Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

Upon hearing that Zhou Yang and the others had traveled for half a day without eating, Yu Jing immediately offered to cook for them.

However, Zhou Yang and the others were covered in dust from the journey and felt uncomfortable, so they decided to go back first to take a shower and change their clothes.

Yu Jing had no objection to this, and urged the three of them to wash up before decisively going into the kitchen to cook for them.

Zhou Yang and the others didn't stand on ceremony and took Cui Ze back to their own homes first.

After entering, Cui Ze was temporarily arranged by Zhou Yang to stay in the guest room of their house, and a princess bed and a new set of clothes were placed for him, which he had insisted on taking with him from the Hecheng base.

When the three of them finished washing up and came to the other side, Yu Jing had already prepared the meal.

Although it wasn't a fancy dish made in a rush, just a simple home-style stir-fry, the aroma alone made the three of them drool.

Cui Ze, looking completely naive, took a bite and cried again.

"Waaaaah, it's so delicious! I've never eaten anything this good in my life. I'm so touched! Waaah..."

"Oh dear, this child, why is he crying while eating? Hahaha!" Yu Jing couldn't help but laugh at his crying and laughing appearance. "Don't cry, or you'll eat your own snotty nose."

Upon hearing this, Cui Ze immediately stopped crying, afraid that if he continued to cry, he would actually start crying his snot out.

Upon seeing this, the people who had gathered around burst into laughter.

Everyone thought this child was so funny.

After the three of them finished eating, Yu Jing cleared away the dishes and chopsticks, and Lu Xingye pulled Zhou Yang aside to ask about the trip.

Zhou Yang briefly touched on the topic of revenge, then briefly discussed other important points, focusing on Xie Weiwei, the prophet.

Upon hearing this, everyone became interested in the prophet.

After listening, Lu Xingye asked curiously, "Why didn't you bring this prophet back?"

Shen Zechuan sighed and said, "He has an older brother, and his brother has a team under him. If we were to bring him back, how many people would we have to bring? Besides, we asked them to make a prediction before we came back, and we also left them our contact information so they would notify us if anything changes."

Lu Xingye shrugged: "Okay."

Unlike Lu Xingye, who was only concerned about why the prophet hadn't come, Yan Fei and the others were more interested in the content of the prediction.

Zhou Yang and the other person then briefly explained Xie Weiwei's predictions to the others.

Upon hearing that the future would be better, they all smiled in unison.

However, the mention of the glowing guns and cannons at the end piqued their interest.

"This weapon sounds like a laser gun and a laser cannon."

Zhou Yang stroked his chin, thinking of the weapons and daily necessities that Chi Feng had mentioned would appear in the future, powered by crystal cores, and suggested, "Similar, but the energy source might be different from that before the apocalypse. Do you think it might be the kind of crystal cores you see in novels? Like crystal core guns or crystal core cannons. Hey, do you think crystal cores could be used to replace electricity? If we could research that, we could have lighting even without electricity in the wild."

Shen Zechuan nodded: "That's possible. I think we can have the research institute research in that direction. Anyway, having too many low-level crystal cores is useless now. It would be great if we could develop them for use in weapons or something."

Yan Fei nodded: "That makes sense. I'll call my uncle right now and let him know, and then I'll have him talk to my dad and the others too. We'll work together at both bases and try to get it done as soon as possible."

After saying that, Yan Fei went to the side to make a phone call.

Seeing that his message had been conveyed, Zhou Yang stopped paying attention and turned to tease Gu Yaoyao, whom he hadn't seen in a long time.

On the other end, Gu Tianqi received Yan Fei's call and immediately sent someone to find several academicians and professors from the research institute. He gave them a new task: to study the practical application of crystal nuclei.

Then I called the capital and told Yan Fei's father about it.

Coincidentally, the research institute at the capital base is also applying to start a new research project—to study the feasibility of using crystal nuclei as an energy source.

Yan Fei's father was still considering whether it was necessary to conduct research. After all, they hadn't even figured out the general outline of the virus yet, so how could he be in the mood to think about researching these things?

However, now that Gu Tianqi had brought up the matter and informed the prophet of what he had predicted, he readily approved the research institute's project, sent over a number of low-level crystal cores, and also informed the research institute of the various research possibilities that Gu Tianqi had mentioned on the phone.

Upon receiving this new assignment, researchers at both bases began to dedicate themselves to the research.

Zhou Yang was unaware that the news they brought back had accelerated the development of crystal core artifacts and weapons in this life.

He focused all his attention on the upcoming extreme heat, and the thing he did most every day was to prepare food for everyone who would be living underground for the next six months with Yu Jing.

Of course, Shen Zechuan and his group weren't idle either. Taking advantage of the fact that the extreme heat still had some time left, they led Xu Zhiyi and a few others out to hunt zombie crystal cores without stopping.

On the second day after Cui Ze arrived at the base, Shen Zechuan handed him over to Yan Fei, who took him to the army for training. Every day when he came back, he cried miserably to Zhou Yang.

Seeing this, Zhou Yang felt a little sorry for him and could only secretly add a little spring water to the water he was drinking.

In addition, he added spring water to the food at home, and Cui Ze gradually adapted after being scolded for only a few days. In just a few days, he improved his physical fitness to a new level.

While the entire Qianlong Squad was busy, the army and other squads were also working tirelessly, racing against time to go out and fight zombies and scavenge for supplies.

Although it's almost the third anniversary of the apocalypse, many supplies outside have already spoiled and rotted and become unusable, especially food; the amount that can be found and is still edible is pitifully small.

But in order to survive, everyone will try to find even the slightest possibility.