one of his enemies eliminated, Zhou Yang's mood visibly improved.

Shen Zechuan then curiously stepped forward, pointed at the scarred man, and asked, "Is this your enemy?"

"Hmm, how did you know?"

"It's obvious, because he's the only one you did it to yourself. But wasn't he your enemy? You just killed him with an arrow? That's too easy a death!"

"Yes, he was just one of them. He died so easily because his subordinates were the ones who killed him, and he just stood by and watched."

Shen Zechuan looked over in surprise: "They killed your family?"

Zhou Yang thought for a moment and nodded. Well, killing one's past self and killing a family member should be roughly the same concept, right...?

Having dealt with the scarred man, Zhou Yang thought that the gang leader's supplies shouldn't be wasted.

So they went to check on the person with spatial abilities. Fortunately, he was still alive, but had fainted.

"What should we do with this person? The space ability user base is probably in short supply right now, should we take him back?"

"They probably wouldn't feel very comfortable using someone from a gangster background, but we can take them back and hand them over to the base to deal with. Whether to keep them or not is up to them."

"Alright, then take it back first."

After making this pleasant decision, Zhou Yang planned to go back with Shen Zechuan.

He first moved the little tiger from the flower bed back into his palm, and then put it back into his spatial storage.

However, before leaving, he also took the crystal cores out of the heads of the gang leader and the others.

That's right, superhumans also have crystal cores, and they are even purer than the crystal cores of zombies.

Shen Zechuan, standing to the side, was completely dumbfounded: "Holy crap! Superhumans also have crystal cores in their brains?!"

Zhou Yang held the crystal cores of the gang leader and his men in his hand, and smiled somewhat awkwardly: "Ahem, it seems so. I only had this guess, so I wanted to try it out, but I didn't expect it to actually be true..."

"Your discovery is very dangerous..." Shen Zechuan muttered to himself, staring at the few crystal cores.

"Um...then we won't tell anyone."

Shen Zechuan nodded in agreement: "Yes, it's best if only we know. Otherwise, not only will others be eyeing our brains, but the base will also be thrown into chaos!"

Zhou Yang nodded: "If this gets out, it's inevitable that some people with superpowers will have ulterior motives. But I'm afraid this can't be kept secret for long. If I can have this guess, others will too."

Shen Zechuan nodded, his expression turning serious as he considered the uproar this would cause: "When we get back, we'll tell Uncle Gu and Yan Fei that it would be best if the base managed all funeral arrangements from now on. Especially for those superhumans who have committed crimes and been executed, we shouldn't waste their resources. It's hard to extract the crystal cores from our own brothers who have sacrificed themselves, but we must not let go of the crystal cores from scum and enemies."

Zhou Yang glanced at him indifferently, wanting to remind him: there's no need to take out your companion's crystal core; just collect it after cremation.

However, the base would always think of this, so he didn't need to say anything more.

After temporarily putting away the crystal cores, Zhou Yang and Shen Zechuan took Da Huang and Xiao Huang, and rode on the back of the peas back to the Baijishan base.

As for the spatial ability user, they tied him directly to the pea-shaped buttock.

The whole process, including the killing, took about two hours. By the time the two returned to the base, the sun was high in the sky.

The first thing to do upon returning to the base was to hand over the gangster with spatial abilities. As for the supplies inside, the base would have to find a way to get them back.

They also took the opportunity to collect the reward for the bounty mission from Gu Tianqi; the proof was the spatial ability user and the several high-level crystal cores in Zhou Yang's possession.

Upon learning that superhumans also have crystal cores in their brains, Gu Tianqi was shocked and his first reaction was to tell them not to make a fuss.

"This news must not be spread, otherwise the base will be thrown into chaos. Some superhumans will stop at nothing to improve their abilities."

Shen Zechuan agreed: "We thought of that too, which is why we came directly to you. Please tell the brothers in the team to be on guard in the meantime, because someone in the base might have already discovered it. When we go back, we will only inform Yan Fei and the others, and we won't say anything else."

