The Rebirth of the Last Days and Return to [Fang] Hao

“Come, come! The caravan is here!”

“Which caravan?”

“The delicious one!”

The world outside the walls were a little grey. Unlike the lifeless appearance outside, the inside of the base was filled with an irreplaceable breath of life. A large truck slowly drove to the gate of this small base, the doors of the cockpit opened, and two young people jumped out of the car.

The appearance of these two men stands out, especially in this post-apocalyptic world that still hasn’t been completely rebuilt. Two young men in clean clothes, good health, and good looks. Such an appearance would be extremely eye-catching before the end of the world, not to mention in this barren, hard-to-survive, wasteland-like world?

It’s just that now everyone’s attention is not on the two of them, but on the goods in this truck – food.

“How do we trade for things today?” A man stepped forward and glanced at the truck with some eagerness. It wasn’t that they had never had the idea of fighting this seemingly weak, two-person caravan, but that none of them ever succeeded. The strong rays of light in the pair’s eyes are enough to show they are ability users above the fifth level. In their small base that managed to survive the “final battle” due to their location, those with abilities beyond level 3 are simply unimaginable.

Rumor was that there were even level 4 and 5 zombies before. They also learned more about the situation after the zombie tide subsided and they started to contact other bases. Everyone knows there is a new type of compressed food at the base in A City, and that weapons can be produced in large quantities there. However, there is a lack of raw materials for production.

But unfortunately – although the zombie tide has receded, and have hidden their traces, once night falls, those zombies will quietly emerge from the shadows. Those relatively rare mutant animals also began emerging one after another. Like mutant plants, they are one of the terrifying killers in today’s almost barren world.

Most people do not have the ability or courage to travel far to communicate with people or exchange goods with various bases, so they have to rely on these powerful and courageous “caravans”.

This kind of caravan appeared about half a year after the final battle. It was led by a very powerful ability user. Loaded with characteristic products from a certain base, they went to other bases in exchange for what they needed.

“Still the old rules.” The taller young man walked up to the head of the base and said.

“Okay, they are moving things, and will come to deliver things in a while.” The food of this caravan is relatively cheap. On average, a bag of compressed space food is exchanged for two kilograms of ore.

Yes, ore. This is the main product of this base, which is relatively close to a mine. After the final battle, almost all the weapons in the base were used up, and the raw materials were extremely scarce. Sadly, despite their proximity to mines, mines are very dangerous places. Compared with other caravans that trade one bag for 2.5 kilograms of ore, exchanging with this team is more cost-effective, and they also come pretty often.

Looking around, the shorter young man saw a group of children standing by the car. Taking off his sunglasses, he walked to the group of children. “What are you doing?”

Several seven or eight-year-old children stared at him with eyes wide open. “Are you a big sister?”

Fang Hao’s face distorted into a mix of crying and laughter, and he said firmly: “I’m a big brother!”

A snot-nosed kid bit his finger. “But you look better than my mother.”

“…I’m still a big brother!” Fang Hao continued to firmly defend himself.

“Brother, your face is so white and your skin is so soft.” The only girl in the group of little devils looked at Fang Hao’s cheeks with envy. She was the “queen” of the group of little devils and of the base, but but compared with the big brother in front of her, she didn’t look like a legendary “beautiful little girl” at all.

Fang Hao’s expression was a little distorted. Rolling his eyes, he took out a handful of candy from his pocket. “Whoever wants to call me big brother, I will give someone a piece of candy.”

There is definitely something wrong with the water in the space! His skin is now becoming smoother and softer, whiter and more tender, and He Zizhong is becoming more and more “loving”1Passionate/sex. If it weren’t for his body still being masculine, he would have suspected that the spring water had a gender-swapping effect!

Although the group of kids had hardly tasted sugar before, it did not affect their yearning for this legendary delicacy. A pair of dark eyes lit up, and they shouted without hesitation: “Brother!”

“Brother.”

