Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse

Chapter 119: Chapter 119: The Refuge in S City

The people inside the car all listened with incredible longing. The checkpoint they had just passed clearly indicated that the locals were enthusiastically touting all the advantages of City S, and moreover, on the nearby roads, they hadn’t encountered a single zombie. This showed that at least on the surface, their efforts were quite successful.

Lu Hao also felt this way. The manager of City S was capable. In the Apocalypse, when people couldn’t even secure the most basic food, this safe refuge could provide food and shelter, and most importantly, it sounded sufficiently safe. This would make those who had experienced the cruelties of the Apocalypse not want to leave after hearing about it.

In any case, they were planning to take advantage of delivering Zheng Miaomiao to check out that safe refuge.

According to the map, the refuge was originally a gymnasium that’s typically located outside the downtown area with less pedestrian traffic and more space. And on their journey there, they could even see safety refuge directional signs placed along both sides of the road?! Even the vehicles and bodies piled up on the road were cleared to the sides to avoid traffic congestion.

This was incredibly considerate.

“City S is really amazing. Without comparison there is no harm,” Liao Yifan said in admiration. After going through provinces D and A, she was even more confident that coming here was the right decision.

“Of course, the mayor of City S was newly appointed before the Apocalypse. His entire family were political figures. The successor raised in such a family environment is bound to be formidable,” Zheng Miaomiao, a local from City S, was brimming with pride as she talked about her hometown, her spirits soaring. Only, she didn’t know how her parents were now.

Seeing Zheng Miaomiao, who had just been speaking so vitally, become downcast in an instant, Liao Yifan guessed she must be worried about her family.

“Don’t worry, it looks like this place responded the fastest, maybe your parents were already rescued at the first opportunity,” Liao Yifan comforted softly.

Guo Yang ahead had become so lost in fantasy that he couldn’t extricate himself. It turned out Fanfan had such a gentle side too. When they were together in the future, she would certainly be just as gentle to him. How wonderful!

“Guo Yang, is that the safe refuge up ahead?” Xue Wanyi asked.

Seeing that Guo Yang did not respond, he asked again twice, not knowing what that kid was daydreaming about.

Xue Wanyi was right, that was indeed the safe refuge.

The original gymnasium was built only in the last two years, so it looked quite pleasant to the eye, a pure white and towering irregular structure, with the columns connecting the building to the ground carved with a variety of patterns, and even a grey matte floor. If one ignored the bloodstains on the ground, they would feel as if they really arrived at a gymnasium for a moment.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

The car had barely stopped for long before two rows of fully armed people came running out. Leading them was a dark-skinned woman who, upon seeing the people disembarking from the three vehicles, flashed a radiant smile, capturing all of Su Jin’s attention with her bright white teeth, and she couldn’t help but wonder what brand of toothpaste she used.

“Hello, I am the team leader here. Welcome to City S’s Safe Refuge. We will provide…”

“Um, sorry, we’re here just to drop off a friend, and we’ll have to leave afterward,”

Su Jin, not wanting to be misunderstood, hurriedly interrupted her. Local Tyrant Gold also sat quietly on Su Jin’s shoulder, looking utterly serious.

The team leader looked at them with disbelief, unable to comprehend that there were people who would come to the safe refuge and then choose to leave. Did they not value their lives? She knew that aside from the vicinity of the safe refuge, nearly everywhere else was swarming with zombies!

“May I ask where you are planning to go next?” the team leader asked curiously.

“Dragon Leap Villa,” Su Jin replied.

“That place? It’s likely that there are no survivors left there,” the team leader said while pondering.

“Sister Jiuqing?” Zheng Miaomiao tried calling out tentatively.

“”

The leader paused briefly, looking at Zheng Miaomiao who was calling out to her but could not recognize who was calling her.

“It’s me, Zheng Miaomiao, you’re Sister Jiuqing, aren’t you?!”

Zheng Miaomiao, seeing her reaction, knew she hadn’t mistaken. Although Sister Jiuqing had become much darker, and she had hesitated to identify her at first, it wasn’t until she heard the familiar voice that she felt certain.

“You’re Miaomiao? Zheng Miaomiao?”

Liang Jiuqing couldn’t believe her eyes as she looked at Zheng Miaomiao. She remembered Zheng Miaomiao being chubby, with rosy cheeks always adorning her face—could this pale, frail Lin Daiyu-like girl really be Zheng Miaomiao?

“Yes, it’s me, Doctor Zheng’s Zheng Miaomiao, the Miaomiao who often helped you steal medicine.”

“…”

The team members blinked, as if they had overheard some secret they shouldn’t have known?

“Cough cough, Miaomiao, it really is you, how did you get so thin, who the hell bullied you?”

Liang Jiuqing’s voice was inherently androgynous, and perhaps due to anger, she raised her voice a few pitches, giving off an intimidating and stern vibe; hearing this, each team member tensed up.

Glancing at the few people standing in front of Zheng Miaomiao, Zheng Miaomiao quickly ran to the front to shield Su Jin and the others: “It’s not what you think, Sister Jiuqing, you’ve got it wrong. They saved me, they are my saviors.”

“So that’s it.”

Liang Jiuqing then gave Su Jin and the others a big, toothy, trademark smile, as if the one who had just been fuming with rage wasn’t her.

Su Jin and others: “…”

“Sister Jiuqing, my parents, they…”

Zheng Miaomiao was a bit scared; she feared hearing terrible news. Liang Jiuqing lived in the same compound as her, so it was impossible for her not to know the whereabouts of Zheng Miaomiao’s parents.

Liang Jiuqing fell silent for several seconds.

Then she broke into another radiant smile: “Don’t worry, Doctor Zheng and your aunt are inside. I just saw Doctor Zheng dressing someone’s wounds.”

“Sister Jiuqing, you almost scared me to death. I thought, I thought…”

Zheng Miaomiao sobbed with relief. Sister Jiuqing’s brief silence had made her fear the worst.

“Su Jin, Yifan, do you want to take a look inside, rest here for a bit before you leave?”

Zheng Miaomiao wiped away her tears and asked them; she was quite reluctant to part with this group.

Su Jin looked at Lu Hao, both nodded their heads. They were curious about what it was actually like inside, wondering if it was like D Province.

Liang Jiuqing could tell, the few people who had brought Miaomiao were definitely well-trained; their posture and attire were clear indicators, even the monkey seemed as if it had been well cared for, which was unusual in an Apocalypse where people were struggling even to feed themselves, let alone keep pets.

She decided to ask Miaomiao about this in detail later, but there was another matter to deal with first.