Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2003 I am not worthy to eat this food (5700 words)
Kill the chicken to scare the monkey.

The effect is immediate.

Even those who had followed Zhu Xiao for many years were kicked out of the transportation brigade for violating transportation management safety regulations.

Moreover, given this mistake, it's highly unlikely that the militia brigade will accept them; they'll probably end up in a quiet job at the trading market.

Unless someone comes to their rescue, they are basically marginalized and have no chance of upgrading.

The members of the Second Transportation Brigade witnessed this scene and were immediately alerted.

"They're finished now. They can't follow Captain Zhu anymore and will have to be marginalized."

"Sigh, we've just run into the line of fire. Captain Li Qi already thought we were lax in discipline, and now she's using us as an example. Everyone better pay attention from now on. If we get kicked out of the transport brigade, our future is basically over."

"Yeah, Kane and Hengyu are the same. They insist on going to the toilet together and don't even bring guns. They really don't take the apocalypse seriously."

"Everyone was too relaxed in the North, spending their days playing cards and sleeping. They're probably not quite used to being here with the transport team yet."

"Alright, alright, disperse, disperse." The vice-captain came over and dispersed the people.

After they dispersed, the deputy captain, Ren Zicong, walked over to Zhu Xiao.

Looking at the two people slumped on the ground with a hint of regret, he looked up at Zhu Xiao, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopped himself.

There was nothing he could do now that things had come to this.

"Butcher, when we get back to the trading market, could you arrange a way out for them? They've been brothers with us for so many years. If they get kicked out of the transport brigade, the patrol team and the militia brigade probably won't take them in either. See if you can find them a couple of jobs in other units."

Zhu Xiao sighed and nodded, saying:

"Ok, I know."

He looked at the two people slumped on the ground, somewhat disoriented, and said:
"You two get up. Stay here at Oriental Paradise for the next few days and help assist the review inspectors. I'll figure out what to do next."

"Once this matter is over, I'll see if I can find an opportunity to transfer you back."

Liao Hengyu now truly realized his mistake. His face was filled with remorse as he said to Zhu Xiao:

"Big brother, I...I really know I was wrong."

His expression was bitter, and his throat was extremely dry and uncomfortable.

Kane, standing next to him, felt even more aggrieved. Liao Hengyu should have just admitted his mistake when facing Captain Li Qi's reprimand, but he insisted on arguing, which completely offended Captain Li Qi.

Even he couldn't hold on to it.

He was implicated and dismissed from his post.

Zhu Xiao ignored him and instead looked at Kane and said:

"Kane, as a safety officer, you should have had a higher level of safety awareness. Although you were carrying a gun, you still got out of the car in the end. Sigh."
I'll figure out a way to get you out of there later.

"Both of you may leave."

After saying that, he waved his hand, clearly not wanting to see them at that moment.

The two men, slumped on the ground, exchanged a glance, got up, and slunk away.

The two reached a small corner, and Liao Hengyu tugged at Zhou Kaien's arm, saying with a hint of guilt:
"Brother, I'm sorry to have dragged you into this."

Zhou Kaien directly shook off his arm:

"You son of a bitch, I couldn't stop you, you idiot!"

"I made a mistake too, and I accept the punishment, but you're fucking brainless. The transportation safety management regulations are all clearly written, and you're still arguing. Arguing with your mother's stinking idiot is just fucking stupid."

Zhou Kaien, who had been holding his anger in for a long time, finally let it out all at once, with an astonishing amount of profanity.

Faced with Zhou Kaien's rapid-fire remarks, Liao Hengyu initially wanted to get angry, but knowing he was in the wrong, he held back and dared not respond.

草啊
As Zhou Kaien continued his tirade, a thought inexplicably flashed through Liao Hengyu's mind:
How come Zhou Kaien is so good at swearing?

Those were really awful insults.
not far away.

Two men sitting on the roof of the behemoth were eating sunflower seeds and watching the scene unfold with great interest.

"Brother Pao, those two are really pitiful," Xiao Wu said, sitting next to Da Pao.

Click.

tui.

The cannon spat out the sunflower seed shells and said:
"They deserve it. They're already in the transport team and they're still so undisciplined. They're practically asking for it."

His expression was disdainful.

Although Da Pao may seem unserious at times, he is very serious and dedicated when it comes to his work.

In his early years, he often accompanied the city lord on missions and knew all too well that safety is of utmost importance and caution can always save lives.

If the city lord found out about Liao Hengyu's behavior just now, the punishment would definitely be much more severe.

Going out on missions is inherently risky; if you're not careful, you could just lose your life.

