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

After confirming there was nothing wrong with Fang Hao, He Zizhong heaved a sigh of relief and raised his attention to deal with the troubles around him.

Smashing the head of a zombie who came looking for trouble with the steel pipe, he leaped back to avoid the mutant bear’s pounce. As his body was still fatigued, He Zizhong wondered whether he should use his abilities like Fang Hao to lift his feet up. The steel pipe’s attack power was sufficient with his gold ability.

It was very difficult to transfer the wind powers that have been accustomed to being condensed in his hands to his feet. He Zizhong did not have a chance to try, so he rolled on the ground to avoid the bear’s pounce and managed to break one of its legs. Only then did he get a chance to breathe and try.

Condensing the wind ability under his feet, his speed increased tremendously. After taking the opportunity to deal with another zombie swaying nearby, He Zizhong turned to rush at the bear. Although he wasn’t fully able to grasp the sudden increase in speed and how to condense the ability evenly on his legs, it was relatively safe dealing with a crippled mutant bear.

Fang Hao also found a way to use the sudden increase in speed to drill between the zombies, hitting their necks with a steep pipe as he jumped around. If it wasn’t for the weapon being hard to handle but was a machete instead, the zombies would find their heads dangling off!

The man who had been attacked by the mutant bear before, recovered and opened his mouth, staring blankly at the two men who fought with the bear and other zombies. It wasn’t until the two zombies caught his scent that they went to him. The woman who was attacked by the mutant bear earlier shed blood all over the floor, and the smell of blood attracted a few zombies to come around them. Fortunately, the woman didn’t did completely, and her scream when bitten jolted his soul back.

Looking at the dead woman with a somewhat complicated look, the man still grasped the gun without bullets, bent over to pick up the steel rod that He Zizhong lost when throwing it at the bear and slowly limped up.

Knocked to death the two zombies that came to him, he crawled to the big hole of the collapsed warehouse. There, he saw a figure lying on the ground, who was breathing weakly and was luckily not dead.

Along the way, the group of them traveled forward together, trying to flee to city A. Because he had a gun in his hand and this person had the ability to strengthen his body, most of the group surrounded the two of them, and there was a sense of faintly treating them as team leaders.

Until not long ago, when they met the mutant bear. After the big bear’s attention was attracted by the two of them, those people chose to turn their heads and run. And the two women who flattered them all the way, one pushed him towards it, and the other one went to escape alone…

It was not that he could not understand the behavior of abandoning his companions when life and death were at stake. But being able to understand does not mean being able to forgive. If he hadn’t met those two people, he would have died a long time ago. How could he forgive them? Fortunately, they were all dead now.

Fang Hao rushed back and forth in the group of zombies as if hitting hamsters. In the middle of his excitement, his feet suddenly softened, and then he reacted-when did he overdraw his mental power?

Quickly looking around, he found he had left the warehouse some distance away. But at this time there were still four zombies around. After playing whack-a-mole for so long, not only did his feet feel a weak from mental exhaustion, his arms were also sore. He hadn’t noticed it before, but now that he had stopped, the sourness and aches in his arms flared up clearly.

That…should he go back to the space to hide?

While hesitating, there was a blast of blue wind, and a few shining golden stones shot into the heads of the zombies next to him like a shotgun. After the “pupupupu” sounds, the zombies fell down.

The zombie bodies flashed for a moment, as if they disappeared and reappeared in the same place, but because the movement was so fast, except for Fang Hao who knew the inside story, even if it was seen by others, they would only regard themselves as being dazzled.

“Running so fast, did you forget to look at the road?” He Zizhong’s breath was a little unstable. After dealing with the mutant bear, he wanted to regroup with Fang Hao, but this kid did good, and kept going farther and farther away! Fortunately, he knocked most of the zombies on the head a few times, and many of them had died. When he passed by, he only needed to collect the corpses and use the space to collect the crystal nuclei. Only a few zombies were left with a breath remaining and it was easy to deal with himself.

It wasn’t until he was tired that he seemed to realize that he had run far away. Fortunately, he was tired. Otherwise, he didn’t know where he was going to run to. If the zombies were unending, would he just keep fighting them?

Fang Hao’s face flushed, and he lowered his head to admit his mistake: “I’m sorry…I, I…I seem to have an extra ability…”

“Speed.” He Zizhong had long seen it. Fang Hao only had a single power in his previous life and not long ago, which was the standard logistic healing ability. But now he runs so fast and moves so quickly that he can’t catch up with him, a wind ability user. It could only mean he accidentally awakened a speed ability.

Although his own wind ability can help with acceleration, it was not a speed ability after all. And he had to separate a part of his mind to maintain the operation of the gold ability. Naturally, he couldn’t fully speed up so he could only chase after Fang Hao.

Fang Hao blinked, looking at He Zizhong with some expectation and a little nervousness. He didn’t know if it was an ability. After all, when he was running, his feet didn’t look like he was using a healing power or shine.

