Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

Turning his gaze away, Zhou Yang immediately took out the car he had previously put away, then took Xiao Qi and got into the car.

As soon as Xiao Qi sat in the brand-new car, he became very reserved, not daring to touch anything. He tightly clutched his ripped pants with both hands, only speaking when he needed to give directions.

This inevitably made Zhou Yang feel even more heartbroken.

Guided by Xiaoqi, the group quickly found the base's service hall.

After parking the car, the group followed Xiaoqi directly to the counter where they could check information and find people.

"Hello, we're looking for relatives at the capital base. Could you help us check?"

"Sure, please give me your name and age so I can easily check."

"Lu Yanwen, male, 29 years old. Li Mu, male, 61 years old."

"These two live together, in Building 10, Block B, Room 1601."

"Chai Guofeng, male, 49 years old. Li Qin, female, 46 years old. Chai Yi, male, 10 years old."

"Yes, and we're closest to each other, in apartment 1602, Building 10, Block B."

"Xu Wenbin, male, 78 years old. Xu Leqing, male, 46 years old..."

"Well, none of the first three matches. We only found the last three ladies, who live in apartment 504, building 25, section C."

Shen Zechuan and Xu Zhiyi exclaimed in surprise at the same time: "What?!"

Not only were the two surprised, but the others also looked at the clerk with astonishment.

How could the Xu family only consist of Xu Zhiyi's mother and sister?! They maintained contact from the time of the apocalypse until communication was cut off, and they were both perfectly fine back then...

"Don't worry, something else might have happened. Let's find the person first." Yan Fei patted Xu Zhiyi and Shen Zechuan on the shoulder.

“We’ll split into two groups later. I’ll go into Area B with A-Ye and Chai first. Their two families probably escaped together after the apocalypse, so they happen to live together. You and Zhi-Yi will take Zhou Yang to Area C and find Aunt Xu and the others first.”

No one had any objections to this arrangement.

Shen Zechuan nodded: "Okay, that's settled then. We'll come find you later."

Yan Fei nodded: "Okay."

At this moment, Lu Xingye tugged at Yan Fei's sleeve: "Don't you need to go home first?"

Yan Fei squeezed Lu Xingye's hand: "It's okay, I know where my home is. My uncle told me a long time ago. We can go back to my home after we go to yours."

"oh oh."

After making their assignments, the group didn't dare to delay and left the service hall immediately.

After getting directions to Area B and Area C from Xiao Qi, I was going to give him a reward and let him go back, but the kid was stubborn and insisted that he hadn't finished his work and wanted to continue leading the way.

Zhou Yang and the others could only ask him to continue giving them directions, and along the way, he also explained the divisions of the base to them.

A large area to the west, exclusively supplied to the military, is known as Area A.

The central part of the base was designated as the administrative service area, also known as Zone S.

The remaining areas radiated outwards from the central area and were divided into Zones B, C, and D, though the people in the base preferred to call them the rich zone, the workers' zone, and the poor zone.

Xiaoqi and the others lived together in a tiny house of about ten square meters in the slums. It was a very chaotic place. Although the army was in charge and no one dared to kill anyone, petty theft and breaking and entering were commonplace.

So they never dare to keep anything at home, since they know it won't stay anyway.

Hearing about the situation at the capital base, Zhou Yang couldn't help but sigh inwardly: the wealth gap in the capital is something that even in the apocalypse, it's hard to avoid...

"The Capital Base feels even more chaotic than Baijishan..."

"The capital is a mixed bag, with many survivors, making it difficult to manage. The Beijing Military Region has only so many soldiers, yet it manages nearly 200,000 people. The Baijishan Military Region has 30,000 soldiers managing 30,000 to 40,000 people; it's definitely a different story."

"Sigh, I kind of miss Baiji Mountain..."

Guided by Xiao Qi, Zhou Yang and the others drove for ten minutes, making several turns, and first found Building 10 in Area B. After dropping off Yan Fei and the other two, they continued towards Area C.

Compared to Area B, which mainly consists of large apartments and villas and looks clean and comfortable, Area C consists of ordinary high-rise multi-unit residential buildings, which looks much more crowded, but overall it is still not bad.

After circling around most of Zone C, the car finally stopped in front of the target residential building.

