Chapter 2 A Difficult Beginning

◎ Zhou Jin, 23 years old, majored in chemistry at a well-known university in China. In her junior year, she encountered the apocalyptic zombie virus. Together with her younger sister Zhou Yu, she...◎

Zhou Jin, male, 23 years old, majored in chemistry at a well-known Chinese university. In his junior year, he encountered the apocalyptic zombie virus outbreak. He and his sister Zhou Yu struggled to survive in the apocalypse for three years. Finally, surrounded by a swarm of zombies, he and his sister detonated a bomb to commit suicide. Unexpectedly, his soul accidentally traveled to a parallel world called the Great Yan Dynasty and was reborn as the 13-year-old boy Zhou Jin with the same name and surname as himself.

Zhou Yu, female, 21 years old, a freshman at a medical university in China. Following her grandfather's will, she applied for the Chinese Medicine major at the medical university. However, she encountered the end of the world just after finishing her freshman year. The brother and sister depended on each other for three years. She and her brother detonated a bomb and died. She also traveled through time and space with her brother and became an eleven-year-old girl named Zhou Yu from the Great Yan Kingdom.

With the help of Zhou Jin, Zhou Yu killed two bandits. She relaxed and before she had time to communicate with her brother, the memories of her original body flooded into her mind.

Zhou Jin, who was standing by, saw her holding her head without moving, and knew that this was probably the same as his situation where she would regain her original body's memories, which might take a few minutes. He was fine too, and seeing two dead bandits not far away, which were really an eyesore, he kicked their bodies off the cliff. After kicking them, he realized that he seemed to have forgotten to search their bodies!

"Alas, what an oversight!" Zhou Jin sighed. But the cliff was quite deep, and if he looked out, he wouldn't be able to see the two bodies. So he gave up and turned back.

At this time, Zhou Yu's headache had gone away and his memory was fully recovered.

After receiving the memories of her original body, Zhou Yu opened her eyes, looked at Zhou Jin who was looking at her excitedly, and smiled happily.

It feels so good to be back from the dead!

Although their memories not only transported them to a backward ancient world but also to exile with their entire clan, and their initial journey was filled with difficulties, this world was completely devoid of zombies! That alone was a win for them! Furthermore, she was transported back in time with her brother, so they were still siblings in this life!

Thinking about never having to worry about being eaten or bitten by zombies again, not having to constantly be on guard against zombies, even when sleeping, all that technological civilization, tall buildings, mobile phones, and computers, Zhou Yu can just ignore them. Really, what's the point of a bicycle! Compared to living in a world without zombies, everything else is nothing!

"Brother, what should we do next?" Zhou Yu touched his now thin face and asked Zhou Jin with a smile. "If you ask me, we've already left the exile group, why don't we just run away?!"

There were no cameras or video cameras in ancient times, so it would be difficult to catch someone if he escaped!

Zhou Jin knew what his sister was thinking as soon as he heard it. He habitually flicked her forehead with two fingers, very satisfied with the familiar touch from his fingers.

"Do you think we can run away wherever we want without worrying about being caught?

Don't be naive! From what I know, oh, no, from what I remember, the household registration system of the Great Yan Dynasty is very strict. To enter or leave towns above the county level, you must show your ID and a pass issued by the village. Your origin, address, age, and appearance are clearly written on that ID, and it's no different from an ID card! Without someone to help protect you, there's nowhere to hide!

"Then…~"

"Stop, you mean we can escape to the countryside, right? Let me tell you, it's not easy to hide in the countryside, especially for strangers like us who don't know the local situation at all. We'll be discovered as soon as we enter the village.

Think about it, people in the village have lived there for dozens of lifetimes, rarely moving. Some people have never even been to the county town in their entire lives. With such low population mobility, if we went there, we would be as conspicuous as a movie star suddenly appearing on the street! Do you think the ancient people were all fools? They would arrest you if they saw you were a stranger!

Unless we hide in the deep mountains and forests, never go into the city or the village, and live our whole lives in the mountains eating raw meat and drinking blood, we can guarantee that we will not be discovered.

If that's the case, we might as well just follow the exile group. At least our lives aren't in danger for now. We can just take it one step at a time. If there's any danger, it won't be too late to escape later!"

Zhou Yu...

"That's all we have to do. Let's just follow along and see for ourselves!"

After all, she didn't want to be eaten by the jackals, tigers and leopards in the mountains just after escaping from being eaten by zombies.

well! !

Her original life was a little girl who never left the house. As far as she could remember, she learned writing and embroidery from her mother. She knew nothing about the laws and national policies of Dayan that her brother talked about.

She thought that if she traveled to ancient times, she could act freely like the heroes in those costume dramas, such as Guo Jing and Huang Rong, Yang Guo and Xiao Longnu, etc. But alas! It turns out that it is not possible!

"well!"

Zhou Jin also sighed, "Let's not waste time. If we go back too late, we might be punished! And before we return to the exile team, we have to find our mother first. In my memory, she was also captured by bandits. Since we have occupied the bodies of her children to be reborn, we must show filial piety to our original selves and take good care of their mother!

"Alas! This mountain is quite large. I wonder where the bandits' lair is? Is it too late to rescue my mother?!"

