Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

Despite his harsh words, Zhou Yang hurriedly got out of bed, intending to go out and see if Shen Zechuan and the others had returned.

To Zhou Yang's disappointment, the outside was still deserted, and it seemed that no one had returned.

Just as Zhou Yang was considering whether to go out directly to find someone or prepare food for everyone first, she heard a rustling sound coming from the doorway, which sounded like it was coming from outside.

Out of curiosity, Zhou Yang walked to the window by the door, lifted the curtain, and peered outside.

However, because the room was too bright, even though the corridor outside was also lit, the outside scene was not clearly visible, so Zhou Yang couldn't figure out anything.

After realizing the sound had stopped, Zhou Yang had no choice but to give up and turn back to the living room.

After sighing, she began preparing dinner for everyone by herself.

But then he realized something was wrong, so he turned around and knocked on the doors of Chi Feng and the other three.

It's one thing that Shen Zechuan and the others aren't here, but what's with these four just lying around waiting to be eaten?

However, Zhou Yang knocked on the door for a long time but no one came out, and he was speechless.

Damn it! What's wrong with everyone today?!

At this moment, Zhou Yang was so angry that he felt like he was about to explode.

Zhou Yang stomped her foot on the spot before angrily returning to the living room, where she smashed a basin while washing rice and cooking.

While waiting for the rice to cook, Zhou Yang sat down at the table to pick vegetables, muttering bad things about Shen Zechuan and the others.

"You bunch of idiots, going out without me! Humph, I'll make you a culinary disaster, none of you will eat well today! You'll all starve!"

Little did he know, the person he was talking about was squatting outside the door, listening to his rambling and trying not to laugh, just waiting for the right opportunity to go in and give Zhou Yang a surprise.

Inside the house, Zhou Yang was completely unaware. After picking the vegetables, he immediately started making today's culinary disaster. He improved upon the steamed three stinky dishes, adding Liuzhou pickled bamboo shoots, chicken feet, vermicelli, and potatoes to stew into a big pot.

He's already come up with a name for it: "Birds of a Feather" Pot!

Afterwards, he made himself a spicy crab and chicken feet stew, with potatoes and enoki mushrooms as the base, topped with a layer of chicken feet, a layer of pork belly, and then a layer of crab. Just looking at it made his mouth water.

While Zhou Yang was busy cooking inside, the group outside was suffering. One moment the air was filled with a stench, and the next it smelled delicious. Everyone was confused and starving.

"How about we go inside? I can smell the crabs, I'm so hungry..." Lu Xingye looked at Shen Zechuan pitifully, his mouth watering.

Shen Zechuan held the things in his hands and shook his head: "Wait a little longer! It'll be done soon. Come on, brother, can you light the candles on top for me first?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Zhiyi, who was behind him, immediately used his supernatural ability to light the candles.

"Come on, everyone stand still, we're about to go in." Seeing the candles lit, Shen Zechuan immediately stood up.

The others behind him also stood up and took their positions according to the rehearsed plan.

Seeing that everything was ready, Shen Zechuan snapped his fingers.

Inside the house, Zhou Yang had just brought out his crab stew and was about to sit down to enjoy it when the house suddenly went dark.

Thinking it was a power outage at the base, Zhou Yang didn't panic. He was about to take out a flashlight and a lamp from his space for emergency use when he heard the sound of a door opening. He immediately felt a chill and grabbed a boning knife, also taking Pea and Little Yellow out of his space with him.

First, he stopped Pea from making a sound, then pointed in the direction of the door, and then slowly approached the doorway.

Pea tilted its head and glanced at its strange owner, then looked at the door, before silently following behind.

Sigh, what kind of game are the master and the man the master keeps playing now?

Forget it, the dog doesn't understand. The dog will just be a background character.

With a "click," the lock on the door was opened.

Zhou Yang's heart jumped, and just as she was mentally preparing herself for a possible robbery, she saw a dark figure walk in carrying something that was gleaming.

Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you!

When Zhou Yang heard the birthday song, he was stunned. When he saw the familiar face faintly illuminated by the candlelight, his eyes widened even more.

Before Zhou Yang could speak, several figures, whose faces were not clearly visible, appeared behind Shen Zechuan and joined in singing the birthday song.

Upon closer listening, those voices were clearly those of other people I hadn't seen all day.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Yang immediately understood why these people had disappeared for a day.

But is today his birthday? He doesn't even remember...

Remembering Shen Zechuan's promise to celebrate his birthday, he immediately realized that today's events must have been Shen Zechuan's idea.

But did they really send out more than a dozen people and spend a whole day just to make this cake in Shen Zechuan's hand?

As Zhou Yang thought about it, she couldn't help but laugh. While putting away the boning knife, she said, "No, you guys went out all day just to make me a cake?"

Shen Zechuan rubbed his nose: "Ahem, it's because we're short on ingredients, isn't it? We don't have an oven yet, so it's been a bit slow..."

However, before Shen Zechuan could finish speaking, Lu Xingye exposed him: "What do you mean slow? They clearly ruined several! The cooks in the cafeteria were heartbroken watching them, their eyes could kill..."

"Hey, hey, hey, don't expose someone's weaknesses." Seeing that he had been exposed, Shen Zechuan immediately jumped out to interrupt Lu Xingye, who was about to continue. Then, he looked at Zhou Yang like he was showing off a treasure, "Come on, Yangyang, make a wish and blow out the candles!"

Looking at the somewhat ugly, hemispherical birthday cake, Zhou Yang didn't mind at all. After closing his eyes and making a wish, he blew out the candles in one breath.

After Zhou Yang blew out the only light, the room was plunged into darkness once again.

“I said, how did you put this light out? And how do you put it back on? I don’t want to eat cake with the lights off.”

"Right away, right away," Shen Zechuan said repeatedly.

Then, as soon as he finished speaking, the lights in the room came back on.

"Alright, alright, let's sit down and eat our meal and cake."

After Shen Zechuan finished speaking, he placed the cake in the center of the table, and the others then gathered around.

Zhou Yang then noticed that everyone was holding a plate of prepared side dishes. Judging from their appearance and aroma, they must have been made by Yu Jing and Uncle Li and the other elders.

It was only then that everyone noticed the two completely different things on the table...

Lu Xingye looked at it for a long time before saying, "I can recognize this as crab stew, but what is this grayish and smelly thing?"

Zhou Yang awkwardly scratched his hair and explained, "Ahem, I was just bored at home by myself, so I used a local specialty from my hometown to try making this stinky stew. Don't let its appearance and the smell fool you, it's incredibly delicious!"

Upon hearing this, everyone exchanged glances, recalling what they had overheard outside the door, and tacitly refrained from taking a bite.