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

As a result, they encountered two foreign mercenaries on the way, and the two sides chased each other until they ran into some mountain.

The two men were on leave that day and only carried pistols. They had a great deal of trouble to kill the mercenaries, who were carrying submachine guns that they didn't know how they had gotten into the country.

Then a stream of seven-colored light shone on the two of them, making them feel warm and comfortable.

Then, the two of them realized that they had awakened.

This was terrible; Jian Hong immediately realized that he had been proven wrong.

Because the apocalyptic post briefly introduced the issue of awakening.

Sure enough, once they left the mountains, the two discovered that a zombie virus had indeed broken out.

Tang Haoran and Jian Hong did not linger outside. After traveling all night, they returned to the military region and were immediately assigned to carry out a mission in W City.

At this moment, the Azure Dragon team was discussing their retreat route aboard an armored vehicle.

Given our current situation, surrounded by zombies, should we stay and fight to the death instead of leaving?

They heard the argument between the two groups of people outside.

These people were completely unmoved by what was happening outside the car; those who deserved a beating should be beaten.

They didn't join in the beating; they were all righteous and awe-inspiring.

The Azure Dragon team has now seen through the ugliness of human nature.

Human nature is the most vulnerable thing, especially in this apocalyptic world.

J City is more than 800 kilometers away from W City. Tang Haoran led the Azure Dragon Team of 8 people and 16 reserve members, making a total of 24 comrades for this mission.

We are still more than 500 kilometers away from home, and 10 of our comrades have already sacrificed their lives.

We've encountered too many stories about the "evil of human nature" along the way.

He also suffered greatly because of the so-called "responsibility of a soldier," and even lost several comrades-in-arms who fought alongside him.

When faced with the challenge of survival, most people are selfish and self-interested.

There's no point in reasoning or morality; only force matters.

Tang Haoran scanned the team members crammed inside the armored vehicle one by one. He rubbed his cheeks with both hands, a hint of sadness and guilt showing in his eyes.

If he hadn't been so indecisive at the beginning, and hadn't tried to arrange for the survivors to evacuate while in W City, so many comrades wouldn't have been sacrificed.

"Captain, we must retreat with Professor Li immediately."

Su Ning pointed to a spot on the military map on the tablet, his expression grave: "The wildfire has spread here. We need to get through this mountain within two days. We are currently more than 40 kilometers away from this mountain, and the total distance from this mountain to the winding mountain road in N City is more than 70 kilometers."

"That means we have to travel 110 kilometers on this road in two days."

One team member asked, "Are there any better routes? This route is a bit dangerous; we're racing against the wildfires."

Su Ning frowned, her fingers swiping across the tablet, trying to find another way out. After a while, she pointed to a mountain on the map and shook her head, saying, "There's no better route than this, unless we cut through the mountain or choose to take the highway or national road again."

Tang Haoran stared at everyone with a serious expression: "Since we have no other choice, let's face the challenge head-on and break through the encirclement! Pass the word down that we will retreat in five minutes."

Everyone: "Got it."

As soon as Tang Haoran stepped off the armored vehicle, 2 or 30 survivors swarmed over. Before he could even speak, the group started chattering amongst themselves.

"Sir, could you take us with you?"

"Young man, which unit are you from? I'm friends with Major Zhu You from your Eastern Military Region. Could you take me to see him?"

"Sir, you must protect the safety of the people!"

"Yes, yes, please take us to the base in N City."

"..."

Tang Haoran looked at the group of people in front of him, men, women, young and old, all of them in a sorry state, their eyes pleading for survival, which made him feel uneasy.

They did organize the survivors to evacuate together, but what was the result?

They eat their food, drink their water, and then criticize them for not protecting them properly. When they encounter zombies, they even push their comrades into the zombie horde in order to escape!

This behavior is extremely selfish and cruel, violating not only basic human morality and ethics, but also serious breaches of military discipline.

But so what! Those survivors were convinced that they, as soldiers, should die for ordinary people!

So, the lives of these survivors are more valuable than the lives of these soldiers?

Thinking of this, Tang Haoran glanced at everyone with a hint of threat in his eyes, "Check yourself for injuries first. You can follow behind us, but we will not provide supplies or be responsible for your safety."

"How could you do this!"

"You are a soldier, you must serve us and ensure our safety."

"Yeah, how can they be so irresponsible?"

"..."

Tang Haoran's sharp, hawk-like gaze swept over the crowd: "The choice is yours. Whether you follow or not is up to you."

Seeing Tang Haoran's resolute attitude, some people quietly withdrew from the crowd.

There were also some people who became emotionally agitated, speaking louder and louder, and even starting to lose control.

The young soldier behind Tang Haoran drew his sword, pointed it at the crowd, and roared angrily, "Get out! All of you get the hell out! It's the apocalypse, and we're still serving you? You should pay taxes to support us!"

Tang Haoran pressed down on his subordinate's shoulder and patted him, but did not reprimand him.

He knew this was due to extreme repression.

Tang Haoran pushed Jian Hong in front of him and said seriously, "This is our vice captain. You can talk to him."

As he spoke, Tang Haoran ignored Jian Hong's murderous glare and gestured for his teammates to retreat. Everyone silently withdrew from the crowd without saying a word.

"Vice Captain, what should we do? We need some plan, right?"

"Isn't it inappropriate to ignore us?"

"..."

The crowd started showering Jian Hong with compliments, threats, and moral blackmail—all sorts of things came out of their mouths.

Jian Hong stared blankly at the horizon, letting these words go in one ear and out the other, without uttering a word.

His behavior was seen as indifference by the public.

There was a tall guy who was 2 meters tall. Taking advantage of his height, he wanted to go up and beat up Jian Hong.

Jian Hong's eyes sharpened as he unleashed a spatial blade, severing the hand that was reaching for him.

"what--"

The 2-meter-tall man covered his severed hand and let out a heart-wrenching scream.

He didn't even see the attack before his hand was severed.

Everyone staggered backward in terror, no one able to see what had happened—the tall man's hand had suddenly snapped off!

Looking around nervously, I realized that there were hardly any people left around me.

The clever people had already taken advantage of the conversation between the military and the soldiers to collect supplies from the empty trucks and secretly exit the highway.

What are you doing staying? Do you really think you can be escorted away by soldiers?

There were only a dozen or twenty soldiers in that group. They were too busy protecting their own people to escort them.