Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 14

Chapter 14: Distance Makes The Heart Fonder

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Su Jin brought Lu Hao to the refinery and took out a Marrow Cleansing Pill. As she gave it to him, she told him about its functions.

She had read the books about the pills by now. The writings stated that one could reduce the pain felt when consuming the pill by having soaking oneself in water as one ate it. Back then, Su Jin had just swallowed the pill whole, and she could still remember the agony she suffered sharply.

What Su Jin did not know was that the pain she suffered had already been greatly diluted by her healing vine’s power.

Su Jin and Lu Hao went to the stream in the dimension, and she used her mind to summon a large wooden bucket. She then filled the bucket with water and asked Lu Hao to sit inside it.

Lu Hao looked at Su Jin, his gaze flickering back and forth slightly.

Su Jin, “?”

“Right, I’ll strip now.” With those words, Lu Hao began to take off his shirt in front of Su Jin, who hurriedly turned around in shock.

Su Jin waited until she heard the sound of Lu Hao getting into the water before she finally turned around again and offered the pill to Lu Hao, who was in the bucket. Her face was bright red.

Lu Hao ate the pill without hesitation.

Less than half a minute later, Lu Hao’s handsome face began to twitch. It felt as though all of his joints were being smashed to pieces. Had his beloved Lil Jin suffered this pain alone? The thought made his heart hurt too.

Su Jin looked at him anxiously. To the two of them right now, every second was pure agony.

“How are you feeling, Lu Hao? Can you hang in there?” Su Jin asked anxiously.

“I’m fine. It’s much better now.”

About half an hour later, Lu Hao finally felt the pain fade. He opened his eyes and saw that Su Jin was next to him, looking at him worriedly. There was a warm rush over his heart, and he really wanted to hug her right now.

The next second, though, he smelled the foul odor. The clear stream water in the wooden bucket had turned brown-black… _{freёwebnoѵel.com}

“Um, Lil Jin, I’m fine now. But I need to go out and take a bath,” Lu Hao said awkwardly.

“Sure. Try saying in your mind that you want to go back outside, and then focus.”

Lu Hao nodded then disappeared from before Su Jin’s eyes. In order to prevent any awkwardness, Su Jin did not leave immediately. First, she acted on an idea and poured the dirty water Lu Hao had left behind into fields…

Hehe, she was going to turn all the filth in this dimension into fertilizer for the fields! That was what the old farmers did, right? It was killing two birds with one stone!

If the fields could think for themselves, they would be rendered speechless. They were spiritual fields, for goodness’ sake! They absorbed the spiritual energy in the air to produce priceless treasures! Why was their current owner so stupid?

Still, Su Jin’s little idea did keep the dimension clean, because the fields indeed had cleansing effects. The only problem was that the ‘nutrients’ would have no effect on any crops there.

Su Jin did not know that she had stumbled onto the right course of action, of course. She was thinking about how she had to discuss their next plans with Lu Hao once she left the dimension. Also, they had to get rid of the zombie Lu Hao’s team had apprehended ASAP, or things could get very nasty.

Hence, Su Jin teleported herself out of the dimension with a turn of her thoughts.

Lp was standing shirtless in their bedroom, wiping his hair. When Su Jin reappeared, she just happened to land next to him.

…

The atmosphere was getting a little hot and heavy. Although Lu Hao had jumped slightly when Su Jin popped out of nowhere, he did not show his surprise on his face. Instead, he just looked at the dazed and pulled her onto his lap with his large hand, offering her the towel. “Could you help me dry my hair?”

“…”

Lu Hao had a crew cut, so there was nothing much to dry. Even so, Su Jin obliged, blushing.

After Lu Hao took the Marrow Cleansing Pill, he felt as though his entire body had been reconstructed. His spirits were high as well. In Su Jin’s eyes, Lu Hao had become much more handsome and energetic. Her red face turned scarlet.

Shi Jin, who was on duty with Yin Chengtian, was equally surprised. Was this gentle, caring man really their captain? Also, why was the captain suddenly more handsome than before?

“C-Cap’n! Why are you here this late at night?” Yin Chengtian asked, trying to butter him up. The captain had not seen him scrolling through his phone just now, did he?”

“I’m here to check on the suspect, Li Wei. This is my wife, Su Jin.” Lu Hao introduced them briefly.

“Nice to meet you, Sis-in-law!” Yin Chengtian and Shi Jin immediately greeted Su Jin in unison. Whoaaa, the captain’s wife was crazy beautiful! She was much prettier than their squad idol, Liao Yifan.

Lu Hao then introduced Yin Chengtian and Shi Jin to Su Jin, Once they exchanged greetings, they went into the holding cells to see the suspect they were here for.

Li Wei’s condition was delicate, so he was being held in a separate cell on his own.

The motion-sensor lights came on in the corridor automatically. They were off office hours, so the lights in the cells were not on. The corridor lights shone into the dark cell, and they could vaguely see a silhouette inside. His back was facing them, so the four of them could not see his face clearly.

Yin Chengtian yelled the suspect’s name a few times, but the latter did not react. He opened the cell door and was about to walk in when Su Jin stopped him.

Su Jin asked Lu Hao, “Do you have a gun?”

Lu Hao nodded and pulled the gun out of its holster, but he did not give it to Su Jin. Instead, he said, “All of you, wait here. I’ll go in.”

Su Jin knew that Lu Hao would never let her go in on her own, so she stood on the tips of her toes and whispered the traits of a zombie into his ear. If anything seemed wrong, she told him to aim for the head.

Lu Hao nodded and pushed open the door, going in. The first thing he did when he went in was to turn on the room lights, then he headed toward Li Wei, who was facing away from him.

Li Wei moved slightly, as though he heard something. Lu Hao approached him and finally saw his face. Ugly did not even begin to cover it. His eyeballs were completely white, his face was falling off, while black and green veins cross-crossed his cheek. He threw his mouth wide open and tried to lunge at Lu Hao.

However, he was cuffed and locked to a chair right now, so he could not move. All he could do was try and stretch his neck and head as far as he could go.

“Li Wei” had well and truly become a zombie. He had exactly the same zombie traits Su Jin had warned Lu Hao about outside the cell. That meant the apocalypse Su Jin had told him about was real!