Chapter 136 Surprise or Shock?
After entering the password, the building door was easily opened.
After the five people went inside, they quickly reached the fifth floor.
Yu Shan didn't have the house key on her, so she could only knock on the door and call out, "Mom, Dad, Xiao Fei, it's me, Shan Zi, open the door!"
However, no one answered the door despite her knocking for a long time.
Just as she was in despair, the security door opposite her suddenly opened a crack, and a familiar voice tentatively asked, "Fanzi? Is that you?"
"Aunt Song, it's me, it's Fanzi, I'm back!" Yu Shan was very excited to hear her old neighbor's voice.
"Oh my! It really is a fan! Your mother said you've become a vegetable and she doesn't know when you'll wake up."
"I never expected that the apocalypse would come and you would wake up. Sigh! I really don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing!" Aunt Song sighed through the small window of the security door.
"Aunt Song, where are my family members? Where did they all go?" Yu Shan asked anxiously.
"Xiao Fei awakened his wind-type superpower and went to the superpower reserve camp under the 76th Army. There were children under the age of sixteen who had awakened superpowers, just like him."
The military provides food, lodging, and training. I heard that once they turn eighteen, they can officially enlist and start working for the government.
Your parents joined the city cleanup team; it was a job introduced by the community. They go out every day to clean up the bodies of the zombies that have been killed.
The goal is to collect the bodies and transport them to the funeral home for cremation to prevent the virus from spreading further.
Although this job is dirty, tiring, and dangerous, they provide food and drink, and the wages you earn can be used to pay for your medical treatment at the hospital.
But now that you're awake, they can save on this expense and have an easier time from now on.
Oh, by the way, they come back around four or five in the afternoon every day.
It's already 4:30. Just wait at the door for a bit; I have something to do, so I can't chat with you any longer.
After saying all this, Aunt Song, the neighbor, closed the security door.
Yu Shan could understand her caution. In the apocalypse, people's hearts were unpredictable. If the person with her was not a good person, Aunt Song might be robbed if she opened the door.
Moreover, with the apocalypse approaching and resources scarce, even neighbors might break into your home and rob you.
After all, civilian communication is basically paralyzed nowadays, so even if someone breaks into a house to rob and kill, there is no way to call the police.
Even after reporting it to the police, the authorities didn't have enough manpower to handle the situation.
The most important thing for society right now is to kill zombies, mutated animals, and plants; they are the greatest threat to human survival.
About twenty minutes later, Yu Shan finally saw her parents return home late.
The two of them were helping each other up the stairs. Before they even arrived, Yu Shan overheard their conversation.
"Jianmin, your back is badly twisted. Why don't you take the day off tomorrow morning?" The woman's voice belonged to Yu Shan's mother, Du Qiuping.
"I can't take leave. Do you know how many people are eyeing this job?"
There's a perfect quota; if I ask for leave tomorrow, someone will immediately fill in.
"If I try to go back to work the day after tomorrow, there probably won't be a place for me anymore," Zuo Jianming said.
“But the body is so heavy, and you’ve twisted your back. How can you endure it all day?” Du Qiuping said with concern.
“If we grit our teeth, we can manage. If we lose this job, we won’t be able to pay for Shanzi’s treatment next month,” Zuo Jianming said.
"Waaah! When will this ever end?" Du Qiuping sobbed softly as she stepped onto the last flight of stairs on the fifth floor.
There were five people standing at the top of the stairs, packed tightly together. The couple had been looking down as they climbed the stairs and hadn't noticed at all.
When they looked up, they were startled to see so many people standing at their door.
With a glance, Yu Shan noticed that her parents' temples were streaked with gray, and they looked much older and more haggard than she remembered.
She rushed over, grabbing one of them with each hand, her eyes red and brimming with tears, and cried out, "Dad, Mom, I'm back!"
"Jianming, pinch me!" Du Qiuping stood there, looking at her husband in a panic.
“You should pinch me instead. This must be a dream. Otherwise, how could our Fanzi have run away from the hospital? The doctor clearly said that there was less than a one percent chance that she would wake up,” Zuo Jianming said.
