Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

Neither Zhou Yang nor Shen Zechuan took the small piece of paper, and the atmosphere became awkward for a moment.

In class, Cui Ze also realized that Zhou Yang and the others disliked that he had stuck the paper on the soles of his feet, so he took the initiative to unfold the paper and put it on the coffee table.

Zhou Yang glanced at the small piece of paper that was still quite small after it was opened, covered with dense writing, and felt a headache coming on even before reading it.

"Well, we won't look at the paper. Just tell us directly: what are those people's names? Where are they? And how are they doing now?"

Hearing that Zhou Yang and the others didn't want to look at the things on the paper, Cui Ze didn't insist and immediately began to dictate: "Okay, then I'll just tell you the important things first. These three people all live in the family compound of the First District Guard Brigade. Although they are not members of the Guard Brigade, they are all somewhat related to the Guard Brigade and belong to the Guard Brigade's family members."

The scarred man, a physical evolutionist, is named Zhang Chengshan. He's 32 years old, a bachelor, and a hoodlum before the apocalypse. Now, he frequents the red-light district every few days. While his strength is average, he's the brother-in-law of Xing Tian, ​​the captain of the guard squad. He has two younger sisters: Zhang Mei, who possesses spatial abilities and is married to Xing Tian; and Zhang Li, who Xing Tian arranged for her to work at the stock exchange. She's rumored to have taken a liking to Xie Feiyu, the vice-captain of the guard squad, but hasn't been able to win him over.

The second bearded man is named Liu Feng. Before the apocalypse, he was just an ordinary worker, and he is still an ordinary person now. However, he has a promising younger brother who has awakened fire-type abilities and is now a member of the guard team.

The last short, thin middle-aged man was named Li Nian. He wasn't particularly capable, except for having a beautiful daughter. She had no special abilities, but was known as the most beautiful woman in the base. She was married to Xing Tian as his concubine and was considered Xing Tian's father-in-law. She often swaggered around the base with her looks.

These three seem to get along well; they frequently visit the red-light district together, and they even live in the same area, all assigned to the east side of the guard unit's family compound. Yeah, that's about all I found out.

After listening to Cui Ze's account, Zhou Yang was also very surprised.

He had anticipated that the three might have some connections, but he hadn't expected their connections to be so powerful.

I originally planned to just find them, kill them, and leave, but now it seems there might be some trouble after that...

However, he couldn't possibly give up on revenge just because of this little trouble.

However, he really didn't know anything about this guard brigade. In his previous life, he had only heard others mention the captain, Xing Tian, ​​a few times and had only seen him from afar. So it was necessary to learn about him in advance.

"You should know a lot about Xing Tian and the guard brigade, tell me about them too."

“I do know quite a bit, but that comes at a different price.” Cui Ze sniffed. “You’ll have to pay more.”

Zhou Yang nodded: "Okay, no problem. Go ahead."

Hearing Zhou Yang's assurance, Cui Ze then began to talk about Xing Tian and the guard brigade.

"Xing Tian is the founder and leader of the Guardian Brigade. He is currently the number one metal ability user in the Hecheng Base, and I heard that he just reached level 5 a couple of days ago. He is now the first level 5 ability user in our base. In the future, the Guardian Brigade's status will probably directly surpass that of the city defense team in the army."

The predecessor of the Guard Battalion was actually just a superpowered squad established by Xing Tian and a few brothers. However, as it grew larger and became dissatisfied with the military's discipline, it changed its name to the Base Guard Battalion, hoping to rival the military. Although they did put in a lot of effort in guarding the base, their underground members were really inhumane in their daily lives, and were frequently exposed for robbing and pillaging.

But since no one died, and Xie Feiyu, the deputy captain of the guard team, apologized each time, punished the members, and also compensated the victims double, everyone turned a blind eye.

After listening, Zhou Yang was silent for a moment, then quickly picked out an unusual point: "Whenever someone in this guard team commits a crime, it's always the deputy captain who steps forward. Hasn't Xing Tian ever stood up for them?"

Cui Ze snorted coldly: "That Xing Tian is arrogant, hot-tempered, and protective of his own. How could he possibly apologize? So it was Xie Feiyu who cleaned up the mess."

Hearing this, Zhou Yang became interested: "You don't seem to like the guard brigade very much, and you don't have a good impression of Xing Tian either. What? Do you have a grudge against him?"

"I don't have any major grudges, but I do have some minor ones. The main thing is that I can't stand their guard team bullying the weak. In the past two years, when I was investigating information, a lot of it involved people from the guard team. Xing Tian even issued a bounty on my mission."

After Cui Ze finished speaking, he chuckled twice more: "That scoundrel has been posting bounty missions for almost two years, and he still hasn't caught me even once."

Seeing Cui Ze's smug look, Zhou Yang couldn't bear to expose him that he was just lucky. Otherwise, with his little bit of cleverness, even the invisibility ability wouldn't have saved him.

"Okay, that's settled then. Here, this is your payment. See if you're satisfied."

After roughly understanding what he wanted to know, Zhou Yang directly took out five boxes of instant noodles and a large bag of dried meat from his spatial storage.

Looking at the mountain of instant noodles and dried meat on the coffee table, Cui Ze's eyes widened. He was clearly surprised to receive so much food as payment. But after the initial surprise, he was troubled.

How can he bring it back? And even if he does bring it back, there's no guarantee he can keep it...

After thinking it over for a long time, Cui Ze suddenly had a good idea when he saw Zhou Yang and the other person. So he grinned and rubbed his hands together in a very obsequious way and asked:

"Hey guys, do you need any more underlings? How about I become your underling?"

He realized that neither of these two was simple.

He himself is a level 4 late-stage ability user, but he can't see the strength of either of them.

Moreover, this slender young man is a powerful dual-elemental ability user, possessing both mutated plant and spatial abilities. Although he doesn't talk much, his other ability is that of a rare lightning-elemental ability user.

Furthermore, when he mentioned that Xing Tian was already a level 5 ability user, these two didn't even blink, clearly not taking him seriously. So, they might also be level 5 ability users.

Since their identities have already been exposed, if I can follow them in the future, wouldn't it be more convenient to have a big brother behind me?