When he woke up again, he felt a chilling cold all over his body, and the sky was almost dark. He propped himself up and stood up.
This was a forest, and he could see the shadow of the base’s city wall in the distance.
The surroundings were silent.
The reason he had not been bitten for so long was due to the absence of wandering zombies, mutated plants, or animals nearby.
However, Jian Lexian, who had lived a previous life, wore a grave expression. He knew full well that this was the calm before the storm.
This outbreak of zombies was the most severe one yet, and all small safety bases in the vicinity would fall.
Thus, he needed to hurry back to the base.
After struggling through the dense thicket, by the time he reached the base gate, night had fully descended.
His body was covered in dirt and scratches, indistinguishable from the refugees gathered at the entrance.
Jian Lexian saw the base staff packing up to leave and quickly rushed over to stop them, “I need to enter the base!”
The staff member promptly pushed him away, glancing at the dirt on his sleeves, and clicked his tongue, “We’ve already clocked out. You’ll have to wait until tomorrow.”
Recalling the pain of being bitten by zombies, Jian Lexian stood up again and tightly gripped the staff member’s hand, “No, I need to go in right now. I have powers and supplies; I can provide whatever you need.”
“Are you annoying? Can’t you understand human language?”
As the staff member pushed him away, he took a closer look at Jian Lexian’s face, his expression shifting from disdain to surprise, and he quickly backed away.
“Stay away from me; I have nothing to do with you.”
Jian Lexian was under strict orders not to let anyone in; supplies didn’t matter; he wanted to survive a few more days.
He wanted to argue further, but was blocked by several superhuman abilities users.
The gate to the base slammed shut before his eyes.
The night wind blew against him, seeping into his tattered clothing that had been torn by the thorns.
Jian Lexian felt cold from head to toe.
He sat down along the base of the wall, pondering why he had ended up here again despite his second chance.
Since his rebirth, everything he faced had been different; he had grasped so much information in advance, possessed abundant supplies, and thought he was invincible. But where had it all gone wrong?
The sky had completely darkened.
Suddenly, some refugees approached him, and he warily lifted his head, “What do you want?”
“Young man,” spoke a middle-aged man with a weathered face, “It’s not safe to stay here at night; come with us. If you have powers, you can try again tomorrow.”
Jian Lexian frowned.
Memories he didn’t want to recall began to surface; he was well aware of the dangers outside the base, having once struggled alongside these people.
But since his rebirth, those undignified days had been deeply buried.
Jian Lexian didn’t know why, but he genuinely followed them.
They walked to a high ground where there were several naturally formed caves.
Due to the large number of people, the space in the caves was cramped, but it was much safer than being outdoors.
Jian Lexian sat down in a corner.
After a while, he heard a child’s voice from deep within the cave, “Mom, I’m so hungry.”
Another female voice responded, “Don’t worry, little one, once we get inside, you won’t be hungry anymore.”
The child innocently asked, “When can we go in?”
The woman fell silent.
They clearly did not meet the conditions to enter the base. Staying put was merely a gamble, hoping to be a little closer to hope.
Jian Lexian’s hands tightened on his knees.
Since his rebirth, he had been obsessed with living better than in his previous life, believing he could step on everyone beneath him.
However, he had never once thought about giving anything in return.
After a long silence, Jian Lexian suddenly stood up and walked towards the mother and child.
The woman was startled and anxiously hugged her child.
Jian Lexian took out some bread and milk from his space and handed them to the child in the woman’s arms.
The child looked at him warily, not daring to take them.
Jian Lexian said, “Didn’t you say you were hungry?”
Doing this wouldn’t benefit him in any way; it might even put him in danger. He didn’t understand why he did it.
The child hesitated, trying to reach out but was stopped by his mother, “We can’t take your things.”
They were all too aware of how precious supplies were nowadays.
Seeing her concerns, Jian Lexian took out additional supplies from his space, “I don’t lack these things.”
Only then did the woman tell the child, “Quickly thank the brother.”
“Thank you, brother!”
The child reached out and took the bread and milk, but he wasn’t greedy; he only took what Jian Lexian initially wanted to give him.
He tore open the packaging but didn’t put it into his own mouth first; instead, he handed it to his mother, “Mom, you eat.”
Jian Lexian remained silent for a long time, listening to their conversation, feeling a mix of emotions swirling within him. He shoved the supplies he was holding into their arms, then stood up and returned to his original position.
The others clearly looked stunned by the scene.
With so many supplies in the hands of a woman and child, it should have been very easy to snatch, yet no one made a move.
Jian Lexian’s hands clenched tightly.
He had always treated supplies as a weapon for trading benefits, yet he had forgotten how, in his previous life, he fought tooth and nail just to keep a little food.
When did he start to forget?
Listening to the sounds of them swallowing, Jian Lexian took out even more supplies from his space, “If you want to eat, come and take it.”
Everyone stared at the box before him, filled to the brim with supplies, yet no one dared to approach it.
Jian Lexian said, “If you don’t want it, I’ll take it back.”
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