Apocalyptic Sequence

Chapter 29 Reunion

Dinner consisted of boiled sliced ​​pork and white rice.

Han Xueyan's cooking was excellent, and Lu Fan enjoyed a wonderful dinner.

The only downside was that the chili peppers in the boiled pork slices weren't spicy enough, probably because they weren't from the Sichuan or Chongqing region. After all, transportation was cut off, and having chili peppers available was a blessing.

According to official information disclosed by Silvermoon Fortress, the Federation military has stockpiled a large amount of food in advance in order to cope with the apocalyptic crisis, and has also developed many fully automated farmlands in the mountains.

For the time being, people don't need to worry about food.

After all, the number of survivors was drastically reduced compared to the peak population.

With fewer survivors, there are fewer mouths to feed.

Logistics supply has become much easier.

The basic needs of the tens of thousands of people living and working within Silvermoon Fortress—eating, drinking, and relieving themselves—are a massive undertaking that impacts people's livelihoods.

"From this perspective, the Eastern Federation has been quite prepared and has done a good job."

"Furthermore, according to the panel's prompts, the Federation will be able to develop a virus antibody drug half a month after the apocalypse, at which time the zombie threat faced by humanity will be greatly reduced."

"However, in the apocalypse, zombies are not the only danger."

Lu Fan sighed and took out his phone.

To facilitate communication among survivors, the federal government has released a "Survivor Forum" app on major app stores. Once downloaded, users can access regional channels.

People from the same region can exchange information on the channel forum.

Lu Fan opened the Jinling Channel, which was filled with posts from survivors. More than 70% of them were requests for help from the military, but a very small number of posts provided important information.

For example, Lu Fan saw a photo of "Spirit Master" in a post.

According to the poster, he happened to have photography equipment with him, so he used a high-powered camera to take pictures of the spirit master. The densely packed arms on the spirit master's body were quite shocking to see.

If I'm not mistaken, this should be the same Spirit Lord that Lu Fan saw in the building back then.

The opponent is an extraordinary creature that feeds on zombies. According to information disclosed by the Silvermoon Fortress, the extraordinary rank of the Spirit Lord is Tier 3, which is equivalent to the third strongest human.

If someone manages to hunt it down, they can get at least 50,000 military merit points!

It has several times more reward points than the Zombie Monarch!

It's important to know that when Lu Fan killed the Zombie Monarch, he had a large number of soldiers and the extraordinary Xiao Yu as teammates. The group collectively surrounded and killed the Zombie Monarch. If it were a one-on-one fight, the difficulty would increase dramatically.

After being promoted to a Mystic Scholar, Lu Fan estimated that he could barely take on a zombie monarch in a one-on-one fight.

The rewards for a Spirit Lord are even higher than those for a Zombie Monarch, which gives you an idea of ​​just how powerful a third-tier extraordinary life form is.

Of course, such life forms were very rare in the early stages of the apocalypse, and one could only encounter one by sheer luck.

"It's a pity, I don't have the strength to hunt down a Spirit Lord yet."

Lu Fan shook his head, showing great self-awareness.

Just as he was silently reflecting, Tang Rou suddenly sent him a message on WeChat.

"Brother, are you safe?"

"Can I give you a phone call?"

Upon seeing the message, Lu Fan hurriedly dialed Tang Rou's number.

The call was answered instantly, and Tang Rou's excited voice came through:

"Brother, I'm so glad you're alright!"

"I followed the army's operations and rescued many survivors from Sucheng. Under the military's cover, we retreated into an underground fortress near Sucheng, codenamed 'Eternal Fortress'."

"Furthermore, I learned from the instructor that the condition for humans to advance to the level of Extraordinary is to take a secret medicine."

"It turns out that humans can become powerful; we are not powerless in the face of apocalyptic crisis!"

"However, the amount of military merit points required to become an extraordinary individual is frighteningly high..."

