Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse
Chapter 520: Not Going Back Anymore

Chapter 520: Chapter 520: Not Going Back Anymore

Lian Zongren also came to realize, having been distracted solely by the mention of the New Year by the young girl, that Yueer is currently unable to speak.

Seeing both people looking towards Mao Qiqi, Lian Jiyue frowned, but Su Jin spoke first, "Qiqi could only guess Lian Jiyue’s meaning, you don’t need to dwell on that."

Lian Zongren nodded. He could see that Yueer’s gaze on the girl was special, or rather, since entering, his every move had been shifting with her movements.

Seeing Lian Ze still wanting to delve deeper, Lu Hao placed both hands on the table, cracking his knuckles loudly...

Lian Ze looked at Su Jin and Lu Hao, and his expression suddenly changed.

"..."

Seeing this, Moli quickly changed the subject.

"Uncle Lian, are you planning to take Lian Ze back to E City Base?"

Indeed, everyone was captivated by Moli’s question. Moli didn’t ask Lian Jiyue because it was clear to everyone that Lian Jiyue’s situation was complicated, especially given his relations with E City, so he definitely wouldn’t go back.

However, Lian Ze said, "I’m not going back, there’s nothing interesting there."

There were so many intriguing people and events here, and every day the folks at the Weapon Research Institute revolved around him.

Even a small toy made casually by him was regarded as a "great creation" by those people, and he found a lot of fulfillment during these processes, a freshness he never felt back at E City Base.

"We’re not going back,"

Lian Zongren’s response surprised everyone present.

Wouldn’t he be the Base Leader if he returned to E City Base?

Lian Zongren continued, "I don’t want to make any further plans. Plans can’t keep up with changes, and right now, Ze’er and Yueer are both safe here, so I’ll just go with the flow this time and stay here with them."

He could guess the situation in E City, and if he returned, Lian Ze would definitely be pulled back into those bloody experiments by the Han Family uncle, and Lian Jiyue would only become a bigger worry.

After the life and death ordeal of the snowstorm, he just wanted to live well and stay close to his two sons. Nothing else mattered anymore.

If Han Wan wanted to take control of E City Base, he would just hand it over to her completely.

Luckily, he had carried his crystal cores on his person, and since he was not familiar with the Space Element Ability User, he simply put them all in his bag. Unexpectedly, when he woke up, that backpack was still by his side, and he could now use those crystal cores to live in this base for some time.

"I’m off to work,"

Lian Ze stood up and said. Moli couldn’t discern his mood, but she still politely followed behind Lian Ze and said farewell to Lian Zongren and the others.

Liang Jiuhui hadn’t attended the father-son trio’s meeting at the Weapon Research Institute, so he was quite surprised when he learned about Lian Zongren’s decision.

Are they all staying here?

Was the father of E City Base’s Base Leader planning to stay permanently at the S City Base?

Could there be some sort of conspiracy?

Despite his intense reflection, Liang Jiuhui couldn’t figure out the plot of the three people, but he arranged a free lodging for Lian Zongren, which was just a single dormitory, yet Lian Zongren was very satisfied.

...

Xie Hengrui, who was held in the Security team, soon disclosed the source of the box of mutated moss, which surprisingly was a gift from Han Jiajia at the base earlier.

"What exactly does Han Jiajia mean by leaving such dangerous stuff here?"

Su Jin frowned and said, suggesting both intent and malice.

"He met Han Jiajia at the base, where she only told him how to use this item but didn’t mention anything beyond that."

Ye Rongxin also hadn’t expected that the mutated moss was left by Han Jiajia. Was this a case of using someone else to commit murder?

"Thank you, Captain Ye, we got it,"

Lu Hao knew Ye Rongxin had to explain things to the Sun Moon Rivers and Mountains Team, so he didn’t keep him any longer.

Today, along with the guard squad, they had killed many zombies, and Su Jin’s man-eating flower had consumed a lot, making it very likely that she would advance to Level Seven that night.

Before advancing, Su Jin planned to take out more food and supplies to store in the villa. Advancing to Level Seven, by normal Special Ability Users’ pace, also took two days. Xue Wanyi had also taken a whole night to succeed in advancing to Level Five recently, so for the next two days, she didn’t plan to come out of the space.

In the past few days during the external cleanup mission, any mutated crystal nucleus that the Heart Talk Team could use, Liang Jiuhui had generously let people sort and send to the Heart Talk Team, so she also had accumulated a lot of wood element crystal cores, which should pose no big issues for this advancement.

However, the Heart Talk Team didn’t plan to participate in the next day’s external missions, allowing Xue Wanyi and others to rest awhile.

"Xiao Tian, there’s a Wood Element Counterattack Squad at the base. If you find yourself free, you might want to check it out,"

Seeing Yin Chengtian analyzing the day’s combat results every day, Su Jin then suggested, as interaction and comparison might be better among Special Ability Users of the same level.

"Wood Element Counterattack Squad? I think I heard about them when I was in the store. Sister-in-law, do you know them?"

"I can’t really say I know them; I just mentioned you to them. Moreover, most of them are either at Level Three or Four, which might possibly be helpful for you,"

Su Jin said while taking out items from the space and putting them in the kitchen; these were all foods that could be heated up and eaten immediately.

"Really? Then I should definitely check it out,"

Considering they didn’t have to undertake any missions the next day and that the convenience store’s business was still affected by the blizzard, Yin Chengtian decided to bring Shi Jin with him to visit the squad, possibly gaining something from it.

That night, inside the Wood Spirit Space, Lu Hao watched the closed bedroom door, behind which Su Jin was in the process of advancing. He wanted to go in and stay by her side, the closer, the better. However, he also knew that being disturbed during an advancement was not allowed, so he could only wait quietly on the side.

Inside, the advancement was not easy for Su Jin; just like before, she first absorbed several wood element crystal cores, then mobilized her Wood Element Ability to circulate throughout her body, but the advancement to Level Seven didn’t seem easy.

In her past life, she had only advanced up to Wood Element Level Six, and that was in the second year of the Apocalypse. This was the first time she was advancing to Level Seven Special Ability.

Gradually, in the chaotic sea of her consciousness, she seemed to see Xiao Cui swimming joyfully. Suddenly, two small white points of light also appeared within that sea of consciousness.

Initially, the two small light points just aimlessly drifted until the greenish Xiao Cui noticed them.

Su Jin saw Xiao Cui gently tapping one of the small light points with a leaf, after which the two small light points started circling Xiao Cui, playing joyfully...