Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse-Chapter 402 - The Annihilated Base

Chapter 402: Chapter 402: The Annihilated Base

Chapter 402: Chapter 402: The Annihilated Base

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“Long time no see,”

Su Jin smiled with her eyes curving into crescents, and Wang Zhu looked to have changed a lot as well. The appearance of a social elite he once had was gone, and now he resembled a sloppy uncle.

“Long time no see,”

Wang Zhu felt a twinge in his nose, wondering why he was feeling a sense of meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign land.

Moreover, Su Jin looked the same as before, as if she had not been ravaged by the apocalypse at all, now possessing a braver aura about her than when she was in G Province.

“Please, take a seat, everyone, take a seat. This used to be the second floor of a restaurant, there isn’t much here, but there are plenty of tables and chairs,”

Zhang Chuyang said while pulling out stools from the corner.

“Young man, what level are you in the speed element?” Nie Qing asked with a smile.

“Uncle, I’m at level five, hehe,”

Zhang Chuyang proudly replied. After all, he had been fleeing for his life all this way.

“No wonder, can a speed element ability user be so fast that they become invisible? That’s really impressive,”

Nie Qing exclaimed in admiration. They rarely came in contact with speed element users and had never seen a level five speed element ability user, so he was especially curious about the speed element abilities.

“It’s nothing much, uncle. The speed element is just about running fast and reacting quickly, but it’s not that great in actual combat,”

Zhang Chuyang explained that the weakness of speed element ability users was their own strength. Even though he could move quickly and attack swiftly, during combat with zombies, his knife strikes were fast but lacked power, making it easy for mutated zombies to dodge lethal blows.

Nie Qing nodded, indeed, every special ability had its weak points, which required teamwork to compensate for.

“Teamwork… We used to have a team too, it’s just a shame that in a nearby base, everyone else was killed by zombies,”

Zhang Chuyang’s expression fell in an instant.

The previous team, though they were just a temporarily formed group with a few survivors they met midway, had fought zombies and gathered supplies together. They never expected that just when they thought they had finally escaped to a base where they could rest for a few days, the base itself would betray them.

“Are you talking about Freedom Dawn Base?”

Lu Hao recalled the speculations he had made with Su Jin and asked.

“Yes, do you also know about that place?”

Zhang Chuyang still looked sad when bringing up the base; their group originally had eight people, but now only he and Wang Zhu were left.

“We’ve been there and even stayed for a night. What on earth happened there?”

Lin Xiuyuan asked, also curious.

“That base, it’s now a dead city, everyone inside turned into zombies,” Wang Zhu replied.

“Everyone?”

Su Jin and the others asked in unison.

What had happened for the base’s population, which had seemed quite large, to have all turned into zombies?

“Zombie Cockroach.”

Wang Zhu said.

A few people immediately understood and felt even more terrified, grateful that they had left that place several days earlier. They weren’t afraid of zombies, but the prospect of swarms of cockroaches or rats was truly frightening.

Su Jin recalled the sanitary conditions inside the Freedom Dawn Base.

Near the main entrance, there were desiccated zombie corpses, and the bodies of people who turned into zombies after sneaking in were merely cleared to the side of the base, which wasn’t surprising that it would attract cockroaches and rats.

Once cockroaches or rats fed on zombie corpses, they would turn into zombie cockroaches or zombie rats.

“You have no idea how terrifying those zombie cockroaches are. They are everywhere, teeming in the sewers and in the crevices of beds, and in just one night, an entire base was destroyed like that,”

Zhang Chuyang still wore a horrified expression when he mentioned those scenes. Those zombie cockroaches were incredibly resilient; although fire attacks were the most effective, they would immediately burrow into the earth or hide in cracks that fire couldn’t reach. It was simply impossible to guard against them.

Although Pei Yuan and the others hadn’t seen zombie cockroaches, they still felt their skin crawl just listening to the descriptions.

Lu Hao also frowned, thinking, even fire attacks can’t completely exterminate them?

“The vitality of cockroaches is incredibly strong, did you know? Cockroaches are one of the earliest creatures on Earth, active 250 million years ago. They have survived major fires, famines, and various geological disasters. They aren’t so easily eradicated. I think, if we do encounter them, we’d better run if we can,”

Tan Yiran spoke with a sigh; he was a biology researcher and quite familiar with cockroaches. Not only were their vitality and reproductive capabilities strong, but zombified cockroaches were a major threat.

“I suggest we leave this place as soon as possible,”

Su Jin said with a frown, not wanting to encounter those zombie cockroaches. This area was not far from the Freedom Dawn Base, and it was very likely that cockroaches could spread over from there.

Wang Zhu learned that Su Jin and the others were heading to the S City Base, feeling surprised and somewhat hesitant.

“Su Jin, our vehicle is wrecked. Can these Crystal Cores serve as a fare for hitching a ride with you?”

Having said this, Wang Zhu took out a bag of Crystal Cores from his space, which seemed quite plentiful.

He knew that if it were before the Apocalypse, it wouldn’t matter, but in the post-apocalyptic world, one could not just casually latch onto someone else’s group, especially since they weren’t very familiar with Su Jin and the others.

Su Jin was taken aback for a moment, then smiled as she accepted the bag of Crystal Cores, saying, “Sure, you can hitch a ride, and I’ll accept the Crystal Cores.”

Wang Zhu then breathed a sigh of relief, as he really worried that Su Jin might refuse, making it awkward for him to even get on the vehicle.

The group rested in the abandoned building for half an hour, during which Su Jin even shared some food and water with Dr. Pei and his group, including providing for Wang Zhu and Zhang Chuyang.

“Su Jin, I still have some biscuits in my space that I collected with Zhang Chuyang earlier, you keep them,”

Wang Zhu spoke somewhat timidly, his space might have had plenty of Crystal Cores, but food…

Zhang Chuyang also couldn’t help muttering in his mind, not knowing about any biscuits, perhaps just some crumbs…

Nevertheless, he shared Wang Zhu’s sentiment; food in the Apocalypse was so precious. Yet he couldn’t help salivating when he saw the eggs and pancakes in Su Jin’s hands.

“Eat up, you’ve already paid, I’ll cover everything on the road, and besides, Zhang Chuyang just gave us a big hand,”

Su Jin knew that Wang Zhu was proud, so she had accepted his Crystal Cores earlier, not because she really wanted them, but because it would help maintain some people’s sense of pride.

“Yeah, yeah, don’t be shy, you two. Once you get to the S City Base, as long as you have Crystal Cores, you can buy anything,”

Lin Xiuyuan said after taking a sip of water. He wasn’t hungry, having eaten plenty in his space just earlier.

Seeing Su Jin’s hand, still holding the food in mid-air without any intention of putting it back, Wang Zhu sighed and took it.