The Rebirth of the Last Days and Return to [Fang] Hao

Before leaving the base, He Zizhong and Fang Hao tried their best to use their imagination to think of as many possibilities as they could. Although it was impossible to imagine all the possible ability variations, some of the more common uses can still be predicted.

Like now, these two zombies are also in their expectations – a flying ranged, and an earth dweller. Once one knows how to counter them, they’re easy to deal with.

Although the two zombies were separated, they each chose an opponent to fight one-on-one.

With dual wind and gold abilities and being able to attack from a distance, naturally He Zizhong faced against the flying zombie. Fang Hao went to deal with the one hidden in the ground.

Condensing gold into the wind, He Zizhong directly delivered a big move mixing the two abilities like a tornado toward the zombie in the sky!

The tornado directly blew off the wings behind the zombie by more than half, and it tumbled to the ground. On the other hand, Fang Hao avoided the attack of the underground zombie once again. Very leisurely pulling the safety pin off a grenade from the space, he stuffed it into the zombie’s claws, before running in the opposite direction.

“It’s going to blow!” Fang Hao reminded when he ran to He Zizhong. He had just cleaned up the wingless bird, and immediately erected a wind wall behind them.

“Boom–”

The zombie didn’t know what it caught and took it back to smell it. The bomb directly blew up both the surrounding soil and zombie, forming a large pit. The crystal nucleus that was blown away was directly caught by Tuanzi waiting on the side for snacks. After catching this crystal nucleus, it turned around, floating to the wind zombie, sucked it up, and returned to the space to digest its harvest.

“It’s so easy to use.” Fang Hao glanced at a corner of the underground storage in the space with emotion. Now a large area in the space is densely lined up from floor to ceiling with their harvest from the arsenal.

Needless to say, amongst the firearms and the like, just the bombs and grenades of various colors can let Fang Hao deal incalculable damage. His movements are extremely fast but his lethality is still not as good, especially against thick-skinned level 3 zombies. But it was still very easy to use his swift speed to ‘accidentally’ stuff these things around the zombies.

“These are all yours. Just be careful not to tire yourself out.” He Zizhong confirmed the surrounding environment before he breathed a sigh of relief. “There shouldn’t be anything nearby for a while. Let’s clean up the crystal nuclei before continuing deeper.”

“Don’t worry, I will go directly into the space if I can’t avoid it.” Fang Hao smiled, taking out a knife and continued to perform craniotomy on the first and second-level zombies scattered on the ground.

Because of the convenience of the space and Tuanzi as a pathfinder, even if they are blocked, they can temporarily hide inside. No matter what the outside situation is, they can escape smoothly as long as Tuanzi can find a safe way to leave. There’s no need to worry at all – even if the road outside is completely blocked.

There is a space to hide in and rest at any time, and there are no burdens dragging them down. After the two collected the nuclei in the brains of the zombies scattered on the ground, they got in the car and continued into the urban area.

This time they entered the city for the purpose of not only training their skills, hunting crystal nuclei, but also to visit the jewelry shops, jade shops and other places in the city. Crystal nuclei can upgrade space, but these jewels and jade can also play the same role.

After the space reached level three, if they want to evolve it further, the required number of nuclei will be astronomical. He Zizhong and Fang Hao knew that even if they can kill zombies efficiently, there is always be an upper limit.

They might suffer losses even when dealing with level 3 zombies that happen to counter their abilities. What’s more, what about level 4, level 5, or even higher-level zombies that are likely to appear in the future?

Anyway, these jewels and jades will become like other garbage sooner or later in an abandoned city, so it is better to collect them while the two of them can still wander around.

The pair took out a slightly damaged map with a relaxed mind, marked the base, and went deep into the urban area.

Although it is impossible for them to hit all the jade and jewelry shops, and it is impossible to mark them all on the map, as long as they pass by the large shopping malls, gold shops, and jewelry shops, they will definitely find what they need.

As for the gold and silver? If they encounter it, they can just put it away. Although He Zizhong doesn’t know what role gold and silver will play in the future, there is space in the storage space, so there’s no harm putting it away.

While the young couple continued to wander and collect thing in the city, the base was completely messed up at this time.

The Overlord boss who was about to marry the Song family’s daughter was poisoned to death in the middle of the night! All personnel were immediately corralled and controlled all at once. Those who collaborated with them were also all quickly dug out by the Song family, and some more suspicious people were pulled in for questioning.

It is said that Miss Song was furious and wanted to catch the real murderer to bring justice to her dead fiancé. Of course, she didn’t love Allen much. But after screening through the base, the handsome ones were soft-footed shrimps, and she looked down on the capable ones’ faces. The only choice left for Miss Song, who always liked little white faces1Think of the popular male K-pop stars and you get the idea, was Allen, who was quite satisfactory. This was the reason for their marriage.

Of course, the biggest suspect they caught was Dai Jun who slept next to Allen and in the same bed that night.

But anyone can tell – how could this weak little white face have the courage to kill Allen?

