Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

Shen Zechuan and the others first escorted Zhou Yang downstairs.

Before parting, however, he left behind 10 jin of soybeans for making tofu and arranged to pick up the tofu the following evening.

With only ten minutes left before the elevator power went out, Zhou Yang didn't dare to delay and quickly went upstairs.

The following evening, Zhou Yang ate dinner early and went to the base canteen.

The counter was already filled with slabs of white and tender tofu, fresh out of the oven and still warm.

Zhou Yang took a bite immediately, and it was filled with the aroma of soybeans, smooth and tender.

He couldn't help but give Xie Ling a thumbs up.

Professionals do things differently.

Xie Ling is the woman who made tofu last night. To my shame, he only asked her name when he came to pick up the tofu.

After exchanging tips on making tofu with Xie Ling, Zhou Yang roughly realized where his previous problems lay: firstly, the heat when boiling the soy milk was incorrect, and secondly, the starter used for coagulating the tofu was wrong.

However, he's not worried about it anymore; he'll just order directly from Xie Ling from now on.

After that, Zhou Yang ordered more tofu and dried tofu from Xie Ling.

After all, different types of tofu have different ways of being eaten.

The Zhou family's dining table has also become much more varied thanks to tofu.

August is drawing to a close, and Baijishan, which hadn't seen rain for nearly two months, finally experienced a three-day downpour. The awful heatwave has also subsided, with temperatures slowly dropping back to 40 degrees Celsius.

People can finally see the sun during the day, but they still can't be exposed to it for long periods of time.

Many people in the base became active and began to form teams to go out and search for supplies.

Zhou Yang and his group were no exception.

However, unlike most people who choose to go to the city, they chose to go into the mountains.

There are plenty of wild mountain produce and vegetables.

While no one has reacted yet and the mutated plants haven't appeared, now is the perfect time to go.

Although the high temperatures during this period have almost killed off the vegetation on the outskirts of the mountains, the vegetation deep in the mountains is still thriving.

This heavy rain has thoroughly irrigated the mountains, and there must be plenty of mushrooms growing there.

The day after the rain stopped, before dawn, the group changed into their mountaineering clothes and entered the Baiji Mountains.

Pea was also brought along this time, since you never know what wild animals might be in the mountains, and it wouldn't be bad to have Pea act as their bodyguard.

Gu Yaoyao was sent to her biological father by Yan Fei beforehand.

Under Zhou Yang's guidance, the group collected more than a dozen sacks of mushrooms, wild vegetables, and some common wild medicinal herbs, enough to feed them for a long time.

However, they didn't know how to process or use the wild medicinal herbs, so they directly traded them to the army.

Most notably, the pea also found a nest of mutated rabbits and two mutated pheasants.

It was a very rewarding day.

It was evening when they returned to the base, and everyone gathered at Shen Zechuan's villa for dinner.

Just as they were discussing where to look for supplies tomorrow, Gu Tianqi arrived.

Upon entering, without any small talk, he directly stated his purpose.

It turns out to be a 20-man army squad that went to the pedestrian street in the northern part of the city to find supplies. They went out on the mission before the rain and have been gone for almost a week, and haven't returned yet.

The satellite phone also couldn't get through, leading to suspicions of an ambush and the need to send someone to rescue them.

Gu Tianqi said with a slightly heavy tone, "This team consists of 18 people. Before the apocalypse, they were a special forces team that had made numerous achievements. More than half of them are people with superpowers, including one with spatial abilities. Every single one of them is important and we must rescue them."

"This time I will also send a field team of all-superpowered individuals to go with you. It's the team led by Song Lian that was with you last time. It was Song Lian who recommended you to go with me. He said that each of you has a very strong superpower."

Shen Zechuan and Yan Fei both looked grave after hearing this. Gu Tianqi had come directly to invite them, so the matter must be serious; otherwise, Song Lian's team would have been enough.

“Okay, we’ll go!” Shen Zechuan was silent for a moment, then nodded, but then added, “But Zhou Yang doesn’t have to go. He’s just a space ability user. If he goes and we encounter danger, and we can’t take care of him, he has no ability to protect himself.”

Zhou Yang: "..." Although he admits he's lazy, it doesn't mean he's afraid of death. Why don't these people want to take him along?

“Yes, yes, Yangyang is so gentle and delicate, she’s best suited to stay at the base. Let’s go.” Lu Xingye quickly agreed, raising his hand in approval.

Zhou Yang: "..."

WTF?

When did he ever act weak and timid? He didn't even blink when he was chopping down zombies, okay?

"Well, that's fine. Zhou Yang can stay at the base, that way Yao Yao will have somewhere to go. I'll have to trouble you again, Xiao Zhou." Gu Tianqi agreed without even thinking.

After all, spatial ability users are very rare. Since one of them is already in danger, we can't let Zhou Yang, another spatial ability user, have his life threatened as well.

Zhou Yang interrupted their discussion abruptly: "Wait a minute, I want to go. It's not like I can't fight zombies! And what's wrong with me being weak and frail?!"

Shen Zechuan and the others: "..."

You look so delicate and fragile...

The others exchanged glances and silently said something to themselves.

"Zhou Yang, it's too dangerous. You shouldn't go this time. We might not be dealing with ordinary zombies." A special forces team with more than half of its members being superhumans is already there. How could they just encounter zombies? There must be other dangerous factors. Shen Zechuan was really worried.

Zhou Yang rolled her eyes at Shen Zechuan speechlessly: "I know, that's why I want to go and see for myself. It's only been a short time since the apocalypse, and I'm already afraid to leave the base? Does that mean I'll spend the rest of my life holed up in the base?"

He's not stupid; of course he knows that an elite force won't be defeated by ordinary zombies.

However, at this point, the zombies have not evolved and the mutated plants have not appeared. This team either encounters an ambush by other survivors or is faced with a particularly powerful mutated beast.

Could it be that his butterfly effect has caused some unexpected changes?

Zhou Yang made it clear that he would secretly follow them if they disagreed, so everyone had no choice but to agree in the end.

Since they were leaving early the next morning, Gu Yaoyao stayed with Gu Tianqi.

However, Zhou Yang also specially asked Gu Tianqi to bring back several kinds of snacks and White Rabbit milk candy that children like, so as not to make the child unhappy.

He also asked Gu Tianqi to have the soldiers patrolling their neighborhood keep an eye on his house, since he planned to bring Wandou along this time.

Being kept locked up at home all the time is not good for the mutated dog's physical and mental health. He's counting on it to become the strongest mutated beast so he can win the apocalypse without lifting a finger.

The next day, Zhou Yang got up very early and watered all the vegetable pots in both houses with spring water.

I don't know how many days he'll be gone this time, so it's safer to water them with spring water, lest all the vegetables die by the time he comes back.

After watering the plants and locking both doors and windows, Zhou Yang took Wandou out the door.

Pea has grown a bit more recently, and now it can basically take up most of the elevator space. This is even with Zhou Yang making it sit with its head down and chest hunched over, trying to minimize the area it occupies.

If it gets any bigger, there probably won't be enough room for Zhou Yang to stand in a small corner.

Pea is only 4 months old now, and it will take another 3 to 5 months for her to be out of the growth period.

Hopefully it won't grow too much later.

Otherwise, getting in and out will become a major problem in the future.

If you can't even take the elevator, you probably can't fit such a big dog on the stairs either.