Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

The two chatted for nearly twenty minutes, and Shen Zechuan's phone battery was charged to 10%, enough for him to make a call.

He picked up his phone and called his maternal grandfather's house. The phone rang for a long time before being answered.

Fortunately, it's been connected.

This relieved Shen Zechuan, as the person opposite him was his maternal grandfather.

After communicating with them, I learned that my maternal grandfather's family was all well. Although one of their maids had mutated into a zombie, my uncle managed to get rid of it in time.

The situation in the capital is not good either, but fortunately the whole family is currently together at home waiting for government assistance.

Shen Zechuan also let the other side know he was safe, then instructed them to store as many survival supplies as possible, pay attention to safety, and move to a safe place as soon as possible before hanging up the phone.

After confirming that his family members were safe, Shen Zechuan felt a great weight lifted from his heart and then prepared to get up and take his leave.

Before leaving, to thank Zhou Yang, Shen Zechuan insisted on transferring 20 yuan to him and also bought him some cold and fever medicine. Afterwards, he returned to his villa home there.

Once Shen Zechuan left, Zhou Yang felt as if a seal had been broken, and she completely relaxed. At least he was gone; otherwise, she would have had to pay for her own dinner.

Actually, paying for a meal out of pocket isn't a big deal, it just means we can't eat as much as we usually do, and we have to eat something simple, which means the dog has to suffer by eating coarse food along with us.

After all, it's not normal for dogs to eat better food than people.

After tidying up the second bedroom, Zhou Yang continued his unfinished vegetable-growing project.

Place all the previously planted vegetable pots on the shelf, arranging them neatly.

Then he took out a bunch of mushroom spawn bags from his storage space, cut a slit in each end and in the middle, and placed them in a row on another empty shelf, continuing until all three rows of the shelf were full.

Then I took out a watering can and sprayed each of the mushroom bags with diluted spring water.

Moistening the substrate helps the mushrooms grow.

While Zhou Yang was happily planting vegetables, Shen Zechuan, back at the villa, frowned once again.

The first thing he did upon returning to the villa was to check the doors, windows, and surroundings. He then discovered that he had left the villa's key in his house in the city center.

Although the villa gate has a combination lock, a physical key is still necessary. In case the lock's batteries run out, I won't be able to get in. Also, I have many important items I need in the city center.

It seems I'll have to find a way to go back later, and I also need to stock up on more survival supplies.

But he couldn't do all of this by himself; he had to find a few other people, his childhood friends who had come from the capital to visit him.

Shen Zechuan then called one of his brothers, who was also his cousin, Xu Zhiyi.

If nothing unexpected happens, the four of them should be together. They had originally planned to have a get-together at a newly opened restaurant, but Shen Zechuan had something come up and couldn't go. In the end, only the four of them went.

The phone was answered after only a few seconds of ringing.

"My goodness, you've finally called! We've been trying to call you all day, but your phone is always off." The person on the other end started cursing as soon as the call connected, clearly panting heavily, as if they had just run three kilometers.

"I had a fever and passed out, and my phone died. I just woke up recently. How are you guys?" Shen Zechuan asked, rubbing his temples. "Lu Xingye, Chai Jin, and Yan Fei are with you too, right?"

“We’re all here! You have a fever too? A few of us had fevers before. By the way, where are you now? We’ll try to come find you.” Xu Zhiyi waved to the three people beside him, signaling them to come over and say hello.

"Holy crap, Brother Chuan, Brother Zhiyi can even launch fireballs now, blasting zombies to death in one go. That's awesome!" Lu Xingye was the first to rush up and snatch the phone, praising it mindlessly. "Brother Chai is not only Popeye now, but also a running machine. Even the fastest man in the Olympics can't run as fast as him."

"Ah Ye, stop fooling around!" Yan Fei walked over and snatched the phone from Lu Xingye's hand, then said, "We're still outside the Financial Building in the city center, just about to come find you. Are you still inside?"

"I wasn't inside. I left after we finished our business that night. I'm currently at Baijishan in the western suburbs, on the land we invested in. I'm in the villa right now. You guys come over first. Be careful on the road, and watch out for zombies!" Shen Zechuan specifically instructed.

"That's good. We'll come find you right away. Don't worry, we've already dealt with the zombies, so we know what we're doing."

"Okay! We'll talk about everything once you've arrived safely."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Zechuan collapsed onto the sofa and let out a long sigh of relief. It's so good that everyone is alright.

Seeing that it was already getting dark, and assuming that the others probably hadn't eaten like him, and that the neighborhood was still relatively safe with few zombies in sight, he drove another van that had been parked there earlier from the villa's garage to the small supermarket within the neighborhood to get some food.

Meanwhile, Yan Fei and his three companions, who had just hung up the phone, quickly changed lanes and headed towards Shen Zechuan's location.

More than two hours later, the four people and two cars finally arrived at Shen Zechuan's villa.

Having survived life and death, the five people finally reunited and embraced each other, recounting their experiences and changes since falling into a coma.

When Chai Jin woke up, he found that he had become much stronger. When he first woke up, he felt thirsty and wanted to drink some water, but he accidentally crushed a glass of water. When the group ran away together, he found that he was also incredibly fast. During the escape, he was able to run away all over the others. The group decided that he would take the lead in drawing away the zombies for the other three.

Despite their caution, Lu Xingye was nearly bitten when they were fighting a group of zombies. Fortunately, he was saved by a fireball released by Xu Zhiyi in a moment of desperation.

All five of them had a fever. Since two of them have already awakened their abilities, the other three are probably close to it as well.

After discussing it, the group realized that it was similar to the superpowers in novels. As long as one could discover and guide the power within their body, it could be activated, and the attributes would vary from person to person.

So the group began to study which type of energy they possessed, and they brought out various items of the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, earth) from the villa and placed them in front of them to sense their properties.

After repeated experiments, it was finally discovered that the other people did indeed have superpowers.

Yan Fei possesses a metal-based superpower, allowing him to transform any metal into different forms, even throwing knives. However, he currently cannot control enough metals, and can only throw a maximum of three knives. But once he becomes stronger, he will definitely be a master of group attacks.

Lu Xingye has water-based superpowers, but currently he can only release water and throw water balls.

Shen Zechuan's ability to generate electricity is even rarer. He discovered this when he tried everything to no avail, and finally, while pondering the problem again with the water in the stainless steel basin, he accidentally shocked himself. Currently, it can only release a small amount of electricity, causing only temporary paralysis; it can't even kill someone.