Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

"Eat quickly, it won't taste good if it gets cold."

"Yes, yes, eat up. Xiao Zhou, your chicken giblets are really good, just to my liking!"

Gu Tianqi pointed to the stir-fried chicken giblets in front of him and said.

Zhou Yang felt a little embarrassed, as it was the first time he had been praised by such a high-ranking leader.

"These are the chicken giblets left over from processing the mutated chickens. I was worried you wouldn't like them! Please eat more. After the chickens mutated, they not only tasted better, but they also helped strengthen your superpowers."

"Yes, I heard from Yan Fei and the others that you discovered the mutated animal is edible. Xiao Zhou, you're both meticulous and daring. We won't have to worry about not having meat to eat anymore!"

We encountered quite a few mutated animals along the way, but unfortunately we didn't know they were edible. We either killed them and buried them on the spot, or simply chased them away. Sigh!

Gu Tianqi felt a pang of heartache when he thought of the mutated animals he had abandoned along the way.

Yan Fei interjected at the opportune moment: "It's alright, there are still many mutated animals outside. We can hunt them down later."

That makes sense!

Gu Tianqi nodded upon hearing this.

Lu Xingye, who had been listening to the sidelines for a long time and whose stomach was growling with hunger, was getting impatient as few people were touching their chopsticks.

"Uncle Gu, I'm going to starve if you keep discussing this! Can't we just focus on eating first?"

"Alright, alright! Enough talk, let's eat! We'll talk after we finish eating!"

Gu Tianqi laughed heartily, quickly stopped talking, and then took the lead in picking up his chopsticks, placing a piece of chicken and some vegetables on his daughter's plate.

Without any hesitation, Lu Xingye picked up a small half-bowl of chicken giblets and began to eat them heartily.

The others then started eating as well.

After they finished eating, before they could even start eating, more soldiers came in to help clear away the dishes.

So everyone sat back down in the living room and continued talking.

Zhou Yang sat to the side, listening to Gu Tianqi and Yan Fei roughly explain his plans and intentions.

Currently, it is tentatively planned to establish a survivor base in a safe zone centered on Baiji Mountain Villa, encompassing the adjacent tourist resort area, as well as several surrounding residential areas and commercial development zones.

We've already thought of a name: Baijishan Base.

Zhou Yang was not surprised at all. In his previous life, this place was also called Baijishan Base. He just didn't know if the base commander in his previous life was the same one in front of him.

However, to establish a base, in addition to defining the scope of the safe zone, the first priority is to build a defensive wall.

Therefore, the most important task now is to find a large amount of building materials. Moreover, if we want to resist zombies for a long time, the walls must be built thick and high enough.

However, time and materials are limited at the moment, so we can only make use of the existing walls of each community to renovate and connect them, and build a preliminary defensive fortification first.

We will gradually widen and reinforce it later, eventually building a wall that is at least half a meter wide and 3 meters high.

"We can find the materials at the building materials market and at the nearby construction sites. Actually, as long as we find enough steel bars, we don't need a lot of cement and sand."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked over, with Gu Tianqi looking even more puzzled: "How can building a wall only require steel bars? Don't you also need cement, sand, and bricks?"

Zhou Yang then explained to the group, "Could we consider having earth-type ability users and metal-type ability users work together to build the wall? A wall built with abilities should be no worse than ordinary cement, and it would save time and effort. If ordinary people were to join in the construction, the construction period could be greatly reduced."

"That's a great idea! I hadn't even thought of that! But I need to have someone test it first. If it works, it will definitely save a lot of time!"

After Gu Tianqi finished speaking, he called a guard in and gave him a few instructions. The guard immediately ran out to relay the message.

It wasn't that Gu Tianqi couldn't think of it; it's just that the apocalypse had only just begun, and his thinking hadn't yet broken free from conventional thinking.

Everyone's superpowers are still in the initial exploration stage, and they haven't realized that some superpowers can complement each other. Many things that were complicated and laborious before the apocalypse can be easily done with superpowers after the apocalypse.

