Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse-Chapter 440 - Not Worth It

Chapter 440: Chapter 440: Not Worth It

Chapter 440: Chapter 440: Not Worth It

Xing Taining slowed his pace, and he looked around at the base, which was now seeing fewer and fewer people. He wondered whether those missing individuals had left to seek a new life or had died from starvation or the cold.

“Let’s get out of the base first.”

Xing Taining merely uttered this sentence to the brothers constantly complaining behind him, and immediately, the dozen or so men following him fell silent.

“Captain Xing, in this freezing weather, are you going out to find supplies again?”

At the entrance, a short man wearing a mink coat asked with a smile.

The man looked shifty-eyed, and his expensive mink coat seemed oddly out of place on him, yet it was precisely this man, being a distant relative of Deputy Zhang, who had secured the position of the chief gate guard. His daily task was to skim a part of the supplies from the survivors that entered the gate.

Zhang Wucai, feeling proud, looked up at the tall and handsome team of Xing Taining and his men. What did it matter if they were capable? They were still treated like dogs every day.

Xing Taining merely glanced at Zhang Wucai and walked straight out the gate.

“Pah,”

Zhang Wucai spit in the corner, hoping they would bring back some supplies today. Then, he could skim some for himself. Otherwise, he would make them freeze at the gate all night.

There were 15 men in Xing Taining’s team. They were driving the same military truck as before, but this time, the 15 of them didn’t head toward the city center. Instead, they stopped by the roadside.

Xing Taining looked at everyone and said:

“Brothers, I, Xing Taining, have always prided myself on being fair to both those above and below me. Since the Apocalypse began, I have saved countless people and killed countless zombies in D city. I always thought I was leading everyone to protect the remnants of humanity, but now I feel the nature of our task has completely changed! We’re no longer protecting ordinary people but those who live luxuriously within the base every day,”

Xing Taining grew more and more impassioned. The men in the truck had fought side by side with him for months. But now, every one of his brothers was skinny to the bone, even to the point of being horribly emaciated!

The other 14 men also silently watched Xing Taining. What Xing Taining expressed was exactly what they had complained about day and night. It wasn’t that they didn’t want to protect this place anymore, but… they felt it wasn’t worth it.

“I want to leave this base. Now, I’m asking for everyone’s opinion. Do you want to come with me?”

Xing Taining almost used all his strength to express these words. This was his hometown; if possible, he truly wished to protect this place for his entire life.

“Captain, I’m willing,”

“I’m willing,”

“Definitely willing,”

“Damn, I’ve wanted to leave this place for a long time,”

“Captain, where are we going when we leave here? Just say the word, and I’ll start the truck right now!”

The driver, Xiao Ge, asked as he wiped away his tears. Today, he too would become a “deserter.”

“We’re… going to S city,”

Xing Taining pulled out a crumpled tobacco pack with its writing mostly rubbed off and spoke.

In the Apocalypse, the only thing that sustained his belief was the group of people he had met in the gym. It was them who had once reignited his fighting spirit, and he remembered they had mentioned they were heading to S city.

He really wanted to see, if those people were still alive, what they had become now.

Were they like him, repeatedly struck down yet filled with hope again and again?

Or had they already amassed numerous followers, becoming a leader of a base?

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The Mercenary corps assessment at the S city base had completely concluded.

Except for the Heart Talk Team, the other three teams failed to qualify for super rank.

This was a result everyone had expected, after all, the enhancers brought by Han Jin were no longer a secret, and they had all taken enhancers before going up, making it difficult to win the assessment given the level suppression.

“Are you happy to see this outcome?”

Liang Jiuhui asked Wei Junhao in his office.

“What do you mean by that?”

Wei Junhao asked, with a smile.

“Nothing much, just feeling… are you happy when you see Han Jin and me not getting along?”

Liang Jiuhui remembered how, just earlier, when he and Han Jin debated whether to use enhancers, Wei Junhao wore a smile like an old fox.

Was this guy doing it on purpose?

“Not at all, of course, I hope everyone can live harmoniously”

Wei Junhao said, taking a sip of the tea made in Sheng Jing.

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Liang Jiuhui shook his head and said, “Don’t worry, I’m not planning on boarding Han’s ship.”

“Really?”

Liang Jiuhui laughed at Wei Junhao who immediately asked, it really was so.

“They are literally trying to poach under my nose, do you think I can still get along with them peacefully?”

Liang Jiuhui retorted.

“Are you saying, they are targeting the Heart Talk Team?”

Wei Junhao had really not thought that just one Heart Talk Team would solidify Liang Jiuhui’s stance.

Liang Jiuhui nodded. His network of intelligence spread throughout the base, he of course knew about the going to the Heart Talk Branch to poach as he had long known about it, just did not expect that after Han Jin recovered from his injuries, he’d make another visit, almost with a sense as if relentlessly pursuing.

Now, Wei Junhao also felt quite fond of the Heart Talk Team and Heart Talk Convenience Store, the purpose of Wei Family having him and Han Jin serve together as the examiners for the Mercenary Group was to prevent Han Family from courting various factions, and the S City Base was clearly the most potent base they had encountered on their journey, even not fallng short compared to the B City Base.

But now that Liang Jiuhui had clearly stated that he would not enter Han’s camp, not going over to Han’s camp meant that there was hope in supporting their Wei Family, thinking this, Wei Junhao felt as if he had facilitated a significant event.

All of this, none could be achieved without the merits of the Heart Talk Team!

He even went to the Heart Talk Convenience Store and bought a bunch of supplies, and had a friendly chat with Boss Guo before carrying back a bunch of supplies.

They had to hurry back to B City before the onset of winter.

At this time, Liang Jiuhui, after having Liang Jiuqing greet Su Jin and others who had just completed their mission outside the base, knocked on the door of Su Jin’s villa with Song Sibo.

Knowing that Liang Jiuhui would come to deliver the Crystal Cores, the family had once again tidied up the villa, usually placing some seeds, peanuts, pastries and putting away the fruits.

Liang Jiuhui had brought not only the Crystal Cores but also the Super Rank Badges that Heart Talk Team had won.

There were three badges in total, all with a deep blue background, an engraved golden “S” letter on top, surrounded by a golden metal shell, looking quite significant.

“Congratulations, here’s your reward of 20,000 Crystal Cores”

Liang Jiuhui pushed two boxes of Crystal Cores and said.

“Thank you, we’ll accept them”

Su Jin said, then directly put the two boxes of Crystal Cores into her storage bag, which was also in her space.

At that moment, the doorbell rang again, Lin Xiuyuan, from the second floor, hurriedly ran downstairs shouting, “It’s Han Jin!”