Rebirth: Love in the Apocalypse - Chapter 77

Chapter 77: Gunfire
“Why is there gunfire so close to the base?” Qin Wu couldn’t help but be surprised.

“It’s inside the base.” Mo Chenxuan said.

After advancing to level three, his spiritual sense range increased from a radius of five hundred metres to one thousand metres.

However, in the base, he usually didn’t spread his spiritual sense to its maximum range and only covered his immediate surroundings.

Before the gunfire, Mo Chenxuan’s spiritual sense only covered his villa area and because of this, he didn’t notice when more than one hundred soldiers arrived in zone E.

“They are in Zone E.” He clarified.

“Was there another zombification incident?”

“Mmh.” Mo Chenxuan nodded but his face was extremely gloomy.

Qin Wu also frowned.

It had been a while since the first zombification incident.

How could Zone E residents still be so wilful?

How could they dare to continue drinking contaminated water when they knew there was a chance of turning into a zombie?

Qin Wu was angry when she thought about it.

Although she sympathised with the people’s plight, she still felt they were too reckless.

“How many people?” She asked.

“Four but…”

“Excluding the zombified people, twenty-one ordinary survivors were accidentally shot dead.”

“This…” Qin Wu frowned.

“How is this possible?” She asked and quickly continued.

“Soldiers should be able to take better aim even if they are shooting in the dark.”

“I agree.” Mo Chenxuan said, still using his spiritual sense to observe the situation.

After killing the four zombified people, the soldiers went into several tents and dragged seven people out.

Of the seven, one was a girl in her late teens, another was a middle-aged woman, while the rest were men of different ages.

These people were the families of the four zombified survivors.

“Are your families still drinking boiled contaminated water?” One of the soldiers roared in anger.

At the same time, the seven knelt on the ground, looking at the soldiers with fearful expressions.

“Sir, our family bought official water and didn’t drink contaminated water.” The teenage girl said in an aggrieved voice.

She wasn’t lying.

Because of poverty, her family used to drink boiled contaminated water.

However, after the zombification incidents, they were frightened and no longer dared to drink such water.

Who would have thought that her father would still become a zombie?

The girl was wronged when she thought about it.

“My family also bought official water.”

“Da Zhou, tell them that our families went to buy official water together.”

“Don’t involve me in this. Who knows what your family did after getting the official water?”

“It’s because your families drunk such water that my Rong’er is gone. Return my little grandson to me.”

“What does your grandson have to do with me? It’s the soldiers who went too far and shot innocent people.”

“Would they have come here to randomly shoot people if your four families didn’t do something despicable? You must compensate me today. Otherwise, this matter will never be over.”

“You must also compensate my family.”

“How could my son die like this? What will I do? What will my grandchild do?” An old man wailed, his unwillingness echoing in the surroundings.

He was already more than seventy years old.

Unexpectedly, he, his son, and little grandson managed to survive the hard days of rushing to the city B base only to die here!

The old man was filled with resentment and wanted to tear the soldiers into a thousand pieces.

Fortunately, he retained his last bit of rational thought.

Thinking that his grandchild was only eight years old, the old man didn’t dare to court death.

He just hoped that someone would come out to help them.

“Leader, what should we do with these people?” One of the soldiers asked.

“Kill them.” The leader answered in an angry voice.

“This…”

“Are you doubting my order? Do you want to rebel?”

“No. Of course not.”

Soon after, more gunfire echoed in the surroundings and sixteen bodies fell to the ground.

At the same time, several loud screams were heard.

“How could you shoot my daughter in law? She has nothing to do with those four families?”

“My father is also dead. How could randomly kill him?”

Mo Chenxuan sighed and a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

“What’s wrong?” Qin Wu asked.

Although she heard the gunshots, she couldn’t see what was going on and could only rely on Mo Chenxuan to clarify the situation.

“The family members are dead but so are sixteen bystanders.”

