Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse

Lu Hao and Su Jin were also surprised that Liang Jiuhui had Guan Hong come to find them, claiming there was a matter to discuss.

The two of them, originally planning to visit Guo Yang’s shop, could only nod in agreement.

It was already approaching dusk when Liang Jiuhui came to look for them. Could it be that there was some important matter?

Guan Hong brought them to a meeting room inside the administrative building, which was actually a sales office of the Dragon Leap Villa before. Because the decoration and furnishings were quite suitable for office work, Liang Jiuhui had it converted into the administrative building, and the two meeting rooms on the side were readily available.

Su Jin noticed that there were electronic sensor doors installed at the entrance of the meeting room, probably to prevent eavesdropping by someone with Invisibility Ability.

Liang Jiuhui was sitting in the meeting room with Xu Shi beside him, reporting something.

Seeing that Lu Hao and Su Jin had arrived, Liang Jiuhui immediately stood up and invited them to sit down.

“It is rather late to call the two of you here, but in fact, there is a favor to ask. I presume you’ve already heard about today’s incident?”

Liang Jiuhui didn’t beat around the bush and went straight to the point.

What incident?

Su Jin looked at Lu Hao, and Lu Hao tilted his head to look at her.

Liang Jiuhui really hadn’t expected that the two of them were still unaware of the big news that was already buzzing throughout the base.

Su Jin explained that they had gone home to count Crystal Cores with their family as soon as they returned today and that Lin Cheng and the others hadn’t come back yet, so they really didn’t know what had happened.

Xu Shi, standing beside them, told the two of them about the incident that occurred during the transfer of survivors today.

“No resistance at all?” Lu Hao asked with a frown.

“Correct, without exception,” Xu Shi said.

Then Liang Jiuhui also told them about the small wave of zombie harassment that had occurred at the base over the past two days. Actually, they had already heard from Lin Cheng, but since Lin Cheng and the others hadn’t come home yet, the two pretended they didn’t know and listened again.

“Lu Hao, what do you think?” Liang Jiuhui asked earnestly.

Lu Hao tapped his long fingers a few times on the real wood-colored conference table and said, “These two incidents, they weren’t caused by the same person, or rather, they weren’t done by people from the same camp.”

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Lu Hao’s words struck a chord with everyone present.

Even Su Jin sitting next to him was astonished. Why would he think that?

Liang Jiuhui didn’t know what to say, as they had been linking these two incidents together for analysis. Could it be that these harassments weren’t intentionally directed against them?

“I want to hear the reasons,” Liang Jiuhui said seriously.

“Firstly, during the two zombie group harassments of the base, as you suspect, they were done by the Invisible Person. But all he did was harass, there were no fatalities either time. And today, everyone died; don’t you find that strange?” Lu Hao said to the few people present.

“What if the Invisible Person only lured fewer zombies the first two times and realized it didn’t achieve the desired effect?” Guan Hong asked.

“What you said is indeed possible, but you’re all overlooking one issue.”

“What issue?”

Lu Hao leaned back in his chair and said two words, “Methodology.”

“Methodology?” they all asked in unison. Weren’t the methods all zombies or zombie animals?

“Why didn’t the escort team for the survivors resist? It’s because they were drugged, with anesthetic powder or the like. These people intended from the beginning to have the entire survivor team wiped out, so their methods and objectives differ from those of the Invisible Person,” Lu Hao told them.

Liang Jiuhui had understood by now that if the Invisible Person possessed such a drug, or wanted someone within the base dead, his invisibility ability would make it easy to do so. Yet he had merely drawn a small horde of zombies to harass them. Perhaps… the Invisible Person’s target wasn’t inside the base?

“You just said, ‘they’?” Su Jin couldn’t help asking. Could there be others behind the Invisible Person?

“It’s no coincidence that Zombie Birds have appeared in the city. It’s impossible for one person to attract so many Zombie Birds while also administering the drug to a target. I believe there must be a force behind this,” said Lu Hao.

Su Jin finally understood why Lu Hao, despite clearly being directionally challenged, could firmly hold the position of Captain of the Criminal Investigation Team. It wasn’t just about having a high Combat Power—his analytical skills were like those of Detective Conan incarnate. Forgive her for only having watched Conan solve cases; she really couldn’t recall a second detective as divine.

Liang Jiuhui couldn’t help but take another look at Lu Hao. After such analysis and combining everything they had discovered over the past several days, he felt like he might have realized something.

“Lu Hao, Su Jin, I would like to hire the two of you for a few days,” Liang Jiuhui said with a wry smile.

Hire?

Seeing the puzzled expressions on their faces, Liang Jiuhui had Guan Hong bring over several brown cloth bags and placed them on the table, saying, “Here are 6000 Ordinary Crystal Cores. I want to hire the two of you for the next three days to escort the transferred survivors.”

6000?!

That’s so many!

It seemed Liang Jiuhui was determined, willing to go this far for the survivors. It really was… quite extraordinary. Su Jin was filled with mixed emotions.

Liang Jiuhui looked at Lu Hao with an expectant face.

Then Lu Hao naturally turned to Su Jin, who was sitting beside him, and asked in a low voice, “Xiao Jin, should we go?”

“…”

The three remaining men present were at a loss for words. So, he had to seek his wife’s approval for such matters?

Was the man who had just commanded their respect really the same person sitting before them now?

Su Jin smiled awkwardly. This Lu Hao, don’t just suddenly pass the ball to her. Couldn’t he have said they would consider it first?

However, Su Jin, looking at the bags of Crystal Cores, ultimately did not refuse. She couldn’t refuse anyway; it was a matter of life and death. Since they had the ability to help, there was no reason to refuse. Besides, 6000 Crystal Cores were too tempting to pass up.

Seeing Su Jin agree, the three men breathed a sigh of relief and admired her even more. How did she manage to make Lu Hao so obedient?

Lu Hao, on the other hand, did not feel there was anything out of the ordinary. Seeing that the matter had been settled, he prepared to stand up and leave.

“There’s something else,” Lu Hao said, as if suddenly remembering something. “If you want to investigate these people, I suggest starting from your father’s previous personal relationships.”

Liang Jiuhui nodded. Based on what he knew, that was indeed a good place to start, but he was somewhat surprised that Lu Hao had thought of it.

“Lu Hao, may I ask what your previous profession was?” Liang Jiuhui couldn’t help but ask.

“A Criminal Investigation Team captain in a small city,” Lu Hao replied.

No wonder.

Guan Hong and Xu Shi also had an ‘ah, that explains it’ expression.

Declining Guan Hong and Xu Shi’s offer to escort, Lu Hao and Su Jin walked home hand in hand.

“Lu Hao, you were incredible just now, like a real detective,” Su Jin praised.

“Hmm, you like that?”

“Rather than liking, it’s more like admiration,” Su Jin said with a beaming smile.

Lu Hao also smiled. If it weren’t for the darkness of the night, Su Jin would have noticed that his cheeks had turned slightly red…

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