Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse

That afternoon, a rumor spread through the base, the origin unknown.

Today’s survivors, transferred from the refuge, encountered zombie birds en route, leading to the decimation of the entire troop…

It caused an uproar—some mourned, some felt relieved, and others were already numb to the news.

Wasn’t it normal for everyone to be wiped out when encountering zombie creatures? Those who had grown numb thought to themselves.

Ever since the apocalypse began, there were casualty reports daily, from a single company to a whole school, even an entire university town… Everywhere, messages of complete annihilation.

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But to Liang Jiuhui and his group, this seemed entirely abnormal.

How could there be zombie birds in the city?

And why hadn’t the troop escorting the survivors put up any resistance at all before being entirely wiped out?

Moreover, who exactly spread this news?

The whole incident was full of doubts!

Smash!

A white porcelain cup was hurled against the wall.

Guan Hong sighed. It was the first time he had seen Liang Jiuhui so furious, and the first time he had seen him smash things in anger. But it was hardly surprising; the loss this time was too great, and the one who led the team was a competent subordinate of Li Haochu, also a Metal Element Ability User.

After the incident occurred, Li Haochu immediately went to clean up the scene, where both the survivors and soldiers had already turned into zombies, their bodies horrifically mutilated by the zombie birds.

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While they were still dealing with their grief upon finishing the clean up, Li Haochu discovered that the soldiers’ firearms and ammunition hadn’t been used at all, and they were still neatly strapped to their waists and backs.

That is, these soldiers hadn’t fought back at all when faced with danger, becoming mere food for the zombie birds!

This news devastated Li Haochu and quickly reached Liang Jiuhui at the base. Peng Qi, who delivered the message, couldn’t stop sobbing, and even Liang Jiuhui’s eyes reddened.

Who was it?

Who could it possibly be?

Why, when they were working day and night for S City, would someone do such a thing to target them?

Those sacrificed soldiers and the tragically dead survivors, how innocent and unlucky they were!

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Inside a small villa at the S City base, Jia Kaiji was scuffling with a man in a black shirt.

With a loud clatter, Jia Kaiji was punched into the corner of a table by the man. The wooden corner struck his waist, the pain so intense he couldn’t stand up.

“Xia Ying, I beg you, stop hitting me, stop hitting your father,”

Jia Yue was in tears, a mess of them. Weren’t Xia Ying and they in a cooperative relationship? She didn’t understand why, as soon as she got back, she saw the two men fighting fiercely.

“Jia Kaiji, you said it was just a harassment! Why are they all dead!” Xia Ying roared uncontrollably.

Jia Kaiji replied with a smile rather than anger, “Harassment, like what you did a few days ago? Was that useful? Didn’t a bunch of people still risk their lives for those two? They didn’t get a scratch!”

“I’ve said it before, I’m only targeting Liang Wei!” Xia Ying retorted.

“Right, and I did promise you, didn’t I? You want Liang Wei’s life, and I want Liang Jiuhui’s position. Aren’t we working together very well? What’s this tantrum about today?” Jia Kaiji, having been helped up by Jia Yue, sat on the couch, looking at Xia Ying in front of him.

Today’s incident was planned by both of them, just like the ones from a few days ago, only this time he hadn’t informed Xia Ying that the soldiers escorting the survivors had been secretly administered a sufficient dose of anesthetic by their plants. By the time the attracted zombie birds arrived, they had no strength to resist and could only watch helplessly as they and the survivors were torn apart bite by bite.

“You deceived me,” Xia Ying’s clenched fists trembled slightly.

Their plan these days had been to disrupt the base and the refuge, including the news detrimental to the base that had been spread within the refuge and the zombie hordes’ harassment during the construction of the base. The purpose was to shake the positions of Liang Wei and Liang Jiuhui, incite the survivors’ anger, and then take the opportunity to deal with those two.

Now four special ability users had been arranged by Liang Jiuhui to protect Liang Wei. Although Xia Ying’s special ability was invisibility, ever since he’d unwittingly alerted them previously, Liang Jiuhui had gotten hold of many sensors. Whenever someone entered the conference room of the refuge or Liang Wei’s room, an alarm would sound. Plus, with Li Haochu also accompanying Liang Wei, Xia Ying couldn’t get close to him. That’s why he had come to the base.

When Jia Yue came to him, he thought this would be an opportunity, and Jia Kaiji had also promised him that, once the deed was done, Liang Wei’s fate would be up to him.

“Xia Ying, don’t worry. I know you want to avenge your father, and Old Shao and I were old friends too. I won’t ignore your matters. As long as you cooperate with me, Liang Wei’s life will eventually be in your hands,”

Jia Kaiji spoke with a smile. Xia Ying’s special ability was very useful. Even if he took control of the base in the future, he wanted this man to continue working for him, so for now, he could only try to placate him.

Ultimately, Xia Ying didn’t say another word and simply vanished right in front of them.

Jia Kaiji and Jia Yue, watching the door that seemed to open and close by itself, both sighed in relief.

“Father, this Xia Ying… will he continue to listen to us?” Jia Yue asked as she brought over a medical kit to treat Jia Kaiji’s wounds.

“These kinds of fanatics, once they set their mind on something, they won’t change. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be so devoted to that Shao Hongshen,” Jia Kaiji said with a cold sneer.

Jia Yue nodded. She, too, hoped her father’s plan would continue to go smoothly. Indeed, today’s events had already caused a stir in the base. The rumors she had ordered to be spread were out, and she believed they would soon have the intended effect.

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Xia Mufei felt that Xia Ying had been acting strangely these past few days, always mysteriously disappearing. Although he had covered for Xia Ying when the team leader inquired, today he had no idea where Xia Ying had run off to again.

“Xiao Xia, this is for you,” Lin Cheng said mysteriously as he pulled out a bag of braised meat and stuffed it into Xia Mufei’s hands.

“…”

Xia Mufei also felt that, aside from Xia Ying becoming a bit odd, these three elders had also been acting strangely. They were always finding new ways to give him things—sometimes it was a big bag of boiled eggs, sometimes a few corn cobs, and often delicious braised meat, and even sweet Eight-Treasure Rice…

“Uncle Lin… Look, you always give me such precious things, I really can’t accept them anymore…”

Xia Mufei declined. He was someone who struggled to say no, and although he had been confused and accepted the gifts before, he had regretted it once he was back home. This time he had mulled it over several times before finally declining.

“Haven’t I told you? You look so much like a child of one of our relatives. If you feel bad about it, just think of me as your uncle and don’t be shy about accepting things from family,”

Lin Cheng had also been worried that Xia Mufei might overthink it, so Lin Xiuyuan had come up with this excuse for him. To compensate for the longing for their relative, it should be alright to treat him a bit better!