Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse-Chapter 323 - Three Hundred and Twenty-Three: A Failed Attempt
Chapter 323: Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty-Three: A Failed Attempt
The fire snake was incredibly fast, and the Thunder Element Zombie managed to run away in time, but the fire snake seemed to have eyes of its own, relentlessly chasing after the Thunder Element Zombie.
Roar! Roar!
The leg of the Thunder Element Zombie got entangled by the fire snake, and Lu Hao cracked a slight smile, while the force in his hands did not diminish at all. Originally, it was just one leg that caught fire, but in the blink of an eye, flames had spread across the zombie’s entire body!
Unaware of pain, the zombie ran towards Lu Hao again, but after just a few steps, it fell to the ground.
The flames had already reached its brain, and the body of the Thunder Element Zombie rapidly shriveled up into a lump of black charcoal.
“Cool, brother-in-law!”
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Lin Xiuyuan whistled, as a Mutated Zombie next to him transformed into chunks of ice and shattered.
Su Jin was still fighting with a Level Five Metal Element Series Zombie.
Perhaps it was the difference in levels, but the blades produced by the Metal Element Zombie couldn’t cut through the vines Su Jin had wrapped around it. Just as the vine tips turned into spikes about to pierce the back of the zombie’s head, a metal barrier blocked them at the last moment.
It can actually form a special ability barrier behind itself?
Su Jin was slightly surprised. Could it be that compared to humans, zombies are more adept at adapting to their own special abilities?
But unfortunately, it was just a zombie after all.
The wooden spikes at the ends of the vines didn’t retract in the slightest, and with the sound of metal being punctured, Su Jin’s vine continued to pierce through the zombie’s skull, extracting a pale golden Crystal Core.
The Crystal Core was undoubtedly tossed into Lin Xiuyuan’s hands.
Lin Xiuyuan had already invented a new method to deal with Su Jin’s technique. As the Crystal Core fell into his hands, a thin layer of ice encased it.
“Hehe, this way my hands won’t get dirty.”
Lin Xiuyuan ran triumphantly to a nearby basket for Crystal Cores and placed the newly acquired one inside.
The family chatted as they killed zombies, and soon enough, they even struck up a casual conversation.
“What do you think these zombies live on? They haven’t eaten anything for months, yet they’re still so ferocious,” Lu Guanhai said.
“Exactly, people say food is as important as metal, we can hardly bear skipping a meal, but these zombies can survive without eating anything, it’s just unscientific,” Huang Yunxiang agreed.
As the family continued discussing, they felt relieved that the zombies didn’t have much intelligence. Otherwise, with their ability to adapt to the Apocalypse, along with the Mutated Plants and Mutant Animals, there would be no living space for humans at all.
“Let’s not be discouraged, folks. Since the heavens have granted humans special abilities, there must be a ray of hope,” Su Jin smiled and said.
“Right, that’s the spirit. These zombies are the demons, and there must be a certain balance in the world. It’s not possible for these demons to wreak havoc in the natural order unchecked. If this balance is broken, it could lead to catastrophic consequences,”
Nie Qing shouted loudly from midair. In his opinion, the chances for humanity were not limited to special abilities. The Lu Family’s Wood Spirit Space, as well as Su Girl’s Wood Element Ability, were also considered threads of hope.
“You make a good point, Half-immortal Nie,”
Lu Guanhai praised.
“…”
“Now that I think about it, our family has quite a lot of chances at survival!”
Su Xiangzhe counted, special abilities, space, and even fans… Indeed, the heavens had been very kind to their family!
The zombies in the square gradually became fewer and fewer amidst the family’s conversation until they were completely eradicated.
Su Jin looked around the square, which was surrounded by various types of shops, though most sold Caterpillar fungus and tonic medicinal herbs.
Above the entrance in the center, a plaque bordered with blue dragon patterns and the words: S City Medicinal Herbs Trading Market, hung with a black sign beneath that bore the gilded words: Genuine Quality Goods.
“You know, this place really does look like an antique shop; I have no idea why a medicine selling place would put up words like ‘Genuine Quality Goods’,”
Lin Xiuyuan remarked as he walked beside Su Jin.
“There must be many private booths inside, and Chinese herbal medicines vary in quality, so that’s probably why they have that sign,” Mao Zhihang explained.
“That does seem to make some sense,”
Lin Xiuyuan stopped hesitating and followed them inside.
Lu Hao led the way at the front, and upon entering, his gaze lingered on a corner where several pieces of cloth hastily pieced together covered lumpy shapes that were unmistakably human.
Su Jin gently peeled back the cloth with vines, revealing several zombie corpses.
The family stared at the bodies for a moment, stunned.
Although the faces of the corpses were no longer recognizable, their clothes were definitely the uniforms worn by the base guards.
“It looks like this place has already been scavenged by the base,” Lu Hao said.
And after their companions turned into zombies, the others must have dealt with their bodies like this…
Even though she was prepared for it, Su Jin still felt a bit disappointed; they had come all this way with such difficulty.
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“Let’s keep looking, maybe there’s a lot here and it wasn’t all taken,”
Lin Tianzhen comforted, saying, after all, since they were here, it didn’t hurt to look around more.
The whole family agreed; their only goal was the medicinal herb seeds, and perhaps the seeds had not been taken.
Carrying a glimmer of hope, they continued onward.
Mao Qiqi, led by Lin Tianzhen, walked while turning her head to look back. Mao Zhihang was standing next to a notice board by the entrance, seemingly scrutinizing something intently.
“Dad?” Mao Qiqi called out.
Mao Zhihang took another glance at the notice board then quickly ran over to join the others.
The deeper the group went, the greater their disappointment. It was apparent that the herbal market used to have stalls set up everywhere, but now they were all empty, including the several seed stores along the road that had been cleaned out.
“…”
“Let’s go back,”
Su Jin suggested, figuring they should give up since there was nothing to find, hoping they might come across it again someday.
“Xiao Jin, if we can find the place where these herbs are grown, wouldn’t we be able to find the seeds?”
Mao Zhihang remembered the few lines he had read at the entrance’s notice board.
The group walked over to see the advert that Mao Zhihang had found on the board:
The trade market boasts an annual turnover of 100 billion;
There are 1 million mu of land cultivating medicinal herbs;
1 million people are engaged in the herbal medicine industry;
What can’t be bought elsewhere can be bought here, and what can’t be sold elsewhere can be sold here;
So that’s it.
Su Jin realized, her uncle must have been eyeing the line about “1 million mu of land cultivating medicinal herbs.”
But where exactly was the place mentioned that grows the medicinal herbs?
“That’s easy, if we can find the information of the suppliers, we should be able to learn the address,”
Mao Zhihang spoke as he walked toward a shop that had been emptied, opening the drawers at the counter and starting to rummage through them.
“Yes, yes, you’re right, let’s all search!”
Lin Cheng was swiftly reinvigorated, heading to the opposite shop to begin his search.
