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The Reborn Otaku’s Code of

Practice for the Apocalypse
重生宅男的末世守則

Lacking a pocket dimension, lacking a power, lacking a thigh to

hug onto and the three life advantages (money, power, and looks),
he had been cautiously living in the apocalypse for ten full years,
getting closer to falling into the zombies’ mouths, but unexpectedly
he had the bad luck to be caught in a fight between two gangs and
die, it really left people feeling disappointed.

But when he opened his eyes, he had returned to a decade ago,

three months before the apocalypse!

Like before he still lacked an ability, an ordinary person without a

pocket dimension, but he did have ten full years of experience in
living in the apocalypse! Even if he didn’t fight zombies, didn’t hunt
monsters, he could still live a careful farming life in the safe zone.

Find a safe house, utilise all kinds of skills from his previous life to
farm in exchange for meat, and if possible, find a person to
peacefully spend the rest of his life with; ordinary people had their
own ordinary little pieces of happiness.

Originally believing he had picked up a beauty he returned home

to prepare a golden house, but on the contrary he was the one being
pushed down……someone once said, whether it is people or matters,
by no means can you only look at the surface!

Author(s): 暖荷
Artist(s):
Year: 2016
Country: China
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life, Supernatural, Yaoi

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Tags: Apocalypse, Calm Protagonist, Devoted Love Interests, Hard-

Working Protagonist, Post-apocalyptic, Protagonist Loyal to Love
Interest, Roommates, Second Chance, Special Abilities, Survival,
Teamwork, Zombies
Translator(s): WhiteMoon x BlackSun, Imported

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Chapter 1 Part 1
Chapter 1 part1

Chapter 1: Rebirth

"Motherfucker! Lao zi1 shouldn't have been so soft-hearted

to buy the little brat!" Luo xun cursed furiously under his breath,
as he weaved left and right in the midst of narrow alleyways, closely
following the slippery fish-like figure.

One ran, one chased, various businesses on the roadside pointed

at the pair like they were watching a great show, and seeing that the
one in front was a quickly fleeing boy wearing a burlap sack that
barely even covered his thighs, everyone knew that the man behind
had unluckily lost his goods. Ze ze2, nowadays only the rich can
afford to buy young boys, you know? If you want to solve problems of
the body all you have to do is be willing to part with several first
grade jing he and go to the red-light district and find a random ass to
stick it in.

Going left, going right, when he came upon the intersection, the
chaos there distracted Luo Xun——a gang of tall and burly men were
brawling!

"Damn it, it's raging flames and chaos!3" What was with
today's luck? All he wanted was to grab a few years worth of jing he
savings to buy some sort of present for his 32nd birthday, but at the
intersection he encountered that slave trader, that kid with the dark
and stubborn eyes, on his body were terrible scars, he let the
ineffable desire to buy him be born. But as he was making the deal4,
the kid turned and just ran off! And now he's come across a gang
fight!

Luo Xun discovered the child had run away immediately, then

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guessed, there was an eighty percent chance he'd met a swindler.
Children were not good after all, once you have them in your hands,
as long as you don't let others snatch them away they're still yours.
For the most part these children worked with slave traders, as soon
as they got their money, the children would run away, hiding and
waiting for the buyers to go home without a thing.5

Luo Xun had only ever heard of such a thing before, but never
encountered——because he had never bought, how could he have?6
Today was the rare day of his birthday, suddenly seeing the
expression of the child greatly moved him, the desire for a son to
accompany in the future for half of his life outweighed any other
things that moved his heart……Sure enough, there was no good in
the world to speak of!

Suddenly breaking into the middle of the fighting, the boy was
clearly shocked, stupidly standing where he was for a while, not
knowing to get out of the way, suddenly facing a huge fireball about
to smash into him, don't know which power had produced it. The
bottom of his heart rose up for a moment in fear, he'd had enough of
being considered as special bed goods7, so he had disregarded his
life to escape his new buyer, but now……Was he really going to die?

A tremendous push came from behind, the child’s big crow-black

eyes blankly looked at the person who’d pushed him, that was a thin
and weak man, but his strength apparently was not too bad.

Like a gust of air8, the huge fireball hit the man's body, and that
pair of tea-coloured eyes lost their shine.

The translator has something to say: picking this up was a mistake,

this is a combination of mtl and my own chinese comprehension, i
suck at chinese, this isn’t even half of the chapter, send help

Footnotes: 1. ‘I’, basically 2. something like ‘tsk tsk’, but i left it as

ze ze just because 3. 是烈焰和混沌！literally ‘it’s raging flames and
the primordial soup of chaos’ 4. 可才剛人貨兩清 , not sure how to

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translate that 5. the phrase is 一輪詐騙, which is an idiom that means
to go home without any achievement; go home with one’s tail
between their legs, according to thing i’m using to translate 6. 又何談
遇到？don’t know what that means, please help 7. 他受夠了那種被人
當成特殊物品淩|辱的日子 i don’t know if that random line is a typo or
something, but either way have no idea what this means 8. 彷彿一陣
嘆息傳來 someone give me a better way translate this

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Chapter 1 Part 2
Chapter 1.2

The Reborn Otaku’s Code of Practice for the Apocalypse 1.2

“I’m dead, I’m not dead, I’m dead, I’m not dead……” On the
old-fashioned wooden bed, Luo Xun looked up at the ceiling with two
blank eyes, mumbling to himself.

Only after twenty loops did the nonsense finally stop. Suddenly,
Luo Xun got up, and in a few steps was in front of his wardrobe.

The wardrobe, an antique piece of furniture left by his parents, was

outfitted with a full-length mirror. It was this that gave Luo Xun the
most direct, clear-cut answer.

Blankly raising his hand to touch his cheek, the stress lines
accumulated from the chaos of the apocalypse was gone, the
wrinkles caused by manual labour were gone, the wizened and
yellow skin due to malnutrition were gone…… This face, it had
reverted back 10 years!

“I’ve really……gone back?” Looking down at his slightly

trembling hands, although they weren’t exactly soft and tender, they
were clean and slender; compared to the joints deformed due to
excessive manual labour and the black nails he’d had before, it was
like they didn’t belong to the same person.

Hands covering his face, Luo Xun weakly sank to the ground, tears
quietly flowing out.

He didn’t what point of time this was, nor did he know what had
happened to him, but but it was clear that the air was different, the
atmosphere was different, his body was different, and the location
was different.

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This was F city, his old house, the only thing his parents had left
him. It was before the advent of the apocalypse, the place where he
had lived for a full twenty-two years——home1.

On the floor he sat until dusk, only then did Luo Xun stiffly rise,
walking to the kitchen to cook a packet of kang shuai bo2…… What a
nostalgic smell ah! In the beginning of the apocalypse, people could
still find some in the wrecked supermarket, while later on, these
types of things had gone completely extinct.

The two bases he went to later, because of the plants’ mutation,

there were only dry rations3 left for sale; you just couldn’t get flavour
like this anymore.

Although these instant noodles didn’t taste as good as early instant

noodles4,, as far as the reborn Luo Xun was concerned they were a
delicacy of the human world. One bowl of instant noodles later, his
appetite had only been whetted. Twenty-something Luo Xun’s
appetite was not small, and adding on the fact that he’d just returned
from the apocalypse5? One bowl of instant noodles simply wasn’t
enough for him to eat.

Repeatedly confirming today’s date——September 8, Luo Xun

grabbed his wallet, getting up and walking to the front door. With
some hesitation he stood there for a minute, before taking a deep
breath, pushing the door open, and going out.

A fruit knife stuck in his waistband, Luo Xun’s movements had

some caution as he slowly descended the stairs, until he reached the
front gate; seeing people coming and going in the neighbourhood, he
couldn’t stop the bottom of his heart from shaking——I’ve really
returned! The world right now, the despair at the end of the world
has not been ushered in!

He sat in the ramen shop just outside the neighbourhood, a shao

bing jia rou6 in his left hand and a pair of chopsticks in his left.
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fragrant beef ramen, Luo Xun almost had tears streaming down his
face.

Later on, even when he arrived at A city-base, Luo Xun rarely saw
flour, don’t even think about this kind of used-to-be commonly eaten
beef ramen. These things just weren’t the things that his type of
people, on the lowest rung of society and eking out

a living, could consume. In other words, even if he had jinghe and

could afford to buy flour, there was still no one putting these things
up for sale; these unmutated foodstuffs after the advent of the
apocalypse were unique; there was no way anyone could bear to sell
them.

“Ah? Isn’t that Luo Xun? You’re not working today?” A voice
sounded from beside him. Luo Xun turned his head in astonishment,
a familiar uncle carried a black plastic bag in his hand——inside
probably contained seafood. The uncle looked at him curiously.

“Eh, ah…… I don’t really have anything to do today.” His ten

years ago self should still be working a casual job, right?

“Don’t really have anything to do?” The uncle puzzled over

this, then with an understanding face patted his shoulder, “It’s
okay, it’s okay, this job is not good to look back at, you are
still young, there are still opportunities……” He chattered away
for a bit. Up until he left, Luo Xun still hadn’t managed to recall his
identity, only that he should be his neighbour, but was he on the
same floor? Or was he just a neighbour that he nodded to when he
saw them, he couldn’t recall.

And as for his job?

Unhurriedly finishing off the last mouthful of soup, Luo Xun let out
a lengthy sigh, gazing at the unending stream of traffic on the
road——there were two months until the start of the apocalypse,
himself, there was no way he could still go to work.

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Getting up and paying, Luo Xun turned and walked to a nearby real
estate agent. Of course, if it was selling online, part of the
transaction fee would be removed, but Luo Xun’s current situation
was strained. He had to quickly sell off his only property and hurry to
A city. That’s right, he wanted to go to A city. In the apocalypse that
place stood for more than ten years, it was a place he himself lived in
for eight whole years!

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Chapter 1 Part 3
Chapter 1.3

The Reborn Otaku’s Code of Practice for the Apocalypse 1.3

Several second-hand hunting people1 grinning ear to ear toted

around cheaply bought furniture and appliances that he’d had from
youth and left the area. This old residential property basically was
arranged2, the front gate was always open to the outside, even if
until night there was no one looking after it. As a result, during the
apocalypse zombies roamed and hunted, entering and exiting
extremely conveniently and freely.

On the second day of putting it up on the market, someone

dropped in to see the apartment, furthermore negotiating on Luo
Xun’s set price twice. But even if Luo Xun in his desire to quickly sell
off his apartment had deliberately lowered the market price a little,
he had no intention of being taken advantage of. Thirty thousand was
his bottom line; he still had a lot of places he had to pay for, there
was no way he could go any lower.

As expected, when third wave of people came to check the

apartment, both sides finally settled on the contract, transfer,
payment.

Buying and selling the house was extremely time consuming; Luo
Xun took a full twenty days to complete the formalities. Holding all of
his funds, he boarded a vehicle3 headed towards A city.

Looking at the both familiar and unfamiliar city through the vehicle
window, Luo Xu couldn’t help but feel a sense of vicissitude in his
heart. In the past, aside from going to school he traveled to A city
with his parents once4. When the apocalypse started, the initially
safe M city was breached by the zombies and he fled for his life the

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whole way, once again coming here.

Luo Xun considered himself a relatively cautious person, but at

certain times was a person who was not afraid of risky and
dangerous ventures. Otherwise, as someone without even the least
bit of power, also as an common person who didn’t have any
relatives as chief of a base, how could he escape danger again and
yet again, surviving in the apocalypse for ten whole years?

Even if he died in the end, it was still his own choice to rush out
and shield the child before being reborn. Otherwise, Luo Xun had
absolute confidence that he would have lived at A base for the next
ten years.

And now, he had returned, although like before he didn’t have any
ability, nor did he want to go ahead and hug a thigh that would later
become strong, he still had the confidence he could cautiously and
prudently survive in the apocalypse.

So, his first step was to sell of his apartment, as well as everything
in his home that was useless in the apocalypse, and stuff that could
not be brought to A city. Next, arriving at south-west area of A
city……

Looking for a home, and another real estate agent, at long last at a
relatively large real estate agent he found his goal.

“……newly built neighbourhood, this place has just been

renovated, pretty much no one has lived here before. The
arrangement is a rooftop duplex4, the view’s good, the air’s
also good, of course the price is a bit high, but it’s definitely
worth the money……”

As the agent chattered on, Luo Xun carefully examined the

apartment’s basic data, and determined——this place was exactly
what he was searching for.

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“Take me to see it.”

“Alright! Please come with me.”

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Chapter 2
*Oz’s Corner has graciously allowed me to help translate the
project, they translated the first chapter (link in table of contents)*

Translator notes: I don’t use footnotes (though I will if need be).

Not sure how good this is but it’s more readable then pure MTL at
least.

The agent exited and escorted Luo Xun to a nearby apartment

building.“Brand new neighbourhood in the southwest area,
some of the building have not been completed yet. The home
is well placed, newly renovated with a great view and little
noise. There may be only a few people here now but that will
change once the new supermarket is built.”

Luo Xun kept quiet, nodding while listening to the sales pitch. He
already knew that only two floors of that building had been built, the
new supermarket remained just a rumour. However this place would
become a golden downtown area since the army and another
regiment were nearby. Both conveniently in the southwest area.

In the future two bases were established at the beginning get of

the Apocalypse and subsequent zombie outbreak. One was the
rapidly cleared southwest base under the protection of two army
regiments, the other was the eastern base.

A year after M-city was overcome, Luo Xun fled north to the
southwest base and the eastern base the following year. Not long
after he fled to A-city zombies and mutant animals appeared at the
same time. Luo Xun remembered the basement of eastern Building
3, his previous home of 8 years during the Apocalypse. Since he now
has an alternative, he naturally will no return to that basement. Not
to mention that basements are currently on rented out for storage
purposes.

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In the corridor someone had written a string of phone numbers in
oil pen and pasted small advertisements for renovating or installing
air conditioning and plumbing. Even the elevator door was not left
untouched, when the two entered inside the elevator, the walls were
covered in posters.

Luo Xun glanced around while the agent awkwardly

smiled.“People came in advance since there isn’t any
surveillance and this is not considered private residential
property yet.”“As usual then.” Luo Xun looked at the graffiti in
the corridor.By the time he had arrived, the walls had long since
become unspeakably filthy. Any trace of wall postings had been
covered with the blood and brain matter of deceased zombies. They
stopped at the 16th floor, the agent unlocked the apartment with the
key and described the home.

“The first floor has a living room, balcony, kitchen,

bathroom and storage room. The second for has a terrace, 2
bathrooms and 3 bedrooms one large and two small. Have a
look inside.”The agent continued, “The house is fully furnished
and comes with a secure door. A family had planned to move
in but got a work transfer. The new workplace was too far
from here, hence the need to rent out. Though the appliances
have not arrived yet.”Luo Xun dipped his head, knowing there was
more to the situation. The home had been set up for an elderly
person because of the location and terrace, therefore there was not
an urgent need for appliances. However the elderly person had
passed away from illness so the home was now empty.

The agent had been deliberately vague, possibly afraid the Luo
Xun would not rent if he knew all the details. Luo Xun was satisfied
with the sunlight streaming through the large windows at the back.
When they went upstairs, Luo Xun bypassed the empty bedrooms
and headed to the terrace. It was sealed with glass for safety reasons
and the roof was too windy.Even better (for Luo Xun) it was
tempered glass. With this, he felt the 3500 monthly rent was a good

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value, considering the cost of living in urban areas.

“Okay the house is good.”“Then you…?”“I will rent, when

can the landlord come and sign the contract?”

The agent grinned and called the landlord. The monthly rent was
3500 with a deposit of three months worth of rent upfront and a 3500
agent fee. The two parties signed the agreement on the morning of
October 1 and Luo Xun received the key to his dream house.

In his past life he had admired this house. When he reached A –

city southwest base, home planting techniques and simple water
purification had already been implemented amongst others. Various
explorer teams had gathered mutated crop seeds from nearby
farmland. After analysis and observation by the research department
some crops were discovered to have high yields and short planting
times. Thus crops that provided basic energy needs were
popularized.

At that time, Luo Xun only had a basement room under 10 square
meters, with barely a breeze and a trickle of sunlight from being
blocked by other buildings. Unlike earlier residents who could set up
solar panels on their patch of roof, Luo Xun had to buy electricity at
exorbitant prices from others.

Even so, he planted a number of crops that did not need sunlight in
is small basement such as beans sprouts, chives, garlic and some
other non-mutated crops. He also had some large yield mutated
crops that grew in shade. This decision helped him save a lot of
money. In Luo Xun’s mind, his practical skills are quite strong. Even
in poor conditions he would find a way to survive, even better now
that he e turned to the past.

Only eight buildings had been built, when a portion of North central
area returned to the city, six buildings were ready for sale. This area
had been established three knows ago, the new home had Ben
renovated under a month ago.

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When the Apocalypse struck, four buildings had been finished, two
had been outfitted and the last two did not have any doors or
windows installed. Two of the houses were completed under the
supervision of the army to provide a safe area. They did not deal with
already completed homes.The original owners were left out by
survivors once the Apocalypse began in earnest. In his past life, a
family of three had rented the place out half a month before the start
of the Apocalypse. This was since there weren’t any appliances
despite having good furnishings. Most migrant office workers in the
city would choose somewhere else, otherwise how much would they
need to spend to buy appliances?

Luo Xun knew the house was excellent. Later on, he could buy
solar panels from the military and take advantage of the window
space. Useful if one cannot or does not want to buy electricity. Mrs.
Wu had a hard personality and loved to be frugal. Usually with
multiple purchases there would be concessions, however Luo Xun
never got any discounts. So he went and bought himself a
rechargeable battery to become self sufficient.

The two sides almost came to blows but the family of three with
thick waistlines had to swallow their words when they descended
from the 16th floor. The family relied on the fortuitous location of
their home to sell electricity as their livelihood, unlike others who
grew crops at home. In addition, the son had never been outside the
secured areas since the mother could not bare if her child got killed
out on an expedition.

The landlord was missing after the start of doomsday and did not
return to the southwest base. Luo Xun was not sure but they had
likely died during the disaster. Even if they had returned, they would
not get their original home back since housing was allocated
according to base regulations.

Luo Xun was not a saint, since he was an ordinary person he never
entertained thoughts of heroism. With the house, he now had a

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dwelling which he wanted to turn into a fortress to improve his life (in
comparison to his past life). A place he can spend the long and
terrible apocalypse in relative relief and peace.

There are now 57 days until the end of the world.

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Chapter 3
Translator note: Still getting used to wordpress (darn the weird
spacing). And when I try and edit posts on my computer there is only
the preview and no update button. This kicks off the hopeful release
schedule of twice per week on Monday and Thursday.

With a new mobile phone, Internet access and a balance of

325,700 yuan, Luo Xun drove his newly acquired 9000 yuan second-
hand car to the largest hardware store in the southwest area of the
city.

He bought a full toolset, a variety of other tools, a set of solar

charging equipment and some rolls of privacy window film.
Afterwards he drove to a nearby farmer’s market to buy seeds and
water purification filters.

What should be prioritized during the Apocalypse? Luo Xun firmly

believed first-clean water, second- enough calories from food and
third-weapons and clothing.

Water sources became contaminated shortly after the Apocalypse

began. Luo Xun was cautious after fleeing M-city and noticed the
base encouraged water purification by freely distributing filters. He
used knowledge from his schooling to build a homemade distillation
system. It was more time and resource intensive but Luo Xun needed
to ensure his safety no matter the cost. In addition, the distilled
water was boiled for a while and sanitized before consumption.

Many people felt that was too troublesome and only boiled without
any distillation. Then M-city base collapsed after a sudden zombie
outbreak inside the base. In fact, many established doomsday bases
collapsed from internal issues such as food and water pollution.

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still normal. Therefore multiple bases were swiftly established since
there were army troops in every province. As long as the army
reacted in a timely manner, they could easily rescue civilians and set
up strongholds.

Even better, due to their constitutions, many soldiers acquired

abilities of varying types, resulting in an improved defensive force.
This is one of the reasons Luo Xun moved to the southwest in
advance.

Along with drinking water, food also became a problem. Even

though the Apocalypse started in winter, most people survived off
storage. They did not notice crop mutation until spring and summer
when survivors went out collecting supplies.

Who knew if the mutant crops were edible? Would there be any
adverse side effects? Famine was a pressing issue until the following
year when researchers discovered edible breeds of mutated plants.

Luo Xun’s past life was harsh; he had experienced two cities being
overrun. Then he joined a search team in A-city but could not handle
evolved zombies as an ordinary person. Coupled with the fact he had
never handled a gun before, no team would accept a useless team
member.

Instead he grew shade tolerant/loving crops in his home. When a

crop is sold, he immediately replanted and continued the cycle. From
that point on, his life began to improve. He did regret having no
access to sunlight, missing out on planting numerous types of high-
yield crops.

Luo Xun reminisced as he drove back home and moved his

purchase bit by bit into the elevator. His home on the 16th floor is
quite high up; fortunately there was still some power even during the
Apocalypse. Everyday the elevator ran between 7-9 in the morning
and 5-7 in the evening. Although he had previously lived in the
basement, he needed to keep these times in mind when he had to

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buy electricity.

Once everything was brought in, Luo Xun took his cellphone and
connected online while eyeing the empty home. Online shopping is
best when one has many things to buy but little time for shopping.

Luo Xun had bought the phone not just for convenient online
shopping, phones could still be used after the Apocalypse. Once the
base was established, researchers developed a new mobile phone
card that could be used inside. Higher ups could send out messages
to placate the public. Of course the radio also broadcasted around
the clock news like the discovery of a new crops, confirmed edible
animals and other generic base news.

He electronically filled basket after basket, Luo Xun had left his
hometown before thinking of buying anything in advance with the
wide availability of Internet. In most cases, as long as he does not
need an installer he just needed a location and address for the other
party to deliver the goods.

He shopped through the night, the next morning Luo Xun rolled up
his sleeves and started his tasks. The window film was cut to size and
using a folding ladder, stuck to the window wetted with a watering
can. He covered all the terrace windows with the film and the first
living room windows too for good measure. The work is tedious and
slightly complicated but very useful. After the apocalypse, if your
balconies are covered with plants anyone who says there is no
problem is a liar!

In a zombie laden post-apocalyptic world, everyone relied on

processed food or raw rice and flour. A house with fresh fruits,
vegetables and home cooked meals is prime target for thieves and
looters.

Thus Luo Xun’s first priority was to secure his personal well-being.
Once the film was in place he set up two large solar panels on the
patio window to charge. He only bought one set since the panels

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were so expensive and there were other things he needed to buy. If
his current funds were not sufficient then he could drive over and
loot the hardware store during the Apocalypse.

After all, at the start of the Apocalypse, the zombies were very
slow and unintelligent. Those who dared to go out gained more
resources. The remaining film was packed away in storage after
covering the windows of Luo Xun’s used car as well. He had been
working away for almost the entire day indoors, so Luo Xun tidied up
and drove out to a specific location.

He had lived in the southwestern base for eight years but it had
already gone though post disaster reconstruction. Some residential
areas had collapsed, others were newly built and public buildings had
changed appearances. When doomsday arrived, come supermarkets
were completely wrecked.

He needed to familiarize himself with the locations of nearby

supermarkets and other stores instead of just ordering online.
Although the southwest is somewhat distant, its prosperity may be
higher than average. The city was only a metro ride away so many
office workers would choose this remote, lowered price residential
area. Due to that, there are all kinds of facilities. Luo Xun was
surprised to find local supermarkets every couple intersections along
the main road. There were also three national chain supermarkets
along with a number of convenience stores.

Luo Xun marked all the important places on a city map and
planned to do the same to a digital map as backup. He turned and
stopped in a large supermarket’s parking lot. With credit card in
hand, Luo Xun familiarized himself with the store layout while
pushing a cart.

Today he had spent 30,000 yuan at the hardware store and

farmer’s market. Then he spent 7888 yuan during last night’s online
shopping spree leaving 200,000 yuan. Luo Xun estimated spending
1000 yuan at the supermarket.

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He marched forward and grabbed oil, rice, noodles, instant noodles
and other food products. As he passed the household goods isle Luo
Xun realized his had forgotten to buy bedding and a change of
clothes.

He looked at the price tags and compared to those online. He will

buy online since it is cheaper and has home delivery, which is more
convenient not to mention his cart is already full. He finished by
adding various cooking utensils.

Luo Xun refused to apply for a membership card and pushed the
cart into the parking lot for loading. After he had put all the
purchases in the house, Luo collapsed on the floor and lamented.

“My strength is so pitiful…”

His current strength is hovering at average values. Even compared

to his past life’s bad living conditions, his current student body lacks
strength.

But how could he exercise now? In the future if he world hard and
stays diligent, his strength will steadily grow.

He closed his eyes in reflection then added some last minute

purchases on his phone before heading to the second floor. He made
a makeshift nest of thick clothing and fell asleep.

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Chapter 4
Translator Note: So I planned to release two chapters to kick off the
month of December, then I finished early. I am going to be busy over
the weekend with assignments to do so I am posting chapters 4 and
5 early.

Also, this chapter introduces *cough* new/mysterious/unnamed

male character *cough*

In the city, the night is more prosperous than the day. Men and
women were enjoying night time festivities in a bar. A flirtatious
woman wearing a tight-fitting miniskirt highlighting her tiny waist
and curves stalked forward like a cat towards a sofa in the corner.

“Hey handsome, want to drink with me?” The woman

fluttered her eyelashes but the man leisurely walked away. He had a
pair of peach eyes with a mole in the corner of his left eye. He
lounged on the sofa, his appearance and temperament attracting the
attention of all the women in the bar.

“Leave.” The man’s eyes narrowed as if laughing but had a cold

gleam while he mercilessly spat out a response. The woman was
stunned and did not hear what he had said.

A hand grasped her shoulder. “Woman, there is no place for

you here.”

She spun around but saw a 40-50 year old man with bodyguards.
Those near the sofa quickly cleared the premises cursing tonight’s
bad luck.

“There’s a million yuan on this card to give to your

mother.” The middle-aged man sat next to the young man and slid
a card on the table.

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“Why bring the matter to me? Why don’t you call her?” The
young man sneered while dialing the numbers. “You called me out
for this?”

He drawled, “Isn’t it better to give this to her directly to

ensure all the money goes through?”

The older man pinched his temple, “Tell her your uncle has
been laid off and to watch out for trouble.”

The young man pinched the card with a mocking smile. “You will
not divorce yet you need me to deal with a trifle during the
middle of the night? Yan Han I am not your subordinate. I
don’t care about this matter, send one of your lackeys
instead.”

He dropped the card on the table and turned to the door.

Yan Han’s face sunk into an ugly expression. “I also wanted to

see you…”

“I am alive, no need to worry.” The young man exited the

oppressive bar atmosphere in favor of outside.

The next morning Luo Xun was awakened by the doorbell ringing.
His orders had already arrived? So fast!

Luo Xun sighed and shook his head. Deliveries for online shopping
in M-city were never like this. Some package deliveries dragged on
for ten and a half months on average. He did not expect express city
delivery to be so prompt. He checked the numerous order statuses
on his phone and found most had ‘delivery’ status with some still in
‘dispatch’ phase. Luo Xun prepared to finish up at home.

Luo Xun surveyed each room and began to plan the layout while
waiting for deliveries to arrive. Needless to say the terrace must be
used for cultivation, the kitchen and storage room are self-
explanatory. The storage room without windows could be turned into

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a nursery and breeding room. The living room was relatively large so
it could be separated to store things. The two smaller bedrooms
could be used to store food and tools. The last would be his personal
bedroom; he also does not need to move any bath and shower
equipment. He though back on something that turned out useless
since nobody found it necessary.

The doorbell continued to ring, followed by a stream of packages.

*Zi…zi…* The drilling sounds gave people headaches. The electric

drill rang though building 7 for over half a month. The 16th floor
house was now filled with tools, boxes and remodeled items.

By October 22, everything Luo Xun had ordered had been

delivered to his home. The living room was now split in two. Tools
and upcoming modification projects were near the balcony with
bought furniture in the hall.

All foodstuffs, seeds, stocked supplies ad processed foods were

sorted in the first and second floors. He still needed to buy some
furniture, at least a table, chairs, sofa and bed. Luo Xun hammered
his sore waist and entered the bathroom after setting aside a newly
modified non-toxic PVC pipe. He washed his face and took a big bite
of a meat bun warmed in a microwave oven.

The day after the microwave oven arrived, Luo Xun removed the
sounding device after checking for quality issues. Noise was
dangerous during the apocalypse.

Luo Xun leaned against the sofa, glancing with satisfaction at the
room. Now that he has refitted all the needed equipment, the rest of
the day can be dedicated to preparations. For example preparing rice
and wheat for the nursery in advance. Procrastination is not a good
habit at all.

He threw the used plastic bags into the trash. Luo Xun cleaned up
the remaining waste since all the useful things were already in the

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second floor storage bedrooms. The balcony and terrace now had
sturdy hydroponics shelves and nursery boxes. The room was now
completely clean.

Luo Xun pushed the sofa and fish tanks into the living room. He
relaxed on the sofa, took out his cell phone and frowned. With the
50,000 left he could go buy some food and medicine, or possible
raise some animals at home.

Some animals, not just humans also became zombies once the
apocalypse started. Later in addition to zombie animals, come
became mutants instead. The mutant animals could be considered
more dangerous to humans than zombies.

However if an animal was domesticated prior to mutation, it would

not go rabid and instead became a helper with strong combat
effectiveness. At the very least, a dog could watch the house when
one went out scavenging for resources.

Luo Xun remembered how zombie animals became more

dangerous than human ones, as a result people became wary of any
animals.

While in M-city, there had been an old man with a minibus. The old
man’s dog did not turn into a zombie and scared away intruders. The
apocalypse caused social order to collapse, people broke into other’s
homes to loot.

Although Luo Xun wanted to raise one, a dog had costs: food,
bones etc. Second, what it if turned into a zombie? Even if not
initially, if the dog went out of control he could be unlucky and lose
his life.

“I’ll wait for now.” It would be the same for any animal. If you
had some chickens, you could get eggs and meat but the chirping
noises could attract the attention of thieves. Luo Xun’s desire to
avoid trouble clashed with his wish to raise a dog.

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Luo Xun planted some seeds in the nursery room box. The previous
storage room had been modified so that the temperature and
humidity caused germination after a few days.

Since winter is approaching, he dared not cultivate too much even

if he could regulate room temperature. First reason was he could not
eat or sell the plants for now. The second reason was plants and
animals could mutate. If the plants were only seedlings, Luo Xun
could quickly dispose of them, but if left for too long he would need
alternative methods to destroy without requiring physical contact.

Even thogh it is convenient to plant on the terrace, Luo Xun prefers

the hydroponic crops. Of course he also planned to plant some soil-
based crops. Tomorrow he would head to the nearby fields to acquire
the dirt.

Hydroponic crops are easy to raise and space efficient, no

problems so long as there is good nutritional solution. The nutrients
could be purchased directly online but had to be self-made after the
apocalypse. Fortunately Luo Xun had experience in the matter.

At the moment he only cultivated some parsley, cabbage and

rapeseed seedlings. He also had some orange, apple, cherry and
other fruit saplings in a basin. For the rest he would wait until a few
days prior to doomsday, the time would be enough for green bean
and soy bean sprouts amongst others. After a few days most of the
seeds had germinated in the nursery box, there was no way to
discern the dead seeds.

Luo Xun carefully cut up a sponge and placed it into the modified
hydroponic cultivation tube with oxygen from a small aquarium pump
to add nutrition. The small hydroponic planter was now complete.

Since these are to be grown during the apocalypse, Luo Xun

ensured that the small shelves only had a dozen plants with groups
of shelves sharing a water tank. The fifth solar battery had long since
been charged and the rooms had been tidied up. Luo Xun confirmed

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by walking around the house four or five times.

Looks like he has time left to do something else?

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Chapter 5
Translator Note: Heres the second chapter I promised, double
releases will stick to starts of months/holidays. I ended up needing to
do some quick internet searching when the translators gave me
weird interpretations.

Black-black: actually ‘black tongue’ which is a reference to chow

chows (they are fluffy and adorable dogs).

Star anise was translated as ‘octagonal tree’ possible because the

spice is an eight pointed star.

There was nothing to do at the moment with twenty days until the
end of the world. Luo Xun did not want to start processing food but
obviously cannot idle either. He could go to a kennel and see dogs?

Luo Xun quickly found one of several major dog kennels in the
southwest area using his cellphone. The place had many good breeds
of dog and positive online reviews, should be a great place to
purchase a dog.

He drove his car southward. Dog kennels were generally built in

suburban areas, more remote with rapid city expansion. Since they
need space, building too close to the city could pose a problem.

Buildings became more and more scarce along the road. Luo Xun
passed flower greenhouses and harvested corn fields with hay bales
lying around. Half an hour later he saw sign ‘Showtime Dog Kennel’

Why is it named that? Luo Xun wondered.

He turned and ten minutes later arrived at the compound walls

with a sign hung on the door with the same name.

Seeing a potential customer, an 18-19 year old welcomed Luo Xun

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inside while inquiring about what dog he wanted to raise.

“Do you have a chow chow? One around 3-4 months would
be best.”

“You want a dog to guard the door? Right a few months

ago we received two chow chows. Don’t let the current price
fool you, they are quality dogs! Specially bred and raised,
worth more than a golden furred husky!”

Luo Xun nodded, those sorts of dog were fiercer and chow chows
were smart, thus faster to train up. The two entered a room with
several men who had heard that Luo Xun was intending to buy. One
man in the back stood.

“Come with me.”

Along the dogs barked without pause. Luo Xun also saw two
majestic mastiffs – this breed of dog he could not raise in fear of it
turning into a zombie during the Apocalypse. He could handle a chow
chow but he would dead meat against a Tibetan mastiff.

Customers do not go far in due to the dog smell and high

temperatures. The cages had an adult dog and some puppies.

“This litter is three and half months old, the other Is two
months. Although a bit on the small side, the breed is good.”
The man motioned towards the cages.

The mother was growling, somehow knowing that people want to

take her pups. Luo Xun looked between the two cages; the three and
a half month cage had two puppies while the other had five.

“They have a pedigree certificate?”

“Yes, the mother is game level and the puppies have

cards.”

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He pointed at the two month cage, “These ones are expensive,
the other two are female. 2100 for both without a license.”

Luo Xun instantly wanted to buy both chow chows but immediately
stopped himself. He did not know if a single dog would turn into a
zombie, let alone two?

“I’ll take one for now. Do you have dog food and
medicine?”

“Yeah we have them if you don’t mind taking some older

stock.”

Luo Xun happily bought things and selected an energetic puppy.

The dog kennel also printed a booklet on dog care and training. The
car now held two packages of dog food (he ordered extra online) and
dog chew bones, which were more expensive than white rice! If the
dog did become a zombie Luo Xun’s heart would be crushed! He
would have to slowly eat the dog food!

Thinking of the body size and appetite of an adult German

Shepard, Luo Xun felt regret. In his arms the chow chow looked at
him with watery eyes, the cuteness really pulled at people’s
heartstrings.

“Well you’ll be with me, holding on when the 28th arrives.”

Luo Xun remembered his lonely previous life. This time he would
have a companion if the puppy survives November 28! Luo Xun
stored the dog food, medicine, food bowl, metal cage and other
things in the car the spot with an employee named Xiao Zhao.

“While driving by I saw a village, do people live there?”

Xiao Zhao nodded, “Yes all the villagers.”

“Is there someone selling poultry? “ Luo Xun asked.

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Xiao Zhao laughed, “You’re going to buy organic food on the
way back? It’s not far from the city but the price isn’t low. I’ll
take you there if you really want to buy.”

The kennel was usually not that busy, sometimes a couple

employees could skip without issue. Xiao Zhao went to the car and
the two chatted while driving. Luo Xun learned that the village is Xiao
Zhao’s hometown and a friend had recommended him to the dog
kennel. The village was one big family, everyone free ranged some
chicken and geese while planting a few crops in their yards.

Luo Xun bought 10 live chickens and ducks as well as two geese he
asked for help to kill for easier storage. He also bought two baskets
of chicken eggs, a basket of duck eggs and some additional bamboo
baskets. Xiao Zhao returned home and found his family had planted
a star anise tree.

“Can you give me a tree branch?” Luo Xun had forgotten about
these kinds do of things!

“Why do you want these things? The supermarket sells this

stuff too?”

Since Luo Xun had bought many things with haggling, Xiao Zhao
shrugged and cut down 3 or 4 branches.

“This sort of thing should sold quickly since the smell does
not last.”

“No problem, I’m just playing around planting on my

balcony.” Luo Xun joyfully replied.

“Any plants in particular? My family has a strawberry plant

that regrows quickly each year without fail.” Xiao Zhao’s
mother wrapped the plants in old newspaper pages.

“Thank you, thank you.” Luo Xun then pointed at the grinding
disc.

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“Are you selling that?”

Xiao Zhao was speechless, he figured Luo Xun was a rich second
generation from the city spending money like water.

“That is too heavy, we wouldn’t be able to move it to your

car. My family has two small manual grinders, you want
them? No one uses the since we switched to an electric
model.”

Luo Xun bought the two small hand grinders and an electric
husker, the price was cheap since both were used. Luo Xun checked
the Internet and found that part replacements were relatively rare.
He would need to buy from large farmers markets or a specialty tool
shop. Too much trouble so he’ll buy those later at home. The electric
husker was pretty much brand new since Xiao Zhao had barely used
it.

Hearing that Luo Xun was a rich city person with money to spare, a
child ran over and tugged on his clothes.

“My house has a quail, you want it?”

“Quail? Let me take a look first.” Luo Xun nodded in shock.

According to the child, the family was not willing to keep the small
caged quails since they laid few eggs in cold weather. They brought
the birds over in hope of earning some pocket money. Checking the
quail, it could not be consider poultry with its pitiful size, although it
would lay eggs. Even if they mutated, they were small enough for
Luo a Xun to deal with.

There are eight quails in the cage, two are male and the rest of
female. Luo Xun placed them in the car along with way bought salted
duck eggs. With all the luggage stowed away, Luo Xun held the
puppy and drove home In his used car.

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familiar with the house environment. Luo Xun checked his bank
account and pockets, his funds were down to 20,000 yuan.

After looking through various online stores, Luo Xun decided to

spend his remaining money at a farmers market to buy a final batch
of food, seeds and other things. The he would visit the suburbs and
dig up some soil. Finally he would go home zed rest for a few days.

Early next morning, Luo Xun gave the puppy some food and water,
checked the temporary quail nest then grabbed his jacket and
walked out the door. The puppy gazed pitifully at Luo Xun’s back, the
occasional whimpers stuck at people’s hearts. After returning home
last night, the puppy was cruelly left in the cage. Luo Xun provided
food and water but no care.

To be honest, Luo Xun was not resistant to the puppy but but he
cannot get close to her now. He could steel his heart and kill an
unrelated mutated animal during the Apocalypse. However if it’s his
own pet…

Whether in the past or present, in some ways Luo Xun’s heart is

very fragile. To this day he remembered his neighbors becoming
zombies and attacking one after another. The sight of familiar faces
scavenging for food crushed his heart.

So for his second chance he chose to leave Y-city, in a positive

light it showed he had foresight, in a cynical light he was fleeing. He
would rather kill a group of strange zombies the confront a group
with familiar faces.

Therefore, he did not dare name the little chow chow puppy in fear
of developing feelings and emotional ties.

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Chapter 6
Translator Notes: next time I’ll make the post ahead of time and
set publish date instead…

The doorway became an enclosed space due to Luo Xun’s home

renovation. In order to enter the living room one had to go through
an additional door. This was a safety precaution, in the event
someone opens the door after the apocalypse they would not see the
entire house at a glance.

At this moment he was sitting in the entranceway putting on shoes

when a chorus of whimpers echoed from the living room.

“You! Acting so pitiful.” Luo Xun exasperatedly strode back into

the house and lifted the puppy by her scruff.

“You want to go outside with me?”

The puppy panted with her small tongue lolled out and brush-like
tail wagging back and forth.

“Why?! It’s so cold outside! Honestly, just stay home and

behave.”

The puppy’s tail continued to wag. Luo Xun bent over and put the
puppy back in her cage.

“Wooo….” The pitiful voice resurfaced and the tail drooped.

Luo Xun soothingly patted the puppy’s head. “I’ll be back later
and bring something good. So behave at home, don’t make
too much noise.”

If the weather permitted, he may spoil the puppy and hold it

outside. The puppy was too young and the weather was too cold. The

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dog was rather smart, no matter what Luo Xun would not let her so
she quietly laid on the mat looking with big soulful eyes.

Luo Xun sighed and felt he brought big trouble back. Even if the
puppy did not mutate, how would he walk the dog when grown the
zombies everywhere! He changed his shoes, locked the door and
headed to the elevator with a sigh. A notice was posted on the first
floor near the the elevator.

Printed above, ‘On December 10 the property offices open the

doors. Hydro, electricity and gas may be subject to change before
and after the New Year’s Day to be notified otherwise. The building
had not yet been completely set up. Water and electricity timetables
were temporary – one did not have to pay every month. The utility
companies would come and collect fees after everything was
finalized.

Luo Xun read the notice again, shaking his head as he walked out –
he can save some of his money… However since the district was not
yet completed, there were occasional temporary water shortages. He
needed to reserve two days worth of water.

He drove home in his used car after the last shopping trip. In the
past few days he had visited the farmer’s market and purchased
vacuum sealed rice, flour, oil and other grains in bulk. After he drove
to all the southwestern area pharmacies.

It was inconvenient to buy medicine online, especially those with

specific prerequisites. Luo Xun could buy first supplies online but for
the others like anti-inflammatories and cold medicine he had to visit
a pharmacy.

Each time he entered a pharmacy he only bought one or two boxes

due to the limitations. However there are dozens of pharmacies,
small and large in the area. How many could he hit? Thus Luo Xun
spent the last sum of money on multi-purpose but hard to access
drugs, along with some more common drugs and rice.

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Using this method, Luo Xun could quietly amass a lot of medicine,
the city is big enough for that. If he had enough money he could have
gone through the entire city instead. He stacked and organized
everything into the house. The puppy sniffed around and perked up,
owner had come home early! Luo Xun had become more cautious
when returning home since the puppy had attempted to run out the
door.

“Don’t run around! You could fall off the railing!”

Luo Xun huffed as he dropped the last bag of soil on the ground.
His head hurt as he saw the filled living room. So many things, when
would he have the time to organize it all? An unorganized room
would never be clean!

Before, Luo Xun had purchased a number of buckets, boxes and

aquariums online. After delivery, there was no walking space left.
Fortunately the stacked boxes did not occupy much space. Being
space efficient was a good thing. Luo Xun temporarily piled garden
supplies on the terrace.

The rice, flour, oil and grains were heaped outside the kitchen
door. The storage room next to the kitchen would be used as a
nursery with higher temperatures to plant shade loving crops and
maybe mushrooms. The balcony would cultivate fruits with the
remaining space used for storing hardware and tools.

The living room was storage, Luo Xun placed three freezers along
with a microwave oven, electric stove, small stone mill, peeler,
manual meat grinder, manual sausage machine, distillation
equipment, spare buckets and baskets. There was also a pile of bulk
rice and noodle to the side.

On the second floor there was a small amount of instant food,

vacuum sealed rice, noodles, grain, oil, sealed seed packets, a spare
plastic pipe and a large amount of charcoal. In the large bedroom
there were large cabinets, bed, a bedside table, small desk, a laptop

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and boxes of medicine. There’s also spare clothing in the wardrobe,
several sets of bedding and fabric packed in compression bags.

These things would always be useful, Luo Xun remembered the

disaster of three to four years before the base reorganized the textile
mills. At that time cotton, flax and other plants had large scale
mutations. Raw materials became extremely scarce, people changed
back to ‘a pair of pants and a child’.

Behind the first floor staircase, Luo Xun hid barrels of recently
bought gasoline and diesel due to restrictions of these goods. The
demand for gasoline was not that high from what he remembered
from being a part of an adventure group but it was still better to have
some reserves.

Lastly on the second floor terrace he placed shelves above the

patio, some have plants but others had been set aside for future use.
Along with the shelves, small buckets with holes were placed
alongside the terrace.

For these he could wait until spring to plant some crops according
to weather conditions. A grill stood in the center of the terrace,
circular with a new iron grille and filled with coal. When covered, a
charcoal briquette burned faster than if open. If the sun was not
strong enough or the sky was continuously cloudy, Luo Xun could
feed charcoal to the fire. He would also use wood as fuel if reserves
ran low.

By the time everything was prepared, it was mid-November. Luo

Xun woke up and opened the tap to collect water. Not long ago Luo
Xun hired someone to install solar water heaters, he also secretly
added two on the small cistern roof.

Normally, by December the extras would have to be demolished

because the weight is not safe and authorization for public uses
would be needed. But for now, it is private property if the apocalypse
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However if doomsday did occur as foretold, the water heaters would
be a life saving measure.

The kitchen cabinets were filled with all sorts of things. Luo Xun
joyfully rolled up his sleeves, hands covered in flour. How many years
had it been since he cooked with white flour and rice? He did not get
the chance in his previous life.

Before the apocalypse, Luo Xun bought all his food other than
instant noodles. He could only fry and scramble eggs. He actually
learned how to cook after the apocalypse but by then he had no
chance. Ordinary people could not buy rice.

Now he had an abundance of ingredients, water and electricity! If

not now, then would he be able to cook to his heart’s desire. The
puppy was sleeping with a full stomach, the milk was not the same
as mother’s but there were no thieving brothers or sisters!

The scent of cooking and the sound of owner’s humming was very
comfortable. Although she cannot huddle and snuggle with her
brothers and sisters, yesterday owner bought a dog plush she can
cuddle with while sleeping.

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Chapter 7
Translator note:

Guoba is a ‘scorched rice’ which is eaten as a snack. Stuck with

chinese name since it sounded tastier.

Dried chicken, duck and goose fluttered in the breeze above the
living room. A section of sausage on top resembled a banner in full
flight. The past few days were filled with drilling noises, now filled
with the aroma of cooking. The 16th floor had changed so quickly.

Several handymen on the 14th floor balcony smelled the

fragrance. One asked,

“Yesterday was pancakes, what is today’s smell?”

“Guoba! My grandmother would cook it way more delicious

than the supermarket!”

“What do you think they are doing? Why would they need
to cook so much every day?”

“Maybe for lunchboxes?”

“Making lunchboxes and guoba?”

“There is no smell of side dishes.”

“Who said that? Wasn’t there such smells just yesterday?”

“It was 5:30 in the evening, someone must have been

cooking dinner!”

Today’s tasks were now complete! Luo Xun smiled as he removed

the excess oil from the last piece of guoba. He was happy since he
had used up half of the loose bulk rice. Bulk food is hard to store,

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especially in a home with many plants. He decided to make food in
advance so the worms would have nutrients while digging through
the soil.

Luo Xun installed a fan along with hoods for a gas stove outside
the kitchen. Energy was always scarce, doubly so in an apocalypse.
Therefore he needed to save electricity in order to avoid paying any
fees to foreign parties.

For example, he had three freezers, one was vertical, the other two
were horizontal. All three were large volume appliances with high
energy saving capabilities. Right now only one is operational, filled
with all kinds of meat bought from the supermarket.

All the bulbs were replaced with energy saving variants. Luo Xun
also stockpiled candles, alcohol and so on. Back in the living room,
the puppy saw Luo Xun and climbed his leg, shaking her tail merrily
while begging for hugs.

Luo Xun picked up the puppy and gave her chin rubs while
lounging on the couch. His body stank of sweat but Luo Xun felt too
tired and lazy to change clothes. He also cannot be bothered since he
was alone and the puppy could not abandon him.

There were two fish tanks next to the sofa, one had several fish
and other had shrimp. These were not ornamental aquatic creatures
but ones bought at the market. Luo Xun did not know the exact care
methods but they were living, cheap and easy to bring home. The
fish and shrimp species were not known due to small size. The next
day half died, the rest dwindled down to four fish and three shrimp
remaining.

The eight quails were held in a modified aquarium tank next to the
balcony window. Luo Xun had specially bought mealworms for the
birds to be stored in a separate tank. The animals were easy to raise,
pad the ground and give vegetables. Luo Xun did not know when the
quails would lay eggs.

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Luo Xun fished out his cellphone and aimlessly surfed the Internet
while glancing at his meat stores. With 2080 yuan left, Luo Xun
planned to go out the day before doomsday to buy a bunch of ready
made snacks and takeaway. In between now and the apocalypse,
there was not much to do other than preparing food and playing with
the puppy.

In less than 10 days, the world would greatly change. It was

unknown how many people would die during the apocalypse. His
fingers subconsciously inputted words and Luo Xun was drawn to one
of the search results.

On November 22 “How to make/use technology during the

apocalypse” was created in a forum. The content was very detailed,
starting from well-known protective measures to teaching people
how to repurpose existing household items, water purification and
stretching food stores. The thread attracted a large crowd of
onlookers.

The thread was active with sudden and spontaneous additions.

Each time the writer went online, followers would happily find new
content. Moderators rated it highly since there were no prophecies,
rumor spreading or telemarketing; just teaching people on further
uses of existing household items.

Afterall many things are readily available at home. Even if most did
not believe the apocalypse would come, it was not a bad idea to
grow sprouts, garlic and cherry tomatoes at home. Even if the plants
were not eaten, they could be used for greenery beside the
computer.

Home planting had been quietly popular in current society.

Housewives afraid of potentially unsafe produce were the first to try.
The tension increase since the title included ‘apocalypse’. Quite a
few inquired about the topic which drew in people with planting
experience.

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Luo Xun felt faint regret as he looked out from his home. Was the
post made too late? Would more people have been helped if he
posted earlier?

No, it was not too late. Luo Xun posted the day’s content and
scratched the sleepy puppy. Interested people would naturally
experiment and check other posts. The uninterested would do
nothing even if someone predicted the apocalypse.

No one would believe conspiracy theories without proof. Even

knowing that the apocalypse would start on November 28, Luo Xun
was willing to believe that his past life was nothing but a dream.

It was November 26, 11 in the evening according to the phone

clock. Tomorrow he would go out one last time, the next day
doomsday began. On November 27 at 8 in the evening the writer
posted the last forum post.

Many onlookers arrived early, refreshing the page in wait of new

information and tips. People had tried planting home crops, some
bought distillation equipment. These were hands on activities people
had not done since leaving school science labs. At 8 o’clock the new
post appeared. Some reread the entire post since the contents were
very shocking.

WasteWoodHouse:

Today is the last post because after midnight on November 27,

that is November 28, the apocalypse will arrive.

The author advises the following: if you live with someone, it is

best to stay in separate rooms and lock the doors since zombies
cannot turn knobs by themselves. If you have pets, best keep them
in cages or separate rooms because once a zombie their lethality
surpasses imagination.

Those who see this message should store up as much tap water as

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possible since the author does not know when the water gets
contaminated. Saving water costs nothing, tomorrow everyone can
have a water party.

Other precautions have been described. Even if the previously

mentioned items like food and medicine are not prepared, first aid
maneuvers can be used until a rescue team arrives. Believe it,
zombies will appear.

P.S. The author hopes this prediction is false and we all see the
light of day tomorrow.

The reply surprised everyone who shifted to a “it is like that”

mindset. Someone had speculated that the posts would lead people
along then drop a bombshell. This kind of trick is common online,
especially in conspiracy forums.

Up until now, the writer had been teaching them while cultivating
worry but the final post made people think “hogwash as
expected”. The last message was deleted after some discussion at
8:21 p.m.

On November 28 at midnight, the sky quietly turned dark red,

some noticed but thought it was normal. Luo Xun stood in front of the
bedroom window, the puppy was in her cage, the small quails in
separate containers and the few fish and shrimp in individual
buckets. Even the worms and plants were separated from each other.

Tonight had the same red sky, the same dark atmosphere.
Gradually a dark green light shined in all directions as snow began to
fall.

Luo Xun stared blankly at the sky then crawled into bed. In his past
life he did not turn into a zombie or develop powers. Right now he
could care less about powers, he just hoped he did not wake up a
zombie…

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Chapter 8
That same night, Yan Fei cooly watched several directors arguing
about a project in the conference room. When he turned to look out
the window he saw a flash of green light and sucked in a breath.

“Hey.”

“Yan Fei?”

“Finish this tomorrow.” An unknown feeling rose in his heart,

Yan Fei felt something ominous, a sense of danger and anticipation.

Change was coming, the prelude to a cataclysm. He was not clear

if the omen was good or bad. A change for the better or a descent
into an abyss of depression and helplessness.

The sunlight shined without mercy with no choice but to wake up.
Luo Xun blinked a few times then threw himself out of bed to stare
outside. Apocalypse! Doomsday! The end of the world had arrived!

In his past life, Luo Xun had not witnessed the very start but some
of his companions had mentioned it while fleeing. He still
remembered his self blame,

“If I had known that the apocalypse was coming, I would

have prepared in advance! Instead I was living complacently
in a bubble. I thought it was a trick of light when green
flashed across the computer screen but then the machine
shut down. Many became zombies and went after each
other.”

Now he saw it with his own eyes. First Luo Xun checked his hands,
normal with small wounds and rough skin from days of labour. Then
he closed his eyes and meditated – no feeling at all. He picked up a
heavily modified, spiked baseball bat. He is still just an ordinary

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person. Luo Xun stuck close to the walls, fully alert and grasping the
bat.

He headed to the patio, opened the sliding door and peeked inside.
Some of the crops had transformed. From the thirty-three seedlings
dispersed across four shelves, six had turned maroon exuding a gray
atmosphere, definitely contaminated. The maroon plant was now
inedible and highly toxic with a possibility of turning into a zombie if
consumed.

Luo Xun used rubber gloves to pluck the contaminated plants and
threw them into a pot in the corner to be burned. Other than the
contaminated plants, four looked strange; two golden yellow, one
bright red and one silver gray.

Luo Xun removed these plants and transferred them to a separate

shelf. Mutated plants may not bear fruit or become more productive.
Usually the mutation created a completely different plant species.

No problems on the second floor. After checking each room, Luo

Xun grabbed his homemade mace and slowly descended the stairs.

*Bark! Bark!* Luo Xun froze, looked down then felt relief.

The three shrimp had all turned belly up, there had not been
enough oxygen inside the buckets. One of the four fish had become a
zombie. The fish had been placed in the corners of a box. Two had
suffocated and the zombie fish had the eaten the last, only leaving
bones.

The puppy barked and growled at the box. Luo Xun strode forward
and smashed the zombie fish with the bat, with that all the aquatic
creatures had died.

“You’re fine.” Luo Xun smiled and petted the dog. He did not feel
sad about the fish, the puppy was the greatest gain.

“I’ll feed you again later. Wait a while.” He spoke in a gentle

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tone. The puppy tilted her head curiously.

All eight quail stayed normal inside their containers. No losses! The
same applied to the worms, no change but they protested when Luo
Xun dug them out.

“Such stubborn vitality…” Luo Xun put them back with a sigh.

Finally he inspected the balcony. One of the apple seedlings was

contaminated and one of the orange seedlings had mutated. Though
three pepper plants and one star anise seedling were also sacrificed,
Luo Xun felt very satisfied with the results. He burned the dead fish
and contaminated plants on the terrace before checking the nursery.

Sadly, most of the nursery mushrooms had mutated. Luo Xun

needed to get rid of these bright red poisonous mushrooms as soon
as possible. Fortunately he had known that mushrooms were suitable
from his past experience.

Luo Xun used a telescope to scope out the situation from the
terrace. The puppy had been released from her cage and currently
acted like a spoiled child at his feet and biting his trousers. He did
not want to change the dog’s name from ‘Puppy’, it was cute and
sweet. Most importantly the name was easy to remember.

“It seems that the situation outside is not good.” Luo Xun
murmured.

Because the apocalypse started overnight, the majority of people

mutated at home. Through the telescope he saw many inhabitants in
homes had become zombies. Pressing against the windows wearing
pajamas, unable to come out since the door was closed.

A relatively small number of zombies were wandering the streets

listlessly in search of food. Luo Xun decided to go out and collect
supplies while the number of zombies outside remained low!

