Rebirth in the Apocalypse: My Ex-Girlfriend's Guide to Winning Me Over

Needless to say, the waterways are even more dangerous, as the mutated creatures in the water are far more terrifying than those on land.

Currently, surface roads are the safest mode of transportation.

Qi Liuhai didn't expect Zuo You to agree with his suggestion.

Zuo You had previously seized the position of deputy city lord from Qi Liu Hai, so the two should be considered political enemies.

However, after a month of observation, Qi Liu Hai discovered that this deputy city lord did not take his opposition to Zuo You's appointment as deputy city lord to heart at all.

As Zuo You said at the appointment meeting, she is the supplier, and Qinglong City is the demander.

Zuo You disdains power struggles and the pursuit of profit.

If that's the case, then he's not a person without vision, so there's no need for him to find a formidable rival.

With no internal strife in Qinglong City, both scientific research and the abilities of the superhumans themselves are making rapid breakthroughs.

After developing the primary gene agent, Professor Li Derun did not stop his research. With Tang Jingshan's unconditional support, he quickly developed the intermediate gene agent.

Based on clinical trials, this drug can only be administered six months after the initial injection.

After the injection, his various indicators were equivalent to those of a fifth-tier enhanced individual.

"The four major cities are all placing orders with us for gene therapy, but we are currently facing a shortage of raw materials." Professor Li Derun said during a high-level meeting, expressing the research lab's predicament.

Gene-generating agents are currently produced in limited quantities and have not entered the market; they are mostly consumed by the various city lords themselves.

"Have the subordinate bases issue tasks to find raw materials, and also ask the four major cities to purchase single raw materials."

Tang Haoran's suggestion was adopted.

In reality, there wasn't enough gene serum for Qinglong City to consume internally, but that's how the Alliance is—they're not worried about scarcity but about inequality.

They could have chosen to keep the gene serum a secret for now, but Zuo You and Tang Jingshan refused.

These high-class people in Zone A cannot turn a blind eye to the suffering of the survivors at the very bottom.

Humanity needs some good news to calm people's hearts.

Gene therapy is undoubtedly a major boon, giving ordinary survivors hope for survival.

After Blue Star stopped expanding, it very kindly pressed the pause button.

The five major cities also took the opportunity to develop themselves and seek opportunities to eliminate the zombies.

"The highways in the five major cities are nearing completion."

"Xuanwu City has recently developed a city wall capable of withstanding seventh-tier mutated beasts."

"White Tiger City has successfully tamed a group of mutated wolves and formed a wolf rider team."

"Zhuque City has successfully replaced electricity resources with crystal cores."

"A new material has been discovered in Qilin City, which is expected to be used to make higher-performance standard weapons."

"After developing gene-based drugs, Qinglong City has also cultivated mutant corn. Mutant corn can be grown on contaminated land, and higher-yield planting methods are currently being tested."

These good news messages were transmitted to various bases via radio.

Suddenly, more survivors from various bases went out to scavenge, and the hunting teams were noticeably more motivated than before.

As autumn faded and winter arrived, on March 1st of the third year of the Last Calendar, Earth once again entered a period of extreme heat.

The current extreme heat, aside from increasing the demand for water, has not had much impact on the survivors.

Zuo You sat in the boss's chair, her eyes half-closed, looking out at the cloudless sky through the gap in her eyelashes, her thoughts drifting.

During this year, Qinglong City suffered four major and minor attacks from mutated beasts and zombie hordes, all of which ended with Zuo You eliminating the Beast King and the Zombie King.

Zombies and mutated beasts evolve faster than humans, and their numbers at the same level are also greater than those of humans.

This also resulted in Zuo You being unable to leave Qinglong City.

Now, Lin Ling and Gouzi have also broken through to the eighth rank. In addition, the Azure Dragon team members have been using essence crystal cores to break through over the past year, and the lowest-ranking member has now broken through to the sixth rank. This force is fully capable of guarding Azure Dragon City.

Once the Azure Dragon Team returns to Azure Dragon City, she will go find those zombie kings and mutated beasts she heard about in her previous life.

Once those few zombie kings are dealt with, clearing out the zombies in the eastern region will no longer be a difficult task.

