Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse
Chapter 523: He is Blue

Chapter 523: Chapter 523: He is Blue

So that’s how it is, Mao Qiqi smiled and looked at Lian Jiyue, then clinked her cup against his.

After finishing this cup of soy milk, they planned to go out and make a snowman, since today was a day without tasks.

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Unbelievably, the spots for volunteers to go out and clear the snow from the base began to be snatched up by everyone.

At first, people thought the snow would stop after a few days, but now the blizzard had been continuous for almost 20 days, and there was not a single minute’s break.

The Special Ability Users, who had planned to rest for just three to five days, became restless.

If the blizzard didn’t cease, they couldn’t go out to kill zombies and earn income, but they needed to eat. As the days passed, everyone started to realize the grimness of the situation.

The weather in the Apocalypse was unpredictable, and no one dared to gamble on it anymore.

Clearing snow could only earn you 10 Crystal Cores per outing, but two days’ outings were enough to earn a pound of grains from the Heart Talk Store. If nothing else, you could at least get a few meals in the base’s canteen—this was the lifeline the base had come up with!

As a result, those task spots were taken every day, and there were even people who lined up before dawn to get them, or else they would be quickly snatched up.

Seeing more and more people turning up, Liang Jiuhui withdrew some of the Guard Squad Members who were partaking in snow clearing to increase the number of guard squads sent around the base to clean up zombies twice a day.

Many people noticed that in the past few days, the base had started to put up some decorations and adornments, all in bright red, contrasting against the endless snow, signaling that the New Year was approaching.

Although Liang Jiuhui did not plan to organize anything to celebrate the New Year, he wanted everyone to remember the year, so he only decorated the base. If anyone wanted to celebrate, they were free to do so.

After all, after this New Year, the Apocalypse would enter its second year.

After talking with Liang Jiuhui, Han Yue had begun to understand a bit more about the Freedom Dawn Base in City S over the last few days. He found that, just as Liang Jiuhui had said, the base indeed did not lack food or supplies.

Let alone the daily three meals provided by the base canteen, where all you need to do was swipe your points card to get a meal—albeit not a large portion and rather bland—but at least it ensured a meal for whoever wanted to eat.

Apart from the base canteen, there were the two famous Heart Talk Stores in the base, where, astoundingly, grains only cost 20 Crystal Cores per pound.

Even though both Heart Talk Stores had posted purchase limits, Han Yue observed for a while and saw that everyone who entered with a container came out with some grains.

The Heart Talk Team was behind these two stores, and this was no longer a secret. So, is Liang Jiuhui’s confidence based on the Heart Talk Team?

He had once heard Han Jin mention that he had repeatedly invited the Heart Talk Team to develop something in City B, even offering many attractive terms, but the Heart Talk Team never even considered it, indicating they must already have a private partnership with Liang Jiuhui.

If it cannot be obtained, it must be destroyed.

The Heart Talk Team might be excellent, but it was a stumbling block for the Han family. In that case, removing it would be best.

Wearing a thick down jacket, Han Yue narrowed his eyes towards the Heart Talk Branch sign. From what he knew, the Heart Talk Team altogether only had 18 members, with several occupied at the two stores and another three assisting the base, leaving no more than about ten people.

SS rank Heart Talk Team, just 10 people?

Han Yue chuckled and continued to wrap his down jacket as he walked forward. He wasn’t actually cold, but he didn’t want to reveal his status as a Special Ability User, so in front of others, he was just an ordinary person without any power of resistance.

Mao Qiqi leaned on the chair back in the Heart Talk Store, chewing bubble gum and blowing a round bubble. When the bubble popped, the man who had been standing outside all this time had also vanished.

"That person was strange,"

Mao Qiqi told Lian Jiyue.

"????"

Lian Jiyue didn’t understand.

"He’s just strange, he must be a Special Ability User,"

Mao Qiqi said, chewing her gum and communicating with Lian Jiyue through spiritual power.

Lian Jiyue had been watching the little girl puffing up her round cheeks as she blew bubbles and her long eyelashes that drooped down while looking at the bubbles and hadn’t noticed anyone outside.

"How did Qiqi know?"

Lian Jiyue asked with his consciousness, just as he had done in the past.

"Because the color is different, ah, it’s the color of a Special Ability User."

Mao Qiqi replied.

"And what about me? Is my color the same as his?"

Lian Jiyue asked with interest. Ever since he had slowly started to recover a bit, he found this little girl more and more interesting.

"Xiao Yue is different."

Mao Qiqi said seriously, looking at Lian Jiyue.

He’s different?

Lian Jiyue was slightly stunned; he felt as if his heart had skipped a beat just now.

"Xiao Yue is blue, like the clear and beautiful color of the sky."

Mao Qiqi explained with a smile. She didn’t know why, but the color displayed by Lian Jiyue on her little map was different from anyone else’s. It had changed from the deep blue when he was first poisoned to a light blue later on.

So far, she had not discovered a second blue color on her map.

Clear?

Damn it, for some reason, Lian Jiyue felt his face starting to heat up. This little girl was too influential on him.

Fortunately, Mao Qiqi didn’t notice any of this and then suggested that the two of them build snowmen at the door of the Heart Talk Branch.

This place had a lot of passersby, and she wanted to build many beautiful welcoming snowmen together with Xiao Yue.

Inside the space, Su Jin also learned from Lu Hao, who had just come in, about the mission given to them by Wei Junhao, which was to exterminate Zombie Cockroaches, and it was in a small village next to N city.

"Let’s not take this one, okay? Zombie Cockroaches sound so disgusting..."

Lin Xiuyuan said with a look of disgust. Although he wasn’t afraid of cockroaches, he had trypophobia, and, before the Apocalypse, in H city, which was further north, there were seldom any cockroaches. He felt he would be extremely uncomfortable.

"Is it the Zombie Cockroaches that wiped out Freedom Dawn Base overnight?"

Nie Qing recalled the base they had visited before. At that time, on the way back, Su Jin had specifically avoided staying there out of fear of encountering Zombie Cockroaches, so they shouldn’t take this mission, right?

"Did you already accept it?"

Su Jin asked, looking at the silent Lu Hao.

"Mmm, accepted."

Lu Hao answered truthfully.

!!!

Lin Xiuyuan became unsettled. He felt Huang Yunxiang would be unsettled too if she heard about it. This mission was not fun at all!

"Xiao Hao, can we give the mission back after accepting it?"

Lu Guanhai also disliked cockroaches, let alone Zombie Cockroaches. It would be terrible to get bitten by one all of a sudden! How dangerous!