Rebirth: Love in the Apocalypse - Chapter 73

Chapter 73: Return
Just as Lu Yanyan was recalling the good times, the door was suddenly pushed open.

A moment later, Lu Hao walked inside with a gloomy expression.

“Uncle.” Lu Yanyan greeted, looking at Lu Hao with a worried face.

“Did something happen?” Xiao Junxie was also concerned when he saw Lu Hao’s dark face.

“Yanyan, hurry up and pack. We are leaving.” Lu Hao said through gritted teeth.

“Leaving?” Lu Yanyan couldn’t help but be confused.

Although she missed the team, she was a bit reluctant to leave the compound.

After all, her uncle had always been a soldier and she grew up in the army compound.

Hearing that they had to leave, she was naturally a little confused and reluctant.

“Calm down first.” Xiao Junxie said, holding Lu Hao’s arm.

“Junxie…, what are you doing here?” Lu Hao finally noticed the extra person in his and Yanyan’s house.

“Yanyan and I are drinking tea.”

“Tea…” Lu Hao looked at the table and saw a teapot and several tea cups.

Seeing this, his mood calmed down a little but his heart was still throbbing with anger.

Soon after the apocalypse, he noticed some changes in the army.

However, he thought it was because things were unclear and the leadership was trying to figure things out.

Unexpectedly, after returning with Yanyan, he realised that things had gotten worse.

Rather than the people’s army, he returned to a private army.

In the days since his return, Lu Hao’s belief had collapsed and he could no longer stand being a part of the army.

Today’s incident was just the last straw!

Taking a deep breath, Lu Hao looked at Xiao Junxie.

“Junxie, I am leaving the army.” He said in a determined voice.

“What happened?”

“Wei Gui was released.” Lu Hao stated in an angry voice.

Wei Gui was the third young master of the Wei family.

Before the apocalypse, the young master was a playboy and could often be seen in clubs and gambling halls.

After the apocalypse, Wei Gui did not awaken an ability.

However, he was the young master of the Wei family and had a big family behind him.

As a result, he used his background to abduct many good-looking men and women.

That said, the man was not completely stupid.

Although he arrested many people, he did not touch the children of big and powerful families.

This was why he was able to run rampant for so long without being caught.

Several hours after Lu Hao returned to the base, he saw Wei Gui trying to snatch a beautiful girl from the street.

At a glance, the girl was unwilling to go with Wei Gui but the man didn’t care.

He dragged her and ordered his men to beat her boyfriend and family.

Naturally, Lu Hao did not ignore this matter.

As an upright person, he immediately saved the girl and arrested Wei Gui.

After sending the person to a holding cell, he began to investigate and the more Lu Hao learned, the more shocked he was.

Unexpectedly, in the few months since the apocalypse began, Wei Gui had raped more than one hundred people and killed even more.

This was a shocking discovery and Lu Hao immediately sent a report to his superior.

At that time, the superior talked well, expressed his outrage, and promised that Wei Gui would be dealt with.

But what about now?

It had only been a few days since Wei Gui was arrested but he was already out.

What did this mean?

Did it mean that people with a powerful background could do whatever they wanted?

Could they snatch, rape, and kill other people’s wives and children without fear of consequences?

Lu Hao was completely disillusioned and no longer wanted to stay in the army.

Now, the organisation that once made him proud only made him feel disgusted.

After listening to Lu Hao’s explanation, Xiao Junxie also felt sick.

He was there when the army raided Wei Gui’s dungeon.

Thinking of the scene at that time, his face turned pale and he felt a little dizzy.

“How can this be?” He asked.

Wei Gui’s sex dungeon was about fifty square metres.

It had hooks along the walls and a wooden table in the middle of the room.

When the army raided the place, fourteen women were strung on the wall hooks.

The women were naked and their bodies were covered in blue-purple bruises, cuts, and burns.

At a glance, they had experienced inhuman torture and most had long lost their sanity.

It was a scene from a horror movie and the soldiers were naturally outraged.