I don't care if I die, but I deserve to die if I affect others.

Xiao Wu also cracked sunflower seeds, nodding his head frantically like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Brother Pao, you're right!"

Da Pao shook off the remaining sunflower seed crumbs in his hand, patted Xiao Wu on the shoulder, and said earnestly:

"Xiao Wu, you're the only soldier I have under my command. You can't afford to mess things up, or I'll really be left with nothing!"

Xiao Wu immediately straightened up, "I will follow Director Zhao's orders. If you point east, I will absolutely not go west!"

A slight smile appeared on Da Pao's lips.

"Xiao Wu is a good comrade. From now on, our department will focus on training you!"

"Thank you, Director Zhao!" Xiao Wu said excitedly.

But I'm feeling a bit annoyed inside. Hey, can you read what you're saying?

There are only two of us in the entire interrogation room. If you don't train me, are you going to train yourself?
But hanging out with Brother Pao is definitely comfortable.

In the interrogation room, his immediate superior was Da Pao, and the only person who could control Da Pao was Minister Li.

Moreover, Brother Pao has extremely deep seniority and is on par with the city lord.

Even directors like Ju Tianrui and Luo Sanchang had to give him some face.

As Director Zhao's only subordinate, his status also rose accordingly.

He only needs to follow the orders of Dapao; in a sense, he can ignore everyone else.

Just at this time.

A thin man walked out from under the behemoth. "Cannon."

Just as Da Pao was showing off, he looked down and saw the people standing below. "Captain Xiao, what brings you here?"

Xiao Jun looked around and waved to him.

"Director Zhao, I have something to tell you when I come downstairs."

When Da Pao heard Zhao Chu's name, he was overjoyed.

whee.

So what if you're the captain of a core combat brigade? You still have to call me "Director."

"Alright, I'm coming down." Da Pao wasn't the kind of person who would take advantage of his privileges and do bad things.

He's just concerned about saving face, likes to tell a few little lies, likes to show off a little, and likes to visit a prostitute. That's all.

He flipped over and tumbled down the escalator, ran from the second floor of the behemoth to the first floor, passed through the entire zombie generator room, and then came out from the bottom of the behemoth through the escalator.

"Captain Xiao, what can I do for you?"

Since Ma Yingxue's death, Xiao Jun has rarely smiled, giving off an aura that keeps strangers at bay.

"I'd like to see the zombie-attracting drug. This is a weapon used to deal with Hu Tian. Director Zhao, you must keep it safe," Xiao Jun said solemnly.

Da Pao's eyes darted around, and he pulled Xiao Jun's hand, leading him towards the bottom of the behemoth.

"I'll take you to see it."

Arriving at the second-floor lounge of the behemoth, the cannon's lounge is a separate space of only three square meters. Although it is not big, at least it has its own private space.

The upper half of the space was filled with Dapao's personal belongings, while the lower half was a bed.

A person can sit on the bed without bending over, but if they are too tall, they cannot sit down at all.

Dapao took out a silver box from the upper part of the partition, entered the password, and opened the box.

Inside was the latest product launched by the headquarters of the Big Camphor Tree: Type IV Zombie Solid Attraction Agent.

At this time, the medicine is in a sealed and unactivated state.

After seeing the medicine, Xiao Jun nodded and said:
"Okay, Director Zhao. I will contact you if I need your cooperation. Please make sure to open this medicine and put it in the ventilation vent at the bottom of the Megatron."

The combination of the giant behemoth and the zombie-attracting drug is the core of this operation.

During a previous natural disaster caused by torrential rain, when the zombie horde surrounded the oil city and was in dire straits, the Giant once led a Type 2 zombie to attract the zombies out of the city and lured them away from the area around the oil city.

Thanks to the behemoth's super strong defensive capabilities, it bought Oil City a precious ten days.

The zombie horde at that time must have numbered in the hundreds of thousands, or even millions.

The terrifying horde of zombies completely buried the behemoth, piling it up into a small mountain.

Weighing hundreds of tons and being enormous in size, the behemoth was too big for the zombie horde to overturn.

While a horde of zombies might overturn a bus weighing over ten tons at times, a behemoth weighing hundreds of tons remains as steady as a mountain.

In addition, the Juggernaut has a Fortress Mode. Once Fortress Mode is activated, the entire vehicle will land on the spot with more than a dozen solid load-bearing pillars and will also lower armor plates to completely surround the Juggernaut, even the tires.

In this fortress mode, the Big Mac is like a turtle shell, and no matter how many zombies there are, they can't do anything to it.

