Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

The next morning, the people at the base started waking up one after another.

Just like in their previous life, everyone was excited when they woke up and saw the heavy rain outside. They all grabbed their water storage containers and ran outside to collect water.

Streets and squares of all sizes, and even alleyways, were filled with buckets and basins of water, making it difficult for people to pass through.

Many people couldn't find a place to collect rainwater and had no choice but to go to sparsely populated, remote areas.

The place where Zhou Yang died in his previous life was one of the least populated places, so naturally, many people chose to come here.

A man dressed in tattered clothes chose this place.

He was carrying a water bucket with a slightly damaged edge. He limped to a pile of ruins, put down the bucket, and was about to find a place to take shelter from the rain when he turned his head and saw several people lying there in front of him.

The man hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward to take a look.

It was a mistake not to look, because once I did, I was scared half to death.

Lying on the ground were none other than Zhang Chengshan and his two missing teammates from the guard team, all of whom were now lifeless corpses.

Didn't the guards already search the entire base?

How did their bodies suddenly appear here?

The man couldn't understand it, but his first reaction after regaining his senses was to turn around and leave. However, as soon as he lifted his leg, he remembered that the three people might have some good stuff on them, so he boldly turned back to rummage through the corpses.

The guards are all wealthy people in this base; even a small portion of their wealth could feed them for several meals.

Unfortunately, Shen Zechuan brought them out in the middle of the night, and the three of them were only wearing simple short-sleeved shirts and shorts. The man searched around but couldn't find anything.

Thinking that the murderer had probably already taken the water, the man had no choice but to give up, turn around, pick up the bucket, and leave, fearing that the crime of murder would fall on him.

Although a few people occasionally die in the base, and there are always tragic deaths like this, they are all ordinary people without power or influence, and no one cares when they die. But this time, it was a member of the guard team who died. If he is regarded as the murderer, the guard team will definitely not let him go.

Unfortunately, the man was unlucky; he hadn't gone far when he encountered other people who had come to fetch water.

Seeing this, the man had no choice but to pretend he had just arrived, looking around for a suitable place to collect water, and then found a secluded corner to place the bucket.

The group of men quickly approached and weren't surprised to see the man there. They had only taken a few steps past him when one of them suddenly spotted the three corpses in the distance and screamed in alarm.

"It looks like a few people have died there?"

"Huh? Someone died?"

"Where?"

……

Hearing the sound, several people gathered around.

The man also took the opportunity to pretend to be curious and followed the others behind.

"Damn! Aren't these the three people the guard team has been looking for? How did they end up dead here?"

"Who knows? But should we go find the guards? Didn't they say we get points for finding information about these three people? We found them, so we should be able to exchange them for a lot of points, right?"

"Are you stupid? The guards want living people. Just tell them you're looking for a corpse. What if they mistake us for the murderers?"

"What do we do then? Just give up and leave?"

“There will be more people coming, and these bodies will definitely be discovered. If we get framed, we're doomed. We might as well go to the military. At least the military is easier to talk to.”

"Row!"

After a brief discussion, the group hurriedly took the buckets and headed straight for the military headquarters.

No one noticed that the man had also secretly slipped away behind them.

Ten minutes later, the military sent a small team to find the three men. After confirming their identities, they immediately sent someone to notify the guard.

Soon, the guards received the news and informed Xing Tian about it.

Xing Tian had just gotten up and hadn't even had a bite of breakfast when he heard the news from his subordinates. He was stunned for a moment and didn't react immediately.

He couldn't understand how the person he had searched the entire base could suddenly appear in the base's no-man's-land.

He had already tried contacting them...

But at this critical moment, he had no time to think, because Zhang Mei and Li Lan, who were sitting on his left and right, started making a fuss, arguing that he should take them to identify the body.

Xing Tian had no choice but to hurriedly take them out with him.

Seeing this, Zhang Li, who had been sitting at the end of the row, hurriedly got up and followed.

……

Just as Xing Tian left, Cui Ze, whom Shen Zechuan had dragged out of bed early that morning to keep watch, hurriedly ran back to report the news.

Upon receiving the message, Shen Zechuan and Zhou Yang exchanged a smile, then left with Cui Ze.

After the three arrived at Xie Feiyu's villa, they immediately asked the guard to announce their arrival.

Before long, the guards came and told them to go in.

The three then followed the guards into the villa.

At that moment, Xie Feiyu was also having breakfast. When he saw the three of them come in, he immediately asked, "Brother Shen, is there something you need so early? By the way, have you had breakfast yet? If not, why don't you grab something to eat here?"

Shen Zechuan shook his head and refused: "No need, we've already eaten. I'm here today to discuss something with the vice captain."

"Okay, then you can sit there and wait for me for a while."

Seeing that Shen Zechuan looked serious and didn't seem to want to discuss trivial matters, Xie Feiyu pointed to the sofa next to them and then quickly finished his breakfast.

Zhou Yang and the other two turned around and sat on the sofa next to them. Not long after, Xie Feiyu came over and sat directly opposite them.

"Brother Shen, is there something important?"

Shen Zechuan didn't say anything, but turned around, took the item from Zhou Yang's hand, and handed it to Xie Feiyu.

"Vice Captain, does this look familiar?"

Xie Feiyu stared blankly at the thing in Shen Zechuan's hand for a long time before picking up the silver necklace. Looking at the familiar silver-rimmed jade Buddha pendant, his hand trembled involuntarily.

This is the necklace that his sister had worn since she was a child, and even before she disappeared. There is a small mechanism on the back of the jade Buddha, inside which is a photo of their family of four.

Thinking of this, he immediately flipped the jade Buddha to the back, where there was a clasp that could be opened. With trembling hands, he opened it and, sure enough, saw the familiar photo inside.

After confirming that the necklace was indeed his sister's, Xie Feiyu's eyes involuntarily welled up with tears.

He grabbed Shen Zechuan's arm excitedly and asked urgently, "This is my sister's necklace! How did you find it? Where is my sister?!"

Shen Zechuan patted Xie Feiyu's hand: "Don't get excited. We found this necklace by accident. At first, we didn't recognize it. It was my cousin Cui Ze, who had been at the Hecheng base for a long time, who recognized that this necklace belonged to your missing sister."