Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse-Chapter 656: Familiar Acquaintance

Fighting and brawling are prohibited within the base, but since people can enter and exit the base freely, many offenders simply run outside to avoid the base’s sanctions, and even if they hide outside for a few days and come back in different clothes, no one recognizes them.

And now, are they unable to escape?

"Ah~~ Help, help!"

Niu Gaoming screamed in agony. He was a Power Element Ability User and had just exerted all his strength to try to break the ice, but the entire part of his leg below the thigh had fallen off his body!

How could this happen?!

Everyone in the courtyard saw Niu Gaoming’s miserable state, and the leg that fell to the ground had turned directly into pieces of ice!

This is too horrifying!

Screams for help echoed through the entire courtyard, and gradually, more people gathered around, all unaware of what had happened inside.

Bang bang bang!

The door was knocked on, sounding like someone from the base had arrived.

"What happened inside? Fighting and brawling are not allowed in this base!"

The voice outside shouted loudly. Lu Guanhai stretched lazily and stepped over dozens of "ice sculptures" in the courtyard to open the gate.

Outside the door, indeed, stood a group of uniformly dressed people, and although there was a circle of onlookers, base guards had already begun to maintain order.

"What’s the situation here?"

The man leading them asked.

"This is the situation. We are new to your base as of yesterday. Last night, these people suddenly burst in and attacked us, trying to rob us. We resisted and managed to subdue them, and were planning to hand them over to the base today," Lu Guanhai said as he fully opened the door, revealing the situation inside the courtyard to the people outside.

The family also came out, but Su Xiangzhe noticed that Lu Hao’s body stiffened for a moment beside him.

Lu Hao saw that the man leading the team was an old subordinate of his, Xiang Sanjin?!

"Recognize him?"

Su Xiangzhe asked softly.

Lu Hao nodded and replied truthfully, "A former subordinate from my unit."

Seeing Xiang Sanjin now, Lu Hao knew he didn’t recognize his current face, but he still felt a heartfelt pleasure to see that Xiang Sanjin was alright. He only wondered how Tian Yongyi and Maizi, who had been with him back then, were doing now.

Xiang Sanjin was surprised by the sight of the forty or so completely immobile people in the courtyard, their faces and exposed skin all covered in bloody wounds, still wet, with the most conspicuous being the loudly screaming Niu Gaoming with his severed leg.

"It’s you guys again,"

Xiang Sanjin looked at Niu Gaoming and then at Zhang Wenbin beside him, who seemed to have already fainted.

These two were notorious in the base, but there had never been evidence against them. He hadn’t expected them to be caught red-handed today, indicating that the newcomers had some skills.

"I need to take them back, and it would be best if a couple of you also come to explain the situation fully. Also, I’d like to ask you to release their Special Abilities,"

Xiang Sanjin said to the family. They had Ice-Element Ability Users in their base, but they hadn’t brought any today.

"Sure, no problem; we only resorted to this last night because we didn’t have any rope,"

Lin Xiuyuan simply snapped his fingers in front of everyone, and instantly, the "ice sculptures" in the courtyard were released, but since they had been frozen for several hours, none of them could stand up.

Once the Ice-Element Special Abilities were released, both Zhang Wenbin and Niu Gaoming’s wounds began to bleed ceaselessly. Especially Niu Gaoming, seeing the pool of blood under him and his severed leg, fainted from shock, while Zhang Wenbin, who had already been unconscious, woke up from the pain. fгeewebnovёl.com

"..."

San Jin couldn’t help but feel that, although these people seemed very amicable on the surface, they were actually quite heavy-handed.

However, after hearing about Zhang Wenbin’s actions at the base management office, he no longer sympathized with these two people.

The man in front of him, named Chen Daming, not only clearly explained the whole sequence of events but also produced a cell phone with photos taken at the scene and a video as evidence, firmly nailing these people’s crimes.

"Thank you for your cooperation, we will handle this seriously,"

San Jin said to Chen Daming in front of him, finding himself quite fond of these people, especially Chen Daming, whose words always gave him a sense of familiarity.

"I would like to speak with your base leader, there’s a matter to discuss,"

Lu Hao said.

San Jin stopped writing and looked up at Chen Daming, asking, "Do you know our base leader? What do you need him for?"

"It’s like this, we are a merchant convoy currently having some goods that we wish to exchange for crystal cores. If your base is interested, we’d like to deal directly with your base authorities,"

answered Su Xiangzhe, standing behind Lu Hao.

A merchant convoy? Having goods for sale?

San Jin quickly grasped the key point in Su Xiangzhe’s words. This was truly unprecedented, a merchant convoy like this in the world?

Recalling the person who was so troubled by daily supply issues that he almost gave up, San Jin immediately shut his notebook and became even more polite, "Please wait here for a moment, I will go and call our base leader right now."

Seeing San Jin leave, Su Xiangzhe finally asked Lu Hao, "Is he really an acquaintance?"

"Couldn’t be more familiar,"

Lu Hao said with a smile, wishing he could pull San Jin aside and inquire about the whereabouts of the others, but for now, he was Chen Daming.

"My brother-in-law’s subordinate? My God, what a coincidence?"

Lin Xiuyuan also exclaimed, no wonder he felt that Lu Hao had become more enthusiastic than before when speaking.

"Keep it down, I think someone is coming,"

Huang Yunxiang kicked Lin Xiuyuan, having already heard the sound of the door outside.

Watching the people who entered through the door, the curve of Lu Hao’s lips grew even wider.

Leading the group was Guan Shouzhong, who hadn’t answered his phone since the beginning of the apocalypse and was one of his former trusted subordinates. However, the current Guan Shouzhong didn’t seem very spirited—his expression seemed to carry a deep sense of fatigue.

By San Jin’s side were Tian Yongyi and a young man he didn’t recognize; it looked like only Maizi and Peng Dong were left.

"Hello, do you have goods for sale?"

Guan Shouzhong couldn’t help but take a few extra glances when he saw Chen Daming. Had he met this man before?

Why did it feel like he had seen him somewhere before? Nonetheless, he asked directly.

"Yes, but the people at your base don’t seem as friendly as those at other bases we’ve visited,"

Lu Hao replied with a smile.

Guan Shouzhong was momentarily taken aback. This smile, why did it look so much like someone else?

"You’ve visited other bases?"

Tian Yongyi couldn’t help asking; they also wanted to know about the situation at other bases.

Lu Hao indeed intended to chat more with them, so he deliberately brought up the topic, which Tian Yongyi naturally followed.