"Well, thank you for your hard work. Go back and rest now. I'll have someone transfer the points to your cards later. Since these crystal cores are your spoils, keep them for yourselves."

"Okay, thank you, Uncle Gu. We'll head back now."

Zhou Yang and Shen Zechuan said goodbye to Gu Tianqi and went straight home.

When they got home, Yan Fei and the others had already finished their nap and woken up.

Seeing the two returning travel-worn, along with Pea and Big Yellow, everyone's eyes widened in surprise.

"What were you all doing so early in the morning?"

"Ahem, I couldn't sleep, so I dragged Yangyang and the others along to hunt down wanted criminals." Shen Zechuan coughed lightly, taking the blame for everything.

Upon hearing this, everyone else's faces darkened.

Chai Jin: "Those gangsters? Are you kidding me! You failed to take down so many people, and you actually dare to go like this?"

Xu Zhiyi: "You brat, you went by yourself, fine, but why did you bring Zhou Yang along?! Are you trying to drag him down with you?"

Lu Xingye: "Brother Chuan, I'm not trying to be mean, but what you did was really unfair. You should have at least invited us!"

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Having taken the blame, Shen Zechuan watched Zhou Yang smirking beside him, sighed helplessly, and said, "Alright, I was wrong, please stop scolding me. It was just a moment of impulse, and I'm back safely now. I promise it won't happen again!"

Yan Fei then turned his head to look over: "Did you kill all those people?"

Shen Zechuan raised an eyebrow smugly: "Kill them all!"

"Amazing! How did you guys do that, Brother Chuan?" Chai Jin was both impressed and very curious.

Shen Zechuan touched his nose, not taking credit this time: "You might not believe it, but I didn't lift a finger the whole time. Yangyang and his group of pets took care of it..."

Yan Fei rolled her eyes at him and said, "Then what are you so smug about!"

Shen Zechuan immediately glared back: "I'm happy to!"

"How did you do that, Yangyang?" Upon hearing that Zhou Yang had solved it, Lu Xingye immediately sat down next to Zhou Yang with an admiring look on his face.

“Actually, I didn’t do much. It was all thanks to these.” After Zhou Yang finished speaking, he touched the peas and the big and small yellow ones one by one. Then, after thinking for a moment, he showed the little ivy vine in his palm. “And this one, I call it Little Tiger.”

Since they've already given their approval to Shen Zechuan, having a few more of them wouldn't make a difference.

"Holy crap! A mutated plant! Where did it come from?!"

With Lu Xingye's exclamation, everyone else looked over as well.

So Zhou Yang repeated his story to Shen Zechuan to the others. No one suspected anything; they simply assumed it was just luck.

"At first I was quite scared, but I found that I could communicate with it and that it didn't need to eat people to survive, so I felt at ease keeping it as a pet."

"Oh, Yangyang, does this mean you've awakened another ability?! Is it a plant-based one? Does that mean we can grow whatever we want to eat from now on?" As soon as he finished speaking, a whole bunch of his favorite fruits and vegetables popped into Lu Xingye's mind.

However, Zhou Yang interrupted her after she had only thought for a few seconds.

"Well, it's still different. This isn't a plant-based ability; I can't induce seed growth. I just accidentally subdued a mutated plant."

"Alright." Lu Xingye sighed, but quickly cheered up again. "But our team has gained another mutated plant, making us even stronger! How about we just change our name to 'Devil's Bane'?"

Upon hearing that Lu Xingye wanted to change the team name again, the others all started looking for things to do.

"Hey, the weather's nice today, Zhiyi-ge, let's go air out some blankets..."

"Uh, have you guys had breakfast yet? We haven't eaten yet, we're starving. Yangyang, let's go get some breakfast..."

Lu Xingye: ...

Could you be any more fake?!

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