No one can have too many resources, especially since Luo Xun had

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a relatively secure storage space. Due to money issues, he had far
from enough solar panels and other energy sources. Food, even
expired had been the most circulated good during the apocalypse.

Looking at the world with a new perspective, any cautious person

in society would take action, especially during doomsday. Luo Xun
had replaced his peephole with an electronic version, one would not
be able to tell from the outside.

It had numerous functions: LCD screen with night vision, 24 hour

surveillance, help tips, recording, SMS prompt, remote control and
home computer connection. Luo Xun focused on the night vision and
24 hour surveillance functions, so he could clearly see any people in
the corridor even at night. Unfortunately he would not be able to use
the SMS feature for a while.

Luo Xun stood behind the door and replayed last night’s recording.
He was relieved – there were no wandering zombies on the 16th
floor. Luo Xun was the only inhabitant at the moment on the
particular floor. Apartment 1602 had owners but the two other homes
were not complete since the peephole had not been installed.

The 15th floor had been built but there was no one living there.
The 14th floor was still under construction and renovation. In general,
occupancy rate at the end of year was low, most people have not
moved in and furnished. For Luo Xun, his new home was more secure
than his old building; less people in the building meant fewer
potential zombies.

Luo Xun equipped his mace, a backpack, helmet, an arrow and

homemade crossbow. Before leaving he ordered Puppy to watch the
house.

Puppy was too young at the moment, but even if she was fully
grown Luo Xun would still be reluctant to bring her. She could bite a
zombie but then would mutate or turn into a zombie.

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The electricity had not been cut in the corridor, a lamp half-
flickered on when the door closed. One of the bulbs had burned out
three days ago. The developers were cheapskates and bought cheap
but non-durable light bulbs.

The elevator was still useable so Luo Xun stealthily loosened the
switch cover. Really, there are two elevators but before the grand
opening only one was useable.

*Ding* The elevator door slid open, Luo Xun grabbed his mace and
walked in. The sound of the elevator attracted growling sounds. Luo
Xun guessed that some of the construction workers on the 14th floor
had become zombies which could only gather at the locked door.

In the small space hearing *ping, ping* without seeing the source
of sound as well as low growling, people would inevitably feel
depression and fear.

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Chapter 9
Luo Xun crept through the corridor, checking outside to ensure no
one was around. He snuck over to his second hand car, stored his
equipment and started the engine. Hearing the sound, a few families
work up and noticed the changed world outside.

Luo Xun ignored the other survivors, with the current low
occupancy rate if they got killed by zombies he could only state,
“You are not fit to survive the apocalypse.”

Today is only the first day of mutation and the change occured in
the middle of the night so many zombies were locked in their homes
unable to hunt.

The southwest road was deserted with two zombies in janitor

clothing staggering after the car but Luo Xun had long driven away.
He had no time to cleanup low power primary zombies that had no
nuclei or intelligence.

The car drove along the road for half an hour to arrive at the
hardware store Luo Xun had visited before in order to collect
supplies. Up ahead, the door was half open so Luo Xun slowly drove
forward. The iron gate had blood splatters and scratches.

The doorman had likely been attacked upon opening the door. With
supreme vigilance, Luo Xun clutched his crossbow and drove inside
the store.

The entranceway had no corpses but there were bloody stains

showing the direction someone had been dragged. Luo Xun slowed
the car and lowered the window, crossbow at the ready. Suddenly
three figures roared and sprang forward.

“Ah! Zombie dogs!” Luo Xun paled, if it was just primary

zombies he could deal with a group of six or seven.

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Had he offended a higher power? Why was he given such huge
trouble!? Animals were unlike humans. Human zombies started off
slow and unresponsive, easily dealt with despite increased strength
and the ability to infect. Animal zombies retained their original
instincts and responses.

Luo Xun grunted and aimed the crossbow between a zombie dog’s
eyes in response to the ambush. Too bad the shot was not powerful
enough and did not penetrate the brain. The targeted dog yelped and
shuddered before leaping at Luo Xun. The other two also stormed
over.

*Bang* A dog rammed at the door.

*Crash* The other smashed the side glass doors.

Luo Xun held the crossbow in his left and the mace in his right. He
rushed the dog and pierced the head. The crossbow bolt hit the brain
stem, the dog’s body swayed then fell.

*Wang* Luo Xun blocked the dog’s bite with his mace, though he
could smell the stench of decay. The dog’s limbs screeched against
the car door, leaving deep scratches.

Luo Xun shuddered and aimed for the back of the brain, near the
throat. The dog rushed again but is was too late. He smashed the dog
which hit the ground rolling then roared in defiance.

*Swoosh* The bolt hit the brainstem again, permanently ending

the zombie.

Panting, Luo Xun stayed vigilant, he did not know if the commotion
would attract other zombies. He had been too careless.

In fact for a long while in his past life, he had not fought any
zombies face-to-face. Life in the safe zone was comfortable and
stable. Most regular people would not be willing to venture outside
once their livelihood was secured.

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They were ordinary people, only those with powerful abilities could
reap high rewards from exploring and hunting in the dangerous world
of zombies with mutant plants and animals.

Therefore regular people would rather struggle at the base fringes

then risk their lives outside. Luo Xun had done the same, the last
time he faced a zombie was during his sixth year in a safe zone. He
had been drafted to patrol the walls during a zombie wave.

Fortunately since his rebirth he practiced everyday with his

homemade crossbow and arrow, otherwise Luo Xun would have been
screwed today. However the crossbow could only be shot once
before reloading and one shot did not kill the zombie!

Luo Xun wiped the sweat from his forehead and went to recover his
ammo. The heeded a few tries in order to open the door. The zombie
dog had mauled the door leaving claw marks and dripping foul liquid.
He did not start the car, instead he retrieved his four arrows. Since
he could not buy online he bought the needed materials and
handcrafted them.

The crossbow was an effective weapon despite the noise and little
ammo. Luo Xun could not waste any since he was reluctant to make
more at home. He packed his weapon and returned to the car. Luo
Xun carefully advanced without meeting other zombies after the
dogs.

In the store Luo Xun found his target and started opening the lock
with a self-made lockpicking tool. Do not ask when he learned
lockpicking, almost everyone acquired decent lockpicking skills to
find supplies and shelter while escaping on the road in the past.
Except Luo Xun used tools and others used brute force.

A few cars sometimes drove by though Luo Xun was not

completely certain. He debated entering the supermarket next-door
to collect more when – *Crash*

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A car smashed through the supermarket glass doors. Luo Xun
looked through his telescope at the store, the corners of his mouth
twitched. SHould he praise their ignorant courage? A group of
vehicles led by a modified Land Rover rushed forward and triggered
the alarm system.

More than ten people dove into the supermarket with trolleys.
These people woke up to a strange atmosphere and realized a bio-
disaster had occured when someone turned into a zombie. After,
they immediately drove to the nearest store to grab supplies.
However due to their inexperience went directly through the front
door.

Zombies tracked prey through sound and smell. With so many loud
people gathered, the scent had undoubtedly strengthened with the
noise level. Are they going to become zombie food?

Luo Xun silently shook his head, he had originally intended to go

sweep the supermarkets and other places but did not want to cross
paths with these brave fools. Plus, his home food stores had a lot of
instant noodles with a half year shelf life, he could barter with other
people. More importantly he wanted to get home faster, who knew if
someone caused trouble at home. His apartment only had Puppy,
what would happen if someone broke in?

Luo Xun drove away when noticed a few zombies slowly tottered
towards the supermarket. There were a lot of people inside with
weapons, they should be able to easily deal with the zombies.

Along the way Luo Xun saw some bold people driving around.
Some hurried to find family members while others looted shops and
supermarkets. Luo Xun continued until he reached a drugstore. The
door was ajar, the shutter half covered with a long trail of blood.

He thought for a bit, parked the car in front of the shop, wore his
helmet and grabbed his weapons before entering the door. There
was no sign of anyone outside or inside the shop. Luo Xun bent down

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to see if the glass cabinet had been unlocked.

When he was young he had subconsciously practiced unlocking his

bicycle in case he made a mistake and got sent to the station. He
was afraid that practicing early would delay preparatory work.

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Chapter 10
Luo Xun unlocked the pharmacy storage and quickly cleaned it out.
Of course, he had removed the security cameras in advance. While
storing the medicine, Luo Xun did not see anything else, not even the
corpse of the person who had opened the door.

There were more vehicles on the road and Luo Xun occasionally
caught glimpses of panicking, sweating and paling people. He
grabbed the necessities and passed a rice and flour shop. His heart
twitched when he saw people without zombie symptoms busily
carrying things.

Suddenly with a screech of brakes several policemen ran out.

“No looting! Its illegal!”

The officers stood vigilant, one saw Luo Xun idling and waved.

“Nothing to see here, go home and bar the doors and

windows!”

Luo Xun heart jumped, he had forgotten after living a decade

during the apocalypse that even during chaos the state was still
initially in operation. He had just grabbed solar panels and medicine,
looting shops is still considered illegal…

Luo Xun hurriedly started the car and shouted to the police officer.

“I just saw a person on the road get bitten and turned into
a zombie…is the disease contagious?”

The policemen’s expressions darkened upon hearing the news. The

officer who had previously spoken nodded his head.

“It is possible, no matter go home now. No looting. Shut

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any doors and windows and wait for government response.”

When would help come? What would become of society in the end?

Several large supermarkets were hit hard with multiple vehicles

parked haphazardly at the entrance. Police cars were dispatched to
maintain order and prevent further damage from looters.

Luo Xun hurriedly drove while surveying the landscape. He needed

a few days to determine outside conditions and home security before
going out again to collect materials.

He had enough time to prepare supplies before the apocalypse and

there was no need to risk himself for expendable supplies. Especially
if he could lose everything. Luo Xun briefly noted that the number of
cars in the parking lot had decreased before driving downwards.

He used a small trailer from the hardware store to help move the
goods. The containers could be stacked and pulled upstairs.

The electricity in the area had not been cut yet, the elevator was
still functional. Luo Xun prepared his mace while waiting for the
elevator and felt relief when the door opened to reveal empty space.

As the lift rose Luo Xun heard footsteps around the 14th floor. The
zombies had escaped?

Luo Xun wrinkled his brows, it was not that dangerous to have a
zombie in the house as long as it was trapped in one room. Without
eating the zombie would not evolve and after three to five years the
body would decompose completely.

But if it ate and gained energy, lifespan obviously increased. The

zombie also evolved if energy was accumulated to a certain level.
The energy may be acquired from eating or accidentally in nature.
Luo Xun did not know what the lab people discovered, he only heard
tidbits from the news.

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Since the zombies on the 14th floor had escaped did someone
open the door from the outside? Luo Xun tensed, he could not be
blamed for thinking that his home may have been ransacked if
someone had opened a door.

The elevator door opened slowly, Luo Xun calmed a bit seeing the
empty corridor. He was furthered calmed seeing the untouched door
and no intruders. Puppy excitedly shook her tail. The peephole
camera showed no living creatures. Luo Xun sighed in relief and
brought his loot into the house.

He removed the possibly contaminated clothes and put them in a

box near the doorway, then brought the materials in one by one. On
the 14th floor several zombies tottered along the corridors. To Luo
Xun’s surprise, the zombies had released themselves.

Perhaps a number of people who worked overtime forgot to lock

the door. Therefore after turning into a zombie, they gathered at the
door due to the noise then one hit the button to open it. Similarly
some neighborhood zombies also slowly wandered out. They either
gathered in corridors or the stairwell to reach outside.

Luo Xun did not notice, he changed clothes, organized his spoils,
took a bath since the water was still running and was now lying on
the sofa with a sleepy puppy in his arms while surfing the Internet on
his phone.

The apocalypse had arrived and smashed ordinary days to pieces.

Luo Xun knew that for ordinary citizens, the world had irrevocably
changed. In the face of sudden and death and bereaved
family/friends, doomsday had begun.

The university students looked warily from the hotel, makeshift

weapons in hand.

“No zombies!”

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“Come on! Let’s go!”

“Where are we going?”

“Back to school?”

“No, there are four people per dormitory! With such a high
population density, it must be the most dangerous place!”

“Then…where are we going?”

“Wait, I’ll check my phone.”

One student opened up Luo Xun’s impressive post about the

apocalypse.

“With a small group it is best to find an empty room and

wait for help. Where to find an empty room and furniture to
barricade the door?”

“A place with an empty room huh…”

“If the room only had one zombie, we should be able to

deal with it.”

“Outside the city?”

“Forget it, A-city is so big. I think WasteWoodHouse is

right. Sooner or later a security base will launch a search and
rescue.”

“Then we should gather food and drink?”

“Yeah and medicine…God if I had not seen the post how

many of us would have snuck out last night. The innkeeper
was stirring up group P!”

Under such pressure, if the end of the world did not occur they
would check out in the morning, but in a situation comparable to

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doomsday.

On the road, some vehicles were scattered and some upturned

thus not letting any cars pass smoothly. A few cars gunning down the
road came across gray faced people sloshing forward. The car
upfront slammed on the brakes and caused a series of crashes.

A young man struggled to raise his head, blood flowed past his
eyes and down his cheek. Yan Fei ignored the blood and looked up
the streets; blocked ahead with many people abandoning the cars. A
lot of zombies appeared attracted by the commotion.

To cross the road one had to avoid a lot of cars, the road behind
was completely blocked!

“Damn!” Yan Fei cursed as he grabbed his shoulder bag and

touched the handgun at his waist.

He had a gun but little ammo, even if he killed with one shot, only
six zombies would be gone! The road out of town was blocked, where
to go now?

Downtown was in chaos as people woke to find a changed world.

The previously familiar metropolis had been swallowed in a sea of
panic and destruction.

The population density of A-city was enormous, and it was

November with three months until Lunar New Years. New Years Day
had not arrived either which was when many workers returned home.
The city population was at its peak.

In the big city many people went out for leisurely nightlife even
with the hidden threat of doomsday. Especially since November 28
was a Saturday. The weekend evenings were the best time for
parties, especially with A-city’s premier leisure and entertainment.

Many partied until midnight or even all night long. Luo Xun chose
the southwest area with a decent population but most worked

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downtown and only returned home at night to sleep. Some did not
come back during weekends to party.

So he did not know how many more zombies were in the city
center compared to the streets of the southwestern area.

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Chapter 11
*Bang! Bang! Bang* Gunshots rang out from a bar’s back door.

“Oye! Who’s stupid enough to make such a racket!” A man

with gold glasses complained, followed by an underling.

“Brother Kun, it seems to Wang Heng’s people. They were

seen last night carrying a guy.”

The man responded coldly after hearing Wang Heng’s name. “The
idiots, so loud, they are courting death…”

Moments later, a group of people appeared near Brother Kun.

Another man flanked with two grunts walked with a smirk and a dark
expression.

“Idiot? Courting death? Wu Chang Kun cursing so loudly,

aren’t you the one seeking death?” The gangster smiled with
hands folded behind his back and ambled over to Brother Kun.

Wu Chang Kun’s eyes sharpened behind his glasses and responded

with a chilling smile. “Brother Wang, this young one doesn’t
understand your words.”

“Doesn’t matter, after today you won’t need to

understand.” Once said, Wang Heng thrust out his hand palm up
where a fireball appeared to the others shock.

Ability! He had an ability! No wonder he could act so

unscrupulously.

“Explode!”

“Kuh!”

A lightning bolt blocked the fireball attack. The originally confident

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Wang stepped back and looked at Wu Chang Kun. The latter’s mouth
curved into a smirk.

“Such a pity Brother Wang, you didn’t think that fortune

only smiled upon you?”

“Third dormitory building cleared!”

“Fourth squad assembled!”

“Cleaning up the canteen…”

“Reporting in, wounded soldiers have been moved to the

west side of the square. Send medical personnel to help!”

A uniformed man stood frowning out a window, glancing at a

dormitory floor through a telescope.

“What’s the status? How many people have become…those

things?”

“The report states 33 have been killed, more than 10

people bitten and more than 30 have been injured.”

“33 people…” The man pondered when someone else burst

inside.

After entering the soldier saluted. “Commander, the army has

found dozens of people with superpowers! Enhanced
strength, hearing and eyesight!”

The commander’s eyes brightened, earlier those discovered with

any powers were quarantined by the army. They were worried that
the people would become zombies but a few hours later they were
still fine. Even more surprising, the soldiers had supernatural
abilities!

“First find a way to observe these people after release.

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Team making…” The commander had not finished speaking when
another person interrupted.

“Reporting! More than 10 army dogs have gone insane and

wild! The symptoms match those bitten! They are faster and
harder to capture or kill!”

The television channels were looping through reruns of last night.

The daily morning news had not been aired yet. The radio was full of
static and only received channels that looped music. Luo Xun
surveyed with a telescope and Puppy in his arms.

Towards the southeast, he could see and army wall in the distance,
the main force of the southwest base. They were likely currently
dealing with army zombies, the other regiment was further away.

Luo Xun remembered that the army had expanded, rescued people
and collected equipment. There was an arms factory nearby, though
Luo Xun did not know the exact location. He knew with the factory,
the southwest base was self-sufficient in terms of weaponry unlike
other bases.

To the south there were few buildings, mostly just fields. It was
more urban to the north with high skyscrapers to the northwest.
Finally to the east there was a large flower field and cottage area.

Luo Xun returned to his bedroom and looked at the entrance gate.
The majority of people dared not leave even if they felt that
something was not right. At this time, a few had crept downstairs to
go and collect resources.

A scream pierced the silence, Luo Xun saw a screaming 20-30 year
old lady followed by a man of similar age – a young couple. A nearby
zombie staggered toward the two.

It had been a long time since Luo Xun had seen this sort of scene.
A lady’s screams were sometimes more lethal than a roaring zombie.

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In the apocalypse, every woman was a treasure and must be
protected. Later there was a popular joke – during doomsday there
were no dinosaurs, all women were beautiful.

Since women were so scarce, any good looking ones were long
picked up by those with means. Ordinary people wanted but were
unable to see. Any who managed to marry and bring home a wife
would have burned incense to Buddha in thanks.

Luo Xun’s brain jolted seeing the screaming woman constantly

slicing at the zombie with a kitchen knife. Little by little, the zombie
was whittled away and fell to the ground. The lady continued
screaming and hacking away.

…Luo Xun took it back, women were not weak, perhaps sometimes
even more frightening than men. The man had collapsed in fear upon
seeing the zombie until the woman had chopped it into pieces.

She turned around, the man retreated half a step. She said
something before the two hurried to a car and drove away. Due to
the screaming, people peeked outside to find that others had left.
The screams attracted the attention of both people and zombies.
Zombies slowly came out while a portion of people prepared to drive
out. Some even came face to face with a zombie.

There were a number of zombies inside Luo Xun’s building,

particularly on the 14th floor. Five or six had escaped and were
wandering around. Luo Xun was not worried about them coming to
the 16 th floor because primary zombies could not climb stairs.

Zombies were corpses, their joints could bend but were stiff. It
would be difficult for them to bend their legs for each step. However
not climbing stairs did not mean not heading downstairs. In fact, they
were very fast at descending stairs.

Their speed was incomparable to mortals since as long as the brain

was intact, the zombies could shake off broken limbs and other

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injuries and fall to the next level. After hearing the woman’s screams,
the dead bodies were declared enemies that had gathered together.
Luo Xun heard screams, smashing and car engines.

Humans were very adaptable, especially in such a situation.

Thanks to modern culture the majority of people had heard of
zombies from films, television, novels and games even if one was not
interested. The zombie’s weakness was the head and their bites
triggered infection.

Nothing much, one just needed to remember these two points to

deal with primary zombies. A zombie’s face was mostly gray and
green, very different from the original person. Killing would leave a
stain on the heart but in order to survive, everyone could steel
themselves against the dead.

Half the wandering zombies in the area were wiped out. Luo Xun
applauded the adaptability and courage of the people and mused to
himself. Should he help clean up?

Wang Jung district was where he planned to live in the future. The
military would send someone sooner or later but the sooner the
zombies were gone, the more secure everyone would be. There
would be increased peace and a reduced chance of death.

He would be in danger if one of the primary zombies evolved into

mid or high level. As he was pondering, the sound of barking carried
over from the gate. Luo Xun hurriedly looked through the telescope
as a few stray dogs leapt over the entranceway.

Although he was unsure if the dogs were undead or not, there was
no doubt that the situation was more dangerous than expected.

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Chapter 12
*Swish, thud* The zombie crumpled.

Luo Xun sighed, stepped forward to kick open the zombie’s skull
and removed the arrow from the rotten remains. He did not want to
resort to such disgusting methods but he did not have enough
ammunition to lose even one arrow. Until he could stockpile arrows,
he could not waste ammo.

Today was the 30th, the third day of the apocalypse. Earlier this
morning, Luo Xun saw army squads heading towards the city from
his terrace. Since they were going out to help, the zombies inside the
army had been cleared up. Luo Xun estimated that everyone’s life
would improve if the military managed to establish a safe zone in the
southwest area within half a month.

He had been secretly dealing with the local wandering zombies for
the past two days since the less the better. Other than the zombies
locked in the houses, Luo Xun had killed most of the wandering
zombies.

Of course he had only cleared building 7 and the two beside it. Any
further he ignored to not let people notice anything strange. He was
just a regular citizen, doing this was within his capabilities. Even with
tools he was not so naïve or kind to be on the vanguard eliminating
zombies.

His past experiences made him wary of zombies, mutant animals

as well as those with unclear motives. Luo Xun headed towards the
7th floor after kicking the dead zombie. Yesterday night he had heard
car engines as people fled the district. The sky was dark so Luo Xun
did not know the specifics. This morning the number of zombies had
decreased, likely lured away by those who had fled.

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Those people probably left a bunch of cars in the area. Fortunately
there were no other cars parked in his building, Luo Xun should be
able to avoid contact with any neighbors. He walked down the hall
and found the elevator light had gone dark.

Blackout? It had finally occurred?

Luo Xun was surprised then wryly smiled, he did not know if his
luck was good or bad, If he had been inside the elevator when the
power was cut he would have been stuck in the middle. There would
be some risk even if he knew how to escape from an elevator.

The danger was gone, but he should climb up to the 16th floor, to
safety with lighting. With the power outage, it was time to test his
level of physical fitness!

Although Luo Xun had gone through the building multiple times, he
remained cautious and vigilant with his crossbow. He vaguely heard
zombies knocking in a nearby room when he passed a floor. The
construction company many have been stingy on lightbulbs and
pipes but the doors were sturdy.

Luo Xun’s anti-theft door had not changed even when the landlord
had been replaced. Before the apocalypse, Luo Xun had counted the
number of building occupants. Excluding furnished homes without
inhabitants there were only 5 occupied homes not including Luo Xun.
Two were being furnished by workers.

Luo Xun cautiously ascended one floor at a time then jerked up the
crossbow when he reached the 15th floor. There was someone there!

A man fell from the stairs towards him, he seemed to have fainted
while climbing. From behind, it seemed like the man was not
breathing.

Luo Xun strafed to the corner of the platform and aimed the
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remembered recent events. The building had five others, he killed
three zombies in the corridor and the remainder had long since gone
downstairs to wander.

Killed 3, one on the 5th floor, one on the 3rd floor, the last had
been killed nearby. He had not killed any zombies in this floor
stairwell!

Last night a car had appeared in the area, he must be one of those
people. Luo Xun was not sure why he was here alone though, there
was no parking under the building. He must have been separated
from his companions after entering the area.

Now the man was on the ground, injured and on the brink of death!

Luo Zun grabbed his mace, slowly approached and poked the
man’s leg. Although he had made the bat more deadly, it was only
lethal when swung. As long as the nails did not break skin, it should
not hurt anyone.

Luo Xun prodded the man twice with no reaction. He raised an

eyebrow and guessed that the man had died due to means unrelated
to zombies. He paused then took two steps forward, bat raised when
suddenly the man groaned.

He was alive! Luo Xun felt conflicted. The man was alive and not a
zombie which was good, but a living person also caused problems.
He also did not see the wounds, were they from a zombie?

Wondering, Luo Xun tried to turn the man over with his bat. The
man rolled over, confused but lucid. He opened his eyes and
suddenly remembered what had happened yesterday. The man’s
eyes flashed and he touched his back to metal. The guard rail along
with the bat nails converged to form a spear, the metallic point faced
Luo Xun.

Metal powers? The thought flashed through Luo Xun’s mind.

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“I am a human!” He hurriedly backtracked.

The man propped himself up and narrowed his eyes. He was

obviously not relaxed and wore a bloodied mask with a recently
scarred head wound. He held a hand to his chest, perhaps an injury
with internal bleeding not from zombies.

Luo Xun’s heart sank as he took in the man’s appearance, his

current state was likely caused by former companions. Luo Xun
would rather deal with a zombie than a man with no trust in fellow
humans! Luo Xun had died because of an ability user in his past life!

“I am a tenant in the building, the power was cut and you

are blocking the stairs.” Luo Xun’s voice was dry, he was so
unlucky.

He was an ordinary person who did not want to be an enemy of

any ability users. There was nothing else he could do for now but be
polite.

Hearing Luo Xun’s words, the man squinted and said in a hoarse
voice. “Lay down the weapon and take off the helmet.”

…Oh, he had forgotten that in order to avoid contact with zombies,

Luo Xun wore a long raincoat, boots, helmet, rubber gloves and long
sleeve clothing. All were professional grade water-proof equipment.

How could the man not be vigilant against a suspiciously fully

clothed, masked person! Luo Xun silently dropped the bat and
crossbow. He would not dream of taking on an ability user even if he
could try a sneak attack.

The person obediently removed the helmet to reveal a young,

quiet face wearing a strange poncho. Yan Fei’s mouth quirked, there
was too much contrast between the man’s face and appearance. He
could not trust others after getting betrayed yesterday.

The person looked a bit older than 20, nothing too striking.

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Children of higher families were generally more mature and needed
to excel at concealing their emotions. The young face seemed genial
enough.

22 year old Luo Xun’s student face was deceptive and ambiguous.
Especially considering his past life, only a sliver of anger and
discomfort showed on his face.

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Chapter 13
“What floor do you live on?”

“…16th floor.” Luo Xun could not lie to this strong potential
neighbor.

“Your clothes…” Yan Fei could not think of an adjective to

describe Luo Xun’s strange outfit.

Luo Xun puffed out his chest. “It was recommended online to
wear because zombie bodily fluid could also infect people.
Should be right since the internet said so!”

He had experienced it himself, but people were very imaginative.

All sorts of information could be found on the internet.

Online? People could still access the internet? Yan Fei had thought
all power was down since no one answered any calls. He was
surprised since he had been struggling to cope with the changes.

“Of course, the power station is functional.” Luo Xun nodded.

“If the call didn’t go through, maybe the person on the

other end was in an accident?”

There had been many accidents so the police line got swamped,
along with taking into account all the zombie transformations.

Yan Fei’s eyes shone and he remained silent. Luo Xun felt he
should not bring this guy into his home. Then he thought of the
man’s metal powers, maybe they could reach a mutually beneficial
agreement?

Luo Xun’s heart pounded, the man’s ability was powerful! Although
he had never heard of any powerful metal users on base in his

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previous life, metal powers were useful to oneself and others during
the apocalypse.

Before Luo Xun worried about his small amount of ammo but if
there was a metal user then the number of crossbow bolts would be
inexhaustible! Not to mention a whole bunch of other things, maybe
even a bomb!

Luo Xun had never heard of the man but that did not mean he was
unknown. His knowledge came primarily from propaganda for gang
recruitment. The real powerful ability users were unknown to the
general public.

Some ability users were sheltered by the army after discovery so

they did not mingle with regular people. If the man was really
powerful than Luo Xun naturally would not know of him. Moreover
many ability users were killed for various reasons at the start of the
apocalypse.

If one could secure good dealings with such a benefactor then one
could have a long term continuous supply of weaponry in the future.
Luo Xun’s heart raced and his gaze burned with desire.

Yan Fei subconsciously touched his mask in reaction to the other’s

gaze. Could the person see his face through the mask? Yan Fei was
fully aware of how attractive he was but not now while he was
wearing a white face mask, bloodied with unkempt hair.

Was this person still in puberty? He raised his hand and the metal
shifted, snapping Luo Xun from his thoughts.

The metal user had limitless potential. Luo Xun may have been
reborn but he could not force the man to stay and any help would not
be guaranteed reciprocation. However he could sow the seeds of
goodwill and reap profits in the future.

“There are some empty homes upstairs.” Luo Xun suggested

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since he had too much to hide to let a complete stranger live with
him.

Yan Fei loosely nodded, he had hidden in this building and slowly
climbed since he was currently not a match for his pursuers.

“Yes, those things, could you put them back? Otherwise

the stairs are useless.” Luo Xun referred to the floating weapons.

The steel rods returned and the nails fell to the ground. The
staircase seemed sturdy but Luo Xun was worried since the handrails
had been temporarily removed. Yan Fei’s injury was quite serious, he
had a strong constitution to have somehow climbed up while
coughing blood, though he could not walk at the moment. Luo Xun
grabbed his stuff ready to help the man.

“My home is at the end of the hall, the other three are
empty and these three have no owners, peephole or
furnishings.”

After a brief overview of the floor, Yan Fei pointed to the room next
to Luo Xun. Even if the guy had bad intentions, it would be easier to
live next door since he needed to rely on the other for now.

Yan Fei raised an eyebrow when Luo Xun brought out a bunch of
small tools to skillfully open to door to room 1603. The apartment
room walls were rough with cement residue and without paint. In
their thin clothes, both Luo Xun and Yan Fei shivered.

Empty room, kitchen, bedroom, living room, uninstalled pipes and

air conditioning. Even with some things, definitely not warm! Yan Fei
sighed, if he had known about such a strange event he would have
bought several furnished homes in the suburbs.

He sat on the floor and heard barking, there was a dog next door?
Thinking of the crazy dogs on the road Yan Fei tensed, then relaxed.
That person was cautious, he would not stay here if the dog was

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rabid.

Upon relaxing, Yan Fei felt dizzy as everything began to blur. He

was not sure if this was caused by blood loss, starvation or lack of
rest…

Luo Xun returned home and Puppy perked up from inside her cage.
He dragged his tired body to prepare milk and dog food. In the
building only the penthouse and corner homes were equipped with a
terrace so Luo Xun’s home had a different layout – the living room
was ridiculously large.

Luo Xun kept the medicine in boxes on the second floor. He

searched through while reviewing the man’s injury. Luo Xun was not
experienced in medicine but with time he knew certain injuries
corresponded to specific drugs. Anti-inflammatory medicine was
essential but if the broken ribs cause internal bleeding, the man may
not survive.

He brought the medicine down and checked the hallway, good – no

people or zombies. Luo Xun slipped back to 1603 and walked in. Yan
Fei was on the ground curled into a ball with scrunched up eyebrows.

Luo Xun hurried over and checked the man’s forehead

temperature – damn a fever! He must have gotten that from his
injuries.

“If he dies, wouldn’t I as well?” Luo Xun sighed, he had

thought the man had died earlier – ambushed, wounded and now
feverish…

Luo Xun went to lift the mask to give medication when he suddenly
heard sounds, someone was nearby! He rushed to the stairs,
definitely from below! Was someone trapped leaving or had outsiders
entered?

Thinking of the injured man, Luo Xun’s heart sank as he quickly

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grabbed the scattered clothes and nails. After tidying up he returned
to the stairs and confirmed that the sound was closer. It took a lot of
effort to force open the door. It was likely that if not after the man,
then it would be going house to house and looting for food!

Luo Xun’s mind flashed to the metal user in 1603, if he left him
there the intruders might kill the man. But if left in his home, all of
Luo Xun’s resources would arouse suspicion. The metal user was
currently an unknown, neither ally nor enemy.

Was the risk worth the reward?

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Chapter 14
At 5 or 6 o’clock in the evening, the winter sky darkened right after
the hallway blacked out. A person cautiously stepped towards the
last floor with a weapon in hand.

“Are there apartments upstairs?”

“Doesn’t matter we’ll take a look anyway.”

“There are some empty apartments, it could be the people

are dead or…”

The man in front snapped at the one who complained, “It doesn’t
matter if he’s dead, he had a gun!”

“Plus if there are people upstairs, we could score some

food.”

The two climbed in the dark, silent with no signs of zombies.

Without entering, they looked through the peephole – the light inside
was brighter than in the stairwell, not a soul in sight.

They ate the loss, the first area was empty but now they worried
about a sudden zombie appearance through a half opened door.
After confirming the three closest homes were empty, they were
about to head deeper when a dog suddenly started barking.

The two jumped back and bumped into each other while staying
quiet. The noise made the dog bark more furiously – it seemed like
there was more than one!

“Retreat! Let’s get out of here!”

They could barely deal with a zombie, let alone a bunch of rabid
dogs like the ones outside. As for searching, the doors were closed

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and one could not enter without a key.

Luo Xun confirmed from the balcony that the people had left
before he turned off the recording. The puppy was barking and
wagging her tail leaving afterimages.

Frenzied dog barking, zombie roars, door scratching, impact

noises, these sounds had been downloaded before the apocalypse to
be used in such a situation. Luo Xun opened the cage, put on spare
slippers and went upstairs. The heavy curtains blocked outside light
with a lamp on the nearby nightstand to be used instead.

The man slept on the double bed with closed eyes. His elegant face
could not be hidden behind paleness, injury and blood loss with a
cloth on his forehead. It was difficult to look away from the thin pale
lips and fevered teary eyes.

Luo Xun felt like a coroner standing next to the bed. The man could
only be described as ‘beautiful’ or a ‘fairy’. If Luo Xun had known that
such a face was under the mask he would have never grabbed him.

From living a decade during the apocalypse, Luo Xun had become
bent like a wire to his misfortune. He was not originally homosexual
but the cruel reality crumpled his integrity. No doubt, there were too
few women and one could not see any young or old in the civilian
area. There was no way to find wives or daughter in laws. Of course
some women were powerful ability users on teams, but Luo Xun
could not reach those people’s levels.

Any beauties had long been ushered away with no chance to see.
There were also average ones like Xi Feng but due to scarcity had
outrageous minimum requirements. Luo Xun would not able to talk to
one as a normal person.

Little girls? Even less! Households were strict, under normal

circumstances they were not allowed outside. Many infants and
young girls were lost on the road during the initial escape. Patriarchal

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ideology even persisted during doomsday.

How would the bases react when women became much scarcer
than men?

Luo Xun met an eventual close friend while escaping. The two were
of similar age, ordinary and not straight. They met when M-city was
over run and had to escape northward. For half a month, the two
journeyed north, encouraging each other and talking of future plans.

Luo Xun still recalled that person saying, “If we can’t find
companions in A-city, why not live together instead?” Luo Xun
had been ambivalent.

In fact, there were many others with similar thoughts. After all,
humans were social creatures, even Robinson Crusoe had Friday as a
companion.

Two men living together was not difficult, there was mutual aid and
going out with teammates. A normal life without children, not too
different from a married couple with warm affection and reliance over
passion.

After his rebirth, Luo Xun had never thought of bringing a girlfriend
home before the apocalypse started. Since the future was
unpredictable, who knew if she would betray him upon when she
realized her increased value. The truth was that Luo Xun could not
gamble, even more not bet on his future.

As for a boyfriend? Luo Xun did not really think about it, but was
willing if he met a suitable candidate. If not then as long as no one
turned into a zombie, Luo Xun thought Puppy was enough.

However Luo Xun now had an unexpected beauty lying in his bed.
He had only previously seen one similarly beautiful man, a powerful
wind user near a burning house. Luo Xun remembered the peach
eyes as well as a ring of blood from those cut down by wind blades.

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The man was not ordinary and there was no way to guarantee his
anonymity. Luo Xun could only stupidly hide in his home. However
that was impossible since the handsome man also had powers. So
Luo Xun was conflicted, should he bring him back next door as soon
as possible?

The troublemakers had fled, he fed him anti-inflammatory drugs. If

his constitution was decent he would survive. If not then he would
not have much time, Luo Xun would have to let him go…

Luo Xun bent next to the bed, trying to pick the injured man up –
he should have known the guy was more trouble than he was worth
and should not be in his bedroom!

When he moved, he heard a hum from his side. Luo Xun turned
and saw a pair of narrowed eyes. In the dim light, the man’s misty
eyes struck his heart.

*Badump, badump, badump* Luo Xun’s heart almost jumped out

from his throat. Asleep, the man was like a fairy, awake he seemed
more sinful than a demon. Perhaps it had been a trick of the light?

Luo Xun’s brain ran in circles, unsure of what to do. Yan Fei’s eyes
were still blurry, he saw a somewhat familiar young man.

He whispered, “Water…”

Luo Xun recovered, thankfully the lamp covered his embarrassed

flush. He handed the cup over but due to the chest injury Luo Xun
ended up feeding him the water. Some it dripped, Luo Xun averted
his eyes and cursed his heart.

Although motivated in his previous life, Luo Xun was an honest and
innocent man. He did not want to engage in *cough* activities in
places with poor conditions and hygiene or that required payment.
He relied on his left hand for that decade post-apocalypse.

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no real life experience. He could not be blamed for not being calm.

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Chapter 15
Yan Fei’s mind cleared after drinking water. He thought back
through the lethargy – soft bed, wardrobe and furniture. Prior to
passing out he had been on cold cement, it must be the young man’s
home.

“Is your apartment?” His voice was low and hoarse.

“Ah?” Luo Xun was distracted and too far away to hear.

Yan Fei felt dizzy and closed his eyes on the brink of fainting again.
“My head is spinning.”

Luo Xun stiffened, then sighed helplessly, “You have a fever. I

gave you some medicine since I could not reach the hospital.
Also, some people came upstairs looking for you.”

Luo Xun had saved the guy as a future investment, he also needed
to maintain good relations with the ability user. Since he did not want
to get in trouble, it would be better to ask in advance.

Yan Fei kept his eyes closed while his mouth curled into a sneer.
“More like kill me.”

He reluctantly looked at Luo Xun, “They did not bother you?”

Since the apocalypse began, people scrambled to leave the city. It

quickly devolved into robbing and fighting, conflicts over small
provocations. Yan Fei was sure that the guys who came upstairs
would take the opportunity to break in an ransack the homes.

“They were thinking of causing trouble but my dog scared

them away.” Luo Xun lied with a straight face.

Downstairs, Puppy was gnawing on Luo Xun’s slippers, familiarizing

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herself with the scent. The corners of Yan Fei’s mouth lifted, a non-
crazy dog was useful in a home.

In the current situation, dogs were closer and more trustworthy

than people. Those guys had been polite and flattering before
discovering they had weapons and abilities. The women in the group
fawned, the men drank vinegar and became jealous. The plotting had
reached its peak after reaching the next district.

“Yan Fei.”

He had never dared trust anyone in his life, self interest would
always trump altruism. However right now he could only rely on this
man.

‘Rely on’ such fragile, empty words but he had no choice. Injured
was better than dead. Seeing Yan Fei’s outstretched hand, Luo Xun
returned the gesture.

“Luo Xun.”

Yan Fei closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths. “I will be
troubling you for a few days. When I am healed, I will find a
way to repay you.”

The hand in Luo Xun’s grip went slack. He died?!

Luo Xun checked Yan Fei’s pulse, he was still breathing so he had
fainted.

Wait for a few days? Luo Xun had just thought of bringing him back
next door! How should he proceed? Luo Xun stood beside the bed,
pacing back and forth. He then tucked Yan Fei back into bed and
covered him with a quilt.

Luo Xun understood, if Yan Fei had been disorientated enough to

have only woken up again while next door, then there would be no
moral pressure according to the rules of the apocalypse.

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The problem was that he had woken up halfway and realized it was
Luo Xun’s home! If he had not awakened, then nature would have
run its course. But if he awakened back in that rough room
now…*sigh*

Human nature was like that, at the start either give help or none at
all. It was fine either way but if one helped then stopped there would
be expectations, better to have not helped at all.

In that case, now that Luo Xun was in this situation, he headed to
the door. His home had a number of things but most had been tidied
away. He would think of an excuse to explain the stuff before Yan Fei
recovered.

As for the patient upstairs…Luo Xun’s eyes flashed. He did not

mind an early investment to help the metal ability user but if the
other party was evil-hearted…His decade of experience would not be
in vain. To kill someone, one did not need abilities, a bullet to the
brain worked just as well.

There had been bloody, gloomy darkness nestled amongst long-

time residents who rarely left the base. Sometimes, this darkness
was much more dangerous than the zombies outside.

When Yan Fei opened his eyes, the warmth and softness made him
think that he had returned to his city apartment. He slowly turned,
the chest pain cleared his mind. He wondered why the curtains were
drawn in the afternoon. His brain started, the curtains were not the
same. Although both blocked most of the light, he preferred light
green to dark red.

The room was soundproof so he did not hear anyone when the
door opened. He turned his head with some difficulty. The bedroom
light switched on and Yan Fei squinted at the person who had
entered.

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had not expected Yan Fei to be awake when he walked in.

“You’re awake? Just in time to take medicine.”

While in a coma, feeding medicine was difficult. Luo Xun had been
unwilling to give mouth to mouth to an unknown, sick man.

*Cough*Cough* Seeing his appearance, his personal life must have

been rather colorful. What if he had a disease?

Yes, when he left, Luo Xun would need to sterilize the utensils. Yan
Fei remembered the voice and Luo Xun’s expression was quite
striking since Yan Fei had not adapted to the light yet. He heard
panting and scuffling from the opened bedroom door, Luo Xun did
own a dog.

“Is that your dog?” His throat was so dry that even a few words
caused his chapped lips to ache.

“Yes.” Luo Xun responded.

He did not want the puppy to come up for hygiene reasons. Instead
the puppy cleverly chased her tail in the doorway, occasionally
bumping into the wall.

He placed the water and congee on the nightstand then removed a

box of anti-inflammatory pills and a first aid kit.

“Thank you.”

“No problem, I have some things you’ll help with once you
are healed.” Luo Xun said these words in advance, since he would
benefit in the end.

Otherwise, he would not have expended such effort to bring Yan

Fei home. Yan Fei narrowed his eyes and smirked. The words did not
make him uncomfortable, on the contrary he was a businessman with
the principle of give and take. He now felt at ease in Luo Xun’s home.

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Luo Xun left the medication on the nightstand and turned to see a
smiling beauty. He unsurprisingly blushed from seeing a beauty up
close. The ceiling light was not blue so Luo Xun’s boiling red face was
not hidden. Stupidly flustered, he immediately broke eye contact and
tried to regain his composure.

Instead of wearing a mask to filter air pollution, Yan Fei wore one
to hide his face. Thus that kind of expression was as common as
drinking boiled water. Though it had been only women with that sort
of expression towards him. Men usually had a possessive expression,
however the young man looked shy instead.

He had said he wanted something…could it be to have clouds and

rain? Though he was unsure from the man’s expression.

With that thought, Yan Fei involuntarily laughed, which turned into
coughing when his injury flared with pain.

The puppy stopped and poked her head inside, looking for the
source of the sound.

“Careful.” Luo Xun gently propped him up with some pillows.

“I don’t know where you’re hurt exactly. Be careful since

there is only basic medical care.”

Luckily the cause of the cough was still unknown or he would have
had to steel himself and throw Yan Fei back next door.

Yan Fei blinked and took calming breaths, “How long was I out?”

“Three days.”

Three days, his eyes flashed…if Luo Xun had not brought him to his
home, he may not have woken up at all.

“Take your medicine first.”

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Yan Fei tried to raise his arm but his injury made that impossible.
He wryly smiled, “Sorry, I need your help…”

Yan Fei’s face had been cleaned of the earlier blood and mud. His
skin was delicate and white with nicely shaped lips. Luo Xun had
known at first glance that Yan Fei’s looks were like a hypnotic flame.
His smile easily sucked in people.

This time Luo Xun was calmer, with a slight frown and avoiding eye
contact.

“Take the medicine.” Luo Xun carefully did not touch Yan Fei as
he fed the pills.

“Water…”

Yan Fei’s response caused despair to gush forth.

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Chapter 16
Luo Xun shoved the cup of water into Yan Fei’s mouth without any
gentleness or consideration for the wounded. Yan Fei wondered how
he had been nursed the past two days, with such treatment how had
he not choked to death?

In reality, Luo Xun had been gentle and considerate, so long as he

did not face an awake Yan Fei. Seeing the man’s face, Luo Xun felt
that he should distance himself lest he become careless, leading to
his current unusual behaviour.

There was no helping it, he was an innocent bent man! It would be

strange to face this super handsome man without issue. When he
was back on his feet, must make sure he moved back next door!

“What medicine did you give me?” Yan Fei only asked after he
swallowed the pill.

“Anti-inflammatory drug, Yunanbaiyo.” Luo Xun packed the

medicine away.

“You vomited blood so I guessed you had internal injuries

but no specifics. Any anti-inflammatories should have had
some effect. My family’s old dog ate some which helped after
getting hit by a car.”

Yan Fei remained silent, he was lucky to be alive. Maybe the

medicine was really effective? Perhaps when Yan Fei had been shot
in the gut, his broken ribs did not touch any internal organs? Or
maybe ability users had an improved constitution?

His fever had passed when Luo Xun brought Yan Fei home. He just
had not woken up until now.

“Eat some congee.”

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The man was fully awake but Luo Xun knew he could not shoo him
out the door in consideration of future ammunition. He had
reluctantly boiled rice porridge for him – rice was very valuable. If he
could save two bags, in two years time prices would be high enough
he could exchange for half a year’s worth of mutated food!

“Thank you…” Yan Fei wisely avoided any questions – Luo Xun
looked like he would vomit blood as he glared resentful at the spoon.

After eating a few spoonfuls, Luo Xun’s resentment became

unoticeable.

Yan Fei asked, “Before you said I would need to do

something? What?”

Luo Xun suddenly remembered his previous words, he immediately

put down the bowl and grabbed something nearby. “Can you make
this?”

He revealed the crossbow arrow from his quiver.

“This?” Yan Fei arched an eyebrow, eyeing the crossbow with

surprise.

During their first encounter, Luo Xun’s raincoat and crossbow were
quite conspicuous. In these troubled times, he must have had a good
head on his shoulders to grab a weapon at the start. The lethality
was less than that of a gun but safer than other cold weapons. No
wonder he had saved him…

“Is there any metal?”

Luo Xun hurriedly handed over a few screws. Yan Fei took the
arrow and screws which suddenly floated, suspended above his palm.
With several twists and turns, an almost replica was formed.

“Is this okay?”

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Luo Xun’s eyes widened, he had only heard of metal abilities in his
past life. However he had never seen since the ability was very rare.
Most had been fire and lightning with offensive abilities or various
body strengthening types.

Not to mention, regular people and ability users only mingled at

the start of the apocalypse. During the middle to later time period,
how would an ordinary person like Luo Xun be able to see such
people except when they bought things.

The two crossbow arrows weighed about the same, the color was
different, which was irrelevant since the materials differed.

Luo Xun quickly loaded the arrow and aimed at the special target
mounted on the bedroom wall.

*Swish, thunk* The crossbow lethality was qualified!

Little Puppy suffered a huge shock, sitting in the wrong place at

the wrong time. Yan Fei’s eyes narrowed at the still vibrating,
bullseye arrow. All the movements were fluid and uniform, Luo Xun
had such a hobby before the apocalypse and also practiced often?
How could he have such accurate aim only a few days after the
apocalypse?

Fortunately Luo Xun was rather young so having a mix of activities

such as playing real counter-strike or egg shooting was not strange.
Yan Fei also did a variety of activities, otherwise he would have been
suspicious.

At this moment Yan Fei felt that Luo Xun’s regard had changed
from shy maiden to burning desire. This rare ability user was indeed
powerful! Yan Fei inexplicably felt a chill down his neck and he lightly
coughed.

“So you want me to help you make these?”

With the question, Luo Xun calmed down and sat at the side of the

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bed.

“Wait until your injury is healed, since using a crossbow is

inconvenient without arrows.”

Yes, just inconvenient, so long as he did not attract others

attention, Luo Xun could use an alternative method as a matter of
practicality.

“If you agree, I would like to trade for food and water,
These things are not cheap after the apocalypse but at the
same time the price of weapons, especially ammo is not low
either. Both sides benefit.”

Yan Fei’s eyes flashed, under pressure to help himself, he would

convert his own bullets. One’s own life was precious, beneficial
exchange was difficult to believe in. Closer to cold equivalent
exchange, who helped who and who saved who.

In face of the post-apocalyptic world, Yan Fei did not want to

change his way of life. Is this what he had been vaguely expecting to
change? He still only trusted himself.

“Okay.” Yan Fei nodded and closed his eyes.

“Eat something and rest.”

The scent of congee wafted forward, Yan Fei opened his eyes and
thought Luo Xun’s movements were more natural and gentle without
stiffness. Sure enough, people needed to communicate to understand
each other.

Luo Xun turned to leave with the bowl and spoon. Puppy had
somehow snuck in and was sitting in curiosity.

“Go downstairs.” Luo Xun whispered, Puppy perked up and with

a swish of her tail glanced at Yan Fei in bed then exited.

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The lights on the second floor were on, but the first floor living
room was dark. There was a bit of starlight pouring through the
window.

The privacy film could only block view from the outside, it could
not block all trace of indoor lighting. The power in the district had
been out for three days, the light from the second floor was
completely blocked by the thick curtains.

However it was not enough for the living room since the balcony
had a lot of plants. Luo Xun had no way to keep the curtains drawn,
any reveals would cause him trouble.

The night of the blackout, after leaving Yan Fei in the bedroom, Luo
Xun had connected his home to a standby power supply. Now his
freezers in the living room were powered with alternative power. His
solar panels were assembled outside, charging his new personal
generators.

If now was not the early days, Luo Xun would have used all of the
available wall and roof space to install solar panels. Relying on this,
he could even nurse five patients simultaneously in his home!

“Obedient, what’s the use?” Luo Xun said to the puppy

wandering at his feet.

He saw her sleeping during the day. He decided to go back to

sleep. Luo Xun checked the doors, windows, the quails in the glass
box on the balcony and ended up in the middle of the living room.

Puppy wrapped her tail around Luo Xun’s feet. These past two days
Luo Xun did not go out much, Yan Fei was currently in his home and
the nearby troops had rapidly reacted. They sent a portion of troops
into the city centre to those who had ordered priority rescue. The
remainder dealt with zombies in the surrounding area.

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a group passing by during the past two days. Just yesterday, the
troops had cleared all the wandering zombies in the neighborhood.
The speed was so fast the even Luo Xun – one who had experienced
two doomsdays was impressed.

Luo Xun returned to the bedroom and saw Yan Fei leaning on the
pillow trying to stand up, his eyes closed until he realized he was not
alone. Luo Xun stepped forward, he refused to admit Yan Fei’s face
was still riveting even after three days. Luo Xun walked over, fluffed
the pillows and helped Yan Fei lie down.

“Do you need to go to the washroom?”

“Not right now…” Yan Fei thought to himself then asked, “How
did I…these past two days? What method?”

Luo Xun handed over a meal, his deadpan face had a trace of a
nasty smile. “Diapers.”

…………….

Yan Fei’s scalp felt numb, he just realized that his lower body had
felt strange. He had thought it was from sleeping too long!

Yan Fei wanted to ask more questions but held back seeing Luo
Xun’s expression. He felt like throwing up!

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Chapter 17
Luo Xun turned off the bedroom lights and turned on the small
bedside lamp. His mood had improved, no wonder people said – if
you feel sad just say something and spread it to everyone!

Seeing other down was the most effective way to buoy one’s own
mood! This way Luo Xun’s sadness at being unable to shove the guy
back next door had completely dissipated. Luo Xun suddenly
remembered something and smoothly pulled an object from the
drawer to put on the side table.

“Here, your gun”

Yan Fei paused for a moment and looked perplexedly at Luo Xun.

Luo Xun leisurely turned away while on the bed. To him, the threat
of a gun in Yan Fei’s hand was equal to that of his metal powers He
had come across many guns in his life, not to mention there were
only two bullets left. There was nothing to be greedy about.

If one really wanted to kill someone, there was no difference

between a gun and a crossbow.

Yan Fei did not touch the gun and instead closed his eyes, his

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mouth quirked up. The two metre bed sunk slightly under the weight
of two men sleeping peacefully side by side without touching.

Yan Fei adjusted after a while, trying to distract himself from

uncomfortable sensations.

He asked, “What’s the current situation like outside?”

Luo Xun kindly avoided teasing Yan Fei’s nerves, “Army vehicles
passed by yesterday, cleared the road of zombies and helped
stabilize the populace. Today the soldiers combed the
neighborhoods to clear out remaining zombies. Tomorrow
they will come again to clear up zombies inside buildings and
count the survivors.”

His room had been prepared for visitors, nothing to be concerned

about

Luo Xun also added, “This is a new district with few

inhabitants. It’s estimated that everything will soon be
cleaned up with the nearby troops. I heard that there is no
way to recover old homes if absent. If new survivors are
rescued in the future, the army will probably use these
empty homes. You should take a room now otherwise you
might not have a place to live.”

In reality, Luo Xun only wanted to say the last sentence but was
afraid of offending the other party. Letting Yan Fei leave of his own

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initiative would be best.

Yan Fei had dealt with people who were far more experienced than
Luo Xun. Even if Luo Xun had lived two lifetimes, he could be
considered a defensive counter-attack type. His movements were
used to block others murderous intentions and ensuring his relative
safety and privacy

On the other hand, Yan Fei was very different. He grew up in high
society social circles and was forced to observe and be observed.

After all, the best defense is a good offense. Keep your opponents
busy, never let them relax and naturally they could not afford to deal
with you. He had understood this from the age of 10.

“Occupy an apartment?”

The room next door? Yan Fei’s eyebrows quirked in understanding,

if this had been his own home, he would also not have been willing to
let a stranger stay but…

Luo Xun went to close the curtains. Yan Fei turned to the side,
raised a hand to cover his chest and coughed.

“What’s the matter? Where does it hurt?” Luo Xun was

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distracted.

The cough got cut short so the that the fake cough did not become
real – though there was some chest pain upon taking a deep breath.

“That…it’s fine, wait until your injury is healed. Anyway I

already dealt with the home next door.”

“Handled?” Yan Fei asked doubtfully.

“Ah, put a peephole and changed to door locks.”

In this building peepholes were only installed after finding a tenant.

The peephole meant that the apartment had an owner. Thus why it
and the locks were changed.

Luo Xun had bought the lock as a standby before the apocalypse.
In case someone broke the door, otherwise he would not have any
replacements.

Yan Fei’s mood inexplicably relaxed hearing that Luo Xun was no
longer urging him to move next door. His eyes narrowed and his lips
curled. He did not want to depend on Luo Xun like this, eating his
food and using him. What kind of guest was he?

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He was not a gigolo. Even with the apocalypse, with brains and
brawn, nature would find a way to live. Of course Luo Xun’s help
would be rewarded.

However he did not want to leave now, not at all. In more than 20
years he had not had such an easy or comfortable time talking with
anyone.

Yan Fei sighed in relief. “When I was fleeing I could not

contact my family, don’t know if they…if I can find them I’ll
figure out where to live, maybe my family is okay.” His voice
was a bit hoarse, probably because he had been lethargic and did not
drink enough water.

Hearing that low mellow sound shook the heart like an earthquake.

Luo Xun was caught in a wave of sympathy, even if he previously

wanted Yan Fei to leave, to get rid of him quickly while remaining
cordial. Luo Xun’s parents had died while he was in high school and
only left their house to him. Due to their death his college entrance
examinations admitted him to a third tier university.

After he only attended two years because of expensive tuition, a

school atmosphere not conducive to learning and irresponsible
professors. With Luo Xun’s reluctance to continue his studies, he
simply worked until the apocalypse.

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“Where does your family live?”

Yan Fei’s mouth curled into a sneer, “Downtown Xi Cheng

district. I was going to go find them but there was a car
accident halfway through. I had temporarily evacuated to the
southwest area with some others because there were too
many zombies in the area.”

Xi Cheng district was one of the most densely populated areas in

the city, along with the other urban areas would be hit hardest the
midnight of the apocalypse.

“…The army has been dispatched so as long as your family

closed the door and stayed inside, they should be saved
soon.”

