Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

The inside of the door was pitch black.

Zhou Yang quickly grabbed a light and immediately spotted a small, thin figure lying on the bed against the wall.

He and Shen Zechuan exchanged a glance. Neither of them rushed to wake the person in bed. Instead, they first looked around the basement.

The interior was very simply furnished: a bed, a table, a chair, and a bathroom that was clearly built later on the other side of the basement. That was all.

Zhou Yang looked around on the wall near the door and found what looked like a light switch, which he pressed.

Sure enough, the entire basement lit up the next second.

As the basement was brought back to light, Zhou Yang and the others could see that the person lying on the bed was a short-haired girl who looked to be in her early teens.

Perhaps stimulated by the light, the girl gradually showed signs of regaining consciousness.

Then, a few minutes later, under the watchful eyes of the three, he opened his eyes.

To everyone's surprise, she didn't scream loudly or lose control of her expression in terror. Instead, she sat up and straightened her nightgown, her composure earning Shen Zechuan's admiration.

Aren't you afraid when you see us?

Zhou Yang instantly became interested in the girl in front of him, so he asked her a question.

Logically speaking, a teenage girl who suddenly sees three people wearing gas masks in her room in the middle of the night should be scared, but she was the opposite; she wasn't nervous at all, as if they were some familiar people.

The girl blinked at them before saying, "I saw you this morning when I used my powers. Were you sent by my brother to rescue me?"

Hearing this, Zhou Yang was somewhat surprised, but considering her abilities, she understood and couldn't help but chuckle, "You've got quite the nerve. You're Xie Feiyu's sister, Xie Weiwei, right?"

Xie Weiwei nodded: "Yes. So, did my brother send you? Where is my brother?"

Just as Zhou Yang was about to answer, Cui Ze, who was a beat behind, seemed to have discovered a key point and suddenly exclaimed, "Wait, you mean you used your supernatural ability to foresee the arrival of the three of us this morning?"

He had barely finished speaking when he frowned and denied what he had said: "But that's not right. When I came here with Xing Tian this morning, I saw you telling him that you've been using your powers too frequently lately and that you can't see anything for the time being..."

Xie Weiwei was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, then smiled and said, "I lied to him."

Shen Zechuan, standing to the side, crossed his arms and scrutinized Xie Weiwei before saying, "Well, you're quite clever. But I'm sorry to disappoint you, we weren't sent by your brother. He still doesn't know you've been imprisoned by Xing Tian, ​​and he still considers Xing Tian his good brother."

Upon hearing this, Xie Weiwei immediately became depressed: "Hasn't my brother even contacted me?"

Before Zhou Yang and Shen Zechuan could say anything, Cui Ze couldn't bear to see Xie Weiwei looking like she was about to cry, so he quickly comforted her, "We've looked and looked, your brother hasn't given up. But Xing Tian probably kept it a secret too well, and your brother trusted him too much, so he never thought of it that way."

Xie Weiwei sighed after hearing this: "My brother is still too honest."

After Xie Weiwei calmed down, Shen Zechuan asked again, "Were you locked up here because Xing Tian discovered your supernatural abilities?"

Xie Weiwei nodded: "Yes, I didn't know it was my special ability back then. I thought it was just a nightmare. Then one day, Xing Tian suddenly told me that I must have awakened a special ability that I couldn't let others know about, and that he would take me to a safe place. So I stayed here."

Zhou Yang interjected, "It's been almost two years, haven't you ever thought about escaping?"

"I'd like to, but I simply can't escape. Xing Tian is watching me too closely. Although he only comes every few days, he has several other people watching me as well. Not only can I not find a chance to escape, but I also have to rack my brains to come up with stories to deal with Xing Tian..."

Zhou Yang looked at Xie Weiwei with suspicion: "Didn't Xing Tian ever suspect you?"

“I told him a mix of truth and lies, so even if he suspected something, he wouldn’t dare to do anything to me.”

Zhou Yang nodded upon hearing this.

That makes sense.

However, this girl was quite wary.

Seeing that the three of them didn't seem to have any questions for her, Xie Weiwei quickly pressed on, "Can you take me with you now? I want to go find my brother!"

Shen Zechuan, standing to the side, shook his head: "Not today. We're just here to check things out. But we can report this to your brother and have him come to rescue you personally. Seeing is believing, and it will also allow him to see Xing Tian for who he really is."

Xie Weiwei sighed, "Alright, I'll endure it for two more days. You guys need to hurry, I feel like throwing up just looking at Xing Tian's face, and I still have to act weird, it's too tiring."

Zhou Yang smiled and said, "Don't worry, it won't be long. By the way, can I borrow your necklace for a moment?"

He was just worrying about how to quickly bring down the guard team when Xing Tian delivered a shortcut to his doorstep, which Zhou Yang was not about to let slip by.

Although Xie Weiwei was reluctant to part with the necklace, she still took it off and handed it to Zhou Yang.

After giving Xie Weiwei a few more instructions, Zhou Yang and the other two locked the iron door to the basement again and retreated to the ground floor.

They then put the key back in its original place before leaving the building together.

……

Shortly after Zhou Yang and the others left, the guard who had been smoking at the door earlier woke up first.

After a moment of surprise, he realized that his sleep had been a bit strange, so he sprang up from the ground.

Then, seeing his teammate sleeping like a log, he went up and kicked him.

Despite using so much force, the man couldn't wake them up. He worried that someone had discovered the place and was trying to knock them unconscious in the dark to rescue them.

So he quickly ran inside to take a look.

The main hall reeked of alcohol, and the lingering stench from Xiao Huang's farts had long since dissipated.

A group of people lay sprawled on the ground, all unconscious.

For a moment, he couldn't tell whether these people had inexplicably fallen asleep like him, or whether they were all drunk.

But now he has nowhere to ask.

Helpless, he could only turn around and take another look at the basement.

The iron gate and the lock on it are both in good condition.

He shone his flashlight through the small window on the iron gate and found that the person inside was still there, asleep with their back to the gate. He breathed a sigh of relief.

Phew, thankfully it was just a false alarm, otherwise the boss would have skinned him alive.

Hmph, he must have caught it from that sleepy old man, Deng, who's on the same shift as him! Otherwise, why would he fall asleep too?!

No, he has to go out and kick him a few more times!

Thinking about it, he hurriedly went out again.