Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

The radio outside the base was tenaciously reporting the latest situation in the heavy rain, but the sound was drowned out by the heavy rain.

At this time, the official forum of the base has updated the latest acid rain information. The hourly precipitation of acid rain is more than 16 mm, which has reached the standard of heavy rain.

Not only did the rain outside show no sign of abating, it even got heavier after nine o'clock in the evening, and several rain gutters outside were even overflowing.

When the base was initially constructed, villages with relatively high terrain were deliberately chosen for construction. However, the structure of the base is divided into inner and outer circles from top to bottom, and the inner circles are closer to the high terrain.

Xiaoxi Village, where Gu Tongwan lived, happened to be the highest village among the nearby villages. Therefore, it was the least affected by floods during the rainy season. That’s why Zhang Youfan and the villagers of Xiaoxi Village were assigned to live in a community near the inner circle.

The guesthouse is located right in the middle of the address, and the entire block is a big slope, so if the water flows down it for a long time, the rain grate will easily overflow.

There had been several heavy rainstorms before this acid rain, and the rain grates outside were easily blocked every time. However, because it was not acid rain, everyone would spontaneously wear raincoats and run to the streets to clear the blocked rain grates.

But now what was overflowing from the rain grate was acid rain with white mist. Some of the wood floating on it was quickly corroded into black, and one could even see advertising signs blown down by the wind gradually sinking into the acid water with white bubbles.

At this time, in the yard where rainwater was flowing back due to heavy rainfall, it could be seen that the water on the ground was at least enough to submerge the insteps of the feet.

In a room on the third floor, Aunt Man's husband, who had run upstairs to look for a toolbox, saw through the glass window outside that the water in the backyard was rising to the bicycle shed. The discarded motorcycle tires that had been thrown underneath were instantly corroded by the strong acid rain. It could be clearly felt that the tires became swollen instantly after coming into contact with the acid water. I am afraid that after soaking in such acid rain for a period of time, the rubber tires will gradually lose their physical properties.

The glass windows were washed by the rain outside, and soon traces of water were left on the glass.

At this time, in the sewers that were invisible to others, corrosive liquid was pouring in continuously, and the mutant rats and black-shelled cockroaches inside were frantically moving towards a certain direction. This phenomenon of fleeing in panic was happening in the sewers of every block in the entire base.

Aunt Man's husband came down from upstairs and happened to meet Aunt Man and Deputy Captain Zhang coming up from downstairs, so he hurriedly said, "There is some water in the yard. I guess the rain grate outside our yard is blocked, and now the rainwater is starting to flow back into the yard."

"There are no supplies in the yard for now, so it shouldn't be a big deal. The steps in the corridor on the first floor should be able to hold out for a while, right?" Aunt Man came to an empty room. No one had lived in this room for a long time. The window inside faced the yard. Looking down through the glass window, one could clearly see that the water in the yard was gathering in the middle.

He turned around and said to Deputy Captain Zhang outside the door: "Deputy Captain Zhang, I'll have to ask you and the other two brothers to sleep in this room tonight. The other small room will be for the other three brothers. The other rooms are temporarily closed for use."

"I'm very grateful that we have a place to stay tonight. We were originally planning to just rest in the restaurant for one night, but I didn't expect you to prepare a room for us." Deputy Captain Zhang couldn't help but sigh with an apologetic smile on his face.

Aunt Man took over the conversation and smiled, "Unless there is really no vacant room, how can we let you sleep downstairs? You work very hard. Besides, when the guesthouse first opened, many hooligans came to cause trouble. If it weren't for you, Deputy Captain Zhang, who dealt with these people for us, our guesthouse might have closed down long ago."

Xiao Li took some bread and rice porridge from the kitchen at this time, "Deputy Captain Zhang, there is not much food left in the kitchen. You can just eat something. People can't go hungry."