Luo Xun was well aware of the dangers of densely populated areas.
He had barely escaped from F-city the first time, which had a much
lower population density versus A-city. He then came to A-city base
and experienced a number of zombie sieges.

How many of the zombies in the sea of corpses had been people
from the city?

Search teams combed the city to collect all sorts of resources after

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the base had stabilized. Any encountered zombies would be dealt
with, but the enemies were endless. It was possible that Yan Fei’s
family was already dead.

“Well, so long as there is a chance, we’ll meet again

somehow.”

Yan Fei decided to switch topics and asked, “What about your
family? I haven’t seen anyone else so far?”

Luo Xun sighed, “They died my sophomore year.”

Yan Fei was stunned, he thought Luo Xun lived with his parents.
The room was well furnished, Luo Xun was rather young without a
city accent. He looked like a stay home college student.

“My condolences…”

“It is fine, it has been years.”

Luo Xun faintly smiled and found with the lights off he could speak
to Yan Fei like an ordinary person, almost like friends.

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“Sorry.” Yan Fei sincerely apologized, his intention had been to
stir up compassion, let Luo Xun feel guilt at moving him away.

Of course Yan Fei would not depend on him forever, but teasing
Luo Xun was interesting. He did not think his words would poke at
another’s weak spots.

“It’s fine, if need be I will also help you inquire about your
parents.”

Even if it was difficult to get good news.

Yan Fei opened his and wanted to say, “No, with their selfish
personalities they will find the safest, most protected area
immediately when something goes wrong.”

Afterall, the home may be located in the Xi Cheng district but the
people almost never lived there. Each had a lover’s nest built in the
city, the three did not need each other to live well.

With some difficulty and movement pain he lifted his left hand. Yan
Fei placed his hand between the two on the blanket. It seemed he
wanted to pat Luo Xun but due to pain could not complete the action.

“Yes?” Luo Xun turned in confusion and looked at the beautiful

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eyes and mole.

“Don’t bother looking. They will live well, must be very

good.”

Luo Xun paused then stretched out his hand, Yan Fei’s skin was
soft but he was not powerless. These two days when Luo Xun helped
him go to bed, eat food and take medicine, Yan Fei’s seemingly thin
body had strength. When poked the supposedly soft body had
flexible muscles. In contrast to Luo Xun’s chicken limbs, Yan Fei’s
hand was tough and strong even when injured.

Luo Xun felt depressed but quickly pushed the thought away.
“Well nothing to worry about.”

There was no awkwardness holding hands. Both men were

comforting each other and neither wanted to let go first. In the dark
room, others could not see and they had not realized.

In December, the north wind whistled outside, without heating the

rooms would have been freezing. However Luo Xun had planted
crops in advance to transform the balcony, terrace and nursery into
greenhouses. Coupled with some powerful solar batteries, several
rooms were unexpectedly warm.

It did not feel cold, even with a hand outside the blanket. The two

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men fell asleep finding nothing odd.

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Chapter 18
Luo Xun woke to his noisy watch alarm, he reached for it but his
hand was grasped. He confusedly turned to see his hand being held
then looked up to see a pair of sleepy eyes obscured with fog. The
natural morning reaction became more noticeable, there was a small
tent pitched in the duvet.

Luo Xun twitched and grabbed his hand back. He subconsciously

shrunk back and with a crash…fell from the bed. Downstairs, the
puppy barked a few times in response to the noise.

The previously sleepy Yan Fei was now fully awake. He looked at
Luo Xun’s red, flustered face avoiding eye contact. When Luo Xun
finally looked up, the quilt had fallen down a bit, he hurriedly grabbed
the nearest clothes and fled the room.

Yan Fei raised an eyebrow and smiled crookedly. He remembered

last night when Luo Xun had blushed a bit but was still clearly
dangerous. However just now, would a normal man, even a thin
skinned one blush like that in response to a handsome man?

Yan Fei lifted his left hand to his face and laughed. Due to his
wounds the laughs turned into coughs before he depressingly smiled.
Although it had been an unexpected possibility, but with Luo Xun’s
overreaction he seemed like an innocent boy who lived alone for a
long time afraid of losing face.

Yan Fei from a young age had been the target of many people’s
pursuit due to his excellent looks. Amongst them, there were both
men and women. Less men pursued him, though it was not zero but
he had little interest. More importantly, all were attracted to his
appearance first!

Even if he was occasionally curious, even when Yan Fei had a whim

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to try and be with a man, he would not accept being the bottom in
the relationship. Thus when Yan Fei found out that the delicate man
he had pursued for two months wanted to top, he did not hesitate to
boot him out the door. He turned and made eyes with a beautiful
lady at a bar dance floor.

However even though Luo Xun’s reaction was somewhat excessive,

Yan Fei did not dare confirm his suspicions. Even if he was right, the
other did not say anything and he did not need to stay on guard.

Luo Xun’s thin body…he would not be able to beat Yan Fei even in
his current injured state. What did he have to lose?

After a while, Luo Xun returned to find clothes and change in the
closet. Not long after he brought two bowls of congee and hot water.

If Yan Fei had encountered Luo Xun during peacetime with his soft
comely appearance and easily flustered, he would have teased him.
However now in the apocalypse his life was precarious and precious,
he could not afford to play around in case he crossed a line.

Now Yan Fei was living, eating and drinking with Luo Xun, he did
not want to provoke his temporary meal ticket. He did not want to
get thrown back next door!

Yan Fei swallowed the medicine, drank water and ate the porridge
in silence. Luo Xun quickly returned to normal and thought – what
man did not have a normal morning reaction? Was there no shame
when he was in school living with a roommate?

He had lost some cohabitation common sense from living a life

during doomsday! The calm reaction of the two men was as if last
night’s warmth had been nothing but a dream.

Luo Xun exited the bedroom and closed the door then opened the
puppy’s cage. He mechanically filled the empty pet bowl, placed it
down then propped himself against the counter.

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He still had to find a way to throw him back next door!

This time Luo Xun was very determined, the reason was twofold –
Yan Fei had seen his shameful appearance in the morning and his
eyes had a suspicious gleam. Luo Xun could not directly berid of him
since Yan Fei had use, thus he could only hurriedly send the man
away from his boudoir….ah no the bedroom! It would be the most
sensible choice.

Yan Fei had been in a coma for two days, even if he was not fully
dressed, no one would see in the early morning. He felt like he had
an overly long hangover.

Luo Xun stopped to pet Puppy who had just left her cage, cleaned
up the tableware and began his daily routine. He pruned branches
and sifted through the vegetable boxes to find signs of plant
mutation.

Luo Xun’s mood was restored to normal, only needed to avoid

going upstairs to impulsively blow up the other guy.

Puppy felt her owner’s mood this morning was strange, so she
obediently followed by Luo Xun’s side as he moved around instead of
rolling on the ground. Luo Xun busied himself, when he turned
around Puppy was standing with her tongue out.

He laughed, squatted and picked her up. “The house should be

big enough for you, how would I take you out for a walk in
these conditions?”

The puppy whined while wagging her tail. She was now at least two
or three times bigger than when first bought, Luo Xun’s arms were
now full.

He kissed the puppy’s forehead and was given a slobbery lick in

return. Suddenly a horn sounded from the direction of the balcony,
Luo Xun held the dog and walked over. An army car was parked in

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the neighborhood and a team of armed soldiers jumped off the small
military truck.

The first day the army was in the area, they got rid of all the
wandering zombies. Today the army came to clean the building of
any remaining zombies. In order to avoid accidental injuries, the
military asked residents to tie a ribbon in the window to indicate
whether there was anyone in the house.

Luo Xun stuck two pieces of fabric on the window, denoting two
people in the home. He looked around through the telescope and was
shocked that some windows had fabric strips. He had seriously
suspected that all the people had escaped the area and there would
be no signs in the windows.

The people investigated each building, floor and room. Luo Xun
hugged the puppy and headed upstairs, paused before the bedroom
then pushed.

“The army car is in the area investigating the zombies.

Since you are injured, should I tell them so you can get
medical attention?”

“Get medical help from the army?” Yan Fei only heard the last
part since the bedroom was soundproofed and missed the details.

“Yeah, the army should have medical equipment.”

“But right now there would be a bunch of other injured

people and I’m just a normal person.” Yan Fei shrugged and
naively smiled at Luo Xun.

Luo Xun looked quietly while still holding the puppy. Yan Fei’s
ability was indeed powerful and in demand but he would not report
behind his back. Even if he hoped to cooperate with the military, he
would be able to purchase ammunition from Yan Fei with their
current relationship.

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Luo Xun woud discuss with Yan Fei to stay cordial. “You are an
ability user and the power is rare and special. The military
would pay attention if they knew. These days I have seen
multiple soldiers with fire, ice and thunder abilities. Your
metal power would not attract trouble.”

Yan Fei was surprised for a moment, he did not think Luo Xun
would say that. Yes, his abilities were good and he would get
attention if the army wanted to mould metal but…

“What about your weapons?”

Luo Xun laughed, “Wait until your healed, you can come and
trade with me if you have time off from the army. I could
trade food, drink or other things. If I didn’t meet you I could
supply myself but it would be more convenient with your
ability.”

Yes, Luo Xun had known from the start that an ordinary person
could not hold onto a strong ability user like Yan Fei.

He just wanted to take the opportunity to see if he could establish

a good relationship, to secure a future source of weapons and
ammunition. Even if that did not work, doing some extra work was no
problem.

Now there was an opportunity to help Yan Fei get better living
conditions and have a higher position on base in the future. If he was
comfortable, maybe future cooperation would be improved? Should
be better than him becoming a super strong next door neighbor.

Yan Fei was stunned, it was true that going to the army would be
the most secure action however he felt like a nuisance that Luo Xun
was impatient to send away.

Luo Xun finished and bent to pet the puppy in his arms. Puppy
raised her head with her tongue out and tail wagging.

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One person and one dog were immersed in their private world of
happiness, causing other’s hearts to itch.

“What about you?” Yan Fei’s voice was a little cold.

“Me?” Luo Xun paused then smiled. “I am an ordinary person,

it would be best for the army to come and regulate. I’m sure
I’ll find a form of livelihood. If not, sooner or later there will
be safe areas, shelters and other places for people to live,
then follow the army for protection.”

“…Just you?”

Luo Xun used the puppy’s paw to wave at Yan Fei in surprise.
“How could it just be me? I have Puppy with me. She’ll
always be there for me right?”

Puppy was too young to completely understand but knew Luo Xun
was speaking to her. She lifted her head and barked in agreement.

Luo Xun smiled and gazed tenderly at the puppy. She was not a
bad purchase, the puppy was his companion for at least 10 years
without any mutation! By then, he would have hopefully found a
partner…

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Chapter 19
Looking at Luo Xun’s tender expression of happiness, Yan Fei felt
his heart tighten…he was not as good as a dog? He did not have any
intentions or ideas towards Luo Xun but could not stop himself from
choking.

It seemed that Luo Xun had not given him any goodwill from the
start. He seemed inferior to the dog held in Luo Xun’s arms!

He never entertained expectations of love from his parents and the

family elders treated him as the quality results of marriage between
two houses. He was fed up with the farce of one played father,
mother and grandfather – he played the role of son/grandson.

When they needed to come out it was like a movie family reunion
but once the scene was over, each returned home to their own life
without even the common greeting, “What’s for dinner tonight?”

Yan Fei was composed and sensible growing up, he never thought
of following his heart, of marrying a woman he could be of one body,
mind and soul because his marriage would not be one of love. So
while he still had freedom he lived his life, enjoyed what he wanted
but never expected friendship or love…

That day, world order suddenly fell apart, it was the end of the
world for others but an opportunity for him…a chance to change his
future.

Although he had unluckily met a group of people that night, got

injured and fainted. However he later met Luo Xun and lived in his
home which had a relaxing atmosphere otherwise he would not have
been able to sleep so soundly after falling into a coma.

Now the man was telling him: you need to go, it is for your own
good.

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“I don’t want the benefits.”

From an early age, he had received too many ‘benefits’ from

blood-related relatives, so long as his actions and manners
conformed to his role along with an obligation to fulfill said role, he
got whatever he desired. But his only hope, deeply concealed in his
heart had never been granted.

Now was the apocalypse, he could truly walk his own path.

“Ah?” Luo Xun tilted his head, ‘benefit’? What benefit? Did he not
have a chest injury? Why was he speaking nonsense now? He did
have a small cut on his head that day, did he have a concussion?

Yan Fei pushed himself up and stubbornly stated, “I hate trouble

and right now one can’t be sure if there is someone
experimenting on ability users. I have no backers in the army
and I refuse to become cannon fodder.”

Who said he did not have any military backing? Just not in this
zone…

Luo Xun suddenly realized that even in his past life he was unsure
if some ability users were secretly experimented on. After all that
sort of thing had not applied to him, not to mention Yan Fei’s ability
was rare.

The doorbell suddenly rang, breaking the current tension.

“Maybe it’s the army men, I’ll go and see.” Luo Xun turned to
leave.

Yan Fei opened his mouth, “Don’t say I have any powers…”

Luo Xun’s footsteps paused and turned around with a smile, “I

know, I won’t say a thing, don’t worry.”

Yan Fei stared speechless at the empty doorway and after a while

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whispered to himself, “Don’t worry…”

The doorbell rang again while Luo Xun trotted over to the door. A
few soldiers were standing in the hallway, the doors of several
nearby rooms were opened, including the one where Luo Xun had
helped Yan Fei.

Rooms that did not have any fabric ribbons denoting human
presence were forcibly breached by the army to ensure zero dead
bodies or zombies.

The soldiers grasped their guns when they saw Luo Xun open the
door.

“The house has two survivors? Has anyone been scratched

or bitten by a zombie?”

Luo Xun hurriedly shook his head, “No, the house only has me
and my cousin. We found out afterwards and whenever we
went out we covered up.”

“Where is your cousin?”

In addition to dealing with zombies and corpses, the soldiers also

had to collect demographic statistics. It had been clear that the
urban area could not be regained within a short time period.

Each city had been divided into points of each military region with
plans to establish safe areas and rescue survivors as soon as
possible. The population density of the southwest was relatively
small and close to two troop bases so there was an early division of
safety zones.

“My cousin wanted to go out and find some water one day,
he was mistaken for a zombie and attacked! His chest was
injured and he spat out blood. We dared not go out to find a
doctor so he took some anti-inflammatory drugs at home and
rested…”

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Luo Xun explained while verifying the two were actual soldiers. The
two men were civilian officers responsible for collecting statistical
survivor data.

“Oh? Vomiting blood?” The officer guiltily looked at the ground.

“We will take note of the situation but all the army doctors
are on the front lines at the moment…”

“He has no fever now but I am afraid that his ribs

fractured. Can you help see if he is out of danger?”

Most of the army soldiers were capable of checking if there were

any fractures. Only the doctors were too busy, could not guarantee
one would come if the situation was serious. The two officers nodded
in agreement since Luo Xun’s request was reasonable.

“Ah, your house has quite a few things.” The two saw into the
living room with big and small boxes. The balcony had a curtain to
block out sunlight.

This was the result of Luo Xun’s earlier preparations, why he

ordered so many boxes from the internet and saved water. All to
prevent people at the door from seeing too much stuff.

He laughed, “My cousin and I deliveries, this is the latest

goods shipment. Didn’t think going out would meet zombies!
We deal with perishable goods, if we had known earlier it
would have been better to sell grain and oil products!”

The officer solemnly nodded, “You’re lucky the both of you are
all right. Just now in the building there was a family’s son
who woke up a zombie! The old couple were in despair…shut
in the house not willing to kill but dare not let out…alas we
were stuck at the door.”

They talked all the way upstairs into the bedroom.

Yan Fei could only hear people coming upstairs, but did not know

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why so he was a bit anxious. However he thought carefully, the
military was here to make sure the survivors had no issues, not turn
into zombie, this slightly relaxed his mood.

“Cousin, the two officers are here to check for fractures. I

asked them to come check up on your ribs.” Luo Xun feared a
misunderstanding and loudly shouted at the door.

Yan Fei was pale but otherwise fine, no sign of zombie infection so
the officer approached. He was startled in the face of Yan Fei’s
inhuman beauty. When he somewhat timidly checked the chest and
ribs…there was a sense of guilt?

Confirmed the chest injury, head injury was not from a bite, the
two were relieved. While one checked the rib injury the other sighed
at Luo Xun.

“Your cousin has quite the bad luck, mistaken for a zombie
and attacked? Was the attacker blind?”

Luo Xun sighed as well, “Our area still has limited power. We
live high up and could only head down using the stairs. My
cousin went downstairs to bring back some water, some
person was somewhere nearby and pushed him! I was behind
and did not see. Whoever it was fled when I shouted.”

“Ah, it’s a small community, not afraid of being

recognized?”

“Don’t you know? These days a few dozen people fled here
and a few days ago I heard cars in the night. Those people we
did not know.”

The officer had finished checking the bone and straightened Yan
Fei’s clothes.

“Lucky, ribs folded but no dislocation and fortunately did

not poke other organs. With limited medical supplies best he

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stay in bed until healed. Rib fractures are quite common so
long as there is no dislocation the problem is not severe. If
there is a situation we will get back to you. When the area is
cleaned up it be temporarily classified as a security base
under management. You can find soldiers on patrol checks if
needed.”

“Has the security zone been set?” Luo Xun hurriedly inquired.

“For the time being, it is from south of Lui to the troops

there. The area should stay the same, the specific details not
known at this time. No matter you have this place, just follow
the situation regulations.”

The two officers took out the register and asked Luo Xun to fill in
their information. The list was very simple: ID number, name, gender,
address, preliminary statistics. Luo Xun mentioned that 1603 next
door was his cousin’s home but had no time to finish before the
apocalypse Successfully cheated ownership of an apartment.

While filling out the form he reached a section titled ‘having an

ability’. After filling in the basics, Luo Xun innocently asked, “What’s
with an ‘ability’? I was some troops before who could throw a
fireball from their hands, like that?”

“Yes.” The shorter officer nodded. “Some people became

stronger, their hearing sharper and each has some kind of
power like from a movie. If you feel your body has changed, it
might be an ability.”

“What if you suddenly discover you have an ability later?”

“There should be a special registration point or you could

ask the soldiers on patrol.”

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Chapter 20
One person went up the stairs, at the top the taller officer bent
forward seeing the puppy in the cage.

“Chow chow, looks healthy, no abnormalities?”

“No, she has been fine these days.” Luo Xun quickly
explained.

The officer nodded, “You have to be careful, best not let her
out. Outside a lot of dogs mutated, it would be a pity if the
dog was inadvertently bitten and also went rabid.”

“Ah, I know, fortunately I bought her young and did not

develop the habit of walks.”

Luo Xun nodded, it was only after second mutation when zombie
animal bites would not mutate into zombies. Bitten animals would
either die or transform.

The two officers simply checked the room for zombies. Luo Xun
had been well prepared beforehand, all the items were packed into
boxes and placed on shelves of the balcony. No problem even if seen
– were people not allowed to keep flowers on their own balconies?
Either way, who could tell at a glance?

Fortunately neither of the officers looked and were ready to leave

after a rough check. Before they left, Luo Xun suddenly thought of
something to remind the two.

“Right now there’s no electricity since it stopped but what

about water? Can I have a drink?”

“Water?” The two questioned.

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“There is something that turns people into zombies
through bites. Could it be pollute the water through
contact?”

The two officers expressions tightened and they nodded. “We will
report this matter to our superior, be careful when you use
water, boil it for a while. Soon, someone should come door-
to-door with a notice, also pay attention to any broadcasts.”

After Luo Xun had sent away the two, he closed the door and took
a long breath. He then immediately ran to the balcony and terrace to
let the crops blocked by opaque plastic sheets soak up some sun.

“Are they gone?” Yan Fei arrived after hearing the door close.

“Yeah.” Luo Xun breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Yan Fei.

“I put the house next door under your name, if this really
becomes a safe zone if you don’t stay you can rent it out to
another person and maybe make a lot of money!”

He was not joking, the place next door had two bedrooms with
80-90 square metres of area. How many solar panels could be hung
on just a side of the balcony floor window? Even if Yan Fei did not
rent out, not bother to go out and work, he could rely on the outside
light o sell energy for a living.

If he had not been reborn would he have gotten such a good

house? At the start of the apocalypse many people who came to the
safe area preferred lower rooms to save time and stamina climbing
the stairs. However the value of the top floor was much higher than
the underlying ones!

Yan Fei raised an eyebrow, he was not Luo Xun and did not know
the value of the room would skyrocket. Luo Xun seemed proud to be
frugal, Yan Fei could not help but splash some cold water.

“What if the original homeowner comes back?”

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Luo Xun gave him an annoyed side glance. “I did not tell you
earlier? No one locked it properly and the homeowner had
not installed a peephole.”

On the other hand, what would Luo Xun do if the family came back
here alive!?

His heart was in turmoil, Luo Xun sighed and felt regret. He knew
he had gotten an extra empty room and now the military had come
and registered, what good would tricks be?

Luo Xun thought and his eyes lit up at Yan Fei. “That…you have
not rented out the room, go back and clean up I will rent it
afterwards…”

Yan Fei was puzzled and wanted to understand the response. He

glanced at Luo Xun.

“You’re renting this room.”

Yan Fei stated rather than asked, Luo Xun instantly reddened, his
guess was spot on. Luo Xun straightened.

“I signed a one-year contract and intended to rent it long

term.”

Yan Fei eyes revealed a trace of laughter and he whispered but

also coughed because of his chest injury. “Well, when I am better
you can help me out next door.”

Luo Xun calmed down, if the original owner really came back, he
would simply make a deal with Yan Fei. The room next door was
smaller but still very good. Fortunately when he bought all kinds of
materials he still had some funds at home.

Even if there was a shortage he could go out and collect stuff after
the base was completed. The primary zombies had not yet formed
nuclei and were easily dealt with.

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At this point, Luo Xun had completely forgotten that he had
originally wanted Yan Fei to leave. He considered people next door,
crowding together to live – although next door was Yan Fei’s, the
outcome would most likely involve others.

If he did not need to move, Luo Xun would not leave the house.
After all in the last decade he had never heard of the original
homeowners. However it was no problem to think of the house next
door as a backup.

Luo Xun was bound to find a way to deal with Yan Fei, fortunately
from their first meeting the two had not had any conflict. The only
difference was that Luo Xun had abandoned the plans to go and find
Yan Fei’s family, instead he would help next door.

He was now occupied with the layout of one of the bedrooms,

certain other things became less important.

Anyway there were a lot of supplies at home, caring for Yan Fei
was little trouble. No strain on him, not to mention if Yan Fei could
voluntarily provide his own ammo, it meant he had an inexhaustible
supply of live ammunition!

Luo Xun welcomed this kind of win-win situation that also was
inexpensive.

Only received a crossbow arrow deposit, Luo Xun did not realize he
had been paid a deposit without getting any actual benefit. He slowly
moved to the bathroom, following the other guy who needed to go to
the toilet.

The arrival of soldiers in Hong Jing district was a breath of fresh air.
Since the zombies were basically cleaned up, many people boldly left
the house. Some people were wondering whether or not to take
advantage of the presence of soldiers on the road to collect supplies
from the nearby supermarket.

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Some families with cars drove to nearby supermarkets but found
the nearest large ones had been taken over by the military. The
contents were naturally forfeited, with people unable to contest.
However they were afraid that there were zombies further out. Most
of the people were scared and did not have the courage to search
further for supplies.

Some people encircled the military vehicles and expressed

concerns of the basic food shortage problems in their homes. The
military had to send out more unflappable soldiers to the public.

Tomorrow morning they would distribute supplies in several points

in a matter of hours. They relied on the personal information
registered prior to designate several locations for food and water.
After the military there would be reconstruction work, all who
participated would receive a stipend of food and materials, the
specifics to be announced.

With hope, people joyfully returned home even if they had not
received things and waited for the arrival of the next day. Full of
thoughts of ‘next door neighbor backup friends’ Luo Xun was in a
happy busy mood all day long.

He cleaned up the room, replaced the fully charged battery,

trimmed branches and leaves of plants in the patio, picked mature
vegetables, followed up on the nursery work.

Finally with a small protest from his stomach, he boiled a pot of

lean vegetable congee. Green tender, freshly picked rapeseed and
the meat was an early purchase from before the apocalypse
packaged and frozen.

In addition there were cut salted duck eggs, cold spicy garlic
cabbage cut into wedges with red bean curd sauce. Yan Fei was
surprised.

“You, this is too much…” Yan Fei’s heart had an indescribable

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feeling as he looked in shock at the fragrant dishes.

God knows he had drank plain congee that had less salt. He really
did not mean for this!

He had escaped troublesome people after the apocalypse and thus

naturally knew the current climate. Being able to eat hot congee was
already a large gourmet delicacy and he did not want Luo Xun to
endanger himself going out to look for meat.

Luo Xun calmy used his chopsticks to pick up a piece of tofu in

sauce. “No trouble, I have to eat anyway.”

Yan Fei had bypassed the dangerous period and could now eat
more hearty food.

Luo Xun was indifferent to his own food. Anyway outside was not
too peaceful right now, even if he went out with some vegetables
there was nothing to exchange with. As for the meat, it would
eventually go bad even if frozen in the fridge, just slower. If not eaten
within a year and a half it would go bad, same with the other food
items.

Luo Xun was like a sommelier, the congee, fragrant meat,

refreshing side dishes and moderate saltiness caused Yan Fei’s
tongue to come alive. He gazed complexly at Luo Xun, he would like
to ask where the food came from but it was wise to remain silent.

Right now less than a week had passed since the apocalypse, any
spare veggies had not been consumed nor were they normal. Luo
Xun did not go out these past two days and did not deliberately seek
out trouble.

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Chapter 21
Yan Fei until now had not known that the power had been cut –
including in Luo Xun’s home. The soldiers from before had spoken to
Luo Xun about the blackout however Yan Fei did not hear since his
injury was being checked.

Food was not an issue, it was not just congee and Luo Xun
consumed most of what had been used. He made a bunch of simple
rice cakes more preservable in the current climate. In a few days, the
initial base should be established, people would go out to work. By
then he could bring some food out, save some base currency and
exchange for something useful.

Luo Xun looked at Yan Fei and estimated two or three months of
required bed rest. He could only keep the other for this period…the
more he thought the more it seemed like a loss.

If Luo Xun had been unable to make a weapon and get a room of
his own would it be cheaper for him to work, cook and serve Yan Fei
instead? His life could already be counted as secure.

After dinner, he tidied up the kitchen and the dishes. Luo Xun
gently padded into the room after washing and lowered himself into
bed, not too far from Yan Fei.

This morning’s experience had made him a little nervous. Holding

hands had prompted such a prominent reaction, what would happen
if there was other intimate contact accidentally while not paying
attention?

Alas life could be bitter, no way to control bodily instincts.

“Will the army come tomorrow?”

“Well it’s been said they’re distributing food and water.

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They officially launched the broadcast of the security zone.
The military first calmed the residents who are now patiently
awaiting rescue. Then announced a number of distribution
sites near cleared up junctions.”

“Are you going tomorrow? Isn’t it dangerous outside?”

“No way otherwise. I should be able to pick up our

supplies, any zombies in the area should have been cleaned
out. I heard if everyone went, it would take two days to build
a wall. You and Puppy stay at home, I will bring back food…”

Yan Fei was silent for a while before opening his mouth. “Sorry…”

Anyway he was currently a burden. Even if Yan Fei had abilities

and might be promising in the future, right now Luo Xun had to
shoulder the cost of supporting two peoples’ food and living.

Yan Fei had never felt so dependant on others, especially since he

was an adult. The feeling may have left a person feeling depressed
but at the bottom of his heart a trace of satisfaction rose. He savored
the feeling.

Yan Fei thought of the uncomfortable feeling in his heart this

morning when Luo Xun advised him to leave, and now felt the
opposite feeling.

“No matter, you rest for now, when you’re better you can
repay me. Just don’t strain yourself.” Luo Xun turned and spoke
to him.

Anyway even if Yan Fei ended up running and leaving, Luo Xun
would accept the room next door as sufficient repayment.

“Well, go to bed early.”

Yan Fei stared at the dark ceiling. “Your cooking skills are
good, the rice was very delicious.”

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Luo Xun paused then smiled, mostly joy with some melancholy. In
his past life he could only use what had and gradually increased his
skill to slowly improve the taste, to strive for deliciousness. However
at the time even if he wanted to eat with others, there was noone to
share with.

Now, he may have only accompanied Yan Fei for a short time, but
Luo Xun felt heartfelt joy at the praise. It was nice to have someone
to share results with, one to praise them sometimes.

The announcer on the solar radio relayed the elimination method

of the current zombies, the way to find hel, results of rescue work
etc.

In addition there was information on areas to be cleaned up,

preparation of a safe zone and the location of material distribution.

Luo Xun made breakfast for two people with some vegetable meat
congee. He would have liked to put some shredded egg but did not
dare in fear of contamination. Luo Xun had been unable to use the
network since two days ago and now wanted to find a hub to double
check.

The breakfast garnish was replaced with Yan Fei’s leftover egg
soup.

Yan Fei hesitantly looked at Luo Xun after swallowing the custard.
“Your home has a lot of eggs?”

“Quite a few and some more.”

Two big, full bamboo baskets from the nearby village when he
bought the puppy. The eggs would go bad if left aside for too long,
this was him simply using up the food efficiently.

Yan Fei seemed to have a relieved tone then ate some more
custard – was he afraid the eggs were bad? It was fine so long he did
not entertain bloody thoughts. In a real fight, the winner was not

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clearly certain.

He glanced at Luo Xun’s lithe arm, although he was slim and

thinner his limbs were in fact well-proportioned. Yan Fei did not
notice anything wrong with closely analyzing another’s body. He
stayed silent and ate mouthfuls of egg instead.

After eating breakfast and leaving some water and emergency

food on the bedside table Luo Xun went downstairs to let Puppy
wander around. He felt the Yan Fei is his current state had little
combat capacity. Luo Xun went out carrying a backpack and his
equipment.

Of course before going out he checked last night’s video feed. The
corridor was quiet as ever and no one came through, very good he
could go out now!

The building elevator came to a stop, Luo Xun was all the way
downstairs. The area was finally becoming popular, many people had
gone out of their houses, ready at the food and water distribution
points.

Luo Xun secretly observed a bit and found more than a few student
faces in the area. They had likely fled like Yan Fei and should be with
the army in a few days. Some trapped people were rescued by the
army and unable to return to their original homes would be placed in
nearby empty homes.

After this the population would only increase since people were the
primary source of labor. As long as there were enough people in the
safe area to find food and supplies, some stopped factories could be
reopened.

There was a flow of people forward to the designated location,

reassured by military vehicles driving by time to time. Luo Xun was
quite curious, who had inflicted such a heavy injury on Yan Fei? He
had not asked before and the other party’s characteristics were

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unclear so no guesses.

Material distribution point was to the west of the area’s junction

corner. There were two other districts nearby, one was old with six-
storey buildings The old residential area was densely built and
populated, one of the hardest areas to clear.

Luo Xun overheard while in line that the old area had not been
completely cleared up. The army had only cleared up the corpses.
Still need a few days before families could move in.

The crowd would riot upon hearing any sounds remoting

resembling zombies. People would squeeze forward to get the things
quickly then hurried home, in case a zombie appeared. What if one
got attacked? What if one ended up bitten?

Luckily the situation was not out of control since there were a lot of
armed soldiers around to keep order.

It was Luo Xun’s turn – name of district, ID number, name and

confirmed that there was an injured cousin at home. He received ten
bottles of 550 mL mineral water, packages of instant noodles, two
bags of biscuits – the amount for two people for five days.

The staff who had finished work and handed out items also gave
Luo Xun a leaflet. The military had already divided the perimeter and
was recruiting people for construction.

Carrying his backpack, Luo Xun did not immediately look at the
contents of the flyer but rushed back and along the way avoided
walking in unsafe areas. He hid the baseball bat inside the backpack
– no iron nails, the regular version.

Luo Xun would not forget his life experience after the apocalypse
and would not forget that Yan Fei’s injury had been caused by
someone. In this chaotic world, people could sometimes be more
fearful than zombies.

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Luo Xun sped up towards building seven hearing some sounds. The
zombies had been cleared, at night there would be an army patrol,
any danger would not be from zombies!

Sure enough it was not long before a man with a scarf and
sunglasses suck in and out of view.

Luo Xun hurried into the corridor, all the way up the stairs. He felt
relieved when he reached the door and Puppy reacted excitedly. He
changed his shoes and quickly checked the surveillance video,
fortunately nobody passed by outside.

He placed the supplies down and took the flyer to the second floor.

Yan Fei did not need to sleep to long each day but could not move
around. He looked at the bedroom door to see the puppy curled
around Luo Xun’s legs.

“How was outside?”

“Okay.”

Luo Xun came in with the flyer and sat down on the bed. “The
distribution point was just east of the intersection but there
was a robber in building three before I got back.”

“Robbery?” Yan Fei raised an eyebrow.

“Well, wearing a hat, scarf, mask and sunglasses. More

covered than when I went out to kill a zombie.”

Luo Xun shrugged and took a look at the flyer.

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Chapter 22
Yan Fei wanted to ask about the robbery, but had to press down
any questions since Luo Xun was reading attentively. He neared the
tail end of the leaflet and breathed a sigh of relief.

“See? This is today’s flyer, to build a wall for the base.”

Yan Fei took the flyer and saw that the leaflets were printed
roughly and in a hurry.

The picture on top was a simple map to indicate the fence

perimeter, which included the barracks, a wide view of the district
with a number of areas such as the southern farmland, western
flower field and some functional buildings. In addition there was the
initial scope of the wall construction.

The flyer called on all survivors to join construction work, each

person involved would get two meals, water and so on. If a person
did not need provisions then the food would be exchanged for points
– three points for a meal. Points could be used to purchase food,
water, medicine and other supplies at logistic points.

“The work time everyday is rather long.” Yan Fei’s brow

wrinkled.

“Of course, even now the area has not been completely
cleared of zombies. If more people flee here how would they
be covered? Thus there is overtime to fix the wall.”

Luo Xun refused to be complacent, now the paid points were fairly
generous, wait until a few years and all would be different. The
construction work in the safe area would need less and less people as
parts got completed. It was good that each day he could save half his
earned points.

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“Are you ready to go?”

Yan Fei could not move at the moment, naturally did not know the
amount of inventory at home. He could only helplessly let Luo Xun
care for him.

“Well the fence was built a day earlier to secure the safe
zone. Without any other incidients, this will be everyone’s
home.”

So now it’s necessary to be preoccupied with things needed to be

done. Not to mention the fact that the points were generous – the
payment was the point.

“These days go out and come back with safety in mind.”

Seeing Luo Xun not mind, Yan Fei temporarily did not say anything.
Some things did not need to be said, Luo Xun was not a stingy
person.

“Wait I forgot to ask you.” Luo Xun hurriedly asked, reminded

of security issues.

“What does the person who hurt you before look like?”

Yan Fei quirked a brow. “Why do you remember to ask now?”

“I don’t know why they were so stiff with you, just the
situation at the time…”

If he had not climbed into the building, he could have been wiped
out by the robbers like others wandering around here. If there was
not a dog in the home with the feral dog recording, those people may
have been broken into the home, found and killed the both to loot all
the resources.

“I don’t want to know that there are careless, dangerous

people around. As an early precaution we should at least

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know a description.”

Yan Fei’s mouth changed into a chilling charming smile. “Let’s

see, the leader should be a man named Xu, older than 30 and
very burly. There were 22 of them; four women, two college
students in their early twenties, another younger than 30
and a forty something year old.” He paused.

“One of the two female college students was named He

Lanlan, very innocent. The less than thirty lady had a nice
body and was also rather flirty.”

Luo Xun was silent for a while. “You joined the group because
of the women.”

Yan Fei shrugged and stretched. “I did not want to, they
pasted themselves on me.”

He had an ability, height, looks and strength these factors

attracted the opposite sex like bees to honey. Moreover he had a gun
that implied he was a competent person.

Yan Fei thought the women were annoying but could also
understand their thoughts. In these troubled times there were
zombies everywhere, who knew how long one would live. Suddenly a
man with great power appears, also very handsome. What part is not
eye candy?

Ordinary words were forgotten, at most a few glances. The most

daring came to ask for a mobile phone number with fluttering eyes. It
was human nature to take action in these precarious situations.

However the rest of the group other than the four women were all
older men. Envy and jealousy could not be contained since the few
women were not interested in them in the slightest.

Luo Xun could not help but look disdainful. “I will trouble you to
wear a mask when you go out for something. I do not want

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people to stare daggers at me!”

This kind of person could recruit men or women without problem.

“Don’t worry, I found the right mask to wear.”

Yan Fei did not continue to maintain his innocence. He had worn
the mask too late, those with the group already knew what he looked
like.

“Mask, hat, sunglasses…I’m going to give you my helmet to

wear.”

Luo Xun was homosexual, he had already planned changing

arrangements for the future. Anyway, he seemed to have completely
forgotten that he was ready to get Yan Fei out of the house? Oh well,
he did not seem like he would drive away, take off with all he could
carry.

Luo Xun sorted out the contents of the room to calculate food
supplies for the next few days. There were pancakes and pieces of
guoba, items resistant to perishing. It was cold now and it would not
go bad anytime soon.

The vegetables, meat and eggs to supplement nutrients. There

were many eggs at home which could be fried or boiled.

In addition to the things Luo Xun wanted to bring out, he also had
to prepare lunch and dinner for Yan Fei. After thinking about it, Luo
Xun decided to move the microwave oven to the bedroom table. Add
a small side table to that Yan Fei could heat his meal at noon. As for
the handsome man, who could control his moves out of sight? It was
better to not get involved.

As long as Luo Xun cooked something in advance, like congee or

something, it would be enough for the patient to eat. Once done
thinking, he took out some pig feet from the freezer along with
soybeans, onions, ginger and other ingredients to boil.

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Luo Xun held the soup pot and went back to the living room ready
for the microwave oven on the second floor. Suddenly he heard car
sounds through the northern window, when Luo Xun hurriedly looked
at the situation he saw a few trucks, likely escorting some private
cars.

He slightly frowned and thought, sure enough these should be the

people who came after hearing the broadcast. There seemed to be
some residents of the southern district, the planned safe zone that
ended up outside the security zone. Most carried all their belongings
as luggage.

The number of residents in the Hong Jing district was relatively

small and this was the best time to rehouse these people. Now they
could still place people in the empty houses, wait until later when
people could only live in the basement like Luo Xun’s previous life.

The houses in the older neighborhood were not completely cleaned

and naturally unable to accomodate the people. So they were sent
here to relatively new homes in the west side.

Luo Xun breathed a sigh of relief, these things had long been
foreseen. He just did not know how many people would be left after
the zombie virus contaminated both food and water sources.

“You moved this up…” Yan Fei trailed off seeing the microwave
oven from the open bedroom door while reading a novel on the
laptop.

Before the internet crashed, Luo Xun downloaded many novels

onto his computer. These things would soon be out of print but would
instead be saved on a hard drive. In addition to the novels, he
downloaded recipes on spices and semi-finished food products as
well as manufacturing methods.

“I’m going to work tomorrow. You can use this to heat

lunch at noon.”

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“…” Yan Fei was temporarily speechless.

This man was too careful, thoughtful and considered any

unexpected issues in advance. In all fairness, it seemed impossible to
think as meticulously as Luo Xun.

“If anyone comes, don’t open the door either. Tomorrow

when I leave, Puppy will be downstairs watching the door.
Now it is impossible to know when someone would come back
to investigate.”

Luo Xun set the microwave oven beside the bed.

“Just now a lot of strangers entered the area, it should be

the rescued people from two days ago. There may be some
people not going to the house during the day and knocking
on the door. If someone comes in without permission, you’re
welcome to deal with them permanently.”

Luo Xun’s thoughts would not change, if someone clearly heard the
dog barking and exerted a lot of effort to break in, then such people
deserved to be killed.

Yan Fei silently looked at Luo Xun, if someone threatened his own
security he would naturally counterattack. It was just Luo Xun looked
to calm and did not seem like a normal person.

But..”Yes, no problem.” The corners of Yan Fei’s mouth ticked up.

He did not mind why Luo Xun would say that and behaved so
calmly towards killing. Until now, the guy had seemingly shown he
had little malice. Though he did want Yan Fei’s abilities to help him.

The district was in disarray, a stream of people moved to get

supplies. Perhaps the day before a few people still dared to commit
robbery but today with so many people, a person may not follow
kindness but dared not loot brazenly.

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New arrivals were divided by family, friend etc by the military men.
Over the course of a day, the military changed the locks of
unoccupied houses and managed them uniformly.

The arrivals were organized in order of arrival, families with elderly

people took some of the lower housing. The younger would be
divided into higher places.

Of course some people tried to pay lip service to the military

distribution people to get better floors but it was in vain since they
could end up in a home not near the majority of people instead.

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Chapter 23
The delicious scent of stewed pig feet soup wafted into the building
through the exhaust fan. However no one could tell whose home the
smell came from. They could only smell the mouth watering
deliciousness, drooling and cursing who could eat so well during the
apocalypse.

Luo Xun carried the food upstairs after he finished cooking the
soup and side dishes. On the second time down, he vaguely heard
sounds in the corridor. His heart raced, he vigilantly stood in the
small entranceway.

Who would be visiting this floor? Currently no one else was living
here on the highest floor with Luo Xun’s home.

The screen clearly showed the situation in the corridor, two

soldiers with guns escorted several young men to the 16th floor. The
few people seemed like college students, a line of five people each
carrying a backpack and a plastic bag in hand.

Climbing the stairs was tiring but the young excited faces had
reached their destination.

“There are two vacant rooms on this floor and there are
people in the two most innermost homes, leaving these two.”
One soldier pointed to the remaining apartment homes.

“We have five people. Brother Bing which of the two is

bigger?” A clever young man hurriedly asked.

“1601, this has three bedrooms, the other one only has two
bedrooms. If five of you want to live together you’ll have to
squeeze two in a room.”

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dormitory was how large? Four people in one room!”

“A college dorm counts for nothing! Our senior high school

dormitory had eight people a room, that’s a squeeze. At night
the house was filled with the stench of feet.”

“Chubby, living on the 16th floor you can definitely lose

inches off your belly!”

“I think I’ve already lost a couple of pounds in the last two

days.”

“Soldiers, are the two who live on this floor pretty?” A man
pointed at Luo Xun’s door, eyes bright with curiosity.

“What do you think, heartstopping beauty? There are only

men living there!”

The two soldiers did not know what kind of people actually lived in
1604, but deliberately dashed their hopes without mercy. Sure
enough, the five bachelors were heartbroken and followed the
soldiers in 1601.

Luo Xun was relieved to see the last person enter, five young and
lively college students were preferable to gloomy elders. He turned
around, closed the door and went back to the kitchen to get leftover
food.

“There are now five college students living in 1601.”

Yan Fei swallowed some fragrant pig feet soup and did not doubt
that he would gain some weight from the food fed to him and
bedrest. “Students? No one living next door?”

“It’s empty with no one living there for now.”

Today, few people visited building seven at all. Luo Xun did not
know why the five college students chose to be here and on such a

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high floor.

“Tomorrow, when you’re on your own, that’s five college

students you can try and get in touch with. You would be
more secure than if alone if they are decent people.”

Luo Xun turned in surprise at Yan Fei who smiled and winked.

“Yesterday there were looters in the area, its no harm

making a friend.”

True, they may not be familiar but better than being completely
alone during a crisis. Yan Fei was now injured, even if his ability was
powerful he could not go out right now. Luo Xun would not ask others
to place their lives in danger, as long as it was peaceful with people
cooperating, he thought shady characters would skip their group.

He nodded, said he understood and continued drinking soup. The

little puppy was laying at the two’s feet, happily gnawing on pig
bones and barking. Even if there was no meat, the bones were so
fragrant!

The alarm was set, tools, food and so on were ready for the next
day. The two turned off the lights early to rest and slept until dawn. It
was still dark when Luo Xun woke up.

He went up and down the stairs so that everything Yan Fei needed
to use and eat were ready at the bedside table. Luo Xun opened
Puppy’s cage and filled up the bowls with milk and dog food. Then he
checked the status of the crops in his home. Luo Xun with his clothes,
backpack and baseball bat was ready to go out.

Fortunately, the five university students also came out carrying

their own supplies. Perhaps they wanted to rendezvous and set up a
meeting since they were few in number. After all, safety in numbers.

Luo Xun opened his door at the same time as the opposite room.

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“Ah, are you from next door? We moved in here
yesterday.” One of the enthusiastic students greeted Luo Xun.

These five people saw that Luo Xun was of similar age to them,
they relaxed when Luo XUn’s face had no trace of wickedness.

“Yeah, not working is not good. Yesterday someone said

that everyone on base musy do some work. Otherwise points
will be fined if one does not participate in public construction
after a certain period of time!” A fat boy explained.

Another suddenly asked, “Are you living alone? In your own

home? Or were you placed during the past two days?”

“My home is here, just moved in not long before all this
happened. What about you guys? Are all of you heading
downstairs together?”

“We are from X-University, roommates and classmates.”

“X-University? That’s not too far from here.”

A few people sighed in response to Luo Xun’s comment. One in the

middle remarked.

“We actually only knew of the zombie apocalypse when the

night before a prediction post appeared online, saying the
next day would be the last. Li Tie…that’s him, he followed the
post for several days and discussed. We wondered if it was
true. Anyway the next day was Sunday, it was too dangerous
at school with so many people to simply hideout. Instead we
took a break, went to a supermarket to buy food and ran to a
hotel.”

Luo Xun froze and looked at the five people in surprise. “Post?
What post?”

“How to make/use technology in the apocalypse.” Li Tie was

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the second tallest and the thinnest of the group, also had a face of
admiration and clasped hands. “I now believe the author must
be able to predict the future! Or was someone reborn!”

“He is now a diehard fan of WasteWoodHouse.”

Chubby guy motioned with his hands.

“You aren’t a believer!?”

“A believer, a fan, definitely a diehard fan!”

Luo Xun’s ears turned red. He had not thought anyone would
believe his post and thus survive. He had a thought, held a trace of
hope and asked.

“Why would you choose to live on such a high floor? It’s

inconvenient to move up or down. I have no choice since my
house is on the 16th floor…”

The five looked at each other, it seemed that Luo Xun was not a
bad person. He already had a room and would find out sooner or later
so one of then whispered.

“Actually, we just wanted a room with good natural

lighting. This building is the one with the most light right?”

“Right, even if that piece of open space is used to build

something else, it’s unlikely to block 16 storeys.”

The one named Li Tie patted Luo Xun’s shoulder. “Now the whole
world is crawling with zombies, the size of human living
space will certainly shrink, resources unusable! We think in
the future, green pollution-free energy will become the
mainstream!”

“Right, you live on your own?” Another student asked.

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“With my cousin.” Luo Xun smiled and explained seeing their
puzzled faces. “My parents died years afo and when my cousin
went out scavenging a few days ago he fell from the stairs
and injured his leg. He can’t move at this time so he’s at
home housekeeping.”

“Oh, is his leg alright?”

“Nothing much, a bit of fracture, the army checked two

days ago. No dislocation so he just needs rest.” Luo Xun
explained since the group was worried about the source of injury.

There was no need to reveal that Yan Fei had actually been
attacked and injured. After all, the person who had hurt Yan Fei was
still in the area.

The two sides introduced each other as they all headed downstairs.

The diehard fan of WasteWoodHouse was called Li Tie, the fat one
was named He Qiankun. The group joked that his belly was large
enough to fit the universe. The tallest was named Han Li, Wu Xin had
a face with acne and the last one was Wang Duo an honest looking
guy. All were junior students, information engineering professionals.

The group of six came downstairs, the area had others walking
around outside. Luo Xun and the five university students walked
forward, one part leisurely chatting, one part observing the people
around them.

Luo Xun’s intention was to see if he would encounter the one who
had attacked Yan Fei. He unexpectedly saw a few acquaintances
instead. Most of those who had survived zombie mutation, water
pollution, crop disasters, animal mutations and so on left an
impression on Luo Xun.

At this time there were some familiar faces – those who had kept
themselves alive. Along with three others, ones who Luo Xun wanted

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badly to forget…

A woman, even larger than He Qiankun of the students, her

husband and son, all of whom had large waistbands. Luo Xun guiltily
looked over, he had thought that the family of three would not
appear since he had not seen them in the area.

Unexpectedly, they circled around and returned here. These three,

in his past life had lived in room 1604 building seven.

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Chapter 24
The two people were not far away, Luo Xun could faintly hear Wu
Jie, the large woman complaining to her husband. “If we had
known this part of the area was in the security zone, we
should have directly rented here! What about now? You want
to move back!?”

“It wasn’t the right time and it was too expensive.” The
husband was impatient. “How would I know there would be
zombies? Besides you didn’t talk me out of it!”

Originally the three came to see the larger houses in the district to
rent. Alas, nothing compared to the condition of 1604 so they chose
a cheap house in an older neighborhood. It turned out that the area
was not in the safe zone! They had to bring all their luggage back.

The son placed his hands in his pockets. The couple had bickered
all night without stopping, who wanted to talk to them. He yawned
then his eyes riveted to a pretty girl somewhere in the background.
He stared non-stop at the female’s back.

Luo Xun listened as the ‘communication’ continued, then followed

Wu Gang’s line of sight to swaying hips. In such cold weather, the
figure only wore a windbreaker, black stockings contrasted against
pale legs. The woman prowled forward like a cat.

Such a sultry person just from the back, what would the front look
like?

Luo Xun wondered, he had changed after the apocalypse and now
could impartially see beauty. Along the road there were curious
stares towards the sultry figure. Not just him, men and women
nearby gave her a few looks – men were more appreciative while the
women were jealous. However the woman was nestled amongst

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strong burly men, no one dared accost her while surrounded by more
than ten people.

Beside Luo Xun, Wang Duo huffed. “This stature, definitely a

hot lady!”

Surprised, Luo Xun glanced at Wang Duo. This guy had an honest
face, underneath he was unexpectedly coy.

“Just do not know if the people in the back have handguns.

The people in front seem to have some kind of gun.”

“Possibly, the guy beside her doesn’t look like a good one.”

The group had both men and women, there were a few other
women than her. If she was not treated well, the man who looked like
the leader would not have her by his side.

The people continued towards the community doorway, a few

military trucks were parked nearby waiting for everyone to get in.

Luo Xun did not know if his luck was good or bad, he ended up in a
car with the three Wu family members and the gang with the sexy
lady.

Military trucks had a lot of space, seating for at least sixty or more.
Different cars drove to different locations which had been decided in
advance. At present, some soldiers and engineers had already laid
the overnight foundation.

People could immediately start work as long as simple and clear

instructions were given.

Luo Xun and Li Tie stood with several others, secretly looking at
their peers. Nothing more needed to be said about the Wu family
who complained all the way. The ten or so men were turned and they
could now see the woman’s face.

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Sure enough as Wang Duo said, a pretty woman, though not a 100
or the appearance of Eve. The face had exquisite makeup, her
advantageous feminine features enhanced.

Not too far from the two, there were two young girls in their early
twenties. One was good looking with big eyes, the other had common
features, indistinguishable in a crowd.

Luo Xun raised an eyebrow, he suddenly seriously suspected this

intimidating group was the one who had injured Yan Fei. Luo Xun
looked at the tower like man and vaguely heard a voice say ‘Brother
Xu’, he knew he was not mistaken. He took out his cellphone and
secretly took several photos of the group while pretending to make a
phone call.

“The phone isn’t working now either.” Luo Xun pretended to

sigh while putting the device away.

“No really?” He Qiankun wilted. “I called home after the

apocalypse started but no one answered…”

They were afraid of the apocalypse and hid outside of school with
friends. They called a dozen times but after the incident, had almost
no contact with anyone else.

“Okay, what if they hid away? You saw how fast the army
reacted! How many days the security zone was established.”
Wu Xin tried to comfort his friend and himself.

“Right! Which province doesn’t have a garrison? The radio

just said, the local garrison troops reacted promptly, the
military throughout the country have established security
bases. All the troops responded swiftly rescuing survivors
and destroying zombies.”

“Yeah I heard there were few in the military who turned

into zombies and a lot of ability users!”

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The university student’s words loosened the tense atmosphere
inside the car. Though many people’s family friends and relatives
were facing zombies, it was great luck to have escaped the chaos.

The future was bright now that they had entered the safe zone and
had protection. The fence was no too far from the district, after
registering personal information people were assigned to work
various types of jobs.

In fact, the initial wall was made mainly by military personnel, after
all where would they have people to contact about work? On the
other hand, those with prior construction experience or migrant
workers got started faster and could do some technical work.

The others would be young people in the prime of youth, for

example Li Tie and the other students. Due to professional problems,
the young men’s’ hands-on ability was not bad. According to their
words, only skilled people repaired computers, so they practised with
electronics in order to be more skilled.

Finally there was the strongest woman, the rest were weak
chickens, weak flowers with negligible fighting capability.

Luo Xun had experience from his previous life and was thus
naturally fast. An engineer picked him to set bricks for the fence
since he found Luo Xun was quick with decent strength. The rest of
the people who had no skills were digging trenches outside the walls,
one for each.

The higher the better for the wall, thicker was preferable, each
person repaired a portion. The daily workload could not be less than
a certain height. At the meal station one could get the points, after
some discussion with the superiors decided to pay points at first then
people could redeem them on whatever one wanted to eat.

Luo Xun received his points, his heart dark as he sighed upon
seeing a large pot of rice. It was indeed only the start of the

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apocalypse, the quality of food was still decent.

Although the quality of the meal was better than expected, Luo
Xun decided to use up his own food rations first. He stowed his points
and brought out a container of mung bean porridge with pickles and
a drink. He sat aside to eat, the five others also came over together
to finish eating.

“This quality, taste, size…so much better than our food!”

Each meal had a full portion since the work was all physical, the
students were deeply grateful.

He Qiankun stared wide eyed with stars at the big steamed bread
in his hands. “This is a really big portion size!”

“Wasn’t there no flour or bread?”

“It’s alright, you just need to steam it a bit.” Luo Xun knew
this kind of steamed bread. Since there was still stock the bread had
flour and cornmeal. After crop variation, the taste could be difficult to
swallow.

This kind of steamed bread had an average taste but was very
filling. Ordinary people only needed to eat one, eating more would
cause bloating.

The meal was eaten, each person finished at least half of the
steamed bread. Lighter eaters also had some leftover dishes.

“Wait, we don’t need to buy the evening meal, at most

some soup. We could save some for tomorrow.”

A few people smiled and chatted, the food was not that tasty. The
student group could shrug off the rice cakes with vegetables. Other
people who used to eat a variety of dishes at home and restaurants
frowned.

“You brought your own food?” Han Li sat next to Luo Xun and

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saw a container of mung bean porridge along with the rest of his
food.

“Ah, fortunately I moved into the house recently. Food and

everything else was newly bought and I had not finished
eating.”

Wu Xin enviously looked at the egg custard. “Really good, we

should have prepared some instant noodles, biscuits or
something.”

“There are rice and noodles but cannot cook, what will we
do?” He Qiankun asked the four others, all looked at each other.

“I can boil eggs.”

“I’ll eat eggs.”

“I can cook instant noodles.”

“I’ll eat instant noodles.”

“I can make egg and tomatoes.”

“I will eat…”

He Qiankun had not finished his sentence when the remaining four
people jumped him.

Luo Xun smiled, stuffed a piece of bread into his mouth and said
airily. “I can boil, scramble, steam and fry eggs.”

He Qiankun struggled up and praised. “Luo Xun, you are really

virtuous!”

The site was in full swing, Luo Xun’s location was on the west side
of the base. Outwards was a seemingly barren farmland. As there
were no inhabitants, there were no zombies at the time. Some
zombies had been wandering around for days and the soldiers

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cleared them out early.

In contrast, north and east of the wall outside the city would be
very lively. As people fled towards the base, there would be many
zombies attracted to the noise. The highway was congested on
Beijing road, dead passengers and drivers got scratched and bitten
by zombies. They gradually became one of them and joined the
ranks.

