Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

The fourth outer city.

The world of ice and snow is covered in silver, with icicles hanging from the trees and branches wrapped in ice.

A little squirrel darted past, causing the branches to tremble and the snow to fall softly.

But the squirrel disappeared.

A few seconds later, a snowplow roared and drove up the mountain.

The intense heat blew the snow off the road to both sides.

Following closely behind the snowplow was an off-road vehicle equipped with snow tires, which provided excellent grip and kept a steady distance from the snowplow.

inside the car.

Li Hang was driving, with Qingyang and Li Yuan in the back. Li Yuan was holding a pink porcelain doll in her arms, waving her arms wildly.

Li Yuan's eyes were full of maternal love as she tucked the baby boy in with a thick towel.

"Have you decided on a name?" Li Yuan asked, looking up.

Qingyang scratched his head, a simple and honest smile appearing on his face. "I'll have Master give him a name later."

Before he began studying Taoism, Qingyang's secular name was Zhao Xiuyuan.

After becoming a disciple and learning Taoism, his master, Dao Xuanzi, gave him the name Qingyang, and from then on, he always referred to himself as Qingyang.

Li Hang, who was driving in front, interjected:

"If you ask me, I'd suggest I have my older brother name the child."

Qingyang coughed and replied, "My elder brother said I should think of it myself, but I feel it would be more appropriate to ask Master about the child's name."

Be a teacher for one day, and be a father for life.

In his heart, his master Dao Xuanzi held a position similar to that of his father.

He grew up in a Taoist temple, where he was cared for by two senior brothers, Qingyuan and Qingxiao, and his master also treated him very well.

In addition, the Taoist temple was a quiet place, and he hardly ever went down the mountain before the end of the world, so he maintained a relatively simple personality.

After the apocalypse, he became tainted with some worldly affairs.

However, their thoughts are still relatively simple and pure.

Even after getting married and becoming a father and husband, he still often had that innocent expression on his face.

but
He married Li Yuan. In the large Li family, there were many capable people, and they didn't need one or two more. So he was simple-minded and was liked and cared for by the Li family.

It must be said that Qingyang's fate was extremely fortunate.

As they were talking, the snowplow in front stopped.

They had arrived at the top of Sanqing Mountain, in the open space outside the gate of Sanqing Palace.

rustling --

The snowplow driver got out, walked over to the SUV, and said to Li Hang:

"Director Li, I'll head down the mountain now. There are still many roads down there that need snow removal."

Li Hang nodded and said:
"Alright, then you can go down the mountain."

The snowplow then drove down the mountain.

Qingyang opened the car door, held up an umbrella, and carefully stood by the door to shield Li Yuan and the child from the snow.

Snow was still falling from the sky, swirling and fluttering, and the two old locust trees outside the gate of Sanqing Palace were covered with snowflakes.

squeak~
Just then, the gates of the Sanqing Palace were suddenly opened.

Three people came out from inside.

"Junior brother."

"Senior brother."

Then, Qingxiao, Qingyuan, and Qingfeng, a new disciple whom Daoxuanzi had just accepted two years ago, came out.

Qingfeng was someone Li Yu knew in his previous life; they were good brothers who fought side by side.

Nickname: Jiba.

In this life, Ji Ba did not know Li Yu, but by chance, he met Dao Xuanzi on the top of Mount Hua and was then taken in by Dao Xuanzi, becoming Dao Xuanzi's fourth disciple.

Senior Brother Qingxiao was as short and stocky as ever, and ran over after seeing Qingyang and Li Yuan.

Upon closer inspection, they noticed the baby in Li Yuan's arms and their faces beamed with smiles: "Qingyang, sister-in-law, is this your child? So adorable!"

He reached out to hug the child, but was afraid of making the child cry.

He reached out to touch the child's face, but worried that his rough fingers from years of martial arts training might scratch the baby's delicate skin. For a moment, he held his hand in mid-air, teasing the child.

Seeing Qingxiao like this, Li Yuan took the initiative to hand the child over.

"Senior brother, Qingyang and I came here this time to introduce you to the child and also to ask Master to give him a name."

Qingxiao held the newborn baby, his hands trembling slightly. "So tiny," was his first thought.

How adorable! That was the second thought that popped into his head.

The second senior brother, Qingyuan, walked over. He was usually quite aloof, but his eyes softened considerably when he saw the child.

It was reminded that:
"It's too cold outside, let's go inside first."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Qingxiao carefully handed the child back to Li Yuan and said, "My senior brother is considering not leaving. Let's go inside first. It's really cold outside, don't get cold."

Qingyang looked at the supplies behind the vehicle, and Li Hang waved his hand, saying:

"It's alright, your senior brothers and I will move in. You take Yuanzi in first."

