Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse

Su Jin, for the first time in both her lives, had arrived at Y District.

She remembered that before the Apocalypse, this place was always the most yearned-for pure land for all kinds of artistic youths.

It had vast expanses, uniquely scenic plateaus, the azure sky like in oil paintings, and the world-renowned highest peaks...

But now, as the family stood at the entrance of Y District, what unfolded before their eyes was nothing but ravaged streets and cities, along with large hordes of zombies surging towards them.

"This is... just too tragic, isn't it?"

Lin Xiuyuan muttered.

They had been to Dead Cities before, where the characteristic was that there were only zombies and no living people, but here, the walls and ground were almost surrounded by dark blood and bones, with even a few dried, dangling corpses hanging precariously on the abandoned power lines above.

Looking at those zombies running towards them, apart from their ferocity, hardly any had complete bodies...

Just by looking at such scenes, the family could imagine the brutal battles that must have happened before.

However, even though these zombies were physically incomplete or entirely broken, the family noticed that the levels of the Mutated Zombies among them were not low.

"Almost all are above Level Six,"

Su Jin said as she cultivated the Man-eating Flower.

They hadn't expected their first step into Y District to be greeted in such a way.

"Let's find a base; it'll probably take us two days to finish them,"

Mao Qiqi, with her seasoned experience, suggested.

Su Jin nodded in agreement. They indeed came this time to scout the area, although they didn't know what exactly the "life force" Lu Changfeng mentioned was, at least they had to traverse the entire region of Y District once.

"I've been thinking, in the zombie movies and TV shows we watched, the protagonist always gets some pharmaceutical product, releases it into the air, and all the zombies just die. Wouldn't it be great if that 'life force' was also such a drug?"

Lin Xiuyuan said as he defended against an Ice-Element Zombie of the same level.

"That's in movies; how could such a drug exist in reality? I know you want a shortcut, but I have a feeling that these zombies still need to be killed one by one by humans,"

Huang Yunxiang's words echoed everyone's thoughts.

In movies and shows, a perfect ending has to be pursued within a limited time, hence the magical solutions, but their reality had also taught them that these zombies couldn't be cured or killed in an instant.

"Yes, and we still need to collect Crystal Cores. Space needs it daily, and it's better to be safe than sorry,"

Su Jin said.

She actually also saw that since Lu Changfeng informed everyone that Space had been upgraded to the final level, everyone, including herself, had breathed a sigh of relief.

But the stored amount of Crystal Cores in Space still didn't seem a lot to her; they could only be beneficial, not harmful, to Space.

"Don't worry, girl, we all know this is now a chaotic period in the world, collecting Spiritual Power is also about taking the first opportunity, and besides, we can't let the zombies advance before us,"

Nie Qing swung her hand, and dozens of Wind Blades instantly felled a large number of zombies in the front row.

Lu Hao was still dealing with a Level Eight Gold Element Mutant Zombie, while Su Xiangzhe occasionally paralyzed and disturbed the Mutant Zombie, giving Lu Hao enough reaction time.

Such battles continued for two days, and the family still found themselves on the same street, unable to make any headway.

"Isn't Y District known for its sparse population? How can there be so many zombies?"

Everyone said helplessly as they watched zombies continuously approaching from all directions.

"This is the urban area, the major cities are actually not different from the inland cities. Should we take another route and try a different path?"

Su Jin suggested.

"According to the map, if we take another route, we'd need to detour over a thousand kilometers,"

Lu Hao explained; the place indeed was vast.

"..."

Over a thousand kilometers.

The corners of several people's mouths twitched; they decided it was better to fight their way through.

Finally, on the sixth day of being here, an armored vehicle crashed through one zombie after another, beginning its difficult journey along the road.

Cars were strewn about in disarray, and almost none had been cleared out. The armored vehicle would be obstructed every few minutes by fallen telephone poles or abandoned cars, making the family feel as if they were back at the early stages of the Apocalypse during their flight.

"Let's clear what we can; we might need to pass through here again when we return,"

Lu Hao suggested.

"Okay,"

Su Jin agreed. With the help of Space, her way of clearing the road was also swift.

The obstacles on the road would all disappear after Su Jin passed by, eventually reappearing in a cleared space.

Moreover, the family discovered that many of the cars on the road still contained gasoline. Remembering Zhao Nian and the others had given them oil pumps, Lin Cheng wasted no time extracting all the gasoline inside.

"Xiao Jin, the malls and shops by the roadside haven't been looted yet,"

Huang Yunxiang discovered a new world. Though the streets were in ruins, the items behind the windows still looked intact.

"This..."

Looking at these filled shops, Su Jin thought leaving them uncollected would be a waste.

So, with the family's support, they originally planned to cross the city that day, but ended up spending a week collecting supplies from it.

According to Li Xiuying, the extent of material storage in the Wood Spirit Space was now beyond what one could see at a glance.

Aside from clothing and non-expired food, the family also found two gas stations, and indeed, there were fuel tanks that hadn't been taken away in time. Su Jin unreservedly stored them all in Space.

"Xiao Jin, are we wasting by storing so many things we might not use?"

Lin Yunguo frowned, observing the accumulated supplies behind the supermarket section in Space.

"Don't worry, Grandpa, I won't let them go to waste. If a base or people need them, I plan to only charge a small amount of Crystal Cores as a fee, giving the rest to those in need,"

Su Jin reassured. Here, she collected mostly warm clothes; she didn't know when winter would come this year, and when it did, she'd use them.

"That's right; we don't lack anything now. That old immortal is always watching over us, so it's better to do more good deeds,"

Li Xiuying added.

"Got it, Grandma,"

Su Jin smiled. Lu Changfeng probably couldn't see what they were doing. His last arrival reportedly cost him decades of energy. However, to let the elderly couple feel assured, she didn't reveal this.

Searching for hope with everyone is what they should be doing now.