Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse - Chapter 787 Missed Opportunity
Chapter 787: Chapter 787 Missed Opportunity
Although they couldn’t enter the Space for a while in the evening, because they were in an armored vehicle, Nie Qing and the others still sneakily entered the Space several times while they were on the road.
“If you get bitten by a mutant mosquito, the lighter cases suffer unbearable pain and injury, while the more severe cases could be fatal. Everyone still needs to be careful,”
Su Jin told Nie Qing and the others.
“That thing looks wicked; who would dare to touch it? My brother-in-law can’t burn them all, luckily my dad came along with us,”
Lin Xiuyuan was strolling in the yard while eating a huge juicy peach. Unfortunately, he couldn’t bring one out for Local Tyrant Gold, who was desperately craving peaches.
“Although it’s hot, I’d suggest that everyone still wear long sleeves and trousers. The more we approach summer, the more unexpected dangers there are,”
Actually, the hot summer was more troublesome than the cold winter, with poisonous insects and creatures in the Apocalypse also having evolved. If there wasn’t a Healing Element Ability User, a normal person would die from poisoning just from some insects’ bites.
“Got it, we have a Wind Element Ability User in each vehicle. Making wind wont be a problem, and at least it’s not hot inside the vehicles,”
Nie Qing once again showed everyone his homemade fan, which Little Wu and Little Liu continuously wanted to pounce on the endlessly spinning wind mass.
“We should be close now. Everyone is very familiar with the road to E city’s base. Last time, Lian Jiyue also led us through some shortcuts,”
Su Jin said with a smile. Although the distance from S city’s base to E city’s base wasn’t short, the family had traveled the road many times. Roads that were previously impassable had been repaired by Lin Cheng, so they should arrive smoothly as long as there were no significant dangers.
…
Just as Lu Hao and his group were about to arrive at the E city base, Lian Zongren, on the other hand, had missed them on the way and reached S city’s base. Su Jin was extremely surprised when she saw Lian Zongren, who had come to look for them at the Heart Talk Store.
“Miss Su, Yueer suddenly disappeared a few days ago. I thought he might have come here. Isn’t he here to find you?”
Lian Zongren asked. Behind him followed two people whom Su Jin felt somewhat familiar with; she remembered resisting the Zombie Tide at E city’s base with them, but she couldn’t recall their names.
“Uncle Lian, did Lian Jiyue… tell you anything before he left?”
Su Jin welcomed the visitors to the rest area. It seemed that Lian Zongren and Lu Hao had missed each other.
“No, he just disappeared suddenly. I thought maybe he didn’t want to be the Base Leader anymore and came to find you all,”
Lian Zongren said with a frown. Even though he also knew that Lian Jiyue wasn’t likely to act rashly, he couldn’t think of anywhere else Lian Jiyue might have gone to.
“Uncle Lian, Lu Hao has also taken people from the Heart Talk Team to look for Lian Jiyue. He may be in danger now,”
Su Jin conveyed the message from B city to Lian Zongren, as well as the fact that Lu Hao and his group were already on their way to E city’s base.
“Heaven, how is that possible?! Yueer’s mother? But why would Han Wan still relentlessly go after them…”
Lian Zongren simply couldn’t believe it. It was naturally good news that Yueer’s mother hadn’t died, but why would Han Wan want to capture her?
“I think, Uncle Lian, you probably have never truly understood the person sleeping beside you. But now, Jiyue’s mother has indeed become a bargaining chip that threatens Jiyue’s safety, and their target isn’t just Jiyue alone. That’s also the reason we went to find her,”
Su Jin told Lian Zongren about the events involving Wu Zijian and the others from a few days ago, but it was a pity about Zhao Jin and his people. If they hadn’t been killed by Kou Ning, perhaps they could still extract some useful information from them now.
All of a sudden, Lian Zongren stood up and said, “No, I can’t let Yueer go to City B alone. I’m departing immediately to find him.”
And if it was as Su Jin had said, then Yanyan…
The image of a gently beautiful and innocent woman surfaced in Lian Zongren’s mind. He let out a wry smile right after; after all, it was he who had wronged her back then, and now he couldn’t wrong the mother and son again.
“Uncle Lian, Lu Hao and the others are already on their way. I don’t recommend that you go, too. They will arrive first and handle it,”
Su Jin persuaded. With Base City S so far away from Base City B, even if Lian Zongren arrived there, everything might have already been settled, and it would be better for him to wait for news here rather than missing something else.
“Miss Su, thank you all, thank you for willing to take risks for Yueer. Now, I only have one request: please don’t let Lian Ze know about this,”
This was a grudge between the previous generation, and Jiyue had already been dragged into it. He couldn’t involve another son in it either.
“Don’t worry, Uncle Lian. Only our Heart Talk Team knows about this matter, and Lian Ze is currently busy with Mecha modification. He shouldn’t notice these things,”
Su Jin comforted him.
Lian Zongren nodded, his gaze filled with deep concern. Watching his somewhat dispirited figure as he left, Su Jin felt a twinge of pity. She called out, “Uncle Lian, Jiyue will be fine. You have to trust Lu Hao and the others.”
She wanted to say that if Lian Zongren waited here, he might learn more since Lu Hao and their team could enter the Space and she could know the situation over there at any moment. But she couldn’t express this aloud; she could only watch as Lian Zongren slowly walked away…
Outside the walls of Base City B at the moment, a tall man was standing in the queue to enter the city. Despite having disguised himself somewhat, his demeanor still set him apart from the surrounding survivors, so the staff members at the entrance gave him several more glances.
Jiyue noticed that even the city entrance checkpoint was equipped with surveillance equipment, and there were more staff members at the city gate than at other bases. It seemed very likely that he would attract attention this time.
He didn’t understand why Han Wan would send someone to inform him, telling him that his biological mother Luo Yan was here and even providing a photo of Luo Yan. He had thought it might be a trap set by Han Wan, but he had come anyway, without informing Lian Zongren.
His only impression of his biological mother came from the photo album his father cherished from his childhood – she was an extremely beautiful woman. He only knew that she disappeared after breaking up with his father, and he felt no emotional attachment to her.
However, in the photo Han Wan showed him, although the woman in it was smiling, her expression was vacant, and the environment around her made him furrow his brow instantly. Despite it being the hot summer season, the woman in the photo was wearing a man’s padded jacket, completely unlike the image he remembered. But he could still see that the eyes and eyebrows were indeed Luo Yan’s.
So, after hesitating for two days, he still came. He didn’t know what he would do after meeting Luo Yan. He only knew that he wanted to see her, to see if she was doing well now.
Maybe… he also wanted to know if she remembered him. After all these years, had she ever thought of the son she once had…
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