The Absolute Favorite in the Apocalyptic Rebirth

When they returned from the Lou family mansion, they found that Grandpa Mo, Chen Kaiwei, and the others had already returned from work, and everyone was preparing dinner.

“Lingling, have you had dinner? Do you want to eat with us?” Lin Baobao held up a handful of fresh green vegetables. “Chen Kaiwei exchanged crystal cores for these at the base’s plantation today. We’re in for a treat.”

“You guys eat. We just ate with Big Brother at the Lou family’s place,” Lou Ling replied with a smile. She patted the head of Chen Luosheng, who was handing her water, and said with a smile, “Luosheng, you have to eat more vegetables to grow taller.”

The little boy smiled shyly. He was now like a normal little boy, unlike before, when he was like a frightened bird, clinging tightly to Chen Kaiwei and ignoring everyone else.

After dinner, Lin Baobao pulled Lou Ling to the balcony to talk.

In addition to the cactus that Lou Ling had bought during the day, there were a few large flower pots on the balcony with some green onions, ginger, and other crops. The soil was left by the original owner. Perhaps because there was something blocking the balcony, the soil had not been polluted, and the flowers and plants in the flower pots had not mutated. It was a pity that after the owner turned into a zombie, he was dealt with by the base army, leaving the house empty. Without anyone to water them, the flowers and trees soon withered. After they moved in, Lin Baobao dug up a handful of green onion and ginger seedlings from somewhere and asked Grandpa Mo to plant them, saying that it would add some greenery. Lou Ling felt that Lin Baobao must have dug up the crops from someone else's yard while wandering around the base.

Lin Baobao condensed half a basin of water and began to water them. While watering, she chatted with Lou Ling.

“Is your brother going on a mission? Are you guys going too?” Lin Baobao asked. This morning, when Lou Zhan and the others arrived, although she was busy dealing with Yan Ge’s flirtatiousness, she had also noticed the conversation between Lou Dian and Lou Zhan.

Lou Ling responded with a hum and said, “Yes, we’re leaving in two days.”

“Is it a mission from the Northeast Research Institute base?”

Lou Ling looked at her in surprise. Lin Baobao shrugged. “When you were collecting mutated seeds earlier, I went out of the base a few times to kill zombies. I happened to save a few people, and those people happened to be ability users from the Research Institute. This mission isn’t simple. They invited me to join their team for this mission and will give me a generous reward.”

“Research Institute… Which district?” Lou Ling asked.

“It’s the ability users from Dr. Zhang’s side in the East District, the ones who are mortal enemies with the mad doctor in the West District.” Lin Baobao naturally knew that Lou Dian had offended people from the West District of the Research Institute, so if it were the ability users from the West District, she would only watch them die and wouldn’t be kind enough to save them. However, she had heard that the East District and the West District of the Research Institute were at odds, so she didn’t hesitate to save them.

Although Lin Baobao was a water-type ability user, in the eyes of others, it was a rather useless ability. However, she was about to cultivate to the third level of ability user, and her physical fitness had been greatly improved. She had also learned close combat, self-defense, and swordsmanship from Lou Ling for nearly half a year. Her combat power was far stronger than that of ability users of the same level. Therefore, when she took action to save people, she really surprised others. She already had a plan in mind, so she didn’t hesitate to reject the invitation from the West District of the Research Institute, who wanted to pull her into the Research Institute’s ability user team. If it weren’t for Lou Ling and the others, Lin Baobao would have thought that the Research Institute’s ability user team was a good choice. Unfortunately, compared to the Research Institute, it was more enjoyable to be with Lou Ling.

“If you get accurate information, you should know that this mission is very dangerous,” Lou Ling said, somewhat disapproving of her going into danger. The reason why she was going was not only because of her own abilities but also because the Lou brothers were going.

