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

After declining Yan Xin’s invitation to transfer to an armored vehicle, He Zizhong and Fang Hao returned to their original truck.

Before going back, Fang Hao said that he accidentally saw zombies dig out the crystal core of the same kind to eat when they were out earlier. This news made everyone’s expression distort, because it was too disgusting to think about. Upgrading needs people to use abilities to trigger absorption, but zombies can directly eat nuclei… This news is very useful. However, they are unable to return to the base with this news or stop zombies from upgrading. They can only collect as many crystal nuclei as possible from the zombies they kill.

Back on the truck, the members of the Samsara team stared at them with excitement, waiting to hear the results. Most were waiting to hear about the experimental bullets, while the small few who knew about the jade pendant space, wanted to know if they got a tanker.

He Zizhong nodded at Guo Bing slightly, and latter’s eyes immediately lit up. With the pair’s skills, he estimated it wouldn’t be difficult to do both.

After breathing a sigh of relief, Guo Bing remembered another thing and pointed in the direction of the command vehicle. “A woman was caught in the air just now when the convoy was surrounded by zombies. She died. Although I didn’t see clearly, she looked like the woman in Overlord before – yes, your cousin?”

Guo Bing has never met Xu Lili, but of the few times he saw her, he is ‘impressed’. When Xu Lili ran out of the logistic vehicle earlier, he heard several Overlord members recognize her, and remembered she should be He Zizhong’s cousin. Later, when she was caught by the zombie, she was still wearing the same clothes, so he naturally recognized her.

Several members of Overlord who joined later looked at He Zizhong in surprise. Most of them had met Xu Lili, and they knew how annoying that woman was. That woman turned out to be his sister?!1In China, people may use the term brother/sister to include cousins or close friends.

Yin Dong pushed his glasses in slight surprise when saw He Zizhong nod slightly. “She ran off the logistics department car and then got into the command car. Later, she left the command car for some reason, and got caught by a wind zombie who flew up.” As for the cause of her death, was she killed by a zombie? Or was she killed by a machine gun?

He Zizhong was stunned, and raised his brows. Dead… just like this? Why did all three enemies from his previous life, who he wanted revenge on, die so strangely?

Seeing He Zizhong’s surprised expression, Guo Bing wondered if he was very concerned about Xu Lili’s death? After all, that is his only relative… right?

“Um… do you want to inquire about the situation?” Why did Xu Lili run off the logistics vehicle? Why did she go to command the car?

He Zizhong laughed, and shook his head slightly: “No.” Seeing the trace of sympathy in the eyes of people around him, he had to say, “She owes me a life. If she dies, so be it.” Although he didn’t intend to find Xu Lili to right the wrongs from his previous life, even if He Zizhong could kill Allen and Dai Jun himself, he might not kill Xu Lili himself. Given their poor relationship, his not stepping on her was already on the basis of their kinship. How could he feel any pain now?

Xu Lili’s ability to cause trouble may not be clear to Samsara, but those in Overlord knew all about it. When Xu Lili joined the base’s logistics department after Allen’s death, they all had their suspicions.

Overlord almost completely disbanded after Allen’s death. Those following Yin Dong are completely different from those original Overlord members. All of this is probably thanks to the young lady who has just died now. To be honest, if she hadn’t died inexplicably today, once there was a chance on the road, someone would have to try her out sooner or later.

To be honest, the reason why Overlord was messy to the point it was almost disbanded cannot be be solely due to the one who killed Allen. Of course, this has a lot to do with Allen’s usual love for flowers.2Flowers as in having many lovers

Seeing that He Zizhong really had no deep feelings for Xu Lili, let alone any entanglement, and the pair was stronger than other people, no one brought up the matter again.

Taking advantage of being close to Guo Bing, He Zizhong handed him the jade pendant and whispered: “Those things are okay.” After a pause, he whispered: “Don’t know if it’s an illusion, but the effect seems stronger than the base’s.”

Guo Bing’s eyes lit up as he nodded. Regarding the strength of the bullets… “Maybe it has to do with the ratio? Let’s use these first.”

They have many similar weapons hidden in the jade pendant. Since they have found the trick to make special weapons, they will naturally not let go of the opportunity.