Lin Ling was gone for another half month, and Zuo You felt that the world was not very friendly to her. It was the fifteenth day of missing Lin Ling.

"Can you stop muttering to yourself? If you miss your little wife, go find her."

Frost Festival floated in the space, its sound breaking through the barrier of space and directly entering Zuo You's ears.

Zuo You was a little angry. "Can't I even have my own thoughts now? And can you please stop eavesdropping on my inner thoughts?"

Frost Sacrifice silently plunged back into the well with a whoosh.

She wouldn't say that she only eavesdropped on Zuo You's thoughts out of curiosity when she saw her in a daze.

Zuo You, who was already used to Shuang Ji's elusive appearances, didn't care when she didn't react.

I checked the time and decided to slip away early and go home.

There's only one cute dog in the house, sleeping sprawled out in the bedroom.

Zuo You took out some cooked food from her space with little interest, heated it up, and made a simple dinner for herself and Taiji.

"Yingying, are you going home tonight?"

Zuo You made a phone call to An Yingying, and soon her voice came through: "Sister, I have to help Professor Li extract metal today, so I won't be home tonight. You should get some rest."

Because An Yingying often helps researchers extract metals, and it's inconvenient to keep a large amount of metal at home, she simply set up a studio at the research institute. She usually rests at the research institute on weekdays.

Erdan is out with Lin Ling, and An Yingying is also busy with her career and is rarely home.

Zuo You felt like an empty nester, lonely and miserable.

"Okay, then you should get some rest too, don't stay up too late studying with those researchers."

“Yes, I know…” An Yingying replied crisply, then hesitated for a few seconds before asking with a puzzled tone, “Sister, the living environment outside is getting harsher and harsher, but why are the people around us becoming more and more friendly? Since arriving in Qinglong City, we haven’t encountered any people who wanted to hurt us. Is it because the people we’ve come into contact with are of higher quality?”

Zuo You poured herself a glass of red wine, took a sip, and replied, "Because I stand high enough and am strong enough. You'll understand eventually."

……

Zuo You felt she couldn't go on like this; she couldn't accept this long-distance relationship. She had to change things.

A few days later, Lin Ling returned from a mission and saw Zuo You sitting in the living room with a sour face as soon as she opened the door.

"What's wrong? Who upset you?"

Zuo You glanced at Lin Ling but didn't say anything. Lin Ling's heart skipped a beat; it seemed things were quite serious.

She stepped forward and playfully shook Zuo You, "What's wrong? Tell me."

"The feelings have faded."

Lin Ling chuckled, "I felt our relationship had cooled down after I was away on a mission for a few days. Did you run into some other little vixen?"

"I cannot accept that we are often separated."

“But the base needs to be guarded, and we also need to deal with the mutated beasts outside. This is the only way we can do for now. After all, none of the people in the base have particularly high abilities. If we both go out and the base gets wiped out by the mutated beasts, we're doomed.”

Zuo You did not answer and fell into deep thought.

Lin Ling saw that she hadn't said anything and assumed that the matter was over.

However, after Zuo You returned from Qinglong City a month later, the Qinglong team was subjected to grueling training. Apart from missions, they were constantly being trained to the point of exhaustion at the base.

Not only them, Zuoyou also exploited researchers to develop various devices suitable for the apocalypse.

Two years later, Tang Haoran and Jian Hong finally became King-level superhumans.

Signal towers were also built along the highways at each base.

Although it's tough, we're moving forward step by step.

What were Lin Ling and Zuo You doing at this time? They were organizing the supplies in their home and the space.

Sell ​​what needs to be sold, and exchange supplies with the base.

After years of hard work, they can finally take indefinite leave.

In the quiet of the early morning, the two of them left their families behind and quietly set off, heading north.

Occasionally, Tang Jingshan would receive a few photos from Lin Ling. Sometimes they were of shattered mountains and rivers, sometimes of mutated beasts or plants that were not recorded in the database, and sometimes of their hunting spoils.

The two will also accept commissions from the five major cities to help deal with some king-level or even emperor-level creatures that are causing headaches for the base.

This allowed major cities to begin the process of rebuilding their civilization more quickly.

When the two arrived at the coastline of T City for their final stop, they smiled at each other. Having conquered the land, it was time to play in the ocean.

【Finish】