Apocalyptic Reincarnation: Start with a 30-million Bonus

”Close the door and light the stove,” Li Yu said.

”Okay,” Yutong replied.

Crackle~

The flames ignited, burning some twigs and leaves previously collected from outside, raising the indoor temperature a bit.

As the door closed, the room warmed considerably as the snowstorm no longer stripped away the warmth, and the small house gradually became even cozier.

At that moment.

Crack~

The door opened, and a few people came in from outside. It was Second Uncle, Li Tie, Li Gang, and a few others including an aunt.

They were all covered in snow.

”Please close the door,” Yutong, noticing the snowstorm the group brought in with them which lowered the room’s temperature, promptly said.

”Oh, okay,” Li Tie, the last to enter, quickly closed the door.

The Second Uncle, seeing someone lying on the bench, looked puzzled at Li Yu and was about to inquire.

Suddenly, the aunt stepped forward and said: ”An Ya? Yutong, this is An Ya, right?”

Yutong nodded and replied: ”Yes, it’s her. Just spoke to her two minutes ago. She said that Sister Bai and the others are still behind and can’t move.”

The aunt looked intently at Li Yu, and he knew what she meant. He was always one to repay kindness, but in these end times, everything had to be approached with caution.

”Don’t worry, auntie. I called Tiezi and Gangzi here exactly to go look for them. We’re heading out now,” Li Yu said.

Then he glanced at the Second Uncle, signaling him to keep watch here, while Li Yuan stepped forward to check on An Ya’s condition.

Li Yu, along with Tiezi, Gangzi, and Yutong, walked out of the small room, then had Dapao upstairs open the gate again.

As Dapao, who was opening the gate, said: ”Over by the woods, at 200 meters, it looks like someone is lying there.”

”Did you use the telescope to see?” Li Yu asked, looking up.

”Oh, I forgot about using that. Just a moment,” Dapao said after opening the gate, he went to the duty room to retrieve the telescope and looked in that direction.

”Hey, should be people, four of them,” Dapao shouted.

”Let’s go,” Li Yu said.

The four of them exited the gate, the snow outside was very deep, already knee-high, as they stepped lightly and deeply into the snow, leaving long tracks.

The Dapao on the wall directed a searchlight at their position, ensuring the road ahead for the group was well-lit.

In this icy and snow-covered landscape, it was extremely difficult to walk; every step required a tremendous amount of effort, as if someone was dragging them back.

Each time they lifted their legs, it felt as if they were pulling them out of a bog.

Since it had started snowing, they’d rarely seen large hordes of zombies, only the occasional few.

After a strenuous trek by the four, five minutes later they finally reached the four people.

At which point, three of the four had already fallen unconscious, only a woman in her late twenties, shivering, unable to speak upon seeing them arrive.

The woman was wearing a white down jacket, completely bundled up tightly, with long icicles hanging from her hat, and her scarf tightly wrapped around her mouth and ears, leaving only her eyes visible.

”Yutong... Yutong... Yutong,” the woman trembled, struggling several times before finally calling out Yutong’s name.

”Sister Bai,” Yutong immediately recognized the woman as Bai Jie.

”Let’s pull them in first,” said Li Yu.

The condition of these people was not optimistic. The woman who was still awake seemed fairly all right, but the conditions of the other three were uncertain.

They immediately helped one of them up and placed her on a long wooden board. Due to the urgency of coming out, they simply brought a previously broken board with them, which saved some energy when pulling through the snow.

Then they helped the other three onto the board one by one. Several people began to push the wooden board forcefully.

Sliding over the snow, fortunately, the board was large enough to support the weight of four people.

The four exerted all their strength and moved toward the direction of the main gate. Dapao and Li Haoran on the wall were anxious and wanted to come down to help, but remembering Li Yu’s instructions, they stayed up and kept watch instead.

The 200-meter distance took them nearly 10 minutes to cover.

Bang! The gate shut. Li Yu and the others transported Bai Jie and the others into a small room in Weng City and took a long sigh of relief.

Finally, they arrived safely.

Inside the small house, due to the lit stove, the temperature inside slowly rose and it was not as cold as before.

An Ya, who had first entered, no longer had purple lips and her breathing had stabilized a lot. However, the floor had many puddles of water, which had formed from ice outside that had melted due to the rise in temperature.

Accompanied by Li Yu and the others, along with Bai Jie’s group, the room of a dozen square meters was tightly packed with people.

The room was a bit crowded, so Li Tie had to stand towards a corner.

Li Yuan saw the four people brought in by Li Yu, noticed the purple-black complexions of three of them, looked around the room and said:

”Big brother, the temperature in this small room is still not enough, and there’s also not enough space for so many people. Should we move them to the base instead?”

Li Yu had already thought on the way that given the current state of these people, they posed no threat, and the isolation period of ten minutes had passed as well.

He looked up, saw Second Uncle nodding, and then said, ”Alright, let’s transport to the base.”

...

Inside the medical room, it was as warm as spring.

Four patients lay on four beds, and Bai Jie, who was still awake, sat on a stool, shivering from time to time.

Her auntie brought her a cup of ginger tea to warm her up.

Bai Jie took the ginger tea poured by her auntie, her body trembling slightly as she asked, ”How are... how are An Ya and the others doing? Autumn~”

Li Yuan paused her busy hands and said, ”An Ya and the other two sisters are not in any serious trouble, it’s just that they were very cold earlier and suffered some frostbite, except for this sister.”

Li Yuan touched the forehead of the woman on the rightmost bed and continued, ”She has a bit of a fever. I just gave her some fever-reducing medicine, hoping it will bring down the fever.”

Bai Jie asked worriedly, ”Is it serious?”

Li Yuan replied, ”It should be fine as long as the fever comes down.”

Bai Jie then relaxed a bit and sipped the hot ginger tea.

Seeing her condition slightly improved, the aunt asked, ”How did you find this place?”

Bai Jie sighed deeply, ”It’s a long story. Ever since the collapse of Jiefang City, we fled and essentially engaged in guerrilla warfare; we’d stay a while in one place before moving on. But who knew the temperature would drop so quickly.”

She seemed to recall some unpleasant memories and said sadly, ”We were staying in a town not far from here. We collected a lot of firewood for heating, but the weather was just too cold. Once we stopped burning, the temperature in the room dropped significantly.”

”Also, food was a huge issue, but we could still manage. A few days ago, we ran out of firewood and had no choice. We remembered what those refugees from Jiefang City mentioned, that you were nearby, so we decided to try our luck.”

”We didn’t have high expectations, just had no other option. We’d freeze to death sooner or later, so we thought we might as well give it a try....”

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