Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse-Chapter 195: Four Consecutive Days Off

Chapter 195 -195: Four Consecutive Days Off

Su Jin and the others immediately understood what Lin Xiuyuan meant by the four days off; they had never expected that what was initially a trip outside for an adventure could also include a vacation halfway through.

The happiest were the grandparents because, being old, they loved lively atmospheres. They were even happy just to have someone watch TV with them. Fortunately, there were usually many people at home, and everyone took turns spending time with them, but having the chance to spend four days together with Xiao Jin was rare. Even before the apocalypse, everyone had their own jobs and lives to keep busy with, and it was already good if they could gather two or three times a week.

“Haha, I think I’ll be able to finish watching a few TV series,” Nie Qing said happily.

“It would be great if there was internet here so I wouldn’t have to play my games solo,” Lin Xiuyuan reminisced about the days when he could play online games with classmates and friends, but now he could only play by himself, which was pretty lonely.

“You youngster, it’s already good enough that there’s electricity. Do you know how many survivors outside have to go hungry every day?”

Lin Cheng, remembering the gaunt survivors he encountered today, instantly felt how fortunate and rare their current life was.

Lin Xiuyuan felt somewhat wronged; he was trying hard too.

“Uncle, have the survivors already started moving?” Su Jin subtly changed the subject.

“Yes, but the situation isn’t very good. They were all hoping that the base would provide food and shelter, but now many people can only starve in the makeshift shantytowns.”

Policies were gradually being implemented at the base, starting with the villa area inside the base. To stay there, one must pay enough crystal cores as rent according to the regulations. However, most survivors didn’t have any crystal cores, so they could only stay in the free shantytowns.

Moreover, the base only provided free meals three times a day to those who participated in the base’s construction, both ordinary people and Special Ability Users. Thus, these relocated survivors had to go hungry, and some even thought about returning to the refuge.

“You’re kidding, back to the refuge?” Lu Guanhai was at a loss for words. Couldn’t they earn crystal cores if they didn’t have any? What were these people thinking?

“Let them figure it out after a few days,” Su Jin stated.

The survivors had been too well cared for in the refuge previously, still holding the belief that human rights were paramount, not realizing that in this cruel apocalypse, human rights were the least of concerns. Once they starved for a couple of days in the base, they would begin to ponder these harsh realities.

“By the way, how is Guo Yang’s store doing?” Su Xiangzhe asked.

“It’s not very peaceful. On the first day the survivors arrived, some people started causing trouble,” Mao Zhihang said after finishing his construction tasks. He even made a special trip to the Heart Talk Convenience Store, thankfully Lu Hao and the others hadn’t brought too many people out, as the store indeed needed people to watch over it.

Liao Yifan even beat up a few troublemakers who attempted to steal from an elderly man. The old man, already pitiful, was barely able to buy some food and was not willing to let go easily, but some people still wanted to hit him. Fortunately, Liao Yifan arrived in time and gave them a beating.

“Yes, that’s why I put tables inside the convenience store,” Su Jin explained.

In the apocalypse, there were many who didn’t want to go out and kill zombies. Their only way to earn food was through robbing and stealing. Since these people were generally weak, they usually grouped together. If they saw a customer who had bought something walking alone, they would go and rob them directly.

Sometimes, it could even lead to fatalities, so like some stores in her previous life, she set up tables inside so that if someone bought something and felt insecure, they could consume it there or wait for familiar people to escort them back together.

And don’t underestimate those tables. If possible, in the future, they could be the source of all kinds of information about the base, ranging from entirely fabricated gossip to secretive matters in the homes of high-ranking officials, even to the status of some teams—all of which could be gathered from those few tables.

Everyone, upon hearing this, spontaneously gave Su Jin a thumbs-up, amazed that such a small shop could also serve as an “intelligence center”!

The family chatted while they ate, and the meal took more than an hour, though only a few minutes had passed outside.

Su Xiangzhe and Lin Tianhui had already gone for a walk around the Space, a habit they had before the Apocalypse, where they would take a walk after dinner to aid digestion. Although now confined to walking within the Space, being able to meet every day, despite being apart for several days, was quite a novel experience.

Su Jin was comparatively lazier, monopolizing Lin Xiuyuan’s favorite lounge chair in the Lu Residence’s yard and refusing to leave. Li Xiuying had mentioned before that the lounge chair was older than both Su Jin and Lin Xiuyuan, handcrafted by a great-grandfather, so before leaving her home, Su Jin had taken the lounge chair with her.

Lin Xiuyuan liked to lie on the lounge chair when he had nothing else to do, playing games or watching videos. Today, seeing the lounge chair occupied by Su Jin, he could only go inside to watch TV with Nie Qing and the others.

“Xiao Jin, your uncle seems to be leveling up,” Huang Yunxiang ran over excitedly to announce.

Her uncle’s Earth Element is leveling up?

It seems that building the base really does help with the advancement of special abilities.

After Huang Yunxiang left to wait at the door for Lin Cheng, everyone else felt quite reassured. Advancing from Level One to Level Two wasn’t difficult, and they believed her uncle wouldn’t have any problems.

When will I be able to level up? Su Jin sighed while lying on the lounge chair; it had been a long time since she last experienced the sensation of leveling up.

She was currently a Level Four Wood Element user, and because her special ability power was quite abundant, she almost never used up her Wood Element ability completely. For Special Ability Users, continually depleting and then recovering their ability was beneficial for leveling up.

With that thought, Su Jin suddenly sat up. Maybe she should go outside and kill a few more beasts?

She shared her idea with Lu Hao beside her, who then laughed, unintentionally revealing that he had the same thought.

After everyone had entered the Space, he hadn’t followed immediately but had set up two spirit gathering trapping formations outside, a fact that no one else knew about.

“You aren’t planning to stir up trouble alone, are you?” Su Jin whispered in Lu Hao’s ear.

Her voice was soft, and the breath of her words tickled his ear, but he didn’t pull away.

“Hmm, I’ll have four days of downtime,” he replied.

He had seen the anxiety Su Jin had been feeling these days, so he wanted to get more beast cores for her, although he didn’t mention this, knowing it would make her feel awkward. Besides that, he also wanted to train his abilities more to give Su Jin some peace of mind.

Su Jin, unaware of Lu Hao’s thoughts and learning about the two spirit gathering trapping formations outside, her eyes brightened. Then she pulled Lu Hao into their room in the Lu Residence, whispering, “Let’s go outside now!”

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