Having spent day and night with Lou Dian, although she couldn’t tell what he was thinking with just a glance, Lou Ling knew more or less that he wouldn’t force himself to go with Lou Zhan for no reason. Ever since the apocalypse descended, Lou Dian had been revealing unusualness everywhere. Lou Ling was not a fool and could see it clearly. It was just that she regarded him as family and knew that he was the only one in this world who wouldn’t hurt her. So no matter what he was hiding or how many strange things he did, she wouldn’t care too much. Ignorance was also a way of survival. As long as they were all alive and together, what else mattered?

“I know, but I still want to go and see, and also train myself.” Lin Baobao immersed her hands in the water. “This world has already changed. The strong are respected. Only when you become strong can you speak of personality and dignity with integrity. Lingling, there is only one Lou Dian in this world. Not everyone can meet him.”

Hearing the regret in her voice, she knew that she still wanted to find a gentle and considerate good man to spend her life with, but she found that Lou Dian was originally a pervert in the skin of a gentle prince. The gap in her heart was conceivable. Although she realized that she had misjudged him, she had to admit that Lou Dian was a bit of a pervert, but he was a powerful one. Lou Ling was luckier than other women to have him protecting her.

“Alright, but be careful then. It doesn’t matter if the mission fails. It’s more important to protect your own life!” Lou Ling patted her shoulder and said.

Lin Baobao directly flicked the water droplets on her face and rolled her eyes at her. “Do you need to tell me that? I cherish my life the most. It’s you, don’t be impulsive because Lou Dian or someone else has an accident. What you see may not be true.”

“Yes, I know, Miss Lin.”

When they went back to their room to sleep at night, Lou Ling laid on Lou Dian’s chest and told him about Lin Baobao’s decision to accept the invitation of the East District Research Institute’s ability user team to participate in this mission. She asked, “Do we have to pretend not to know Baobao then?”

Lou Dian recalled the distribution of various forces in the Research Institute and said, “Dr. Zhang, the person in charge of the East District Research Institute, is at odds with Dr. Feng from the West District Research Institute. Dr. Zhang has always opposed human experimentation, while the West District advocates it. Recently, they have been at loggerheads over this matter, in a stalemate. It is estimated that this trip to the Northeast Research Institute base is also the result of the competition between several forces within the Research Institute.”

As soon as Lou Ling heard “human experimentation,” she immediately thought of many evil and terrible things. She immediately sided with Dr. Zhang from the East District Research Institute and said, “Human experimentation is too evil. It should be banned!”

“The answer given by the Research Institute is that for the development of mankind, there must be sacrifices. The subject of their research is abilities, how abilities are produced, and how ordinary people can acquire them. The West District Research Institute seems to want to extract and analyze the zombie virus to see if they can create a drug that stimulates human abilities. The ability alone is enough to make people’s hearts race. Many ordinary people who are crazy about wanting abilities are willing to be subjects of human experimentation.” Lou Dian told her some things he had learned in his previous life. “Human experimentation is really disgusting and will even create many terrible monsters. Although the higher-ups of the base have also explicitly prohibited it, I heard that the West District has set up an underground secret laboratory to conduct human experimentation.”

Now, Lou Ling was filled with disgust for the West District Research Institute and even felt that Lou Dian was right to deal with the people from the West District Research Institute before. It was revenge!

Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, Lou Dian pulled her down from him, stuffed her into the bed, and said, “Alright, go to sleep. We’ll set off the day after tomorrow when you’re well-rested! If you don’t want to sleep, we can do some other exercise…”

Lou Ling immediately rolled to the side obediently and went to sleep.

On the day of departure, everyone got up before dawn.

Grandpa Mo and Chen Kaiwei stayed at the base. They only knew that Lou Dian and the others had accepted a mission, but they didn't know what the mission was. However, when Lou Dian and the others got up early, they also got up with them. Because they didn't know how many days they would be gone, Grandpa Mo prepared some food for them to eat on the road.