After a busy day, the crowd felt exhausted sitting in the truck.
Some of the physically weaker people felt like they would pass out.

When they got up the next morning, the sky had not completely lit
up. The weary crowd sat silently in the car, waiting for the trip home
when stars filled the sky.

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Chapter 25
In the truck, Luo Xun closed his eyes, though in the spirit of caution
he went to the back of the vehicle. A number of trucks stopped at the
entrance of the district and people dragged their tired bodies inside.

Suddenly, a person shouted. “My points? They’re missing!?”

Since there had been enough food for leftovers, for the first day of
work many people had at least one or two points saved for future
use. Some people who brought their own food, kept all six points
earned the first day.

Since points had great use, there would be people secretly thinking
of thievery. This occupation was always present whatever the time.

Luo Xun walked over, a man anxiously dug through his pockets,
the person’s appearance seemed normal.

“Darn, it’s only the first day, but stealing has already
started? Such dedication.” Li Tie huffed in shock.

“Okay, check to see if your points have gone missing.”

Upon hearing Han Li, a number of people checked their own
remaining points.

Luo Xun had long formed the habit of getting points and putting
them directly into his inner pocket. He never took off his coat while
working so he could keep his property safe.

“Still have to look? Given how much I have eaten, no waste

at all~” He Qiankun proudly patted his belly.

“You didn’t eat it all did you? Did you not save some
steamed bread and pickles for tomorrow’s breakfast?” Wu Xin
turned to ask after he confirmed his own points were still stuffed in

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his pocket.

“Okay, are you alright? Let’s go back.” Seeing the commotion,

many people still had the energy to see and gossip in the spirit of
entertainment despite the exhausting work day.

Wang Duo patted shoulders, motioned to tell the others to leave.

They went upstairs in the dark, a few people muttered about finding
replacement candles and recharging solar flashlights. Luo Xun had a
few extra but those were spare supplies.

There was the issue of unfair exchange or afraid of no change

since no one asked or said anything. More than 10 years ago, every
household had candles in case of emergency but who would keep
these things in the present? Most people did not even have matches.

Climbing 16 floors in the dark, He Qiankun lagged behind and

leaned against a doorway, very out of breath. “I…the…the
meat…all…in vain…”

“Enough, more fitness then? It’s better than you yelling for
three years to lose weight.”

The door opened and five people filed through. In the dark Luo Xun
waved farewell.

“See you tomorrow.”

“See you tomorrow morning.”

Anyway, the other could not see the wave in the dark.

Luo Xun opened the door to the apartment, then shut it before
turning on the light. He heard the puppy run over and scratch the
door. He checked the surveillance recording of the day while also
bending down to pick up the puppy.

At nine o’clock in the morning, two military personnel wearing

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white coats and masks carried boxes with supplies to eliminate
contaminants in the corridor. Then the five students returned home
in the video.

Luo Xun took off his coat once the check was finished. He took his
backpack and headed inside.

Yan Fei heard the dog downstairs and knew Luo Xun had returned.
He waited for him to walk in the door before asking. “Back? How
was you day?”

“The walls are much easier than digging ditches.” Luo Xun
put down his backpack, relieved to take out a change of clothes. “I’ll
go and take a bath, we can talk afterwards.”

Setting aside his thick clothes, his home had a change which would
not treat itself. These days some of the water had been used up but
he had originally saved a lot. He should be able to use it anytime.

Although the neighborhood had no electricity, there was still water.

He prepared a container of water with a disinfectant sheet. He went
upstairs before starting up the self-made distillation equipment. The
pump brought water from storage and slowly distilled into clean
water.

He had bought a lot of water purification tablets, coupled with at

least two rounds of distillation, Luo Xun estimated that general toxic
substances would not survive. As for the zombie virus…he had spent
a lot of resources to escape the second tide of zombie mutation. This
method should be of some use.

In order to save water, Luo Xun was not willing to use the bath only
for a simple shower. He planned what to prepare tomorrow, to hit
two birds with one stone.

In the morning there was still some pig feet soup leftover. The
bread prepared for the meal was all eaten. Yan Fei left some of the

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fried mushroom and vegetables along with leek and eggs.

“How about some congee tomorrow? Sweet, salty? What

kind of food do you want?”

Yan Fei’s used tableware was placed neatly aside, the table had no
food residue. Yan Fei looked at him upon hearing the question.

“What’s the matter?” Luo Xun looked puzzled.

“Simple is good.”

“Oh..alright? What about side dishes? There’s leek,

rapeseed and garlic. Do you want some garlic fried bacon?”

The bacon was hanging from the first floor ceiling.

“No need for something troublesome.” Yan Fei smiled at Luo

Xun. “Today I felt much better. I was able to move a spoon
with my powers. Should be able to help you do something.
You have materials? Put them on the bedside table and I’ll
help when I have strength during the day.”

“Really!?” Luo Xun’s eyes brightened, this was great news! He

excitedly stood and paced. “Wait here, I’ll go get some things.”

He ran to the smaller bedroom and grabbed a steel pipe. These

things were part of his spoils the first day of the apocalypse when he
went into the city.

Luo Xun placed the materials on the bed. He then ran to the desk,
opened the drawer and took out some paper. “The crossbow
arrows are not on a deadline, if you have the energy, slowly
create in accordance with the drawing. Then look to my
assembly instructions.”

“This is…” Yan Fei looked at the informal blueprint in shock.

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“I drew the crossbow and arrow plans by hand, however
the power of wood is less than metal so the range is
shorter.”

“You made this? Why didn’t you buy something like this
instead?” Yan Fei was puzzled, when he met Luo Xun around the
third day of the apocalypse, he already had the crossbow.

It was proven that he learned before the apocalypse otherwise how

would he be so skilled? Since it was prior to the apocalypse, why not
just buy a crossbow?

Luo Xun shrugged. “There’s no way to buy something good

online. There’s only toys sold online. I saw some homemade
designs to try and the results were good.”

He paused then turned with bright eyes. “If you can make a
metal crossbow, the arrows could be replaced with bombs
like a slingshot! With smaller ammo size, more pieces could
be loaded. It could be like a handgun, can load more than 5
pieces at a time.”

This drawing of a metal crossbow was something that Luo Xun had
modified out of boredom at the end of a busy day at home. If Yan Fei
could help him make it, he could carry more ‘bullets’ at once.

“OK, I’ll try.” Yan Fei raised an eyebrow, was this guy an outdoor
enthusiast?

How else would a regular person study these things? Other guys
preferred studying all sorts of guns while Luo Xun preferred things
with more practical use.

“Do it when you have the time and strength. If you feel
tired don’t push yourself. I am not in a rush, these things
won’t really be useful until the wall is finished construction.”

“Ah.” Yan Fei did not want to just lie around the house anymore.

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In the past, he had others depending on him but he never needed
to depend on others to live. Even when occasionally sick, it did not
stop him from what he needed to do. It did not help that Luo Xun was
a few years younger than him with a more childish appearance.

Although being taken care of felt wonderful and gave him a sense
of relief, he also wanted to help, to do something with his power in
return.

Luo Xun was extremely expectant at the moment even if Yan Fei’s
strength would only support making one component at a time with
his abilities. Before he wanted to use metal to make arrows but
lacked the suitable tools. Now there was an opportunity he could not
pass up.

Luo Xun happily went downstairs to cook congee. Maybe he would

make some sweet congee today since the last few days they had
been eating salty congee.

There were a lot of grains in the home, with the exception of some
seeds, the rest could be used as cooking ingredients. With the
weather getting colder, it was time to cook eight-treasure congee.

Various coloured beans were poured into a pressure cooker and

induction heating. After a while the beans were almost fully cooked.
He released the gas, opened the lid and added rock sugar twice and
boiled to a thick consistency.

Luo Xun pondered a moment, there should be no problem slowly

eating some guoba even if Yan Fei’s injury required easily digestible
foods. He cut off a piece of bacon, grabbed some garlic from the
balcony and prepared to stir fry.

Then he fished out a pickle from a jar and cut it into pieces. With
all the ingredients, he also had tomorrow’s breakfast ready.

Back upstairs, there was something on the small table. Luo Xun

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found that Yan Fei had taken a piece of steel and made a component
from the blueprint drawing. It’s specifications matched the paper.

Yan Fei saw Luo Xun come in and showed the metal part in his
hand. “I’m not sure if the size or thickness is correct.”

“Let me see.” Luo Xun rushed over and checked.

He confirmed that the there was no difference between this piece

of metal and the piece in his wooden model!

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Chapter 26
TN: Not sure why, but this chapter is three times as long as normal.
I debated splitting it up but I have a chapter in reserve just in case.
Warning for a bunch of scene changes (of sorts)

“This thing is all metal. I am afraid that the finished

product might be too heavy or light. Want to try?” Yan Fei’s
gaze swept up and down the piece of metal.

Since Luo Xun had never worked solely with metal, he was unsure
of the final weight. However based on the weight of the part in his
hand…

“It should be fine if its lighter by a third. I won’t be able to

use it properly if it is too heavy.”

“Well then.” Yan Fei took the piece of metal, the other hand
placed on top. The piece of material became one third lighter.

Luo Xun brightened in excitement at the surprising scene while

holding the finished part. “This should be okay.”

He looked to see Yan Fei’s slightly tired looking face and hurriedly
put the parts away. “That’s all for today, wait until tomorrow to
regain some strength.”

Luo Xun was unclear if physical injuries had any direct impact on
abilities. Anyway better to not let Yan Fei get too tired, better a thin
but constant trickle of effort.

Yan Fei did not argue with him, smiled and handed over the
remaining material in his hand. Luo Xun touched the pillow and fell
asleep after working all day and cooking food for tomorrow.

Yan Fei laid on his side during the night, the room was well sealed

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so people could not see into the house. The sound of breathing on his
left was heavier than before, obviously Luo Xun was tired.

Yan Fei silently closed his eyes after blinking in the darkness. He
sank into dreams while listening to Luo Xun’s breathing.

The first day of assigned work, if there were no special cases, the
place would be the same. The army had repeatedly stressed this the
morning before. So early next morning in front of the building they
climbed back into the same numbered truck, just like the day before.
Cold wind blew all the way to the wall building site.

Luo Xun found the place he worked at yesterday. With this kind of
non-technical work, once familiar the speed of completion naturally
increased.

Luo Xun occasionally bought hot soup due to the cold but the rest
of his food was his own. His food was clean and nutritionally
balanced, better than the given provisions. It was also convenient
since Luo Xun cooked some meals in advance for Yan Fei.

After four days of hard work, his allocated section of wall had
reached the required height. He was given another section once an
engineer inspected and cleared his work.

A lot of new people entered the district in the past two days.
However he also heard that the number of people in the small high-
rise area were less than in the two older northern districts since
those areas were more densely populated. So many people had been
lost in the disaster.

The east cottage area was most brutally affected. The migrant
workers of A-city lived there, most were small business owners or
wholesale sellers, white collar workers. The doors and windows of
Ping Feng district were not secure, high density and a disorderly
narrow courtyard.

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After the disaster there would be no place to hide. For poorer city
workers, there would be a few people crowded into a few square
meters of room.

Despite Wang Duo’s superficial righteousness, he was actually an

insatiable gossip who inquired about any news. The residents of Ping
Feng district were almost completely wiped out, less than 10 people
were rescued.

It was originally filled with dilapidated houses within the security

perimeter so the army pushed for reconstruction. This sounded
familiar to Luo Xun, he knew a place that had been transformed into
a residential area with compact floors and seven storey high
buildings but did not know the precise location after the apocalypse.

That evening, when Luo Xun returned home from work, Yan Fei
gave him a big surprise.

“It’s finished?”

Luo Xun’s face lit up with a smile as he took the slightly heavy
crossbow. Yan Fei had made all the parts and assembled them. Luo
Xun’s drawings were proven to be very accurate, no problems with
the proportions. Yan Fei followed the attached and clearly marked
assembly instructions. He had correctly followed the steps given.

Luo Xun lifted the crossbow and aimed at his usual target. With a
*poof* the force of the bolt was comparable to his excitement.

“Good, no issues.” Otherwise the wall would end up peppered

with holes!

Yan Fei smiled and picked up the drawing. “I think the crossbow
is still a bit bulky, do you want to make a smaller design? A
smaller crossbow would hold less ammo and be less lethal
but would be lighter and more convenient to carry.”

“If you have free time.” Luo Xun naturally had no opinion, he

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had desired this amazing metal crossbow but feelings had not been
enough before.

“Don’t worry…right if its smaller you can carry one with

you later to defend yourself if your powers run out.”

The use of abilities seemed linked with spiritual power, using too
much could lead to being run dry.

Yan Fei raised an eyebrow, he knew about this? Was there a

psychic somewhere who said that? He did not continue ruminating on
the topic.

“I’ll make them slowly when I’m able. Today I’ll stand up
and walk around for a bit.”

“Hey! What’s the hurry? It takes 100 days for bones to

heal.” Luo Xun stared wide eyed.

This beauty contrary to his appearance had an unexpectedly short

temper.

“…Washroom.”

These two days, Luo Xun was not a home during the day. The
home had a night pot but Yan Fei really did not want to use that
thing. Especially if he had to do number two. Yan Fei had to wait for
Luo Xun to come back before be could go to the bathroom.

As for using diapers? What nonsense, he was no longer dizzy! It

had been enough while in a coma.

“I hurt my chest, not my legs!”

“There’s still a fracture! Try to be as careful as possible, in

case the injury gets worse.”

Luo Xun stared at Yan Fei, he had never seen such an

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uncooperative patient. If Yan Fei had broken his leg, would he have
hopped on one foot to the washroom?

Luo Xun skipped the issue, collected his things and helped Yan Fei
to the washroom. Back in the room Luo Xun remembered the
previously taken photos on his phone.

“See here, are these the people who hurt you before?”

The picture showed the men and women that were on the truck
the first day.

Yan Fei sneered, “Ah, that’s them, how were they? They
didn’t cause any trouble for you?”

“They’ve been looking for some trouble but could not find a
single target.”

Working on site with army soldiers, even if they wanted to make a

fuss they were unable to. Li Tie, Han Li and Luo Xun always acted
together, safety in numbers to avoid trouble. Everyone knew that
people selected soft persimmons to pinch (take advantage of the
weak).

The man named Xu looked to be of mixed descent, he had a tiger

tattoo along his jaw. Such people would see the wind and set the
helm (be flexible and take advantage of the situation). Saw people,
followed societal conventions, saw zombies, killed them.

They would have been looking for trouble by stealing points, those
with the goods did not dare say anything. Luo Xun and the others
looked like university students but at that age young people were
often the most hot-blooded. Once provoked they would rage, drawing
bad attention from the soldiers.

“That’s good.” Yan Fei said with hooded eyes. Luo Xun could not
decipher his thoughts.

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For the first time doing something, the speed would be slow, but
the second and third times would become faster.

Yan Fei spent a full four days to make the first crossbow. Two days
later Luo Xun came home and was surprised with a pile of spare
bomb ammo and the hand crossbow which was third of the original
crossbow size.

“So small?”

It was small and delicate but packed quite a punch. Luo Xun
quickly tested lethality and range. Although not as effective as the
bigger version, it was enough for self-defense!

Yan Fei proudly smiled. “You can use this crossbow for self-
defense. I don’t know how effective it will be against
zombies, but against people…definitely no problem.”

Absolutely no problem! As long as the distance was close enough,

the hand crossbow would definitely hit the target. Apart from not
being loaded with gunpowder and having a shorter range, this
weapon was no different than a handgun.

Against primary zombies and regular people, one well-aimed shot

would be enough.

“What do you think of a crossbow with a better projectile?

The lethality would be higher.”

With no way to vent energy, Yan Fei had shifted his attention to
improving these things. Luo Xun looked at Yan Fei, if he could really
make that kind of ammo, maybe ordinary people could deal with a
secondary zombie as long as they were prepared.

“I’ll check to see if I can make some sort of design plan.”

Luo Xun felt like he had really picked up a treasure this time! What
of cooking everyday? What of helping Yan Fei wash and go to the

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washroom? What of giving up half his bed?

Look at his new crossbow! Look at the damage! Incomparable to

wood!

Started December 7, completed December 29. The wall was

unexpectedly built in one month, according to the gregorian
calendar.

The trench outside the wall was dug deep, the walls fortified and
thickened. By this point the number of residents in the security zone
had reached about 30,000! With such a large number of people, the
labor force naturally increased a lot.

In addition to the original army troops, the population had not yet
reached saturation point and most of the fortifications had been
constructed.

Since the population had reached a certain level, troops were no

longer responsible for allocating homes. Several buildings had been
emptied and new arrivals were collectively placed in the empty halls.
Thirty percent of the southwest rooms were vacant, which were
rented by leasing with food or points.

Those who were rescued before, such as Han Li and the others,
would also need to pay some points after a few years to keep their
living environment. However if one wanted to move rooms? It would
be the same as others and required food or labor rent.

After the wall was completed, the flattened Ping Feng district
needed to be rebuilt. Thus there were the inevitable tasks of going
out to collect supplies and rescue trapped people. The military had
many search and rescue staff sent out but it was not enough for the
situation in the urban area. All were stretched thin with later security
zone construction and other objectives.

A-city, north base.

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“What is this thing?”

A few people surrounded a strangely shaped carcass, the remains

of a human form twisted so that little of its original appearance
remained.

“This is one that destroyed a team…a monster.”

“Just one of them!? A ten people team completely wiped

out by one zombie!?”

“Yes, it happened suddenly, the monster was mixed in with

primary zombies, so…”

“…Is it the only one? Or are there others…”

“In fact it was the soldiers who did not pay attention to
this. The zombie was stronger then normal and faster too.”

“At present…just for now…”

There was silence and no one spoke for a while.

“Well, let the scientists check to see what caused the

second mutation. Hope it was an exception, not
an…evolution.”

Luo Xun sang while busy cooking in the kitchen. Yan Fei sat on the
sofa in the living room, playing tug of war with Puppy using a piece of
rope.

A fracture sounded like a serious injury but in fact was not too big
of an obstacle. Mainly because Yan Fei’s injury did not hinder
movement and in general people would not touch his torso. Yan Fei
was young and quick to recover, along with an ability, he got out of
bed and wandered around the house within a week.

At first he stayed on the second floor but usually stayed away from

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the balcony. The first time Yan Fei went to the living room, he was
surprised by all the boxes almost piled to the roof. There was also a
sofa, as he walked around he found things were piled around
everywhere!

He opened the balcony curtains to reveal some potted plants but

Yan Fei only recognized some high grade flowers amongst the crops.
It was not clear what the final plant would end up being. Though he
discovered some garlic, leek and other plants, obviously the source
of the vegetables that appeared on the table each day at home.

Who the hell was Luo Xun? This pile of things in his house and the
stuff on the balcony, all the water and so on, where did it all come
from?

Although he had doubts in his mind, he was savvy enough not to

demand answers. The atmosphere between the two was currently
harmonious and he did not want to provoke anything by pointing out
issues.

Even if he asked Luo Xun, he may not tell the truth. So Yan Fei
would rather wait until Luo Xun would tell himself, if he was willing to
speak, he would listen. Since they first time they met, seeing Luo
Xun’s fully equipped appearance, Yan Fei speculated that Luo Xun
had rapidly reacted to the apocalyptic situation. Not too many
wandered outside on the streets to collect any sort of supplies.

Luo Xun was in the kitchen making dumplings since it was New
Years. The security zone was the same as usual but the people’s
festive atmosphere eased off some tension. Even Luo Xun who had
been busy with outside fortifications now had time to make more
elaborate meals.

The dumplings had two types of stuffing prepared: pork green

onion shrimp and mung bean paste fillings. The shrimp and green
onion were well frozen in the freezer. It would be a rare luxurious
celebration this year.

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The lively melody in the kitchen was a performance by a cook in
high spirits. Yan Fei looked up at the kitchen door, his hand held the
rope too loosely. The puppy rolled over twice and hit the couch
behind her, the other end of the rope dangling from her mouth. She
stared at Yan Fei.

Yan Fei thought got a bit and did not grab the rope to play another
round with the puppy. He instead stood up and went into the kitchen.

Luo Xun wore an apron. In front of him, two bowls of stuffing, a

chopping board and a plate were on the table in front of him. He took
a dumpling wrapper, loaded it with stuffing then closed his hands and
squeezed to mold a dumpling.

Luo Xun’s dumpling skills were honed during middle school, then
during his time as a freelancer as well as in his own kitchen. Over
time he learned many cooking methods. Only the noodles were not
made with white flour but made from a variant species that had a
hint of diesel taste.

The base kitchen only cooked special things for Chinese New Year,
even then there were no flour dumplings, at most some type of
wheat noodle.

Luo Xun’s movements were very brisk, his mouth slightly curved.
He radiated a warm feeling that set people at ease. It seemed like a
feeling of home, something Yan Fei had never actually felt, belonging
to a family.

*Ha, ha* The puppy waited for a long time but Yan Fei was ignoring
her. She threw down the rope and ran into the kitchen, tongue lolling.
Luo Xun heard a noise and turned to the doorway to see a large and
a small figure leaning against the door frame. Puppy wagged her tail.

Luo Xun was startled. “Why did you come over here?”

“See if you want any help.”

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“Help?” Luo Xun glanced in puzzlement. “You can wrap?”

“Uh…a little.”

Not guaranteed the dumpling would break apart while boiling.

“…Can you?”

“…It will be slower.”

Compared to Luo Xun’s speed, in the time Yan Fei made one, Luo
Xun would have wrapped seven or eight.

“You can sit on the couch and wait.” Luo Xun gave a side
glance. “Young master~”

With a handsome face, a pair of unblemished hands and injured

with a fracture, Luo Xun did not dare use this ‘young master’.

“…I can try, really.” Yan Fei felt his type was despised and he
needed to prove himself.

“You recuperate for now. I’ll teach you for the next lunar
year celebration.”

Luo Xun rushed to use up the dough and stuffing since the finished
dumplings could be frozen. Then even if there was no time to cook at
home, there would be some ready made food.

“Next lunar year?” Yan Fei’s eyebrows quirked and his mouth
curled with slow realization.

Next lunar year? Chinese New Year? A nice thing to do, his heart
warmed with expectations.

“Okay then.” He wanted to add something but now there was no

reason for him to stay in the kitchen.

He had just walked in, this had not been well planned.

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“By the way, who came looking for you?”

“Oh, that was a few university students and officer Ding,

the one who registered them.”

Since they did not enter and returned directly to 1601 opposite
them, Yan Fei did not know what they were up to.

“The officer said to wait until after New Year’s day to go

out of the safe area to collect supplies.”

Thus Luo Xun had time and decided to make more dumplings
today.

“Out of the safe zone!?” Yan Fei’s heart tightened. “Collect

what materials?”

“There are so few supplies in the safe zone that there’s a

shortage of everything. In fact, there were not that many
people in the army. There were not enough to settle funerals
and organize staff to build various facilities. House rent
would be collected after the New Year. With the lack of
resources in the safe zone, residents could use any
previously collecte materials to redeem points.” Luo Xun
casually explained.

The current base point exchange system was not perfected, just a
prototype. However it would be the basic system used for a long
time, at least until the base had the capacity to be self-sufficient. No,
it would be more accurate that it would slow down once there was
nothing left to collect.

The kitchen was suddenly quiet for a while until Yan Fei opened his
mouth.

“I will go with you.”

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angry expression.

“We set on the fourth and your injury still hasn’t fully
healed. We did just speak with the local doctor. Although you
have been recovering quickly, it is best to rest for at least a
month…what’s wrong with you?”

Luo Xun was half finished when he looked at the doorway to see
Yan Fei’s handsome face with a dark atmosphere, eyes sparking
dangerously. Many women would have swooned at the sight.

“I am not that delicate.” There was no need for him to stay at

home all day, as if a single touch would cause him to break!

“…I…of course not.” Luo Xun became aware that his words had
hurt Yan Fei’s self-esteem. He paused for three seconds then
hurriedly explained.

“You’ve almost fully recovered, there is no need to venture

out now for a short trip. I know the place we’re going to very
well, a material market to the north. I went there the first
day of the apocalypse and did not see any zombies.
Lieutenant Ding said that the place had been cleared by the
army so there is little danger. We’ll be going there to get
some needed materials…”

“What are you going to take? Why do you need to go

there?”

Yan Fei listened to Luo Xun and pointed out key points that were
not clearly explained.

Luo Xun paused his dumpling wrapping and smiled. “They came
to me because I use solar equipment.”

“What?”

“Aren’t there a few panels outside on the balcony

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windows? I placed them myself to absorb sunlight to convert
into electricity. Some of the troops knew about the
equipment but not the mechanics and came to ask me.”

Luo Xun did not think they found him suspicious, fortunately he
had an excuse – apocalypse conspiracy theories. Some countryside
friends bought a set of equipment years ago in preparation for
disaster, then the apocalypse actually ended up arriving. Later when
he found that the district had lost power, he tried to install the panels
on the windows.

Otherwise, it would have been difficult to explain having his own

installations of such things despite living in an urban area. Even more
fortunate, he did not fill up all the window space with solar panels.
People would ask where these friends lived that they needed so
many solar panels?

Yan Fei’s brows rose higher, solar panels? All kinds of supplies in
the house? Water tanks…and the set of distillation equipment on the
kitchen counter?

He…did he also have an ability? The power to predict the future?

Could that be the reason how he was prepared in advance?

Yan Fei’s brain had headed in a strange direction and took a while
to return to normal. He pointed out a key fact. “Solar energy…the
district currently has no power?”

“Ah, its been stopped for a month.” Luo Xun nodded, the
better dumpling wrappers were used up but he continued cooking.

“Let’s take a break for now and we’ll discuss after the new
year.”

Yan Fei still did not want to see Luo Xun go out while he stayed
home like a housewife. He was mollified that Luo Xun was concerned
since he would not stand being treated like a porcelain doll locked in

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the house.

There was also the fact that by having an ability, Yan Fei’s safety
should be higher than Luo Xuns. Luo Xun confusedly glanced at the
door where Yan Fei had disappeared.

He steamed the dumplings, thin skin with big filling. It had been a
long time since Luo Xun and Yan Fei had eaten homemade
dumplings. The two men ate heartily, the chopsticks flew forward
leaving after-images.

Puppy’s plate had two open cooled dumplings with pork stuffing.
She was curious about the human food but not too fond of eating it.
Instead she played and occasionally licked to taste.

In one sitting they finished four plates, two of each kind of filling.
The two eaters leaned against the sofa, not wanting to get up. The
radio broadcasted news about the construction of various bases. It
sounded like the majority of bases had been established, everywhere
was thriving and the future of human happiness was just around the
corner. There was belief that they would retake the city and restore
past human glory!

Luo Xun and mentally laughed. The radio did not mention how
many people had died. How many people had become zombies or
the exact number of survivors in each base.

How big was A-city? How many people were there? A total of five
bases had been established: north, east, west, southwest and
northeast. Based on the southwest base Luo Xun was currently
situated and assuming the other bases had similar numbers, the five
bases together only totalled around 150,000 people.

Even if one added the army, A-city only had 100,000 soldiers for a
grand total of 250,000 people. How many lived in A-city? At least 20
million!

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Luo Xun heaved a sigh, the air smelled of dumplings.

“What’s the matter?” Yan Fei sat up, he usually did not eat so
much at a meal so he decided to strike up conversation to speed up
digestion.

“Nothing…just listening to this kind of sappy news, a

little…”

The current news were not as pragmatic as the later days. Now
everything would rather be whitewashed then reporting something
meaningful.

“It will be so, otherwise people will panic, no way around

that. God knows what will happen.”

Yan Fei looked out at the balcony and did not know how Luo Xun
had managed it. The small trees and plants were a lush green as if it
was not currently winter outside.

The room was warm, it was not easy to maintain such a

temperature even before the apocalypse began.

“I know, but…” Luo Xun shrugged.

“I heard there are search and rescue teams. I will be

working with a team on the third to rescue some people. Our
cars will all be at the back of the procession with two military
vehicles. I will try to bring back some of the metal and steel
so you can have crafting materials.”

Luo Xun had originally collected a stash of metal materials but he

did not expect to meet Yan Fei, so he prepared enough for his own
use only. Now he had been living on base, trying not to overuse his
resources. But now with Yan Fei, as long as he was willing to
cooperate to provide weapons, Luo Xun would have the ability to go
out and explore, search for supplies.

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Farming at home was safe, but he knew that one day he would
need to fight, the base may no longer be safe. Who had a better
chance of survival? A person who had never fought, always farming
at home? Or a regular fighter, home growing only as a nutritional
supplement? The answer was obvious.

Yan Fei meditated while looking with one eye at Luo Xun who
looked expectant.

“These two days I will make some ammunition. You go out

and see which is most convenient for your weapon then I will
prepare some more.”

“There should be enough ammunition at home and I’ll

confirm it tomorrow…What do you want to eat for the next
few days? I’ll cook some extra, if you want to eat, just heat it
up…”

“You have decided to go out and leave me at home?”

Luo Xun choked, how did Yan Fei suddenly sound abandoned and
resentful? He had to find a way to placate the unruly patient.

“I won’t be at ease just leaving Puppy at home by herself.

The house has a lot of things and the security on base has
not been perfected yet. Honestly if it weren’t for you I’d be
afraid at home. Constantly in fear that someone would break
in to rob supplies.”

It was not a lie, even with all the safety precautions, if someone
knew there was a hoard inside the house, Luo Xun was afraid to think
of the aftermath. This was one of the main reasons he was allowing
Yan Fei to stay and encroach on half his bed.

Luo Xun hurriedly continued speaking. “You see my house has

quite a lot of stuff. I went out and got it right as the
apocalypse started. I saw the zombies and got frightened. I

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usually stay at home and play video games so I recognized
the creatures. So when I saw a corpse I was afraid the
apocalypse was coming and I ran to the supermarket to grab
as much as I could. Now I have a lot but am afraid that
someone will see…You keeping house is safer than me trying
to keep house.”

Wait a minute…what if Yan Fei took the house while he was away?
Luo Xun completely forgot to consider that possibility!?

“Huh.” Yan Fei coldly hummed, still somewhat uncomfortable with

the answer. Though better to consider himself a house guardian than
a person left behind.

“Then you should be careful, lest you come back and find I
took everything.”

“…oh” Luo Xun had just been thinking of that.

Generally speaking, people would keep their word, but those who
said “You go, I will look after the house for you, don’t
worry~” those people with that kind of attitude would likely stab
you in the back with a rusty knife.

The car slowly approached the safe zone entrance. Luo Xun used
his telescope to see the new wall. A group of soldiers pushed some
metal parts, large plates to the wall then another soldier touched
some metal which twisted and condensed in his hand. The soldier
then placed his hand against the wall and the pieces merged into a
crude metal wall.

So the army had metal ability users, but they seemed weaker than
Yan Fei. He could freely manipulate the metal, if he was there he
would have built the wall much quicker than the soldier.

The telescope shifted to the other direction, sure enough another

group also had a metal ability soldier who power was similar and

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needed to be in contact to shape the metal. Luo Xun just did not
know how many metal ability users were in the army?

“Are those the new arrivals? Why are they living in tents
outside the city? Are there no vacancies?” He Qiankun
whispered to the others.

“Didn’t you know that a few days ago, someone came in

infected with the zombie virus? Several people were bitten in
the west bank neighborhood!”

Wu Xin looked confusedly at his larger friend, everyone lived

together, how could he not know about the news?

“I know? What does that have to do with this?” He Qiankun

was also confused.

“It’s closely related! Now rescued people and those

returning from outside need to be observed for at least half a
day in the tent area. Those with open wounds are observed
for 24 hours. All in order to avoid the virus.” Li Tie smacked He
Qiankun.

“Oh, oh, oh, say so earlier. I know already.”

Luo Xun and the others sat in a small military truck and did not
drive their own. Though Luo Xun had a car, it was too frail. It could
deliver some things in the safe zone but on an expedition? Don’t
even think about it.

They spoke with lieutenant Ding who agreed to let them borrow
the truck for the outing to the building material market for supplies.
Wang Duo was the driver since he could drive a truck, Han Li sat
beside him and the rest were in the back. To the side there was
another small military vehicle filled with soldiers.

The troops had reached an agreement – the military personnel in

the area would temporarily act as foreign aid. This was in order to

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build the base information network, early development of internal
network and the resuming of communications. Li Tie and the others
were technology related major students and had decent hands-on
ability.

This time, the two vehicles were out searching for materials with
Luo Xun focusing on solar panels along with relevant materials for Li
Tie and the others. Fortunately, the nearby material market was the
largest and had all these things!

Maybe Luo Xun could get some materials for Yan Fei.

For this mission, the cost of renting a car was free of charge and
everyone could keep half the goods in the vehicle. Li Tie and the
others needed machine parts, solar charging equipment and PVC
pipes. Li Tie was a follower of WasteWoodHouse, he would also grow
food at home for self-sufficiency.

The goal was a lot of steel in addition to getting extra batteries for
Luo Xun. These materials were necessary for those with metal
powers.

The trip out of the city was very smooth, hardly a shadow of a
zombie all the way north to the entrance of the mall.

Luo Xun looked at the dark blood and long dead, rotten remains of
dogs and felt nauseous. It looked like no one had come to the place
after his own trip around a month earlier.

Then again the troops mainly rescued the trapped masses and
some important people. In the safe zone, most people were tasked
with constructing the wall. Even when going out to search for
supplies, everyone searched supermarkets. Who would come to
hardware stores in search of food?

Luo Xun had been here before and directed people to open the
solar equipment store. Some soldiers heard some movement in the

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back aisle and took out their guns.

They went to investigate the situation and soon gunfire rang out.

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Han Li’s face paled upon hearing the gunfire, the hand holding his
weapon shook. Luo Xun squeezed his hand.

“Don’t be afraid, they are all right.”

Some zombies may have developed a primary nucleus but they

were no match for gunmen. Even if the soldiers were defeated, Luo
Xun could deal with this kind of variant zombie.

“Thank you. I know.” Han Li lightly flushed, grabbed his

equipment and hurried out.

“There should be a warehouse in the back. Let’s go inside

and take a look.”

Luo Xun skimmed around, the shelves stretched to the ceiling, all
layers of solar charging equipment. If all this was loaded in to their
car, nothing else would fit. He called in two soldiers to take at least
half.

Luo Xun took out Yan Fei’s metal crossbow and pulled He Qiankun
along to scout. Do not judge that because He Qiankun was fat that
his brain was no good. This guy was a skilled calculator. For a variety
of equipment, how to DIY, machine configuration there was little he
had not tried.

He Qiankun could not help out with the physical work but Luo Xun
needed someone familiar with the equipment to find the needed
parts.

“Are we not calling an older soldier to follow us?”

Looking at the guy with three times the girth and years older, Luo
Xun wanted to punch him for calling them ‘older soldiers’.

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“Fine, I’ll call a soldier over.”

The soldiers had returned from the situation in the back. Luo Xun
found their captain and asked for two to come over.

“Two soldiers, all right now?”

“Good! Fine! Having a gun is enough!” He Qiankun repeatedly

nodded while thanking the older guys. The soldiers were amused
since they were younger than the guy by one or two years, who was
an older soldier?

“There was a zombie in the back?” Luo Xun looked at their

nametags and inquired about the situation.

“Yes, there was one but it has been dealt with.”

“There might be more, so be careful while moving around.”

“Everything in this store is useful.” he Qiankun pointed

around.

Luo Xun hurriedly jotted down items, waiting for the others to
finish packing previous stuff before coming here to grab things. A few
people chatted while searching for supplies, walking then stopping.
They soon arrived at the innermost corridor of the market.

“If we are fast enough, maybe we could go back tonight?”

Seeing the last stop, He Qiankun eyes shined with anticipation.
“With these solar panels, we should be able to eat warm food
tomorrow!”

“It’s going to be rough tomorrow, the fastest will still take

until tomorrow evening. Anyways didn’t you exchange some
charcoal? Why didn’t you cook?”

“What use is charcoal alone? We had no pots, bowls,

scoops or cutlery! We had the little pot you gave us

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but…charcoal burned too slowly. We also did not have much
water, we simply had some tasty dry instant noodles.”

He Qiankun had a face filled with injustice. They thought the

charcoal would let them eat hot food, a good result. They might as
well have gone to the outer sale window to buy some food, at least
some of it was hot!

Luo Xun silently looked skywards, this was really….

“Ah….ah…”

“”Zombie!”

The voice was cut off as a zombie fell out from one of the stores.
Two soldiers hurried forward and the used the guns to hit the
enemy’s head.

Who would have thought that while attacking the zombie, another
would rush out from a nearby room!? The second zombie was fast,
rushed past the other straight towards the two soldiers!

The two hurried to shoot but it was too late to properly aim, they
only hit the body.

*Poof* A sound, the zombie fell down, body bent in half and not
moving.

“Woah…Yes! Luo Xun have you practiced?” He Qiankun had a

face of worship towards the crossbow wielding Luo Xun.

“Well I practiced hunting birds.” Luo Xun took two careful

steps forward, keeping his weapon armed.

Two zombies were dead, it would be good not to deal with a third.
The two soldiers looked at each other, they seemed to have been
protected by civilians?

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Wait, would the crossbow lethality make it contraband? But right
now, everyone was privately armed, fine so long as one did not cause
trouble in the safe zone. Then again he had not grabbed a gun,
although the crossbow was comparable to a handgun.

When they turned, Luo Xun used the excuse of recycling bullets
conveniently took out the primary crystal nucleus. He Qiankun also
recollected his own ammo under protest.

The primary nucleus was pretty small, it allowed ability users to

replenish spiritual power, absoprtion could also cause upgrades. It
was likely to replace energy in the future. However this source of
energy had not yet been discovered or spread.

In any case, it was a good things and in the future could be a

substitute for money. The difference was that points were base-
specific while crystal nuclei could be exchanged at any base.

They visited store after store to find necessary supplies. They only
took a bit if they needed material but wrote down a note. In the
future they could send a car over to collect.

After they got the needed equipment and materials, Li Tie and the
others went to grab some PVC pipes. Luo Xun grabbed some metal
plates to take home for Yan Fei. Upon seeing Li Tie, he kindly
reminded them to also grab some drill tools, saw blades, binders etc,
not just pipes.

Li Tie facepalmed, then kicked down the door to sweep a hardware

store. People rushed to store stuff, when they returned the sky had
darkened. All hurried in preparation to drive away. Several soldiers
on duty in the vicinity hurried over with a report.

“There’s a big wave of zombies coming! Headed for the

safe zone!”

“Ah!?” The captain rushed to the vehicle.

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Luo Xun pondered then climbed along the car to the roof with his
telescope. His face could not help but twist.

It was not a zombie wave outside – there were not enough zombies
gathered together. But is was obvious that they were chasing
someone southward! Even if the zombies did not see the target, they
continued in the direction thought to be right.

Who the hell was that!? To incite so many zombies!

It was fortunate that the southwest base walls had been fortified
otherwise so many zombies appearing at once would cause chaos in
the safe zone.

“Faster! Faster! The door is up ahead!”

A few modified jeeps tore down the road, eventually leaving the
chasing zombies behind in the dust. Finally they were safe.

“Brother, up front! The southwest base has been built!

Should be able to hold!”

The man tiredly adjusted his glasses. “Wang that bastard, it

seems he has already fled here…”

“If they hadn’t been so noisy, they wouldn’t have attracted

so many zombies!”

“Whatever, the western base was not safe or steady. They

weren’t that many people repairing the wall. Until yesterday
there were few people doing anything. They fled quickly,
otherwise we didn’t have to come until later.”

Wu Changkun was very clear, even before the apocalypse, he and

Wang could not peacefully coexist. Now that the end of the world had
arrived? In such a precarious situation, Wang Heng could only be
cheap to others.

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“Anyway, we finally have a place to stay don’t we? Wait,
there’s a line at the door!”

“Oh, so many zombies followed behind us and we have to

wait in such a long line!?”

One guy nervously swallowed, their team had attracted the

zombies. If the people inside learned of this, they might not be
allowed in…

The group of people sitting on the roof did not dare speak loudly,
make a fire or even tear plastic wrappings in fear of being heard by
the zombie herd. Who could them come in to treat themselves to
dessert.

A small team of soldiers, Luo Xun, Li Tie and the others added up
to a total of 16 people. There was a tense atmosphere as they
squatted on the open roof.

Fortunately they had expected a situation before leaving base and

were prepared to spend the night outside. Luckily in the early
apocalypse zombies had no sense of hearing, so long as they did not
make any loud sounds they would not be found. It was just
uncomfortable at the moment.

“Ugh, don’t let me learn who attracted so many zombies or

I will punch out their teeth!” He Qiankun swung his fist.

“So many zombies, I suspect someone was going through

the city center. Able to attract so many monsters yet not get
eaten a car is necessary. However the people in the car many
have an ability or at least a gun.”

Luo Xun analyzed the feasibility of He Qiankun’s declaration.

He Qiankun withered. “Why do I not have an ability?”

“Maybe you had developed an ability even before the

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apocalypse.” Wang Duo hooked an arm around He Qiankun’s
shoulder.

His body temperature was warm and toasty, with the weather so
cold He Qiankun was a great heater.

“What ability?” he Qiankun felt a glimmer of hope even if he

knew his friend usually never had anything good to say.

“Eating! You can really eat, having such a plump figure is

not something an average person could do.”

“Shut up!”

“Stop fighting, what if a zombie hears us?”

“Sigh, I don’t know who fares the safe zone. SHould be able
to withstand it.”

“Definitely, the wall was just repaired.”

The captain gave some encouragement. “There might be a lot

of zombies but they’ll be eliminated so long as they don’t all
arrive at the same time. Everyone don’t worry, the base will
be fine.”

“I’m more worried about someone breaking into our house

since there was some unused charcoal leftover…” Han Li gazed
sadly towards the sky.

“You think to much.” Wu Xin could not help but roll his eyes.

There was nothing inside their sparse room. If someone wanted to

break in, they would have to deal with the door.

Luo Xun ate four steamed buns filled with pork, green onion and
shrimp or mung bean paste. This was the leftover stuffing from the
dumplings, he made some buns to serve as food rations. Sure

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enough they were now in use.

In addition, there was dry bread, ham, boiled eggs, juice, mineral
water and homemade dry pastries. The juice was bought from the
supermarket prior to the apocalypse and could supplement vitamins.
Of course he also bought vitamin C tablets but at the start of the
apocalypse if he could eat well he would not wrong his belly.

“When we return, are you going to head out again?”

Luo Xun poured two mouthfuls of mineral water and kept the juice
in reserve. In case they were blocked for 10 days it could save lives.

“If we can, then we will.” Li Tie immediately responded. “No

choice, our place has no bed, quilt or mattress. Also need to
eat, collecting something is better than nothing. This time we
solved our energy problem, next time we come out to solve
livelihood problem.”

The other four nodded, it was a no-brainer, it was clear that home
was important.

Luo Xun also nodded. “My home has these, but my cousin’s
place next door was not furnished before the apocalypse
struck. He’ll need these things too. We should also take
advantage of the added security otherwise we’ll rest on our
laurels later.”

Luo Xun did not have any spare clothes for Yan Fei, this trip was a
chance to find some for him.

“And seeds!” Li Tie added. “There are a lot of things! When

we get back I’ll make a list and we can come back with
another car.”

He heard from He Qiankun that Luo Xun’s crossbow was very

accurate – one shot felled a zombie. It was rare to see strong combat
ability in an ordinary person.

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“We’ll have to get back first.”

“Yes, wait until tomorrow.”

“Three days…” Yan Fei stood on the balcony, looking coldly at

the busy people in the next building.

These people arrived in the district yesterday. Combined with the

previously heard news, Yan Fei guessed that those people had
attracted the mob of zombies currently outside the safety zone.

They were very strong, felt even from a distance since most of
them were ability users he was unsure about the other members. It
was likely because of them that he had not heard any news from Luo
Xun!

Yan Fei felt very irritable, about to erupt and any time.

Feeling his mood was bad, the puppy did not dare bite his pant leg
as usual this morning. Since Yan Fei was allowed to stay, he was
quickly considered another member of the family. The puppy gained
another owner and there should be no hostility between them.

She should be able to freely chew on his pant leg!

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Chapter 28
TN: Have a double update for the end of January. \(◦’⌣’◦)/

Hopefully there will be another double post for Valentines Day…

Yan Fei shifted from looking outward to the area behind him. The
balcony grew a variety of crops, the leeks were grown and could be
harvested again.

In the room there were many stacked, unmarked boxes, he did not
know when the various materials appeared. Dried chicken, duck,
bacon and sausage hung from the ceiling fan. In the kitchen there
were two full rows of pickling jars on the ground!

The outer row of transparent glass jars were filled with various
kimchi pickled peppers. The inner row of jars held a variety of pickles
as well as fermented bean curd, kimchi, pickled cabbage, soy sauce,
mayonnaise and so on.

Yan Fei had no idea where Luo Xun got all these things from. DId
he rob a nearby pickling workshop? Or did he make all this himself?

In the nursery room next to the kitchen there was mushroom

wood, nursery boxes, earthworm boxes, mealworm jars and other
planted crops. The whole house was like a hamster’s nest.

Before Luo Xun went away, Yan Fei promised himself he would not
worry about these things, that if something went wrong he would
deal with it immediately. What to do when water ran out, how to
charge if electricity stopped, which broken things to throw away,
which things could be recycled…

Now that he thought about it, it was like a instruction manual!

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“Ugh…” His spirit was a little tired, Yan Fei’s eyes showed a trace
of confusion.

This obviously warm place suddenly became empty just by missing

a single person.

He walked step by step to the second floor, there were not many
crops on the terrace, a few large empty shelves, empty boxes and
some trash in the corner. Luo Xun had said there was rice and wheat
at home, maybe they could be used in the coming year to make a
field or rice paddy…

Shoot! He started to resemble more and more like a sulking

homesick wife!?

A few steps to the side on the terrace and he could still clearly see
downwards. To reiterate, those people arrived on base the night
before, went to live in a temporary hall the same day –
supermarkets, banks and shopping malls were converted into
temporary lodging for those without powers and those without points
to live.

The next day they moved into this neighborhood. The people who
were able to move into the area now had to have an ability along
with enough strength to qualify.

ALong with these people, the other building also had newcomers
and they all seemed to be together. Were they a gang?

If Luo Xun did not come back…if he did not make it back…

Yan Fei’s eyes flashed with murderous intent, he did not

understand his current tumultuous mood but one thing was clear – he
cared not for the lives of these new people.

If Luo Xun really was in an accident, then their lives would be

forfeit.

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“It’s almost done.” A soldier sighed at the nearby intersection.
There were no active zombies in their field of vision.

“Right, these things are useful. Just need to persevere

down the road to our side. Luckily right now they only react
to sound. If they could see or think, we would be finished.”

“Fortunately not, otherwise many people would have long

committed suicide.”

Several soldiers joked after being paid to clear the zombies around
the security area. These days zombies had crowded around the other
side of the north gate and gave many people heart attacks.

Fortunately these zombies were not followed, after a wave of

annihilation, the door outside should be temporarily safe.

Temporary surveillance points were cancelled five days ago when

the zombies gathered. All the people who needed to wait were
temporarily placed in a safe area near the door. As expected, the
vast majority of those injured by a zombie turned into one. The
soldiers were prepared to eliminate them on the spot.

“I heard we have to expand the security area.” A veteran

held a gun and leaned against a newly built steel wall behind him.

“Expansion? Just built a wall and already going to expand?”

“Just heard two days ago the north gate was blocked by
zombies. Heard that a bunch of trucks went out the west
gate and brought back a lot of concrete, steel and so on.
Sounds like the base is expanding.”

“But the safe zone is already pretty big?”

“Where are we? How many people are there in the entire A-
city? In the safe there are at most sixty to seventy thousand
that can be housed, which also counts the barracks. Heard

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that the higher ups wanted to rescue more people, where
would the new arrivals live?”

“Right with so many people if even one infected person is

missed, it would be a large catastrophe.”

“Yeah, just don’t know how they will find a way…Wait

what’s that? A car?”

“It’s a truck…an army truck! Maybe it’s the one that went
out looking for supplies.”

“Oh my God, we’ve returned alive…”

Several young men cried tears of joy as they neared the safe area
fence.

Luo Xun also breathed a sigh of relief. A steel fence? The wall was
completely built and at least the outer wall in sight had become
metal. There was a possibility of rust due to the materials but
slippery enough to be unclimbable.

The ability to direct the flow of metal ensured robustness, a

suitable defense against primary zombies.

“So many zombies on the ground?”

“Not really? We all met more there.”

Honestly the group had wanted to hide in the mall for a few more
days and wait for the zombies to leave. However by the fourth day,
the number of wandering zombies had lessened but somehow the
zombies had developed a sense of smell. A couple of zombies moved
towards the building material market.

Dozens of zombies surrounded the metal gates, the door was

broken down in three hours. There was no other way, fight or be
killed. Fortunately for the sake of safety the soldiers had brought a

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lot of guns and ammunition.

Li Tie and the others had iron bars as weapons along with Luo
Xun’s homemade metal crossbow. There were unexpectedly zero
casualties killing off the zombies.

Since the gate was broken, they did not wait for death. They drove
towards the base, dealing with zombies on the side. On the road,
they dealt with more zombies before safely returning to base.

No one was bodily injured, upon returning they needed to wait half
a day in the designated quarantine area. In general, after five hours
people were given free reign of movement. Luo Xun and the others
had brought back a lot of supplies since they were working with the
army!

The troops took their half portion, the remainder belonged to their
group! They also brought back other materials, the market had a
grocery shop and a small restaurant inside. The goods inside had
been collected and brought back.

Li Tie’s group had a fruitful harvest this time.

For Luo Xun, although he also took things, he had no shortage at

home but he avoided taking too much as a precaution. He traded
some of the food for metal materials, to let Yan Fei have ingredients
for conversion.

Five hours later, the group drove the truck back to Hong Jing
district. On the street there were a lot of market stalls. It took nearly
half a month to form the market, starting with private mutual
inquires to spending 35 days creating street stalls.

Luo Xun and the group’s car attracted envious stares from people
on the street. If not for some soldiers at the back with guns, some of
the bolder people would try to find out what was loaded in the car.
Even so, a large number of people trailed behind the car seeing if it

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would unload something, many bedding or food?

“Eh!? There’s electricity?” The people carrying things into the

seventh building corridor exclaimed.

He Qiankun’s face flushed in excitement when he found the

elevator had electricity.

“The day before yesterday but only two times a day. We

seize the time otherwise we miss the chance and have to
take the stairs.”

A soldier who understood the situation explained, greet everyone

and told them to hurry up.

The young lads and two more soldiers helped, everyone quickly
unloaded the things. After the car was emptied, the crowd hurried to
the elevator.

Seeing a bunch of boards but no food, the onlookers felt

disappointed. Some also asked Han Li what they would do with these
things.

“What are these? Where did you get this? What’s the use?”

“A bed.” Han Li spouted nonsense while pointing at the wrapped

solar panels.

The packaging hid the item’s true identity. “We were sleeping
on the ground, the flooring in the house isn’t finished.”

A person paused and looked at the PVC pipe on the floor. “What
about this pipe? What are you doing with this?”

“Got to repair the toilet in the apartment.”

Wu Xin kept the elevator door open while Han Li complained.

“Hurry up how can I keep this up? So heavy!”

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The group hurried to carry things and fill up the elevator. It took a
total of three trips to bring all the things up. All of it was temporarily
in the corridor, Luo Xun brought up the rear. He took out his key to
open the door, the key was just inserted when the door was opened
from the inside.

A face of ice stared at Luo Xun. He paused then smiled nervously,

when he arrived on the floor he seemed to forget greeting Yan Fei.

“Uh…then…how were you these past few days”

There was no shortage of food or water, even if Yan Fei could not
cook dumplings, steamed buns, frozen and fast food could all be
heated. The solar battery was fully charged so there should still be
power.

Then why was his face so thunderous?

“Luo Xun, are these yours? Be careful, we don’t want to

accidentally take it away and then have to return them…”
Upon seeing Yan Fei, Wu Xin stopped wide eyed and speechless.

“Holy cow! This is your cousin?” He Qiankun glared enviously

at Yan Fei’s waist.

Yan Fei had been inside recuperating. Luo Xun’s house had been
partially made into a greenhouse so the temperature was high. Inside
he was only wearing casual lounge wear when he heard a sound in
the corridor and walked over.

When Luo Xun returned, Yan Fei was wearing a gray sweater, that
waist, that height, those looks with troublesome handsome face! Not
just He Qiankun, anyone else unless professionally trained would
drown in jealousy!

Yan Fei nodded and smiled chillingly. “I am Luo Xun’s cousin

Yan Fei. Thank you for taking care of Luo Xun for me.”

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While speaking he raised his hand and intimately rubbed Luo Xun’s
head as if he was a puppy.

There was killing intent! For some reason, Luo Xun felt the hair on
the back of his neck rise up. With his instincts honed from a decade
in the apocalypse, he felt that Yan Fei was very dangerous right now!

But…Luo Xun could not run! There was no way to escape!

Yan Fei declined help from Li Tie and the others to move things. He
would use his powers to easily move the metal. Luo Xun exerted
effort to move the remainder of their things home.

There were quite a few materials, a trip with Luo Xun would not
come back empty handed. The puppy was not in the cage and heard
her owner come home. However the two were busy moving things so
she could not approach. The puppy shook her tail, waiting for
someone to come over and play.

The metal and other items were put away, Luo Xun felt relieved.
He secretly looked at his roommate, since starting he had not spoken
to him at all, other than the greeting to Li Tie outside.

What was going on? Did something happen at home?

The puppy…was as usual, very energetic. Was there something

wrong with the food? Did some of the plants mutate or something?

Yan crankily asked. “Did you bring back everything you

needed?”

“Ah? Oh, still need some basics…”

“Are you going out again?”

“…Not for the time being.”

He wanted to rest for at least two days. Li Tie and the others said

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they would go out again after a few days. They were going to the
farmer’s market to find some seeds to grow. Also find some bedding
since they had none, plants for home cultivation and some housing
materials for next door.

Luo Xun was lost in thought when Yan Fei suddenly pinned him to
the wall. Yan Fei was very strong, could have been influenced by his
transformation…wait what was going on? Was he going to kill him!?

Luo Xun instantly judged that in a head to head confrontation, he

was definitely not Yan Fei’s opponent. He was about to beg for mercy
when he was pierced with a chilling gaze.

“You said you would be gone for how many days?”

“…One, half day…”

“And the lastest you would return?”

“Two or three days…”

“What day is it now?”

“……Fifth day.”

Luo Xun looked blankly at Yan Fei. Their faces were very close, his
eyes subconsciously focused on the other’s eyes and mole. Luo Xun’s
heart pounded in his chest, getting heavier and louder, as if it might
burst from his chest at any moment.

The puppy wandered over to see the action. She abruptly froze and
blinked at Yan Fei. How could he rob her of playtime with owner!?

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“Right.” Yan Fei sneered and slowly nodded. “I have decided.”

“What?” Luo Xun stared in confusion.

He had just come back, tired to death after moving things for half a
day. Now he just wanted to take a bath and go to sleep. He did not
understand Yan Fei. Why did he suddenly lose his temper?

His eyes involuntarily trailed down Yan Fei’s face to avoid his eyes
and ended up on his lips. Yan Fei’s lips had regained their natural
colour which stirred with enchantment. His lips must be very soft.

Luo Xun desperately shook his head to stay focused. When tried to
ask something, Yan Fei brushed close to his ear and said lowly.

“If you dare go out alone, I will melt down your door.”

…That is not how metal powers work okay? It would also be a

waste of wood. So what the hell was he doing?

Luo Xun’s head was still muddled, his whole face was red from
embarrassment at two people in such close contact. Although he
became bent after the apocalypse, he did not want to get mixed up
in other’s drama and also did not want to spend crystal nuclei in
order to sleep with potentially unhygienic people.

He had found someone he would have been willing to spend his

days with, however the man had left before the friendship developed
beyond that. The two had relied on each other on the road to stay
warm, give a small helping hand, not so much for romance.

