Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse

Chapter 106: Chapter 106: Interception

Speaking of resources, they had acquired quite a bit along the way. For instance, right now, at a gas station by the roadside, after filling up three vehicle tanks with fuel, Su Jin collected the station’s storage tank at the back into her Space.

Guo Yang looked on enviously as Su Jin effortlessly stored a storage tank, three to four meters high, inside the Space. If it were him, setting aside the issue of whether or not the Space could accommodate the tank, it would cost him a lot of his Special Ability to store just one tank.

However, he was still able to collect some smaller items. Today he was in luck; the convenience store at this gas station hadn’t been emptied by looters yet. He collected all the supplies from the convenience store into his Space and even took a case of soda, handing out a bottle to each person in the vehicle.

Liao Yifan had a fondness for all kinds of carbonated drinks, probably because as a child she always envied other kids who had drinks to sip, and such drinks had always been a luxury for her. So, as an adult, her fridge in her studio apartment was stocked with carbonated drinks of various flavors.

Seeing the orange soda Guo Yang handed her, she was somewhat stunned.

It was the first time someone had given her soda to drink.

Guo Yang, seeing Liao Yifan in a daze, thought she might not like the flavor, so he took out several other flavored sodas from his Space and asked, “Fanfan, which flavor do you like to drink?”

“Thank you, Guo Yang.”

Liao Yifan still chose the first bottle of orange soda, deftly flipped open the cap with her thumb, and started drinking in big gulps.

The first time being thanked by Liao Yifan, Guo Yang felt like his little heart had floated up to the sky O(∩_∩)O

Xue Wanyi was somewhat annoyed by this couple who was sneakily sprinkling dog food at each other, whereas Yin Chengtian and Shi Jin had gotten used to it by now. Having been fed a large bowl of dog food by Captain Lu and Su Jin, this small cup of dog food was nothing to them anymore.

“This lad Guo Yang, I wonder when he’ll be able to catch up with Yifan,” Mrs. Su observed worriedly. She thought these two young people were a good match.

“Mom, don’t worry about it so much,” Su Jin said while sipping her soda. She could tell Liao Yifan wasn’t an ice cube, but a stone. Gaining the heart of that stone wasn’t going to be easy for Guo Yang; he still had a long way to go.

Next to another car, Lu Guanhai watched Nie Qing pulling his son along, whispering about something.

“What are you talking about? Why so secretive?” Lu Guanhai asked.

“Master, he…” before Lu Hao could finish, he was interrupted by Nie Qing.

“You want to know? I’m not telling you, hehe,” Nie Qing said with a triumphant face as he got into the car, finally ready to officially take on the role of a master.

It turns out he had wanted to take advantage of the downtime to teach Lu Hao some basic Qimen Dunjia techniques, to make good on the title of master he had held for so long.

Lu Hao readily agreed, having witnessed Nie Qing’s abilities, which could be very useful in special circumstances.

It was just that neither of them had expected such a special circumstance to arise so soon.

Xing Taining too had not expected to meet Su Jin and her group again so soon, only due to higher orders summoning them all back to headquarters. He naturally knew the reason, but feared this task wouldn’t be so easy to accomplish.

“Colonel Yuan? We don’t know him,” Lu Hao responded after hearing Xing Taining’s purpose with no particular reaction.

Xing Taining meant that Colonel Yuan had invited a few of them to jointly build a security base in D province and could provide them with various guarantees, including rights, housing, money, and more.

In fact, Xing Taining also quite hoped they would go, even if it meant he had to run errands for these people without any complaints. Moreover, the one who spoke had made it clear, if they did not agree, they would all be taken back by force if necessary.

Sure enough, Su Jin and Lu Hao had no intention of agreeing.

Su Jin remembered the base in D province, where she had spent some time in her previous life, but the power struggles there were too severe, so severe that no one was truly managing the base anymore. A minor Zombie Tide could cause heavy casualties at the D province’s security base, and they eventually had to leave because they could no longer stay there. It seemed that by this time, D province had already begun heavy-handed management.

“Chief Xing, we won’t be going, we still have other matters to attend to in S city,” Su Jin spoke up.

“How about I give you half a day to think it over?” Xing Taining sighed.

This time he wasn’t alone, there were quite a few of Colonel Yuan’s subordinates behind him. Even if he could let Su Jin and the others go, they would probably be stopped by those people behind him.

“Old Su, let me tell you, we’ve got a certain affinity, you see…” Xing Taining walked over to Su Xiangzhe with a chuckle, patting his shoulder affectionately.

Su Xiangzhe held in his hands what Xing Taining had stealthily given him, maintaining a natural expression on his face as he began to make small talk with Xing Taining.

After chatting with Su Xiangzhe for a while, Xing Taining turned and walked over to Deputy Zhang who followed him.

“Deputy Zhang, I’ve already tried my best to persuade them. Give them some time, and we’ll wait at the exit. What do you think?” Xing Taining explained to Deputy Zhang and the others who came with him.

Deputy Zhang was Colonel Yuan’s trusted subordinate. This time, he had also received orders that if these people did not agree to return to the base with them, they were to be taken back by force, alive at all costs.

He could see that Xing Taining had sincerely tried to persuade them, but this group of people seemed a bit unappreciative. He narrowed his eyes and let out a cold laugh, fine, he would give them two hours to think it over.

Su Jin eyed the fully-armed group and furrowed her brow. It was clear that Colonel Yuan intended for them to go regardless of their choice.

“Daughter, just now, Xing Taining secretly gave me this,” Su Xiangzhe looked around to ensure no one was watching before daring to take out the object from his hand.

They were still sitting in the resting area behind the convenience store, so no one could see what they were doing.

Su Xiangzhe took out the crumpled note, smoothed it out with his hand, and saw that it was written in ballpoint pen with a few words: Find a chance to slip away.

“Damn, he makes it sound so easy. How are we supposed to slip away?” Lin Xiuyuan tried to keep his voice as low as possible.

They were still at the gas station, currently at the rest area behind the station. The rest area was separated from the convenience store, and the entrance was where Xing Taining brought his group. The gas station had only one entrance and one exit. Although both could serve as exits, they were now completely guarded, and unless they confronted them directly, they shouldn’t even think about it.

“I do have a method, but I’m not sure if it will succeed,” Nie Qing raised her hand.

“Speak up if you have a plan,” Lu Guanhai urged.

“What if I could hide us all, how would you feel about that?”