"Oh, okay." Qingyang, holding an umbrella, walked into the Taoist temple with Li Yuan.

Li Hang, along with Qingxiao, Qingyuan, and the others, carried the large and small bags of supplies they had brought from the car inside.

After moving these basic necessities to the warehouse, Li Hang followed Qingxiao to the reception room.

Because the Sanqing Palace is connected to the city's power cables, it also has water and electricity, so naturally it also has heating.

In the reception room.

The temperature is 26℃, warm as spring.

The row of plants near the window is filled with various green plants, and some of them are even in bloom.

The interior looks lush and vibrant with greenery.

Dao Xuanzi, the little old man, held Li Yuan and Qingyang's son in his arms, his white eyebrows twitching, his old face full of excitement.

"This is my grand-disciple! Hahaha, I have a grand-disciple now."

The old man is a hundred years old, but at this moment he is as excited as a child.

Seeing his master so happy, Qingyang also brought up the question of naming his child.

"Master, please give him a name."

Dao Xuanzi gently returned the child to Li Yuan, stroked his long white beard, pondered for a moment, glanced at Li Yuan, and then at Qingyang.

Before you became my disciple, your surname was Zhao.

"This child has clear and bright features. What do you think of Shouzhen?"

Upon hearing this, Qingyang kept muttering, "Shouzhen, Shouzhen, Zhao Shouzhen."

"Guard your heart, uphold righteousness, return to your true self, be true to yourself, Zhao Shouzhen. This name is really good, and it can also be used as his Taoist name, which he can use when he enters the Taoist path in the future. It's killing two birds with one stone."

Upon hearing the name, Li Hang, who was standing next to him, also expressed his admiration.

"Not bad, this name sounds catchy."

Li Yuan had no objections, since Qingyang had joined a sect that didn't restrict him from marrying and having children.

Therefore, it's understandable that the child would enter the Daoist path in the future. Anyway, with the Li family as a powerful backer, Zhao Shouzhen certainly wouldn't have any financial difficulties.

All she wants is for her child to grow up safely, happily, and healthily.

They didn't have high expectations for him, nor did they expect him to achieve anything great.

"Zhao Shouzhen," Qingxiao called softly as he approached Li Yuan.

He genuinely liked the child; he had watched his third junior brother grow up, so naturally he adored his junior brother's child. The group chatted idly in the reception room for a while, after which Qingyang privately sought out Dao Xuanzi for a chat.

“Master, my elder brother wants my senior brothers to come down the mountain. Recently, Vajra zombies have been appearing frequently outside the city. Our Great Camphor Tree has developed mechs, but the number of combat personnel who can carry the mechs is limited.”

Mechs require a high level of agility and physical fitness from their pilots.

The eldest brother wants the eldest brother to go down the mountain again to provide special training for a group of potential mecha warrior operators.

Qingxiao was the strongest in close combat among his fellow disciples. He was extremely proficient in both fist and foot techniques as well as swordsmanship, reaching the level of a master.

Dao Xuanzi was able to stay at the headquarters base in the camphor tree and even rebuild the Sanqing Palace, having received too many favors from Li Yu.

Therefore, he naturally had no reason to refuse.

"I'm fine with it. Ask your senior brother for his opinion later. If he wants to go, then let's go."

“Okay.” Qingyang nodded. After returning to the reception room with his master, he went to talk to Qingxiao about the matter alone.

Qingxiao naturally had no objections and readily agreed.

An hour later.

Qingyuan got up to cook. On the mountaintop, they usually steamed and cooked their own meals.

These days, heavy snow has blocked the mountains and made roads inconvenient, so they have hardly gone down.

Outside the city of Dazhangshu.

The third defensive fortress, the second-level combat platform.

The two brothers, Zhou Chen and Zhou Guang, were eating steamed buns and canned food. Their faces were covered in black dust.

"Xiaoming, you guys take over first, we'll grab a bite to eat," Zhou Chen called out to his comrades.

"Okay, you guys take your time eating." His comrade had a cigarette dangling from his mouth, firing his gun while smoking.

"I have to say, after Captain Li and his team finished clearing out the zombie horde at Tieshanlong, the number of King Kong zombies outside has actually decreased."

Zhou Chen stood up and glanced outside.

Amidst the blanket of white snow, the battlefield was shrouded in smoke, littered with zombie corpses and even standing zombies.

"I don't see much less."

His comrade exhaled a puff of smoke. "Team leader, just eat your food!"

Despite the blunt remarks from his team members, Zhou Chen remained unperturbed and returned to the corner to continue eating.