Therefore until now, Luo Xun had no experience with first kiss or
tumble in the sheets even in his previous hometown. His closest
companion would technically be Puppy, a young chow chow! Not this

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stunning, handsome man in front of him!

“You…you, what are you doing!?” Luo Xun pushed Yan Fei’s
shoulder in embarassament – afraid to push his chest in case of
hitting the injury.

He had only been gone for five days, how did the guy change so
much? What happened the past five days?

“Is this about your injury? That when you’re healed you can
go out?”

He suddenly remembered Yan Fei effortlessly helping him move

stuff. Luo Xun tilted forward.

“You’re fully healed!?”

Yan Fei’s eyes moved from Luo Xun’s face to his flushed ears and
neck. His reaction was similar to the first time, unable to stand the
slightest teasing. Wait…was his initial guess correct? That Luo Xun
was gay?

Light glimmered in his chest, he had been irritable and anxious

when Luo Xun had not returned to base on time. However, right here
and now, close to Luo Xun, Yan Fei felt a feeling blossom in his heart.

A thought arose – close, closer, keep him by his side.

The warmth of home came from Luo Xun, if he could keep this
source by his side, it would be the beginning of a completely new life.

If they had met before the apocalypse, their lives following a

scripted development, even if he became interested in a man and
wanted to try a same sex relationship Yan Fei was afraid it would be
with a mentality of curiosity. Even if the relationship became serious,
he could only hide in secret, dare not make it public.

But now, he suddenly wanted to try. It was not because it was

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something he had never tried before but because it was Luo Xun. Not
about his sex or getting out of his pre-apocalyptic oppressed life, just
because of Luo Xun as a person.

There was no one else who would make him scared after five days
without contact, no one else who would make him worry once out of
sight. No one else who would cause him to avenge them on those
who might have harmed them…

Luo Xun was stunned when Yan Fei did not answer his question
and instead smiled from the bottom of his heart. Luo Xun could not
look directly at the smile but also could not tear his eyes away.

“I am alright.” Yan Fei was not prepared to explain his recent

epiphany.

Anyway, he could not leave now, especially on his own. They had
already decided to live together – at Luo Xun’s own initiative. He
definitely would not leave.

As for the potential relationship problems between two

people…Yan Fei’s peach blossom eyes narrowed, making Luo Xun
dizzy.

“My injury has been completely healed, what sorts of

supplies did you bring back today?”

“Woo…” They puppy who had been ignored for too long placed
her chin on her paws while laying with on the ground with sad eyes
and a drooping tail. The two people were too close – she could not
squeeze in!

Luo Xun heard the sound and looked down. *Swish* The puppy
stood up, her tail shaking so fast it left shadow after images.

“Brought many metal plates, hardware accessories…” Luo

Xun had not seen Puppy in a long time, he squatted down to catch
the dop rushing into his chest.

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Just the right height to cover his heart and liver if Yan Fei got
provoked and jumped him.

“Did you eat you fill these days? You seem to have grown a
bit…”

Luo Xun looked up with bright eyes. “We found a grocery shop,
I only grabbed a few packets of frozen beef and mutton
slices. Let’s eat hotpot!”

He quickly got up to remove the ingredients from the bag. Beef

and mutton slices were not heavy but took up space so Luo Xun did
not buy any before the apocalypse. Now that he accidentally got
some he would not hold back.

He was glad that it was winter outside, the weather was cold,
electricity only came from a standby power supply. The blackout had
ended recently but the meat in the freezer had not gone bad.
Otherwise they could only eat biscuits, potato chips or something
similar.

“Well there are some vegetables on the balcony that can

be harvested.” Yan Fei’s eyes softened.

Luo Xun’s cooking was not superb but had the taste of home. A
taste not found in the upscale restaurants Yan Fei had frequented.
Although he had eaten while Luo Xun was gone, he would not starve
himself, but the taste of the heated dumplings and buns were
different from Luo Xun’s prepared food.

He did not know if it was a matter of the heart or because at the

time he had eaten alone – the little puppy did not count. The beef
and mutton slices had softened in the bag so Luo Xun put them into
one of the freezers. Two of the freezers at home had been
completely filled the last one was on standby for temporary use.

Along with the packs of meat, he also got two packages of bacon

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and put them all together. Luo Xun changed his clothes, placed the
plate in a corner and went to the balcony to pick some vegetables.

The homegrown little rapeseed had grown a lot, though not

actually that big, he could grab some leaves. Before leaving Luo Xun
had planted some bean sprouts, which had grown large enough to
harvest. He left the roots to regrow, the top parts could be rinsed and
eaten as a side dish. The dishes would not be decadent but could be
eaten fresh.

“By the way, did any of the plants mutate?”

Luo Xun had instructed Yan Fei before leaving, if anything strange
grew he would dispose of it. Since the plants looked normal with no
mutations mixed in, Yan Fei must have handled it.

“Yes, some of the colors were strange so I took and burned

them.” Yan Fei had followed Luo Xun into the greenhouse and saw
him skillfully pick up a nursery box in order to check.

Strange plants were likely to have mutated into benign variations

with larger yields or even an entirely new species of plant. But Luo
Xun was afraid something would happen to Yan Fei so he let him
immediately get rid of anything wrong. Otherwise he could come
back to find that Yan Fei and the puppy had eaten unknown, mutated
plants. There would be no place for him to cry.

“Okay, I’ll lightly rinse some. I’ll plant the remainder

tomorrow morning.”

He took out the edible parts and brought out the hot pot
ingredients to lay out on a plate. Luo Xun rinsed out the cooking pot,
lit the fire, ready to eat!

There was some tofu in the freezer, also bought in the market
before the apocalypse and directly frozen. The home grown soybeans
could be harvested late next year. If Luo Xun felt like eating tofu,

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they would use the dried soy beans at home.

He had been busy with many things since the start of the
apocalypse. What if one wanted to eat something specific during this
time? Was it cold enough to be worth the effort?

Took out the tofu, washed the rapeseed, bean sprouts, pea
sprouts, chopped parsley and took the meat out from the packaging.
The two men sat at the table and waited for the water in the pot to
boil.

When eating hot pot Yan Fei like to eat any red meat but also
enjoyed more uncommon ingredients such as mushrooms, beef tripe,
minced fish and beef. For a long time he had not eaten such a pure
hot pot, usually he ate a more complex one with more ingredients.

He was at ease, eating with Luo Xun was peaceful. Luo Xun first
put lamb slices in after adding some rapeseed and sighed with some
regret. “Unfortunately there’s no cabbage planted at home.”

The growth rate of chinese cabbage was slower than other

vegetables. Even if he planted right after renting the house, there
likely would not have been any to eat right now.

“Eat these first, wait until the plants have sprouted again
before saying something like that.” Yan Fei gave him a cooked
slice of mutton and also got himself a piece.

In fact, Luo Xun had eaten rather well since entering the
apocalypse, especially compared to his past experience over a
decade. Back then he sometimes did not even have a mouthful of hot
water to drink. Coupled with the mass variations of crops after the
apocalypse, ordinary people could not access basic tasting crops.

Unpalatable, even having many days with nothing to eat, being

able to eat was a happy occasion. Not to mention after being reborn
he could eat ummutated meat and vegetables.

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During the apocalypse, most of the crops would mutate. Luo Xun
was very aware of this matter, the change in taste was only a small
part. One of the reasons his first priority during the end of the world
was to collect as many crop seeds as possible.

If all the seeds were planted and he could find some good varieties
then future days would be much better. He had lived a good life only
because his chives had mutated into a high quality variant.

The entire harvest of chives each time was specially sold to an

important person’s home. This was how he secured a life all those
years ago. One could live without a backer in the apocalypse but do
not expect to live well without a thigh to hold, survival skills or life
support.

Compared to the prepared Luo Xun, Yan Fei had suffered when the
apocalypse had arrived. He used to live in the center of the city. He
realized early the end of the world but wrongly estimated the
severity of the situation. Most people avoided zombies to get
convenience food. Before encountering Luo Xun, he rarely had a
good meal.

The meat was not very rich but was much better than previous
days. Although Yan Fei did not go out these days, he listened to Luo
Xun’s radio everyday day from morning to night. The contents of the
radio focused on current peace but it could not completely cover up
the truth of the outside world. Yan Fei was very intelligent and
analyzed the outside situation by observing static and dynamic
information of the area.

The two people ate and cleared the table of ingredients. Luo Xun
ran to the balcony to cut some more leek, rapeseed or something to
rinse and eat.

The puppy was lying at the edge of the table with a small bowl in
front of her. It had a few slices of rapeseed along with two slices each
of beef and mutton. She grabbed a piece of beef and placed it on Yan

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Fei’s slipper. Head tilted as she debated eating.

Yan Fei’s body blocked his view of the puppy so he did not realize
his shoe had turned into a table. He thought she was lying there and
playing around.

After dinner, the two people did not want to move. Luo Xun turned
towards the door in surprise when he heard laughter from the outside
corridor along with a woman’s voice.

“Someone moved into 1602?”

Yan Fei shook his head. “The 15th floor, a group of college
students came a few days after you left. I haven’t seen them
but there were men and women.”

He had only caught a glimpse from the balcony the day they had
moved in.

Luo Xun thought for a moment then nodded. “1602 has already
been accounted for by the army. This kind of house won’t
move anytime soon.”

Except for old neighborhood houses, when the army went to the
old district to clean out zombies. If they could roughly confirm that a
family had died or turned into zombies and had the house deed or
other accounts, the items would registered for public housing
distribution.

It was trivial and a waste of time, but it at least guaranteed the

interests of most people. The rest of the houses would wait for more
people to arrive on base in the coming months and be carefully
allocated.

Yan Fei carelessly shrugged his shoulders. “New people may

have a power or some kind of useful skill. The radio
encouraged people to register, as well as help the base kill
zombies and rescue trapped people.”

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“Wait for two days. I want to have a good night’s sleep.”
Luo Xun stretched and yawned.

Thinking for a moment, Yan Fei stood up. “I’ll tidy up, you take
a bath and rest early.”

Luo Xun had been busy outside for a number of days, Yan Fei could
finish chores by himself. He stood and the puppy rolled off his foot,
when he glanced down, his expression darkened immediately.

“What’s the matter?” In surprise Luo Xun also looked down.

The coral, velvet slippers on Yan Fei’s foot was covered in large oil
stains. Puppy had plastered small pieces of either beef or mutton all
over the shoe. Luo Xun began to chuckle, clutching his belly. Did the
puppy treat the shoe as a table? She was …so talented!

Yan Fei stooped to poke the puppy’s forehead, who was somewhat
groggy until she felt pain from her forehead. Thinking Yan Fei was
playing around, she jumped up and chased his hand. She caught his
finger gently and licked it like a meaty bone.

Yan Fei threw off the puppy and grimaced at his hand. “You
should train your dog better!”

Luo Xun fell from the sofa howling with laughter. “You, you
stayed at home and didn’t tame her these past few days?”

Yan Fei had contributed his own slippers as a makeshift table.

“How come she did not eat on my slippers?” It must have

been because of character.

Seeing Luo Xun laugh. Yan Fei’s mouth quirked to the other’s
confusion. Yan Fei suddenly stretched out his hand and wiped dog
saliva on Luo Xun’s face. Luo Xun rolled onto the ground from the
sofa.

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“Smearing dog spit on someone’s face?” Luo Xun finally got
up after laughing himself into exhaustion.

“Isn’t she your dog? Aren’t you going to take a shower

now?” Yan Fei calmly returned from the washroom, flicking away
water droplets – finally washed clean. He went to the table and
packed the dishes.

The little puppy was holding her own bowl, munching on the
rapeseed, completely oblivious to the fact that the two owner’s fight
had been caused by her.

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Chapter 30
TN: I know I said I would aim to have the next double post for
Valentines Day… I lied.

Have a double post for the start of February! °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°

Luo Xun went into the bathroom and had a nice shower, which
used water from the large tanks on the roof. Usually the distilled
water was gradually added as he was afraid to directly use water
from the pipes.

He toweled his hair while walking out. Yan Fei had cleaned up the
living room table and put two pieces of paper on top.

“What is this?”

Yan Fei responded as he exited the kitchen. “It was posted on

the door a few days ago, about water safety. The radio
reminded people all day to visit designated locations to
collect water purification tablets.”

Luo Xun skimmed through – it really was about the use of water
safety. Water needed to be boiled for at least 15 minutes before use.
It had to be left for at least a day to precipitate if from pipes. Only
take the upper layer of water and use water purification tablets in
separate containers etc..

Luo Xun was secretly relieved, he had already been using these
methods to deal with drinking water as a result of his past life
survival habits. He did not expect the base to find the problem now
and immediately take countermeasures.

Yan Fei stared at Luo Xun and only spoke after the other was done

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reading. “I have been dealing with the water at home
according to your instructions. It was similar to the ones
given in the notice.”

Luo Xun idly continued drying his hair. “No harm in being
careful, I was afraid that not going outside would not
mitigate the chance of becoming a zombie. If one does not
pay attention to the small things, woe unto them.”

Indeed these methods were very cumbersome, but using one’s

brain one would realize they were effective. Yan Fei since living in
Luo Xun’s home had found that he was particularly careful in this
respect. It was no wonder he exhibited cautious behaviour.

Yan Fei smiled and asked. “You used to do outdoor survival?

Or you like camping outdoors?”

Luo Xun stiffened and looked to the side. “I was an otaku…”

Military otaku, survivalists, those who stayed at home all the time
(hikikomori?) could all be called ‘otaku’. Although the term usually
had a common meaning, Yan Fei and Luo Xun associated completely
different meanings, a person’s mind was very flexible.

Apart from a reminder on water safety, the notice was also a

recruitment ad for active base participation, especially collecting
resources and rescue missions.

After the apocalypse began, some people quickly fled and luckily
reached the safety of the base early on but many others were
trapped in city buildings unable to escape.

The people trapped in nearby buildings were now mostly rescued

but there were more trapped deeper in the city. Most of the people
on base had family living deeper in the city and many people with
status sent out distress messages.

They had been too busy building the base to rescue those people.

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Now that everything had finally settled down, it was time to resume
rescue operations. Since every dead person was a threat to current
survivors – most of the deceased became zombies soon after!

Luo Xun was not ready to go out soon. Recently Yan Fei had used
up almost all the metal in their home to make large and small
crossbows, arrows with bomb type heads he designed along with
spiral shaped arrowheads. Luo Xun wanted to wait and discuss with
everyone.

The five university students next door were the same, they wanted
to study the precious data left by WasteWoodHouse. They wanted to
ready some pots, nursery boxes or something.

Of course whether it was Luo Xun, Yan Fei or the five students, all
wanted to go out on another trip. For clothes, seeds and other
missing resources. Luo Xun and Yan Fei also needed things to furnish
the room next door.

After a full five days stuck on a roof, Luo Xun fervently believed
that there was nowhere more comfortable than his own bed at home.
The mattress was a hard one, which was not as comfortable as a soft
one but less likely to break. Also if he needed to go out for some time
then sleeping on the hard ground would be less of a hardship.
Besides the big bed in his apartment was already very comfortable.

Luo Xun climbed into bed and quickly fell into dreamland. He did
not notice Yan Fei quietly watching him from behind then gently
slipped into bed.

The next day Luo Xun woke up and lazed in bed for a while. He felt
sore everywhere – it was winter and cold wind had blown the nights
the group had spent on the roof. The fact that he did not catch a cold
showed his good constitution.

Luo Xun yawned and went downstairs to see the puppy near the
sofa playing around with Yan Fei’s slippers. He had already replaced

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the ones Puppy had used as a table. Even if he was not a neat freak
he could not endure that big patch of grease. In addition, there had
been a lot of drool on top. Last night he took off and threw himself
into the bath to clean off.

At this time, the puppy energetically fluttered around Yan Fei’s

feet. Yan Fei would flick the puppy’s forehead who would jump back,
the redouble her efforts to bounce around.

The man and dog looked very harmonious, Luo Xun could not help
but chuckle.

The puppy realized that Luo Xun had come down and immediately
abandoned Yan Fei. She galloped over, her tail wagging side to side.

“Awake? There are frozen dumplings and buns you left in

the fridge before leaving. I just ate four, I’ll heat some up for
you?” Yan Fei asked as Luo Xun descended.

“I’ll have four dumplings as well.” He had been outside these

days.

His appetite was not small since he consumed a lot of energy

moving things yesterday. The first four dumplings would cushion his
stomach.

Ready made food in the fridge and kitchen were meant to be

consumed in peacetime. Luo Xun could cook but when tired, who
would want to cook? During his free time he would cook a big pile of
food. Luo Xun’s ultimate dream was to pass a month without needing
to light a fire.

He had only cooked everyday because the apocalypse had not

arrived. His heart had soared seeing all the rich ingredients, while
others would only cook when there was someone sick in the house.

Not only dumplings, Yan Fei also got up early to boil white rice
congee. The rice that remained was placed in the kitchen. When Luo

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Xun was not at home, Yan Fei could use the stove to cook for himself.

Luo Xun lifted a spoon of overly thick congee, glanced at Yan Fei’s
sunny face and sensibly did not ask how much water to rice he used.
He lowered his head to eat the stew.

The radio was on the table, broadcasting the lastest news. Yan Fei
did not want to hear about or listen to the current state of peace,
this kind of pandering talk. He adjusted the frequency and
incidentally avoided Luo Xun’s strange expressions while eating the
rice porridge.

The puppy was not eating at the moment so she put her chin on
Yan Fei’s foot and used his shoes as a pillow while staying close.

While Luo Xun was eating his third dumpling, Yan Fei had tuned in
to a new channel but the signal was not clear. He tried to fine tune in
order to hear the contents.

Suddenly Luo Xun froze, food in hand. Yan Fei also stopped and the
two looked at each other and the radio. This time the staticky voices
could be clearly heard!

“…Broken. A lot of survivors turned into zombies! Help

West base! Zombie attack in base! A large number of
ordinary people turned into zombies! West base asking for
help…”

The sound came from the radio again and again for 20 minutes.

The two looked uneasily at each other, generally speaking even if

there was danger they would not use civilian signals to send distress
calls. It seemed whatever had happened at the west base had caught
the people near the radio off guard, who directly called for external
help.

Luo Xun thought for a moment then suddenly went to the balcony.
He picked up his telescope and looked towards army headquarters.

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The artillery regiment had moved over soon after the apocalypse and
started to build base walls while troops expanded. The wall was
quickly built and seemed closer to the neighborhood then before.

At this point he could faintly see a military vehicle driving towards

the main road in the distance.

“What’s the matter?” Yan Fei asked after Luo Xun lowered his
telescope.

“The troops are mobilizing.” Luo Xun suddenly turned to Yan

Fei. “Where did you say your family lived?”

Yan Fei’s eyebrows twitched and his face sank. “…West.”

Luo Xun took a deep breath and glanced out the window. Yan Fei
took the telescope to look out, sure enough troopes steadily filed out
in all kinds of military vehicles including land rovers and tank cars
that belonged to the artillery regiment.

Luo Xun tried to comfort Yan Fei. “Although it was sudden, the
other bases received the message and should quickly send
support.”

Yan Fei’s heart was upset, he did not have any affection for his
parents, he did not care if they were dead or alive. He knew that with
the rapid establishment of shelters and bases near A-city that his
family would rush to one of the five bases.

He could not help but get a headache hearing the west base was in
trouble. He also did not want Luo Xun to worry, even if they were
alive, Yan Fei would not shed a single happy tear.

“The radio said that west base survivors suddenly became

zombies?”

Luo Xun paused before nodding with wrinkled brows. “…I

think…it’s maybe related to the water.”

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“Water?” Yan Fei froze, then glanced between Luo Xun and the
kitchen.

Luo Xun shrugged. “I’m only guessing, who knows what’s

actually going on? We can only wait for the base rescue. Wait
and see if any survivors escaped.”

There will be survivors even though the zombies had attacked the
western base. The number of living people should be more than the
zombies in the base. The greatest danger would actually be how
many zombies were attracted over by the commotion.

Luo Xun said there would be survivors escaping the western base
because many of the people he knew in his previous life had survived
multiple bases collapsing. In the beginning A-city had a total of five
official bases, with the exception of the east and southwest bases,
the rest were soon overrun in the apocalypse.

The cause was a large of number of survivors in the base suddenly

becoming zombies and biting people, expanding the danger sphere.
Then even the eastern base fell from an internal outbreak of zombies
and a zombie siege.

At the time, the east base wall was at least 20 meters and access
was very strict, usually limited to one door. As a result, people could
not escape the internal zombie outbreak. The loss of the eastern
base was the most brutal of the four lost bases.

How the hell was the area overrun? Why was there a sudden
outbreak of zombies in the base? Was it man-made or an accident?

Luo Xun was unclear of the specifics, but he remembered that A-

city hygiene standards had reached trivial grinding stage. People
may have gotten lazy and reaped the results.

“We just got news to use water purification tablets and

more boiled water. I am afraid its related somehow.”

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Yan Fei stared deeply at Luo Xun but did not say anything. His gut
instinct said that Luo Xun was probably correct, not to mention the
laborious water purification system at home.

The two men had not spent too long thinking when an
announcement sounded outside. The broadcast issued an emergency
notice to the crowd – urgently recruiting staff to expand the
southwest base.

Recently the outside was not peaceful and everybody tried to

explore as far out as possible. Even if going out meant a possible
death at the hand of zombies.

The current level of zombie could not run, though some people
found more fast, flexible and powerful zombie variants. It was
somewhat common to find something inside the zombie’s head. The
research institute on base had not yet studied the purpose of the
strange shards so there were few kept on base.

Most of the people who took part in clearing zombies acted

together with the military. The military personnel could finally count
how many zombies a team could kill.

This method of operation always had a loophole that could be

exploited so the reward was not much. Most people were afraid,
when they heard of more construction work, they decided those
tasks would be less dangerous and more cost-effective.

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Chapter 31
Adjusted the radio on the table, there had not been much official
news from the southwest base. The radio encouraged people to
actively participate in base expansion and supporting everyone who
helped in rescue, collection and extermination tasks. Since outside
the base was too dangerous, those who go out must form teams of at
least 10 members.

“It’s more specific than what the announcement had said.”

Afterwards, Luo Xun touched his chin. The most important thing
now was to build up the outer wall as soon as possible. The current
scope of the southwest base and Luo Xun’s before rebirth were too
small.

“What are you going to do? Fix the wall first? Or go out
looking for materials?”

Yan Fei glanced at Luo Xun, he felt the other was a very assertive
person since their first contact during the apocalypse. His own
judgement was not bad either.

Now the whole world was in chaos, no one could accurately judge
future situations and trends. Two heads were better than one and
Yan Fei did not ask unneeded questions to his people. He had made
his bed and would develop a closer relationship with his partner.

Luo Xun made his choice almost without a thought. “Go out to
collect supplies.”

“Our numbers are not enough.” Yan Fei had gone outside and
heard the broadcast from the road. “All who go out are required
to form teams with at least 10 people.”

Luo Xun paced. “We can go to the city door and form a

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temporary team. Plan the best course of action beforehand.
We can also ask the university students next door since
they’re heading out as well.”

Luo Xun was glad that the zombies were still relatively low level,
even if they met zombies, as long as the group was not surrounded
they could escape.

However, even adding the five students next door they only had a
total of 7 people. Though with seven the difficulty of forming a
temporary team was definitely less than with just two. Yan Fei
paused then nodded in agreement.

Just as the two were about to continue discussing, someone

knocked on the door. The two looked at each other then went to
answer.

Luckily it was just Han Li from next door, the two could see the
door across from then was open with the inhabitants busy with
something.

“What’s up?” Luo Xun opened the door in surprise.

He had considered finding them and did not expect the neighbors
to reach out to them first.

“Did you hear the announcement outside? We were

planning to go out and find resources after we had rested…”
Han Li had not finished when Li Tie stuck his head out. “Come here
to discuss! Let’s have a meeting!”

Yan Fei and Luo Xun exited together after locking the door and
grabbing the key. The house was filled with plastic pipes and a half
finished solar panel charger. Several people were argung and
blaming each other.

“I should have done this right when I came back

yesterday!”

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“Cook first, I am starving!”

“Where’s the water? Where’s the water?”

“Ah! I am in the back! Board, board, my belly, my belly!”

The two people came and stood at the door, looking at the noisy
room. Wu Xin moved a long shelf but he was not steady and bracing
the furniture against his body. He also did not see He Qiankun’s belly
behind him.

The sound of splinters, disorderly hands cleaning up…it took five or

six minutes to reach a room to treat people.

Yan Fei glanced around, three bedrooms with a relatively spacious

living room. But it was similar to his previous room 1603, dirty, dusty
and without any furnishings. In addition, yesterday’s solar panels,
PVC pipes and hardware accessories were put everywhere
haphazardly.

The three bedroom doors were all open, a quick peek inside
revealed thick clothes scattered in a random corner, some ripped
snack bags and empty water bottles. One look revealed a place
where boys lived…

An realization flashed inYan Fei’s mind, his sight unconsciously

shifted from the room to Luo Xun. His home had a lot of things but it
was not disorderly. Everything was placed in a proper location. Luo
Xun’s home had been furnished but as a guy his apartment was
clearly more ‘home-like’ then the other’s ‘nests’.

Several people sat on the dirty ground. The weather was obviously
very cold at the moment, though they wore thick clothes a few still
felt the floor was uncomfortable.

He Qiankun and Wun Xin sat beside each other and glared
resentfully at Yan Fei who sat with Luo Xun. The resentment quickly
gained heat.

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Being accustomed to the envious glares of hatred from others of
the same sex, Yan Fei calmy acted as if the two were not present. He
had maxed his ability to turn a blind eye.

While Yan Fei could ignore the men’s looks, Luo Xun felt awkward
sitting next to him. Not to mention even the three remaining people
were embarrassed by their two companions.

Li Tie and Han Li each grabbed an arm or a sleeve and tried to stop
the two’s unreasonable staring. Even if envy had budded in their own
hearts as well.

“Cough, what are you two looking at?” Luo Xun had to ask
aloud seeing the laserfocused looks.

“Look at you cousin…” The two spoke with undeniable

resentment.

One side. “Look at your cousin’s waist…” That was He Qiankun

whose girth was three and a half times that of Yan Fei.

The other side. “Look at your cousin’s face…” Wu Xin had

exhausted all methods to deal with his face acne.

Yan Fei still did not utter a word, as if what he heard went in one
ear and out the other. In fact, he was afraid any words spoken would
hit the two people even harder.

“I can’t believe you two.”

In Wang Duo’s eyes he was the most handsome of the five.

Although not comparable to Yan Fei, he had received love letters
from unknown female classmates in school. However after a week
they would quickly break up with him.

“Stop, do not think about it!” The two were still jealous, He
Qiankun stared at Wang Duo. “Although we cannot compare to
Yan Fei, I think if I lose some weight I could compare to you!”

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Wu Xin depressedly touched his face. “After the apocalypse
there are even fewer skin care products available…no I’ll
definitely bring some back when we go out next!”

Luo Xun could not help but cough to hide to his smile. “Well, you
said to have a meeting?”

“Right! Meeting!” Li Tie ignored his sulking companions and

patted his chest. “You heard the announcement outside? I
think once the base rescued people or if the other bases are
overrun, there will be a lot of people coming to our base.
Maybe it will be even more difficult to reach the surrounding
resources.”

Yan Fei looked at Li Tie in slight surprise, he did not think this
person was that intelligent.

Luo Xun nodded. “Correct, right now only the west base is in
trouble, if the other bases have issues as well, then material
stores could be even more tense.”

He was aware that other then the southwest, the two bases to the
east would also be destroyed and three bases worth of people would
join southwest base.

Nearby materials and buildings would soon be picked clean and

divided. It was wise to go out now and bring back something while
they could.

“Yes, last night I wrote up a list according to

WasteWoodHouse. We’ll need quite a few things, better go
as soon as possible! Quilts, clothes we don’t have any! Seeds
are the most important thing!” Li Tie was a fervently loyal fan of
the post writer.

“Number of people.” Yan spoke up for the first time since

entering the room and cause the room the calm down. “What

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number of people?”

The university students who had not heard the news froze in place.

“Our home has a radio, just heard that in order to be

allowed to go out and collect supplies, must go out in a team
of at least 10 people.” Luo Xun explained.

“10 people…” The five looked at each other. “But we only add
up to seven…”

Luo Xun smiled at Yan Fei and continued explaining to the group.
“You don’t have a radio, there are likely many other people
without a radio. We might as well go to the city exit and try
to fill the missing spots on the team. With enough people we
can get out then split up if needed.”

“Yes! There must be a lot of people who didn’t know about

this! Let’s team up with some other people!” Han Li clapped his
hands.

“Also the car.” Luo Xun continued. “I have a car, but it’s a
small second hand one, able to hold some things but not
usable if we need a lot at once.”

“How many cars in the streets have no owners? We didn’t

see many on the way out last time. So long as we can go and
come back it’s fine.” Wu Xin replied immediately.

They had originally wanted to rent a military car but today there
might not be any free vehicles on base. Even if they would rent, the
cost would not be low either.

The young people’s brains were active discussing basic equipment

and supplies. They decided to go out early tomorrow morning in case
the rescue team lead a zombie army to base. If they were going out
they would make the most of it.

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At the end of the day they were ordinary people, no one felt they
could stand against a zombie on their own. The last time they went
out, they saw the faster and more powerful zombie version. It was
hard to kill them with their current strength.

Leave a bit earlier, take advantage of the number of zombies

outside to grab what was needed. Find a place in the base where
they could engage with technology, especially since the group had
some intention to cooperate with those on base.

:What the military said last time about the information network
hasn’t happened yet?” Luo Xun casually inquired after the discussion.

“No, they have to go out once more, to the place we had

been to pick up things. The stuff we brought back before was
not enough. If we move fast we should be back in good
time.”

The heater had boiled the water, He Qiankun licked his lips, ripped
open the bag of instant noodles and threw in the seasoning packet.

Li Tie suddenly had an idea. “Let’s give out team a name!

Maybe we should use it for registration when we leave
tomorrow.”

“Okay, what name?”

Luo Xun also thought there should be a temporary name, even if

he was not prepared to go out often. Starting a team name was a
future base trend, if the group was famous, people talking business
would have face.

“Otaku Squad!” Li Tie sprang up and pointed at the ceiling.

*Crash* He Qiankun’s hands spasmed and tore the packaged

noodles. Han Li covered his face, wanting to defend himself but did
not know how. Wu Xin looked at him stunned, jaw dropped. Luo Xun’s
expression was relatively normal, though his mouth twitched. Beside

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him, Yan Fei’s eyebrows rose in doubt.

“Otaku?” He looked to Luo Xun, if he remembered correctly, he

had claimed to be an otaku.

Li Tie was shocked. “You don’t know!?”

No time to respond when…*beep* Li Tie flew like lightning to the

side cuddling his mobile phone like a baby.

“Your cell phone charged?” Luo Xun asked politely.

Wang Duo did not wait for Li Tie and explained with a tight smile.
“Yesterday we just connected a few solar panels. With so
little energy he still prioritised charging his precious phone
to full. Had to wait forever to eat.”

“How is this stuff not important!? These are all treasures! I

have to write everything down or what would happen if
there’s no electricity!” Li Tie said staunchly to his fellows.

The last time they went to the building material market to collect
supplies, they had come across a shop. Li Tie had forcibly grabbed all
the stationery, student books and other writing materials.

Yan Fei looked at the cellphone and read the contents while Luo
Xun consulted with the others on the details of the outing.

Seeing the door of 1603, Yan Fei touched his chin. He also needed
to list what he needed to fill up his room.

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Chapter 32
Yan Fei’s face seemed indifferent but his mind was reeling from the
collection of posts saved on Li Tie’s mobile phone. Li Tie had reacted
quickly upon finding the post/thread. Before the apocalypse, the
moderators had deleted the last post since the previous entries were
okay. Fortunately his actions were practical, otherwise how would he
find these things after the network stopped? What’s more, there
might still be internet fees, the IQ of the administrators was too high!

Although Yan Fei only saw a cursory glance, he was evidently

shocked by the content. It had information about homemade
distillation equipment, method of growing vegetables, home safety,
how to deal with zombies and other familiar measures…

He followed Luo Xun into the living room, seeing the string of dried
chicken, duck, bacon and sausage hanging from the ceiling, his heart
shook.

WasteWoodHouse, otaku…was that Luo Xun?

Yan Fei suddenly scrutinized the idea, it was clear that Luo Xun did
not have any curiosity towards the post despite the apocalypse
having recently started. Luo Xun’s actions were very comprehensive
but there was nothing really suspicious about his projects. But Yan
Fei still felt something was amiss, how was it so convenient? And all
the things in the house…a bit too fortunate.

Luo Xun walked to the balcony and carefully examined the small
nest of quail. He used tweezers to throw some mealworms in, gave
some grain and water for the birds. Then he turned around to check
on the growth of various vegetables growing on the balcony.

“Don’t know how many days we’ll spend outside, Puppy

will be home alone…”

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Puppy heard Luo Xun call her name but did not understand the rest
of the words. She ran straight past Luo Xun’s feet into the balcony
wall and fell on her butt.

“Leave some dog food and water, should be fine.”

Yan Fei felt a slight headache while rubbing the little puppy. She
was well-behaved but if they were going out for a while, something
might happen at home. Time passed quickly, God knew what could
happen after a while.

Luo Xun paused then made his final decision. “Block the balcony
and second floor, the other rooms she can wander at
random.”

They could endure any disorderly biting the sofa or other messes.
After all the cage was small, could not hold too much food or water. If
the bowls were overturned, they may come back a few days late to a
dead puppy.

Yan Fei eyed Luo Xun and dispelled his previous unrealistic idea. If
Luo Xun was really WasteWoodHouse and had foreseen the disaster
or was reborn before the apocalypse, would he have this ‘burden’?
Even if the troublemaker had an intimidation effect towards
others…wait, intimidation?

He thought back to Luo Xun’s words, those seeking trouble would

be scared away by barking. So the puppy was not completely useless
in the end.

“What’s up? What do you think?” Luo Xun had been busy
finishing up and wanted to go to the second floor but found a
distracted Yan Fei in the doorway. He called, grabbing his attention.

Yan Fei smiled charmingly. “Thinking of where to go in order

to find whatever we need.”

His smile was like a blooming flower, Luo Xun averted his eyes and

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coughed.

“We’ll make a list later, don’t forget to look at the map.”

Done with the house plants, the two grabbed a map, notebook and
gathered at the first floor table to plan.

“Flooring, wallpaper, clothes…if convenient still better to

get some PVC pipes and plastic buckets. Could place some on
the next door balcony. Even if we can’t find any, doesn’t
matter since there are spares. Don’t need any electronic
appliances we have enough…” Luo Xun sat, writing and drawing.

Yan Fei happily gave him advice. “Also underwear, tableware,

toiletries…”

“What about hair styling and beauty products? Young

master.” Luo Xun said with a supercilious look.

“What do you think I need?” Yan Fei sneered.

A sudden burst of adolescent rebellion distorted his meaning,

luckily reason pulled him back. He was born with this face, unlike
others who spent fortunes on face milk, skin cream or other products.
Why would he take the initiative to use those products?

No matter if he ignored skin care, his face would still be better than
most men. Having no blemishes or acne was enough.

Seeing Yan Fei’s darkening expression, Luo Xun took back his
words. “Cough, underwear of course, can’t have no
toothpaste or toothbrushes. We also need to grab other daily
life necessities…”

Some things were at home but now there were two people,
obviously needed to account for more.

Luo Xun resembled a housewife preparing for a big shopping trip.

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Yan Fei crossed his arms across his chest and laughed when Luo Xun
slowed down. “Nice, you would make a great housewife.”

Luo Xun’s brain stalled then he realized Yan Fei was laughing and
shook his fist.

“Who’s a housewife? You’re more like with that face!”

Yan Fei would not back down. He narrowed his eyes, grabbed Luo
Xun and pinned him to the sofa. “From where I am standing, you
fit the bill more.”

Two people almost nose to nose, Luo Xun’s heart sped up and his
face turned bright red. Luo Xun had completely crashed before Yan
Fei let go as if nothing had happened.

“Don’t need furniture for a while. If we bring back some

metal or steel I can make some and it could be transformed
into other things too.”

Luo Xun took some deep breaths to calm his emotions. The
powerful and handsome Yan Fei had unexpectedly put in a lot of
thought.

Luo Xun nodded. “Right, getting those things would be most

cost effective.”

Yan Fei could change the shape of metal into many forms. If there
were all sorts of metal objects in the room, even if someone broke in,
he could quickly change everything into a weapon.

So… “Yes! We can put more metal things in the room that
you can manipulate. Even if we are not at home we could use
metal for protection, like a gate or something!”

Yan Fei glanced at him with a smile on his face. He had already
intended to do so, having only a dog at home was not safe.
Completely sealing with metal was simpler than separately covering

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up plants, animals and windows.

“In that case, just wait until we get back to fortify here and
next door! The door here is sealed, usually exit over there. It
doesn’t matter even if there is a simple barrier.”

Even if the landlord managed to take back the house, he would just
hole up with Yan Fei in the middle rom with his metal. Even if those
people came back, Luo Xun really did not want to give up the
house…

Yan Fei raised his arms and gave Luo Xun a back hug. “First jot
down the things for tomorrow. When we leave, I will seal the
house door again.”

A few days ago Luo Xun had spent time with He Qiankun and the
others and became accustomed to side hugs. He did not find Yan
Fei’s actions strange and was too excited to pay attention at the
moment. His hand hurriedly scribbled down what came to mind and
any required materials.

They spent the night in discussion, all kinds of coping methods

when encountering zombies, advanced zombies etc, essentially pay
attention while out. Luo Xun slept heavily that night, woke up the
next day oddly in the middle of the bed, almost touching Yan Fei’s
face.

The first thing Yan Fei heard when he woke up was *thump*

“Why are you on the ground again?” Yan Fei yawned at Luo
Xun who just sat up from the floor rubbing his back with a dark
expression.

Luo Xun grimaced in embarrassment and fled into the bathroom.

Behind, Yan Fei’s sleepy face dispersed, revealing a cheshire smile.

Downstairs, hearing movement, the puppy spiritedly barked at the

ceiling and jumped in her cage.

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Luo Xun stared in shock at the door, a tall steel plate covered
every inch. Yan Fei smugly looked at Luo Xun.

“How is it? Are you satisfied?”

“Satisfied, definitely satisfied.” Luo Xun quickly nodded with

enthusiasm, his eyes filled with sparkles toward Yan Fei.

Goodness, that was the power of a metal ability user.

As long as there were materials, one could build metal walls

anywhere at anytime!

The door was part of the small lobby Luo Xun had added to lead
into the first floor living room. With Yan Fei’s help, even if the first
door was violently torn down, the intruders would see and even
stronger door after.

People would vomit blood seeing the steel wall that surrounded the
apartment, no way past even with great force. Only those with
similar metal-type powers could tear it down in a short time.

In addition to the door, Yan Fei also fortified the balcony window
frames. The wall was protected as well since the room had tempered
glass. Luo Xun was assured that they would leave and the plants
could grow with sun exposure.

Small pumps were connected to several solar panels on the terrace

which would give the plants an automatic oxygen supply. Luo Xun
had already brought in the outside solar panels in case someone
tried to steal them.

The quails had been moved from their tiny tanks to large fiberglass
containers. Something sold in aquariums with thick, sturdy glass.

The bottom of the aquarium was covered with a thick layer of

earth, sprinkled with some pebbles and cobblestone. Luo Xun had
leisurely transplanted some vegetables for the quails to peck at. Also

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threw in some mealworms in the soil and half buried a basin of water.
From a fish bowl to a miniature garden for quails.

The quail nest spent half a day outside on the balcony in the sun,
half indoors. As for the other important member of the family – the
puppy, Luo Xun headed directly to the living room to pack up
anything small and delicate that could be broken.

Yan Fei used a steel block to hide them away. Then Luo Xun
poured a big bag of dog food into a huge plastic box. The box was
not tall but relatively wide, for the puppy’s appetite the dog food
would last her a month or two.

Water was packed the same way in a box with a lid. There were
two holes with pipes glued to a small basin which used the principles
of siphoning. Luo Xun refused to come home and find the house
flooded because the water bowl was pushed over.

The stuff at home was arranged, the two took some iron pieces to
store thing in the car. Yes, a few metal plates. They could have
brought more of Yan Fei’s crossbow and arrows but they needed to
bring back a lot of raw materials and finished products. In case of an
unexpected situation on the road, Yan Fei could use the metal to
defend themselves.

He was a metal ability user, his power could be used so long as

there was any form of metal around. Especially in the urban area,
there would be something he could use. Though he would need
something defensive on the road. Otherwise, Yan Fei could
disassemble the car as a weapon instead. After they would be forced
to walk slowly on two legs.

Their stuff packed, they went back to knock on 1601. The door
swung open and startled, Luo Xun took a step back.

“Are you visiting from Arabia?”

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He Qiankun stuck out his belly instead of his chest. “To be safe
when going outside. This time we’ll also look for helmets,
following your example.”

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Chapter 33
Luo Xun was wearing his previous outfit: helmet, rain boots and
raincoat. He also prepared a set for Yan Fei, identical except for the
shoes – even if Yan Fei was taller by half a head since there were few
raincoats in storage.

Luo Xun had deliberately bought some larger winter wear for
layering but gave it to Yan Fei to wear instead. Unfortunately the
weather now was too cold, if Yan Fei went out he would freeze. So he
borrowed Luo Xun’s coat, wore a face mask since the helmet was in
the car.

He Qiankun and the others method of dress had no words. They

wore a few layers of clothing, for safety wanting to protect the head.
Their heads were wrapped several times with scarves. No idea where
the scarves came from though.

Some were grabbed when they went out, all colours and styles
were now all wrapped around heads. Looking at the ragtag group of
five, Luo Xun was struck with the idea of dumping them to save face
but the thought, how could he dump others because of poor
impressions?

People should be kind, do not despise less capable people from the
start.

Luo Xun and Yan Fei sat in front, the five others squeezed in the
back with some bedding. They chatted about where to go, what to
take, what to do after coming back and so on.

“We should first head northeast to Golden Dragon Home

mall to get home and building materials. In addition I
remember a large fabric store and two supermarkets
nearby.”

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Luo Xun had visited the site during the past apocalypse. Although
it was a bit further from the southwest base, it had comprehensive
inventory: clothing, seeds they could get almost everything there.

“Okay!” The five people in the back nodded, they were not
familiar with the neighborhood. So they listened to Luo Xun and
expressed support for going to this bountiful location.

“Luo Xun, do you know where I can get some seeds to

plant?” Li Tie asked sweetly sitting behind the driver’s seat.

“The nearest place is more than a two hour drive, a

farmer’s market south of base. I remember that the place
had an extensive collection of seeds for crossbreeding but
not much else. We can go to the supermarket to find beans:
mung bean, red bean, soybeans etc. If brought back and
produced buds, could grow some vegetables.”

“Yes, yes! Just those would be enough! We’ll go to the

farmer’s market next time.” Li Tie nodded, his hope of vegetables
depended on the beans sprouting!

He had sufficient theoretical knowledge of planting but no hands-

on experience. That however could be slowly built up with practice.

At present the southwest base was not huge, it took 10 minutes to

reach the exit gate. The wall had been built, seven or eight meters
high with considerable thickness. There were a lot of people gathered
at the blocked gate who seemed ready to go scavenging in the city.

The base had a lot of people willing to work in construction since it

was relatively safe work. However it was not as profitable as
collecting materials and the base was short on resources. Some were
reluctant but there was no other way to improve their lives at the
moment.

Although people gave up 20% of their spoils each time they went

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out, at the start of the apocalypse there was stuff everywhere
outside. If one did not take the opportunity to go out and collect who
knew how much would be left the next day? How much of the
remainder was useable?

At this time, people bold enough with a certain degree of strength

would rather go out and search for supplies. With different action
they could escape typical base life, collecting materials instead of
hard labor.

The young women and children were left to do light work for
points. It was dangerous to go out but there was great chance to
earn profit. However the majority of people including Li Tie and the
others knew the base encouraged people to go and collect supplies
but did not clarify minimum number of team members so there was a
delay.

Who knew if the temporary cooperation to ensure protection would

end up with a knife to the back? Even more, they did not want
useless members to drag them down, so all looked at each other in
distrust.

Some did not consider that and openly recruited, shouting “Team
going out of city, five, missing five, powers and good
personality.” an so on. Once heard knew it was a way to recruit in
online games, but people felt it was unreliable.

Unlike those who worried about useless teammates, Luo Xun

simply stopped the car, sweeped the crowd and found a team with
their own car. It was the most attractive option, Wang Duo went over
to negotiate and the two sides sized each other up.

Form a temporary team to exit the city then go their separate ways
after.

The other team had nine people who knew each other, escaped to
the southwest base together. They were also worried about meeting

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deceptive team mates so were slow to make a decision. Came here
to collect materials and the majority of people had formed groups.
Naturally not willing to separate from their acquaintances for an
unknown team.

Not too long after, Wang Duo gave Luo Xun a thumbs up so he
started the car. Wang Duo returned and then the two cars drove out
the open gate.

Seeing three vehicles with much more than 10 people, they had an
epiphany – leaving the city with a limit of 10 people…ten was the
minimum! Not maximum!

This was not like playing an online game where there was a limit
that could not be exceeded, no one was refused! Their way of
thinking was incorrect!

In fact, Luo Xun and the others had seen a lot of people out of town
but their numbers were around 11-13 people. They had not thought
about it. Rumble, everyone hurriedly formed teams to leave the city
and left in registered army vehicles.

As soon as the cars exited the base, Luo Xun split up from the
other team. The other team was headed to the nearby large
supermarket, differing destinations.

Luo Xun’s group was happy and relaxed, turned to the northeast
but stopped after a short drive. Li Tie found a half open truck parked
on the road.

The key was inside, the interior was considered clean other than
some blood on one of the seats. Some wandering zombies heard the
car sounds and sloshed over. The five guys armed themselves with
the steel pipes they had last collected from the building material
market.

The zombies first staggered towards the second hand car, when

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they were closer the zombies screamed at their targets. Luo Xun
loaded his crossbow to keep an eye on the situation, prepared to
shoot if things went bad – not kill the zombie directly.

After all the rest of the group had not personally killed a zombie
yet, it took a while to adapt and become proficient.

Now was the apocalypse, even if one intended to hole up at home

and farm, there were still cases of zombie sieges or helping patrol
the wall. It was guaranteed one would suffer if they did not quickly
adapt to killing zombies.

When the five students got out of the car, their legs felt weak but
their hands clutched the pipes. They knew they had to confront it
before other zombies came out.

At the start of the apocalypse, they had hid in an empty room until
they were rescued by the military. The previous time they went to
collect things they were still protected by soldiers. This time it was
their decision to come out and collect materials, it was impossible to
not plan ahead about killing zombies. However psychological
preparation and the actual action were completely different things…

Suddenly Li Tie roared loudly, tightened his grip on the weapon

and rushed a smaller, female zombie nearby. “KILL!”

The other four angrily rushed, all or nothing, kill or be killed! During
the end of the world, who could live without killing a zombie? Even if
one could, it would be rubbish!

The number of zombies nearby was not much, a total of five or six.
Luo Xun lifted his crossbow and dealt with the extra. He left the rest
for the five students to beat – unfortunately the heads had no
crystals.

The five were gasping but the mind was clear enough to return to
the car and start it. The remaining four sat in, He Qiankun rushed out

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and vomited.

After he stumbled back into the car and blankly looked at the sky.
“God, I threw up all of last night’s dinner…”

“Lose weight, lose weight…” Wu Xin feebly tried to pat his

shoulder but carelessly patted his head instead.

Luo Xun smiled and sheathed his crossbow to continue driving the
car. He turned to Yan Fei. “Did you kill any zombies before
arriving on base?” Did he need his first kill as well?

Yan Fei did not know what Luo Xun was trying to do. One arm stuck
out the window while he looked outwards. “Yeah.”

“Killed? When did you kill a zombie?” Luo Xun asked curiously,
wanting to know his reaction the his first zombie kill…

Cough, the first time he had pushed a zombie down some stairs,
his legs were unsteady for a long while, not mention actively killing
one?

“After the accident.” Thinking Luo Xun was joking around, Yan
Fei narrowed his eyes and sneered. “If not for seeing me kill a
zombie, those people would have blown me up with the
zombies.”

At the time he had not manifested an ability but used his handgun
and an iron bar to kill a few zombies. Although he did not understand
why those creatures attacked, he did know how to incapacitate
someone. Disable to zombie legs and they would be a negligible
threat.

Many people were blocked on the road and had to leave their cars
including him. Some people roared “Aim for the head!” when all
realized those who were indiscriminately attacking were no longer
human.

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Yan Fei had little reaction to killing a zombie. He dealt with two and
there were a few women screaming while holding each other tightly.
No time to take into account a zombie’s disgusting remains.

If there had not already been a lot of people nearby he would have
given the noisemakers a heads up. Now that he thought about it, it
seemed his dislike towards women had slowly accumulated. The
feeling led him to desire living with a man, his turn had not been
completely without warning.

The entrance of the Golden Dragon Home mall was not far, driving
only took half an hour to forty minutes. However this was the end of
smooth sailing, now the streets were littered with overturned cars
and suspiciously fast wandering zombies.

Luo Xun drove in front, directing the student’s vehicle. They

crossed the street with blood stained zombies roaring at the car,
fighting and screaming in the background.

They did not stop to watch and save people because they could not
tell if someone was from the base purposely killing zombies,
someone not from base collecting things or an actually trapped
person.

However most trapped people were hiding in rooms, few would

actually run out. Thus they were more wary about people pretending
to be in distress. Even if they wanted to save people, better to do so
on the way back then right now.

After about one and half hours, Luo Xun saw the Golden Dragon
Home mall sign from the road. He breathed a sigh of relief and spoke
to Yan Fei.

“You see there, next to the mall is a big supermarket, on

the road there is a small convenience store. The supermarket
is next to Jing Fong building, let’s see if we can change for a
larger car for the trip back.”

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His beat up second hand car had thing walls, small engine and
little storage space.

Luo Xun glanced at the car door that was obviously different – this
morning Yan Fei had helped him repair it. He worried about the
chance of repair after it got scratched by a zombie dog. Fortunately
he picked up Yan Fei who happened to have metal abilities.

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The car exited the highway and headed for the mall. There were
more scattered cars around, apparently many other were also
targeting supermarkets since traces of previous people were present.

The group had no desire to head straight to the supermarket –

there were a lot of cars currently parked in front. People milled
around the store, obviously looking for something. Since a lot of
people were near the market, zombies would undoubtedly get
attracted over – they would take advantage to enter the shopping
center first!

Stopped the car, opened the window and used the crossbow to
shoot down the zombies idling around the entrance gate. Luo Xun
looked around and found a few trucks of varied sizes in the distance.

Li Tie and the others got out of the car to check the trucks around
them. They realized after poking around that they could only
enviously stare at the trucks with unopenable electronic locks. But
there were two with doors ajar and keys. One key was directly in the
vehicle, the other was found on a zombie killed next to the truck.

The group put away the key, grasped their weapons and headed
into the home shopping centre.

The hall was in eerie darkness, the sun reflected strangely through
the huge half covered windows. There must have been someone here
already, it had been a while since the apocalypse had started.

Some of the stuff would not be useful but overall the trip should
bring back some great resources. With a glance, Luo Xun motioned
the group towards the warehouse.

“Isn’t there a lot of stuff outside?”

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Do not know, just ask, good knowledge learning habits.

The five students subcounsciously followed Luo Xun but were still
curious enough to ask.

“The outside stuff is all basically samples. There are some

but not enough, the bulk of products should be in storage.”

There were even things not in the warehouse, when needed

customers would order directly to be transported to their home. Luo
Xun had passed by prior to the apocalypse and could roughly guess
where the main storage was located.

Sure enough they found a large half-open metal door. Shot down a
zombie that wandered by. The group hurriedly opened the gate and
scoped out the situation. The skilled lockpicker unlocked the
warehouse door then called to Li Tie and company.

“Drive the car inside to directly load things.”

“This….can you drive in?”

There were stairs outside the mall. They were just ordinary
university students! They could drive but no one had the skill to drive
straight up stairs!

Luo Xun had forgotten about the stairs and the group’s driving
skills. Luo Xun silently self-reflected, he mistook these people with
those he had cooperated with further along in the apocalypse. Those
scoundrels had done stunts such as running over zombies and other
tricks like in action movies.

Actually, he did not have stunt driving skills either.

“Use that to move things.” Yan Fei rescued Luo Xun by pointing
at a trailer.

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everyone worked together to move the filled trailer. Wood flooring
panels, wall paint, wallpaper, tiles, all kinds of plastic goods, a bunch
of PVC tubes, various light bulbs, wire and even timber for chairs…

The two trucks were filled bit by bit, the group reckoned it would
enough to fully furnish two homes. When they carried these things,
naturally attracted a number of zombies in the vicinity. Killing
zombies, the first time would leave a shadow on the heart but after
killing the second, third one’s head would be clearer.

Fortunately the zombies they encountered were mostly in pieces,

possible attacked by other zombies before infection. The facial
features were hard to distinguish clearly and were hard to look at.
Although killing was disgusting, it now left less of a mark on the
heart.

A line of people gasped for breath while resting, He Qiankun

suddenly pointed at Yan Fei who was leisurely standing aside, hands
in his pockets.

“You, you…”

“What’s with you? Speak with proper sentences.” Wu Xin hit

the back of He Qiankun’s head.

“Why, why is he not winded?” He QIankun felt wronged as he

turned to Wu Xin, tears trailed down his face.

Yan Fei was not lazy while moving things to the loaded car.
However he looked refreshingly cool without a hint of sweat. People
felt really envious.

Yan Fei scoffed and eyed He Qiankun with contempt. “I have

muscles.”

Do not think a fat man would automatically be strong, so long as

not a sumo wrestler, most of the fat was puffiness! Have not people
seen that fat guys lagged behind? Why would they have more

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strength? They did not have standard stature, not close to
specialized exercise of strong human body.

Yan Fei was excited about his change in physical fitness, not to
mention his strength had exceeded an ordinary person. He now
thought his stamina could last all night, unfortunately there had been
no chance for him to try.

“What are you looking at me for?” Luo Xun found Yan Fei
inexplicably staring at him with regret. The hairs on the back of his
neck rose and he began to sweat.

It was past noon when all the things were moved and ensured no
zombies were nearby. They sat in the car eating some food to
replenish their strength. Luo Xun had prepared a lot of boiled eggs
before going out – if not eaten would go bad and there were not
many left.

In addition to boiled eggs he packed, uneaten pastries, guoba,

fried vegetables, vitamin tablets and beef jerky. Yan Fei took the food
and did not complain about the taste. It was already good enough to
be able to eat outside.

“What about your second hand car?” Yan Fei asked beside a
big white van.

Luo Xun had a complicated expression, although the car was not
sturdy he was reluctant to leave it behind. He had paid for the car
before the apocalypse!

No doubt, in this apocalyptic world of death, Luo Xun was not a

wasteful person. He was even more reluctant since he had used his
own savings to buy the car. Plus the vehicle could be loaded with
things, no big faults other than thin walls.

But how to drive back…from the students only Li Tie and Wang
Duo knew how to drive and they already had cars. Not to mention

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that the new car was safer than the old, how would he convince
someone to change?

Seeing Luo Xun twist himself into knots, Yan Fei smirked and
laughed. “I could connect the two cars together.”

“What?” Luo Xun had no response, connect? “What do you

mean?”

“Connect the two cars.” Yan Fei raised his eyebrows with the
corners of his mouth turning into a smile.

Luo Xun staggered away avoiding eye contact – Yan Fei’s smile
was hazardous to his health, especially without his face mask!

What Yan Fei had meant…actually connecting two cars together!

Do not forget, Yan Fei was a man with metal abilities! When the
two cars were welded together with a steel plate, the scene
reaffirmed the power of abilities to Luo Xun. This was the difference
between an ability user and an ordinary person.

He had thought when Yan Fei had said ‘link’ he meant to tie a rope
between the cars, who thought he would use a steel plate instead…

Li Tie’s cars were a distance away and did not see the details, only
thought the two cars were tied together. On their side Li Tie, He
Qiankun and Wu Xin three in a car with Wang Duo and Han Li in
another car followed by a small trailer. Luo Xun led the way with his
double car.

