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

Touching her lips, she thought, "Great, she's regained her beauty."

Lin Ling chuckled awkwardly and quickly changed the subject.

"Sister Xiaoyou, several homeowners contacted me this afternoon, wanting your help to deal with the zombies in their houses. They offered to trade ten kilograms of rice or flour for it. What do you think? If they need any other supplies, we can discuss it."

Zuo You raised an eyebrow and asked, "You can solve this too? Why did you come to me?"

The ten jin of grain still surprised her a bit.

On second thought, it's only the first day, and every household still has some food stored up.

In another month, ten catties of grain will be enough to buy and sell people several times over.

Lin Ling was silent for a moment, then said seriously, "Sister Xiaoyou, I want to team up with you temporarily."

We don't know what will happen next, but it certainly won't be peaceful. We live upstairs and downstairs, so we can look out for each other.

You have a higher combat power, so I'll listen to your arrangements as long as they're reasonable.

If—and I mean if—we're not a good match, we can break up anytime.

Zuo You picked up the chewing gum on the coffee table, poured out two pieces, and popped them into her mouth.

After chewing a few times, I used my tongue to flatten the gum, inhaled, and the gum made a loud "pop" sound.

Seeing that she didn't respond and was just playing with her chewing gum, Lin Ling blinked and asked cautiously, "Is Sister Xiaoyou having some concerns?"

Zuo You shook her head, "We can form temporary teams, but how many teams do we need to deal with?"

"Four families." Lin Ling breathed a sigh of relief; it was done.

She didn't stay any longer, arranged to contact him via walkie-talkie the next day, and left the 19th floor.

After Lin Ling left, Zuo You extinguished the candles, took out a solar-powered lamp from her spatial storage, and turned on the incandescent light.

In the darkness where no light can be seen, cold light can make people feel more at ease.

Then he took out the solar photovoltaic charging panel, charged all the spare batteries in the flashlight, and put about a week's worth of food reserves in the kitchen.

Now that we have temporary teammates, we'll inevitably be visiting each other's rooms, so we still need to put on a show.

I washed a bunch of grapes for myself and an apple for the dog.

Erdan saw the shiny purple ball in its owner's mouth and wanted to eat it too.

She jumped onto the sofa, gave Zuo You a fawning smile, and stared intently at the grapes on the coffee table.

Zuo You patted the dog's head and said seriously, "Dogs can't eat grapes, don't you know?"

The dog looked at her suspiciously: "I'm a mutated beast, why would I be afraid of this?"

Are you a dog?

Erdan nodded.

"As long as it's a dog, that's fine. Mutant beasts are also dogs. If it's a dog, then there's no food... Ah, what I meant was: if it's a dog, then you can't eat it."

Erdan, in a human-like form, scrunched up his features, snorted loudly, jumped off the sofa, and started eating an apple.

Zuo You chuckled and took out a plate of cherries.

"How about I give you this?"

The dog stared at the dark red cherries, visually convincing it that these tasted better. It stuck out its tongue, squinted its eyes, and readily accepted.

Zuoyou is a little smug, but you can't give it everything, or it will easily become spoiled.

Zuo You might not be smart enough to deal with people, but when it comes to dogs, it's a matter of sheer intelligence.

After eating a bunch of sweet and sour grapes and taking a nice hot shower, I grabbed my night vision binoculars and opened the balcony door to Can Tou's house.

Three hundred meters diagonally opposite Xiziwan Community is a relatively large community called Shanshuiju, with more than 1000 households. It is an old building with an occupancy rate as high as 90%.

Through night vision binoculars, one can clearly see hundreds of hideous and ugly zombies wandering around inside the Mountain and Water Residence.

After observing carefully for a while, the movements did not become more agile.

Zuo You breathed a slight sigh of relief, fearing that her rebirth might cause the zombies to evolve prematurely, and she would be completely unaware of it while hiding at home.

The two residential areas are separated only by a tributary of the river.

Once the polar day arrives and the zombies evolve, we must first deal with the zombies near Shanshui Residence, otherwise a small zombie horde will form.

She rubbed her temples and turned to go back to her room.

......

Zuo You was awakened by the thunder outside. She used her hands to prop herself up and jumped out of bed, quickly ran to the living room and opened the balcony door.

Suddenly, a fierce hurricane swept in, and the flying dust blinded her. She raised her arm to shield her eyes and quickly pulled back the foot that had just stepped out of the living room.

Just as I closed the door, a sudden downpour began. I pulled back the curtains a little and looked out the window through the gap.

The pitch-black sky seemed to have leaked, and the heavy rain poured down relentlessly, the "pitter-patter" of the raindrops constantly striking the balcony door.

Zuo You was a little confused!

In my past life, there were no strong typhoons during the polar night.

She realized that if she remained stuck in her past life's apocalyptic experiences, it could very well be her death.

She quickly adjusted her mindset.

The gritty feeling in her eyes made her uncomfortable, so she ran her hand through her hair and went to the bathroom for a quick shower.

......

"Little Yu, are you up yet?"

I could faintly hear voices coming from the walkie-talkie.

Zuo You, holding a dry towel and wiping her wet hair, went to the living room and picked up the walkie-talkie.

"Get up, see you at the stairwell in 20 minutes."

After a quick breakfast, I helped the dog put on light armor and a light-up collar.

He changed into his combat uniform, put on his mask, tucked the Frost Offering into his waistband, and turned on his flashlight.

With a flick of his fingertip, the flickering candle in the room swayed twice before going out.

She took out a telescope from her spatial storage and hung it around her neck. Even with her current eyesight, the visibility in the current environment was quite low.

After packing my things, I took the dog out.

......

"Sister Xiaoyou".

Lin Ling saw Zuo You come down from the 19th floor, waved her flashlight, and a look of fear and unease flashed in her eyes.

"Sister Xiaoyou, do you think there can't be any other natural disasters besides the polar night? This hurricane and torrential rain don't make sense, it's not typhoon season, and look..."

She held the flashlight against the window, but the rain completely blocked her view, and visibility remained very low.

"This is at least a Category 14 typhoon. These zombies have all been sent into the air, and the water level is rising very quickly now."

Lin Ling had been observing the tributary of the river next to the residential area. At this rate, it would spread within two hours.

Zuo You's expression was solemn. Holding binoculars, he could vaguely see, in the flashes of lightning, branches being swept towards the sky by the hurricane and torrential rain, and zombies trembling.

"It's the apocalypse, who cares about common sense? Let's go back and tape the glass in a star pattern before we deal with the zombies."

T City is located in the central part of the coast, and typhoons pass through and wreak havoc here every year. Everyone is aware of some typhoon prevention measures.

Sticking a "rice" shaped decoration onto the window glass with tape can disturb the glass's natural frequency, reducing the chance of resonance and thus lowering the probability of the glass being broken.

Even if the glass shatters, the fragments will not scatter, making it relatively safe.

The two people and the dog went home.

Zuo You frowned, annoyed that she had been too presumptuous and not cautious enough.

After moving in, you should replace the window frames with thicker ones; otherwise, if the glass breaks, you'll have to move again.

The last time a strong typhoon occurred was two months later. It was stronger than this one, lasted for three days, and the water level rose to the height of a 10-story building.

The base, which had just been renovated, was completely destroyed beyond recognition.

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