Zhou Jin is a man, so of course he knows what those bandits want to do by capturing women. Thinking of his original mother's standard values ​​of the Three Obediences and Four Virtues, if she had been raped, he didn't know if she would still be alive...

Their mother? …

Zhou Yu's mind flashed to the gentle and beautiful face of his original mother, Zheng Shi... It seemed... like he had just seen her somewhere...

Oh! She remembered! Wasn't it the woman that the bandit boss had just carried? It seemed like... she was thrown to the ground by the bandit boss...

"Uh..., brother, brother! Our mother seems to be over there..."

Zhou Yu looked around and saw his mother lying in the grass about ten meters to the east!

"Fuck! It's true!" Zhou Jin followed Zhou Yu's finger and looked at the grass not far away. She recognized the clothes of the woman lying there at a glance. Wasn't it the same color of the clothes her mother was wearing today in her memory?

He hurriedly ran towards the woman, complaining to Zhou Yu as he ran, "I knew you didn't tell me earlier!"

"I swear to God, brother, this is not my fault," Zhou Yu also ran after her brother, explaining as she ran, "I just received the original owner's memories and haven't fully integrated them yet. I was just too excited just now, so I didn't remember it for a moment..."

Zhou Jin had no time to deal with her.

The place where the two men had just killed the bandits was not far from the bush where Zheng was thrown, only about ten meters away, and they arrived there in an instant.

Zhou Yu studied medicine in his previous life. Seeing Zheng lying motionless on the ground, he hurried forward to use his hands to feel if she was still breathing, and then leaned over to listen to her heartbeat. Seeing that her breathing was relatively steady and her heartbeat was still there, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ah! She's fine, she's still breathing. She must have just fainted! But her heartbeat is too fast. She might have low blood sugar. We need to replenish her sugar quickly, otherwise her life will be in danger if she continues to faint."

Zhou Jin looked around the forest, seeing nothing but trees and grass. He became anxious: "Where can I find sugar water in this shabby place? I think we should hurry back to the exile team and see if we can find a way to borrow some from the people in the tribe..."

"Okay, even without sugar and salt water, let's go..."

"Um."

Together, the brother and sister carried Zheng and Zhou Jin on their backs, one on their back and the other supporting them, as they headed towards the exile team in their memories...

Meanwhile, the chief constable, Song, was impatiently dealing with the glaring Zhou. He thought Zhou might have lost his mind to his studies. Ever since the women were taken away, he had been harassing him non-stop, constantly questioning why the escorts hadn't protected the women.

He replied that the bandits had arrived so suddenly they had no time to react. The old scholar then asked why they hadn't sent troops in pursuit after they'd reacted! Annoyed, he sent troops, but he questioned why it took so long and how he'd managed to lead the troops. So much time had passed, and the women had already been taken up the mountain. What good would it do to bring them back?

Song Yayi...I...!?

Why do you get to say everything?!

Why do they have to protect the women? They're the escort officers, not the escort agency! You're prisoners sentenced to exile, not the escorts they're escorting! My brothers have wives and children at home, too, and they're all waiting for us to return safely! Why should I risk my life for you prisoners?!

I really don't know how Lord Zhou managed to stay in office all these years. How could he still be so naive after being in power for so many years?! Did he really think this 3,000-mile exile was a joke? Could it be that he only saw these yamen runners as accompanying him on his travels and acting as his bodyguards?!

Song Yayi really wanted to slam his heart into the old man's face and stretch the old scholar's ears to tell him:

Do you really think that those who were sentenced to exile died of illness after surviving many dangers along the way?

Why did those dozens of bandits dare to come down the mountain and rob their exile group of hundreds of people? Wasn’t it because they knew that the escorting soldiers would not take risks for you?

Elderly people! You are prisoners now! Those women who were robbed are no longer ladies, who would still treat them as human beings?

This is not far from Kyoto, and his brothers dare not act rashly. When they get far away, they will find a few bright and beautiful people to have a good time with! They don't even need to use force, just a steamed bun and a bowl of thick porridge, and then the men in your tribe will automatically send their wives and daughters over!

However, Song Yayi only dared to curse these words in his heart. If he said them out loud, he would directly offend the old scholar in front of him.

Before leaving, Song Yayi's superior specially called Song Yayi over and hinted that he should be polite to the old scholar on the way. Song Yayi knew very well that someone above him had given a heads-up to his superior, so he really didn't dare to offend this former powerful man.

After all, this old scholar had once been a teacher to the prince, and his students and friends were almost all the top figures in Dayan. He hadn't been beheaded, and now, although his property has been confiscated and he has been exiled, who knows if he will ever make a comeback! These bigwigs have been in and out of power repeatedly, so who dares to make a conclusion?

Besides, before leaving, they had received many gifts from the old scholar's friends and relatives. This errand was worth several times the usual fare! As the saying goes, giving money to others can help alleviate misfortune, so the yamen runner Song was willing to give this man some face.

The author has something to say:

I slightly modified the first few photos, adjusting the spacing based on comments suggestions from friends. And then I realized how much I love using the phrase "What kind of bicycle do I need?" I've used it so many times that I forget it all the time! (facepalm) Please save this! Please comment! Please give me some flowers!