Although Luo Xun had some fighting capacity, his power was far
worse than Yan Fei. So Luo Xun was responsible for driving, beside
him on the dashboard was a pile of metal pieces, good weapons for
Yan Fei in case of danger.

The car drove towards the fabric store not far away from the city.
The gate was blocked by a number of zombies. Afraid that those

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seen earlier were eaten by the zombies, Luo Xun stepped on the
accelerator and passed Li Tie’s car.

“To the back door of the warehouse!”

“Okay! Over there?”

“Yes, turn right up ahead.”

Luo Xun saw that there were more zombies up in front, in order to
pass they would have to fight. Instead he pointed the cars towards
the back door. That place also had zombies but the intersection was
narrower. Any zombies staggering over were clobbered by several
people rushing over swinging their arms.

Li Tie nervously swallowed, they had just killed some zombies but
how many? The time between zombie kills before was more
fragmented, a person became accustomed after the second not first
kill. Now a large group had staggered over, this kind of pressure left
knots in people’s bellies.

The cars invariably stopped with a squeal of brakes. Luo Xun

opened the window, raised his crossbow and attacked the nearest
zombie in front. Although the number was a bit much, once some
were dealt with it would only be tricky for those who just faced the
end of the world.

With time, they would understand that if these zombies were not
dealt with, how would they come out to collect supplies? A number of
places often had a lot of zombies coming and going.

“Don’t panic, take it slow.”

Hearing Luo Xun’s words, the five people in two cars gradually
calmed down. There were 20 zombies in front of them, Luo Xun had
just killed three, the other window rolled down and three or four
other zombies were hit with arrows.

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These creatures seemed formidable but were actually easily dealt
with? Just like the ones they cleared before! With new found
confidence, the five picked up the iron bars and marched out! Full
power! It was just a few more zombies! They would win!

The five students yelled a battle cry and rushed from the car, Luo
Xun with his crossbow acted as a sniper. Yan Fei leisurely held the
metal piece near his feet, from time to time he would break off a
piece like a child playing with clay. He would pinch and make
something close to an arrow, raise his hand – *swoosh*

Flew out towards a zombie’s head – half way it turned! Luo Xun
watched Yan Fei’s control, the metal arrow curved midair to hit a
zombie’s head. He involuntarily ground his teeth.

How long had he spent in his last life trying to get a job killing
zombies outside the wall? How long had he practiced in this life? But
compared to Yan Fei with his powerful ability snatched his thunder.

Ah, ordinary people could only muddle along in this apocalyptic

world…

Luo Xun silently sighed in his heart and left the car. Li Tie and
company were hugging each other while jumping up and down.

“We are so awesome! Killed so many zombies!:

“Bam, bam, bam. Killing zombies is hard word but the

results are worth it!”

The five of them had been too focused to find out if someone had
used unusual methods to shoot down zombies.

Luo Xun laughed and clapped a few shoulders. “Let’s drive back
and grab more supplies.”

Compared to the previou small, where one did not know what was
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product. Luo Xun opened a few doors and found a bunch of
unprocessed cotton cloth.

He called people together to move fabric. Before the apocalypse

he had bought a lot but would consider ever having too much? He
had a bunch of compressible air bags, enough to fit these.

“It that cloth for making jeans?” He Qiankun suddenly pointed

at an open door.

Luo Xun glanced over. “It’s canvas, also a good thing, if

there’s more we bring that too.”

“Can it be used to make pants?”

“Ah, it’s a little stiffer than usual but sturdy.” A simple

explanation.

Luo Xun carried a large piece of cloth with Yan Fei to put in the car.
They went back together to pick out cloth for a coat.

Canvas, cotton, coral velvet, spongy material and cloth for winter
clothes as well as fabric for heavy curtains.

Wu Xin posed an important question as they packed.

“That…the cloth is good but…who can make clothes?”

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TN: Happy Valentine’s Day! Enjoy the bonus chapter ﾟ*｡(･∀･)ﾟ*｡

Once the words exited Wu Xin’s mouth, the five people stared at
each other. Make clothes? This looked like a big problem huh?

Luo Xun’s face reddened, he only had a little skill with poor results.
He could only use the sewing machine at home. He did not know how
to pattern so when he reluctantly made clothes they were always a
little off and uncomfortable.

“I’ll design and cut.” The usually silent Yan Fei interjected, the
group looked at him with a mixture of admiring and frightened eyes.

What was with that look? Did they doubt his technique? Yan Fei felt
the veins on his forehead pop out.

“Ah, how did you learn that?” Han Li’s voice trembled.

Although Yan Fei was wearing a white face mask his face with
narrowed eyes still expressed coldness.

“I majored in costume design abroad.” He glanced at Luo Xun

and remembered seeing a sewing machine at their place that the
other could use.

“Just design, not sewing.” Someone else always made his

designs.

Luo Xun felt he was scrutinized, he could only cough and nod. “I
can use the sewing machine but the finished product…*cough
cough* is barely wearable.”

Actually, one could wear it but if there was an alternative,

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someone who could design and cut well, he would have no
objections.

The group of five collectively breathed a sigh of relief then looked

brightly with affection at the two. “Brother Luo, Brother Yan, us
little ones will be depending on you for clothes…”

Five grown men acting like spoiled brats…Luo Xun had no words to
say. The door to the front of the mall was currently closed. It seemed
today was lucky, they loaded for hours but no other zombies rushed
over. This time their expedition had a successful end!

The group excitedly filed into the cars, ready to go to the back door
of the supermarket like they did for the warehouse. Luckily the road
behind the supermarket was clear to go, there were not many
zombies but a lot of parked cars.

Luo Xun paused then hurriedly gestured for the two to come over.

“What?”

“A lot of people must have also entered the supermarket

back door. We need to park in an inconspicuous place, cover
up the car and lock the doors before going in.”

Luo Xun judged the situation and guessed since people went in
they might catch sight of the spoils in their vehicles.

Li Tie and company quickly understood his meaning and hurriedly

nodded.

Wang Duo asked confused. “But if we go in empty handed,

won’t we grab less things?”

“After the disaster, supermarkets are obviously everyone’s

first choice and edibles are perishables. Most of the edible
food had likely gone bad. If we go in to find no food, beans
and so on its better to return empty handed then be marked

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as a target.”

Luo Xun quickly explained and locked his car – thanks to the
privacy film, no one could see in from the outside. Now that it was
‘tied’ to the truck, less than half a window was visible.

However the truck Li Tie picked up had problems, but using some
ash coloured waterproof cloth from the fabric store, there was
nothing to see.

Seven individuals held weapons, Yan Fei carried a crossbow with

some iron blocks in his backpack. Even though he carried the
heaviest, his actions were also the most relaxed. Luo Xun could not
help but grind his teeth – his own physical strength was poor…really
envious and hateful.

Luo Xun did not beg for some overpowered ability – just an
increase in strength would be enough, but reality was cruel, he had
not been given the slightest change.

Close to the supermarket door, zombies rose and turned towards

the smell of human flesh. Finding a group of delicious food, they
rushed forward with broken bodies. Luo Xun shot his crossbow twice
and turned to find a recently turned corpse jump in as if it had
sprinted!

Quickly held the crossbow, his offhand grabbed a modified wolf

teeth club from his waist. Luo Xun first struck at the zombie’s legs,
when one leg broke, he pivoted then swung the spiked club at the
head of the falling zombie.

*Squish* Dark green liquid with a foul odour spurted out. The group
jerked back to attention and looked at Luo Xun in panic. After the
head was smashed, Luo Xun stopped to pick up the dropped crystal
nucleus.

“Oh….” He Qiankun said faintly before he turned to a corner and

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threw up.

Luo Xun looked at him in surprise. “How has he still not

adapted after killing zombies for half a day?”

He Qiankun waved his hand since he could not speak at the

moment.

Wang Duo tiptoed over and shivered, exclaiming “It’s not we

haven’t adapted, you are too brutally violent!”

They had used iron rods to hit the zombie heads but only until they
were unable to move. Luo Xun used a wolf teeth club to crush the
heads!

The club had big spiky nails! After killing the zombie there would
be remains on the nails…Looking at the confused Luo Xun, the group
of five had no energy left to retort.

Yan Fei went to his side, seemingly unaware of anything wrong

with the club. He walked towards the back door and called over his
shoulder. “Let’s go, don’t know how long we’ll be delayed
inside.”

Luo Xun somewhat stiffly nodded then followed along towards the
back door. The door was not closed but the zombies were trapped
inside since it opened from the outside and zombies could not pull.

One person gently opened the door, there were a lot of wandering
zombies inside the nearly empty warehouse. Some felt some people
came and sloshed towards the door. There were not that many
zombies in the warehouse. A few people with quick feet could circle
around the devastation for a peek.

“Is…is there anything useful?” Wu Xin kicked a half full plum

box.

There were still things left, but most were a mixture of seasonings

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and gadgets. Then there were bottles with unknown liquids inside.
They dared not eat these things even if they brought them back.

“Go in and have a look?” Li Tie walked to the supermarket door,

turned around and looked at those behind. “There’s another floor
upstairs, want to go up and see?”

“Let’s go in and see what’s inside then.”

Luo Xun glanced at the nearby fallen box with rotten fruit and
vegetables inside. The purpose of the trip to the supermarket was to
find cultivable beans but it seemed most of the produce was
contaminated, perhaps there was some in storage?

Finally managed to come outside, no one wanted to return empty

handed. The people looked around and gently opened a gap in the
door. There were quite a few zombies wandering the first floor, the
air had an unknown explainable smell, they could not find the right
adjective to describe it.

Shuddering, the group looked at Yan Fei – the only one wearing a
mask, what foresight! They wanted a mask as well!

Gingerly sneaking while pinching their noses, the zombies may rely
on their nose to find prey but if they did not make any noise…no one
far*cough* passed gas…

It was winter, everyone’s body odour was not strong. Low level
zombies would be slow to find them. With light footsteps, Luo Xun
pointed in the direction he remembered grain and oils were located.

He estimated that the vast majority of people also prioritized that

direction. They should still go and see if there was anything to pick
up. All seven went together towards the grain and oil aisle and easily
cleaned up any zombies that appeared.

There was nothing on the shelves that originally held bags of rice
and noodles. Even the counters with bulk grains were mostly empty.

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The five university students had angry, twisted expressions looking
at the empty containers on the side – nothing, did they come here for
nothing?

There was more stuff out of stock, the snack area was empty
except for accidentally broken snack packages – inedible food, this
was really…

“Ah! There are some!” Li Tie took two steps forwards, excitedly
pointing at the gap between containers of some kinds of beans with a
wide smile.

Small mosquitoes were still meat! Besides these things could

sprout and be cultivated! They were not living in a safe zone, so long
as they had a way to earn points, there was a way to fill up their
bellies each day.

The seeds collected and saved would then become more and
more! Seeing the five people trip themselves over finding some
‘seeds’ Luo Xun quirked a smile and looked at Yan Fei beside him.
“Working together?”

Although there was no shortage at home, he did not know if

something would turn out to be a secret gold egg in the future.

Yan Fei looked at Luo Xun, who had joined the team in trying to
find seeds on the ground. He could not help but shake his head to
look in the other direction – there was not only a group of people but
also a lot of zombies and…

“Shelled peanuts! These are raw, can we plant these?!” He

Qiankun asked as he raised a handful of peanuts.

Li Tie beside Luo Xun answered distractedly. “Can grow,

sprouting buds mean can grow.” Li Tie hurriedly made an
agreeable expression. “Right, good keep it.”

Other side Wu Xin was lying prone on the ground, arms

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outstretched to a pudgy thing in the shelves. After some effort to get
it he squinted at the familiar item in his hands.

“Lemon?”

At the moment Luo Xun got up and placed some peanuts and
uncrushed beans into small plastic bags. “Wait until we go home
to see if there are any plantable seeds inside.”

Lemon is a good thing, can be stored a long time without spoiling,

rich with a lot of vitamins, he had forgotten to buy those seeds.

Several people swept around and swung around when they heard
two *poof* sounds. They hurriedly seized their weapons in surprise.
Yan Fei leisurely placed his hands in his pockets, behind him lay two
killed zombies.

“Yan…” He Qiankun had not finished when they heard hurried

footsteps from outside along with someone profusely swearing.

“Which bastards parked the cars? They’re blocking the

door!”

The other group walked over close enough that both groups were
startled. Slightly distracted, the newcomers had various bags,
obviously gathered more than Luo Xun and company who had just
arrived. Although their numbers were higher, if a confrontation
started, the ensuing fight would undoubtedly attract zombies.

Silently thinking, the person in front put a hand on the back of his
head and gestured to the people behind. They turned away from Luo
Xun’s group and hurried to the back door warehouse. Although it was
unknown if the other party had been afraid of their own group but
them leaving made Luo Xun and company breathe a sigh of relief.

“Should we look at the fresh produce section? What kind of

fruit should we look for?” Wang Duo waited until the strangers
had left before asking for suggestions.

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Even picking up broken, rotten fruit was okay! As long as the seed
was still there, mayne they could grow it!

“Go!” A few others had the same idea so no objections.

The group ran to the produce section, once they smelled the heavy
rotten stench, their faces once again distorted into aggravated
expressions. There was no need to look at the meat, the pungent
stench would have smothered flies.

Vegetable area could also be ignored, even if there was some left,
they could not be planted. Fruits on the other hand…Looking at the
empty fruit section in dumbfounded silence, trying to keep an open
mind.

People knew that fruit seeds could be planted, there were some
rotten vegetables left but here had almost nothing.

Two steps ahead, Luo Xun saw some pieces of rotten watermelon
on the ground. He hurriedly called the others over to inspect. They
threw away the white not fully grown seeds and picked up seven
intact watermelon seeds.

Luo Xun split them into two plastic bags – why did he ignore these
fruit seeds before? It was obvious his past apocalyptic life had been
too cruel, most of the world had forgotten fruit. There was nothing at
home, not even common orange seedlings, just a few strawberry
seedlings gifted when bought chicken and duck!

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The group was thankful for the few watermelon seeds when there
was a sudden flurry of noise at the back door.

“Run! RUN!”

“Close the door! Close the door!”

“Wait, wait don’t close it yet!”

“Oye! What’s going on?! How are there so many!?”

Seven people looked at each other, their hearts flashed with a

horrible realization. It could not be…the supermarket back door, had
been cut off?

Luo Xun, the most experienced with the apocalypse made a snap
decision. “Get to the second floor right now!”

The staircase and elevator acted as a barrier, even if the first floor
was occupied by zombies, they would defend themselves for a while.
Plus they could use the second floor window to observe the nearby
situation.

Seven people hurried towards the second floor. Luo Xun’s heart
was heavy – this escalator had a staircase ramp – no way to block the
zombies!

Anyway, they needed to get to the second floor first. Luo Xun and
company’s position was originally close to the elevator, at the
moment creepy sounds approached faster/ Scrambled up to the
second floor, a group from upstairs collected things leaving others
downstairs.

“What’s the situation? What’s going on?”

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“Zombies, someone brought zombies from downstairs!”

“What?! More zombies in the supermarket!?”

“Who did this? They have no shame!”

The issue of civic mindedness was set aside, Luo Xun and the
others went further in the building after scanning around. The second
floor had less wandering zombies than the first floor, they had been
put down but that did not mean they could rest assured.

They hurriedly ran to the window to catch a glance – twenty to

thirty heads had unexpectedly gathered at the back door street.
Behind many zombies hobbled over – a few could not help but scold
the young lady in their hearts – how would they get out of here!?

The situation at the front door was worse than at the back door! In
the current state of the world, if even one zombie started to pound
against a door, the sound would attract a second and a third. So the
front door could not be cleared of the stream of zombies.

“What, what do we do?” Li Tie and the others panicked.

They thought of simply jumping directly from the second floor but
the height of the supermarket’s second floor could not compare to a
house! A jump from here would only result in death! Not even
mentioning nimbleness required, with He Qiankun’s weight the jump
would like a belly flop. Secondly, there were no other buildings in the
vicinity, no chance to climb away and hide.

Luo Xun’s eyes quickly scanned around, he pointed towards a

certain window. “In a moment, we open a gap here, jump onto
the top of that bus. Hurry and see if there’s anything useful
on this floor.”

Li Tie and company were relieved then dazed as they were told to
collect stuff.

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“Collect, collect what?”

Luo Xun stared. “Daily lifestyle products! Why else would we

come to the supermarket?”

Scavengers would not leave empty handed, the first floor zombies
had not come up yet, there should be at least some time to quickly
collect supplies. If he had not seen the second floor and it was not as
dangerous as the first, he would not have brought it up with things so
tense.

They had to speed up their actions, even if it was risky but the
group could not miss out. There might not be such a chance in the
future – there were only fewer and fewer things in the city.

Yan Fei turned towards the escalator, his fingers twitched but did
not act – he wanted to manipulate the metal like making the ramp
slippery. But there were living people down there, he was not so
heartless to block an exit. Secondly there were two sets of escalators
so four sets of stairs, each of them relatively large. His abilities may
not hold such a large range and amount. Yan Fei turned to follow
behind Luo Xun as they checked the sundry shelves but did not find
much.

Contrary to the empty first floor, the second still had a lot of things,
but as Luo Xun scanned around – the clothing department, even
children’s wear was swept clean.

Any kitchen tools useable as weapons like wooden spoons and

knives were all missing. They had been collecting plastic boxes in the
household good aisle, arranging things in the boxes. Loaded half bag
of mop heads, discounted cloth and things.

The five people gathered – it was time to evacuate, the survivors

on the first floor had escaped. He Qiankun ran over holding a box
that jingled with each step. Li Tie closed the zipper on the backpack
in his arms. Han Li slung his arms over several large plastic baskets.

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Wu Xin and Wang Duo each held a big box, seemed like they had no
time to wear a backpack.

“Quick, quick! Put all the good stuff in the bag!” Two people
desperately packed a paper box away.

After a glance, Luo Xun hurriedly joined in – really was good stuff!
A box of socks and a box of men’s underwear. He did not think they
would find this sort of thing!

“Where did you get it? Weren’t the boxes all empty?” Li Tie
asked while helping.

“On the top shelf, no one ever moved it. Fortunately of the
boxes, we picked the men’s. If now had not been a crisis, we
could have grabbed two more boxes.”

Even ladies underwear…*cough* was not completely unwearable…

At that moment, from the other side came sound of splinters and
loud bangs, leaving the group dumbfounded. The glass window on
the other side had been broken, some of the survivors jumped down
regardless of danger to escape the zombies.

“Oh! What a betrayal!”

The broken glass window was not far from them, with such a loud
sound, there would certainly be more zombies!

Some hurried out the window, though at a distance zombies

chased behind them. Luo Xun and company swallowed and wisely
decided to dismiss the idea.

But what now? Where would they run? Choose another place to
jump?

“Go this way.” The previously silent Yan Fei got up and pointed in
the opposite direction!

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He referred to the small storage on the second floor, not too far
from their current location.

“To hide in there?”

One could not blame Wu Xin. The room was not big, it could hide
seven people but later? Once the zombies broke through would they
not get overrun?

Yan Fei lightly rolled his eyes. “There is a window we can use
to get away towards the cars.”

“Right! Get downstairs from there!” Thinking of curtains or

things to knot to form a makeshift rope, Han Li rose and slapped his
thighs.

After distributing the remaining supplies, the group hurried into the
small room. When they entered they were disappointed – pots, pans
and empty shelves but no curtains on the windows.

Yan Fei went directly to the window, ignoring the busy people
behind the door. He pushed against the window, hand touching the
frame. In front of them Luo Xun could see the hidden intersection
with their cars.

Some zombies slowly gathered nearby, fortunately the window was

close to the location they had parked.

“Are you preparing to…” Luo Xun’s eyes lit up as he saw Yan
Fei observing the window frame.

Yan Fei raised his eyebrows, the corners of his mouth lifted into a
self confident smile that would cause people’s hearts to pound.
“Gather all the metal.”

“Hey? What?” Li Tie and the others thought they had not heard
correctly and looked at the two in confusion.

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“We’ll go down a slide.”

Five people turned and looked warily at Luo Xun, their meaning
obvious – was your cousin alright in the head? He did not get a
concussion while collecting stuff earlier?

“Move over!” Luo Xun stacked a variety of metal pots, pans and
cargo shelves beside Yan Fei. He lifted a hand and the window
started to vibrate furiously! The entire window shook then as if held
by an invisible hand, flew inwards!

They stared with big eyes, mouths wide open as if seeing

something strange – of course the scene was really weird.

They had been rescued by the military but had not seen any power
users en route to base. So different to the ability of an average
person! Fire ability, thunder ability users could emit fireballs and
lightning from their palms. Even the weakest wind ability user could
knock over people with a strong gust of air.

But Yan Fei? Nothing appeared when he used his ability! The object
just started floating! Said he got a power after the apocalypse, but
now he seemed more like having a so called superpower from before
– able to float things around.

In fact, Yan Fei could only manipulate metals, but who let the glass
be surrounded by a metallic frame? Naturally he took advantage of
the loophole.

The glass floated to his side, the metal jerked and separated from
the glass pane. Luckily the window floated not too far from the
ground. The impact made little noise and did not attract the attention
of the blocked zombies downstairs.

At the same time, all the metal in the room converged towards Yan
Fei. using the open window frame as a starting point, the metal
gradually condensed downward towards the parking area, forming a

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metallic ‘slide’.

Yan Fei used almost all the metal in the room but some cars
parked downstairs were swallowed by the long metal ladder. Once
the last step was done, he breathed a sigh of relief and waved at the
group.

“Down.”

As if in a dream, the five people walked over and slid down one by
one. Luo Xun went last, standing beside Yan Fei and whispered after
He Qiankun slid down.

“You okay?”

Li Tie and company’s attention had been grabbed by the metal

slide and did not think about where the energy came from to pull
that off. Luo Xun from the start had focused on Yan Fei, so he knew
that the other’s current state was not good.

Yan Fei looked at him, his eyes had a trace of warmth in the
depths. “Not bad, some dizziness.”

This long ladder was much more troublesome than the steel wall
built in Luo Xun’s house before they left base. He did feel some
exhaustion.

Luo Xun hurriedly shoved something into Yan Fei’s hands. “Try
these.”

“What are these?” Yan Fei looked in surprise at the five or six,
transparent small diamond like things.

“Um…I found it inside a zombie’s head after I killed it.

Might be like the nucleus in zombie light novels? Could
replenish your energy?” Luo Xun scratched his cheek and pointed
at the slide. “Let’s hurry down.”

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Outside the door, the smell had gradually attracted zombies, the
number was not high but in a while the warehouse would not be safe.
Yan Fei nodded, motioned for Luo Xun to go first, he would follow
behind.

“Quick! Get in the car!”

Luo Xun and the group felt relief after they rushed inside the
vehicles. The backpacks and other boxes were thrown into the back
trunk. He immediately started the car.

In the passenger seat, Yan Fei closed his eyes and his heart flashed
with a hint of surprise. When he meditated he could feel the energy
contained the crystal nucleus held tightly in his palm! This energy
could completely replenish his currently low spiritual power!

With that thought, he concentrated, the energy flowed along his

palm through his arms and whole body like refreshing spring water.
When he came back to focus and opened his hand, the shards were
gone…were absorbed?

Thinking of the nucleus’s source, Yan Fei was a little awkward for a
few seconds then calmed himself. If he had not met Luo Xun, he was
afraid he would not even have a set of tableware to eat on base.
These things were not really ‘eaten’ anyway, where would the
remains be expelled?

The southwest base in A-city was busy in full swing. Many people
had been involved in wall construction. Those with experience or help
got a leg up, the rest of the newcomers who did not take part in the
last construction project dug the foundation and mixed cement, tasks
that did not need too much experience.

Meanwhile, the army’s more experienced engineers were

frantically building new homes in the inner circle.

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Chapter 37
The outer base wall was built up but since the inner circle already
had protection it was necessary to increase construction projects to
provide a place for the new people to live. Although the vast majority
of communications had been cut, military specific satellite and
phones still ran normally.

Early on, the problems on base became more serious at this time
dangerous news reached the southwest base. Apart from ordinary
residents, there were many important people who needed to move to
the more sturdy bases in A-city.

The southwest base was main acceptance, rescued people went to

the western and northern bases. So the pressure was lighter on the
east side – the northeast base was responsible for that. It was true, in
A-city the two bases in the north and northeast were now in trouble
and could be overrun at any time. With the west base as a
precedent, the two bases had decided to start evacuation to other
well established bases.

Building the outer wall was only part of the task, in the event the
wall was not yet built and the three accidents created a deluge of
zombies…they would need to retreat into the inner circle defense.
They needed to build additional defences.

Recently a lot of people lived in Wang Jing district because behind

them was a stretch of farmland, so the community area was
considered pure. But in the last two days, with the emergencies on
three bases, it was no longer clear.

The east side of Ping Fang district, which had been flattened years
earlier had been recently cleared of rubbish and foundation was
being placed.

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Listening to the sound of thumping from outside the wall, Puppy
opened her mouth and lazily yawned. Half body in the balcony sun,
her head lied on her paws with grains of dog food and slippers.

She stood and shook her warm fur and tail while trotting off to the
nearby large glass box. She toured her territory, the whole room was
hers! Although she was not actually that arrogant, since her owners
lived here, so did she.

The little quails who lived in the glass box were now active,
running here and there. Drilling and sometimes grasping the earth
with little claws to dig up some mealworms or pecking at slivers of
lettuce in the soil. A straw-like object hung over the whole aquarium,
each half day water would drop to irrigate the vegetables.

The puppy’s nose was pressed against the glass, forming a thin
layer of mist. Lifted a paw for the 20th time to confirm she could not
play together with the small animals. The little puppy turned away
proudly then secretly turned her head to look at what the quails
happily pecked at…something green and delicious?

The puppy tilted her head at the big white pipe that circled the
balcony with a half blocked metal fence. The green things on top
seemed to be the same as what the birds pecked at?

Swinging her tail at the bare rail fence, for security reasons Luo
Xun did not leave the barricade too high. At the puppy’s current size,
she may be able to jump out…but a collision would hurt!

No, curiosity killed the cat, the little chow chow puppy was very
smart. She understood that they could do some things but not
others. If she really jumped out and never came back what would
happen when the owners came back?

If you do something bad, keep your tail clean! Never get caught!!

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box of dog food to eat a few big mouthfuls before leaping out. In
order to easily eat food there was a box half the size of the bigger
one used as a ladder.

When the puppy jumped out she did not step on it and instead
knocked against it…wait moved?

A light bulb flashed over the dog’s head and after a while the
sound of shuffling came from the room.

The seven people with four cars were sweating in their situation. At
this time, Yan Fei the only ability user was also tense, his forehead
beaded with sweat.

“The front can only be rammed past.” Luo Xun clenched his
teeth and floored the accelerator.

Their luck was not good, more like horrific! After managing to
escape from the supermarket towards the exit, they hit dozens of
cars with a string of zombies in front of them!

Luo Xun and the other’s cars could hold more things but could not
really be regarded as strong. There were a few modified SUVs in
front, the most common type of delivery vehicle! Could not compare
to the speed of a puma, the vehicles could only be merged into the
tail of the convoy. Even worse was that for some unknown reason the
cars were not speeding away!

Although the crystal nuclei had recovered a lot of Yan Fei’s mental
strength, there were a lot of zombies outside the car so his hands
moved in bursts to kill batches of the creatures. The car was not
strong enough so he had to also strengthen the small truck and his
spirit was on the brin of collapse.

“Go ahead, there should be no problem with the front.” Yan

Fei had conveniently added some metal parts for protection and
durability.

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As for Li Tie, their two cars were right behind, following as if their
lives depended on it. The two could not handle more at the moment
and could only pray for better future luck.

The car in front suddenly increased horsepower and rushed

forward followed by another…and another. Suddenly spun around to
face Luo Xun and the other students.

“What a situation!” The car was not fast, but the road ahead
was blocked, Luo Xun and company could not get around!

Yan Fei’s brow wrinkled, the car’s speed, angle, where it

separated…

What was wrong with the car? Or…was it on purpose? Luo Xun was
unavoidably sort of anxious while the car in front slowed down, the
headlights flashed, the horn honked but none of the peer cars were
ready to help.

A number of desperate zombies jumped on the car, a layer of dead

bodies obstructed the vehicle. One waved its arm, drooling dark
green saliva as the fresh meat in the car caused a burst of crazy
hunger.

Luo Xun could only helplessly watch from the back. The car was in
a parallel position and one could faintly see looks of panic – the
people inside had not been infected. The other cars rushed forward,
away from the zombie group while some wanted to stay and watch.
Their thin skin could not stand the act of ignoring the car.

Luo Xun lightly shook his head, he had nothing to say, no mind to
go down and save them. Shined his tail lights, behind Li Tie said they
were ready to face the zombie horde and so they slammed down on
the accelerator.

It took 20 minutes for them to rush out from the zombies. The car
was not far from the team and was not in almost complete tatters.

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WIth draped bodies, the source of a disgusting nauseous liquid,
unknown claw marks, it looked scary.

Although there were not many zombie groups on the roadside, the
number of zombies wandering on the road of the residential area
only increased. There were even a few fast running zombies stuck
next to the motorcade.

Luo Xun let out a breath, if this continued they would be back in a
few minutes. As his mind started a thought, he did not have a chance
to speak with Yan Fei when all heard a faint cry – the cries of a baby.

Did not know which car, with the crying, zombies rushed to a car in
the convoy. The crying suddenly stopped, listening carefully one
could still faintly hear some noise. It seemed that someone in the car
had blocked the child’s mouth with something.

But the zombie’s ears were more sensitive than people thought,
the cry had become quieter but had not completely disappeared. The
faint voice inside the car instead only further excited the zombies.
One suddenly rushed the car with a harsh cry, the car’s trunk burst
open.

Another zombie suddenly leaped towards the car, the baby cried
again and some people screamed. From behind wanting to bypass
the siege a car window was lowered and a parcel was thrown out.

“Child! My child!” A woman whimpered in a hoarse voice from

behind cover.

Luo Xun and group watched as the zombies pounced on the small
parcel.

“…Inhuman.” Luo Xun’s lips curled and he took a deep breath.

He suddenly turned left at the next junction, behind the student’s

cars hurriedly followed. He knew it was a common scene in the
apocalypse, not only uncontrollably crying children/babies, old people

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and women whose menstrual blood attracted zombies were thrown
out of vehicles.

A lot of people escaped as soon as possible in their cars, dropping

‘bait’ in exchange escape time. These were all too normal. Those who
were pushed down were mainly the infirmed, elderly and the very
young. Those prioritised in peacetime before the end of the world
had been the first to be abandoned.

Luo Xun thought he had seen a lot of things, a little less than the
first apocalypse but it would get worse and worse over time. When
he had fled north to A-city southwest base had he not seen many
such things on the road? Sure enough he was unsuited to leave the
base for work huh…

Suddenly the silent Yan Fei raised a hand to reassuringly pat Luo
Xun’s shoulder. “Don’t worry, don’t think to much.”

Luo Xun looked around hium with some surprise, his expression
was as calm as always with some indifference. Luo Xun who had
already had a heavy life was not calm yet. Did ability users also get
an effect of stabilizing the mind?

With a long sigh, Luo Xun slightly nodded and pressed down on the
gas pedal to run over a zombie. “I’m fine, nothing to say to those
people and their peers are dangerous.”

So he turned down a street. Of course Luo Xun would not admit

that those people were not pleasing to the eye.

Yan Fei quirked a smile and suddenly asked, “You like children?”

Luo Xu paused a moment. Then shrugged with some melancholy.

“I once wanted the chance to adopt a child but
unfortunately…”

His last life had been too lonely, there were so many people on
base but living during the zombie apocalypse was like animals in a

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cage. Trust between people was extremely weak. His past life, there
had been a reluctance to communicate with others to avoid trouble
but the environment of persecution made people unable to believe in
each other.

However human beings could not live alone without

communication, one’s spirit could not stand a long period of isolation.

At the beginning of the road north he had thought of partners

however Luo Xun did understand that two may not really stay
together upon reaching A-city. But there had been a thought in his
mind, to at least not let him feel lonely. Although he did not
remember the man’s name and his appearance had long been
blurred.

At the end of his life, did he not buy the child because he was too
lonely? After a hard day’s work, there was no one to talk to at home.
All he wanted was to have a son. It was better than dying alone in
the future, his dead body hidden in the basement.

But the boy had run away. Seeing Luo Xun’s look of deep sadness,
Yan Fei’s heart could not help but sink but he was not deterred from
the conversation.

“Adoption?” Yan Fei smiled, “Why not marry a wife and have
a child?”

Even if the present situation was not good, if he really wanted to

find a woman to live with, Luo Xun’s hamster nest would help.
Besides, what kind of person thought of adopting a son in the current
climate? Unless he knew for certain he would never have a child in
his life or was unwilling to marry a woman.

Luo Xun laughed and shook his head in amusement. “Can’t afford
to marry.”

He could not say he had become bent long ago, not to mention

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living alone, keeping a dog as a son would be an early alternative.
Now was the first part of the apocalypse, his doctrine was too
advanced, estimated that no one would accept.

Yan fei raised a rather profound smile. “Good follow me and

have the chance to adopt a son to being home.”

The originally steady car suddenly drifted in a ‘s’ shape. Li Tie who
was behind got a huge scare and agitatedly tried to keep up with the
car in front.

Waited for the car in front to return to normal and did not find
anything to avoid on the road.

“What happened just now?” Li Tie asked He Qiankun beside

him.

He Qiankun wiped off some cold sweat. “Hit, hit the steering

wheel wrong?”

Li Tie breathed a sigh of relief. “Must have been driving too

long, caused by mental stress.”

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Chapter 38
Luo Xun thought today’s car ride was off to a bad start, especially
since the guy sitting next to him was flirting with his companions. He
could confirm that the guy was definitely flirting with him!

Although Yan Fei might think he was just teasing but for him, the
joke tested the strength of his liver. Luo Xun tightly grasped the
steering wheel while ignoring the person beside him, he refused to
delve into desires of hope.

These sorts of people flirt with small actions at first to pull people
in. You react, they would needle you more, ignoring was the best
response! Right now was the time to metaphorically flee!

Luo Xun was startled, he had not traversed the current road before
but in order to avoid any danger or accidents in the apocalypse, he
had carefully studied possible routes he had used in the early months
of the world’s end.

Although this road was a slightly slower journey compared to the

highway, the difference between upper and lower was not significant
when rubbish and abandoned vehicles were in the way.

But the most important concern was there would probably be a lot
of zombies on the way and it was already dark. If one could not get
back to the base before nightfall, it was best to find a safe place to
spend the night.

There seemed to be nothing dangerous up ahead, Luo Xun

reckoned they had an hour and a half until a residential area far
away enough to spend the night.

In his former life he rarely had the chance to take the lead on the
road, to kill zombies. After seeing much, Luo Xun was still envious of
this violent and fierce work. But he did not have a good car, it was

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impossible for him to have an important job as a skinny, no
background and no connections. What if he took the opportunity and
drove away with the goods? He could only be envious.

But now…it was alright! The result of adrenaline spike, Li Tie and
the other students only had two eyes, hands sweating, pushing down
on the gas pedal to follow Luo Xun in their cars.

“I did not think Luo Xun could unexpectedly drive so fast even
when pulling another car!:

“Yeah you saw that tail drift, that posture in the wind, so
much to learn!”

“Nonsense, you still need to say?”

The team turned again and again, ready to take the road here to
find a suitable place to spend the night. Suddenly they saw a large
wave of zombies in front – someone was surrounded!

It appeared to be a small commercial street with a convenience

store nearby which was now surrounded by zombies. Luo Xun and
company had just turned, near the zombies came the roaring of
engines.

Suddenly three or four motorcycles burst from the zombie horde.

Each motorcycle had a second passenger with small and large
bulging backpacks.

Luo Xun kept his glance at the small shop still surrounded by
zombies. He wanted to speed past it but felt something was off.

“Eh?”

“What’s the matter?”

Luo Xun referred to the zombie. “Why aren’t they chasing?”

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All the people had run away but the zombies did not chase.
Unscientific unless…

“There are people.” Yan Fei suddenly pointed towards the shop,
the area was soon filled with zombie bodies.

Even if there were people inside, in general zombies would chase

the escapers rather than lay siege on those left behind. The situation
did not match typical zombie behaviour…they had no judgement
unless there was something unusual about the person left behind –
for example a wound or something.

Luo Xun had not finished thinking when suddenly the area
surrounded by zombies was bathed in blue, yes blue! A blue tornado
broke out towards the zombies, fiercely vibrating out in all directions!

Wind ability but also a very high initial ability of wind powers!

Ordinarily people with wind abilities could not deal with so many
zombies at the same time. The wind would not have the capacity to
kill, unless that person and Yan Fei both had strong abilities!

Luo Xun subconsciouly glanced at Yan Fei while hitting the

headlights and slowing down. Saving and bringing someone back to
base also got a reward, not to mention a person with a powerful wind
ability?

Of course a more important reason was he was worried about his

own line of people right now. In this state, the wind power was no
different from an attack. The zombies around had been blown away
or cut to pieces revealing the man who had been surrounded in the
middle.

The man wore a casual suit with a slim figure. He was not carrying
anything but his left sleeve was pulled up revealing a toned arm with
an open wound and flowing blood.

Luo Xun sighed darkly, Yan Fei gave a side glance in response.

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Both had the same conclusion – the person’s injury was not artificial,
those people had intentionally left the wounded person to attract
zombies in order to escape.

Some more distant zombies were not cut by the deadly wind
blades instead knocked with air flow. That person did not know using
abilities would exacerbate blood loss. The man standing seemed to
sway, seemed like he would collapse at any moment.

*Poof, pop-pop* The sound of voices, crossbow arrows mowed

down any remaining zombies the group had cleared the area.

Li Tie and the others stopped the car before taking action seeing
the opened door of the car in front. Luo Xun and Yan Fei had already
come out. Without a brutal baptism of the apocalyptic world, they
were not indifferent so the young people were glad they came in
time to save a person, who also had a powerful ability.

The man, once picked up by the two fell into the car and fainted.
Luo Xun looked at the man with a flabbergasted expression after
confirming the wound was not made by a zombie so the saver would
be rewarded.

Plus with Yan Fei in the car there would a balance amongst the
powerful ability users amongst other factors. However he did not
think this character would appear like this! Ahhh!

Who was this!? Looking at closed peach blossom eyes Luo Xun
wanted to scream – was this not the beautiful wind demon man from
his past life!? Who once used his wind power to rip up a group of
pursuers? He still had nightmares about it!

Yan Fei squinted, mysteriously smiled then ‘gently’ patted Luo

Xun’s shoulder. “Leave this to me. You drive to a place to
spend the night, here is not safe.”

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neck without knowing why…but going to the car was safer than
helping the wounded man. Luo Xun resolutely sat back in the driver’s
seat, ready to start the engine and drive!

Yan Fei stared and compared the man’s face with his own with
narrowed eyes – compared to his own looks, he liked this sort of face
more?

From child to adulthood Yan Fei felt his face was a convenient
advantage, especially when dealing the elderly. When he was a child
he would go out and in store would be given free discounts.
Unfortunately Yan Fei never wanted for money and did not need the
benefits but it had felt cool at the time.

But now he felt it was an unnecessary trouble. Now in the face of

another person, with same level of handsomeness but the other was
valued higher? Why not scar the flower? He was currently passed
out.

The idea was just a flash of impulse, Yan Fei did not entertain the
ugly, inhumane idea. He refused to stoop to excessive behaviour, it
would also ruin Luo Xun’s work of tightly wrapped gauze bandages.

Any leakage would cause the zombies to catch their scent with
sensitive noses. The car was already started, Yan Fei sat in the back
with the fainted person, hands crossed over his chest coldly looking
at the unconscious guy on a pile of cargo.

His current mood was all because of this guy and the one in front
of him driving. The reason was obvious.

Yan Fei sneered, once again gave the man a side glance. He
‘opened’ a hole in the car wall and climbed directly through. Luo Xun
was startled seeing Yan Fei through a wall, he complained a bit but
continued to drive.

Yan Fei smiled wider and patted Luo Xun’s head at the same time

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ambiguously put his face beside the other’s ear lobe. Luo Xun almost
caused the car to drift in a ‘s’ shape again.

This guy already marked for his own, not to be contaminated. As

for the guy in the back, how would he get himself killed? Yan Fei
would not do such a grievous thing.

Yan Fei was very confident in himself, even in the face of some
crisis it would be fine if he quickly cultivated feelings. Maybe it was
just surprise to see the appearance of a rare ability user?

Since the person had entered his bowl he will never let go, not to
mention the person in the back of the car is not at the same level.
Luo Xun was not the kind to be impulsive, what should be worry
about?

After the journey there was still some trouble, a street filled with
zombies but they need to bypass the bad situation. It was not long
before the sky was completely dark and it was unwise to act at night
in a world filled with zombies. Luo Xun and the others had found a
place to stay overnight.

They hid in a beauty salon on the second floor, concentrated fire

completely destroyed the stairs so tomorrow morning they would just
climb out a window to go downstairs. Or Yan Fei could create a
simple staircase out of metal.

When Li Tie and company saw the man who had been rescued by
Luo Xun, the crowd seemed to be struck by lightning for a moment –
were they still alive?

Already had super handsome Yan Fei who not only had good
stature, was tall, had a powerful ability. It left few people not feeling
envy and hate in their hearts but he was only one person. Those
without the same did not care to contend with nature.

But now, there was another one…same height, good looks, strong

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ability…

Oh, did the apocalypse only favor handsome men? Why was it that
these people were always blessed? How could the others live? How to
live!?

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Chapter 39
Zhang Yi was half asleep when he seemed to feel someone walk
forward, the sensation of going upstairs – his foot touched down on
the stairs. After being put down Zhang Yi’s eyelids opened a crack –
those people who absolutely did not have a good heart, who had
framed and abandoned him. After leaving how would they come back
to save him?

Therefore when he fully opened his eyes to see a few unfamiliar

faces, he felt relieved and closed his eyes.

“Did he just open his eyes?” Han Li asked.

Wang Duo nodded in affirmation. “Right, opened.”

“Did he faint again?” He Qiankun had an impulse to poke the

person’s face – especially since the guy’s face was so fine without
any pores. It added to the aggravated impulse to leave finger marks.

“Is it possible he bled too much?” Luo Xun hurried to check on

the second floor, relieved when he confirmed no overt blood loss.

Li Tie paid little attention to the new handsome man and did not
participate in the discussion. Instead he excitedly pulled Luo Xun
after scrounging around the room for a while.

“Brother Luo Xun! There’s so much to take back!”

“Yes, yes there are chairs and beds. Should we bring a few
back?” He Qiankun’s attention was immediately shifted to more
practical gains.

He went upstairs and saw the things in the rooms – with these,
they would not have to make their own bed!

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“And these…I’ll collect it first, pack it tomorrow morning!”
Wu Xin rolled up his sleeves and dashed over to a pile of pots and
jars.

Wang Duo smiled and threw cold water on the excitement. “Some
are empty and useless, have you confirmed what products
you can use?”

“EIther way, I could use them as mouthwash.” Wu Xin gave

an angry looks while tirelessly looking at the beauty products.

Yan Fei did not talk to the two groups that were gossiping. He
stood alone in the room in front of the stairs. All the metal he had
stripped off before going up, the stairs floated in midair; slowly
intersected, condensed and slanted into a smooth slope under his
control.

With a loud noise, a strong fence appeared at the front of the

staircase.

“Done?” Luo Xun turned around to see the situation.

Seeing Yan Fei had transformed the staircase into a slide, Luo Xun
hurriedly found somewhere to grab a towel to wipe off sweat.

Yan Fei took the towel and calmly wiped his face since he had
exerted quite a bit of effort. He silently regretted that someone did
not help him wipe the sweat off…no hurry he did not have a short
temper.

Whether on the negotiating table with his own unscrupulous

parents, reading each other just needed enough patience and
calculation.

So he turned and walked past Luo Xun saying over his shoulder.
“Eat first and then see what things to take away tomorrow
morning.”

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Luo Xun’s attention shifted to something on the second floor of the
building. He was not interested in the cosmetics that Wu Xin wanted
– his face was not too sensitive. Also was not interested in the chairs
and bed – their home had a sofa and a king size bed, incomparable to
regular sleeping things.

But he was interested in the huge curtains hanging on the windows

and the towels in the cabinets. Luo Xun had settled in a beauty salon
not far from the residential area. Fortunately since it was in the shop
street , the beauty parlor had a rare second floor, which was why
they chose the place as a temporary resting place.

So, the beauty salon furnishings…Luo Xun thought of someday in

the future, hearing these five university students possible falling from
these beds and being uncomfortable.

The heavy curtains tightly blocked any prying eyes while Luo Xun
and the others began to prepare dinner. Because there was now a
patient in the team, they deliberately made some soup to take turns
spoon feeding the handsome man.

Sadly the handsome man did not give them the chance as he woke
up as the last step of dinner was finished.

“Come and have dinner first.” Wang Duo glanced at the

beautiful man with anticipation, patience, anxiety and so on while
handing over some porridge they had just made.

Luo Xun brought a piece of corn bread to make the porridge,

directly thrown into bubbling liquid to make a large pot of food. Easy
and convenient. Luo Xun had made the corn cakes for the
apocalypse, dry and long lasting.

Deliberately for making simple porridge while out on the go. If

there was a time Luo Xun was by himself and there was no other
food to eat, he could choke down the dry ration.

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After receiving the porridge bowl, Zhang Yi looked at the group in
front of him – looked very young and clean, no sign of harm from the
apocalypse.

He sighed in relief but his heart had a strange feeling when he saw
Yan Fei – the person seemed to dislike him a bit. Of course in face of
the other, Zhang Yi also immediately realized the same feeling
towards Yan Fei. Both were handsome and pleasing to the eyes…

The two similar people repelled each other as they ate dinner in
silence with occasional secret glances. The first to notice the
unknown hostility was the rescued, just awakened Zhang Yi. It was
likely since he was just rescued after having a bad experience with
his previous team members.

He observed the other man there was an undisguised sense of

strength – the two of them both had good looks but their minds were
not the same. Not the same kind nature so not enemies, more
unnecessary to each other.

“Thank you.” After eating, Zhang Yi had some difficulty passing

the bowl back to Wang Duo. Revealing a pure, harmless smile
successfully caused the five students to shiver.

Luo Xun covertly glanced at the smiling man with peach blossom
eyes. He discreetly shuddered, a static discharge down his back. He
did not notice as he moved closer to Yan Fei.

Yan Fei instantly was vigilant towards the other but also internally
expressed goodwill. “Have you eaten your fill?”

“Ah? Ah.” Luo Xun hurriedly nodded and looked away.

Although he did not gorge himself all the time, he was sure to eat
enough food after physical exertion. Otherwise if he became hungry
and dizzy while fighting a zombie, would he not be asking for death?

Zhang Yi quietly gave a side glance at the two then smiled with

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profound meaning. Li Tie and the others introduced themselves.

While waiting for his turn, Luo Xun reminscied – this was the first
time he had met the ‘wind god’ face to face. He had heard of the
man’s achievements several times from others. Luo Xun could only
nod at the supposed demon of wind.

No, the gap between memory and reality was too big. He had a
headache and wanted to close his eyes to temporarily escape reality.

While Luo Xun was in disarray, Yan Fei beside him pointed out
sharply, “When we saw you, we saw some motorcycles from
the supermarket. You left yourself behind in the group of
zombies?”

Because the blood from the wound was a normal red, it was
apparently not caused by a zombie so Luo Xun took him into the car
and brought him here. Otherwise who would take a man whose arm
was covered in blood?

Zhang Yi’s expression changed, the original smile became a bit

distorted. Seeing he did not want to bring up the matter, Yan Fei
changed topics with a well meaning smile. “We are from the
southwest base. What will you do? Stay here? Or come back
with us?”

Zhang Yi took a deep breath, a hint of darkness in his eyes and a

wry smile. He glanced at Yan Fei. “I did not expect this to
happen. I was injured by a previous companion form there.”

He knew Yan Fei wanted to know if his injury would end up a

problem, he had no answer, he would redirect the conversation.

“What!?”

“How could it be!?”

Li Tie and the others exclaimed, they had not thought of that

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possibility. But with the situation at the grocery store it was not hard
for the subconscious to think of the dark possibility.

Zhang Yi’s facial expression was blank, eyes looked straight

towards the fire, voice flat. “I do not know what living on the
security base is like after the zombie apocalypse but
outside…it is common for living people to rob each other and
to have confrontations. Especially when people come out to
collect things and get besieged by a lot of zombies. They
need a ‘decoy’ to attract the zombie’s attention so the others
can escape.”

“So you were the bait!?” Wu Xin gasped with a startled face.

He Qiankun hesitantly asked. “It was voluntary? You sacrificed

yourself for the team?”

The corners of Zhang Yi’s mouth twisted into a grimace. Wang Duo
interrupted. “You silly? Would you take the initiative?”

He Qiankun touched neck, glaring while muttering. “If he could

not run…it would not be impossible…”

With those words, Wang Duo was about to hit a second time but
instead pressed a hand and rubbed his face. “You silly but not
stupid, even if encounter danger better to have everyone
escape!”

Zhang Yi’s expression shifted, seeing those with innocence towards

the world, his heart sighed.

“Where do you live?” Luo Xun who had been quiet put away his
memory of the guy in a corner and pulled out a map.

“Live?” Seeing the map in Luo Xun’s hands, he paused then

pointed. “Here we live here in a high rise district.”

The shops and homes near the top were already being evacuated

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as far as they could be, most of the survivors were joining the ranks.
It was just he had not expected this situation with his current team
today.

Luo Xun took out a pen to mark out tomorrow’s route. On the side
Li Tie thought of a question and asked. “Wait, aren’t you a wind
ability user? How could they harm you?”

Were all the people in the team power users? How else would such
a powerful person get injured?

Zhang Yi suddenly laughed sarcastically. “Because none of them

knew I had powers.”

He had hid his strength from the beginning, sure enough the last
man had betrayed him again. This was the second time, two days
before apocalypse plus this one. The next time they met, he would
not hesitate to use his razor sharp control of wind to execute with
one slash.

It was a beautiful smile but the handsome man was scary. Luo Xun
who was plotting out the next day’s route looked up to see the smile.
The last time he had seen that smile in his past life a group of people
had died.

Luo Xun shivered again, chills down his back…did he bump into
something? Turned to face Yan Fei who also suddenly smiled with
ambiguous meaning. Luo Xun’s scalp felt numb as he tried to stagger
backwards.

Yan Fei took out a coat and covered Luo Xun’s body. “The night
is cold. Once the route is planned, go rest.”

Luo Xun thought to himself…why did all beautiful men have such
scary smiles? He wanted to flee back to base?

Although Luo Xun felt caution towards Zhang Yi, Li Tie and the
others who had not experienced that brutal killing scene in the past

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did not feel any problems. Together they comforted the ‘poor’ beauty
who had been betrayed, framed and abandoned by his companions.

The feeling of despair over the state of the world was temporarily
thrown aside by a flood of compassion.

ZhangYi had bled too much and needed to rest overnight. The
group took turns with a watch schedule. Although many people came
to the business district after the apocalypse to find things, wandering
zombies would be attracted, fortunately the number was not too
high.

Luo Xun and company killed some zombies in the vicinity, the
blood of corpses spilled everywhere to cover up the scent of the
Otaku team.

The next morning they determined that there were only 10-12
zombies outside. Luo Xun stood in the window and shot one at a time
while Li Tie and the students began to frantically dismantle all the
cloth in the room as well as part of the furniture.

The steel staircase once again covered, Yan Fei to Zhang Yi’s shock
calmly overlapped the metallic materials into the car frames – to
strengthen the body itself. Unneeded materials would go to the base,
others could be peeled off for continual use.

It was a good way though Yan Fei was a little dizzy after handling
the metal.

Zhang Yi was like peacock in his own territory, smartly climbed into
Wang Duo’s open car. With no other problems, the group of seven
plus one went to load the cars, the rest would have consumed too
much of Yan Fei’s mental reserves.

Began trips to the salon to transport things into the vehicles. No

mistake, as soon as these things were packed, the car would full with
no space. Li Tie and the others removed a full five beds from the

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store, also asked if Yan Fei wanted one. He declined and instead
added a stack of chairs to the roof container.

Such a large pile of things looked dangerous but with Yan Fei the
items and the roof blended together. They would be separated after
heading back.

Luckily their location was not too far from the southwest base,
enough to let the group go all out.

A lot of survivors had gathered outside the southwest base gate.

There was a newly built high wall to enter open space of a temporary
waiting area before entering base.

When they arrived, it was almost full of people and after entering
the designated location by the military, everyone was relieved.

Zhang Yi and Luo Xun separated before the registration, although

they had brought him back and points would be counted to their
team, the base would take care of the rest. The base would arrange
for them to follow the rules, no need to worry.

What was more, Zhang Yi also had an injury. The wound needed
professional help and people with injuries were observed longer than
ordinary people.

“The waiting area is for those from base who went

searching right?”

Han Li with his height stood and looked around but did not find
people who looked familiar in the crowd.

“The people who went out with us last time, did they come
back?” Wu XIn asked.

“Who knows? We came back fast, wait a while we’re able to

redecorate our home well! Finally have a bed to sleep on…”
He Qiankun happily hugged a big bag to his bosom.

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Their cars were parked in designated area, the outside had to be
disinfected. After some time to go in and pick them up.

As for the materials to be handed over to the base, just registered

upon arrival – can be sure. Yan Fei who deliberately draped the
outside of the car in metal did not need to turn over, it was earned!

The stuff they brought back did not included bedding – the
supermarket section had been picked clean by earlier people. But
they had found the right cotton and cloth from the fabric store
nearby. It could be processed simply after going back home.

It had been killing them to have no covers or bedding in such cold

weather.

“Well, we just have to wait about five hours before we can

leave!”

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Chapter 40
Although Yan Fei had been to many places and taken many things,
since his mental movements were fast, the day appeared to pass by
quickly. But arriving on base this morning, waiting in the open space,
on the contrary felt like time passed too slowly.

The people on base for the first time were not together with those
from base with tasks. Far away from base people were stepping up to
build more walls. Luo Xun and company wanted to inquire about
yesterday on the road.

Did a team come to the base with a large number of zombies?

There had been a lot of zombies behind them, and even if they could
safely run to base, people needed to be dispatched immediately to
deal with the creatures.

Unfortunately there were now waiting with uninformed people, the

base required them to stay in a painted grid without moving so there
was no way to ask for information. The people in the waiting area
were uninjured original base members, wounded personnel were in
another courtyard.

The largest courtyard was recently built a few days ago as a place
for outsiders to sit and wait. Only the military had not picked up
anyone yet.

The army men acted earlier than Luo Xun but they faced a far
more difficult situation compared to Luo Xun’s team. They needed to
search but the population was spread across a lot of areas. Luo Xun
and company had stayed in the outskirts of A-city – how would those
who were from more remote areas make it?

A few people took advantage while waiting to discuss amongst

themselves how to renovate the house when they got back, since the

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things were jointly collected. The materials divided into two for the
respective houses, the rest would divided into seven parts, one each.

Of course the metal sheets, blocks and other things were Yan Fei’s,
useless for the other party members. Li Tie and the others originally
wanted to give more – Yan Fei was an ability user and they had never
heard of metal powers!

His strength was high, this time they also relied on his ability for
everyone to safely retreat, plus the metal and similar materials did
not count for much.

But Yan Fei refused, he did not need to be stingy, not because he
was living with Luo Xun but his life did not have a lot of pressure.
Seeing as Yan Fei had a strong ability while Li Tie and the others
were ordinary people, perhaps there would be fewer opportunities for
their skills on base but it was different for him.

He could earn more than them by helping the military repair the
walls. Even if he did not want to expose his ability to the public as
Luo Xun said, he could use metal at home to do arms sales. He could
even use his power to transform metal into all kinds of daily life items
as needed.

