Chapter 110 Casual Chat
In the early stages of the zombie outbreak, the entire population stayed home in isolation, waiting for the relevant departments to clear the zombies.
"During this period, people will continue to be infected and turn into zombies, and our fighting force will continue to decrease. Therefore, after a while, the relevant departments will issue a call to arms to urgently recruit soldiers to clear out the zombies."
The four sat around the dining table, listening to Lin Xi explain the process of the apocalypse.
Xiang Xin: "And then?"
Lin Xi: "Relevant departments are building a base for survivors to take refuge."
Xiang Xin has shed the gloom of not being able to contact her family and has a fearless attitude towards the topic of zombies.
Xiang Xin successfully killed more than a dozen zombies along the way, surviving each time without any major incident.
She even started to find this kind of life exciting!
Saving the world is even more exciting.
This contrasts sharply with Lin Xi, who is preoccupied with her own thoughts.
Xiang Xin looked on expectantly, eager to hear Lin Xi continue her post-apocalyptic survival story: "And then what? What was the base like?"
"..." Lin Xi was stumped by the question, and looking at Xiang Xin's eager gaze, she felt a little embarrassed.
Lu Wei continued, “You can think of the base as a company. The company provides accommodation, and usually only those who make contributions or whose families are allocated a single room of about 8 square meters. The residents inside are like employees, who need to work at the base to obtain lunch and supplies.”
Xiang Xin and Liang Hui nodded in understanding.
Xiang Xin looked at Lin Xi, who was also nodding, with some puzzlement: Why do you look like you're just finding out now?
In fact, Lin Xi's understanding of the apocalypse was very superficial.
Because she had been hiding at home, from her home in Nanhua to her home in Yunxiang.
She had no idea what the outside world was like after the zombie outbreak.
We can only glean bits and pieces of information from the survivors' posts online.
Life at the base was pretty much as everyone imagined.
Lu Wei continued, “In the apocalypse, people’s minds become distorted. Civilians fight for resources, and armed forces fight for credit. The bases are independent and far apart. Over time, they become independent…small regimes.”
The "White Shield Base" he mentioned is one that had problems after it became independent.
Lu did not repeat the sentence, "The hardest ones are those who fight zombies on the front lines."
Liang Hui: "Then you must know which base is the safest, right?"
Lu Wei nodded.
He suddenly said solemnly, "I think I should make one thing clear to everyone: we joined the base not for survival, but..."
Xiang Xin suddenly stood up and added, "Save the world!"
She remembered to lower her voice and wink at Lin Xi: I spoke softly this time!
Lin Xi: "..."
Of the four, Lu Wei is a staunch fighter, Liang Hui is Lu Wei's reliable partner, and Xiang Xin is full of passion for the mission of saving the world.
Lin Xi, however, had already made preparations.
Her hesitation lay in choosing the direction to solve the problem.
She probably felt that this path was difficult to navigate, but when a person is in a stable group, the unity and positivity of their teammates influence her.
“We are now waiting for the summons, and we will avoid Yue Mingyuan when the time comes. Everyone, please adjust here for a while. The house is rented and is not my permanent residence, so please feel free to do as you please.”
Although it's described as casual, the house is only one bedroom, one living room, one kitchen, and one bathroom, and it's also stocked with a lot of supplies, leaving too little space for four people to move around in.
Lin Xi looked at Liang Hui: "I want to spar with you to see where my fighting skills are lacking."
Liang Hui: "We are different genders, and you are injured."
Lu Wei found a first-aid kit for Lin Xi to change her dressing.
Xiang Xin went to take a shower first, while Liang Hui lay on the empty bed in the room, which had no mats or sheets.
Lin Xi changed her own dressings and gauze.
The gunshot wound is almost healed, but the pain is still there. It may take a long time to recover before I can move around normally, and I don’t even know if I will be able to return to my peak fighting ability.
Lu Wei: "You seemed preoccupied just now, is something wrong?"
Lin Xi: "No. This is the only way right now."
After a while, she changed her mind again. The two reborn individuals had a lot to talk about.
She said softly, "To be honest, I still have negative emotions."
Lu Wei waited quietly for her to speak.
"I know firmly that I must fight, but I also wonder if fighting is the right solution."
"I... am already prepared to fight zombies."
“But people have been doing this all along. Whether it’s the military, mercenaries, or individuals, there are people who are stronger and smarter than me, and they even have better teams and weapons, but they have all failed.”
Will adding one more person like me to the battle change anything?
"I've practiced Sanda (Chinese kickboxing) for six years, but I'm still just an ordinary person with decent kung fu skills."
"Eliminating the source and stopping the zombie outbreak from Hongwen Hospital is the best method I can think of. It's low-cost, requires little manpower, and results in the fewest casualties."
"But you and I both failed."
Even if the source is cut off, zombies will still appear from other places.
This path is blocked.
Aside from studying medicine and developing a vaccine to control zombies, Lin Xi couldn't think of a better solution for the time being.
However, there are certainly senior researchers working on vaccine research, but without success.
Lu Wei listened quietly, then said, "You just said 'they all failed'."
"……Um."
She never told this heavy secret.
Thus, Lu Wei learned that the end of the apocalypse meant the extinction of humanity.
Lu Wei: "Only those who are reborn have the opportunity to change the world."
For a reborn person who is just an ordinary person, that is such a heavy burden.
During the conversation, Xiang Xin came out of the bathroom after tidying up. She looked refreshed after washing away the dust and blood.
Someone walked by, and Lu Wei stopped the conversation.
Lin Xi shook her head: "Go on. She won't be discouraged. If she knew the world was going to end, she would feel even more motivated to save it."
Lu Wei: "Fighting alone is indeed difficult. You have four people now, and there will be more in the future. Using the information from our previous lives to avoid mistakes, we may not fail. Even if we fail, we will have more time and more information to start over."
Lin Xi's pessimism dissipated somewhat.
She is an ordinary person.
But as an ordinary person, she has the advantage of knowing the future development of events and has ample time to prepare.
The house wasn't big, and there wasn't much room to stand, so Xiang Xin sat back down at the dining table, listening to them talk about "rebirth." Xiang Xin was a little curious:
Do you know how many more times you can be reborn? What happens when you run out of chances?
Neither of them responded.
Lin Xi felt that she would probably keep being reborn until she could live.
If it were the old Lin Xi, she would have wanted to just lie down and not have to get up to face the endless apocalypse after she died.
But she died so many times and finally made up her mind to change the world. What if she collapses halfway through?
They must be unwilling to accept it.
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