Apocalyptic Reincarnation: Start with a 30-million Bonus

Time swiftly passed, and within these two days, Lao Xie and the others had grown familiar with everything at the base.

Having just joined, they hadn’t yet been assigned to the duty roster, so after two days of rest, Lao Xie and the rest had fully recovered.

That morning, Li Yu went to find Lao Xie and the others to discuss the trip to Harmony Garden planned for the next day. After hearing Li Yu’s thoughts, they all expressed eagerness to join, as two of their teammates had died at the hands of those people, and the death of Xie Liuhai was insufficient to quench their thirst for vengeance.

”What time do we set out tomorrow?” Lao Xie asked.

Li Yu looked at the excited crowd and said, ”We depart at 7 a.m. tomorrow morning.”

After pausing, he added, ”Another thing, tomorrow when we go to Harmony Garden, Captain Lv, because he is currently injured and still needing to recuperate at the base, won’t be able to join us in the operation.

So, Third Uncle, the man who saved you last time, will be taking you there.”

Upon hearing this, everyone remembered the robust man who had saved them. They were all convinced, ready to follow the commands of the strong without any objections.

”Alright,” Lao Xie replied.

The rest echoed one after another.

Setting aside Captain Lv and the two younger children, as well as one team member’s wife, there were five people.

In total, Lao Xie’s group had 10 people ready for combat.

Having received their response,

Li Yu nodded in satisfaction and then headed towards the residential area.

The weather had been growing colder lately, and everyone started wearing thicker clothes to prevent catching a cold. Although there were various medicines available at the base now, it was best not to fall ill since being sick could be very uncomfortable.

After speaking with Lao Xie and the others, and also mentioning it to Dapao and the rest, there were quite a few people preparing for the mission this time.

In the base, Dapao and his group, together with Lao Xie’s members, totaled around 20 people.

Having arranged all the firearms and equipment needed for tomorrow, they were ready to set off directly.

Night descended...

In the darkness of the night, Li Yu climbed up to the rooftop of the villa, observing the searchlight on the mountain that beamed its light far into the distance, swaying side to side and capable of illuminating great lengths.

However, the searchlight extended only up to the boundary wall, and then it ceased to search any further.

Li Yu held a bottle of craft beer while staring at the distant night sky, feeling extraordinarily tranquil.

The stars twinkled, and a soft breeze brushed by.

Li Yu slowly settled into a rattan chair covered with a blanket, a woolen blanket that exuded a faint warmth, making his entire body very comfortable.

He pulled out earphones from his pocket and connected them to the music. The strains of an eloquent song that he recognized began to play. Familiar and yet somewhat foreign tunes in the music filled the starry night, floating beside his ears.

He became immersed in an indescribable atmosphere, and in a moment of reverie, it seemed as though he saw himself before the apocalypse, often heading home after work, listening to songs in the cloak of night.

That was the happiest of times, long missed, as he made his way home, surrounded by a sea of people, earphones in, entering a world unrelated to everything else.

Apart from work and life, there was always a world that had nothing to do with anything else, and in the voice of the song, he felt he had reached that unrelated world.

His thoughts took flight, and Li Yu’s mind wandered far, reaching back to the events of a distant past...

The scent of osmanthus tickled his nose.

Li Yu’s gaze gradually focused, seeing a grey, hazy bamboo forest ahead.

He took a sip of beer. The bubbles were slightly bitter, but a sweet taste followed.

”Unrelated to romance, I write this prelude awaiting your return

With a stroke of the pen, a masterpiece by the shore, with waves a thousandfold

How to decipher the character for love, every attempt seems wrong

Yet what I lack is the understanding of your entire life

....”

The lazy and unique voice reached his ears. Li Yu had a content smile on his face; he quite enjoyed this sensation. In the quiet of the night, he’d be on the rooftop, listening to music and drinking beer, then feeling the breeze.

This time belonged to him alone, this life was exclusively his.

A night passed without words.

....

Early the next morning, Lao Xie and the others got up early. Li Yu saw there was one woman among the team members and remembered she was the only female on Lao Xie’s team.

With short hair, she looked very capable.

After some thought, he decided to have her join them too. In this post-apocalyptic world, both men and women are equal—both need to strive hard to protect themselves and those they wish to protect.

Besides the ten of them, there were Yutong, Song Min, Li Haoran, Li Haoxian, as well as Li Tie, Li Gang, Dapao, Yang Tianlong, and Third Uncle.

For this trip, heeding Second Uncle’s request, he brought his cousins Li Haoran and Li Haoxian out for some experience. They had passed their birthdays—one 19 and the other 21 years old.

Li Hang, who was the same age as them, had already been out many times and could now stand on his own two feet.

Everyone who set out this time could handle firearms. In fact, now at the base, aside from very young children, almost everyone else could use firearms.

With such ample ammo and regular specialized training, everyone’s shooting skills had substantially improved.

When they first received these submachine guns or rifles, Lao Xie’s eyes lit up with excitement. These old friends were finally reunited.

Apart from these, each person was also equipped with a handgun, a dagger, and a full-body anti-explosion suit.

Everyone stood in front of the armored vehicle, and Lao Xie and the others felt as if they had gone back in time—only that in the past, the ammunition they carried on missions was planned out, not quite as plentiful as it was now.

Apart from the Unimog and two armored vehicles, Lao Xie’s team also had one of the former police armored vehicles.

Together with an off-road vehicle, the four vehicles could carry everyone.

Everyone got dressed in their gear and climbed into the vehicles.

Dapao lifted the man in the sweatshirt from Harmony Garden onto the armored vehicle, and the now weak man in the sweatshirt, sitting between Dapao and Yang Tianlong, felt rather faint from hunger. From the moment he entered the base until now, he had not eaten anything and was feeling quite lightheaded.

After entering the base, Li Yu had forgotten to provide this man with food. Dapao and the others knew they were setting out in a couple of days and the man definitely could not stay, so they decided not to waste food on him, providing only a bit of water each day.

The weather was getting colder, and everyone wore a thermal undershirt beneath their clothes. But the man in the sweatshirt, though muscly with seemingly good physical fitness, was shivering on the vehicle from being starved for three days and the drop in temperature.

Yang Tianlong hesitated and then said, ”Dapao, have you not given him anything to eat?”

Dapao scratched his head and said, ”Uh... I forgot.”

The man in the sweatshirt: ”.....”

F**k my life...