In other words, what good would killing Allen do for him? He has no abilities and no physical strength. How could a little white face who climbed onto Allen’s bed by selling his ass kill his own golden thigh?

Even if he hates him out of love, who gave him the weapons? How did they persuade him?

Before the investigation was done, one, two, and three more shocking news broke out again – the biggest suspect was missing!!

Guo Bing, who had returned to the base for supplies and rest, heard the news and spewed a mouthful of tea. He smiled and asked his old comrade-in-arms Lao Li, “Him? An ordinary person who can’t fart has run away from the base prison?”

Lao Li looked at the tea spouted by Guo Bing with a distressed look, carefully picked up his cup, took a very careful sip, and then glared at him. “Nonsense! How about martial law in the base now? Speaking of, it’s still your ability team that is able – I haven’t smelled the aroma of tea for months.” When the apocalypse began, people could still receive some gifts from inquiring parties. But tea and such, how much is there to go around? He finished drinking it all a long time ago, okay?! These days, even tea eggs are delicacies comparable to shark fin and bear paws!2Shark fin (soup) and bear paws (braised, etc) are delicacies in the modern world. Tea eggs aren’t, but in the post-apocalyptic world, they’ve been elevated to rarities.

“Why don’t you change tasks? Go out of the base and clean up zombies?” Guo Bing casually suggested.

With a cold snort, Lao Li squinted at him. “I won’t go out to die. It’s so dangerous outside. If you are caught by a zombie, with our levels3As in ranks or levels in the military, not ability level, don’t expect to be treated by that one in the base. Isn’t it just waiting for death?”

Guo Bing asked curiously: “Which healing ability are you referring to? If a healer doesn’t follow the troops to save soldiers’ wounds, what will she do in the base? Can her powers still cure other diseases?” There is a healing power in his team, and everyone has gathered all the crystal nuclei for her, so she can upgrade earlier. Guo Bing is very curious about the extent to which a healing ability is effective.

Lao Li lowered his voice at this time, leaned over, and said in a low voice: “Have you heard? That leader seems to have had lung cancer before the apocalypse. Now, he is letting the healing person treat it!”

“Can these diseases really be cured?!” Guo Bing was startled and took a breath. If healing abilities can not only treat traumatic injuries, then it’s no wonder that even if people bash their heads, they will want to grab one!

“I heard it’s possible, but the course of treatment is a little slower.” Lao Li sneered. “There are quite a few of those people suffering from wealth sickness4This is a literal translation. I’m guessing it’s someone who is hypochondriac and has money, so they throw money to see a doctor, and are all lining up to see the doctor every day. How can she leave the base and treat people on the frontline?”

Guo Bing was silent for a while before he asked: “Oh yeah, what I asked before…”

“I heard that people from that small base were brought back. Now the base has obtained the formula and is testing the weapons.” Lao Li whispered. “I heard a news I don’t know whether it’s true or not. I heard that if you want to make that kind of weapon, you need to add gold and silver to the weapon. The specific ratio is unclear, but the news should be correct. In the past two days, when organizing manpower, I passed a gold shop when going out again and collected some. Don’t ignore these things when you go out next time. I’m afraid you will need them in the future!“

Guo Bing eyes flashed with surprise, then nodded and said: “Okay, next time we go out, we’ll focus on collecting some. This matter has you to thank, otherwise how would we know about it.”

When Lao Li left the Samsara villa, he didn’t lack big and small parcels. If it weren’t for Samsara acting generously, they wouldn’t have continued cooperating for so long. Now that the base lacks everything, even if people have internal information to sell, they have to trade for sufficient benefits, right?

“Old Li said that those weapons require gold and silver?” Chen Ning raised his eyebrows after listening to Guo Bing’s retelling.

Guo Bing smiled and nodded: “Fortunately, we collected some on the road before.” Gold and silver are precious metals that people usually care more about than other things, even when they are fleeing. When encountering jewels and jade, Guo Bing and them might ignore it, but when they see gold and silver, they will definitely pack some when it’s convenient.

“But the amount is still too little… I know that there are several banks in the city that have gold bars… But we have to wait for the couple to come back.”

“No hurry, even if the military wants to enter the urban area, it’s not that easy. If they are fast, they can come back in half a month, and if they are slow, it shouldn’t be more than a month. Let’s take the opportunity to raise our strength, then talk about the issue of gold bars.” Guo Bing estimated that it was impossible for the military to organize personnel to enter the city to collect things any time soon. They still had a lot of time to prepare.

 

A zombie with cyan wings… Wouldn’t that be like a humanoid butterfly enlarged? As pretty as their wings are… under a microscope, things aren’t what they seem (think Gulliver’s Travels).

 

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1Think of the popular male K-pop stars and you get the idea2Shark fin (soup) and bear paws (braised, etc) are delicacies in the modern world. Tea eggs aren’t, but in the post-apocalyptic world, they’ve been elevated to rarities.3As in ranks or levels in the military, not ability level4This is a literal translation. I’m guessing it’s someone who is hypochondriac and has money, so they throw money to see a doctor