Electricity: The bottom of the behemoth contains zombie generators that continuously generate electricity.

The behemoth has a 5-ton water tank, which can easily support the people inside for many months.

Surrounded by hordes of zombies and facing a shortage of oxygen, the behemoth comes equipped with an oxygen generator that can produce oxygen as long as there is water and electricity.

The Big Mac has a huge capacity, capable of holding over ten tons of food. If the people inside eat sparingly, it can last them one or two years.

The cannon closed the box, frowned, and said seriously:

"Captain Xiao, I have something to remind you. We are not facing an ordinary zombie horde, but a zombie horde with intelligent zombies."

"You should know about the tests that Instructor Judge and his team conducted in BY City, right?"

"The effectiveness of attraction drugs is limited when facing hordes of intelligent zombies!"

"Whether ordinary zombies are controlled by the sound waves of intelligent zombies or attracted by drugs, the sound waves have a greater effect on zombies."

"In other words, our zombie-attracting drug can no longer completely tether hordes of zombies like it used to."

"It still needs to be used in conjunction with sonic weapons to affect the zombie horde, and even then, its effect is limited and it cannot lure away all the zombies."

When Dapao said these words, he was unusually serious, and you could not tell that he was usually so unreliable.

Xiao Jun nodded solemnly and said:

“I know, that’s why we need to work together.”

“I’ve seen the test video. With the zombie-attracting drug and sonic weapon working together, we should be able to find some intelligent zombies. At that time, Judge and the others will be in the air, and we will cooperate between the ground and the air.” After knowing that Xiao Jun had a plan, Da Pao was relieved.

“Okay, this trip to M City is probably not so simple. I heard Song Qi say that he suspects the zombies have all gone into the subway tracks, so Hu Tian may also be hiding in the subway tracks.”

Xiao Jun narrowed his eyes thoughtfully.

“That’s quite possible. After all, the M city has a well-developed subway system, and the entire city has been almost hollowed out. It’s quite normal for Hu Tian to be inside the subway tracks. This also explains why Song Qi and his team couldn’t find any clues after searching for a month.”

"In that case, we really need to think of a solution."

The cannon laughed:

"I have an idea."

“Brother Pao, what do you say?” Xiao Jun suddenly raised his head.

Da Pao was startled when Xiao Jun called him "Brother Pao".

Xiao Jun is older than him, so he dares not.

"Brother Xiao, my suggestion is to blow up all the exits at M station, leaving only a few open so we can ambush them there."

Looking at the cannon, who was bursting with confidence and felt that his suggestion was brilliant, he had a proud look on his face.

Xiao Jun coughed twice suddenly; he felt like slapping himself.

Why would anyone believe the advice given by the cannon?
"Director Zhao, do you know how many subway lines there are in M ​​City, and how many subway station exits there are?"

"Oh?" This touches on a blind spot in my knowledge of cannons.

How many?

Xiao Jun replied in a low, somber tone:

“There are 18 bus lines in the urban area, each line has at least 20 stops, and each stop has at least 10 exits.”

"Even if some stations overlap, some stations have an alarming number of exits. For example, People's Square has 20 exits."

"A simple calculation shows that there are at least several thousand exits in the entire M station."

"Furthermore, many of the station exits are located inside shopping malls. Shopping malls are interconnected, so it's impossible to blow up a shopping mall, right? Nor is it possible to risk going to the second basement level of a shopping mall to blow it up, right?"

"Besides, with thousands of exits, where would we find the explosives and manpower to go?"

"Cough cough cough." Da Pao scratched his head, a rare occurrence, and put the box back in its original position.

"Huh? Xiao Wu called me." Da Pao pulled Xiao Jun out of the small room and locked it.

He hurriedly ran to the front cockpit of the behemoth.

During this process, Xiao Jun did not hear anyone call for cannons.

Clearly, the cannon was just an escape plan devised to avoid being in an awkward situation.

Xiao Jun stood there dumbfounded, shook his head helplessly, and stepped off the giant.

night.

Inside Oriental Paradise.

The lights and firelight intertwined.

The survivors who moved in received the food they had exchanged, and each of them had a smile on their face.

"Brother Miao, this oil city is really generous. You can actually exchange these scraps of metal for grain."

"Yes, Boss Miao didn't lie to us. He's incredibly loyal and would think of us when there's such a good thing."

Amidst the praise, some team leaders looked at Miao Wei with dissatisfaction.

But when they saw the pistol in Miao Wei's hand, their eyes cleared up again.

Cold weapons cannot defeat firearms.

"Tch, it's just good luck, nothing special."

