Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 60: Chapter 56: How to Manage?

As it turned out, staying calm in the face of the apocalypse was far too difficult.

After the initial shock of the terrifying events, most of the others started to panic.

Huang Zhiqiang: "I have to call my parents! Wait... Wait, this is all real!"

Zhou Jian Country: "Mei! Let go of me! I have to find Mei! She must be in danger!"

Shen Xinyi: "Yu Dong... who are you, really? How do you know all this? Are those people outside actually zombies? Or are they actors? I’m calling the police! I have to call the police."

Liu Ye’ye managed to keep some composure. She dialed her ’Dad’s’ number, tears streaming down her face.

"Dad, pick up... Come on, pick up... Pick up, Dad."

Only the repetitive ringing tone echoed from the phone.

Her father was just on the first floor, but each ring made them feel miles and miles apart...

"Sigh..."

With one hand restraining the frantic Zhou and the other patting Liu Ye’ye’s shoulder, Yu Dong said nothing.

At a time like this, words were meaningless.

All he could do was wait for his teammates to vent their emotions.

Only Zhao Youcai, after ending his video call and venting his feelings, quickly regained his composure.

His usual cynical demeanor was gone, replaced by the look of a man reborn.

He walked over and nodded at Yu Dong.

"Dongzi, thank you for saving me. I won’t waste the chance you’ve given me... I will use my talents to help our team become a powerhouse in the new order."

After speaking, he took Zhou from Yu Dong’s grasp and began explaining to him the truth—that Yu Dong was a Reincarnator, and Mei was fated to die.

Did Zhao Youcai believe Yu Dong before the apocalypse? Why would he? Because of some clumsy prediction?

He didn’t know, but he just wanted to take a chance... What if it really happened?

The old world, which had never been kind to him, should have been destroyed long ago.

Only in a new order would he have the chance to rise to a high position and realize his ambitions.

He had gambled correctly.

Watching Zhao Youcai, who had already gotten into the zone, Yu Dong felt quite surprised.

Of everyone on the team, Zhao Youcai—the one he’d previously thought had the worst overall qualities—had shown astonishing adaptability both before and after the apocalypse began.

’Could he really be a genius?’

While Yu Dong’s six-person squad was going through its initial teething phase, the five people locked in Room 501 were on an emotional rollercoaster.

They went from initial fear, terror, and anxiety to even greater fear, terror, and anxiety after witnessing the world’s collapse from their windows.

The old woman fainted from fright.

During the chaos in the complex earlier, Huang Zhiqiang and Zhao Youcai had taken Sister Zhang’s key ring amidst the confusion, giving them access to all the properties she rented out.

Room 501 in Building 1 was one of them, chosen as a temporary holding room.

The squad had half-coaxed, half-threatened the five people into separate bedrooms in 501.

The five, who had been trying to find a way to call for help, were now silent—four of them, anyway. The fifth one was asleep.

They weren’t fools. From the windows of their respective rooms, they saw one tragedy after another unfold in the complex, on the streets, and by the sea.

"Outside... has there been a zombie outbreak?"

The high school student, Yan Yikai, was the first to break the silence in Room 501.

The soundproofing on the bedroom doors was mediocre; if you spoke loudly enough, everyone in the other rooms could hear.

"A global apocalypse, and we’re the last survivors?"

The moment college student Zhao Wenjie finished speaking, Yang Yi, who was next to him, slapped him on the back.

"Is now really the time to be thinking about those trashy novels you read? Hurry up and figure a way out of here! We’ll starve to death if we’re trapped..."

"Don’t worry, babe. I’ve read tons of apocalyptic novels about global cataclysms. I have plenty of experience dealing with this kind of scenario! Just give me a second... First, you need an infinite Storage Ring... Oh, right, has anyone awakened any special abilities yet?"

Listening to the voices outside, Qiao Ping’s face was a mask of anxiety.

"Nuonuo... my Nuonuo is still out there! Open the door! I have to go save my daughter!"

She yanked frantically at the doorknob, her strength so great that the entire doorframe began to shake.

"Ma’am, is your daughter Nuonuo the one at the swing set?" Yan Yikai’s voice was low.

"Yes! Nuonuo is such a good girl! She wouldn’t leave until I came back! She’s waiting for me at the swings! How is she? Are any zombies chasing her?"

"No. She’s chasing other people."

Yan Yikai’s room had a clear view of the complex below. From the fifth floor, his eyesight was sharp enough to see everything perfectly.

He just couldn’t see clearly into Building 2 across the way.

He glanced at his ’Little Genius’ smartwatch; the call was still unanswered.

He pretty much understood.

Hearing this, Qiao Ping collapsed to the floor, all strength gone from her body.

While the others were silent, Yan Yikai spoke up:

"I was thinking earlier... there must be a reason those people gathered us here. But besides living in the same complex, I couldn’t find anything we had in common. It was only just now that I realized... our commonality is that none of us are infected with the virus."

"The people who kidnapped us knew ahead of time that we wouldn’t turn into zombies."

"Considering their previous actions, it’s very likely they were trying to save us..."

In a very short amount of time, Yan Yikai had mostly figured out what was happening.

"Then why haven’t they come back?! Shouldn’t they let us out now? They don’t... they don’t have some other strange intentions for us, do they?"

Yang Yi said, clutching her chest.

"Don’t worry, babe, I’ll protect you no matter what happens! The top priority now is figuring out how to awaken the system."

Zhao Wenjie began trying all sorts of methods to awaken his ’system.’

「Meanwhile.」

After a brief adjustment period, the Xiangti Bay Squad finally held its first team meeting in Room 503.

"Dongzi, you have to save my dad! He’s still alive, but he didn’t listen to me and buy supplies... He’s all alone back in our hometown now."

"Mm... Don’t worry, Huang. We’ll all help figure something out."

This was a situation Yu Dong hadn’t anticipated.

Since Huang Zhiqiang had never believed him before, Yu Dong hadn’t explained too much. After all, just convincing one person to help was already a feat. Trying to convince a classmate’s family to believe in the apocalypse... you might as well claim to be Qin Shi Huang.

"The good news is that your dad is home by himself. The population density in the countryside is relatively low, and there are no zombies in the house. His situation is as safe as ours for now, so don’t worry too much... Let’s start the meeting first."

Huang gradually calmed down. Thinking about it, it was true. His mother had completely ignored what he said and gone out to play mahjong, never to return. His father, being home alone, had luckily escaped the initial disaster.

The others, for their part, quieted down.

Yu Dong got straight to the point:

"You all have a general idea about me being a Reincarnator. Zhou, Shen Xinyi, it doesn’t matter if you believe me or not. We’ll have plenty of time to talk about it later."

"Right now, we need to solve our biggest problem: what to do with those five people."

"In my last life, they died too quickly. I know nothing about them. I’ll save them, but... they haven’t been tested. They can’t be considered our teammates yet."

"We need a system for managing and evaluating them."

In this life, Yu Dong would not repeat Zhao Yun’s mistakes.

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