Rebirth: Love in the Apocalypse - Chapter 64

Chapter 64: Zombie Rats
Xu Fei and Lin Rongrong didn’t expect Mo Chenxuan and Qin Wu to return so soon.

But seeing the two people’s solemn faces, they immediately realised that something serious was going on.

“Brother Mo, were you able to investigate?” Xu Fei asked.

“Mmh.” Mo Chenxuan nodded and revealed everything he discovered.

“The task is to investigate Yejia village and will be considered complete if we can show evidence of the rats. We don’t have to deal with the rats.” The man said.

However, no one was fooled.

With Mo Chenxuan’s personality, it was impossible to believe he was willing to leave after completing the task.

“Brother Mo, is there a way to deal with the zombie rats?” Lin Rongrong asked and Qin Wu couldn’t help but chuckle in amusement.

‘What a good team!’ She thought.

“Replace the beams with rotten timbers.” Mo Chenxuan said with a thoughtful expression.

“There is a chance of winning as long as we don’t confront the entire nest.”

“How do we separate them?”

“The rats are living in tunnels under the village…” Mo Chenxuan started and quickly continued.

“The tunnels are too narrow and we can’t get in. Our only option is to lure the rats out and then deal with a few at a time.”

From what he observed, the rats moved together.

However, it was not impossible to temporarily separate the horde.

If the team worked fast to eliminate the separated zombie rats, they could slowly chip away at the horde.

“What’s your plan?” Qin Wu asked, looking at Mo Chenxuan with eager eyes.

“We are going to collapse the tunnel entrance after a few rats come out. However, the remaining rats are powerful and can easily dig another exit so we must eliminate the separated rats before the others come out.”

Qin Wu nodded when she heard that.

However, the plan was not foolproof.

“How are we going to collapse the tunnel?” She asked.

After all, using too much power may create more exits.

If that happened, they would have no choice but to hastily escape from Yejia village.

Otherwise, they would have to face the entire swarm of zombie rats.

“Brother Chenxuan, there is also the level three rat….”

“I will deal with it.” Mo Chenxuan said.

Mo Chenxuan had been having a headache for several days.

At first, he didn’t understand what was going on and planned on asking Lin Rongrong for help.

However, after discussing with Qin Wu, he realised the headache had something to do with his spiritual power.

Based on their speculation, his spiritual power was about to advance to level three.

Unfortunately, there seemed to be a thin barrier that he couldn’t get past.

After discovering the level three zombie rat, Mo Chenxuan instinctively felt that Yejia village was his opportunity.

As long as they dealt with the rats, they would uncover the secret of Yejia village and maybe the members of the team would have a chance to advance.

“As for the tunnel…” Mo Chenxuan frowned.

He and Qin Wu had collected demolition dynamite, fireworks, and other such goods.

However, their team didn’t have a demolition expert.

Considering that, he immediately gave up the idea of using an explosion to collapse the tunnel.

“We can block with a large rock.” Xu Fei suggested.

“It’s a good idea.” Qin Wu nodded and subtly looked at Mo Chenxuan.

In fact, collapsing the tunnel or blocking the exit was just additional measures.

The main force was Mo Chenxuan.

Regardless of the method they used, Mo Chenxuan would have to secretly create a barrier using his spiritual power.

As long as the barrier held, he could control the number of rats that came out of the tunnel.

“When do we act?” Lin Rongrong asked.

“Tonight.” Mo Chenxuan said.

If possible, he wanted to act during the day.

However, ordinary rats were afraid of light and zombie rats were even more so.

As a result, the zombie rats would not dare to come out their cave during the day.

Since Mo Chenxuan’s spiritual power investigation didn’t uncover a tunnel that could allow them to enter the rats’ cave, the team could only play a passive role and wait for the rats to come out on their own.

“I am not sure when the zombie rats will come out but we should adjust our condition before they do.”

After that, the two couples went to their rooms and began to get ready.

“Are you sure?” Qin Wu asked, looking at Mo Chenxuan with a worried face.

“Don’t worry.” Mo Chenxuan assured, rubbing his wife’s hair.

Hearing this, Qin Wu sighed and changed the subject.

“Where is the tunnel exit?” She asked.

“It’s in a house near the centre of the village.” Mo Chenxuan frowned and quickly continued.

“I think the house was a granary or storage of some kind.”

Qin Wu nodded when she heard that.

“You and I will guard the inside of the house while Xu Fei and Lin Rongrong stay outside.”

“That’s the idea.” Mo Chenxuan nodded.

“When they come out, we will lead the level one rats out of the house and let Xu Fei and Lin Rongrong deal with them. It’s going to be tricky but if done right, we can eliminate a large number of rats tonight.”

“Brother Chenxuan, have you checked if there are other tunnel exits?”

“There are many interconnected tunnels under the village but for some reason, there is only one exit.” Mo Chenxuan answered and soon continued.

“Don’t worry. The rats can’t hide from my spiritual power. I won’t let us fall into a desperate situation.”

“I believe you.” Qin Wu smiled.

She naturally trusted Mo Chenxuan.

With him there, their team could take risks while avoiding desperate situations.

Thinking of eliminating the rats and exploring the underground, Qin Wu suddenly felt excited.

“Brother Chenxuan, is there something in the underground tunnels?” She asked.

“Mmh.” Mo Chenxuan nodded but couldn’t help but frown.

With his spiritual power, he could see the tunnels and rats.

He could even feel something different about the tunnels.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t tell what it was.