At this point, Tang Rou revealed a hint of envy and murmured, "I plan to use my status as a student at the First Military Academy to first join the military as a civilian employee, gradually accumulating military merits, and looking forward to the day when I can become an extraordinary person."

"Xiao Rou, I'm already an extraordinary being." Lu Fan chose to tell the truth. After all, Tang Rou was his only family member, and it would be crazy to keep such a thing a secret.

"Wh...what?!"

Tang Rou's voice suddenly rose eight octaves, filled with disbelief: "Brother, you...you actually became an extraordinary person? It's unbelievable, you were just an ordinary person a few days ago."

"Also, how did you accumulate enough military merits? The merit points required to claim the secret medicine are quite high..."

Hearing Tang Rou's question, Lu Fan pretended to be relaxed and said, "It's nothing. I followed the army and killed a zombie monarch, a second-order extraordinary creature, which just helped me accumulate enough military merit points."

"Oh my God!"

Tang Rou was completely shocked. She had thought that with her status as a student at the First Military Academy, she could join the army to do civilian work, become an extraordinary person earlier than Lu Fan, and have the opportunity to meet him in the future, and even help her brother.

Unexpectedly, Lu Fan overtook her by a wide margin, leaving her several dimensions behind.

Thinking of this, Tang Rou's first feeling wasn't happiness, but worry for Lu Fan's safety. She asked, "Brother, hunting the zombie lord must be very dangerous, right?"

"Thank goodness you're alright, otherwise I really wouldn't know what to do..."

Lu Fan quickly comforted her, and the two spent a long time cuddling on the phone. Finally, Tang Rou clenched her fist and encouraged him, "Brother, I will definitely work hard to become an extraordinary person and won't hold you back in the future."

"Yes, we will definitely get together again," Lu Fan said firmly.

Although the two are in different fortresses, the distance between Suzhou and Jinling is not far. In the future, when Lu Fan advances to a higher rank and is able to hike through dangerous mountains and fields, he will surely be able to reunite with Tang Rou.

Both of them held onto the idea of ​​meeting again in the future, hung up the phone, and went off to work towards their future.

After ending the call, Lu Fan realized it was already 8 p.m. Since there were no entertainment venues in Silvermoon Fortress, which is commonly known as having no nightlife, all the lights were off and people were basically preparing to go to sleep.

"Is this a return to a primitive agrarian society?"

Lu Fan chuckled to himself; thankfully, he still had his phone for company.

Unfortunately, most of the apps on my phone have stopped working. Only WeChat and QQ, which are used for communication, and the official survivor forum can still be logged into and chat normally.

As Lu Fan lay on his bed, feeling utterly bored, he suddenly remembered the golden hourglass in his spatial backpack.

This was a reward he obtained from an exploration mission, but he had never been able to figure out its function.

So, Lu Fan took out the golden hourglass.

"An hourglass made entirely of gold must have cost a fortune..."

"Even as antiques, they are among the most valuable."

As Lu Fan stroked the golden hourglass, silently reflecting on his experience, suddenly, a light emanated from the hourglass, instantly enveloping his vision.

--boom!

Gold enveloped Lu Fan's vision. When the golden light dissipated, Lu Fan found himself in an unfamiliar space. In front of him was a golden round table, and around him were high-backed chairs of the same gold color.

Upon closer inspection, the entire golden round table has seven high-backed chairs. Six of these chairs are identical in design, while only one is significantly larger than the others, yet it is completely empty.

At this moment, only two of the remaining six high-backed chairs were occupied.

Both figures were slender and curvaceous. Although their faces were obscured by the mist, it was clear that they were women, and young girls at that.

At that moment, one of the mysterious girls looked at Lu Fan.

Lu Fan also sat in a high-backed chair, one of the six high-backed chairs.

The mysterious girl spoke softly to Lu Fan:

"Welcome to the Tenri-kai, lucky one who received the invitation."