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

As she spoke, Lin Ling gently touched the wound on Zuo You's arm and exclaimed, "It heals so quickly, it's already scabbed over."

"My wound wasn't deep to begin with," Zuo You replied, giving her 13 crystal cores and the dog 11, before lying down on the bed to begin absorbing them herself.

The dog ran back to its den and swallowed a crystal core while sprawled out on its back.

Lin Ling followed suit, lying down next to Zuo You and also began absorbing the crystal core.

Zuo You had a great harvest today, collecting nearly 600 crystal cores. With the nearly 400 given to her by Lin Ling, she originally had more than 240 left.

Subtracting today's consumption, Zuo You has 100 pills, Lin Ling has 13 pills, and Gouzi has 11 pills.

She has a total of 1100 Tier 1 stones, 7 Tier 1 mutated stones, and 1 Tier 2 mutated stone left.

These crystal cores are enough for her to advance to the third rank, and for the others to advance to the second rank.

After absorbing the crystal core, she lazily stretched her limbs, and heard Lin Ling's muffled voice in her ear.

"Sister Xiaoyou, I feel like I've hit a bottleneck, but I'm just stuck there. What should I do?"

Zuo You smiled and took out a first-tier mutated crystal core. "Absorb this."

The bottleneck requires a crystal core capability one level higher than itself to break through.

First-order mutated crystal nuclei have more energy than ordinary second-order crystal nuclei, and can be used to break through bottlenecks.

Lin Ling picked up the mutated crystal core and began to absorb the energy inside. Five minutes later, she felt a prick in her head, and then she felt much more relaxed and full of energy.

Completely different from the first level, she opened her palm, and three fist-sized fireballs suddenly appeared in mid-air, the explosive flames becoming even hotter.

She now feels she can fire 20 fireballs in a row, which is about 4 times stronger than at level 1.

Lin Ling happily hugged Zuo You, her eyes filled with undisguised joy. "Sister You, I've reached level two!"

Zuo You patted her on the back, a faint smile on her lips. "Well, congratulations. Here's a gift for you."

Lin Ling happily opened her hands, anticipating what was inside the treasure chest. Then she saw a large durian suddenly appear in mid-air and smash into her palm.

"Hiss—, Zuo You, you've gone too far!"

She gasped in pain, and her delicate palms visibly turned red.

Lin Ling's eyes welled up with tears. She picked up the durian stick and was about to throw it at Zuo You.

"Don't drop it, don't drop it! If you break it, it won't taste good anymore." Zuo You quickly raised her hands in surrender and begged for mercy, "Just peel it for me, I'll chill it for you."

......

"Brother Yong, can we really live here?"

Zhang Li lay on the bed, with the electric fan blowing, feeling like it was the end of the world.

She and Wu Yong were taken back to Xiziwan by Lin Ling this afternoon, and they were shocked for a long time when they saw the bustling scene in the community.

Zhang Li's previous dormitory was on the fifth floor, with no obstructions in front of it, so she could see everything clearly.

The roads were teeming with zombies, and the factories were also teeming with them.

There are no zombies in this neighborhood, no panic on people's faces, and there is electricity here.

She also ate white rice with pickled vegetables for dinner, something she hadn't expected beforehand.

I haven't had rice for a week.

If it weren't for the bloodstains still visible on the park and stairs, she would have doubted that there had ever been any zombies here.

Wu Yong said uncertainly, "If we behave, they shouldn't kick us out, right?"

The two of them were assigned to apartment 702 in unit 2 of building 6. It was an unfinished apartment, but he was already very satisfied with it.

I've never lived in such a big house before the apocalypse.

Moreover, there are only people here, no zombies.

However, the neighbors' gazes along the way were not very friendly.

He was assigned to Yao Yuan's group today. I heard that one of Yao Yuan's team members died while they were out looking for supplies.

He knew what he was about to face; Sister Lin, who had brought him here, had made it very clear.

Going out to find supplies could mean certain death.

He was afraid of death, afraid of zombies, and even more afraid of being alone.

I spent more than a week hiding in my dorm room, and the loneliness I felt was terrifying.

It felt like the whole world had turned upside down, just him and Zhang Li. This feeling was awful.

Since Sister Lin is willing to take them in, Wu Yong can't be a coward and embarrass Sister Lin.

There's no reason why others can go out to find supplies but he can't.

"Xiaoli, go to the office tomorrow and see if there's anything you can do to help. We can't just eat and stay for free; people will look down on us."

"I know."

......

When Lin Ling came out of the bedroom, it was already 7 a.m. They were going to an industrial park more than 30 kilometers away from their community today.

There's a water purification equipment factory over there, and they want to go there to find a few sets of water purification equipment to solve the problem of domestic water supply in the community.

In this sweltering heat, even lying at home without moving, you're drenched in sweat. Without water to shower, it's unbearable.

The issue of flushing toilets in the bathroom also needs to be addressed.

There are several water purifiers in Zuoyou Space, but they are all small household or outdoor models, which cannot supply the needs of so many people in the community.

The living room was very dark with the blackout curtains drawn, and Zuo You was fast asleep on the bed, sprawled out in a starfish position.

She threw the air-conditioning blanket on the ground, her T-shirt was pulled up high, revealing her fair and delicate belly.

The dog and its owner were perfectly in sync, sprawled out on their backs with their bellies exposed, snoring in their beds.

Lin Ling chuckled softly, stepped forward to cover Zuo You with the blanket, and asked in a low voice, "Sister Xiao You, I'm going out now. Is there anything you need to tell me?"

"Hmm? Go early and come back early." She mumbled sleepily, turned over lazily, and went back to sleep.

"Erdan, let's go." Lin Ling went to wake Gouzi up again.

It woke up early, but didn't want to get up. In this hot weather, isn't it better to stay in an air-conditioned room?

Dogs get hot too, you know. It rolled over and pretended to be sleeping, but Lin Ling dragged it out of its kennel.

The dog stared at her with its big, unhappy eyes.

Lin Ling smiled slyly and whispered, "How about I go find Sister Xiaoyou and ask her to come with you?"

Erdan: Come on, you're unhappy that I didn't get beaten up, aren't you?

He picked up a small neck fan from the coffee table and gestured for Lin Ling to put it on him.

This was specially bought for it by Zuoyou; it's a children's style.

Although it's a bit inconvenient, requiring you to walk with your head held high, it's better than nothing.

As soon as the dog stepped out of the house, it shuddered, its fur stood on end, and it kept pulling its legs back.

It's like an oven outside, stuffy and hot.

Looking at Lin Ling again, she was wearing long sleeves and trousers, and her hat and mask were neatly put on, showing no signs of being affected.

"The car has air conditioning. I'll go out to run errands today and won't go out tomorrow," she comforted him softly.

With the reluctant dog in tow, we arrived at the underground parking garage, where two trucks, two pickup trucks, and three SUVs were already occupied.