As soon as they stopped the car, Zhou Yang gave Xiao Qi two packets of instant noodles.

When Xiaoqi saw that there was an extra pack, she pulled her outstretched hand back: "Brother, you're mistaken, it's one pack."

"If I remember correctly, take one extra pack back and share it with the others." Zhou Yang patted Xiao Qi's head and stuffed both packs of instant noodles into Xiao Qi's arms.

"Thank you brother!"

Xiao Qi then smiled, took the instant noodles, quickly hid them inside his clothes, thanked Zhou Yang repeatedly, and then ran back to find his friends.

The guys I met today were so nice. I wish I could meet such nice people every day!

As Xiaoqi ran, she thought to herself.

Watching Xiao Qi's small figure run away, Zhou Yang and the others put away the car and went upstairs. They arrived at room 504 in no time.

Perhaps it was because he was getting closer to home that he felt more timid, but Xu Zhiyi hesitated for a moment in front of his own door before raising his hand to knock.

"Thump...thump...thump..."

Zhou Yang and the others vaguely heard sounds coming from inside the door, and it took a long time before someone opened the door.

Yu Jing was tidying up her things inside when she suddenly heard someone knocking on the door.

At first, I thought I had misheard, but then the knocking continued, which startled me.

After the apocalypse, extortion and blackmail were rampant. At first, she thought someone was coming to cause trouble, so she went to the kitchen and took out a kitchen knife.

When she looked through the peephole at the door, she was overjoyed to see her son, whom she hadn't seen for months, standing outside. She burst into tears, put the knife aside, and opened the door.

"Zhiyi! You're finally back!"

Xu Zhiyi stepped forward and hugged his mother tightly: "Mom! I'm back!"

Shen Zechuan, his eyes also red, leaned closer and said, "Auntie, I'm back too."

After hugging her son back, Yu Jing turned to look at her eldest nephew: "Good! Good! Good! It's good that you're back! I couldn't eat or sleep every day because I was worried about you! It's so good to see you now!"

"Come on, come inside!"

Yu Jing wiped away her tears and saw an unfamiliar young man behind her, with a small puppy at her feet. She quickly invited the group inside.

As soon as he entered, before he could even sit down properly, Xu Zhiyi eagerly asked about his grandparents and father.

"Mom, Grandpa, Grandma, and Dad, has something happened to them?"

“They…are gone…” Yu Jing choked up as she uttered those few words.

Shen Zechuan couldn't believe it: "How could this be?! Everything was fine before the communication was cut off!"

Yu Jing's tears finally broke free: "It was Zhiyi's uncle... He betrayed his family and tried to climb up the Shen family's ladder, which angered the old man to death. Your uncle couldn't stand it and went to confront him, but he was accidentally killed by him. The old lady, an elderly woman burying her son, couldn't bear it and fell seriously ill. She didn't make it through the extreme cold..."

Uncle Xu had been idle since he was young. Once, he was caught stealing calligraphy and paintings from the house to sell for money, and was kicked out of the house by the old man.

Now, for some personal gain, he angered the old man to death and even killed his own brother. He's worse than a pig or a dog!

Xu Zhiyi gritted his teeth in anger: "Xu Songqing! I'm going to kill him!"

After saying that, he turned around to find someone to settle the score, but his mother grabbed his hand.

"Zhiyi, don't be impulsive! Their family lives in the closest part of Area B to Area A. It's heavily guarded there; fighting is not allowed."

Shen Zechuan's face turned ashen: "Damn it! Did Shen Weifeng find him this place to stay?"

"It's because of Shen Weifeng." Fearing that Shen Zechuan would act impulsively and seek revenge, Yu Jing quickly grabbed Shen Zechuan's arm. "Achuan, don't be impulsive. Shen Weifeng still has a lot of soldiers under his command. It won't be easy for you to deal with him."

"There's no need to rush into revenge. Listen to me, no one is allowed to act rashly! Although Shen Weifeng doesn't have any superpowers, he still has tens of thousands of soldiers supporting him. If we rashly attack him, the base will be thrown into chaos."

"Don't be fooled by the peaceful atmosphere at the base. The military is divided into three factions, and below them are countless private gangs. Chief Yan only gained influence because he held the majority position; it wasn't easy for him."