"Mom and Dad, I'm really awake! Your fan is really back!" Yu Shan said, her eyes red.
Having actually turned fifty, and having awakened the memories of the saintess spanning hundreds of years, it was inevitable that she would be emotionally overwhelmed upon reuniting with her parents after such a long separation.
Moreover, after overhearing their brief conversation and learning how difficult their lives were, she felt both guilty and heartbroken.
Despite her immense power and influence in the other world, she caused her own parents to suffer here.
That's so unfilial!
Fifteen minutes later, her parents finally believed that she had woken up.
"After I woke up, I was worried about my grandparents. Just then, the hospital sent a car to the countryside to buy food, so I hitched a ride to the village first."
Later, I went to town to look for solar circuit boards and happened to meet people from the 76th Army's Special Abilities Regiment. Their regimental commander took a liking to my special abilities, so I joined the Special Abilities Regiment.
They offer good benefits and even allow family members to accompany the soldiers.
I came back today specifically to pick you up and take you to Anju Community, where there is backup power, running water, and a high level of security.
"These four comrades are here to help with the move." Yu Shan tried to keep the conversation brief, not wanting to waste the four guards' time.
Zuo Jianming and Du Qiuping were stunned by the news.
They never expected their daughter to have such an extraordinary encounter.
However, along with the surprise came a deep sense of worry. Zuo Jianming said:
"Fan, there's no such thing as a free lunch. They're offering such good treatment; your future work must be very dangerous, right?"
"Huh? Is working with fans dangerous? Can we just quit?"
"We two can support you, and besides, your brother's benefits are pretty good, and he can help supplement the family income," Du Qiuping quickly said.
The couple came from a rural background and married and had children early. Yu Shan is now 25 years old in this world, Du Qiuping is 46, and Zuo Jianming is 47.
Du Qiuping conceived her son, Zuo Fei, unexpectedly when she was thirty-six years old, and he just turned ten this year.
Both parents felt it was normal for their son to go to the army; boys should learn skills so they can kill zombies and monsters when they grow up.
But their daughter was, after all, a girl. Although she wasn't exactly delicate, they couldn't accept her rushing into a horde of zombies to fight.
Most importantly, she was in a vegetative state for several months, and now that she has finally woken up, she should be taken good care of at home.
Hearing the couple say this, Shak, one of the four guards who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up:
"Uncle and Aunt, you don't need to worry about Zuo Shan's safety. Our leader said that her special ability is very valuable and she is a key person in our group to protect."
The four of us came with her today, not just to help you move, but mainly to protect her safety in case she gets attacked by zombies along the way.
Shak wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and looked very refined. Although he was only twenty-eight years old, he was the leader of the four guards.
Jiang Tao sent him to stay by Yu Shan's side so that he could be relied upon to save lives or make decisions in case of special circumstances.
For example, right now, as soon as he said that, Zuo Jianming and Du Qiuping immediately fell silent, no longer daring to utter a single word of "no".
The couple were ordinary people, but they understood that being valued so highly by the authorities meant that their daughter had lost her autonomy.
Just like they had heard, special agencies recruit people without requiring the person's consent.
If someone takes a liking to you, they'll come to your door to pick you up; you have no right to refuse.
The couple were filled with anxiety, wondering what abilities their daughter had that they had recognized.
They don't know whether this event will be a pleasant surprise or a shock to their family.
But they didn't dare to ask casually, for fear that even if they did, the other person wouldn't tell them.
Moreover, since they sent four people to help with the move, this family has no choice but to move.
“Comrade, your arrival was quite sudden. We haven’t had time to unpack our belongings. How about we wait a few days until we’ve packed everything up before moving in?” Zuo Jianming tentatively suggested.
“Oh, no need to wait. Our Comrade Tang Tianhua is a space-type ability user. He can fit all your things in his house.” Xia Ke smiled and pointed to the shy, tall, thin young man.
Tang Tianhua smiled shyly at Zuo Jianming and his wife and said, "Just point out which one you want to bring."
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