“Sixteen?” Qin Wu was shocked.

“Are these soldiers incompetent or did they do it on purpose?”

After all, more than thirty innocent survivors died in this siege to kill four zombified people.

It made no sense that professional soldiers were so bad at wielding weapons.

“It’s partly incompetence and partly intentional.”

“What do you mean?”

“Three quarters of the soldiers look like kids. They should have just been recruited to the unit.” Mo Chenxuan started and quickly continued.

“The other quarter are veterans. I saw several of them aiming at the bystanders who were there to watch a show.”

Qin Wu fell silent in when she heard that.

A similar zombification incident happened in her previous life.

This incident happened in the first days when people didn’t know that tap water was a veritable hazard.

Unexpectedly, Mo Chenxuan warned people ahead of time but the incident still happened!

Qin Wu was frightened when she thought of this.

After all, she was a reborn person and her future was based on correcting the mistakes of her previous life.

However, if the major things couldn’t be changed, what was the meaning of all her efforts?

Qin Wu couldn’t help but feel a little depressed when she thought about this.

Fortunately, she wasn’t the kind of person who liked to lay down and let her fate play out.

At this time, she became even more determined.

“What are they doing now?” She asked.

“The soldiers are grabbing supplies while the bystanders are robbing the corpses. It’s…”

‘Tragic.’ Mo Chenxuan thought.

In less that fifteen minutes, the homes of the dead were robbed clean and the corpses were stripped to their skin, leaving them no dignity.

“Take them to the mass grave.” The leader instructed, looking at the bystanders.

After that, the soldiers left zone E and went to zone C.

At the same time, Mo Chenxuan retracted his spiritual sense and turned to Qin Wu.

“The soldiers are too rampant.” The man said in an angry voice.

More that superpowers, Mo Chenxuan couldn’t stand the deaths of ordinary people.

As a result, he felt very uncomfortable after watching the actions of the rampant soldiers.

“I didn’t expect the soldiers to be so unruly.”

“They probably have a backer.”

“You are right. They wouldn’t be so unruly if they didn’t have a backer.”

“It’s no wonder Lu Hao and Xaio Junxie left the army.” Qin Wu sighed but a thoughtful expression flashed on her face.

“Brother Chenxuan, do you want Xiao Junxie join our team?” She asked but Mo Chenxuan shook his head.

“For lack of a better word, our team is the tip of spear. I don’t feel Xiao Junxie is very suitable to join team Legends.”

“I also feel the same. However, we can’t actually say anything until we have a chance to do a mission together.”

“You are right but…”

“But?”

“Although he is not suitable to join team Legends, he is perfect for another role.”

“What role?”

“Wu’er, building an army is indispensable. I think he is perfect for spearheading that goal.”

Qin Wu fell into thought when she heard that.

A moment later, her eyes widened and she looked at Mo Chenxuan with barely concealed excitement.

“You are right. He is indeed suitable for that role.”

“We will test him during the next mission and if his character is acceptable, I will ask him to help us build an army.”

“As expected, you have a very good idea for people.”

Hearing this, Mo Chenxuan chuckled, looking at Qin Wu with doting eyes.

‘How could I abduct you if I didn’t have a good eye for people?’ He thought and subconsciously rubbed his woman’s hair.

“Our team is growing larger.” Qin Wu said in a proud voice.

In their previous life, she and Mo Chenxuan didn’t have a permanent team.

As a result, they didn’t make long-term plans and only lived from mission to mission.

Things were different in this life.

Not only were they together but they also had plans for the future.

Thinking about this, Qin Wu chuckled and threw herself into Mo Chenxuan’s arms.

“What are you thinking about?” Mo Chenxuan asked, pulling her closer into his arms.

“Nothing much. I am just thinking that we will have a long happy life.”

“You are right. You and I are going to be happy for the rest of our lives.”

With that, the two fell silent but hugged each other tighter.

In the end, their life and happiness were what they needed to protect most.