Reborn One Week Before the Apocalypse

Chapter 114: Chapter 106: Arriving at Yunshui Town

”Tang Mo, are you not going to take the rest of that bear?”

Uncle He looked toward the bear’s corpse, which had already been torn to pieces by Jingjing.

”No. Ah, wait, I’ll take it and put it in my Space. We’ll eat it tonight!”

Tang Mo slapped her forehead. She had almost forgotten that the meat of an Intermediate Beast was edible, and eating it was even beneficial for the human body!

Tang Mo herself wasn’t too concerned with using external items to boost her energy anymore. She was more focused on the improvements gained through actual combat, so she hadn’t paid it any mind.

But the people from Yunshui Town were different. They didn’t even dare to consume nutrient solutions freely, and their bellies were utterly devoid of fat.

Every single one of them was staring eagerly at the bear.

How many days could they eat with all this meat? And most importantly, it was real meat!

To make things easier to handle, Tang Mo had everyone cut off the most tender parts of the bear for her to store in her Space. They would take it out later on the road for everyone to eat together.

After they finished carving out the prime cuts, they couldn’t bear to throw away the remaining scraps, so they packed them into bags and carried them on their backs.

Tang Mo wanted to tell them that even if they carried all that meat, it would spoil before they could finish it, but seeing how happy everyone was, she didn’t want to spoil the mood.

That evening, after a long day of travel, the group lit a bonfire and used the meat to hold their first real celebration since the apocalypse began.

Three-year-old Mao Tou was also clutching a piece of greasy, roasted meat, gnawing on it with his eyes happily narrowed into crescents.

Watching this joyous scene, Tang Mo couldn’t help but feel that humans were truly easy to please.

No matter how hard or difficult life was, they could take the smallest bit of sweetness and magnify it infinitely, indulging in happiness.

The rest of the journey was safe and uneventful. All of the superpower users from Yunshui Town, except for Lin Wan, had fully recovered.

Since her abilities were already exposed, there was no need to keep a low profile. Along the way, Tang Mo killed even more mutant beasts than Zhou Jian.

At first, everyone wondered how such a slender, frail-looking girl could transform so completely when killing mutant beasts. Her usual gentle smile would vanish, replaced by a cold, resolute aura.

Later, they came to understand. The way Tang Mo was during battle was her true self; the persona she showed them in daily life wasn’t the real her.

With someone as absurdly powerful as Tang Mo around, the team’s pace quickened considerably.

「Three weeks later.」

The group arrived at Yunshui Town, located on the outskirts of B City.

B City was composed of many towns and villages. Due to its proximity to the desert, its transportation, weather, and environment were all harsh, so it had never developed much.

Many of the towns and villages within it remained in a rather primitive and underdeveloped state.

Tang Mo had originally planned to part with the group here and search for Lin Yu’s village on her own.

However, she couldn’t resist the enthusiastic invitations from Uncle He, Lin Wan, and the others, so she decided to go with them to Yunshui Town first.

These people hadn’t been back to Yunshui Town in a year. When they left, the land was completely barren, but now, upon their return, it was covered in dense vegetation.

It was because of the edible plants that the remaining villagers of Yunshui Town were able to return.

Knowing the town chief was coming back, the chief’s wife had gathered everyone early to wait under the giant tree at the entrance to Yunshui Town.

The old brick-and-tile houses had all collapsed. Now, the houses in Yunshui Town were all self-built from wood.

Fortunately, many people in Yunshui Town had become superpower users, and their attribute values were surprisingly decent. As a result, the people of Yunshui Town were self-sufficient, relying on hunting and gathering fruits, and hadn’t fallen into dire straits.

Because the various villages and towns in B City had strong clannish ties, they were unwilling to go to the bases for relief as long as they could survive on their own.

This was also the reason why Uncle He and his group were so determined to return home.

”You’re finally back!”

The town chief’s wife looked a little older than Uncle He. She was a woman with a very powerful presence.

During the time Uncle He was away, she was the one who led everyone and kept everything in perfect order.

”It’s been truly hard on you.”

Uncle He’s eyes grew moist.

Everyone quickly returned to their own homes. Back when they left, almost every family had sent one person. Now, every family was reunited.

The last of the bear meat had long been roasted into jerky. The portions they couldn’t eat were divided among everyone, and now they all took it back to their respective homes.

This fulfilled the promise they made when they first set out to find food.

Tang Mo declined Uncle He’s invitation and instead chose an unoccupied house.

She was always more comfortable doing things on her own.

Zhou Jian, of course, went home with Lin Wan to visit her parents, admit his mistakes, and take responsibility.

He couldn’t live at Lin Wan’s house right now. The only empty house had been taken by Tang Mo, so he could only start chopping wood to build his own.

’In any case, there’s no shortage of lumber, and certainly no shortage of strength.’

Zhou Jian was prepared to live here for the long term, until Lin Wan and Mao Tou completely accepted him. Only then would he take them to S Base.

The reason Tang Mo’s house was available was quite a coincidence.

There had been a bachelor with no family in the original food-scavenging party. Everyone had been eagerly awaiting their return and had specially built a house for him.

Who would have known that during the year away, he had fallen for another girl in the group? They had already agreed that upon returning, he would move into the girl’s family home and help take care of her parents.

Tang Mo took stock of her possessions. She tallied up what Uncle He had returned, what Zhou Jian had given her, and what she had acquired when she occasionally slipped away from the group to hunt.

She now had a total of 18 Intermediate Crystal Cores and several dozen Basic Crystal Cores.

’It’s not the best, but it’s far from the worst.’

After her meal, Tang Mo made a special trip to Uncle He’s house to chat with the town chief’s wife, hoping to learn more about the situation in B City.

The town chief’s wife had already learned from the chief who Tang Mo was and that it was thanks to her that everyone had been able to return safely.

So, she not only brought out the best beast jerky her family had, but also several kinds of delicious-looking fruits.

”Most places in B City are in a similar situation to Yunshui Town. This is especially true for the few villages and towns to our north, which have a particularly high number of superpower users. That’s how we’ve managed to luckily survive in these times.”

The town chief’s wife answered Tang Mo’s questions in great detail.

The north was the side closest to the desert. It was no surprise that the large number of superpower users there was due to the influence of the Desert Flower.

But the Desert Flower only had a Spirit Attribute Value of 100, which was far from comparable to the Spiritual Flower in Taoyuan Village.

’Why did it have a greater effect on people than the Spiritual Flower?’

’What part of this process went wrong?’ A big question mark formed in Tang Mo’s mind.