Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

After refueling, the group hurried on their way, and after more than half an hour, they finally arrived at the other end of the city center.

At this time, it was still a few streets away from Chongjing Huafu, where Shen Zechuan usually lived, less than 3 kilometers in total.

Although Zhou Yang had only moved to this city a month ago, he had heard about this neighborhood while shopping.

Chongjing Huafu is a well-known upscale residential community located in a prime downtown location. It is said to have not only supermarkets and convenience stores, but also rest stops, breakfast shops, gyms, preschools, and private kindergartens, with very comprehensive supporting facilities. Almost all of the city's wealthiest people live here.

When Zhou Yang heard this, he was amazed and made up his mind to rob this wealthy neighborhood when he had the chance.

He didn't expect to get to this place today, but now is obviously not the best time for him to collect supplies from house to house, as many houses are still occupied.

To openly search for supplies, we'll have to wait until the base is established and all the survivors have been transferred there. But by then, there probably won't be much left to find, as the most important supplies will have already been taken by the survivors.

Zhou Yang still felt a little regretful about this.

Because this place is closest to the city center, the traffic congestion is much worse than the previous one, and there are also more zombies.

However, the urban area here has been newly expanded, and even the sidewalks have been widened to allow single-vehicle passage. So they could walk on the sidewalk if they wanted to, but looking around, there were occasionally cars parked on the sidewalks.

To get through, you'd have to ram through these smaller cars first, which requires a larger vehicle. Off-road vehicles are clearly out of the question, but large trucks could give it a try.

So Shen Zechuan drove the truck at full speed ahead, with Zhou Yang and Lu Xingye following behind in their SUV. The rest of the group from the Pea team cleared away the zombies along the way to prevent them from attacking and hindering the truck's progress.

It took the group of people and their dog almost half an hour to reach the gate of Chongjing Huafu residential complex, a distance of less than 3 kilometers.

The main gate, which is usually used for entry and exit, has been completely closed. There are also roadblocks inside, and several men in security uniforms are patrolling the gate, each holding an electric baton.

Seeing several people arrive at the entrance of the residential area in three cars, accompanied by a large dog, and with more zombies following behind, they immediately became alert.

The group stopped their car outside the gate and dealt with the zombies that had gathered there. Just as they were about to speak, one of the security guards strode forward menacingly, banged on the gate with his stick, and shouted, "What are you doing! No one who isn't a resident is allowed in! And you've brought so many zombies with you! Get out of here!"

Shen Zechuan stepped forward and said, "I am a resident of this community, building 21, 24th floor. My surname is Shen. These are my friends and their dogs. Open the door and let us in now. We will deal with the zombies behind us and will absolutely not let them into the community!"

The security guard spat in response, completely unconvinced: "You think you're a resident just because you say so? I could say I'm the mayor! Can you even produce your property certificate? Huh!"

"The property certificate is at home. I can show it to you later. Please let us in first!" Shen Zechuan explained impatiently.

"So you just can't produce it! How am I supposed to know if you're a scammer?"

Shen Zechuan laughed in exasperation: "Isn't there someone in the guard booth? Just have him check the community system on his computer. Everything's registered there. I think you're just deliberately preventing us from getting in, aren't you?"

The security guard glanced back at the people in the guard booth, then turned back and became even more arrogant: "So what if you are! If you want to come in, fine, but it's a 20 yuan entrance fee per person! You said you're a resident here, so you can surely come up with that amount of money!"

Seeing the security guard shamelessly trying to extort money, the others laughed in anger.

Shen Zechuan and his companions were not short of money; they could easily pull out hundreds of thousands or even millions from their cards. Now that it was the apocalypse, money would soon become the most useless thing, but it was really annoying to be extorted by such a petty person.

But not wanting to waste any more time, Shen Zechuan and his companions still took out their money, 20 yuan each, totaling 120 million yuan. Only then did the security guard give a look to his men behind him and open the gate and remove the roadblocks.

The group got into the car and drove inside. Pea walked at the back, clearing out any zombies that tried to follow them in.

As soon as Pea stepped into the residential area, she was driven out by several security guards with stun batons, causing her to scream in distress.

As soon as Zhou Yang saw that Pea was being shocked with a stun gun, he rushed over and stood in front of the dog, shouting, "What are you doing!"

Shen Zechuan and the others also rushed over.

"What's wrong with you! Didn't we give you money? Are you trying to renege on our promise?!"

"I just paid for all six of you! Didn't I let you in? You didn't pay for this dog, so how can I let it in?" The security guard glared at them and said nonchalantly, "Besides, this dog is so big, what if it hurts someone? I'm doing this for the safety of the whole neighborhood!"

"Pah! That sounds nice, but all you want is money!" Lu Xingye was furious. "How much money do you want this time!"

"Sure, this dog is really too big. 40, plus a 20 deposit! That's 60 in total!"

Upon hearing the amount of 60, Zhou Yang's lips twitched: "Why don't you just rob a bank?"

The security guard knocked impatiently on the door: "Stop talking nonsense, are you going to give it to me or not!"

This arrogant attitude infuriated Lu Xingye, who took a step forward, only to be stopped by Yan Fei.

In the end, not wanting to escalate the matter, Shen Zechuan and the others still gave it to them.

Once all six people and the dog had entered and left the gate area, Zhou Yang couldn't help but ask, "Why did you give them money? It's obviously extortion. Why didn't we just beat them up?"

Shen Zechuan and Yan Fei exchanged a glance before explaining, "Those guys aren't security guards here at all; they're probably gangsters. Did you see that man in the guard booth who didn't come out the whole time? I saw his hand was in his drawer the whole time; there might be a gun in there. Let's avoid trouble. Anyway, none of us are short of money, so it'll be fine."

Upon hearing that some of the security guards were involved in organized crime, the others were all taken aback.

If those people are really involved in organized crime, then isn't this neighborhood controlled by gangs?

"The city's wealthiest neighborhood has fallen under the control of gangs so quickly; it seems the local government is basically ineffective," Yan Fei said after a moment's thought. "Let's grab our things and leave as soon as possible. Things will probably get tough in this neighborhood. We don't know the extent of this gang's power, so we can't confront them directly. We'll just have to wait for my uncle's army to arrive."

"Alright." Shen Zechuan nodded in agreement with Yan Fei's words.