Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

Zhou Yang lowered his head unconsciously.

He hadn't expected that his disguise wouldn't fool Shen Zechuan for even a second.

Just as he was thinking about how to explain, he felt Shen Zechuan slowly lean closer above him, his chin resting on the top of his head, and then he heard the other person say softly:

“You don’t need to pretend to be strong in front of me. You have to remember that we are one. If there’s anything you can’t bear or can’t figure out, you can tell me. Yangyang, you really can trust me a little more.”

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yang paused for a moment, his mind replaying every moment he spent with Shen Zechuan, and every time he steadfastly and unconditionally supported his willful actions.

He knew that Shen Zechuan was a trustworthy person, someone he could confidently entrust his back to. However, if he were to actually tell Shen Zechuan about his rebirth, he couldn't help but feel a sense of fear, like a snail having its shell peeled off, leaving it completely naked and utterly insecure.

Zhou Yang struggled for a long time between continuing to find excuses to conceal the truth and completely handing it over, and remained silent for a long time as well.

So long that Shen Zechuan thought Zhou Yang still didn't trust him enough and was still unwilling to tell him, and just as he was about to give up, he heard Zhou Yang say in a muffled voice:

Do you believe in rebirth?

Zhou Yang's voice was very soft, so soft that even though Shen Zechuan was close enough, he could only hear it faintly.

But he still managed to pick out two key words from that very faint sound.

Rebirth.

Since it is a rebirth, one must first experience death in order to be reborn.

In an instant, he understood why Zhou Yang could foresee so many things about the apocalypse and why he was so obsessed with revenge.

It turns out he had already experienced an apocalypse once, and those four people must be the culprits who caused his death.

After figuring this out, Shen Zechuan immediately hugged the person in his arms tightly with heartache: "Did it hurt back then? Were you stabbed so many times before... You should have told me sooner, I would have dealt with them for you..." I would have made them know what it meant to wish they were dead!

Shen Zechuan added silently.

At this moment, he desperately wished time could turn back so he could torture those scumbags a few more times.

These people hurt his precious child, and they died so easily; it's too lenient of them.

He now wishes he could drag those people out and whip their corpses again!

In contrast to Shen Zechuan's anger, Zhou Yang calmly shook his head: "It's nothing, I can't even remember if it hurts anymore. Anyway, I stabbed back the one who stabbed me, and as for the others who didn't fight back, it doesn't matter if they die quickly."

After speaking, she looked up at Shen Zechuan seriously and asked, "But aren't you surprised that I was reborn? You accepted it so easily?"

“What’s so surprising? I’ve always known you had a secret. You always gave us advance notice, you know a lot of things that nobody else knows, and your IP address matched the one that the old boss had me investigate for the person who posted the prophecy. So we’ve always thought you were the prophet.”

Shen Zechuan paused after speaking, then continued, "However, we always thought you just had the ability to foresee the future but didn't want to reveal it, so we never considered the possibility of rebirth. Now that we know you were reborn, I just feel heartbroken."

Zhou Yang felt a surge of emotion after listening, but then she noticed another key point, which made her eyes widen in shock:

"Wait? You?! So Yan Fei and the others all knew?! When did you start suspecting me?"

Thinking back, I always thought I was disguising myself very well, but it turns out that I had already been discovered long ago.

I keep feeling like a clown... Why am I suddenly feeling so ashamed?!

"Um, let me think..." Shen Zechuan recalled for a moment, "A long time ago, when the base was first established, I think. Yan Fei was originally ordered to come and investigate that prophet, but later he guessed the general idea from your words and actions, and my guess was similar to his. So, you really are that prophet?"

"Didn't you all guess already? Why are you still asking?" Zhou Yang ran a hand through his hair and asked again, "But didn't the higher-ups order you to investigate me? Didn't you ever think about handing me over?"

"I just wanted to confirm with you again." Shen Zechuan chuckled, then said seriously, "Besides, how could we hand you over? You are a very important partner and brother to us, and also my wife. No one would hand you over."

Moreover, at that time, we couldn't contact anyone above us, and we had no idea what the state apparatus was like. Handing you over would have been sending you to your death. Even now, we would never expose you.

"I know. I trust you too, otherwise I wouldn't have helped you so much."

After Zhou Yang finished speaking, she rested her head on Shen Zechuan's shoulder.

Shen Zechuan gently ruffled Zhou Yang's stray hairs, then pressed his hand against the top of Zhou Yang's head and said seriously, "Besides the matter of being reborn and seeking revenge, is there anything else you haven't told me? For example, who else has bullied you? Who else has hurt you? I'll go and teach those people a lesson for you right now."

Zhou Yang shook his head: "That's all. But the military at this base has done a lot for the base, which indirectly helped me, so I want to give them a hand."

"Row!"

Those who had helped Zhou Yang were Shen Zechuan's benefactors, so Shen Zechuan readily agreed.

Perhaps it was because Zhou Yang had talked to Shen Zechuan about his rebirth that he truly felt relieved at this moment. He no longer had to keep secrets or worry about being dissected and studied.

It feels so good to have someone protecting him from behind.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yang missed everyone at the Baijishan base, so he looked up and said, "Once we've settled things here, let's go back soon. I miss everyone."

Hearing this, Shen Zechuan nodded: "Okay. We'll find an opportunity to confront Xie Feiyu later, focus on dismantling the guard team, and then give the supplies we plundered from the guard team to the military here before we leave, how about that?"

“Hmm!” Zhou Yang nodded, then smiled slyly, “The base will be quite lively at daybreak tomorrow, why don’t we make it even more lively?”

Shen Zechuan was taken aback for a moment, but quickly understood Zhou Yang's meaning: "You want to lay your cards on the table tomorrow?"

Zhou Yang nodded: "Yes, don't give Xing Tian a chance to react. When he's overwhelmed by the two women tomorrow, he won't be able to think about anything else. It will be much easier for Xie Feiyu to rescue his sister."

Shen Zechuan naturally agreed and nodded immediately: "Then let's do as you say and go tomorrow."