Thinking that such a person was released from prison, an uncontrollable rage rose from the depths of his heart.

“Abominable!” He shouted and angrily hit the table.

Combined with the things in the high-level meeting, Xiao Junxie felt a little desperate.

“The water issue has finally gotten some attention.” He said in a bitter voice.

“Is what you said true?” Lu Hao was a little excited.

Although he had decided to leave the army, he was happy to hear that the leadership wouldn’t continue ignoring the water matter.

“It’s true but…” Xiao Junxie sighed before continuing.

“It’s already too late for some people.”

Lu Hao understood when he heard this.

As a soldier, he naturally knew about the recent zombification incidents.

Unfortunately, there was nothing he could do but feel bitter and sigh in helplessness.

“Yanyan, pack your things.” Lu Hao repeated and Lu Yanyan no longer hesitated.

“I will do it right away.” She said.

“Coincidentally, I am also planning to leave.” Xiao Junxie said, looking at Lu Hao.

“Do you have a plan? Why don’t we form a team?” He asked but Lu Hao shook his head.

“There is a team I want to join.”

“The team with brother Mo, sister Qin, and the rest?”

“How do you know about them?” Lu Hao raised an eyebrow in question.

“Yanyan told me about them.”

“I see.” Lu Hao nodded and quickly continued.

“We got along well when we travelled together. I want to join their team if possible.”

Xiao Junxie fell into thought when he heard that.

A moment later, he looked at Lu Hao with a determined expression.

“Lu Hao, can you take me with you?” He asked.

“You want to come with us?”

“Mmh.” Xiao Junxie nodded and a trace of complex emotion flashed in his eyes.

“I can bring you along but whether we are able to join is not up to us.”

“I know.”

After that, Lu Hao began packing and Xiao Junxie returned to his room to do the same.

At the same time, he considered the formalities that needed to be done before he and Lu Hao could successfully leave the army.

However, he didn’t think leaving would be a problem.

After all, he, Lu Hao, and several others had long become eyesores in the army.

…..

Mo Chenxuan and the team realised something was wrong as soon as they arrived at the south gate.

“Is something going on?” Lin Rongrong wondered and immediately powered up her walkie-talkie.

“Sister Qin, do you know what’s going on?” She asked when the call went through.

“I don’t know.” Qin Wu answered but soon turned to Mo Chenxuan.

Seeing the look, Mo Chenxuan nodded.

He had just used his spiritual ability to investigate the situation.

After Qin Wu hung up the call, she turned to Mo Chenxuan.

“There have been more than four hundred zombification cases within the base.” The man said in a solemn voice.

“Four hundred?” Qin Wu was shocked.

After all, the base was humanity’s refuge.

How could there be so many zombification cases?

“Did the tests fail and allow an infected person to enter the base?”

Mo Chenxuan shook his head when he heard that.

“That doesn’t seem to be the case.” He said and quickly continued.

“It seems some of the survivors drunk contaminated water.”

“This…” Qin Wu sighed.

She wanted to blame the survivors who didn’t know what was good for them.

However, she couldn’t really do it.

In essence, it was the base that failed them, causing them to resort to such desperate means.

“The base leadership is really abominable.” Qin Wu cursed and Mo Chenxuan nodded in agreement.

“Has the base began distributing clean drinking water?”

“It has but the amount is limited.” Mo Chenxuan sighed.

He didn’t understand why people didn’t see the seriousness of the apocalypse.

As things were going, mankind may be destroyed faster than in his previous life.

“Fortunately, we can still enter the base.” Qin Wu sighed.

Soon after, the team passed the test and entered the base.

Unlike before, the streets were not crowded and people weren’t walking about.

In this way, two cars drove to the mission hall and began handing in the tasks.

Thirty minutes later, Mo Chenxuan led the team to villa number eight.

“We are now a rank C team.” Lin Rongrong happily exclaimed.

After completing the tasks they took, their rank soared and the team was now ranked within the top thirty.