“Next time you are not allowed to run stupidly forward and so recklessly.” Fortunately, because of the ‘martial art cheats’ in the space and the ‘qi’ exercises that the two had practiced at night, Fang Hao can attack very accurately when he moves. Otherwise, just relying on speed to jump into a group of zombies definitely was not to kill zombies, but to attract them!

“Well, I won’t be anymore…” This time he was too excited and his actions were a bit rash. Fang Hao apologized very sincerely. He knew that He Zizhong was worried about him having an accident. Even if he was reprimanded very sternly, his heart was sweet.

The two can wait to return to the space to rest and study the abilities slowly. But now they need to return to the warehouse. He Zizhong was busy looking for Fang Hao after hitting the bear before, and he has not recovered the crystal nucleus in the bear’s head—yes, there are also crystal nuclei in the heads of mutant animals, just like the zombie cat they encountered in the mall.

The two returned to the warehouse and found that there were still two people alive. One was the hapless near-death survivor who was pushed out by the woman when they came out just now, and the other was the one who had been hiding in a corner holding his hair before.

After seeing He Zizhong and Fang Hao return, the trembling man eyes were bright as he crawled out of the corner: “Th, these two, can… can you bring us to go to the city A base together?”

Fang Hao stepped back and stood behind He Zizhong. He Zizhong glanced at him and looked at the man sitting in the big hole in the warehouse: “Are you alright?”

The man shook his head, still holding the steel pipe that He Zizhong dropped in his hand. “Thank you, otherwise we would be dead today.”

Only then did He Zizhong realize that the person who was thrown out by the mutant bear and smashed into the warehouse wall was not dead. Sure enough, it was a strength1translated as physique earlier, but physique made more sense given he smashed through a wall… any preferences? ability? Any ordinary person would have been slapped into meatloaf from such a slap.

“Th, these two… saviors…” The man hiding in the corner saw that He Zizhong ignored him and tried to stand up while holding on to the wall, but his legs kept trembling and he couldn’t stand up straight.

“We’re not going to city A.” He Zizhong glanced at the person again, and saw he was eager to say something, and then said: “We are here to do a task and will not go back in a short time. The safety zone of city A is not far away, and there are still many cars outside. After you rest, find one on the road and you will be able to reach city A soon.”

While He Zizhong was talking to those people, Fang Hao quickly put away the crystal nucleus in the bear’s head—the bear’s head was hit by someone and the crystal nucleus had fallen out for more than half, Fang Hao easily collected the crystal nucleus without much effort.

The two went back to the warehouse where the big hole in the wall was – they still needed a break before leaving. They haven’t eaten lunch today, and it was almost evening.

The person hiding in the corner also got in and found a corner to sit down. When he noticed that there were a lot of supplies in the warehouse, his eyes widened excitedly as he walked over to examine the cans. When he found He Zizhong and Fang Hao ignore him, he sat next to a pile of cans, stockpiling more into his arms, before he found a jagged rock on the ground to pry it open and poured the contents into his mouth.

The other person lifted his companion from the pile of rocks and dragged him into the big hole in the warehouse. It’s not safe anywhere, but there were those two powerful people in the warehouse. It was at least safer than being outside.

He Zizhong saw that he was struggling to move, got up and reached up to help him move the person in.

The bodies of strength ability users are too non-human… He Zizhong checked briefly and found that the man hadn’t broken his arms, legs, or ribs! Except for vomiting a few mouthfuls of blood, there fewer wounds on his body than the gun wielder!

Since there were no major injuries, there is no need to let Fang Hao expose his abilities. Healing was not an ordinary ability. Especially after the base stabilized, people with healing abilities were either invited back by major mercenary groups as guests, or simply placed under house arrest by powerful forces for life-saving purposes.

In the last life, only the freak Fang Hao followed him desperately. The two of them left the base relatively early, and they were not forced to leave. Like his space where he can grow things, Fang Hao’s ability was also something that inevitably attracted others, so it was best to not to expose it if they could.

Pretending to find two boxes of medicines from his backpack, one box of anti-inflammatory drugs and one box of Yunnan Baiyao, he handed them over: “I don’t know if he has internal injuries. Take some for insurance.” He Zizhong saw the man who despite being injured insisting on dragging his companion back, which was why he gave out the medicine. During the apocalypse, there were more murders caused by materials, and he had seen acts of revenge and framing one’s companions more than once.

But just because there are ungracious, bad people in the world, doesn’t mean they should treat everyone as a bad person. It’s okay as long as they don’t violate their original heart. If one is discreet, cautious, and paid attention to their surrounding situation, even if someone is tempted, it can be prevented in advance.

 

Yeah, that strength/physique ability translation…

 

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1translated as physique earlier, but physique made more sense given he smashed through a wall… any preferences?