Guo Bing explored his mental power into the jade pendant. He originally wanted to calculate the amount of gold and silver to arrange later, but he saw two tankers immediately, wrapping his arm around He Zizhong’s neck excitedly. “Two cars?!” Getting one was nice, but they actually got two?!

Choked by him, He Zizhong twice and pulled the arm away. “We also have one here.”

Three?! Three tankers!!

“They’re all…full?”

Seeing He Zizhong nod and take his wife to sit on the edge of the vehicle to rest, Guo Bing’s mouth twitched for a long time before taking a deep breath to restore his calm. The two of them move so quickly, it’s okay to sneak a few cars into the space… right?

There were a lot of people in the car, and the pair had a good relationship with Samsara, so it wasn’t unusual to sit with them during the meal. Under the cover, the two of them witnessed how Samsara made special bullets before sitting back in their original spots.

The Samsara team let a power ability person make as many gold and silver crumbs as possible. This can also be done with He Zizhong’s wind and gold abilities. The fragments can be both big or small. Subsequent steps are easier, open the cartridge case, pour out the gunpowder, and mix 30% of the silver/gold mixture with 70% gunpowder in a small bottle and mix thoroughly. Then let the power ability pinch it into a shape that can be put back into the shell, and fill it. That’s it.

The gunpowder in the bullet is not scattered, but very compact. It must be compacted before being reassembled and put back intactly.

The people in the Samsara team didn’t have any tools on hand, so the ratio of gold and silver is not precise, but they’re still able to make such things. Not to mention He Zizhong and Fang Hao?

In their space, there are electronic scales with very accurate weight measurement, as well as various tools on hand. As long as they can go enter and tinker slowly, the speed of making bombs can be as fast as they want.

The only problem is that now they’re on the road, and it is not convenient to enter the space.

Of course, there is still a solution, which is what He Zizhong thought up before. Bundle a quilt into human shape and one person will cover while the other one will go in and do things. Then after the work is complete, let Tuanzi take them out.

But who will enter the space is a problem. His own abilities can easily break gold and silver into crumbs, but Fang Hao’s dexterity in picking up, disassembling bullets, and loading ammunition is more appropriate. Is it possible for them to take turns?

Fortunately, they are not in a hurry to make such things at the moment. The Samsara side will speed up make more special bullets, and the two of them will be able to have some. Even if they took time to make some bullets, they can’t be too obvious in public. After all, there was a limited number given to everyone in public. Other people can roughly estimate how many they use.

So in general, there is no hurry to make bullets.

 

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In the command car, after listening to several soldiers report about the gasoline tanker retrieval task, the car fell silent.

Even Wu Shao, who has constantly troubled Yan Xin and others before, was silent. Who knows who hurriedly pushed someone annoying out earlier? After hearing about the pair’s abilities, he was too surprised to say anything.

Yan Xin thought for a while and nodded. “I see, you go down and rest.”

The deputy next to him asked in a low voice: “The pair’s abilities are so strong, do you want to call them over and arrange them in the command vehicle?”

Yan Xin shook his head slightly. “There is also a need for someone to hold the line in the rear. In case there is a special situation, there must someone strong over there.”

“The two of are really only level 2? How can their combat effectiveness be so much higher than the other level 2 abilities?” The people sent by the military during this operation were not ordinary people. They were all elites in the special department. But they failed to intervene when dealing with zombies earlier. What does this mean? It shows that the skills of those two people have already surpassed these elites!

Yan Xin frowned. “They may have martial arts, and maybe their abilities are higher than what we had previously imagined.”

“You mean… level 3?!”

Seeing that the people in the room were a little excited, Yan Xin looked around. “It is possible, but from the report just now, the probability that they have learned martial arts is not low. Maybe their abilities are combined with some martial arts, which produces a stronger effect. As for their abilities, the possibility of level 3 is very high, but it is only a matter of time before level 2’s can upgrade. Maybe they were lucky and mastered the matter of absorbing nuclei before, so their speed was faster than most.”

 

How many people expected Xu Lili to die like that?

 

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1In China, people may use the term brother/sister to include cousins or close friends.2Flowers as in having many lovers