Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 201

Chapter 201 -201

The flames had spread to the inside of the den, and a series of animal shrieks could be heard.

Finally, a yellow weasel with its back on fire rushed out from the tree hole, seemingly attempting to escape through the bushes. Lu Hao, with quick eyes and quicker hands, condensed another small fireball and struck it.

The fireball spread across the whole body of the weasel, which let out a pitiful scream before it stopped moving altogether.

The weasel’s yellow fur had been singed to a charred black; even the burnt skin underneath was exposed.

At this moment, the faint scent that had lingered also vanished. Local Tyrant Gold, who was dozing in Lu Hao’s pocket, slowly awoke. Lu Hao, worried that it would fall while asleep, had stuffed it into his pocket.

Lu Hao crouched on the ground and looked at the dead yellow weasel. He sneered and said, “Quite the convincing act.”

From the very first glimpse of that “Su Jin,” he had sensed something was amiss. His only worry had been whether the others had been led away by that “Su Jin” as well, so he followed. It seemed that now only he was brought to this place.

Local Tyrant Gold hopped out of Lu Hao’s pocket, surveyed the surroundings, then stretched out a tiny hand to point Lu Hao in a direction. Lu Hao, uncharacteristically gentle, patted its head and walked in the direction it pointed.

Passing by the tree hole, Lu Hao noticed the vicinity was strewn with white bones and some flies buzzing above, emitting bursts of stench…

These were probably the handy work of the mutated yellow weasel, which surprisingly possessed such capabilities.

Following Local Tyrant Gold’s directions, Lu Hao indeed found several people, who all seemed to still be in a dream, especially Lu Guanhai, who was unaware of what he was dreaming about, his legs still moving as if running.

…

Su Jin thought she had returned to her previous life.

She saw herself being trapped by Chen Xiarong, but instead of turning into a zombie, she simply stopped breathing… The next scene was Lu Hao holding her body, leaving the lab with a trail of blood behind him, his gaze lowered. Yet, Su Jin still made out the crimson in his eyes and his quivering lips…

She had never seen Lu Hao like this before. She wanted to hold him, but she couldn’t move at all; she could only watch his desolate figure carrying her body, walking further away from her sight… She tried to scream but couldn’t make any sound.

“Xiao Jin, Xiao Jin?”

A familiar voice rang in her ears. Su Jin suddenly opened her eyes, saw Lu Hao beside her, looking at her worriedly, and after observing her surroundings, realized it was all just a dream — a dream so real that it almost took her breath away.

“Had a nightmare?” Lu Hao gently held her in his embrace, gently patting her back to calm her down.

She clung tightly to Lu Hao, the scenes from the dream still fresh, and even with the real Lu Hao before her, she felt immensely frightened.

At that moment, she heard Lu Guanhai’s voice from nearby, continuously muttering, “That scared me to death.”

“Did Old Lu also have a nightmare?” asked Su Xiangzhe.

“Yeah, I dreamed I was being chased by Liu Meifang, who was demanding to remarry me,” Lu Guanhai patted his chest, still shaken by the nightmare.

“Who is Liu Meifang?” Nie Qing inquired.

“His ex-wife,” Su Xiangzhe answered with a bitter smile. It wasn’t just Lu Guanhai; he too had a nightmare, dreaming that he and Lin Tianhui had both turned into zombies, which startled him into a cold sweat.