Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse

Liang Jiuqing specially found them a relatively large partitioned room. Although the conditions were somewhat poor, it at least guaranteed safety, and they heard that some people would be coming to distribute food later.

“I wonder what they’ll give out,” Lin Xiuyuan said, though he wasn’t hungry yet, he was still quite eager.

Leaning on Lu Hao’s shoulder, Su Jin smiled. This was good, it would let everyone see what kind of food was eaten in the Apocalypse.

Before long, a staff member pushing a food cart arrived there. He checked the number of people posted on the partition wall, took some food out of a large stainless steel pot, and placed it on the table at the doorway.

Nie Qing, curious, went up to see what food was being distributed. After seeing what was on the table, he silently walked back.

“What did they give out?” Lu Guanhai asked.

“Go check it out yourself,” Nie Qing regretted agreeing to stay here tonight.

Seeing Nie Qing’s reaction, everyone else crowded around, only to see a few brown steamed buns the size of fists on the table and a large bowl of watery porridge where the rice grains could be clearly counted. Besides these, there was nothing else.

“This is very normal. There are nearly ten thousand people here. To ensure a daily ration for that many, this is actually quite good,” Su Jin picked up a steamed bun and took a bite. It didn’t taste too bad, at least not like the dry rations from her previous life that made one’s throat hurt.

Lu Hao also fell silent, stepped forward, and began eating a steamed bun.

Seeing the two of them like this, the others stopped being fussy because they noticed that even the duty personnel standing guard during the day and some others in military uniforms were also sitting on the ground eating the same food.

At the same time, they all realized how blessed they were to have meals with Su Jin.

Local Tyrant Gold seemed quite dissatisfied here, and Su Jin could guess why, knowing the air quality must be poor with so many people concentrated in one area.

After dinner, Zheng Miaomiao and Liang Jiuqing came over again to express their gratitude.

That afternoon outside the villa, Liang Jiuqing had only heard the situation briefly. Miaomiao had just recounted her experiences of the past few days to them, and it was then that Liang Jiuqing realized how much Miaomiao had been through. If not for these individuals, perhaps she would have died outside without anyone knowing.

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She wished she could catch them and give them a good beating once more.

So now, seeing Su Jin and the others, Liang Jiuqing was exceptionally warm. She even held some biscuits and instant noodles in her hand, wanting them to accept them as a token of thanks. However, Su Jin flatly refused. She understood the significance of these items; in the Apocalypse, these food items were more valuable than gold. Their group had already made great sacrifices in rescuing these survivors and managing them as one unit; they could not possibly accept more.

“Haha, I’m not really managing anything, my father just temporarily pulled me in to fill numbers,”

Liang Jiuqing smiled sheepishly. However, these days she had indeed been influenced by the brothers fighting at the front, going out with them every day to train and fight zombies, which is why she was so tanned.

But her skin was naturally dark, and she never really cared about these external details.

“Do you plan to stay here for long?” Su Jin asked.

“They are already looking for a place suitable for establishing a safe base, but it’s not going to be found that quickly. Even when they find one, they need to clear out the zombies first, so we’ll probably still be here for a short while,” Liang Jiuqing replied.

She didn’t really like it here, managing security every day, rather than letting her go out and train.

“Su Jin, what are you going to Dragon Leap Villa for?” Zheng Miaomiao couldn’t help asking. She still wanted to persuade them, to avoid going if it was dangerous.

“Su Jin said half-truths that she and her husband had bought some housing at Dragon Leap Villa and now wanted to move there,” as she affectionately held Lu Hao’s hand. Lu Hao squeezed her hand in his palm—it felt just as it always had.

“What? You want to live there by yourselves? Isn’t that very dangerous?!” Liang Jiuqing asked in a thunderous voice after hearing this.

“It should be fine. I heard there are also people living there now. We just want to go and take a look.”

As for the housing Su Jin claimed she and Lu Hao had bought, since the national internet had already collapsed, anyone who might wish to verify it couldn’t find out anything, so she boldly made it all up.

Mrs. Su quietly sighed behind her. Her daughter, when had she become so good at lying?

In the end, Zheng Miaomiao and Liang Jiuqing returned without accomplishing anything. Father Zheng and Mother Zheng also felt it was a pity, as these people seemed very nice, and they had wanted to make connections. However, it seemed they would have to wait for another time.

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The next day, early in the morning, Su Jin and the others left without having breakfast, which Lin Xiuyuan eloquently said was to save food for the fellow survivors.

They had gotten up very early, but as they went outside, they found Liang Jiuqing already drenched in sweat from running.

“You’re leaving so early?”

“Yes, there’s something I want to tell you, but I’m not sure if it’s true,” Su Jin said when she saw Liang Jiuqing. She suddenly remembered something from the night before that could possibly change something if she shared it with Liang Jiuqing.

“Go on,”

Liang Jiuqing wiped the sweat off her neck with a towel, waiting for Su Jin to speak.

“On our journey, we’ve discovered that every time it rains, zombies seem to gain more strength, and some normal people, after getting drenched, mysteriously turn into zombies. I’m not sure if it really has to do with the rain, but this is definitely what we’ve noticed on our way.”

“Rain? Rainwater? How could that be?”

This was the first time Liang Jiuqing had heard such a claim, and she wanted to ask for more details, but Su Jin finished speaking and left the place with the others.

Liang Jiuqing spent the morning processing this information. Was there something wrong with the rain? Why hadn’t she heard about this before, or had no one else noticed it?

No, she had to tell her father about it immediately.

“Who told you this?!”

Liang Wei stood up incredulously after hearing his daughter’s report, as he suddenly understood why the curves on the graphs of the data he held showed such significant spikes.

“It was the group that saved Miaomiao,” Liang Jiuqing pointed outside as she spoke.

“Where are they? Take me to them immediately!” Liang Wei adjusted his collar and prepared to head out.

“They’ve already left,”

“You child, why didn’t you tell me earlier!”

Liang Wei’s booming voice echoed through the makeshift partition as Zheng Miaomiao shook her head while helping Mother Zheng organize patient information. This loud voice was undeniably hereditary.