Well... how should I put it? They're very happy that their cool son is so cheerful now.

But I'm also worried that the child will be influenced by his aunt...

That's hard to judge.

At this moment, the eldest brother and sister-in-law felt exactly the same way as Xia Feng.

After each mission, hunting, or scavenging for supplies, the inevitable celebration upon returning to base is a must.

In the blink of an eye, Lin Xuan and Xia Feng have been settled in the A City base for more than a year.

That year, the A City base became the safest and most heavily fortified military stronghold in the country.

The base has also seen the emergence of many excellent hunting teams, and has received national support.

The research team led by Professor Liu at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences has developed and cultivated more edible mutant grains and vegetables in addition to mutant buckwheat.

This is different from the storyline of my previous life.

Lin Xuan's rebirth changed the fate of many people.

Having lost his older brother and younger sister in his past life, Zhou Xinran, who used to force a smile every day, now spends his days fighting and bickering with his husky sister.

Peng Xiaozhe, an autistic teenager, spends his days following Zhou Lerui around, climbing on rooftops, removing tiles, and fishing in the river.

She also learned martial arts from Shen You'an, a cool older sister who didn't even have a name in her previous life.

Surprisingly, he also has a great talent for martial arts.

Zhou Lerui and Lin Xuan spent a year jumping around but didn't learn anything significant, while Peng Xiaozhe, who just watched casually, was able to apply what he learned in practice.

Indeed, hard work is worthless in the face of talent.

As for Professor Liu, he probably died in the Little White Building with Brother Zhou in his previous life, so there's no such person in the base.

Professor Liu did not die in this life, so the base now has edible mutant rice, wheat, and many edible vegetables.

People no longer have to strain their necks to swallow buckwheat rations. The newly developed mutated rice, although not as good as the rice before the apocalypse, is still much better than buckwheat rations.

And the flour made from mutated wheat, although it's yellowish-black in color, at least makes the steamed buns soft and fluffy, and the taste isn't as harsh or irritating.

Not to mention other improved mutant vegetables, which, although still somewhat bitter, are much better than the pungent ones from my previous life.

Professor Liu even discovered a way to purify the soil.

Remember the crystals in those mutated trees? These crystals are the core of the soil purification technology.

The base has already started collecting these tree crystals.

However, mutated trees are difficult to deal with, and tree crystals are very expensive to exchange.

Lin Xuan has two pieces of tree crystal.

One is a heart-shaped bicolor tree crystal obtained in the Misty Town, and the other is a climbing ivy tree crystal obtained when rescuing Professor Liu.

Lin Xuan only exchanged the ivy tree crystal and received another 300,000 points.

The two-tone tree crystal was so sparkly and beautiful that Lin Xuan couldn't bear to exchange it and kept it as jewelry.

Thinking about the people who were saved because of her rebirth, Lin Xuan would occasionally praise herself.

She was the light for these people, but they didn't know it.

Most of the time, it's mindless fighting, revelry, laughing hysterically, carefree, and silly.

Sometimes she even forgets how she and her brother were murdered in their past lives.

They've completely forgotten the pain once the wound has healed.

However, she never opened her heart to anyone again like she had to Zhang Xiaoqi in her previous life.

Even Zhou Lerui was spared.

The snacks that were collected from warehouses and supermarkets in the early days of the apocalypse have never been taken out again.

Although she enjoys sharing snacks with her friends.

But those well-preserved snacks, with their fresh taste, clearly didn't belong to the apocalypse a year from now.

Not to mention the fish, meat, eggs, and dairy products available before the apocalypse.

She would only eat and use these things with her brother, unlike in her previous life, to avoid arousing suspicion and bringing about her own death.

Now she spends most of her time happily with her brother.

She listens to her brother; she won't do what he forbids, and she won't see the people he forbids her to see.

She would only occasionally visit the Zhou family villa before or after a mission to hang out with her two best friends, Zhou Lerui and Peng Ze.

In the small group of three, there were often voices condemning her for prioritizing her boyfriend over her friends.

The streets of T City are deserted and dilapidated.

Mutant plants surround the dilapidated buildings, standing tall under the gray sky.

Zombies roamed the dilapidated city, some leaping and crawling upwards between the ruined buildings.

A red BMW sports car sped along a road that had been clearly cleared from east to west.

This brand-new sports car is completely out of place in the dilapidated city.

It's only the beginning of winter, and the outdoor temperature has already reached minus forty degrees Celsius.

The cleared road surface was covered with a thick layer of dark ice.

Lin Xuan held a modified MP9 submachine gun assembled by Xia Feng using his supernatural abilities, and fired at a low-level zombie crawling on a building in the distance.

Both she and Xia Feng, who was driving, were dressed in wolf fur sweaters and pants, with fur hats, goggles, masks, gloves, and leather boots, fully armed.

After two weeks of heavy snowfall following the onset of winter, this was the first time the two of them had come out for some fresh air.

City T is right next to City A, and the entire city has been completely overrun.

No other base in City A has the same freedom of movement as them.

During that year, the two of them practically explored every corner of T City.

Abandoned shopping malls, stores, wholesale markets, gas stations, residential buildings...

All scrap metal and junk materials that can be recycled are stored in the space.

After receiving the supplies, the two would go for a drive around the streets as a date.

After all, Lin Xuan has many new and nice cars in her space, and she wants to drive them every now and then to have some fun.

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