He and Zhou Guang are brothers, and their father is Zhou Dafu, the captain of the Minwu Brigade.

However, the two brothers were not in the same brigade as Zhou Dafu.

After his family of four came down from Funiu Mountain, they encountered Li Yu's convoy on the road. By chance, Zhou Dafu and his wife and children joined the camphor tree.

Two or three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Zhou Dafu and his two sons simply joined the military department. Before the apocalypse, Zhou Dafu was a reconnaissance platoon leader and was able to stay on the mountain with his wife and children for seven or eight years during the apocalypse.

They are extremely capable in all aspects.

In the past two or three years, he has performed exceptionally well, and with his excellent resume, he was promoted to captain of the militia brigade during the first two major expansions of the military.

As for the Zhou brothers, Zhou Chen and Zhou Guang, they were influenced by their father from a young age, so they were very good in terms of physical fitness and other aspects, and successfully joined the military department.

However, their promotion speed was far slower than that of their father, Zhou Dafu. Two or three years later, the two were still group leaders in the militia brigade.

The two ate their meal and chatted idly.

“When we rotate shifts again, let’s go to the communications department together and see if we can get in touch with Dad. He’s at the Xunwu mine; I wonder how he’s doing,” Zhou Guang said in a deep voice.

Zhou Chen nodded. "I reckon when we go back from our rotations, Mom'll be nagging about the three of us again. She's always been against the three of us joining the military."

Zhou Guang wiped his mouth. "If we don't join the military department, where will we get such a nice house to live in? Besides, isn't joining the military department a good thing?"

“Mom doesn’t think so,” Zhou Chen replied.

First outer city.

Li Tie was in a hurry; he parked his SUV outside the administration building.

After getting out of the car, I rushed up to the administration building.

After entering the gate, I accidentally bumped into someone coming out.

"Ouch!" The documents in Dong Ying's hands fell to the ground, and she fell backward.

Li Tie acted swiftly, taking a large stride and grabbing Dong Ying's waist, preventing her from falling to the ground.

The documents fluttered around like a backdrop. Li Tie had his arm around Dong Ying's waist. Dong Ying looked up at Li Tie in a daze, while Li Tie looked down at Dong Ying.

This scene is just like a romantic scene from an idol drama.

But Li Tie, who was always allergic to romance, blushed the moment Dong Ying stared at him, his face turning red from his neck to his entire face.

"Uh, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry." Li Tie quickly helped Dong Ying up.

Feeling a little awkward and unsure of what to do with his hands, he squatted down to pick up the documents, looking very busy, in an attempt to cover up his earlier embarrassment.

After a moment of stunned silence, Dong Ying came to her senses.

Her beautiful face was slightly flushed.

Her voice held a hint of shyness, "It's nothing."

Li Tie quickly picked up the scattered documents from the ground and said, "Here you go."

When handing the documents to Dong Ying, their fingers inevitably touched.

Li Tie was as if he had been electrocuted; his emotions, which he had finally managed to calm down, began to tremble again.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, I had an urgent matter to attend to when I went to see the commander, and I didn't see where I was going and accidentally bumped into you."

Dong Ying brushed her slightly messy hair aside, then lowered her head, not daring to look at Li Tie.

"It's okay, it's okay, I know you didn't mean it." Dong Ying's heart was pounding, and her voice was barely audible.

Li Tie coughed and said, "Then I'll go up first."

"Mm." Dong Ying nodded, still not daring to lift her head.

Li Tie's hands moved like he was having an epileptic seizure, touching his trouser leg, then his forehead, then his pockets, looking very busy, but actually doing nothing.

"I'm leaving." After saying that, Li Tie went upstairs.

The moment he reached the elevator, as if by some strange twist of fate, he turned his head to look at Dong Ying standing at the entrance.

Cleverly, Dong Ying also turned to look at him at that moment.

Their eyes met at that moment.

The two of them seemed to have been electrocuted, or caught thieves, and were very guilty, quickly turning their heads away.

Ding dong.

Li Tie's elevator arrived. He stepped into the elevator and saw Dong Ying push open the door and walk out.

He only calmed down a little after the elevator doors closed.

During his time in the elevator, the scene from earlier kept replaying in his mind.

Dong Ying is really beautiful.

As he thought about it, the corners of his mouth unconsciously turned up.

As Dong Ying walked outside the gate, she put the documents under her armpits and put her hands in her pockets.

Her face was still rosy, making her look like a ripe apple.

The corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up, and the scent of that mature man seemed to linger around the tip of her nose.

Captain Li, are you so easily embarrassed?

Hahaha.

She felt the joy of a little hamster discovering a giant nut.

(End of this chapter)