The cooperation between the seven people was harmonious. Li Tie

took the chance to humbly ask Luo Xun about renovating problems.
They had the ability to do a good job but Luo Xun had a greater
degree of familiarity with the stuff at the mall.

Luo Xun was not an expert but he at least knew how to paste tiles?
How would the floor be paved? How to paint the walls? If Li Tie asked
now, he would be able to get started sooner.

When the Otaku team got back to the car and set out towards
home, everyone’s hearts were filled with intense excitement. There
was an effort to ignore their physical fatigue. Wanted to go back to
sleep but also wanted to go back and renovate right away.

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However it would take more than one day to finish everything. Ah!
Ah, ah, ah so tangled!

By the time they reached the ground floor, the group was
incredibly indignant to discover a frightening fact – the elevator was
not in operation and they lived on the 16th floor!

The car was loaded down with a variety of large and heavy home
materials! God, did they have to carry all these things to the 16th
floor after an exhausting full day?

“What time do the elevator doors open?” He Qiankun turned

to Li Tie in fear.

Wang Duo referred to a piece of paper posted in the corridor notice

column and crushed the impulse to laugh. “Once in morning and
afternoon, now is 3:30 pm. Waiting for the afternoon…it will
take 1.5 hours.”

Because energy on base was still plentiful, the elevator ran for an
hour longer than in Luo Xun’s memory for a daily total of six hours.

“Not too long, first we unload all the things in the corridor
and move in the elevator when it arrives.” Luo Xun glanced at
the the time table and nodded decisively.

Yes, they took a lot of time to move things from the car. Piece by
piece and pile by pile.

At first since most of the residents in the vicinity were out at work,
no one saw the group’s movements. After a little while they were
quietly surrounded by a lot of onlookers.

The floor tiles were okay, people’s interest was not big but when
they saw the cotton cloth in the car, some people could not sit still.
First someone came to ask if these things were for sale or trade.

After getting a negative answer, quietly left not knowing what to

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do. After a while, a crowd came together again and many of them
looked decidedly unfriendly.

There were troops on base to maintain order but there was no real
peace in private. Military personnel were recently involved in large
scale operations to help other bases. The rest of the military had
been responsible for building the outer wall and houses.

Often the conflict had already passed when the official personnel
belatedly arrived on the scene.

What was more, recently the number of zombies outside had

increased, many of the smaller groups outside could no longer live in
the urban areas looking for resources. When they learned a base had
been established came near to the area.

Those outside had followed the rule of the jungle – after wandering
around for a month those people did not like the base rules. While
the vast majority of people went out to work or collecting resources,
they twisted doors, broke locks, things like robbery and extortion
happened repeatedly.

Luo Xun found more and more people outside and directed Yan Fei
to stay in front and in charge of the car. They also readied their
crossbows to shot at a moment’s notice.

When the first wave of malicious people who did not go earn points
or go scavenging only scared and robbed others, Yan Fei did not bat
an eye and waved his hand. The sound of rumbling, a ring
surrounded the four vehicles, spikes floated up and pointed
outwards.

Looking at the steel needles floating threateningly those who were

close to the car broke out in a flash of cold sweat, legs weakly took a
few steps back.

“If you want to go upstairs, please wait a minute.” Yan Fei

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carelessly put his hands in his pockets while sweeping the crowd with
eyes of contempt. “We still have a lot of things to move, if we
accidentally lost something…” He trailed off with sharp eyes,
people retreated even further.

One person hollowly laughed. “Misunderstanding,

misunderstanding. Just passing, just passing.”

Yan Fei also no longer spoke only returned to the wall, letting the
steel pieces fall then collecting them back, continue to train his
abilities.

Found that these people with an abundant harvest were not soft
persimmons, could not handle at all, the onlookers bitterly retreated
but still not willing to leave. Secretly inquired if these people lived in
the building? Which floor?

Luo Xun and the others ignored the crowd but silently accelerated
the speed of handling. To tell the truth, they had a good harvest this
time, took nearly an hour for all the moving to finish.

A few people laid on the floor, mouth panting and so on. When
some of their physical strength recovered just in time, the elevator
had started its last operation round of the day.

Desperately filled the elevator, set aside the other to let occupants
of the building use normally. The sky had thoroughly darkened, a
cold wind blew outside, they finally put the last batch of things in the
elevator.

Lying in the corridor like a tired dog. Not to mention the others,
even the strongest Yan Fei had also broken some sweat.

“Want to…make bubble…hot shower…body rancid…” Wang

Duo stared blankly lying on a pile of things, cannot see clearly,
tongue lolling.

Luo Xun calculated some physical strength, swept a glance at the

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floor without a single tenant, confirmed that they were not assigned
out and let loose a sigh. “No, this evening have to block the
elevator door and transform the stairs so that people do not
come. It’s okay to leave things in the corridor.”

“Right! Correct!” The group nodded.

As the only main force, Yan Fei silently glanced at Luo Xun,
decided to wait until return home to check his interest.

The elevator door was simple, directly cast side with metal so that
people who took the elevator they would only see a block…a steel
plate stuck there.

The staircase was also simple Yan Fei just had to convert into a
slide like in the beauty salon. Then also seal the 16th floor door with
metal. Everyone on the floor were acquaintances so there were no
problems. Quick decisions meant faster seals.

Luo Xun and the others brought back more stuff this time, a full
four cars. The corridor became full so he opened the door of Yan Fei’s
apartment to directly put some things away. At this moment the
group of people had no strength to pay attention to other things.

Made sure the few doors were closed after they went back to their
rooms ready for a good night’s rest, raise spirit for tomorrow.

When Luo Xun opened the door of the home came face to a steel
fence he remembered – there were protective measures at home.

Coughed dryly Luo Xun smiled and pointed at the doorway.

“This…”

Only Yan Fei could open this up. Now that he thought about it, if
someone upset him he did not need much, could retaliate with the
metal from the door.

Sealing the door took excessive mental force so Yan Fei opened a

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slot enough for two people. What about the rest? Wait until
tomorrow.

Luo Xun heard harsh sounds of clawing against metal from inside
with barking sounds.

“Hey? Puppy?” When he opened the door he had not heard

Puppy.

But it was a bit weird to not see her after opening the door. Ran
towards the voice near the balcony. Luo Xun was stunned to discover
– how had the small box near the dog food get over to the balcony?

Did the puppy push it over while playing around at home? Followed
the direction of the box towards the metal fence. Near a planting
rack saw a pair of wronged, sobbing dog eyes. It seemed she did not
have enough strength the speed of tail wagging was lower than
usual.

“…How did you get out of here?” Luo Xun was exasperated,
estimated the puppy used the small box to jump behind the iron
fence…but what was it doing back here?

Stooped to hold the dog, Yan Fei also followed into the balcony and
saw the puppy rubbing against Luo Xun’s chest. When he put her
down, she ran over to the basin of dog food crazily eating.

“…Did she see the vegetables and want to eat them?” Yan
Fei suddenly discovered what Luo Xun had missed.

Pointed to outside the metal plate. Luo Xun saw – the bottom two
layers of vegetables in the PVC pipe all chewed bald.

Stunned to see two rows of little green vegetable remnants and

seeing the starving puppy fiercely eating from the bowl of dog food.
The corners of Luo Xun’s mouth lifted.

“Could it be she took initiative to jump out and eat

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vegetables?”

Although dogs were an omnivorous animal, could mostly eat what

humans ate, but who had heard of a dog willing to eat vegetables?

So until now Luo Xun only thought that the puppy accidentally
pushed the smaller box while playing but regrettably could not make
it back after the jump…there were no boxes to step on or enough
leverage to make the jump.

The reason for eating the vegetables…probably because there was

nothing else to eat?

“Thank goodness I put the mutant plants above or else…”

Did not want to think of him returning home but found the playful
puppy had accidentally eaten some mutated plants…oh first thing
come back to rescue the dog.

The puppy fiercely nibbled food while internally sobbing, she

reviewed her mistake. Hmm, got out but could not get back inside,
then got caught by owner…aww dog lost face…

Luo Xun changed clothes, washed hands in bathroom then went

into the kitchen to prepare dinner – the two days outside could only
eat simple food. Better at home with adequate ingredients.

Yan Fei opened the metal plate in front of the staircase, once again
overused his spiritual power, had some slight shaking while walking.
He wanted to head up to the second floor to change clothes but brain
turned and gave up the idea.

Luo Xun scratched his chin in the kitchen and wondered what to
eat tonight? Everyone was tired from moving things in two days, for
tomorrow will need more physical strength to renovate, well cannot
have too little meat! But he was tired today, need to wat some easily
digestible food…

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Hurried out of the kitchen, Yan Fei was not in the living room but
his coat was left on the sofa. From direction of washroom Luo Xun
heard the sound of water, he went to take a bath. Luo Xun picked
some ingredients directly from the fridge.

A large chunk of pork – this had been frozen for some time but
even frozen food had a shelf life. Anyway eat inventory at home! In
the kitchen there were many eggs in the bamboo basket, some
boiled, some cooked with pork belly, energy would be full.

Home had potatoes, autumn before the apocalypse, sun dried

eggplants and beans were thrown into the bubbling pot. Boiled the
porridge, pastry good at home.

He would like to eat rice with stewed meat but today’s physical
exertion was a bit excessive, better to have some porridge before
bedtime. And the pastries? Well he was afraid the food will go bad
again, so hurry up and eat them.

Stewed meat took time, boiled eggplant also needed a lot of time.
Stewed meat, cooked the porridge and then cut potatoes. Luo Xun
stretched ready to take a bath when he heard Yan Fei come out from
the washroom.

Take a bath and eat a hot meal, there was nothing more
comfortable during the apocalypse.

Yan Fei opened the door, Luo Xun choked on his saliva.
*cough*cough, cough*cough, cough, cough*

“What’s wrong?Choking?” Yan Fei walked from the sofa

towards Luo Xun ready to lend a hand…the coughing got worse,
simply could not speak.

Yan Fei kindly walked to his side, hand raised to pat back and clear
airway. “Careful, how so careless?”

Flushed red up to his ears, Luo Xun could not breathe, luckily

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managed to squeeze out a few words. “You, you, clothes…put
on…too cold…”

Luo Xun covered his face, even if one saw a beauty come from a
bath may not necessarily cause a nosebleed. Did not see him pinch
his nose to stop the spray of red liquid?

In dead of winter, Yan Fei just washed hair hung with water
droplets, he appeared even more handsome. Luo Xun coughed even
more, did not dare look at him.

Final reason – he was only wearing a towel around his waist and
slippers on his feet! Was he not cold? Did he want to show off his
body!?

Well then, his body was really good. Unlike his face that had a
sense of delicateness, he had same feeling when Luo Xun had
rescued him earlier – toned arms and legs, even his abdomen was
not soft, could see the ABS!

Plus legendary ferocity, people could not look straight at him!

Hook, line, sinker!

And his skin was not blindingly white but had a health golden
glow…

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Wait a minute! Now was not the time to judge Yan Fei’s stature!
This guy – “Why are you not dressed!?”

This was the culprit of Luo Xun’s reaction!

Yan Fei pretended to be surprised, raised an eyebrow and looked

down at his ‘clothes’. “Clothes are upstairs and I am clearly
wearing some now.”

How could that be considered clothes!? What was the difference

between this and nothing? The towel only served to highlight of the
shape of…ah, ah, ah!

“You, you…I’ll get it for you.” Luo Xun would like to shove him
upstairs to get some clothes to wear but could not face him at the
moment.

He took deep breathes but his eyes unconsciously went to the

small white towel around Yan Fei’s waist…he was afraid being
delayed for a moment he would turn into a wolf.

Would it be easy for him to live a pure, innocent boy for two
lifetimes? In the face of such a fragrance, he dared not bite, he
wanted to live! He was going to eat meat! For a while the stew was
eaten by himself.

Luo Xun climbed the stairs in grief and indignation but suddenly
realized that he had not told Yan Fei that he was gay when he
brought him home. If he had stated in advance that they would be
forced to live together for a while, it would have become suspicious if
he ever wandered around at night.

Right now he felt so much regret, if he had made it clear

beforehand he would not have seen this scene today.

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Luo Xun shook of the thoughts, sped up his footsteps and rushed
into the bedroom – clothes, clothes, a change of clothes!

When Luo Xun came down the stairs, first glance could see the guy
leisurely sitting on the sofa like an enticing fruit…Really wanted to
say “Could you pay attention to the impact of your
appearance” but he had not said anything about same-sex things
so he kept his mouth shut.

Two people had to cooperate for a long time and even slept in the
same bed for a few days. If he said something now would it be
strange? Someone would really not be willing to give up this kind of
beauty but Luo Xun worried that it would cause bigger problems if
nothing said now.

It was a tough choice and if he lied, would he end up with a circle

of countless lies? Although he had simply forgotten to mention it.

He handed Yan Fei the clothes, having long forgotten the kitchen
Luo Xun hurriedly ran to the bathroom. “I will also go take a
bath.”

Luo Xun unconsciously glanced to the sofa as he entered the door,

saw Yan Fei stand up, focused on his waist again…a strong feeling
coursed through him…

Slammed the door closed, Luo Xun stooped and leaned against the
door. Almost poked his eyes out – he felt if he revealed his
homosexuality, he would suffer even more mental torture…wait until
after the bath, then go out and say it clearly!

In the middle of his shower, Luo Xun was hit by another wave of
attack – the bathroom door was pushed open. Frightened face looked
to the door while hands subconsciously covered the lower body
turned to the wall.

Yan Fei was silent for a second, feeling like he was peeking at a

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lady before point out, “The cooker has pressure built up and
there is a pot of porridge boiling.”

“Ah!” Luo Xun just remembered about these matters. “The

pressure cooker changed to low heat stewing in a few
seconds. Also change the heat for the porridge to cook for a
quarter of an hour. I’ll come out after.”

Yan Fei nodded but with a supposed genial smile that Luo Xun had
mixed feelings about. “Want me to help you wash your back
later?”

“No, no you just keep an eye on the kitchen.” Luo Xun felt he
would fall to the ground paralyzed if Yan Fei did not leave. Today’s
stimulus was too much, more than being outside yesterday facing off
against zombies.

After a few moments Luo Xun was out of the bathroom but still
weary. He had wanted to take a bath to relax the spirit and body but
could not be achieved. Luo Xun glanced at Yan Fei who was now in
normal clothing, felt relief and slight regret as he stepped into the
kitchen. It was time to eat dinner, getting a full belly was most
important.

Meat had been stewed, took out some meat and chopped
potatoes, dried eggplant, beans and vermicelli. The rest was left in
the pot to eat for tomorrow’s meals.

When there was not a lot of food left, Luo Xun picked some
vegetables that the puppy had not damaged, washed, cut and put
into the pot. Placed in order to preserve crispness and freshness.

The pastries and porridge were cooked, it had been a long time
since Luo Xun could eat delicious home cooked food. To the side Yan
Fei smiled at him wolfing down meat, he seemingly used chopsticks
leisurely but quickly added food to his bowl.

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Next to the table, having regained spirit, the puppy with a wronged
face sat near the table bitterly gnawing at Yan Fei. She had been
hungry for a long time, once free she ate her fill of dog food. It was
clear even without human common sense, with her belly full she
would not eat more! But the dishes on the table were very fragrant.

Luo Xun was in a sleepy daze, wanting to sleep after eating his fill.
With Yan Fei the two put the leftover food and rice into the kitchen
then went upstairs to rest.

Yan Fei deliberately walked behind, turned off the living room

lights before ascending the staircase. When he went into the room he
saw Luo Xun on the bed, eyes closed and lightly snoring, apparently
had already entered dreamland.

The outing had only been two short days of effort, everyone was
exhausted. Even Yan Fei who was boosted with abilities was tired,
not to mention such ordinary people?

Could not sleep right away, at least Luo Xun would get a full rest.
Yan Fei walked to the bedside, gently tucked in Luo Xun who had
gotten out from the quilt. He wrapped himself and directly held the
other against his chest and turned off the dim lamp.

Luo Xun felt like he was soaking in warm water, as if he had not
left the tub on the second floor bathroom. Closed his eyes and
enjoyed the temperature of the dream warm water. His body felt
relaxed, like he was floating in the clouds, with the wind, slowly
moving in whatever direction.

Gradually something appeared in the mist. A shadow of sorts, Luo

Xun was not clear what it was but clearly not dangerous. So the dull
brain did not produce ideas of escape. So the mist gradually faded
away to reveal the appearance of the figure.

It was…Yan Fei. Yan Fei without any clothes…just a baggy towel

hanging around the waist. Yan Fei with slightly wet hair hanging in

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his face.

Luo Xun felt his face redden and his heart began to beat
erratically.

No too far in front the guy approached step by step. Luo Xun felt a
little scared but at the bottom of his heart did not think of escape
until the person was standing in front of him. The blank expression
turned into a smile full of hints and ambiguity, Luo Xun involuntarily
turned his face away.

Whether his face or the mole at the corner of an eye, there was a
kind of inexplicable attraction. He moved his line of sight but also
subconsciously swept downwards, followed the curves from the waist
covered towel downwards…

A pair of slender hands encircled his own and touched the towel
with no fat waist. “Pull it down, pull it down, pull it down…”

This lingering idea circled in his mind, Luo Xun felt as if he was
possessed, just wanted to pull it down and reveal the scenery inside.

The body felt a fierce shock, Luo Xun suddenly opened his eyes
and stared blankly. It seemed he could still touch the delicate, moist
skin from his dream…wait feel…warm delicate touch?

Rapidly looked to see the person in front of him, Luo Xun shivered
again. When did he, he end up sleeping so close to Yan Fei? Whose
arm was under his head? Whose body was in front holding him?

Suddenly the other hugged Luo Xun’s waist and touched his hand.
Luo Xun’s face turned red and green, green and purple, felt like the
same in the dream.

Wait, this was not right! It was not a matter of touch but…Right!
Needed to return to his half of the bed. Last night he did not drill into
the bosom of the other and secretly put his hands onto other’s
clothes or slender waists!

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Not waiting for Luo Xun to take action, the person lying on his back
suddenly turned to his own side, hand swung horizontally across own
chest. There was also some movement across his legs. With such an
action, Luo Xun could only think about leaving without waking up Yan
Fei.

Lying in bed having intimate contact with a beauty up close, Luo

Xun cried without tears. This sudden closeness was simply suffering
especially since his third leg was energetic because of a dream, also
to his life.

In the pain of struggling Luo Xun did not notice the smile on Yan
Fei’s face who deliberately acted as if not sleeping comfortably. Arm
moved across, hand adjusted position, held the person in his arms
tighter to be more comfortable.

Correspondingly the thigh pressed against the other’s leg as

moved, carelessly…rubbed against something?

Yan Fei opened his eyes because his position was lower Luo Xun
did not notice the other’s eyes had a deep expression. Yan Fei’s mind
was pondering, should he or should he not…pounce? In fact he would
think about it in the car, really very practical.

Interrupting Yan Fei was a bad idea, the downstairs doorbell rang,
saving Luo Xun. The two paused then their appearance was from just
waking up. Seeing Yan Fei had no reaction compared to him, Luo Xun
felt some small regret while he hurriedly put on some clothes to
cover up his situation.

They hurried downstairs to open the door.

“Oh…you weren’t up yet?” Seeing Luo Xun’s bird nest hair, Li

Tie and Han Li felt embarrassed since they excitement woke them up
early.

“Ah it’s alright, we are up. Are you ready to start? Wait,

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we’re coming up.” Luo Xun hurriedly answered.

Outside the other group members were excitedly looking at the

things in the corridor, ready with rolled up sleeves.

Yan Fei came in behind Luo Xun, the two people hurriedly washed,
changed, ate breakfast then went out to do work. Unexpectedly had
no chance to have an in-depth discussion of the morning problems.
The two inadvertently pushed it from their minds.

The house needed renovation, this was a very troublesome step,

especially since the ones who had to decorate their own houses were
all novices. In addition, Luo Xun only had a smattering of theoretical
knowledge on the subject.

This was because before the apocalypse Luo Xun did not think he
would have the opportunity to renovate a house. So he did not do
any relevant research, did not download any related data and so
could only infer from previous experiences.

House renovation, first needed to check if there were any problems

in the house. The five students of 1601 did not need to do any house
construction, only needed to carry out simpler renovation of the
apartment.

Yan Fei’s nominal house required major construction – a door on

the wall that connected the two rooms. The door would be located in
the load-bearing wall, if not for Yan Fei who could reinforce the wall
with metal, Luo Xun would be afraid to consider such a vicious
reconstruction plan.

After this step it was necessary to package up the pipeline in the

first room. Luo Xun in each room guided the decisions, told a few
people some steps, selected the corresponding materials and Yan Fei
ran to 1603 – tolling!

The metal work was really good, especially when the walls were

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reinforced with concrete. Luo Xun saw the wall in front of the two
people before the area began shaking then a portion of the concrete
fell with a quake. The steel inside twisted to form a door frame tightly
wrapped to strengthen the wall itself.

“Melted these pieces of steel into the door.” Confirmed that

the walls were intact and the walls were as strong as ever, Luo Xun
was relieved – he did not want the house to collapse under the
renovation of a door.

The new metal door instantly appeared in front of the two people,
Luo Xun sighed again that someone’s ability was so strong. This skill
even before the apocalypse would be a very lucrative ability! Much
more arbitrary than pinching putty!

After wandering around the room twice, the main points to be

renovated in the room were cleared and so the two began to
renovate.

As well as room 1601, each step was different and many of the
steps could be omitted to be handled with metal powers, such as
wrapping pipes and building furniture. Due to Yan Fei’s ability to
manipulate metals, the more metallic products in the area, the more
convenient for him.

Chairs, bed, cabinets were all made of metal and of decent quality.
Were also heavy to carry, in general two people simply could not
move. On the other hand this was more favorable if a thief broke in
and wanted to steal everything. Want to open to cupboard to search
but the item does not even have a door. Even if they stomp their
feet, they would only hurt themselves.

Luo Xun used wood for the floors – since there was not enough
metal collected this time. There was another important reason – in
the case of metal floor, stepping on it would make a louder sound
than usual? It was safer to use wood flooring.

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Luo Xun and Yan Fei divide the metal into two groups, building
materials then stuff for the floor. They did not have many tiles, only
enough to cover the two washrooms and the kitchens – this was
because it was heavy tile, in general businesses would only leave
some samples in store and the manufacturer would send the
customized products.

But many stores had wooden floor materials, the appearance was
similar, could mix and match with two sets for the better!

A good plan, two people first removed the putty from the small
bedroom by trying to scrape the wall. They both had not done this
kind of work, had no practice. God knew whether the wall would end
up okay at the end?

In room 1601, Li Tie and the others were still wrestling with the
pipelines. The room rang with non-stop *ping, pong, rang* – thanks to
Yan Fei with his metal power they could omit this step. Li Tie and the
others did experiments with the extra materials to increase hands-on
experience.

Fortunately the five university students had good hands-on ability,

except for at the beginning when they broke some things they
managed to master the relevant skills.

Seventh day inside the building, during the daily fixed time for
operation of the elevator a few malicious people went inside and
pressed the 16th floor button. When one of the people pressed the
button was stunned to find that the four or five people were from this
floor.

The people looked at each other for a few moments, thoughts were
directed at the same thing. But fortunately when they inquired about
the situation again, since yesterday the group said they hit the wrong
floor or there were elevator problems.

Today they would pry back with partners, all those materials would

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not be kept just in a few houses, wanted to speed up to rob in front
of those people!

There were many people in the elevator but some people felt
strange, an awkward silence. When the elevator reached all the way
up to the 16th floor, eyes filled anticipation watched as the door slip
open and then…What was this? Why was it so dark?

Several people paused, before the elevator door closed someone

touched ahead – stiff, cold..

The door slowly closed in accordance with established procedures,

then descended to a certain level after someone prepared to go
downstairs, then continued downwards again.

When the elevator returned to the first floor, the few prying people
subconsciously walked out, with two of them hurrying back to the
next elevator – perhaps there was a mistake? Or was it just that the
door was blocked by something?

Thinking it was so, they wanted to go up and take a look. Waited

until another elevator took them from the first floor. At the top, the
door was blocked by a dark a slippery thing. It was still there!

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Chapter 42
Standing in front of the black wall, a person hurriedly held down
the button to keep the door open. Several others knocked and
clapped against the dark obstacle.

Pushed, no movement. Patted, did not open. Knocked…hands

ached!

“Eh!? Looks like metal!”

“So thick! No sound from the knocking!”

“It’s the same as the wall.”

In order to prevent spying and if too thin it would be easily pried

open with a tool, Yan Fei used several steel plates and made an
exceptionally thick wall. It had a thickness of a full 20 centimetres,
which was a main reason why he had overtaxed himself after
finishing the door.

Tinkered for a long time, the elevator did not move for a while.
Someone on another floor downstairs pressed a button to start the
alarm, a full report for five minutes before they had to stop.

The elevator did not arrive.

Aside from two people who gone out of their way to speak with
some associates, the rest were around. Once again got on the
elevator, this time did not stupidly go to the 16th instead to the 15th
floor, ready to walk up the stairs.

As a result, when they walked up to the corridor and looked up,

their eyes bugged out.

“What the hell is this?”

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“That door is blocked!”

“It’s really metal, eh!”

“Was it done by the ability user yesterday? He made a

large pile of floating steel needles.”

Although they still did not know exactly what kind of ability, but
their power of association was not lacking. They had not seen any
metal users in the army but they knew Yan Fei could float a metal
needle. Then he simply floated a steel plate to form a block?

As for the details on how he managed that…well anyway they guy

was an ability user, who knew what methods he had? And they could
only imagine, what would be considered unreasonable?

Could not go up, could not enter. Thinking of the people on the top
floor, felt afraid and more reluctant than ever.

Luo Xun and Yan Fei felt that there was not enough metal in their
home, thought that there were several large steel plates outside,
these people had long gone.

Yan Fei took away some metal first from the stairs and some steel
plates from a different floor – anyway there were steel blocking
doors, the metal from stairs had no big use. Besides when did the
people of the base had anything door-to-door?

There was a place for them to put up any notices, right?

After the steel was thinned, if someone outside knocked at the

door, one could still faintly hear some movement. Luo Xun just
wanted to prevent thieves from stealing, did not plan to be
completely isolated?

Yan Fei took metal plates, the group of five also handled the
pipeline and similar things. Two also observed Luo Xun on how to
scrape putty.

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The job was technical work and needed patience, otherwise the
scraping was uneven, the quality of the good was also an issue. The
five, after learning for a while, hurriedly carried some putty material
back to their own room to experiment.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Luo Xun put down his work and
spoke to Yan Fei. “I’ll go cook food, it will dry in the afternoon
afterwards.”

“Sure, you go first, I’ll do some more.” Yan Fei nodded. The
state of his hand and body similar to Luo Xun, dirty, clothes stained
with putty.

Fortunately they changed into more dirt resistant clothes before

work though Li Tie and the others were still wearing regular clothes
that would be thrown out soon.

The group of five busied themselves with scraping putty, when

they suddenly smelt a mouthwatering scent.

Wiggling his nose, He Qiankun could not stop the saliva

overflowing from his mouth. “Seems to the fragrance of stewed
meat. I dreamt of it last night, now I smell it, it’s not a
dream?”

“Someone can enjoy stewed meat on this day? What a good

life…” Han Li’s eyes were confused as he stared blankly out the
window with an impulse to reminisce.

“Must have bought some frozen meat before the

apocalypse and brought it home.” Li Tie could not help but go to
the window, attempt to smell some more fragrance.

“Hey…I knew we should have bought some meat to keep…”

Wang Duo began to feel regret.

“But we don’t have a fridge? Even if we did, there is a

power outage in the city, would be broken ah!”

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Several people were chattering, when they decided to take out
some instant noodles. As they were about to open the spice packet,
Yan Fei came to ask the group to eat.

“Eat?” Li Tie and the others paused, although they knew Luo
Xun’s home must have surplus, they never wanted to go over and
mooch off others.

“Luo Xun said that these days are filled with physical word,
no fear of shortages. We eat a good meal, would the work not
go faster?”

Someone was willing to treat, Li Tie and company knew life was not
easy but also wanted to enjoy a meal. Especially after the smell of
such fragrant stew, chewing their own instant noodles was simply a
kind of torture.

And so together all walked through the door of 1603. He Qiankun

took the lead with his nose and noticed something. “Hey? The
smell of meat is stronger in this place than our home!”

After turning to the living room, the line of people saw the
unfinished room was decorated with a steel table with seven simply
shaped stools. In the center of the table sat a bowl – if that was not
stewed meat then what was it?

“Meat!”

“It’s your apartment’s stewed meat!”

“I said I dreamt of stew last night and I did not smell

wrong!”

Seeing the dish, the five people’s eyes were green. Luo Xun placed
a big pot of rice on the table. “It was in the refrigerator for a
while, any longer and it might go bad. Everyone eat,
otherwise there will be nothing.”

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The pork belly in the fridge was like that but other cuts of meat still
had some time however those were used for stir fry. For meat
porridge, pork belly was the most fragrant to stew.

“Good, good! Good!”

“Many thanks Luo Xun and Yan Fei!”

“Meat! Meat!”

A large bowl of rice was filled with a spoon then a man ate with a
tablespoon of stewed meat. The rice was quickly wolfed down. After
they had polished off a large bowl of food, they found other dishes on
the table.

Celery scrambled eggs, fried shredded pork with leek and bean
curd plus a large bowl of egg soup with fluttering green parsley.

“Luo Xun, do you have any eggs left in your house?” Li Tie
asked while taking a bite of a salted egg.

“Had some for a while, I used them all up today.” In fact

when he found an egg had a smell, he boiled them yesterday
evening.

Luo Xun was afraid that the other eggs were going bad so he
cooked the rest into vegetables dishes and soup, let Li Tie and others
help him eat them up.

There were quails in the house, and after a while they would
produce eggs. Their home could have a steady stream of quail eggs
and meat to eat.

Several people nodded and gave themselves another bowl of rice.

“Luo Xun rest assured, once we learn to scrape putty, we’ll

come over and help you two together!” The eaters said shortly,
they had nothing to return the favor except manpower.

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Luo Xun was not stupidly polite, only smiled and let the people eat
vegetables.

Ate and drank enough, the group went back to work. Although
everyone ate a lot at noon, there was still some left. Luo Xun let a
few people pack it up to take to their home for dinner. As for him and
Yan Fei? Did they have a shortage of cooking ingredients at home?

In 1604, the little puppy basked in the sun beside the glass
container of quail. A slipper from Yan Fei was under her chin as a
pillow and another slipper from Luo Xun was on her belly. There was
a little bowl of rice beside her that was empty, though ten minutes
ago it had some stewed meat inside.

LIstening to the faint voices next door, the little puppy’s ears shook
while keeping her eyes closed.

Since the two people came back, the house’s big iron plate was
opened a bit, a more direct opening instead of a big hole on the other
side.

No big iron barrier, now she could stall in the balcony drying fur but
also could run and eat those green things.

Of course the first time she ate those things, the taste was
unacceptable to the puppy. But the day she jumped past the iron
gate, tasted green after green and found she could not go back!
Waiting until she felt so hungry but could only pathetically stare at
the leaves.

Chewed once felt not delicious, chewed twice felt sour water in
stomach, gnawed thrice felt she did not ever want to eat this for rest
of life…

But when the two owners came back and rescued, eating a large
pile of dog food afterwards, there was a moment where she
unexpectedly missed the bitter, crisp things.

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Today when she ate some pieces of stewed meat, the puppy once
again struck with the idea and quietly ran to the shelf without a
barrier. Tore down a piece of green leaves, chewed and swallowed.
It was seemingly quite to her appetite?

Suddenly the puppy understood why the owners ate these things.
The taste was not as good as meat, but put together the flavor was
not bad!

As a chow chow with a high standard of living, she decided to taste

these things every day! Anyway there were so many, not all the
same. It would be nice to taste test all of them, try a variety of
tastes~

A number of cars drove towards the southwest base. People

working on wall construction pointed and chatted. “Is that the first
wave?”

“I don’t know, but there seems to be a lot of zombies

coming over.”

Now the perimeter fence being built wrapped around original base
in the middle. The new wall was a distance away from the original
base so only a section was being repaired. After a period of time
reported to the garrison in charge of security as to avoid any
accidents.

These two days, people responsible for this section of the fence
had seen a lot of troops around base.

Some were groups of survivors from base out searching for

supplies, others who had escaped from other bases and people who
had never dared to leave the city before.

Today they saw a decent sized convoy of cars in the distance.

“Oh, catching up, they’re catching up!”

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“Someone was pushed out…alas, how cruel.”

“What is this? That day we also saw a few people first

throw out a person covered with injuries or tied up. The
creature sensed the heartbeats, no long before the people
torn up by the zombies, the corpse picked clean.”

Although the speaker seemed sorry, but did their lively appearance
show that they were worried about dead people?

Big events were not common, these days they had to repair the
wall said, now was more interesting than before on base.

A team chatted and drove from afar.

“Het, there are tanks!”

“It was sent to the team before, you see! So many cars,
must be those VIPS who the officers rescued!”

“Really, there are so many people in A city trapped in

buildings unable to be rescued but these VIPs had to be
rescued first!”

“What makes a man a magistrate? Who saved them?”

In contrast to the onlookers, the team was led by the officials who
were saved, but there were more ordinary people driving their cars,
men and women of all ages as well as scientists/technicians from all
fields.

When the convoy caught up with people who had found

themselves the next target of zombies. *Ping, ping* The sounds of
shots, the zombies were soon thoroughly cleaned out and the cars
were headed towards the base gate.

These days the base was very lively, Luo Xun could see from their
own windows. A lot of people came into the streets and

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neighborhood. However he did not have time to pry. A day was not
enough to tidy up and finish home decoration.

Seven clumsy guys spent a full three days to scrape the first layer
of putty on the walls. They thought the speed was pretty fast but just
the thought of needing to scrape more than once and painting the
floor or something made the whole world feel grey.

“Tomorrow take a day off. Let the bathroom, kitchen and

wall thoroughly dry before doing the second layer.” Luo Xun
knew that if one wanted to renovate well they had to scrape three
times if there were no big problems, there were no redoes.

Li Tie and the others knew, they had talked to the military before.
They said quickly get started after a few days base construction
work, the house would not be withdrawn for another family. Of
course work must be guaranteed every month on the dot in
exchange.

Otherwise, they would just pack and stay. Knowing that they would
live in this place meant they had to work to hard to renovate. Why
else would they do all this?

“Good! The day after tomorrow is the usual, we first follow

Luo Xun and Yan Fei then go back home to learn.” Li Tie
proudly beat his chest with a smile on his face. “Our green beans
finally sprouted today!”

It was still winter, the temperature was low, the building lost
heating long ago. If not for Li Tie grabbing a heater when they went
to the supermarket the last time, the mung beans and other plants
would have to wait for warmer weather until they germinated.

“Good!” Luo Xun sincerely congratulated them. In a day or two

they would be able to fried bean sprouts or keep them for growing.

“We are not willing to eat. Wait until they grow tall so that

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new seeds can be planted next year!”

Luo Xun asked about mutations and learned that some seeds were
mutated but the proportion was not big, about 3:7. A bit more than
his own but Luo Xun did not know what caused the mutation rate.

In his past life Luo Xun heard that some people even with natural
crops grew inferior variant species.

Finished a whole day’s work and went back via 1604. Now they did
not go through the main entrance, instead every day go through a
metal side door.

As soon as he entered his side, the surrounding temperature rose.

Every day Luo Xun used a water purification device to filter out clean
water. The heated water made the whole room warm, creating a
greenhouse like room.

Took off his dirty coat to throw into a plastic bucket next to the
metal door. Luo Xun thought of something and turned to look at Yan
Fei. “How to you want the floor next door after preparing the
wall and other installations?”

The room on the first floor could use water to maintain

temperature but a heater was installed on the terrace to do the
same. Although there was enough solar energy, would it be
convenient to connect the solar water heater with the floor? Even if
the solar heater did not add warmth, it was feasible to switch to
homemade electrical plumbing.

He had seen this kind of thing on base during his past life, knew
the principle in general, but concrete operation needed Yan Fei’s
metal ability to find a way.

“A metal tube as floorboards?” Yan Fei raised an eyebrow and

thought about the possibility. “The metal I use now is mostly
mixed together. If you want to do plumbing, you need bring

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something like stainless steel back.”

His abilities could only control metal and blend, did not allow the
metal to change essence, nor decomposed. The best thing would to
look for the pure material.

Luo Xun laughed. “Today Li Tie complained that food stores

at home are soon finished. Do you want to go out together
tomorrow morning to buy some food?”

Everyday spent at home tinkering, he could not lift his arms when
he slept. Although Luo Xun usually stayed at home, so staying inside
for a long time was no issue but after a while he wanted to go out.

Recently many people had come to the base, not far in the
distance one could see newly pitched tents. They could go out and
look for anything that could be exchanged.

“Well, let’s go out tomorrow and bring something back.”

Yan Fei nodded in agreement.

He was also tired of staying at home. Although he could tease the

little puppy, feed the quail, flirt with Luo Xun before going to sleep
but never going out was not his style.

Luo Xun wanted to but he could not only stay at home.

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Chapter 43
Washed all the putty off though Luo Xun did not know how it got
on. He placed today’s purified water inside the upper level storage
tank – he had a set of equipment before the apocalypse began, could
access water without going upstairs.

In addition a small bucket of clean water was put next to the water
dispenser for use. They did not have electricity in their homes so
they used water dispensers bought before the end of the world.

“You can take out some instant noodles or rice to trade but
best stick with stuff like this. These things have a shelf life
and we can’t eat this much…Tomorrow you can ask Li Tie and
the others. I remember that last time they got a lot of
stainless steel pots and pans.”

When they went to the supermarket last time, Li Tie returned with
a lot of metal cutlery. When they first came to base, they were in a
hurry at school. They did not grab any tableware, only some simple
foods.

It was easy to eat on base since there were dishes. However once
they returned to their own residence it became a problem – the five
men only had two small lunch containers so they had to take turns
when eating. Thus when they went out two days ago they got a good
deal of stuff from the supermarket, the home was now stocked with
things.

Li Tie and the others were also smart, they did not only grab
pristine and sturdy porcelain and glassware but also a variety of
metal tableware. Indeed they saved a lot.

Luo Xun with a small abacus in his heart, reluctantly poured cold
water on Yan Fei. “What if they hear about what you want to do

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and ramp up?”

Luo Xun felt awkward, they would not stop if they came to help Yan
Fei. Did the group not come to live on the top floor because the light
was good? In addition to using solar energy another major goal was
to grow vegetables. They had five people and would need more
things than their side.

“Then…I will go out tomorrow and collect things.” Yan Fei

laughed uncomfortably.

Took two steps and naturally placed a hand on Luo Xun’s shoulder.
“Look at the situation tomorrow. We have collected a lot of
metal materials this time. I know that some of them are
stainless steel. I hadn’t used this before but there should be
enough for the floor. There should be enough for the next
room if we go out and trade tomorrow. What about the room?
Want to transform it together?”

The house was renovated long before the end of the world for it to
be remodeled, it was necessary to lift the floor to re-lay pipes. All the
furniture in the house had to be moved; the project seemed to be too
big. However if they took advantage of the opportunity and
renovated next door now, they would save themselves a lot of
trouble.

Luo Xun’s expression tangled and twisted before temporarily giving

up. “Wait a minute, we still don’t know if this house…” He
always worried about the previous owner finding the place.

Although he knew that this area has not been completely filled and
the builders had not yet finished, the building owner had a voucher
that could be exchanged in the future. However the owner was the
owner. Whether or not people come back with evidence, there will be
trouble when they arrive.

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the original landlord? Even if the landlord did not die in the zombie
swarm, the three of them seemed unruly and unreasonable amongst
other issues. Maybe if the original homeowner found them they
would not necessarily let the apartment go?

Maybe what is black will be said it is white. Who carried things with
them when they fled? Did one not see how many people lost their
identity cards when they were registered?

Brought back from subconscious when on the second floor with Yan
Fei. After entering the bedroom, Luo Xun’s footsteps stiffened. Do not
blame him for being uncomfortable when he saw the bed. There
days…*cough cough* he woke up every morning beside a handsome
man, could not be worse.

Did not know if the days were too tiring from all the work. Or it was
the fierce northerly winds that made body heat so attractive?
Anyway these days Luo Xun found himself waking up in Yan Fei’s
arms every morning.

Of course, while sleeping in the arms of another person, their own

hands would naturally hug back. If one was calm enough, they could
easily take advantage during the night…would feel really good?

Thus, Luo Xun felt tangled, dread and anticipation every day. His
face would heat up as soon as he returned to the bedroom but his
heart would inevitable heat in slight expectation.

Luo Xun was suspicious because every day he woke up with his
head on the other’s arm. Also it was not himself holding the other. It
was not him being a rogue…rather someone else…*cough* taking
the initiative to hold him?

Luo Xun was not a fool, but he was very aware that he was not
super attractive. If he had even half of Yan Fei’s looks and height he
might think the guy was expressing his wants. The problem was that
he is too self-knowledgeable!

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This kind of ordinary appearance and figure, incomparable to Yan
Fei. An ordinary person that would be lost in a crowd. How would
they be found when all looked for beauties?

Of course there was another possibility – Luo Xun secretly glanced

at the guy undressing beside the bed. This man might have the habit
of holding something while sleeping! Even if he did not honestly go to
sleep but if he did not have the habit of holding things, then he will
never sleep in his arms! Wake up together as a last resort!

Slowly climbed from the bed to the side of the window, Luo Xun
decided to sleep late today. Anway everyone decided to take a rest
day. Sleeping late would not affect anything so he took the
opportunity.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Luo Xun who had been sneaking
away from time to time fell asleep after laying on his pillow for three
seconds.

The guy looked really tired these days, falling asleep as soon as he
touched the pillow. From Luo Xun’s reaction these past two days, the
guy had doubts about waking up in Yan Fei’s arms every day but
there was no evidence yet.

But…who was Yan Fei? What if he took him into his bed and found
himself sleeping with him? If it was not found he would only hold him
and sleep for the time being. The past few days it took a lot of energy
to renovate the house. When was there time to fall in love during the
day?

But if he was discovered…He would absolutely, honestly, bluntly

move hands and feet to simply eat the person. The most basic
solution to this troublesome problem.

As for renovation after the eating? He could provide Li Tie’s group

several methods of weapon making and recruit them to help with
renovation. In any case, they already knew about their weapons for a

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while.

Uncovering the quilt, he naturally hugged the person in the bed.

After he entered the room he placed his left hand around Luo Xun’s
neck, the right pulled up the quilt. Smoothly followed the top of the
waist and shirt.

Luo Xun was completely unconscious and in response to Yan Fei’s

arms, raised his hands and wrapped them around the guy’s waist to
sleep more practically. Did not notice the hand sliding up and down
the back, sliding down the spine groove in the middle of the back…

The sensation of his hands made Yan Fei’s sharpen, his chin was
affixed to Luo Xun’s head. Or should he eat now?

The past few days every night, Yan Fei’s mind would turn to this
matter. At the beginning it was only because of warmth and feeling
of family that Luo Xun brought that he was tempted to stay with him.
But these days after coming back from this time, he approached him
with all kinds of behaviour, deliberately embraced him at night. Yan
Fei found that he would actually be a homosexual person.

But now was not the time. Wait a minute. Wait a few days to find a
chance to pick things up and then he could eat the person…

Luo Xun stood irresistibly in front of the bathroom washstand. He

thought he was going to sleep late last night to see whether Yan Fei
had taken advantage or if he did so after falling asleep.
However…falling asleep right after laying down, he had never fallen
asleep so fast even when he had reviewed the middle of the night
before the university entrance examination!

Was it a problem that arose because of his rebirth leading to

mental instability? The sense of fatigue from two lives added
together…

Luo Xun came out of the bathroom after gently brushing his teeth

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and washing his face.

Yan Fei was wearing a black, tight-fitting turtleneck sweater that

he had worn when he first came here. He was waiting at the table for
Luo Xun to have breakfast together.

Today the two people were eating wontons. Luo Xun had wrapped
and put them in the fridge before the apocalypse. Most had already
been consumed, the ones left were broken. They now had to rely on
food stored in their homes.

There was no dialogue between the two. After eating the meal,
they got up and knocked on the neighbor’s door.

Wang Duo opened the door with a yawn, rubbing his eyes while
letting people inside. “How early, we haven’t gotten up yet.”

The room was much cleaner and the putty was more white than
before. Although there were still some places on the wall that were
somewhat uneven, they were much stronger than those of the
previous wall.

Li Tie was engaged in a desperate struggle with his bird’s nest. Wu

Xin was using lotion on his face…Luo Xun felt that this would
aggravate the face acne symptoms. He Qiankun was stuffing his
mouth with a package of instant noodles, after seeing the two
people, waved and continued to eat.

They would be prepared to get a warm floor but there was not
enough stainless steel at home so they needed to go out and trade.
They explained to Li Tie and the group rushed to hug the two with
sparkling eyes.

“Floor heater!?”

“After the equipment is installed the house will be

warmer?”

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“We can take the opportunity to make the house warm!”

“But…it should use a lot of stainless steel? Where are we

going?”

The five people were excited for a moment but their faces fell after
thinking about the actual problem. The method was very good and
their current room had not been renovated at this time. It was
entirely possible to transform the house into a more suitable place
for the end of the world.

Even stainless steel materials need to be exchanged for. Li Tie and

company could not compare to Luo Xun, the house did not have
anything to eat much less trade. Although they had some points, but
these would have to be used for eating!

Luo Xun thought of suggestions. “It is better for you to look at

the situation first. Anway the floor must wait until the wall is
completely set up before installation. The speed of our
renovation is slower. It’s better to wait until later to decide
whether or not to install.”

Li Tie and the others nodded while looking at each other. Yes,
although they wanted to rush and fix this place but with small
renovation team that within a month or two the house may not be
finished. Maybe they would have other ways to earn points. It’s good
to use points since people in the base exchange for them!

After discussing the matter thoroughly, everyone got up and went

downstairs.

Luo Xun and Yan Fei had already prepared two boxes of instant
noodles in their backpacks, ready to use them for something.

Li Tie took the points they had saved before and went to the
window where food was sold. The official food window was large and
honest but only points were exchanged. The free market outside

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depended on who was talking to buyers and sellers, whose eyes were
more discerning to see who could switch to more affordable things.

Yan Fei indirectly lifted the steel plate in front of one of the
elevators, exposing the door and buttons. After the elevator came up
all the people walked in. Once everyone went in, the steel plate was
put back in place.

Although it was inconvenient to do this every time going up and

downstairs and no one could open these ‘gates’ except for Yan Fei.
However there were too many things in the corridor. In the middle of
a busy time, it was a temporary safety measure.

During this period, Luo Xun unexpectedly discovered – it looked

like the seven people on the floor had a degree of home property. In
the three days they were shut upstairs, no one was going out and
strolling around. If there was not enough food for 1601, Luo Xun
seriously did not doubt that they would rather sleep at home for a
day than go out shopping and trading.

Of course it was the same for Luo Xun himself. The only person
who looked unsuited to the issue was Yan Fei and there was a great
chance of being assimilated by Luo Xun in the future.

After the ebullience of the underground building, the group came

downstairs and obviously felt there were more people on base.

The seven storey building that was ready to be rebuilt beside the
overturned bungalow had been framed for only a few days. Wang
Duo saw the building progress and pointed. “Don’t go back and let
people join the house, it’s all covered. We haven’t renovated
the house yet?”

Luo Xun laughed. “Don’t say that, it’s really possible.”

Now it was winter and housing was not really well renovated. They
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mastered it yet, the speed was too slow). Could not say a house
could be built faster?

A few people went to the gate and and pointed out a place where
they would meet up kater. Seven people dispersed their activities.

Li Tie’s group of five went to the official window to buy and sell
food while Luo Xun and Yan Fei went shopping for things.

Just outside Hongjing district, they could see that the outside
streets had been occupied by various small business hawkers.
Various temporary sheds were erected upon a walkway. Many people
were covered in several layers of quilts and sleeping under shop
roofs.

It was still winter. Although it had not snowed recently the weather
was still very cold and many people had only recently arrived on
base. Since the total amount of bases that can be occupied was not
too large, some houses had to be reserved for capable people and
others who were willing to rent their houses. Some people had no
ways to maintain so the original tenants were forced out. There were
a few people who temporarily slept on the roads.

Luo Xun did not feel any discomfort, or rather he felt this was what
a post-apocalyptic base would look like.

Luo Xun walked eagerly to see things on both sides of the road.
More people had fled recently to the base than before. These people
had fled with everything from food and drink to pots. In bowls and
pans there were more things with unclear usefulness, unknown
sources and things that one did not where they come from before
arriving at the base.

More often than not, some people were responsible for certain
tasks before the end of the world, looking at warehouses for
transportation. When they fled after the apocalypse, they also
conveniently pulled the goods together to escape.

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If food was pulled in a car, it was still easy to handle. However
many people carried things that could not be eaten or worn and were
useless in their hands.

Some people had thrown away these things that were of no use
partway through the journey, but some still brought these things to
base.

Luo Xun saw some people drove directly alongside the car and
parked on the side of the road. The trunk of the car was opened and
there was a pile of things inside.

A van was packed with socks and underwear. There were many
people in front of his car. One of them was standing on a big rock and
appealing. “Come – come look at products from before the end
of the world. Panties can be changed for a pack of instant
noodles! Or for two packets of biscuits! A base big bread can
be exchanged for two – do not miss out!”

On the other side of the car was a pile of plastic products.

Everything needed for a bathroom from toothbrush, towels, drying
racks, paper baskets and buckets was there.

As the two walked along, there was indeed many kinds of things
ranging from all kinds of daily necessities to materials to jewelry.
Except for any booths selling food.

No way around it since clothes, shoes and socks once owned were
had. But food…the more one ate, the less there was! In particular
after the majority of people had entered the apocalypse without food
at home and being forced to go out and look. Who did not know the
preciousness of food at home?

Therefore do not be tricked at all these stalls calling out for quite a
few things. There were indeed many people who were very
interested in these things but few were really willing to take out their
food and exchange.

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Even if a team with good luck got out and brought back a pile of
food and sold it. It would be sold out in a matter of ten minutes by
any who heard.

Even if most people did not lack food, they all had a hoarder’s
heart in this precarious environment. Everyone was determined to
transform their home into a hamster nest.

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Chapter 44
There were some roadside stalls selling stainless steel pots and
pans, but it was not worth buying them alone or mixed with others
and there was not enough. Luo Xun gave a cursory look then
continued on. Yan Fei had little desire for shopping.

He already knew that Luo Xun’s home lacked for nothing, they only
needed some metal at the moment. What was more, Yan Fei was
unaccustomed to the flea market conditions.

Just like the car that sold underwear and clothes, although people
needed those things, Yan Fei saw groups of people picking around.
He did not want to squeeze in with those, who knew how many
people had touched the articles of underwear.

Even before Li Tie had found that big box in the supermarket, Yan
Fei felt his stuff was much cleaner then the current goods in the car.

A burst of crying came from the front, the two looked up to see a
woman with her children, walking and scolding. “Did I not say only
eat half!? Let you eat! Let you eat!”

On the other side, a customer argued with the seller. “This is

worth half a pack of cookies? No way!”

Luo Xun sighed. “Isn’t the outside wall getting repaired?

There are so many people in the market right now.”

“It should the newcomers from two days ago.” Yan Fei
glanced around and saw many tough and bloody people. There were
some temperment differences from the people who lived on the base
from the beginning.

“Take a look in front. The street is wider, maybe you can

find something good.”

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The streets in front were indeed wider but the sidewalks and roads
were full of all kinds of cars. The vehicle owners were most likely
people who had not been assigned homes yet. Though their luck was
much better than those who came here on foot or in official rescue
vehicles; they at least had a car to live in.

The stalls were mostly on the sidewalk, the middle of the road left
to moving vehicles. More cars meant more chance of trading the
right materials. Luo Xun’s interest increased as he marched forward
but his arm was pulled.

Yan Fei’s face was calm. “Don’t go too fast, you’ll get
squeezed.” With that he naturally pulled Luo Xun’s wrist.

Although not touching hands, the sleeve temperature caused Luo

Xun to hobble two steps forward. Yan Fei still wore the mask while
going out, hinting at his appearance. Luo Xun at this time could not
see the expression on his face.

Luo Xun had never experienced this kind of lovey dovey shopping
in his life. His limbs became seriously uncoordinated, walking as
strange as a zombie outside the base. People who came across them
head on were likely to get infected by the virus and could not tell
when they would mutate into a monster. Some surprised person
hurriedly avoided the two by whirling around.

Fortunately, there were more people in the streets and the afraid
were not the majority. Those people were only a little bit scared and
stayed distant without trouble. Otherwise someone would leave their
face at their grandmother’s house.

“Pipe!” Suddenly found a big truck unexpectedly stocked with

pipes, Luo Xun waved off the embarrassment of holding hands and
pointed at the car.

Yan Fei with a pair of bright eyes also followed him over.

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The car selling steel pipes was surrounded by a lot of people. Luo
Xun squeezed in and heard the sellers yell loudly. “Five pack
instant noodles for one meter! Want to buy quickly, only
selling for one day!”

“Five packs a meter?” Luo Xun’s mouth twitched.

The quantity they needed was larger than words and this ripoff
trade. Even if he brought over all their instant noodles to trade, he
was afraid it would only be enough to cover one room with pipes.

After being told many people were deterred and unwilling to buy.
Now since the base no longer distributed free food, those who
wanted to eat had to find work. No job meant no food. Hungry people
either desperately went off base for supplies or went to designated
sites to build fences or houses. Most of the infrastructure on base
was still imperfect and there were many understaffed areas. Though
it was just the big eaters that were starving.

The vast majority of people would be willing to eat a pack of

noodles a day plus a large steamed bread from base. People did not
find trading five packs of instant noodles for a pipe.

Seeing there seemed to be no one willing to buy, the seller waved

the pipe while shouting. “Five packs of noodles for one meter
long pipe is cost effective ah! Go out fight zombies, a pipe is
easy to use. Where would one find such a good weapon?
There’s no shop after this!”

Luo Xun did not squeeze inside, just heard the sound from beside
Yan Fei. “Not cost-effective. Let’s go.”

Weapons were important but could a steel tube compare to a

watermelon knife? Right now food was tight merchandise. The steel
pipe sold were relatively thin, easily bent after a few times out. It
would be better to find a piece of durable brick instead.

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Yan Fei followed behind without dissent. They needed raw
materials, so long as steel, durable and in large quantities. They were
not interested in these high price single things.

Luo Xun gripped the back of Yan Fei’s hand, his heartbeat slightly
accelerated. This kind of cheap could take advantage of many people
at present, feared they would be squeezed out…

This street was the north and south road, before the apocalypse
one could walk north to the central city district. Now it was also the
road to the base gate. Along the way the two saw a lot of stalls
selling steel products – larger variety than steel pots and bowls. But
the prices of the utensils was not low – people were not stupid. Who
knew how these dangerous days would turn out?

Use porcelain? Who had so much money to spend?

The two people turned onto another road full of small stalls, only to
find a truck parked on the roadside with an another car pulled
alongside! Eyes brightened – they had actually found it!

“How much for this?” Luo Xun patted the car, shouting as he
looked left and right for the seller.

“Coming!” A man with a cigarette in his mouth rushed out of a

group in front of a neighborhood holding cards in his hands – had
been playing cards. “How much do you want?”

There were not many people who bought this sort of things
nowadays. Found one time off base on the roadside – a large truck
loaded with a lot of metal on the road. But other than someone who
just entered the base using it to build a temporary shack, it had been
a long since an interested party had appeared.

These days, instead of waiting for someone to buy, it was better to

play cards and win rations.

“How much is a big chunk?” Luo Xun asked while patting a strip

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of steel.

“Only for food, ten packs of instant noodles a chunk!” The

man yelled back.

Luo Xun frowned and motioned for Yan Fei to leave. “Not as good
as us going off base to find some. Selling steel pipe would
get how much? We could also kill some zombies.”