Before long, a soldier returned to report that the task of having the earth-type and metal-type ability users build the wall together had been successful, and that the wall was even stronger than an ordinary wall. Most importantly, the two ability users built a small section of the wall in just a few seconds.

The only downside is that it somewhat wastes superpowers, so it will probably take several teams to take turns using it.

Hearing that the ability users might need to rest after repairing a section of wall, Zhou Yang wasn't surprised at all. After all, everyone was still only at the initial stage of ability, with limited energy reserves. The zombies hadn't even evolved their crystal cores yet, so they couldn't level up in a short time.

The only way to quickly replenish energy is probably by eating mutated animals.

Zhou Yang thought for a moment and then said:

“Uncle Gu, I have another mutated chicken here. Have the soldiers take it back and make it into chicken jerky for the superhumans building the wall. The meat of this mutated animal can accelerate their energy recovery. One mutated chicken is definitely not enough. Otherwise, could you send someone to check the nearby farms? I remember there is a chicken farm at the foot of the mountain in the west of the city. There should be a lot of mutated chickens there. If there are many, you can consider catching some to raise.”

After saying that, Zhou Yang took out the mutated chicken from the space and placed it on the floor tiles next to the living room.

The sudden appearance of the enormous mutated chicken instantly made the spacious living room seem much smaller.

"Thank you on behalf of the soldiers! I'll send someone to look for a breeding farm later! If there is, I'll give you a few more to eat!"

Gu Tianqi didn't stand on ceremony. He put the chicken down and had people come in to carry it away. He also sent people to find the breeding farm that Zhou Yang had mentioned.

Afterwards, Gu Tianqi discussed his other plans with the group.

Building materials need to be found, and walls need to be built, but more survivors also need to be rescued, since the base requires a lot of manpower to build.

In addition to sending people to find building materials, build walls, and search for mutated animals, he planned to send out two more special forces teams with superpowers tomorrow during the day.

A team was dispatched to various residential areas and primary and secondary schools in the city to rescue trapped survivors and transfer them to safe areas.

The other team went to important locations such as Chinese and Western hospitals and research institutes to rescue survivors and collect medical supplies.

Upon hearing that the army was going to the city to rescue survivors, Shen Zechuan and the others emphasized to Gu Tianqi the gang they had encountered in the wealthy neighborhood, who might have a lot of weapons.

Gu Tianqi wasn't worried at all after hearing this; instead, his eyes lit up.

We have weapons, that's great, they can be confiscated!

After talking for about an hour, Gu Tianqi went back to the makeshift command center to get busy.

She left her 5-year-old daughter to continue living with Yan Fei and the others.

He had already endured enough traveling with his father, and now that they were in a safe zone, it was naturally better for him to stay with Yan Fei and the others.

The little girl didn't make a fuss. She obediently sat next to Yan Fei, hugging her doll and calling him "brother" repeatedly, which melted everyone's hearts.

"Yaoyao, are you sleepy? How about your brother takes you to bed?"

Yan Fei, who usually has a stoic expression, smiled for the first time when he looked at his little cousin.

"Yaoyao is still not sleepy even though she slept during the day. Brother, can I watch cartoons? Dad said I can watch cartoons here."

Gu Yaoyao looked at Yan Fei with anticipation.

"Uh..." Yan Fei was stunned when he heard this. There was no power or internet outside. Where was he supposed to find cartoons to bring back?

My uncle is such a swindler!

Finally, Zhou Yang suddenly remembered that he had mistakenly downloaded a domestic animation, something like "Bear Something Appears".

I only realized I downloaded the wrong thing after I finished downloading it, and I was too lazy to delete it, so I kept it. I never expected it would come in handy now.

Zhou Yang took the tablet out of the space, found the animation, opened it, and handed it over.

"See? But you can only watch two episodes at a time, otherwise it's bad for your eyes."

"Yeah, thank you, brother!"

Gu Yaoyao took the tablet and smiled happily, then sat down on the sofa to watch cartoons.

Seeing that Zhou Yang had managed to handle Gu Yaoyao, Yan Fei breathed a sigh of relief. If his little cousin started crying, he wouldn't be able to handle it.

"Zhou Yang, thank you."

"What a big deal."

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