Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse

If Mao Qiqi had been there, she would have noticed that her blue dot on the minimap was standing right in front of Su Jin and the others, speaking.

Su Jin had never expected Lian Jiyue to be so helpful to them. From what she knew about him in her previous life, Lian Jiyue even struggled with normal communication. Even if his teammates were eaten by zombies right in front of him, he wouldn’t spare a second glance, let alone offer help.

But now, it seemed those events had not yet occurred for him, and although Lian Jiyue had not told her the specific reasons in her previous life, she could guess that they were greatly influenced by people close to him.

If they could successfully complete their mission this time, she would have Lu Hao give him a little reminder. She wouldn’t get involved anymore.

After bidding farewell to Lian Jiyue, Su Jin planned to look for Lin Xiuyuan and the others.

Their meeting with Dr. Pei was scheduled for the next day, so there was no longer a need to look for clues all over the base. Perhaps they could leave this place right away.

When they saw Lin Xiuyuan, carrying a large burlap bag on his back, Nie Qing curiously ran up and asked, “Lin family kid, what did you buy? So much?”

Lin Xiuyuan proudly said to the group, “A big bag of gold and silver treasures, just for 300 Crystal Cores.”

Su Jin somewhat regretted giving the storage bag to Lin Xiuyuan.

What on earth did he need so much gold for?

“Well, that’s good, gold holds its value,”

Lu Hao said with a smile.

Li Xiuying and Mao Qiqi explained the origin of that big bag of gold to Su Jin and the others as they walked.

Su Jin found it amusing. She had not expected her grandfather to have such a generous side, but under those circumstances, what Lin Xiuyuan did was indeed faultless.

“Su Jin, you have already found out? No need to look further?”

Lin Xiuyuan, carrying the bag, exclaimed in surprise, wasn’t that too fast?

“Well, it’s a long story. Let’s talk about it when we get back,” Su Jin replied.

Although Lin Yunguo and Li Xiuying weren’t tired yet, the E city base was not very large, and by now they had already visited most of it. Besides the two streets lined with stalls that were somewhat interesting, walking further would only lead to residential housing.

There were also many tents set up on the open ground, haphazardly erected on both sides of the road, with curious children peeking through the tent’s ventilation windows at the group.

Lin Xiuyuan didn’t feel like continuing to wander. Plus, the burden on his back wasn’t light. It would have been nice if Su Jin could store it, but since there were too many people around, Lin Xiuyuan had to keep carrying it himself.

…

Meanwhile, several unwelcome visitors arrived at the S city base.

Peng Qi looked at the faces in front of him with a wronged expression, nursing his face.

It wasn’t that he deliberately avoided notifying the base; it was that he had never seen these people around the base before, and each of them had entered carrying weapons. He had only asked a few routine questions, when one of the women lashed out at his face with a whip made of vines!

“What kind of crappy base is this, with so many rules? Making us wait outside for two hours was bad enough, but even after we found our way here, you still want us to register?!”

Han Jiajia pointed at Peng Qi and cursed loudly, while a group of uniformed guard squad members had already quickly surrounded them.

Han Jin and Wei Junhao looked at the well-trained guard squad members with some surprise. This S city base didn’t seem as simple as they had imagined.

Ye Rongxin stepped out of the guard squad members, subtly shielding Peng Qi behind him, and gave him a look.

Peng Qi nodded and quietly withdrew.

“Do you know who we are? You’ve surrounded us without even asking any questions—is this how S City Base treats its guests?”

Han Jiajia looked at Ye Rongxin, who was dressed in uniform with a gun at his waist, and didn’t dare to act as she did towards Peng Qi.

Ye Rongxin smiled slightly and said, “All humans who enter S City Base, we collectively refer to as survivors. You survivors have found your way here and injured our base’s staff; seems like you don’t even understand the most basic rules, right?”

“You!”

Han Jiajia, furious, conjured a vine and lashed it toward Ye Rongxin without hesitation.

The Han family members, being told for the first time that they did not understand rules, she intended to teach him what rules were!

“Jiajia!”

As soon as Han Jin, who was behind Han Jiajia, spoke up, an earth shield appeared in front of Han Jiajia’s vine. Upon closer inspection, that shield was actually made up of a pile of sand.

But the shield did successfully stop that thin vine.

“Brother! Look at how he speaks to us!”

Han Jiajia pouted as she spoke.

Han Jin didn’t pay any attention to Han Jiajia but put on a smile and said to Ye Rongxin, “I apologize, my sister is immature. We have come from B City’s central control, and we have previously corresponded with Base Leader Liang of your base…”

“Commander,”

As Ye Rongxin turned to the approaching Liang Jiuhui, he interrupted Han Jin’s words.

Seeing this, Han Jiajia couldn’t help but want to burst out cursing, but was held back by Han Jin.

Wei Junhao, maintaining his serious expression, tried his best not to laugh; it was the first time he’d seen the Han siblings at a disadvantage, and he became more and more interested in S City Base.

“Hello, I am Liang Jiuhui, welcome to S City Base,” said Liang Jiuhui.

“Hello, Wei Junhao here. My father has previously corresponded with you through letters.”

After Wei Junhao finished speaking, he went on to introduce Han Jin and the others. Besides Han Jin and Han Jiajia, there were four others exhaling the aura of the strong—three men and one woman. When Wei Junhao introduced them, they merely nodded at Liang Jiuhui without much expression, not saying anything more.

“Welcome, welcome. You must be tired from the long journey. I’ll have someone lead you to the conference room to rest for the moment,” said Liang Jiuhui as he gestured to Sheng Jing, who nodded in response.

Han Jin and the others offered no further objections and followed Sheng Jing toward the conference room.

Sheng Jing casually glanced to the side but kept an appropriately genial smile on her lips.

In fact, when Ye Rongxin had his people surround Han Jin and the others, she and Liang Jiuhui had been standing close by already, but they hadn’t revealed themselves, coincidentally appearing when Han Jin was introducing himself.

It seemed that Liang Jiuhui didn’t really like these people. Moreover, among them was an Invisibility Ability User. She had already warned Liang Jiuhui at the first opportunity.

“Your pay isn’t for nothing,”

That was what Liang Jiuhui had responded with at the time.

“…”

Taking a deep breath, Sheng Jing tried hard to suppress the urge to retort. After working with the base leader who appeared very serious on the surface for a long time, one would realize that he was not as serious as he seemed; in fact, he was super cheeky.~~~