"Yeah, if he hadn't hooked up with the oil city, Miao Wei and the others wouldn't be as good as us."

"Is the pancake delicious?"

"delicious."

"Then what are you all babbling about? Miao Wei has hooked up with the oil city's big brother. If we want to exchange grain, we have to go through Miao Wei. Put away your crooked thoughts. Do you still want to live the old days, picking up garbage to eat every day, or digging up tree roots and picking wild vegetables and eating insects in the mountains?"

Several people who were somewhat unconvinced immediately fell silent.

He ate his cornbread in silence.

To be honest, the corn and sweet potato cakes in this oil city are really delicious.

They hadn't eaten such refined food in years.

I take a bite of the tortilla, but I don't want to swallow it whole. I keep it in my mouth until my saliva softens it, and then I swallow it little by little.

This way of eating allows you to better appreciate the flavor of the corn tortillas and also makes you feel full more easily.

Most importantly, you eat less at once, which saves money.

in the crowd.

There is a team.

An eight-year-old boy is holding a corn tortilla that is only the size of two fingers in his hands.

I just look at it but don't eat it.

A man walked over and touched his pale yellow hair, which was as dry as straw.

"Potato, why aren't you eating it?"

Potato raised his head and said:
"I dare not eat it."

The man asked, "Why?"

Potato tilted his head and pondered for a long time, seemingly searching for words and sentences to describe his thoughts.

After a moment, he said:
"I am afraid."

"I think they all seem to really like this, and it smells so good, it looks delicious."

"But I'm afraid I'll never be able to eat this again."

"Dad, I don't feel like I deserve to eat such delicious food. I'm a little afraid to eat it."

"I"

The eight-year-old boy lowered his head, looking somewhat ashamed, and continued in a low voice:
"I don't deserve to eat such delicious food."

Upon hearing this, the man felt as if he had been struck a heavy blow to the heart.

I felt like I was going to die from the pain.

Little Potato was born in the early years of the apocalypse. He had never seen life before the apocalypse and did not know what life was like before the apocalypse.

I've never seen a bustling street or the prosperity of a big city.

I've never seen those various kinds of street food before.
In his impression,

Life is inherently cruel, food is inherently precious, and people are destined to kill each other.

Zombies are everywhere in the world.

Survival seems to be inherently this difficult.

He had never experienced happiness, never experienced the joy of not having to worry about food.
No more living in fear of being found by zombies in the middle of the night, no more living a precarious life.

He has been in a state of hunger since birth.
Naturally, they don't know what it feels like to be full.

He was constantly in pain.
Nature cannot comprehend happiness.

In his world, everything he is experiencing now seems commonplace.

It's normal, it's to be!
He had grown accustomed to the departure and death of those around him.

Accustomed to eating earthworms, wearing dirty clothes,

They go a week or even months without showering, and they get used to being hungry every day until their stomachs hurt.

I'm used to tightening a rope when I'm hungry.

I've never eaten anything good.

I'm afraid to eat good food.

They don't deserve to eat good food.
If you eat good food
What if we can never eat it again?
Unworthy of happiness
I fear that once I have happiness, it will vanish in an instant, and I will return to the pain of reality.

If you haven't experienced happiness, you don't know what suffering is.

If you haven't been to heaven, you won't know you're in hell.

Once you've tasted happiness, you'll understand what pain feels like.

The man understood what Little Potato was saying.

Little Potato often eats those smelly bugs and has gotten used to them, so he doesn't find them unpalatable.

But once you've tasted this fragrant and sweet corn tortilla, you'll understand what truly delicious food is.

Then you'll know what tastes good and what doesn't.

Then you'll understand the difference.

Everyone wants to eat delicious food.

But Potato was worried that if he ate something delicious, he would never be able to eat it again.

You will feel regret, sadness, helplessness, grief, and despair.

Potato's few words pierced the man's heart.

It caused him so much pain that he could barely breathe.

Self-blame, sadness, and heartache overwhelmed him like a tidal wave.

This damn apocalypse.

What a lousy father I am! How did I let my child turn out like this?!
How could anyone bear to see their child turn out like this?

He regretted that he should never have let his wife give birth to him.

For eight years, Little Potato has never been full.

Eight years have passed in the apocalypse, and Little Potato is very resilient. He is skilled at using a short spear to kill zombies and can climb trees.

It will wake up immediately upon hearing a sound after half a year.

But they just don't understand what it means to be full and happy.

I'm so damn stupid.

The man clutched his chest, clenching it tightly, in so much pain he couldn't breathe.

His son is called Little Potato, but he has never eaten a whole potato.

(End of this chapter)