Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 158

Chapter 158: Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Eight: Opening a Store

“Oh my god, there’s so many!”

Lin Xiuyuan felt his scalp tingle.

Huang Yunxiang, “Calling me won’t help, better run, son!”

The others weren’t in much better shape; Su Jin made a split decision, saying, “Get in the car first!”

After everyone got in the car, Su Xiangzhe quickly started the vehicle, and Lin Cheng closely followed behind.

However, the zombie rat horde was relentlessly pursuing them. Looking at the road ahead, Su Jin frowned; if they led these zombie rats to the City West area, that would be bad.

“If my disciple were here, one blast of his fire, and all the rats outside would be turned to ash,” Nie Qing’s voice came through the walkie-talkie.

“I think you’re deliberately belittling me,”

Lu Guanhai was displeased after all, he too was a Fire Element Ability User.

Nie Qing’s words sparked an idea in Su Jin’s mind. With the zombie rats still fiercely chasing them, perhaps they really could use fire to attack!

Su Jin took over the walkie-talkie, “Uncle, drive your car beside ours, don’t fall behind. Dad! Later, when I tell you to release fire out the window, start doing it, okay?”

Even though they didn’t understand Su Jin’s plan, in this critical moment, Lin Cheng and Lu Guanhai didn’t have time to ask questions and immediately agreed.

Once the two cars were side by side, Su Jin opened the sunroof on top of the car, climbed up using vines, and steadied herself, with Lin Xiuyuan and Huang Yunxiang in the neighboring car watching as she held on firmly to the car roof with vines, and then a large barrel appeared in her hands.

What is that?

Gasoline?!

“I get it now, Su Jin wants to use fire and gasoline!” Lin Xiuyuan shouted loudly.

“What is that girl holding in her hand?” Nie Qing asked, puzzled.

“That’s gasoline, the kind that accelerates burning,”

Lin Xiuyuan realized that Nie Qing might not know the use of gasoline, but he would understand after witnessing it soon.

One could only see Su Jin pouring the gasoline from the barrel onto the path, then the second and third barrels.

The dense mass of zombie rats ran over the gasoline-soaked road, and the smell of gasoline was overwhelming.

“Light the fire!”

Su Jin shouted to the car beside her.

Lu Guanhai, who had been ready, mustered all his strength to produce two fireballs and hurled them to the ground.

With a boom, the entire path behind them turned into a sea of flames in the eyes of onlookers!

The sharp, agonizing screams of the zombie rats came from behind, yet Su Jin felt a great sense of satisfaction; she felt as if she had experienced the joy of a Fire Element Ability User.

Both vehicles didn’t stop, and no more zombie rats chased after them.

“Sister Xiao Jin, you’re so smart,”

Mao Qiqi looked at Su Jin with admiration, amazed that Sister Xiao Jin had managed to kill so many zombie rats with just a few barrels of gasoline.

“That’s why I say, when dealing with brainless creatures, you need to think more and not just fight head-on,” Su Jin said with a smile.

Just like in her previous life, she knew many ordinary people without Special Abilities could kill lots of zombies using traps, weapons, and other tools. Humanity really has great potential.

…

“What do you think is our biggest problem right now?”

Liang Wei wanted to hear Lu Hao’s opinion.

Lu Hao thought for a moment and answered, “You protect the survivors too well.”

Although he had only visited the refuge twice, he could see that Liang Wei and the others provided excellent protection, offering food and lodging unconditionally. Had it been before the apocalypse, this would have been faultless, but in these times, such protection only made them lose their fighting spirit and even come to expect such care as a given.

Liang Wei sighed. He and Liang Jiuhui had indeed been worried about this recently. Initially, his policies purely aimed at protecting the citizens and attracting more survivors to come here, but now it seemed the policies needed to change. Moreover, the future construction of the base would also require these people’s involvement.

While they were discussing, someone knocked on the door and reported from outside.

Could it be an emergency?

The one who entered was Peng Qi, a young soldier in uniform, who was supposed to report loudly and clearly but hesitated, not knowing what to say.

“Peng Qi, go ahead and speak,”

There was no impatience in Liang Jiuhui’s voice. If there was nothing important, Peng Qi wouldn’t knock on the door for no reason. And his hesitation likely meant it wasn’t a significant issue.

“Report, there are some foreign visitors outside who want to see Mayor Liang!”

Peng Qi finally spoke up. He actually didn’t want to disturb Mayor Liang and the others, but those foreigners were too persistent.

“Foreign visitors? Haha.”

Liang Jiuhui laughed coldly and immediately instructed Peng Qi to bring them in.

S City was an open city even before the apocalypse due to its developed economy and foreign trade, which attracted people from all over the world. Even after the apocalypse, there were many foreign survivors.

However, Liang Jiuhui’s impressions of these ‘foreign friends’ had plummeted recently, and now that they had come knocking, he was curious to see what they intended to do.