It was only five o'clock in the morning, and a glimmer of light appeared on the horizon.

When they got downstairs, Lin Baobao parted ways with Lou Dian and the others to gather with the ability user team from the East District Research Institute, and then they would go to the designated place to gather with everyone else. Although they knew about Lin Baobao's relationship with Lou Ling and the others, when they were on a mission, if they were not from the same faction, it was better to avoid each other.

Of course, the people on Lou Zhan’s side represented the military and had no conflict of interest with the Research Institute for the time being. This was also the reason why the people from the East District Research Institute would invite Lin Baobao.

Lou Dian and Lou Ling also went to the Lou family mansion, and then went to the military area of the base with Lou Zhan and the others to gather at a military parade ground.

Lou Zhan brought a total of ten ability users, led by him. Yan Ge was his adjutant, and the others were his subordinates. Among the ten people, Lou Ling was the only woman. When they arrived at the meeting place, people couldn't help but take a few more glances at her.

As soon as they arrived at the meeting place, a man in a green military uniform walked over with a few people and smiled. “Lou Zhan, long time no see.”

Lou Zhan greeted him and said indifferently, “Hello.”

The man didn't mind his coldness and looked at him with a faint smile. His eyes turned and fell on the people behind Lou Zhan. Finally, his eyes paused on Lou Dian, and he suddenly said, “I heard that your younger brother, Lou Dian, has also come to the capital. Back then, my little sister did a lot of stupid things for him.”

Lou Zhan's eyes flickered slightly, and he nodded. “Your news is well-informed.”

“It’s not that I’m well-informed, but that my silly sister did something stupid for him again. Now her eyes are gone, and her face is disfigured. I don’t know what will happen to her in the future. Although the apocalypse has arrived, as her older brother, I still hope that she will have a good home.”

“I’m sorry to hear about this unfortunate news, but I wish Miss Qin luck.”

The smile on the man’s face deepened. He casually draped the military jacket in his hand over his shoulder and said, “Lou Zhan, why don’t our Qin and Lou families marry? This way, my sister will have a good home.”

“I’m really sorry, but there are no suitable men of marriageable age in our Lou family for Miss Qin. It’s a pity.”

Seeing that Lou Zhan was still indifferent, the man finally laughed and scolded, “Stop playing dumb with me. Isn’t this a ready-made good candidate? It just so happens that my little sister likes him quite a lot.” As he spoke, he pointed at Lou Dian.

Lou Zhan's expression didn’t change, and his words were cold. “You hope that Miss Qin will have a good home, and I also hope that my brother will have a good home!”

The man's face completely darkened. How could he not understand the meaning of his words?

At this time, Lou Zhan saw that other people were coming over. He excused himself and went to greet another man in military uniform.

Lou Ling glared. Even an idiot could understand the meaning of the man's words just now. She didn't expect him to be from the Qin family, and he even took a fancy to Lou Dian, wanting to match the disfigured Qin Ling with Lou Dian. Thinking of the “unspoken story between Lou Dian and Miss Qin” revealed in the man's tone, her brows furrowed again. She deeply felt that her family’s pervert had been coveted.

Suddenly, someone knocked on her head, and then she heard Lou Dian’s voice. “Don’t overthink it.”

Lou Ling glanced at him. In the dim light of dawn, his face had a hint of ambiguity under the light. She saw him lower his head and smile gently at her. “That person is Qin Peng, the eldest son of the Qin family. He is cousins with Qin Wei and Qin Ling. He really has a good plan. If he knew that our Lou family still has a younger sister, maybe…”

Maybe the marriage partner would be her and Qin Wei?

Looking at the terrifying cold light flickering in his eyes, Lou Ling immediately felt a sense of malice from the apocalypse.

The author has something to say: Today’s goal:

Lou Ling’s goal: Stay away from all creatures with the surname Qin!

Lou Dian’s goal: Kill all creatures who covet my sister!

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