Apocalyptic Reincarnation: Start with a 30-million Bonus

Chapter 1014: Chapter 679: Screw Your Tranquility! [Monthly Ticket Request]

5:13 a.m.

The torrential rain reached Xin City.

Rumble——

Amid the thunder and lightning, the rain poured down.

Li Yu slowly walked to the door of the duty room, dragged a chair over, and sat under the eaves, where the rain could splash onto his trouser legs and body.

But most of the rain was blocked by the eaves. He watched as the lightning and thunder raged, and the raindrops the size of beans connected into lines.

He slowly took out a cigarette that he had always wanted to smoke but never did from his pocket. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

A few threads of rain splashed onto his face, and one or two drops wet his cigarette, but he didn’t care.

Click——

With a flick of the flint, the flame lit the cigarette, and wisps of white smoke rose into the air.

But a gust of wind mixed with rain scattered it away.

Whoosh——

Watching the thunder and lightning, at this moment, Li Yu’s heart finally calmed down.

He wasn’t afraid of the flood coming; he was afraid of the danger that had never arrived.

Difficulty, hardship, problems, setbacks—if they could be seen and dealt with sooner, it would be better.

But he couldn’t stand that heart-wrenching wait for a danger he knew was imminent but never came.

It was like facing a major event in life, not knowing what would happen, or whether it would come.

It’s like waiting for a wife to give birth, not knowing if it will be a boy or a girl, or if the delivery will go smoothly.

It was nerve-wracking, too tense.

When major events happen, one should stay calm; calm my ass.

Whoosh——

At the moment when the thunder sounded and the torrential rain poured down.

All of Li Yu’s tension was exhaled with that puff of smoke.

"Damn, it’s finally here!" Li Yu cursed, a look of relief crossing his face.

.......

Rao City.

At the foot of Sanqing Mountain.

When the torrential rain arrived, it was already 9:30 in the morning.

Xu Chengcai and Xiao Yong had already climbed to an 800-meter elevation by this time.

They had set out early to climb this Sanqing Mountain, which stands over 1,800 meters tall with a Daoist Temple at the top.

In Xu Chengcai’s view, perhaps they could find some useful supplies up here, or even food.

Sanqing Mountain’s terrain is steep, with towering peaks, extremely treacherous.

Humans find it hard to climb, let alone zombies.

In any case, this place should be safer than other places.

He wanted to find a place to rest for a while, so he chose this location.

However, when they woke up in the morning, the sky was still gray.

By 9:30, instead of brightening, the sky had become darker, as if night had returned.

"Xiao Yong, don’t go any further. Let’s find a place to take shelter from the rain." Xu Chengcai shouted loudly while pointing his flashlight two meters ahead towards Xiao Yong.

The wind was getting stronger, making it difficult for Xiao Yong to hear him without shouting.

Along the way, they encountered seven or eight zombies at the foot of the mountain, and two more wearing tattered Taoist robes on their way up, but after reaching a height of 400 meters, they hadn’t encountered another zombie.

Upon hearing his father’s words, Xiao Yong quickly stopped moving forward and took two steps back, grabbing his father’s hand.

......

In the darkness, the rain poured down, making the scenery of Sanqing Mountain blurry and mysterious.

The overcast sky swallowed all the light, shrouding the entire mountain range in darkness.

Xu Chengcai looked up, the Daoist Temple was still another 600 meters up, but with the torrential rain, it was difficult to continue running.

The rain drizzled down, and it was getting heavier.

In the mountains, at higher altitudes, the temperature is already colder.

For some reason, today was much colder than yesterday.

Normally, the day temperature was around 20 degrees, but now it felt just above zero.

The rain, strong wind, and low temperature would easily drain the body’s warmth, making it very easy to get sick in such conditions.

They couldn’t afford to get sick, as it would be a fatal blow to them.

Xu Chengcai took out a big raincoat from his backpack, draped it over their heads, and ran towards a small platform on the right.

That side seemed to have some sort of facility; there wouldn’t be a small platform specially built there otherwise.

After walking a few dozen meters to the right, in the rain and with the flashlight shining, they saw a small house.

It was very simple, appearing like an ancient building, but after touching it they found it was a steel-reinforced cement structure styled in an ancient design...... a grocery store.

They pushed the door open to enter.

With a push, the door fell directly to the ground.

"......." Xu Chengcai looked at the fallen door.

"Dad, you’re so strong."

"I didn’t use any force."

This grocery store looked like one of those small newspaper stands from the days before the doomsday, facing an open clearing with a 1x2 meter space dug out in the middle to sell items.

Upon seeing this grocery store, Xu Chengcai felt a bit apprehensive, but when he entered, he found that everything inside was empty.

His heart instantly fell to the bottom.

But he quickly adjusted his mindset and, looking at the abandoned, blackened cardboard boxes on the floor, said to Xiao Yong, "Wait here, I’ll go collect some firewood."

He handed the dagger to Xiao Yong and gave some more instructions.

Then he started groping around the platform again.

Finally, he found a roller shutter above.

He pulled it down with force, but it seemed to be stuck by something.

Xu Chengcai used a stick to sweep on both sides.