“Brother…”

The special products produced by this base are currently very rare, so compared to other bases, the people here eat quite well. After receiving the news, many bases will exchange items and food with them. However, luxury, high-calorie foods like candy are very rarely seen.

Seeing the children run away happily with candy, Fang Hao clapped his hands and turned around proudly.

He Zizhong was counting the ore the other party brought over. After counting, he asked them to get in the car to carry the food. They have come to this base many times, and the amount of food in the car is not much different from the amount of ore they can take out.

“Done trading?” Fang Hao came over and stood beside He Zizhong.

“Well, we’ll be done in a while.” He Zizhong nodded and put his arms around Fang Hao’s waist – after all these years, his figure is still very good.

The trade was quickly completed. The boss of the base warmly invited the pair to come and rest in their base, but they still rejected it. They have never spent the night in a place other than the A city base. Even if their belongings won’t sell immediately, they will spend the night in the truck outside the space.

The truck slowly left, and some people with a bad thoughts quietly followed behind the truck again. The ore from their base is very sought-after. If they can keep the contents of this truck, they can use it to trade with caravans from other bases later.

Sadly, they completely lost track of the truck after about an hour, as they have always done.

A sturdy-looking man spat bitterly. This was not the first time they were beaten these two people. They knew how high and terrifying the strength of these two people was. But even tigers doze off sometimes, and they just want to take advantage of the tigers’ dozing off to find an opportunity. Unfortunately, it seems that these two tigers never gave anyone a chance to take advantage. They never enter these small bases, stay for long, or even give them a chance to attack.

The stalker went back listlessly. It will be dark in a while, and if they don’t leave now, who knows what will come out at night?

At an altitude of tens of meters above the ground, an invisible figure swayed a few times. After confirming that no one was nearby, it flashed and disappeared completely.

In the space, Fang Hao rested his head in He Zizhong’s arms, counting the things they had traded this time. “Although the number is a little less, the harvest is not bad. Where shall we go tomorrow?”

“Base 11, they should have cotton.” He Zizhong held a book in his hand, which recorded information about the various bases, what they produce, exchange ratio, production time, and so on.

“It’s still the things made in our space that is the best. Even when made into compressed food, it sells much faster than the rest.” Fang Hao took out an unbranded toothpaste-like package from the lower space with a little pride.

This is the “toothpaste” food they made using the rubber trees and agricultural products in the space after the base completely stabilized.

During the three years defending the base, the two of them only entered the space to harvest products in the farmland when they were free. If it wasn’t because there was an extra island of the same size and increased storage space after the space reached level 5, those crops would never fit.

After the end of the world, they began to produce these things into finished products to exchange for other materials. Of course, their ultimate goal wasn’t weapons, food, or clothing, but crystal nuclei. Whether it was zombie nuclei, mutant animal nuclei, or mutant plant nuclei.

They don’t lack other things. They have almost everything else in the space, and the space still needs to be upgraded with crystal cores. After the came out, zombies have become very alert and changed their previous habits.

When there was no sun, the world was a world of zombies. After the sun came out, those low-level zombies who had not eaten human flesh for a long time were directly burned to death by the sun. Higher level zombies, or those who just ate (whether it was a crystal core or human flesh), managed to support themselves and ran into the cities where humans used to reside to hide.

At first, everyone thought that zombies were completely wiped out. That was until they found out that every time night fell, zombies would sneak out of bunkers and attack humans. They didn’t disappear; they just hid and changed their way of life.

Just when everyone thought that it was enough to guard against zombies at night, those rarely seen mutant animals emerged with increased strength, brutality, and size. At the same time—the taste grew worse.

There are also those mutant plants that have caused everyone a lot of trouble before. Like before, they are still secretly hidden in the ground, camouflaged, waiting for someone to pass by, and then hunt them down in one fell swoop.

The land has become barren, the taste of crops has become secondary, and yields have fallen.

Although the biggest crisis may be over, the future of mankind was still not optimistic.

 

First part of the long extra.

 

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