Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse-Chapter 385 - : Their Sanctuary

Chapter 385: Chapter 385: Their Sanctuary

At the border between E city and F province, several people unexpectedly discovered a village still populated with quite a few people.

“How strange, to still find a village with so many people,”

After hearing Mao Qiqi mention that there were over two hundred people in the village, everyone expressed surprise.

“Should we check it out?” Lin Xiuyuan asked.

“If it’s safe inside, it’s a good idea to take Dr. Pei and the others and rest there tonight,”

Su Jin said after thinking it over.

“Let’s go, I agree,”

Nie Qing also showed curiosity, surprised that so many people were still in this village.

F province is located in a plain region, where the once endless fields had now turned into boundless wastelands.

Although it was a plain, there were still several mountains occasionally, which were primarily rocky ranges. From a distance, they looked just like yellow granite with hardly any vegetation on them.

And that village was situated amidst several rocky mountains, seemingly a good location that was easy to defend and hard to attack.

At that moment, having driven up to the village outskirts, they couldn’t help but marvel at the towering rock walls in front of them.

These walls must have been built by Earth Element Ability Users using rocks from nearby mountains, right? Even the gate in the middle was made out of Stone Gate.

“My goodness, how do we open this gate?”

Fang Zhengyang exclaimed from the vehicle behind.

“It probably needs an Earth Element Ability User to use their ability to open it,” Su Jin said, looking up.

“This… You can’t even knock on the door, right? How are we supposed to get in?”

Lin Xiuyuan walked around the wall and found it completely sealed off without even a crack.

“There are people up there,”

Mao Qiqi pointed upwards at the rock wall.

The people above seemed to have noticed Su Jin and the others; after looking over, they left, presumably to report their presence.

Lu Hao surveyed the surroundings, and due to the remote location, which in pre-apocalypse times was vast farmlands, they hadn’t seen any zombies or mutant animals. However, it was also possible that the people inside had cleared the vicinity.

If they were to rest tonight, it wasn’t necessary to insist on getting inside.

Just as they were discussing, the nearby Stone Gate was slowly opened.

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A little boy lay beside the other half of the gate that wasn’t opened, curiously looking out at the people outside.

Then, a group of people walked out from the other half of the opened gate, sizing up the outsiders, just as Su Jin and the others were observing them.

The people emerging from the Stone Gate were both men and women, but without exception, they were all elderly, some even with white and gray hair.

“Grandpa, they definitely aren’t bad people. Look, among them there are also old folks and children,”

The little boy said, pointing in the direction of Pei Yuan and then at Mao Qiqi.

Pei Yuan and the others, referred to as old men and children, could feel the unfriendly attitude of the villagers…

The leader, a man who looked to be in his thirties or forties and was notably fit compared to the others, approached.

“Hello,”

the middle-aged man said.

“Hello, hello, we’re on our way to S city base and just happened to pass by. We were wondering if we could stay here for a while,” Nie Qing said.

The man glanced at the group and then turned around to consult with a group of people behind him before coming over and saying, “You can come in. Everyone agrees that there is space available for you to stay, but we have no extra food.”

Su Jin was quite surprised. Could they really enter without giving anything in return?

“No worries, we will take care of ourselves.”

Lu Hao also spoke, feeling quite positive about the man in front of him, and the elderly, women, and children standing there seemed to have no malice in their eyes either.

The Stone Gate, even though only half-open, was wide enough to allow two vehicles to enter. Lian Jiyue was still asleep in the back; his temperature had gone down, but it was unclear when he would wake up.

The man led Su Jin and her group into the courtyard of a two-story main house.

The courtyard had been cleaned up thoroughly, even the tricycles and wooden carts stacked in the corner were neatly arranged.

“You can stay here for now. The two elderly people who lived here before have passed away. By the way, my name is Xing Taian,” the man introduced himself.

Xing Taian?

Why did that name sound so familiar?

But they had never seen this man before. Su Jin pondered for a moment but couldn’t recall where this familiar feeling came from.

“Do you know Xing Taining?” Lu Hao asked.

“Oh, yes, Xing Taining! I knew I had heard that name before!” Lin Xiuyuan suddenly remembered.

The man looked at them with surprise and asked, “Xing Taining is my younger brother. Have you seen him? He’s not dead?”

“We met him once in D City; he was helping survivors,” Lu Hao replied with a smile.

“That’s good, that’s good. I was afraid that I had no relatives left in this world,” the man said, and then he started to cry.

“…”

The sight of this six-foot man squatting on the ground and crying was rather touching, though Su Jin and the others were quite happy for him too.

“Sorry, I got too emotional,”

Xing Taian used his sleeve to dry his tears and stood up, gesturing for them to come into the house to rest and talk.

It turned out that Xing Taian and Xing Taining were brothers. Before the apocalypse, both were from D City, but Xing Taian’s military unit had sent him to Province F as an examination officer for an assessment when the apocalypse arrived.

Lu Hao finally understood why he felt a sense of kinship with this man, despite his unkempt beard, he still possessed the bearing of a soldier.

“This village was also established by me and some comrades,”

Upon learning that his brother was also helping survivors, Xing Taian spoke somewhat relievedly, reflecting the demeanor a soldier should have.

“Why do there seem to be mostly old people and children here?”

Su Jin couldn’t help asking, having noticed mostly elderly and children coming and going as they entered.

Xing Taian sighed and began to explain.

Though Province F had its own base, the base did not allow elderly or young children in when it was first established. It wasn’t just Province F; many nearby bases did the same.

At the time, even though he and his comrades had entered the base, they couldn’t stand seeing those helpless elderly and children huddled together outside, waiting to die, so they made a decision.

They wanted to find a safe place to provide a shelter for the displaced elderly and children. Although they knew it was a difficult decision to implement, they managed to do it.

“It was all thanks to a local elder who recommended this place. There are fewer zombies here, and it’s secluded. Although many people died along the way, the fact that it has developed to this extent satisfies us,” Xing Taian remarked emotionally.