Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 35

Chapter 35: Strange Phenomena Everywhere

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

In Huaxia’s Y Territory, a motley crew of climbers was tumbling down the snowy mountain. They ignored the equipment they were littering everywhere, and no one even tried to pick up the precious life-saving oxygen mask when they dropped it.

A short man in a red down jacket was at the back of the pack. As he ran, he yelled at his friends, ” Brother Chen, what’s up with Old Jiang? Why is he suddenly biting us?”

Brother Chen panted as he ran up front. He turned to reply, “Who the hell knows what’s wrong with him? Just run! If you don’t, you’ll end up like Ding San!”

“What the f*ck! I f-finally made it up here, but we didn’t even get a photo to commemorate before sh*t hit the fan!” said the bearded man in the middle.

They had met on Tieba and agreed to climb to the top of Mount M together. There had been five of them, but now only the three of them were left.

For some reason, their companion Old Jiang had gone to use the washroom and returned behaving like a rabid patient. He tried to bite anyone he saw, and Ding San was bitten on the arm when he let his guard down. Within minutes, Ding San was displaying the same symptoms as Old Jiang.

Thankfully, it was cold on the mountain and all of them were wearing thick clothing. Big Beard’s windbreaker had been slashed through, but they did not break his skin.

Once the remaining three realized things were going sideways, they abandoned their equipment and expensive cameras, running away as fast as their legs could carry them.

As they ran, the mountain paths turned treacherous. On the way up, they needed alpenstocks and an abundance of caution, so going down would only be even more dangerous. No matter how anxious they were, they had to take their time going downhill.

By then, however, Old Jiang and Ding San had caught up to them. Big Beard stood on the steep slope with no other choice but to swing his alpenstock at Old Jiang’s leg. Old Jiang was in front of Ding San, and the blow made him trip. The steepness of the mountain path meant he ended up tumbling right down.

Brother Chen did the same, picking up a branch from the ground to trip Ding San and send him falling down the mountain.

The three survivors’ hearts were pounding from fear and adrenaline. Did they just become murderers?

“Yeah, f*ck that! I’d rather kill someone than let them bite me! That’s disgusting,” Big Beard said angrily.

“If anyone asks once we get down, we’ll say that they accidentally fell off the cliff themselves. That way, no one will know, right? The three of us are the only ones left, after all.” Brother Chen had immediately thought of that plan, but he did not know if the other two would play along.

“Sounds good. I agree with Brother Chen, let’s stick with that for now. After all, dozens if not a hundred people die on this mountain every year.” Shorty was all in with Brother Chen’s suggestion, and then the two of them turned to look at Big Beard.

“What are you looking at me for? Let’s just get down in one piece first. Just so you know, the cops down there aren’t idiots. You can’t fool them so easily. If you get the details wrong, you’ll just get me involved too! I’d rather just surrender up front.” Big Beard did not think he did anything wrong. Even if they looked into what just happened, he had clearly been acting in self-defense. There was no reason for him to join in the two idiots’ little charade.

“Hmph, fine. Let’s just focus on getting down first.” Brother Chen and Shorty exchanged a look before replying to Big Beard. Big Beard was focused on examining his foldable alpenstock, so he did not notice the dark flash in Brother Chen’s gaze.

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At the same time, there were other cases of suspected rabies in the North and South Poles.

The first case was a polar bear lying on top of a piece of floating ice. It had starved to death and was being carried through the water by the glacier, but after a moment, it somehow got back onto its feet. Its eyes were greyish-white, but since the rest of its fur was white as well, it was difficult for most people to notice the difference in the bear’s appearance.

…

Meanwhile, Su Jin and Lu Hao had brought Nie Qing to their grandparents’ place. They were planning to settle Nie Qing here for now, since their grandparents had a bungalow with empty rooms both upstairs and downstairs. Besides, the couple was going to move in here later anyway.

When they arrived, the family was already getting ready for dinner. Although it was just another normal dinner, almost the entire family was pitching in to help.

That was the harmonious scene that greeted Nie Qing as soon as he walked in. Su Jin’s grandfather Lin Yunguo was cooking the food, while his daughter-in-law Huang Yunxiang was chopping up the vegetables. Lin Cheng was peeling garlic in the living room, and Lin Xiuyuan was, uh, taste-testing the food as he snuck bits from the table.

Nie Qing did not know what heaven on earth was like, but he felt that what these people had was close to it. _{fɾēewebnσveℓ.com}