Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

After closing the door, Zhou Yang quickly changed into his outdoor gear, took out a large backpack from his spatial storage, and stuffed it with two bottles of spring water, two bottles of regular water, several sandwiches, some beef jerky, and a machete.

Then I put the bag on my back and went out with Pea.

As soon as they stepped outside, the people outside were stunned by the pea, which was almost as tall as a person. Even the excited Lu Xingye was stunned in place.

"Well, its name is Pea. It was originally a little puppy, but it suddenly mutated into this big size during the apocalypse. Don't worry, it's really obedient! Right, Pea?"

Pea chirped in response, then quietly squatted down, curiously observing the four unfamiliar two-legged creatures before her.

Shen Zechuan was familiar to it. It had been sleeping in the small room at home. When it woke up, its owner wouldn't let it go in to see it. Later, when it woke up on the balcony, Shen Zechuan was gone.

"Wow! That's so cool!" Coming back to his senses, Lu Xingye walked up to Wandou, his hands eager to touch her head. "Can I pat your head?"

"Huh?" Pea tilted its head, not quite understanding why the two-legged creature in front of it wanted to touch its head, but still turned to look at Zhou Yang. Seeing that its master had no objection, it lowered its head and moved closer to the two-legged creature.

Upon seeing this, Lu Xingye's eyes lit up, and he eagerly began to stroke the dog's head: "My God! Brother Yan, it really can understand human speech!"

The others were also quite surprised to see such a human-like large dog, but they all behaved very reservedly, unlike Lu Xingye who was so exaggerated.

Because the dog was too big, the group split into two groups and took the elevator down.

Shen Zechuan led his four childhood friends down first, and then Zhou Yang led Wandou down.

When Zhou Yang brought Wandou to the first floor, they saw several people waiting outside, with three cars parked behind them: two SUVs and one minivan.

These vehicles don't seem to have enough seats for all the peas...

Looking at the car and then at its pea-sized body, Zhou Yang was troubled.

Or should we let the peas run after us? I just don't know if they can keep up...

Shen Zechuan noticed Zhou Yang's predicament and walked over to say, "Pea can ride with us. The back seats of these cars can be folded flat. Although the space in the back won't allow it to move around freely, it's perfectly fine for it to lie down."

Hearing this, Zhou Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

There were six people, and two people could fit in one car, so they didn't waste any more time and set off quickly after getting in the car.

Zhou Yang was only slightly more familiar with Shen Zechuan, so he rode in Shen Zechuan's business car.

Pea naturally followed Zhou Yang, obediently lying on the seat as soon as she got in the car. Fortunately, the space in the van was a bit larger than in the SUV when folded down, so Pea wasn't uncomfortable at all and could even change positions to enjoy the scenery along the way.

Their first target was several wholesale markets near the city center, where they could find a wide variety of goods in large quantities.

However, once they get there, they'll have to figure out how to find a large truck.

The nearest wholesale market is a fruit wholesale market.

When the group arrived, a considerable number of zombies had already gathered there, at least several dozen, all huddled in front of a shop. There was a lot of blood on the ground in front of the shop, presumably because the shop owner had come to check on his business and was attacked by zombies. Human blood is extremely attractive to zombies, drawing in all the roaming zombies in the vicinity.

The sound of the car, combined with the presence of living people, caused several zombies on the perimeter to abandon the people inside the door and slowly writhe their way towards them.

After turning off the engine, Shen Zechuan and the others got out of the car with the weapons they had found beforehand, including fire axes, long kitchen knives, and iron bars, which they had found in the villa and the residential area.

Zhou Yang also took out a machete from his bag and got off the bus with Wandou.

When Pea first encountered a zombie, she didn't quite understand why this creature, which looked just like a two-legged animal, smelled so incredibly foul, exuding a rotten and fishy stench from head to toe. Pea disliked it intensely and instinctively felt it was dangerous.

Seeing them approaching, it unconsciously bared its teeth, making threatening noises, and then took a step forward, instinctively protecting its master behind it.

Seeing Pea's movements, Zhou Yang reached out and stroked its neck to ease its tension, while also giving Pea a little科普 (science popularization) in its ear: "Pea, the thing coming from ahead is a zombie. It's a new species that is formed after living people are infected with the virus and die. The only fatal point is their head. In the future, if you see something like this, try to blow its head off."

“You can try hitting them in the head with your fireballs.” Remembering that the mutated animals in his previous life weren’t susceptible to the zombie virus, he added, “If you can’t kill them, you can bite them to death, but you can’t eat them. They’re too filthy and smelly. If you eat something like that, I can’t afford to keep you. Okay, go try it!”

Pea nuzzled its owner's shoulder to indicate it understood, then took off and dashed past the group, startling Shen Zechuan and the others.

"How did he run away?!" Lu Xingye was so anxious that he jumped up and down, almost chasing after him, but Zhou Yang stopped him.

"It's alright, it's alright. I let it go. Pea needs to learn to fight zombies and train itself. There aren't many zombies here, so it's a good opportunity to train. Besides, I saw another mutated dog kill a zombie on the first day without getting infected, so I think mutated animals shouldn't get infected." The last sentence was made up by Zhou Yang, otherwise there would be no way to explain why he knew mutated animals wouldn't get infected by the zombie virus.

Lu Xingye calmed down after hearing this, but he was still worried: "No, it's still too dangerous. There are so many zombies. I'll go help Wandou too." With that, he picked up the kitchen knife and chased after them.

Before he could even get there, Pea leaped forward, pinning one of the zombies down, and then spat out a fireball that hit the zombie's head, instantly blowing it off. After dealing with that zombie, Pea immediately pounced on the next one, killing several zombies in just a few minutes.

This efficiency stunned the group of people behind them.

Even Zhou Yang was quite surprised, not expecting that Pea's fire-type ability had grown so quickly. Yesterday it was just a small spark, and today it had upgraded to a fireball. It seems the spring water is really effective; we'll have to give Pea plenty to drink from now on!

"Pea has fire powers? This fireball seems bigger than mine." Xu Zhiyi looked at the fireball Pea spewed out, and compared it with his own fireballs from before, and exclaimed, "Humans are inferior to dogs?"

Lu Xingye, still holding the kitchen knife: ...

At this moment, a question mark slowly appeared in Lu Xingye's mind.

Even dogs are better than him these days, I can't live like this anymore!