Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 348

Chapter 348 -348: Wan Peng Wan Li

The bus picked up many survivors heading back to the base midway through the journey.

Wan Li explained to the group that they had allme out from the base together, using the bus and gasoline as shared resources. They were dispatched in groups to kill zombies and search for Crystal Cores, each with designated boarding spots.

That made sense; she had just been wondering if running such a big bus with only a few people on it wouldn’t bensidered a waste of gasoline.

“Wan Peng, who are these people?”

As more people boarded, the bus became fully seated. Someone noticed Su Jin and the others and asked Wan Peng while pointing at their seats.

“Brother Li, their car broke down, so we gave them a lift along the way. They can rest at our base, but they have tontinue to the base in City E afterward,” Wan Peng explained.

Wan Peng, who had expected everyone to weme Su Jin and the others, found the bus suddenly go silent after he spoke.

“Little Wan, since they aren’tming to join our base, what about the bus fare…”

Brother Li started to say and then glanced over at Su Jin and her group.

“Sorry about this, but as you know, in this apocalypse, vehicles and gasoline are hard tome by. Our bus and fuel have beenllectively gathered by our team. It’s not that we can’t take you, but you’ll have to pay for the gasoline,” Brother Li said to Lu Hao, who seemed to be the leader of their group.

“Brother Li, the base isn’t far, and it’s not easy for them, what with the elderly and children. I think we can let it slide,” Wan Peng interjected, feeling embarrassed by Brother Li’s words.

“Brother Li, how much? We’llver it for them,” Wan Li said without arguing, simply inquiring about thest.

Brother Li looked over at the number of people in Su Jin’s group and said to Wan Li, “Seven people, 70 Crystal Cores.”

Lin Xiuyuan almostuldn’t help but stand up in response. Seventy Crystal Cores? Was this a daylight robbery?

Lu Hao held him down; they were still on the bus, and it wasn’t the right time for anflict.

However, they quickly noticed that the people on the bus didn’t seem tonsider 70 Crystal Cores a large amount after hearing the price. Wan Li also seemed to think it was reasonable and beganunting out Crystal Cores from her bag.

“No need, we just killed some zombies. We’ll pay for the Crystal Cores ourselves,” Su Jin said, pretending to take out a handful of Crystal Cores from her backpack and handing them over to Brother Li, who gave her a look she found very umfortable—as if they were intentionally taking advantage of everyone on the bus.

Seventy Crystal Cores, sheuld afford that.

Before Wan Liuld stop her, Brother Li had already taken the Crystal Cores.

Afterllecting the Crystal Cores, Brother Li’s displeasure seemed to fade when he looked at their group.

“Xiao Cheng, make a note in the ledger, these Crystal Cores will still be divided among everyone later on,” Brother Li called out loudly to someone sitting in the back, as if worried no one on the bus would hear.

“Sorry you had to chip in when hitching a ride,” Wan Li said apologetically.

“No problem, it’s only right,” Su Jin replied, feeling even more that something was off about the base, and now understanding why no one hadmplained about the price of 70 Crystal Cores—the Crystal Cores seemed to be eventually distributed among their team anyway.

Nie Qing had a smile on her face the entire time watching everyone on the bus, finding the real world far more entertaining than any TV drama—the people here seemed much more interesting.

Freedom Dawn Base wasn’t far from the highway rest stop where they had previously rested; it was just a half-hour’s drive away.

When they arrived, the group found that the so-called Freedom Dawn Base was located in a university. However, the surrounding walls had been significantly fortified and raised.

“This place used to be a university town, it’s big enough and there are plenty of houses. Not only the dormitoriesuld ammodate people, even classrooms and cafeterias were in use. We even held a celebration party in one of the cafeterias before.”