Deputy Captain Zhang looked at the still steaming rice porridge and slightly toasted bread, and suddenly felt a warm feeling in his heart. Many words were stuck in his throat and he couldn't say them. Instead, Xiao Luo next to him was considerate and immediately took the bread and rice porridge from Xiao Li with gratitude: "We grown men can eat anything. We can even just drink a few mouthfuls of porridge. We are not picky eaters." To be honest, their team has been out on patrol since 5:30, and basically patrols once every three hours. They are used to having dinner after 8 o'clock. They came here to take shelter from the acid rain, and they were still in shock because they had escaped a disaster, so they forgot that they didn't even have lunch. Now when they smelled the rice porridge, they felt that they were really hungry.

Deputy Captain Zhang did not eat immediately. Instead, he planned to talk to Aunt Man about what had just happened. The noise just now was not right. It was obvious that this place had become the target of some people, perhaps the "speeding gang" from the day before yesterday.

At this time, Fang Ru also came down from the second floor. She felt more at ease with Lan Cen accompanying Zhou Zhou in the room. She sat in the tenant's room and wanted to know what the collision noise was just now.

"It was an AK bullet. Just like the other store in the next block the night before, the door was shot through by an AK. It was definitely that gang of bikers."

"Isn't it raining? How can humans survive under strong acid rain? Wouldn't they have been corroded into meat balls long ago?" A member of the Self-Defense Forces immediately shook his head, obviously not believing that it was possible for humans to survive under strong acid corrosion.

"Not necessarily. I heard that enhanced psychics might be able to do this."

"Enhanced Psychics? Isn't this the latest Psychic Power just announced by the authorities? But I heard that people who can obtain this kind of power are not born with Psychics, but use drugs to stimulate the untapped potential of the human body."

Just last month, the base officially announced several new superpowers, namely enhancement power, black fog power, and poison power.

These three are not innate superpowers, but special superpowers stimulated by special drugs to stimulate the human body.

The so-called enhanced ability is the ability to strengthen the body's skin and strength to a maximum of about twenty times. The higher the level of the ability, the greater the strength of the enhancement. The official information previously announced was that a certain enhanced ability user in the Eagle Country could strengthen his skin into the texture of steel in an instant, making him invulnerable to swords and guns, but that ability user was only a B-level ability user. It is said that an A-level ability user can even withstand Barrett's shooting at the moment of maximum enhancement.

From this, we can imagine how much damage the enhanced psychic can withstand once upgraded to an S-level psychic. It is simply terrifying.

The black fog ability can cover the area within a range in black fog. This ability is very useful for escaping and team battles.

Poison-related abilities are said to be the most harmful to a person so far. They were first introduced from South Asia. It is said that the first person with these abilities who was discovered had been used for various inhuman scientific research. After these abilities were introduced to various countries, it seems that some forces have also begun conducting such inhumane experiments.

"Wait, Deputy Captain Zhang, you mean that the person who committed the crime in the acid rain is most likely a person with enhanced abilities?" Xiaoli grasped the key point at once, her eyes widened. This was the first time she heard of a person with enhanced abilities, because when this ability appeared, it was not widely reported on the forum. It might be related to some scientific experiments, or the base might be secretly conducting something in this regard.

"The worst possible outcome is this. Enhanced psychics can be controlled with drugs, which means that if the person who participates in this experiment succeeds, he or she will become a real psychic."

Deputy Captain Zhang had taken over several similar cases in the bureau before. Although the base has been supervising and controlling secret experiments and personal forces in the apocalypse, it is impossible to completely control everything. In addition, the base has actually concealed part of the truth. Occasionally, there are disappearances and inexplicable deaths outside the base.

"What if the experiment fails, what will become of those people?" Xiaoli's curiosity was aroused and she immediately asked.

Deputy Captain Zhang frowned, his expression suddenly became serious, and after a moment of silence, he said calmly: "They will die. Even if they are alive, they will feel extremely painful due to the side effects on their bodies. Moreover, they can no longer be called human beings at that time. They will look no different from monsters."

I don’t know if it was an illusion, but at this moment a roar was heard. At first, people thought that a mutant beast had broken into the base, but then the roar gradually turned into a strange cry.

