Reborn in the Post-Apocalyptic World: Building Infrastructure

As soon as the words were spoken, a burst of wild barking and the sound of the door closing could be heard.

Guan Yuxin immediately ran out and saw Chen Yu coming upstairs. She asked right away, "Are you okay?"

Chen Yu wiped off some cold sweat. "Fortunately, I ran fast. There were at least a dozen of them."

Sheng Hongye also followed upstairs and said in a low voice, "After the zombie dogs, there may be a large number of zombies. We need to be prepared for combat."

He then looked at Guan Yuxin. "How is Su Ling?"

Guan Yuxin replied, "She was involved in a confrontation upstairs and doesn't look too good. She's lying on the bed. If you're worried, you can go check on her yourself."

Guan Yuxin turned slightly and lifted her chin towards Sheng Hongye.

Sheng Hongye glanced at her and pushed the door open.

The door was half-open, and Su Ling could hear everything clearly from inside the room. She couldn't help rolling her eyes in exasperation. Did all writers love to stir up trouble like this?

Before she could finish her thoughts, Sheng Hongye had already walked in.

The tall figure seemed to darken the room slightly as he entered.

"Mr. Sheng."

Su Ling quickly sat up.

"Lie down."

Sheng Hongye pressed Su Ling's shoulder and then reached out to touch her forehead.

"I don't have a fever."

Su Ling's face turned slightly red, and she quickly moved back.

"What's the situation outside? Chen Yu said there were zombie dogs. Are they like the ones in the movies?"

"More or less. It seems that this rain has elevated their abilities again."

Speaking of upgrades, Su Ling suddenly remembered something.

"Mr. Sheng, do you have any supernatural abilities?"

Sheng Hongye's gaze deepened. "I haven't discovered any yet. How about Miss Su? Do you have any?"

Su Ling felt a bit disappointed. "No. If we had supernatural abilities, perhaps we could use them against the zombie horde."

Sheng Hongye said calmly, "Let's not think about that for now. I had a chat with Han Qiang just now and found out that he can't control his powers yet. Professor Bai is the same. Perhaps humans need an adaptation process as well."

At that moment, the door opened.

Guan Yuxin walked in from outside.

Glancing ambiguously at Su Ling, she asked in a low voice, "How are you, Miss Su? Are you feeling better?"

"I'm fine. Don't make a fuss about it."

Su Ling sat up, her complexion indeed looking better than before.

It seemed the system upgrade had some benefits for her.

Sheng Hongye glanced at her again.

"As long as you're okay, I'll go check elsewhere."

Watching his figure walk away, Guan Yuxin smiled in an unusually flirtatious manner.

"He said he's not interested in you, but it's a pity. Now, it's the apocalypse; otherwise, you could have become Mr. Sheng's wife."

Su Ling quickly stood up and covered Guan Yuxin's mouth.

She said seriously, "Stop talking nonsense. It's not the time for romantic thoughts."

Guan Yuxin neither confirmed nor denied it. Without gossip in her soul, how could she write good works? After all, art comes from life.

"Alright, I won't tease you anymore."

Guan Yuxin looked at the dark window and began to worry again.

"I wonder if it can hold up? It feels like this place is not as sturdy as our basement."

Su Ling nodded. "The basement is indeed a good place, but it's too cramped. The main problem is still the food. Based on the current situation, Sheng Hongye's proposal seems reasonable."

Guan Yuxin agreed, "Someone who has been a president must be different. I just don't know if those two little troublemakers will listen."

Su Ling shrugged. "That's Sheng Hongye's business. We just need to do our own jobs."

As she finished speaking, the barking sound came again.

The sound of claws scratching outside the window sent chills down Su Ling's spine.

Guan Yuxin immediately closed her mouth and nervously looked outside the window.

Soon after, Su Ling heard the prompt sound indicating a decrease in the building's defense.

This was not a good sign. If it were just a few wild dogs, the defense would not have decreased. There must be a large number of zombies among them.

Shortly after, the corridor was filled with Li Xueying's high-pitched and ear-piercing screams.

"Brother Ye, where are you? I'm so scared."

Guan Yuxin couldn't help but curse, "This little bitch, I really want to shut her mouth."

Su Ling chuckled, "If I could, I would have shut her mouth long ago."

Soon, a low reprimand from Sheng Hongye could be heard in the corridor.

"Shut up! Go back to your room."

"Mr. Sheng, the zombies are crawling up from the damaged side."

This time it was Geng Hao's voice.

Chen Yu followed with a curse, "Shit, these bastards still want to come up."

"Use the shovel."

A series of chaotic footsteps followed, then disappeared on the east side of the building.

Su Ling quickly focused her attention on the damaged area on the east side. The three-dimensional model of the entire building appeared in her mind again, and she was surprised to find that she could see where the defense had weakened.

The location with only eighty percent defense left was the exposed steel structure on the east side.

Su Ling immediately began targeted reinforcement.

Compared to the entire building, targeted reinforcement was much easier, and the failure rate decreased significantly. After three failures, the building returned to a defense level of one hundred twenty percent.

With Su Ling's successful reinforcement, a strange scene occurred.

The previously damaged area slowly closed, and the bricks seemed to stack back together in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this bizarre scene, Geng Hao couldn't help but open his mouth wide and looked at Sheng Hongye beside him.

"Mr. Sheng, is this... your ability?"

Both Chen Yu and Han Qiang had envy written all over their faces.

"Mr. Sheng, your ability is so awesome."

"It's not mine."

Sheng Hongye turned his head to the corridor and instantly thought of Su Ling.

From the Passat to his Land Rover, from the hospital to their original base, almost every time he felt something different, Su Ling was by his side. He also remembered how she had asked them to stay in the temporary rest area of the supermarket before leaving. He couldn't help but suspect that this was her doing.

However... why did her ability awaken so early?

As he pondered, a large group of zombies climbed up again.

Soon, the freshly repaired brick wall was torn open again.

Looking outside through the exposed brick cracks, Chen Yu couldn't help but feel his scalp go numb.

He cursed, "Holy shit, why is it so similar to the zombie horde in the game? There must be at least two hundred outside."

Sheng Hongye swung a shovel to hit four to five zombies but was soon replaced by a large group of zombies rushing up to fill the gap, climbing up frantically.

At the same time, Sheng Hongye also noticed something extremely strange.

In an open space not far away, a zombie stood upright, looking up at the sky.

Occasionally, it let out a roar, as if giving out orders.

His heart couldn't help but skip a beat. Could these zombies have developed consciousness?