The man hurriedly said. “This piece is really big! Look at the
weight! Look at the thickness! Ten packs is not expensive,
eight packs is okay too!”

Luo Xun stood firm. “You say this thing big and thick enough
but we also have to do the processing. The amount of effort
needed is not small. Three packs for apiece at this price we
sill buy a few more.”

“That’s no good, at least six packs!”

“Four packs, no more.”

“Five packs, I’m making a loss!”

This was not too far away from the building. After talking about
prices Luo Xun decided to just go home and drive to pull things.

He did not expect to find such a large quantity of steel so quickly

so he had not driven over. They also did not have enough hard
currency in their bags, they had to go home to take some.

The half filled car had fifty to sixty plates. Luo Xun and Yan Fei
went back and moved a dozen boxes of instant noodles downstairs to
the truck and drove over again.

The eldest brother saw Luo Xun go back to drive things without
care – he refused to deliver because he was not sure whether the guy
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afraid of the rising petrol prices, everyone knew that they could not
afford to waste any gasoline. They would rather not waste a drop of
petrol in vain.

Not long, saw the two people driving a small car, a box of instant
noodles unexpectedly came from the car. Those people playing cards
had green eyes.

Placing the inventory of instant noodles to one side, Luo Xun and
Yan Fei started moving the steel plates.

The people who sold the steel plates first looked surprised at the
packing. Suddenly looked to the two and the car, a trace of greed
burst from their eyes. They brought out a dozen boxes of instant
noodles at once, likely that they had more supplies on hand.

There were only two of them now, but did not know if they had any
companions.

Thinking, he was playing cards with the usual people. Those people
had the same greed, read the same idea in each other’s eyes – get
these two and see if there is something else to eat at their homes!

The crowd quietly gathered around the two people but Luo Xun
seemed unaware. The two were stuffing the steel plates into their
car.

“I said, let’s discuss again.”

Luo Xun turned to the speaker, a laughing smile on his face.

“Discuss what?”

“Well, we think the price is a bit inappropriate.”

Luo Xun’s calm made the metal seller feel somewhat bad but the
greed gained the upper hand placing pressure on thoughts.

“Oh, well then I think your things are too expensive.” Luo

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Xun sneered. With a click sound the crossbow tied to his left arm was
activated.

Yan Fei had transformed it after some study, did not matter it was
usually tied to the arm, when needed it would open.

The man paused for a moment, his steps stopped. A person in the
crowd loudly shouted. “You want to strong arm? We’re not
selling.”

Yan Fei coldly swept a glance at the secretly pulled off door. With a
sneer and a raised hand – several pieces of steel from the truck flew
up!

The crowd was stunned to see this scene; the steel plate in mid-air
suddenly deformed and condensed into a circle of needles! The two
people as the center, needles pointed in all directions!

In front of those who had not yet backed off *ping, ping, ping* a
series of rings. A row of steel pins were neatly nailed in a row missing
by a centimeter without the slightest error! More frightening was that
there were still needles in the air, if the man wearing the mask
waved again, those horrible things would turn people into
pincushions!

“I advise you to give it back or I can’t guarantee that my

hands will stay that steady.” The cool sound floated into the ears
with successive sounds.

The people surrounding had livid faces as they and the rest of the
people backed away.

Luo Xun suddenly lifted a hand to point at the truck. “That person
is moving your instant noodles, is it someone you know
helping take it home?”

Steel seller paused then suddenly turned to look and saw a person
creeping away holding a box of instant noodles. Nearby there was a

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car with bike frame and several boxes on the frame.

“My instant noodles!!” The metal owner rushed the man who
ran to the car.

But the rear frame of instant noodles was not tied, when he
stepped on the gas pedal, the box fell down with a crash. The
onlookers saw a chance and started looting.

Luo Xun and Yan Fei had no reason to answer to the group. Yan Fei
lifted his head and the steel plates flew under his command into
smaller containers, even the needles. They initially did not intend to
expose Yan Fei’s abilities but since Luo Xun’s crossbow could not
scare them. There were people who took the opportunity to hide in
the crowd and provoke trouble, Yan Fei had to use intimidation.

Now the people in the base had no particular fear and

understanding of ability users but there were rumours of a man who
had a terrible temper. Although only part of the speculation was
correct, it was enough that people dared not provoke ability users on
base.

Steel plate owner finally limped back, arms holding a half box of
instant noodles, who knew who had looted the rest. Back at the car
opened the door and found the two boxes of cigarettes hidden in the
car were gone!

Outside, the two people readied the car, sat down and started. The
owner did not dare act like before and demand compensation, could
only watch them drive away.

If the pair had not shown the ability, the guy would have certainly
gone and stopped them – demanded a few more bags of instant
noodles. God knew the looters were not actually those two people? If
you lose something, it must be a trick!

But now? Looking at the car on the road with needles holes, the

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owner’s heart hurt. The remaining box of instant noodles hidden
under the seat. Started the car to head back – the car could have
sold for a good price. Those plates were not worth the car!

“Is this enough?” Luo Xun’s mood was good, did not think he
would come out and easily buy what he needed.

“Enough, even for 1601 it’s enough.” Yan Fei nodded. “The
steel pipe does not need to cover under the whole floor. The
materials enough for a thinner thickness.” Besides there were a
lot of things in the house.

“That’s good!” Luo Xun nodded in gratitude, first get 1603 fixed
up and warm. Wait a year and half to determine no one coming to
their house and then set up the other house!

With heat, would be equal to a temperature stable greenhouse.

Luo Xun was filled with anticipation.

They drove back to their agree place, Li Tie and the others had not
come back yet, likely wandering around somewhere.

The two people were not anxious, they parked the car in an open
area nearby and sat inside looking at sales below.

There were a lot of cars parked on the street. Their smaller car did
not occupy as much space as the bigger trucks.

Not long after, nearly lunchtime, Li Tie and company slowly

squeezed out from the crowd. Luo Xun waved at the five, who hurried
over with a welcoming smile. “You brought the car? Did you get
anything?”

Luo Xun nodded. “Bought something.”

“That’s really good, we just saw a steel pipe, one for four
pack instant noodles! So uneconomical!”

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The car could only sit a few people, Luo Xun slowed down and
together returned to the apartment building. Listening to talk about
shopping, also spoke about the current situation.

As they were going forward someone in the distance greeted

loudly. They looked up and saw a man in military uniform rushing
over. It was the petty officer who had contacted Luo Xun before.

“We just went up to our floor. How is your floor, the door
and the elevator blocked?” The sergeant ran up and complained.

Several people looked at each other then laughed bashfully. “We

went out a few days ago, brought back more than usual. We
temporarily sealed the door because were afraid someone
would come steal. Is something wrong?”

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Luo Xun’s heart stuttered, when they went downstairs they only
looked at the elevator before dealing with the situation. Assured that
nothing was wrong downstairs but forgot that inside their building
there were two elevators and staircases!

The officer reluctantly shook his head and said, “Wasn’t there an
empty room? These days a lot of people came to base ready
for rehousing. People had to arrange to go elsewhere
because of the layer upstairs.”

Li Tie and the others breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts and
gave pleasant smiles. “That, we have a lot of things in the
corridor piled up, in fear we temporarily plugged up security.
When you have people come just knock on the door! We’ll be
at home every day!”

Wang Duo smiled. “Could you arrange for some women to

live in?”

The petty officer gave a one eyed stare. “The ones to live in
today were all girls, quite beautiful. Originally thought to
place young people together to talk, too late! Next time,
there are only men left.”

Wang Duo’s face instantly turned into a bitter gourd and looked
with resentment at the two people in the car. Yan Fei had no
expression of sympathy. Luo Xun gave him a side glance – want a
girlfriend? Go out and hook up.

Li Tie did not care whether live with men or women. “If the
number is less, not too much trouble would be good…”

“Alright, don’t worry, it’s all arranged.” The officer continued.

“We’ll go around 8-9 tomorrow morning. By the way, don’t go

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out to wander the next few days. The base is not too safe at
the moment and don’t forget your work quota, make sure you
report your 35 days.”

“Yes! Resolutely obey the orders of superiors!” Hearing they

could work to earn points, Li Tie and the others hurriedly did a
nondescript military salute with shiny eyes.

After the officer left, they waltzed back downstairs.

“Alas…we just missed…ladies.”

“Come on, don’t worry about women or ladies.” Han Li

patted him on the back of his head.

Wu Xin hurriedly nodded. “They said that people will come

tomorrow morning. Best we tidy up the corridor?”

At this time Luo Xun had parked the car at the backdoor. “Should
tidy up, first move the small, lighter stuff into either
apartment. Leave the really big, heavy stuff in the corridor.”

What was the specific situation of the new tenants? Wait until
tomorrow to assess the situation, to see the character of the people
who had just arrived on base.

On the other hand, the officer who had just spoken to Luo Xun
went to give a report to his superior concerning Li Tie and company.

“So they should have at least one ability user,” The man
stated.

Heard that the door block was indeed metal and the one who had
made it did not care. Since they had not previously registered in the
household survey, it was either did not want to expose themself in
fear of danger or did not know at the time.

This was a normal situation, many of the ability users did not know

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they had powers at first. However a lot of people also feared the
powers would bring their doom and dared not tell the military.

“It is quite possible that I have told them we will arrange

for people to live in 1602 tomorrow morning.”

“…Well, if they have an ability user, we can arrange for

another one to live there.” The officer’s eyes brightened in
thought.

“You mean…”

“Right! The doctor! Let him live there!”

The petty officer secretly sweat and hurriedly nodded. “His

wound is almost healed, should arrange housing.”

Obviously a doctor but not an angel in white. Injured three people

during light hospital treatment, put him in a single room in time and
sent the best tempered nurse to care. God knows if there would be a
disaster at the hospital again?

As for who would send people tomorrow…*cough* dead friends do

not die on the road, rushed loss of friends. Who made his work so
busy? As for Wang Duo’s ladies? This! Who told him no to be at home
today? Otherwise they would neighbors with women!

On a floor Yan Fei pulled open the container door. The steel plate
condensed together and then a large lump of metal was pulled out.

Although he knew he could lift the big thing upstairs, Yan Fei
helped pretend to carry the other end of the load into the corridor
with Luo Xun.

To the first corner, the length of the plate was longer than the limit
but then it twisted like a limp noodle! Behind, Li Tie and the others’
jaws dropped. “Really cheat, ah really cheat.”

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“I could not cheat and ask you to help me move.” Yan Fei
smiled while turning his head, the five shook their heads leaving
afterimages.

Climbed the stairs floor by floor, they came back at a bad time, the
elevator was out. It would not be easy to ascend 16 floors so easily
without the ability to manipulate metal.

Arrived at the 16th floor in one trip, the seven person group felt
physically better then three days ago. Anyway they were upstairs
with energy to spare, except for He Qiankun who looked desperate.

There was nothing on the big iron plate at the end of the staircase,
did the military not have paper? Of course, it was possible that they
posted the notice on the pieces on iron on the back of the elevator
door.

Yan Fei used one hand to ‘lift’ the iron plate, the other hand raised
to open up a part leading to the corridor. Enough space for the
people to walk through.

Put the things down then plugged back the metal plate. Luo Xun
saw Yan Fei wipe sweat from his forehead. Sure enough he was tired
from floating the pieces of metal for so long.

“Let’s take a break after lunch and get things in the

corridor.” Luo Xu suggested while Li Tie and the others cheered.
They had spent half day in the street, they were somewhat tired and
needed a burst of rest.

The two went into the empty house and then through the closed
metal door back home. Yan Fei sat down on the sofa, all strength
focused on relaxing.

“Do you want to take a shower first?” Luo Xun asked while
washing his hands for lunch.

“No, I have to move things in the afternoon.”

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The puppy saw Yan Fei lying around and ran over. Looked around
then grabbed onto his calf and climbed up to his belly to lay down.

Face to dog face, they stared into each other’s eyes.

Luo Xun took a bowl from the kitchen and could not help laughing
upon seeing the scene. The man and puppy turned at the same time
to look.

“You just let her lie on your stomach?” Who said that the little
puppy has no discipline? He said himself and never really had any
control over her. Looking at the two of them now, the puppy had
always been independent.

Yan Fei gave a side glance, with a lazy hand poked the puppy’s
head. The little one tilted her head but also opened her mouth to
pretend to bite. “I now have no strength, a moment to throw
down.”

Luo Xun put the little puppy and the chopsticks down then walked
back to the kitchen to get the rest of the stuff.

Returned to the living room where he saw Yan Fei continue to poke
her head with his finger. One side pawing the other moving but she
was not on the floor but Yan Fei’s belly! A person’s stomach was
round with a grunt, rolled to the back of the sofa.

She struggled heavily stuck between the sofa and Yan Fei’s body.
She resembled a sprawled little turtle with disorderly kicking.

Yan Fei tightly closed his mouth to block muffled laughter. He

never seen such a silly dog, clearly was a clever chow chow yet also
like this?

Luo Xun also could not help but laugh, it was no wonder that
despite there being two people’s slippers, only Yan Fei’s were
targeted. His own slippers and shoes were never touched. God knew
how Yan Fei bullied the puppy at home while he worked at the wall.

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After eating enough, Yan Fei leaned back on the sofa to restore
mental energy. Seeing his appearance, Luo Xun sighed after picking
up chopsticks. “Natural recovery is slow? If only we could get
some crystal nuclei now.”

Yan Fei suddenly opened his eyes and looked at him. “What do
you think the use of the zombie head crystals other than
restoring psychic power?”

Luo Xun did not ponder and subconsciously replied. “Can let
ability upgrade?”

Using the crystals to upgrade during the apocalypse, everyone

knew this common sense. With more and more low level nucleation,
which had low ability to upgrade high powers it instead became
popular on base. Eventually even replaced the base currency trend.

The trend was because the base had not advocated the use of
crystal nulcei as exchange materials, the base still circulated points.
The crystal nucleus was hard currency like gold before the end of the
world. It was popular with those who needed a different kind of point
currency per base.

Even for ordinary people, though the nuclei did not have
substantial effect. The crystals were stronger than points and would
depreciate, could be exchanged for food, clothing, cloth and other
things.

Yan Fei nodded and narrowed his eyes in thought, spoke after a
while. “The crystal nucleus came out of only a few bodies, if
we do not leave base we cannot get any.”

Luo Xun shrugged. “Back here we pay attention to points.

Here there is no one to sell those. If there are we could trade
with some other things.”

Yan Fei stood up to stretch, his black sweater hugged his body. Luo

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Xun involuntarily moved his line of sight, dared not look straight at
the other.

“Let’s go, I reckon they should have finished their meal so

let’s classify the aisles.” Yan Fei went to Luo Xun’s side and took
the chance to rub his head. Luo Xun froze and took some time before
returning to himself.

Waiting for Yan Fei’s response from next door after Luo Xun
returned to himself. He had an unceasingly flushed face – this guy
had more and more tricks these days!

Clap a shoulder, pulled an arm, touched around the waist, all these
he had become accustomed to, now unexpectedly he dared to move
onto his hair? Would he end up getting kissed by the guy?!

Once again in hindsight he felt not revealing his sexuality in

advance was a wrong decision. Luo Xun’s heart was beating, should
he take the chance to clear the air so that he will not get touched
again?

But when the idea popped in, Yan Fei had gone out into the
hallway and wa chatting with teh five person group also ready to
move things.

These renovation materials had been roughly divided into two, now
all they had to do was move back the smaller items into the rooms.
Now it was not too much of a hindrance – there was at least an
empty aisle set aside as walking space for the people who would
move in tomorrow.

*Ding ling*splinters* There was bound to be noise handling from

the 16th floor. Thankfully most of the people who lived in the upper
floors were from the early apocalypse who had been recently called
out to go participate in construction work to earn points and rations.
So no one was home during the day, otherwise someone would have
come upstairs to protest the noise.

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Moving things was more labor efficient than using Yan Fei’s
abilities. Other jobs were nothing to him, other than handling the
huge lump of steel he had just brought back today.

It was hard work and the five students were tired. The day of
vacation had turned into a workday, let people really feel miserable.

After moving the things, they had no strength to chat so they

waved and each went back to their homes.

After having a good bath, Luo Xun checked the two water tanks on
the roof. Recently the water was used faster because every day they
did manual work. He considered waiting for spring, but also had to
prepare for large scale crop planting. Luo Xun decided to take
another set of water purification device to accelerate water storage.

No other way, who let him take care of a house? The house next
door and so on had a lot of space to grow vegetables but every day
would need a lot of water for irrigation!

Yan Fei came out from the bathroom to see Luo Xun busy
rummaging. He wiped his hair and asked. “What are you looking
for?”

“Water purifier…looking for it!” Turned out a set of last minute

standby devices. Luo Xun held them and set up in the kitchen and
the second floor bathroom.

Seeing Luo Xun place the water filter and went over things, Yan Fei
had not said anything when Luo Xun had taken out two lamps, wires
and other materials. “What is this going to do?”

“To transform the quail nest.” Luo Xun referred to the large
glass container on the balcony. Thinking, he turned to Yan Fei and
said. “Help me change the location of the glass container, do
not put on the balcony.”

“How?” Yan Fei left the half dry towel and got up.

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“The temperature of quail eggs if higher than now and the
light time needs to be increased otherwise they won’t lay
eggs in the winter.” Luo Xun pointed somewhere the whole quail’s
nest would be illuminated by daylight. “If you have the energy
tomorrow, add a few plates here and use it separate the light
at night.”

Now the base would be regularly powered but not solar

technology. So Luo Xun would turn off the lights on the first floor at
ten o’clock to avoid being suspected by others.

But quails needed light every day and evening so they could only
rely on the metal plate to block out light leakage.

“Do it now, sleep at night to get it back.” In accordance with

Luo Xun’s guidance to make a portable iron dome, also found a piece
of black cloth to hand on the side. This way no one from the outside
could see the light from their balcony.

“You are quite knowledgeable.” Yan Fei casually said.

“Vegetables, quail, home renovation all these kinds of
things…” Things that were completely unnecessary and not useful
in modern society.

Luo Xun was wiring two lamps and laughed. “I wanted to eat my
own home gardening. You know, outside things are not safe.
God knows how much pesticide is in vegetables, what
profiteers get.”

Yan Fei gave a slight nod and squinted. “Oh.”

Luo Xun set a timer switch to determine there were no problems

with the lamp or electricity. He stood in relief after knowing that
there would no outside leaks.

The eggs in the house had been consumed since a few days ago. If
the quails started laying eggs, every female quail could lay an egg

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every day which meant seven eggs a day! If the quails did not die of
old age.

As long as the fertilized eggs hatched, the remaining eggs were

enough for two men to consume every day. Quail eggs could also be
used to generate income after their numbers increased. There was
also enough quail meat for the both of them even if they did not go
out to hunt or buy meat in the future.

Luo Xun stood straight up and looked at the quails nestled in the
glass dome, a feeling of happiness rose in his heart. His life
experience in the last apocalypse had become a boon because of his
rebirth.

When next door is thoroughly renovated, if no one claimed the

house, the room could be used specifically for growing. On the
balcony they could grow some fruit and other good things!

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Yan Fei stood beside Luo Xun, he was satisfied by these things?
Luo Xun’s eyes were happy and full of satisfaction at the covered
quail nest and metal dome. Even without the peace and quiet of life
before the apocalypse, without an ability, he could feel fulfillment
from the current busy life?

Although he felt Luo Xun’s goals were too small, Yan Fei felt his
mouth involuntarily curl into a smile.

He had to admit, did not need a big villa/mansion, did not need a
peerless beauty as a partner, did not need to spend a lot of money,
did not need high grade, luxury brand goods. All he needed was a
home, warm, self-sufficient, arranged by their own means. The
happiest thing was enjoying peace and happiness together with a
person he got along with well.

Yan Fei raise his arm to Luo Xun’s shoulder. “Finished? Time to
go upstairs for a rest, we get up early tomorrow.”

Luo Xun stiffened a bit then immediately nodded and the two went
to the second floor together.

Luo Xun felt a little uneasy with the arm on his shoulder. He
decided he would confront the other, since he would not be able to
stand this every day! This evening, if his dream was colorful
again…He would wake up late tomorrow morning again!

“That…” At the side of the bed, Luo Xun did not directly sit down
and instead stared at the nearby cabinet.

“What’s the matter?” Yan Fei took off his coat and changed into
his pajamas.

“I…there’s something I haven’t told you…” This was the first

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time Luo Xun had confessed his sexuality in front of others.

During the end of the world there was no need to admit anything.
Three years after the doomsday there were few women who dared to
go out alone. All those who wanted to sate their *cough* needs would
end up with same sex even if they paid money. No one would say
anything about it.

Although a lot of people were not homosexual, the situation

became more common in the absence of women. People could only
sigh and lament the chance of finding a wife or something.

Luo Xun had always felt that if this went on, then the ratio of men
of women would be unequal, no offspring produced which would lead
to the end of humanity.

But not now, especially in front of the goods…what if Yan Fei

thought Luo Xun was coming onto him if he said so?!

Luo Xun unconsciously looked at the room and all the metal related
things, he realized, would he not see the sun tomorrow if he spoke
up?

“What’s the matter? Lie down and talk.” Yan Fei naturally
lifted his half of the bed’s quilt.

Luo Xun looked at Yan Fei’s appearance on the bed and his heart
involuntarily vomited blood-why did such a normal action suddenly
seem so sultry?! Maybe…he should say nothing?

The house next door was being renovated and they would soon
separate…Wait the two bedrooms next door, one was arranged as a
spare bedroom, the other was for sundries! If the landlord came back
and drove him away…Would he end up sleeping in the living room?

No, no, no, having a place to sleep was enough. Being allowed into
the house was already benevolence. If he felt that he had been
pretending to be an ordinary person to deceive and take advantage

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of words…Would Li Tie and the others have an extra place to sleep?

“What’s wrong with you?”

The voice sounded in front, Luo Xun was startled and looked up.
Seeing the beauty, he subconsciously confided with the start of tears
in his eyes. “That…I, I…actually like men. Don’t worry, I’ll
never take advantage of you! Just looking…won’t go
further….No fraternization.”

Luo Xun’s voice went quieter and at the end he could not lift his
head. In fact even if not saying anything had no result, it would be
worse if something bad happened as a result? But when it came
out…

His heart involuntarily drifted into pessimism. He feared he had

become too accustomed to the intimate contact between the two.
Even if his heart silently expected a bad end, he wanted to give his
explanation.

But he thought the disclosure would have a negative impact-

previously happy to help people would push him away. Such a
headache again-sure enough, looked like better not to say it…

But if one day in the future, he did not want the person to slip,
found a suitable person to live with who did not know? What would
he think of the time they had spent together?

Yan Fei looked at him with a hint of astonishment. Luo Xun

unexpectedly had the courage to admit it?

Although he saw some of the signs, he doubted it until it was

acknowledged. With the current situation…he guessed it was about
being molested over the past few days.

Yan Fei’s mind irresponsibly skipped that and suddenly asked.

“Fraternization?”

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Luo Xun paused, did not think Yan Fei’s brain would skip over to
the last thing. “Yes fraternization!” He was gay okay? Was it okay
for men to kiss? Yan Fei’s gestures were too much for him!

“Why can I not fraternize with you if you like men?” Yan Fei
raised an eyebrow and asked in a puzzled way.

Luo Xun choked. “Men don’t usually act like this! When you
fraternize I think that you are interested in me?” After the
retort Luo Xun wanted to smack the ground. Did he just blurt out his
feelings?! Ah, his innocence!?

Yan Fei suddenly smiled but Luo Xun did not respond at all, still in
a state of remorse he laid down in the bed.

Luo Xun paused as he got comfortable, suddenly Yan Fei rolled

over and covered the other. Closer and closer until their lips touched
and the two tightly hugged. A soft tongue pried open lips and probed
in.

His brain froze, Luo Xun felt blank and subconsciously closed his
eyes. He was held tightly, reassuring hands attached to his shoulders
and back. This feeling of being hugged was so wonderful and
supportive…it seemed it was a good idea to say it…

………………

Luo Xun depserately pulled Yan Fei’s arm from inside his clothes,
he did not say anything when they suddenly kissed. But he no idea
when Yan Fei got inside his clothes after refocusing.

Although…the atmosphere was really good, but what kind of

relationship did they have? And even if was lover, one did not sleep
together the first time. Would not think only with their lower half?

He wanted to eat his tofu before clearing up the situation!?

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realized his strength could not compare. Hurriedly stared at Yan Fei
after looking at the wandering hand.

Yan Fei raised his eyebrows and smiled at him. “Like it when I
hold you here?” His hand pinched a little as he spoke.

Luo Xun’s face flushed, something seemed wrong about his current
situation. He was not a women yet he got pinched by a handsome
man?!

“You, you speak clearly!”

“Ah.” Yan Fei nodded, he could eat meat after clarifying.

Luo Xun did not realize his mistake and vigorously stared. He did
not know his lips were red, his eyes glazed because of the steaming
kiss. Yan Fei was in high spirits, ready to pounce on his prey.

Luo Xun coughed and looked away from the handsome man.
“That…I, you…” He opened his mouth and suddenly realized he
had intended to draw a gap between the two of them to keep a
normal distance. Not overly close, but…did he just come over? Would
he be responsible for what he said?

Yan Fei used the hand originally inside Luo Xun’s collar to pinch his
chin. He brought their faces close together and kissed. “Be with
me.”

Luo Xun froze for a while, only to feel his face burn up though he
still had doubts. “You…are not gay…”

It did not feel like it, although Luo Xun was not clear why. From his
point of view he felt Yan Fei was absolutely not like him, he should be
interested in women.

He was not clear on this kind of intuition, even less knew it was
actually a sixth sense amongst comrades. Before the end of the
world, there were some who could tell who was similar, who was not.

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“No.” Yan Fei nodded his head. If he imagined himself with any of
the guys in 1601; hold hand, kiss, pinch he felt the desire to kill.

“That…” Why would a good looking, straight man want to kiss

him?!

With his stature, appearance, powers, he could easily find a

woman.

Yan Fei suddenly shifted and something touched Luo Xun’s thigh.
Luo Xun face turned reddish purple. “But I have a reaction to you.
You are responsible.”

“……..” Suddenly speechless, Luo Xun silently twisted his head to

the side, too lazy to ignore him.

Just now he wanted to tell Yan Fei that if he did not mind, he would
be responsible for him and so on, but with the words out of his
mouth…Why did it feel like he was an unscrupulous ruffian bullying a
woman? He was definitely not a woman! And, who was responsible
for this?

The hand is in his clothes was there again, Luo Xun hurriedly
grabbed it. “No, no, this can’t…it’s not right to sleep together
without being in love?”

Yan Fei raised a surprised eyebrow. “I thought we were in love

before.”

Luo Xun paused for a moment then ground his teeth. “Yesterday
outside? You intentionally took my arm?”

Yan Fei nodded.

“Then every morning when we wake up…that was you?!”

Yan Fei raised an eyebrow along with his default smile.

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“….When I was at home, you touched my shoulder, patted
my back and sometimes spoke to me while standing behind
me…All that was intentional?!”

Yan Fei’s smile deepened.

“…Rogue!”

If both parties were gay, then everything done to him could be

called sexual harassment! Just because he first thought Yan Fei was a
straight male. The two of them would get along without thinking of
being together.

However…”If you don’t say anything how can you call it love?!” It
was clear that the rogue was crafty.

Yan Fei just smiled. “You know what the highest realm of
bullying is?”

Luo Xun silently shook his head.

“Hooliganism.”

Luo Xun lifted his arm to elbow the other, with a grunt he climbed
into his sleeping position. He tightly wrapped himself up in the quilt
like silkworm chrysalis. The usual pattern became different after he
told him.

Yan Fei did not stop him, got up to turn off the bedside lamp, then
he directly put his arms around the giant chrysalis. His face close to
Luo Xun’s neck, the faint shampoo fragrance filled his nose.

For a long time the two people were silent but both knew they
were not asleep.

In the dark, Luo Xun suddenly asked. “What are you going to
do?”

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Since he had been blatantly taking advantage, it seemed he was
interested. But Luo Xun did not know if Yan Fei was just trying out a
relationship between men? Or if he was in his heart?

Yan Fei chuckled, the vibrations made Luo Xun’s neck itch. “We
are together.”

Luo Xun was silent for a while. “I like men and never thought
of marrying or having children. Not delay other’s lives, but
you are not the same.”

Of course Yan Fei was different: such good appearance, such a

powerful ability, plus his usual gestures pointed at a very good
upbringing. He must have been from a wealthy family before the
apocalypse. He was left to learn, he was not an ordinary person. Just
with these, countless women outside would take the initiative to
pursue.

Yan Fei laughed again. “With the outside world now, what use
is worrying about marriage?” He spoke to Luo Xun inside the
quilt. “I just want to be together with you. Living, grow
vegetables, raise the dog and quails.”

Luo Xun’s heart was moved and could not help turning around. His
senses were lessened in the dark but his eyes were bright and clear.
“Why?”

“…When I am with you, it feels like a real home.” Yan Fei

was silent for a moment, entrenched in his mind. “Together with
you I feel at ease.”

Subconsciously licking his lips, Luo Xun nervously said.

“I…although it would not be the exact same as a husband
and wife, I want to find someone to live a happy life. Even if
we quarrel, there would be no break up because of a lapse in
emotion…no separation because of differences. You should
think clearly about it.”

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Having someone like Yan Fei show goodwill on their own initiative.
Luo Xun, with his rebirth could not believe at the moment since the
feeling left a bit disturbed.

Yan Fei laughed lowly, gently kissed his lips and touched noses. “I
know, I do not intend to engage in one night stands. I said
that with you there was a feeling of home. I want to be a
family with you, until we are old and dead.”

The thought had been in Yan Fei’s heart for a long time. As
someone had once said: some people were only suitable for lovers,
some who may not have an outstanding appearance but let a person
have a true reassuring feeling, such as person was a true spouse.

Yan Fei had been previously ignorant until the apocalypse arrived.
When he met Luo Xun, he understood what he had been pursuing all
along – a real home.

The whispers of the night were very beautiful, let Luo Xun ignore
the fact that Yan Fei’s peach blossom face might bring trouble. Yan
Fei gently pulled the quilt.

They hugged each other tightly but did not do anything else. Just
holding each other for warmth and support. When Luo Xun woke up
the sun had risen.

Morning came late in winter, he woke up at seven or eight o’clock.

He lifted his head to look at Yan Fei and felt uncomfortable looking
away. Yan Fei on the other hand naturally moved to send a good
morning kiss on Luo Xun’s lips. “Awake? Sleep in?”

Luo Xun hurriedly shook his head. “Wake up, we still do not
know when they arrive.”

The military would bring survivors to the floor. They had to move
the metal plate in advance so that people could enter.

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Get up, wash, change clothes.

Yan Fei found he should have settled the matter with Luo Xun
earlier. Although Luo Xun’s skin was thin, he was not a posturing
person. Since the relationship between the two had been properly
outlined, he would not refuse some of Yan Fei’s gestures: kiss,
touching, hooking up…In short he would not react badly to some acts
of intimacy but it would not be like before.

He would not mind a bit of hand holding or a quick kiss.

So Yan Fei felt at a loss, fortunately the stalemate would not last
long. If he waited for a few more days, would it be a good way to eat
meat? Well, it was going to be faster, last night had a very good
atmosphere.

Luo Xun went to knock on the door of 1601 after breakfast to call
the students, unaware that someone stared at their butt. “We are
ready to move the steel plate so the new neighbors can come
over and see the situation. Make sure the people do not trip
on the things in the corridor.”

“Okay, no problem.”

“Luo Xun rest assured, we have enough people to clear the

corridor in a flash.”

There were a lot of things in the corridor but all the stuff was big,
people who wanted to steal would not be able to and could only see.

Yan Fei moved the three large plates away, temporarily piled them
against a wall. Would he put them back in place afterwards? He
would decide after seeing what kind of person moved in. If they went
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house doors and windows – Luo Xun was very experienced, the two
would discuss back home.

The walls of the home still needed to be left for a while, they had
to be completely dry before they could continue. Luo Xun decided to
take the opportunity to install bathroom and balcony tiles.

The washroom already had a toilet built in, usable though the
quality was not good but it did not need replacement.

But the rest needed to be rebuilt, wrapped and tiles and other
things needed to be set.

Luo Xun looked around and decided to directly seal the gas pipe-
there had not been a chance to use and it occupied space. However
some would be left where the cooker was placed.

The group of students worked in the kitchen for half a day, they
went back to their own side to start after they figured out how to
paste tiles. Their hands were much quicker; when they were almost
done, they would come over and help Luo Xun.

Everyone was a novice so they did not dare make too much mortar
or touch all the walls. The floor was paved with bricks so they chose a
wall. Calculated the number of tiles, allocated a number of blocks
then rapidly started.

With the advantage of dexterity, after 20 minutes a wall was

plastered with clean, white tiles. Luo Xun checked whether the tiles
were flat, if there was a need to adjust.

Yan Fei suddenly signalled. “Someone came up.”

He hurriedly put down his things to go out the door, faintly heard
voices from the stairs.

Today 1601 and 1603 left the gate open for two reasons. One so
that everyone could trade tiles when needed. The second was to

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listen for sound in the corridor.

It seemed that all the bad guys knew that the 16th floor had been
sealed so no one malicious came up to spy on the situation.
Therefore, who was coming in broad daylight?

Yan Fei had also heard the sound, always paid attention to his
surroundings. Naturally the five people heard the sounds in the
stairwell as well.

Li Tie and the others also ran out after putting down their work. Not
long after several people climbed the stairs to their floor.

“Ah, sure enough there is no such thing!”

“You are all here! Right, this is your new neighbor.” Seeing
Luo Xun and the other people, the sergeant laughed to the man
beside him.

“Welcome, welcome…Hey?” Standing in front Li Tie stared in

wide eyed surprise.

“Huh?” He Qiankun also opened his mouth.

Luo Xun curiously looked and his jaw dropped, he turned and gave
a glance at Yan Fei.

Wu Xin raised his hand to point at the man. “Who, who, who?
His face is very familiar but what his name?”

Yan Fei calmly responded. “Zhang Yi.”

Zhang Yi also looked at the people upstairs with surprise…what a

coincidence.

“Hey? You all know each other?” The sergeant was not the
same one they had met yesterday, but they had met before. Luo Xun
remembered that he was sergeant Ding.

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Luo Xun nodded. “We met the last time we left base.”

Lieutenant Ding spoke up. “It was you who brought him into
base? That’s good.” That was great! He could finally get rid of the
baggage!

Luo Xun and company did not understand why the soldiers who
heard this walked with a bounce in their step as they escorted they
guy upstairs. Zhang Yi calmy nodded to the group, one arm wrapped
with gauze.

A soldier opened the door first before lieutenant Ding went

through. He was surprised to see the mess in the corridor. “So many
things…What are they for?”

Li Tie grinned. “Last time we went to building material store to get

a batch of renovation materials. Recently painted the walls, today we
are about to stick tiles!:

Lieutenant Ding looked incredulously at the group of people. “You

are very skilled. You managed to go out on a trip and not
only get some food but also these…”

He Qiankun’s face fell. “No other way, the floor is cement, not
comfortable to sleep on. We used quite a few days to go out
and bring these things back. Now the sleeping bed is too
small, I almost fell from the top last night.”

Wang Duo raised his hand. “I’ve fallen three times!”

Luo Xun was taken aback, that thing could be used as a bed? Lying
on top of the thing? There was no padding, how would he sleep or
fall?

Lieutenant Ding and the soldiers were incredulous. “What kind of

bed do you have?” What kind of bed would make people fall off
three times?

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“The beauty salon had one with a small hole!” He Qiankun
quickly explained.

Wu Xin patted him on the back of the head. “That is not a hole,
it is to let people place their face. Did I not give a board to
block that?”

“Don’t you know me? I was so heavy that last night,

turning almost folded the board! Almost got splinters!” He
said justly.

The soldier smiled and opened the door with some effort. “You
guys…right, Doctor Zhang this room is yours. Are you
satisfied?”

Zhang Yi at the back, who had not spoken after saying hello to Luo
Xun, gave a slight nod. What was not satisfactory? The house was
very big, the lighting was good, not luxurious but more comfortable
then being outside ready to flee at a moment’s notice.

Li Tie exclaimed. “Is he living alone!?”

Base housing was very tight. It was clear when Li Tie and the
others had come to base. The five of them were allocated a set of
bedrooms. When they went out yesterday they inquired about news,
it was common for 10 or so people in two bedrooms.

He Qiankun’s face was full of envy. “Having an ability is really

good…”

The expressions of lieutenant Ding and the soldiers all distorted.

Ding coughed. “…He’s an exception.” In this case, they did not
want anything horrible to happen.

Zhang Yi suddenly turned around, peach blossom eyes and a smile

like spring. “They are afraid the people on base will be dead
men.”

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“What?”

“Dead? What dead men?” Li Tie and the others were confused.

Luo Xun quietly took a step back, that smile was too bright, a
brilliant creepiness, bst hide away for safety. Upon retreating, he hit
Yan Fei standing beside him. Yan Fei naturally hugged his waist into
a protective hold. Luo Xun instantly felt a bit on confidence, having a
boyfriend was good! Especially when the boyfriend was a powerful
ability user.

Lieutenant Ding and company also silently stepped away from

Zhang Yi. A few soldiers hurriedly carried things into the living room
as fast as possible, ready to evacuate.

“Nothing, I accidentally hurt a few people at the base

hospital.” Zhang Yi still had a calm face.

Li Tie still did not understand. “Hurt people? Was there a bad
guy who wanted to bully you?”

“Ah!” Han Li clapped. “Was it the people who framed you

before?”

Zhang Yi’s smile closed up.

He Qiankun beat his chest. “Rest assured! It is absolutely safe

to live here! Yan Fei can block the gate, unless we want to go
out, otherwise no one can enter!”

“Yes, Yan Fei can help make the windows stronger!: Li Tie
nodded. “We can also make planting shelves. Luo Xun does it
better then us, we could teach you then you can grow food at
home to eat!” No going out, growing vegetables at home during
the apocalypse, could not be safer!

Lieutenant Ding suddenly asked. “You can grow things at

home?”

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“Yes! Yellow bean sprouts, mung bean sprouts, peanuts
and so on. When the weather is warm and the house is
renovated, we can plant out!” Li Tie explained.

Lieutenant Ding hurriedly continued. “Please inform us when

you succeed. In the future if there is surplus the base would
like to acquire some.”

The base was studying planting problems. They were responsible

for the safety of the entire base which included food problems.
However during the cultivation process, they found many of the
crops had mutated and the mutation rate was very high!

Doubtful if the variant produce was edible, they were studying

whether to promote home growing within the base. If these guys
were interested and planted successfully, it could be used as an
experimental example to promote!

Lieutenant Ding asked about the specific situation while Zhang Yi

looked at Li Tie and the others. So that was what good people
untainted by the apocalypse were like…

His line of sight went to Luo Xun and Yan Fei, seeing the two
standing in the corner doorway. Although he had not talked with the
two, the appearance of the two people standing together…

Seeing Yan Fei hug Luo Xun around the waist, Zhang Yi gave a
huff, that fellow had bad intentions, sure enough that hand around
the waist? It was only a few days!

Some people naturally had a glimpse of the relationship between

the two before this point. The two had clearly broken through the
bottleneck of initial contact period.

Lieutenant Ding learned that Li Tie had their own beans and
vegetables at home and followed the group into their home to see
the water implants. Looking at the tender green sprouts he smiled

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and patted their shoulders. “Good seed, this is hope for the
future.”

If home planting could really succeed, then pressure would be

greatly reduced on the base. People could plant some vegetables in
their home to supplement necessary nutrients and vitamins. With the
cultivation of food crops, the base could maintain normal operation.

Lieutenant Ding was not very clear about the outside world since
he was in charge of more domestic affairs. However he knew the
situation was not very optimistic and that the number of zombies had
increased greatly.

Although he was not the supreme leader, he understood that if the

zombies became too powerful the humans would be confined to a
smaller space. The base was surrounded by farmland but it was
limited in scope and output. Therefore there was a proposal in base
to promote the concept of home growing. He immediately
understood the meaning of his superiors.

Li Tie and the other’s home used PVC pipe and water with
homemade nutrients. Luo Xun had posted the information on the
internet before the end of the world. Otherwise the plants would not
germinate due to malnutrition.

After seeing the shelf, the lieutenant patted their shoulders.

“Pretty good, don’t forget to tell use when you have results.
This is a good way, we’ll promote this back on base.”

Li Tie and the others smiled at the praise from the soldiers.

Before leaving, someone curiously looked at the wall and asked.

“It’s dry, if a bit uneven, can you not use it now?”

Wang Duo laughed. “Only brushed the first time, have to

brush a second time after it dries.”

The person paused. “Brush a second time?”

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“Huh? We looked at a home renovation booklet, brush
putty three times?” Wang Duo looked confusedly at Han Li, who
hurriedly nodded.

A few of the soldiers chuckled. “Can use after one coat! Brush
so many times, how long would that take? Now is the
apocalypse, no need to be so meticulous. It should adhere for
a while so long as there no cracks, leaks or peeling with a
coat of latex paint.”

He Qiankun patted Wu Xin’s shoulder. “I said not so much

trouble, you had to follow the booklet!”

Li Tie nodded cheerfully. “Right! It’s going to be easier! After

the wall has completely dried, we can paint the floor with a
brush.” He spoke and looked next door. “There are still a lot of
things anyway. We can give Zhang Yi any leftovers.”

For the man who had been framed by his companions, who had cut
his arm to lure zombies and caused indignation due to his beautiful
face, Li Tie and the others had a strong compassion for him.
Especially now that everyone was neighbors, they would live
together in the future and naturally should get along with each other.

Li Tie and four others nodded. Lieutenant Ding’s expression

shifted. “You…good relationship?”

A few people looked at each other before speaking. “It’s okay,

we came back together then split up.”

A soldier curiously asked. “He was not angry with you? Did not
start…power?”

He Qiankun responded. “What? Do what with ability?”

A line of people had gone out of the room into the corridor. Did not
know what to say when they saw Zhang Yi standing in the door of
1602 with Luo Xun and Yan Fei.

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Han Li remembered a previous topic and hurriedly asked. “Right,
what you said before. Was it the people who harmed you
before?” That was why he hurt people in the hospital?

Zhang Yi had an ambiguous looks, his eyebrows raised. “No.”

“Ah?”

“Then someone tried to bully you.” Wu Xin said, no made a

fuss? He did not hurt anyone while he was with them, was not crazy.

Zhang Yi had a fixed expression, blinked but did not utter a reply.

Lieutenant Ding coughed then turned to the group. “In short, you
are okay with Zhang Yi. About the thing, let us know when
there is a result. Also, some seeds change color after, those
are mostly toxic pay attention to remove them quickly. All
right let’s go.”

After saying, they looked at Zhang Yi. He was not quite clear about
what exactly caused Zhang Yi and other people to clash several
times but the incidents were very big, many things in the room were
broken when his ability went wild. People had more than one injury
and covered in blood. If they were not found in time, the bleeding
would lead to the people’s death.

Afterwards, Zhang Yi did not speak, the other parties involved also
refused to say anything.

Watching Lieutenant Ding and the others go down the stairs, He

Qiankun was curious. “Why not take the elevator?”

Lieutenant waved a hand. “Today someone lifted things, our

physical strength is not good and everyone was using the
elevator.” Went down after speaking.

Waiting until their voices would not be heard, Han Li turned to Yan
Fei and Zhang Yi. “Should we seal?”

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There was no response as two pairs of peach blossom eyes looked
at each other.

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Yan Fei shrugged after hearing Han Li’s words and glanced at
Zhang Yi. “Seal after something bad happens. If you need to
go downstairs for something, we can seal later.”

He had sealed the entrances every night and found using his was
like practicing music. Although he could not use nuclei to replenish
his spirit energy there seemed to be a faint increase after resting.
The increase was very small and slow, but it indeed increased.

Yan Fei was unsure if the increase in power was solely due to the
crystal nuclei but he could feel his current slow growth. When there
was enough mental strength accumulated, it would result in an
‘upgrade’. Therefore he spent some time each day before bed using
up his reserves. Thankfully there were a lot of metal items at home
that he could move around.

Zhang Yi threw back his head in laughter. “I can eat and drink,
recuperate without needing to go out.”

If life outside the base was not good, and he did not go out to find
supplies would be subject to the exclusion of peers? In fact, he was
relatively lazy, no going out often, especially with internet shopping
developed before the end of the world. Who liked to go shopping
while groups of men and women acted like nosy onlookers?

Yan Fei slightly nodded, turned to face three others. “I rebuilt the
door just in case other people come and we would not have
heard them.”

Once spoken, a few pieces of steel flew and blocked the lower half
of the door. The other half turned fence like so one could see the
other side.

Luo Xun pointed at the bars. “So why is it like a prison?” Except

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the people in ‘prison’ were on their own side. Or was it the opposite?
It was confusing.

Wang Duo covered his mouth and laughed. He and Wu Xin almost
fell the the ground laughing while holding onto each others
shoulders.

Yan Fei gave and him a glance then helplessly waved the fence
into a grid so that it did not look like a prison cell. This way, if
someone came upstairs to say something, they would hear them
coming. They could let people in or close the door and bring the dog.

“I’ll turn them into real doors after two days of outings.”
Yan Fei looked at the other people. “Continue to renovate?”

“Oh, ah!” Li Tie and company cheered in unison.

Although there were a lot of renovation materials left over that

could be divided into portions for Zhang Yi, he was currently
wounded. His arm was injured so he would rest for a few days first
before anything else.

Since his ability was significantly stronger than other wind ability
users and he was a top internship student at A-city hospital, he had
knowledge and some clinical experience. If he had not been injured
he would have been immediately put to work despite his mercurious
temper. The supplies given by the military were very good.

Quilts, waterproof cloth, sleep bag, coal, small stove, a lot of rice,
vegetable, mineral water, as well as simple water filtration
equipment. A complete set of all kinds of things.

Li Tie and group kindly helped him tidy up, once his things were
organized and Zhang Yi was told him tips such as cooking more
efficiently and so on, they returned to their own places to continue
working.

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decorate a kitchen wall when they suddenly heard a scream. “AH!
The recently made clay! It’s all dried up!”

….

Luo Xun poked at the bottom of a barrel of stiff material and

breathed a sigh of relief. “Fortunately we had just finished a
wall, did not need to make any more.”

Yan Fei smiled with a grimace – a great beauty moved in next door,
fortunately he did not touch his treasure. If the guy had looked with
interested eyes, Yan Fei would have chased the guy out even in front
of the base soldiers.

As a skilled renovator, Luo Xun started on the work quickly. When

Li Tie and them had finally set up their own kitchen and came to
help, the kitchen and bathroom tiles had been pasted for the most
part!

“Luo Xun, Yan Fei, you move so fast!” Wu Xin was blown
away.

“It’s okay, it’s quick to get used to this sort of thing.” Luo
Xun shrugged and stood up stiffly. “Are you all done?”

“Ah, done. Just waiting for these things to dry.” Wu Xin

replaced Luo Xun’s position, one side working the other talking.
“They went back to see Zhang Yi and help him scrape the
walls.” As for the floor, needed to see how much material they had
left at the end.

After stretching, Luo Xun squatted beside Yan Fei to help him stick
tiles. “You aren’t going to brush a second layer of putty?”

“No, just brush a layer now. Might take a month or more to

dry.” Wu Xin continued. “We may have to go the base
computer room to help make the network. If so there would
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least.”

Luo Xun gave Yan Fei a glance, he still thought to brush three
times as insurance, lest the walls peeled when the room became too
hot or something. Anyway there home was ready and they could live
next door if needed. What was the rush?

Yan Fei saw Luo Xun looking, he smiled and used his hand to pinch
the other’s face.

Luo Xun’s expression stiffened as he was pinched. He raised a

hand to wipe but did not realize the back of his hand was not clean
so his face became even more dirty. Luo Xun scrubbed his face then
raised his hand to wipe dirt on Yan Fei’s nose. Yan Fei did not dodge
and allowed the other to add makeup on his face.

A whole day of hard work, the two house’s tiles were all pasted.
Then the kitchen and bathroom ceiling were aired for a day. 1602
was also busy, Li Tie and company helped Zhang Yi brush the wall,
did not want to exert too much energy on moving.

Then looked at Li Tie with a face of worship holding a copy of

WasteWoodHouse guide to the apocalypse: planting boxes, tubes,
shelves and other related things. Li Tie tried to make Zhang Yi and
the others see the author’s greatness. Luo Xun could not help but
turn and cover his face – Li Tie’s behavior was hard to look at.

Yan Fei patted his shoulder, although he did not really think Luo
Xun was the one who posted the guide online but Li Tie’s shameful
behaviour was too much to ignore for Wang Duo. Thus Luo Xun
pretending not to know him was very understandable.

Saying hello to each other, learned that renovating the house was
very addictive with four people to help.

He Qiankun was triumphantly waving a greasy knife. “We are

now doing more than before! In a while we will be finished!”

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“Yes! Yes! I think that even if there is no work at the base,
we could help people renovate the house to earn rations!”
Han Li also expressed support.

After a whole day of renovation work and returning back home. Luo
Xun’s mouth teitched as he saw his face covered with gray and dusty
appearance.

“Do you want to go upstairs and take a shower?” Yan Fei

took off his coat while asking.

“Bath ah…” Luo Xun felt his heart beat, but it used up too much
water.

“Well, bathe together?” Yan Fei glided over and whispered in

his ear.

Luo Xun jumped to the side, startled and glared. “No soak!”

His instincts told him that if he and Yan Fei washed each other’s
backs, they might not get up tomorrow! Honestly, a bath with Yan Fei
was very tempting but Luo Xun’s subconscious sense of alarm always
reminded him – do not judge someone by their appearance, the
situation may not be as one wishes.

He was a man! Pressure from beauty! He must be prepared to not

be overwhelmed by the other side. He must stand firm against the
opposing force.

Luo Xun of course, looked forward to eating meat. Two lifetimes of

virginity was not something to be proud of but he must resist rash
decisions. He needed to make a good plan, find the right time to lay
with someone and sate himself.

He had been waiting for two lifetimes.

Luo Xun looked meaningfully at Yan Fei’s waist and face, decided
to determine his attack side status at home.

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Yan Fei raised an eyebrow, Luo Xun was looking at him with a
sense of aggression. Yan Fei squinted and touched his chin, he did
not mind eating later but he did mind being prey. Before the
apocalypse few men made a move on their own. After the end, his
love for the guy absolutely would not leave his mind. Of course he
wanted to top, so long as Luo Xun was the bottom he would not mind
what kind of position.

The two each pretended that their minds were not occupied as
they took off their dirty clothes. The puppy was lying beside the quail
cage, she saw the two people come and turned to look. After she
continued to watch the quail tirelessly.

It would be dark when Luo Xun came back to the quail cages and
turned on the light. The black cloth was put down to keep the light
inside the miniature landscape.

Luo Xun let Yan Fei into the bathroom first to wash. He washed his
hands then went to the balcony to check the crop growth.

“It is strange that the bottom rows of leaves seemed to

have not grown well?” Luo Xun squatted doubfuly beside the
shelf. Did not know why they bottom row of vegetables was not as
big? Or were there less leaves?

The little puppy lying on her side saw Luo Xun crouching nearby.
Her wagging tail stopped, she positioned herself then used her claws
to climb while Luo Xun was watching the quails.

Luo Xun carefully observed and found that the bottom of the plant
had broken off traces, was it torn off? “Did Yan Fei eat them?”

The bottom layer of the shelf was leafy lettuce, which could be
eaten raw or dipped in sauce and wrapped with meat. But who would
do such a thing? He had grabbed and rinsed a few vegetables
recently, leaving the rest, so who had picked this row?

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Yan Fei was bathing so there was no way to ask him. Luo Xun
thought for a moment then checked to make sure there were no
bugs on the plants.

It was not long before. Luo Xun threw a big towel in his face.
“You?!” He came naked!

Yan Fei wiped his hair with the towel. “Forgot to take clothes.”

Luo Xun breathed deeply, exhaled, breathed again. He recalled a

few days ago when Yan Fei was only wrapped in a small towel, it had
all been intentional! His face was the color of red fruit.

He was too lazy to ignore him, Luo Xun walked into the steaming
bathroom, took off his clothes and bathed in resentment. This guy
always playing as a rogue, his entire body exuded a pressuring
atmosphere. What could he do?

Luo Xun tried to return to a calm mood while showering.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he came out and found Yan Fei
already dressed. The puppy was now lying under the table using Yan
Fei’s slippers as a pillow. Her tail wagged from time to time. Upon
hearing the sound of the bathroom door, she hurriedly looked up.

Yan Fei watched the tender, just out of the shower Luo Xun like a
wolf. He watched as Luo Xun headed for the sofa. “Boiled noodles
for tonight?”

There were still instant noodles at home, even if quite a bit was
taken out in exchange for metal plates last time.

Although they had vegetables and food to eat, when tired they
would want to be lazy and save some trouble. Besides, they
sometimes missed the smell of instant noodles.

“Well, boil it here.” He referred to the stove, there was no gas to

be used since the base did not know where to get coal to be

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redeemed. Solar panels and the like had not been promoted until
later, people used less electricity. Many people used wooden
furniture as fuel for fires.

The eggs in the house were used up, but they could add some
sausage with the noodles and there were quite a few – Luo Xun had
bought them before the end of the world. This box of sausages was
not light, fortunately it only cost ten dollars with light postage.

Yan Fei went to the balcony and picked some vegetables, washed
in the kitchen then placed on a plate then peeled two sausages. They
two men’s appetite was not small but Luo Xun did not want to eat too
much at night and only boiled three packs of noodles.

“The tiles won’t dry until tomorrow afternoon?” Yan Fei’s

noodles were almost boiled, there was a familiar taste once the
vegetables were thrown in.

Luo Xun stirred with chopsticks then turned off the fire. “The
instructions said to let air for 24 hours, we can take a day
break.”

“We need to wait for almost a month for the wall next
door…” Yan Fei thought for a moment then suggested. “Should I
take time tomorrow to transform the door?”

“What? What gate? How to transform?” Luo Xun asked in

confusion as he divided the noodles into two bowls.

“That door, next door and our door.” Yan Fei referred in the
direction of the entrances while the sausage bubbled in the soup.

“That door?” Luo Xun was still puzzled, was it not their own door?

“You changed the cat’s eye in this room right?” Yan Fei
seeing him puzzled explained. “But the cat’s eye can only see
the situation in the corridor, cannot see the elevator door
opening until afterwards.”

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“Right, the door of this room is 1601.” Luo Xun nodded, sat
down and picked up his food.

“What if the two houses doors are changed into one.

Unseen to the outside but able to see the elevator door
clearly but also as protection for the two doors.” Yan Fei drew
up the situation on the table. “1603 and 1604 have a right angle
formed in the middle. If you put a diagonal iron plate then
install the cat eye and doorbell, it would be tantamount to
merging the two rooms into one.”

Luo Xun thought for a moment then conceded with a nod. “That
could work. It would not matter what room we were in to see
room activities!”

They had a total of two houses, even if the other was thoroughly
renovated the main base of activities would be 1604. The room had
too many miscellaneous things that could not be shown to outsiders.
Luo Xun was going to use the next room as a nursery, plants would
be planted with out too much furniture. Now Yan Fei did so, two
doors combined into one even if someone wanted to come they could
arrive directly at the next door.

Anyway there was nothing to do tomorrow. They could use the

time the next day to change the gate!

The two people quickly swallowed and frank the instant noodles.
They washed the chopsticks, body and brushed their teeth. Checked
the first floor before climbing to the second floor.

There was no entertainment in the apocalypse which left people

feeling boredom. Luo Xun had downloaded a lot of things from the
internet but it was mostly all kinds of literature, data, images. He had
not thought of taking film and television recordings. However all
kinds of novels had been packaged up to pass time during peace.

Before they would have been able to read a novel on the laptop or

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mobile phone before bedtime but now…

“Get out!”

“No.”

“Honestly, you!” Luo Xun persevered for half a day to not take
advantage of someone. He gave a supercilious look at Yan Fei’s pious
appearance. How did he instantly become a pervert after being in a
relationship? He should have known!

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