Apocalyptic Reincarnation: Start with a 30-million Bonus

Big Camphor Tree Base, ten days after Third Uncle and his group left, the torrential rain finally ceased, and the crops in the base grew well.

This was thanks to individuals like An Ya in the base, who tirelessly built drainage facilities during the rainstorm, preventing the crops from being submerged.

Under the incessant rain, everyone at the base walls faced immense pressure, constantly dealing with zombies, their hearts strung tight all the time.

The recent torrential rain also disrupted their plans to reinforce the base further, though they restarted the reinforcing process after the rain stopped.

The manufacturing of bullets has also produced tens of thousands by now, still ongoing, but facing a critical issue of insufficient raw materials, which needs to be addressed after the rain.

With the rain paused, numerous issues piled up needing their resolution.

Standing on the wall, Li Yu gazed towards the north, hoping that perhaps within two days, Third Uncle and his group would return.

The journey was long; if not for the recent rains, Li Yu would have set out to find them.

Now, with the rain stopped, waiting another two days wouldn't be too late.

In the base, the fruit trees, after the baptism of heavy rain, burst with new vitality in a short time.

The tender buds of the willow trees, barely sprouting before the storm, now grew several centimeters.

The little flowers on the fruit trees also bloomed, everything appearing as if the earth had just awakened.

...

In the more southern Furong Mountain, Captain Luo and his team faced a wrecked base, overwhelmed with sorrow. This wave of the Zombie Tide greatly impacted the base, but what mattered more was the reduction of their already small number of people by three.

Now, they totaled only 38 people.

This further deepened their resolve to leave this place, being too close to Yangcheng with an overwhelmingly large base number of zombies, even scattered zombies amassing could form an extremely terrifying Zombie Tide.

Determined, they packed everything and set off to leave Furong Mountain.

In this storm, for those like Fang Tong and Xie Weishan who defected from Furong Mountain, life wasn't easy either; the sudden storm caught them unguarded without the protection of the base walls.

Heading west towards less populated areas, but in the storm, to zombies, humans were live targets; they finally escaped to a place in the west, exchanging food for shelter, narrowly avoiding a disaster.

But the defection cost them half their number and three-quarters of their food, which they deeply regretted.

Now residing under someone else's roof, they maintained some independence but lost much of their freedom.

...

May 3rd. 6:30 in the morning.

Third Uncle awoke, glancing out the window to see daylight.

He rose and headed downstairs, grateful for an undisturbed sleep last night, a rarity since the storm.

In the confined spaces, coupled with the constant zombie threat outside, sound sleep had been hard to come by.

Now, the chirping of insects and birds and the fresh air blowing in through the window revitalized him.

After coming downstairs, Third Uncle immediately saw Dapao, who seemed troubled. Concerned, Third Uncle asked, "What's wrong?"

Dapao hesitated, but revealed, "The zombie corpse tossed outside yesterday, the zombie infant, was gone when I checked this morning."

Third Uncle was shocked; it had clearly been impaled through the head with a spear yesterday, with no one else around, how could it disappear?

Upon checking the spot where Dapao had left the zombie infant yesterday, indeed, it was gone, only the eviscerated woman remained, who was the zombie infant's mother.

Third Uncle paused, then told Dapao, "Take this woman's body, the missing zombie infant doesn't matter, we still have this body to study. Also, ensure this body is well-secured, tie up both hands and feet and also the mouth.

Even though it's dead now, we must still be cautious."

Hearing Third Uncle's arrangements, Dapao nodded and said, "Okay."

After giving these instructions, Third Uncle summoned those on duty last night, asking if they'd spotted any suspicious persons or zombies.

But, the duty personnel all reported that last night was particularly quiet, with no irregularities.

For security reasons, they had turned off the lights, setting up a watch post on the rooftop after closing the main gate.

They all had Night Vision Goggles, able to clearly see the surroundings of the mansion in the dark.

The disappearance of the zombie infant was certainly concerning.

Third Uncle didn't want to blame them; whether the zombie infant escaped on its own or someone sneaked over to take it wasn't important, what mattered was, they were heading home now.