Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse-Chapter 710: Nickle Family

The reason Qiao mentioned not stopping midway wasn’t out of fear of being surrounded by zombies, but out of fear of attracting zombie cockroaches.

"Once zombie cockroaches are attracted, they will relentlessly pursue us. Shaking them off can be very troublesome,"

Qiao said as he sat next to the seat at the doorway of the minibus, speaking to the Heart Talk Team.

"Do zombie cockroaches have any particular patterns in their distribution? Like specific locations you already know of,"

Su Jin asked.

"We know of a total of five large zombie cockroach nests, but there are also many smaller nests within the city. Those don’t have any particular distribution pattern,"

Qiao sighed, as the zombie cockroaches were currently the country’s biggest problem. He feared the Heart Talk Team would end up staying here for several months.

"I understand,"

Su Jin nodded. Now that they were aware of the five main zombie cockroach nests, their first goal was to tackle these nests one by one. frёeωebɳovel.com

David’s driving skills were stable. Although they encountered zombie attacks on the road, he managed to bring everyone safely to the edge of the country’s base.

The base in the country was surprisingly built atop a mountain, though this mountain had already been burned into a barren, scorched wasteland.

The vehicle slowly climbed up along the mountain road, and the passengers could already see some of the buildings of various sizes on the mountain.

"To build a city on a mountain, this is a first for me,"

Huang Yunxiang said in amazement.

Qiao responded with a wry smile, "The climate here is very humid and infestations of insects and rats are too severe. We only dare to build our base on high mountains like this and, in fear of attacks from mutated plants, we burned all the vegetation on the mountain before construction."

"That must have been a huge project,"

Lin Cheng said, noting that burning down a mountain to build a city suggested the people here were truly fearful of the zombie cockroaches.

The vehicle continued for a while and the group finally arrived at the city gate of the base that David mentioned.

The city gate was built very high, with solid stone walls on both sides that were even taller than the walls of a typical base.

However, Qiao said this was also to protect against insect and rat infestations, as the walls were coated with flammable phosphorus powder and gasoline, allowing them to instantly ignite the entire stone wall if they detected any sign of zombie cockroaches or zombie rats.

"Oh, no wonder your walls and gates are all black,"

So it was the result of burning them, Lin Xiuyuan looked up until his neck started to ache.

The inspection personnel at the city gate seemed to know Qiao and David, and they appeared very delighted to see them, allowing the group to pass through without any checks.

"They are foreign friends we have invited to help us. I can guarantee in the name of the Nickle Family that they have not been infected with anything,"

Qiao said, pointing to the group.

The row of inspectors hesitated. If Qiao vouched for them...

"Since when can a side branch of the Nickle Family casually vouch for anyone?"

A woman’s voice came from above, causing Qiao and David’s faces to instantly change.

"Su Jin, what is she saying? I think all my foreign language skills have returned to my teacher,"

Lin Xiuyuan leaned in to ask.

"It looks like one of Qiao’s rivals has shown up, and she seems to look down on him,"

Su Jin whispered to the group.

"Tsk, now that we’re here, we can sit quietly like mutes, no need to talk or listen to anything,"

Huang Yunxiang said helplessly. Fortunately, they had Xiao Jin who knew foreign languages, otherwise they would probably be led by the nose by others.

Behind the city gate, a woman with curly brown hair and big waves walked out. Lin Xiuyuan felt that although she was very stylish, she had a robust build and a square face with sharp angles, hardly fitting the image of a foreign beauty.

However, the woman had a haughty demeanor, and Su Jin guessed that her status must be high.

"Lina, please retract your rudeness just now,"

David said somewhat angrily.

"Sorry, so it was my dear brother who has come back. You haven’t been home for so long, I thought you were dead,"

Lina said with a smile.

"Thanks to the Nickle Family’s blessing, I’m still alive and well,"

Qiao, however, was neither angry nor rowdy, which made Su Jin regard him as a very gentlemanly figure.

"He’s very forbearing,"

Lu Hao whispered. Although he only understood half of what was said, Qiao’s expressions and actions suggested he’d been treated this way for a long time, yet he managed to at least maintain an outward appearance of calm composure, revealing considerable fortitude.

The Nickle Family, huh? It seemed like another major drama was unfolding.

"It’s just like Qiao to have managed to get those old fellows to invite everyone. Are these the ones?"

Lina said while sizing up the family.

Standing in the middle, Su Jin evidently caught her eye. "Women from Huaxia really have good skin," she thought. Although she was Caucasian herself, her skin was rough with large pores—in stark contrast to the Huaxia woman in the middle.

"Indeed, they are Huaxia’s only SS-tier team, the Heart Talk Team,"

Qiao said, resigned to walking down to introduce them.

Lina snorted coldly, "It seems Huaxia isn’t up to much anymore. These people look so frail, nowhere near as robust as our Y-country warriors."

"Lina! What are you saying! Remember your manners!"

Another voice, full of anger, rang out as a tall, brown-haired man approached. Looking closely, one would notice he bore a strong resemblance to Lina.

"Xius! What are you doing here!"

Lina ran up to him with some excitement, seemingly unaffected by the rebuke she had just received.

"They are the Heart Talk Team?"

Xius asked the silent Qiao.

"Yes, Xius,"

Qiao responded.

Xius nodded his head and, with a loud laugh, approached the family, saying in Y-language, "I’ve heard a lot about your Heart Talk Team, and today I finally get to see you in person."

"Hello, we are the Heart Talk Team,"

Su Jin replied in a foreign language, neither obsequious nor arrogant. She didn’t want to say too much to the man before her, merely greeting him politely.

Xius and Lina hadn’t expected this woman from Huaxia to speak a foreign language. Does that mean she also understood what Lina had just said?

"Hello, it’s a pleasure to meet you,"

Xius then felt obliged to offer an official greeting as well.

"Xius, please allow me to take our guests to rest. They have just finished slaying 16 Mutated Crocodiles, and they must be tired now,"

Qiao interceded.

Slaying 16 Mutated Crocodiles?!

Xius’s expression changed again as he looked at the group; these were mutant animals feared even by Y-country’s warriors!

"Alright, you take them to rest. I will prepare a banquet tonight and hope you can all attend,"

Xius said.

Lin Xiuyuan, seeing they could finally go inside, started chatting with Nie Qing as they walked.

The Y-country base was marked with fire symbols everywhere, which David explained was because the people there held fire element ability users in high esteem, as fire was the most effective method against Zombie Cockroaches.