Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

The distance between the Shanghai base and the Hecheng base is not far; it only took Pea a little over half an hour to get to Hecheng.

Following Zhou Yang's memory, they quickly found the small base from his previous life.

Fearing they might alert the enemy, the two decided not to go in conspicuously.

So, a few kilometers away from the Hecheng base, the two got off Pea.

After putting the peas into his spatial storage, Zhou Yang took out the most dilapidated car in the space, and then changed the two of them into clean but old black clothes before driving to the gate of the Hecheng base.

The Hecheng base was just as he remembered it—small and dilapidated, with only four or five soldiers standing guard and checking people at the main gate.

There is only one open entrance, unlike other large bases that separate ordinary people and those with superpowers.

Although it's just a small base, there are still people queuing outside waiting to get in.

Seeing this, the two drove up to the back of the queue.

Fortunately, there weren't many people, and it was their turn soon.

After being stopped and questioned by the guards, the two filled out a basic information form. Shen Zechuan filled in "Level 4 Peak Lei Xi Ability", while Zhou Yang simply filled in "Ordinary Person". As for their relationship, they wrote "Brothers".

After checking that neither of them had any wounds, they were able to enter the Hecheng base without incident.

Once inside, the streets were even more dilapidated than the outer city walls. Many survivors, barely clothed, huddled in corners, seemingly alive but like walking corpses, completely unconcerned about who had just arrived at the base.

Occasionally, you might see a few children, but they are all thin and bony, with no trace of childlike innocence on their faces, and only numbness and emptiness in their eyes.

Perhaps it was because he had been at the Baijishan base for too long, and had become accustomed to everyone striving to live, working together, and being of one mind, that Zhou Yang felt a sense of unfamiliarity upon returning to the small base from his previous life and seeing such a desolate scene.

I've seen quite a lot in my past life...

Although they felt sorry for the survivors, especially the children, they couldn't interfere right now, so they drove directly to the local government agency where they needed to find a place to stay.

The official exchange here is not far from the entrance, just a few minutes' drive away.

It was very deserted inside. Apart from a staff member sitting behind each of the three service desks, there were only one or two new survivors who had been ahead of them in line. Judging from their voices, they were also inquiring about places to stay in the base.

Although Zhou Yang had lived here for almost three years in his previous life, he was always short of money, so he had basically never been inside the exchange and didn't know anyone there.

However, because the Hecheng base is very small, with less than 10,000 survivors in total, and there are few things to do every day, the three service points do not have specific functional distinctions and can handle anything.

So after taking a look, and seeing that there were people asking questions at two of the service points, Zhou Yang took Shen Zechuan directly to the third service point where there was no one.

"Hello, we just arrived at the base today and are looking to rent a house. Could you please help us see if there are any suitable houses for the two of us brothers?"

As soon as Zhou Yang arrived at the service point, he asked.

The staff member at the service point was a woman in her twenties who was leisurely dozing off when she suddenly heard someone talking and was immediately awakened.

He was a little angry at first, but when he looked up and saw a handsome young man dressed in clean clothes, he realized that he had met a big shot and immediately took out a thick book of base housing tiers.

"Handsome, our base is divided into four areas based on its distance from the city center. Each area has many villas, large apartments, and suites. Which area and type of house would you like?"

Hecheng Base was originally divided into three areas. Area 1 was the city center and the official family compound, which only officials and the wealthiest people in the base could afford to live in. Area 2 was the outer area of ​​the city center, which was basically a gathering area for people with superpowers. Area 3 was mostly for ordinary people. However, many people couldn't afford to live in the houses, so the outermost fourth area gradually formed - the slum area.

In his previous life, Zhou Yang lived in a slum, but he was better off than those who slept on the streets, as he slept in a refugee camp where at least he could be sheltered from the wind and rain.

Thinking that the three thugs were most likely with a team of superpowered individuals, Zhou Yang directly chose a house in Zone 2.

However, it would be too conspicuous for two people to live in a villa, and those thugs didn't seem like people who could afford to live in a villa, so Zhou Yang chose a regular suite for the room type.

What do you think? Which one is better?

After flipping through the property catalog and roughly selecting a few acceptable suites, Zhou Yang turned to Shen Zechuan and asked him to decide which one was best.

Shen Zechuan looked around and then pointed to one of them: "This one will do. Although it's not very big, the layout is nice and it comes with decoration."

“Okay.” Zhou Yang nodded, then looked at the clerk. “We’ll take this apartment. How do we pay the rent for one month?”

Upon hearing that Zhou Yang was only renting for a month, and in such a small 80-square-meter apartment at that, the woman immediately felt that all her previous enthusiasm had been wasted, and even her tone of voice became much colder:

"Since you're new here, you'll first need to get a points card from our base. Then, the rent plus utilities will cost 180 points per month."

When Zhou Yang heard that the monthly rent plus utilities would cost 180, she was stunned for a moment, and then immediately realized that the other party was complaining that they were only renting for one month and that she wouldn't earn much commission, so they wanted to raise the price on the spot.

After thinking it through, Zhou Yang immediately became unhappy: "Your base is so small, the land isn't big, but the housing prices are shockingly high. 180 points to rent a suite for a month, that's enough to rent a large apartment in a bigger base. Do you think your base will let you rip people off like that?"

They may be wealthy, but they're not fools. They can't afford to be taken advantage of, no matter what they eat!

The woman wasn't afraid at all, and simply rolled her eyes, saying, "Hmph, whatever price I say goes! If you're so capable, go to a big base! What are you doing here at our small base? Aren't the big bases going to reject people like you who can't even afford a house on a small base?"

Zhou Yang was so angry she laughed. Just as she was about to retort, she noticed that the second service point had become available, so she pulled Shen Zechuan to another location and went up to the clerk to tell him about the apartment she had just picked out.

And this time it's not renting, but buying a house directly.

The woman standing next to him paused for a moment upon hearing this, but then sneered, showing no disbelief whatsoever.

The clerk, still unsure, asked again, "Sir, it will cost several thousand points to buy this. Are you sure?"

"Okay, just help me exchange these crystal cores for points, and then I can use my card to make the payment."

After Zhou Yang finished speaking, he took out a large bag of crystal cores from his backpack.

The clerk opened it and saw that they were all level 3 crystal cores. He immediately and quickly completed a series of procedures for Zhou Yang.

The woman next to her regretted it as soon as she saw the large bag of crystal cores, but unfortunately there's no going back.