"What is screaming so terribly? Could it be a mutant beast?" Xiao Li was originally immersed in the horror of Deputy Captain Zhang's story about the abnormal experiments, but suddenly she heard this sound similar to the howl of a wild beast. She was so scared that her shoulders began to tremble.

Lan Cen and Zhou Zhou who were upstairs ran downstairs immediately. The sound came from the block outside, and they could hear it more clearly in the room upstairs close to the block.

"Mom, there are monsters. There are monsters outside."

After all, Zhou Zhou was only a five-year-old child. When he heard this voice, he just wanted to throw himself into his mother's arms.

Lan Cen was obviously a little frightened, but he managed to stay calm at this time, and said breathlessly: "It seems, it seems to be coming from the block outside us."

The proprietress walked to the window which was slightly closer to the yard and found that the rain was slightly lighter than before and had gradually turned into moderate rain.

"Crack... crack..." The sound that sounded like the sound coming out from between teeth made everyone's scalp tingle.

Although most people can imitate that kind of sound, it is definitely abnormal to be able to make it so loud.

As the roar became more and more obvious, a sound similar to an air raid sirens came from outside.

Deputy Captain Zhang's face immediately darkened, and the faces of the other team members also became nervous at the same time.

Generally, unless there is a particularly urgent situation, the air defense alarm will not be easily sounded in the base.

The air raid alarm had been sounded during the previous insect plague disaster. That was a sudden incident that required the entire city to be on alert. It was also sounded another time when a beast tide was approaching.

"What's going on? Why is the air raid alarm going off?" The proprietress suddenly took a step back, the sound of the air raid alarm echoing in her ears.

At this time, the whole restaurant was shrouded in the sound of rain and alarms.

"Turn off all the lights first. This situation is not right." Deputy Captain Zhang hurried to the window and glanced outside the yard. He vaguely saw a black mist slowly seeping into the yard from outside the wall.

The boss' husband acted quickly. He turned off all three lights in the restaurant and lowered all the curtains. The whole process took no more than two minutes.

"Don't make any sound." Deputy Captain Zhang's voice was not loud, but for some reason it sounded a little nervous, and he even made a gesture of preparation to the other team members.

The others naturally understood the meaning of this gesture, which was to make them ready to fight at any time.

But when preparing for a fight, you don't even know who you're going to fight.

Perhaps influenced by the members of the Self-Defense Forces, the atmosphere in the restaurant suddenly became tense. Everyone held their breath and waited quietly. The only sounds in their ears were the gradually fading alarms and the sound of rain.

Deputy Captain Zhang's eyes were fixed on one of the windows that was not completely shaded. He could feel something approaching the outer wall of the yard.

In fact, not only Deputy Captain Zhang felt it, but even Lan Cen, who was also a psychic, also felt this dangerous and cold breath. It could definitely not be called the breath of a human, but it was not a mutant beast either. This breath was aggressive, just like a poisonous snake lurking in the dark, winding its body towards where they were.

"What on earth is outside? I seem to hear footsteps." Xiaoli was sitting on the chair. For some reason, she felt that the air in the room suddenly became much quieter. She could not help but wrap her arms around her arms and speak softly, for fear of being heard by the "person" outside.

"Mom, I'm a little scared." Although Zhou Zhou knew that he was a man and should not say such discouraging words, children are actually more sensitive to external dangers than adults. At this moment, he felt an inexplicably uncomfortable feeling in his heart, so he grabbed Fang Ru's sleeves tighter with both hands.

Fang Ru hugged her son tightly and whispered in his ear: "Zhou Zhou, be good. Just close your eyes and don't make any noise. Don't scream when you hear any sound. Got it?"

Zhou Zhou was still young and didn't understand why, but he still tried his best to nod.

Deputy Captain Zhang pursed his lips, his jawline tense all the time. He could feel the fog in the yard getting thicker and thicker. The dangerous aura was just standing outside through a wall.

At the same time, there was an untimely engine sound, followed by a violent metal knocking sound, but the knocking sound was not the sound of knocking on the door, but more like sending some kind of signal.