Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

As soon as they returned to the base, they saw Gu Tianqi waiting near the base gate. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw their last grain transport team return.

"Comrade Li Li, thank you for your hard work! How did it go?"

Li Li immediately stood at attention and saluted: "Reporting to the commander, everything is going smoothly, except that a few brothers have been bitten by mutated rats and urgently need treatment."

Upon hearing that mutated rats had attacked and injured people, Gu Tianqi immediately arranged for medics to come and take the injured to the clinic. He then inquired about the details from Li Li, and after hearing them, he sighed and told Li Li to quickly lead his team back to ensure the soldiers could rest.

After seeing Li Li's group off, Gu Tianqi looked at Zhou Yang and the others. Seeing that they were all alright, he felt relieved.

However, I heard that Zhou Yang had taken in three weasels, so I took a special look at them.

The three tiny creatures stood in a row on Zhou Yang's shoulders, showing no fear of people at all.

If he hadn't already learned from Li Li how powerful these three little creatures were, he wouldn't have been able to tell that they were any different from before the apocalypse.

Gu Tianqi only exchanged a few words with the group before urging them to go back and rest.

No one stood on ceremony with Gu Tianqi; they were genuinely tired. So they said goodbye to Gu Tianqi and went straight home to sleep.

As usual, Shen Zechuan first took Zhou Yang downstairs. If conditions allowed, he would have even taken her to her doorstep and then to her bed.

"Stop looking, everyone's already inside the building."

Seeing that Shen Zechuan was standing still, Xu Zhiyi, who was in the back seat, kicked the driver's seat.

Shen Zechuan was startled by the kick and then exclaimed "Ah!" when he came to his senses.

"What do you mean by 'huh'? Do you think just looking will help? You have to go after them!"

"Was my behavior very obvious?" Shen Zechuan asked, rubbing his face.

Xu Zhiyi glanced at Shen Zechuan, somewhat speechless: "We've been inseparable since we were kids. You're practically blind, do you think I wouldn't notice? But Zhou Yang probably didn't notice, and he probably likes girls. Cousin, your road to winning her over might not be easy."

As soon as she finished speaking, drowsiness washed over her again, so she urged Shen Zechuan to leave quickly.

"Alright, you can figure it out yourself later. Now hurry up and drive back, I'm so sleepy!"

Shen Zechuan: "..." You really are my cousin...

So what if Zhou Yang likes girls? He doesn't believe that with his face and physique, he can't make Zhou Yang gay!

On the other side, Zhou Yang, who had finally returned home after three days and two nights, was unaware that someone had already set their sights on him. As soon as he entered the house, he collapsed onto the sofa.

Although he was so tired he wanted to just lie down and sleep, he still had a lot of things to take care of.

I need to check on the vegetables on the balcony and next door, prepare a nest for the Huang family, and fill our empty stomachs...

Zhou Yang sighed, but finally got up.

The first thing I did was call over the whole family of dogs, including the big yellow dog, who had been wandering around the house as soon as they entered. Then I let them find a corner they liked in the living room, told them to guard the house properly from now on, and then took out a new doghouse from the storage space.

Then he laid another layer of mat inside, and that became their new home.

After settling Da Huang and the others in, Zhou Yang went to the balcony to check on the vegetables he had planted. Finding that there were no problems, he then went to check on the neighboring room.

The plants next door aren't growing as well; they look a bit wilted, probably because they're dehydrated.

Zhou Yang quickly poured some diluted spring water on it, which should be able to salvage the situation.

After tending to the vegetables on both sides, Zhou Yang went back and made herself a plate of egg fried rice and seafood tofu soup.

Just as I sat down to eat, I saw Pea and Yellow's family staring at my food, practically drooling with envy.

Thinking that it was really not good to eat alone, I resigned myself to making a pot of mixed rice for Pea and Yellow to share, and of course, I didn't forget to give them spring water.

After the person and their four pets finished their midnight snack, they all went to sleep.

The next morning, Zhou Yang was woken up by Wandou while he was still asleep.

After he got up, washed his face, and opened the door, he realized that it was Qian Jiang who had come with his men.

"Brother Zhou, you're still not up?" Qian Jiang asked, seeing Zhou Yang looking half-asleep. He then remembered something and slapped his forehead. "Oh dear, look at my memory! You guys only got back late last night, you must have just fallen asleep! I was in such a rush that I forgot. Sorry, sorry!"

Zhou Yang felt much more refreshed after washing his face with cold water and smiled, "It's nothing. Brother Qian Jiang, what brings you here so early?"

"Oh, I was just instructed by my superiors to send you some supplies. They said you provided a lot of supplies for the army brothers during this mission. I saw there were some vegetables grown in the planting lab. These things don't keep well, so I sent them over as soon as possible."

As Qian Jiang spoke, he had several sacks of things brought over.

Zhou Yang glanced at it and saw that besides the rice that made up the bulk of the food, there were also a lot of vegetables and meat, two buckets of cooking oil, and some dried goods.

The base was already short of supplies, and this was even more than what he had taken out of his space in the past few days. Zhou Yang felt a little embarrassed. Besides, he didn't need these supplies, so he chose another way.

"Brother Qianjiang, can I exchange these supplies for points? I don't need food for now, and I can grow my own vegetables, so I actually need points more than supplies."

"You silly kid, points are all just fluff; you can earn them slowly later. Nothing beats the real benefits of supplies." Qian Jiang tried to persuade Zhou Yang to accept the supplies.

That makes sense, but Zhou Yang still insisted on refusing.

"Brother, I really don't lack supplies. Many people in the base can't even get enough to eat. Don't you guys often go hungry too? So you can take the supplies back and give me the points later."

Qian Jiang couldn't argue with Zhou Yang, so he eventually took several bags of supplies and went back. Before leaving, he said he would make sure the base gave him more points.

Zhou Yang smiled and didn't take it seriously.

*

Just a few days after returning to the base from the grain depot, the weather took a sharp turn for the worse, dropping from 35 degrees Celsius to the twenties.

Life improved for everyone at the base, and they no longer needed to go to the large tents to escape the heat during the day.

Everyone was very happy about this, except for Zhou Yang, who began to worry secretly. With such a significant drop in temperature, the first cold wave was probably coming soon.

After the apocalypse, there were basically no spring and autumn seasons. Hot summers and cold winters became much longer, with the time in between probably less than a month. In addition, there were occasional extreme heat and cold, making life unbearable for all the survivors.

In their previous life, the first thing they encountered in the apocalypse was extreme cold. Even in the southern part of their area, the temperature would reach around -50 degrees Celsius. At that time, the base would be completely covered by ice and snow, making it extremely difficult to go out.

The only benefit of the extreme cold is that the zombies outside are also frozen, posing no immediate threat to humans, making it much safer to go out and search for supplies.

However, once the extreme cold has passed, an even greater test will follow.

Leaving aside the floods and waterlogging that would result from the sudden melting of so much ice and snow, the fact that zombies, having evolved again after enduring extreme cold, would bring an even more brutal disaster to all survivors is a stark reminder of the dangers.

Furthermore, with the emergence of mutated plants, survival will only become more difficult in the future.