Chapter 465: Apocalypse Trading System (Volume Complete)

Early autumn, three years later.

With the last of the Zombies cleared out, as long as the national borders were guarded, the danger alert within China could be considered lifted.

The restoration of production and living order to pre-apocalyptic standards across the country was just around the corner.

Departments at all levels were gradually resuming normal operations, and the first order of business was to commend the groups and individuals who had made contributions during the apocalypse.

However, the greatest heroes were nowhere to be found.

"Where is Miss Xie? And her family? Have they still not been contacted?"

"Where were they last seen? Nothing could have happened to them, right?"

"Nothing should have happened; all four of them are Ability Users, and they are either dual-element or triple-element Ability Users at that. Who else in the country could bully them?"

"Then why can't we reach them? It's a government commendation! Given Miss Xie's contributions, she might even be awarded a First-Class Merit, and she might even get to take a photo with the top leaders!"

"Old Chu, do you know where Miss Xie and her family went? Qin Tao said they didn't return to Heyuan, so where could they have gone?"

Zhou Chen'an held a phone in his hand, poking his head in to ask the person sitting upright at the office desk.

Chu Qingyan was writing something on paper with a pen; hearing this, he didn't even lift his head: "You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?"

"……Well, you had the most contact with Miss Xie, so I thought you might know her whereabouts."

"Since she is avoiding you all, it's clear she doesn't want to appear in public. Just convert the commendation into supplies for her."

"So all four of them don't want the commendation?"

Zhou Chen'an scratched his head, truly unable to understand the thought process of the Xie Family.

But he couldn't get anything more out of him, so he muttered a few words and reported truthfully to the person on the other end of the phone.

After he closed the door and left, Chu Qingyan pulled a delicate and unique Communicator from his coat pocket, typed in a string of characters, and clicked send.

This commendation ceremony was exceptionally grand.

The list of those being commended was also posted for public notice about ten days before the ceremony.

Seeing the names of Xie Yongcheng, Yu Baozhi, Xie Yan, and Xie Yang on the list, the family of Xie Yongguo was stunned.

One person with the same name could be called a coincidence, but four in a row? Could this still be called a coincidence?

"Big Brother, am I seeing this right? Lao San and his family are all still alive? And they made such great contributions that they are to be commended? Am I seeing this right?"

Xie Yonghua wiped his eyes with his sleeve.

"Then where have they been living all this time? Why hasn't there been any news of them at all?"

How would Xie Yongguo know!

He sent his son and nephew out to inquire.

"Dad! Second Uncle! I found out!" Xie Kang returned and said, "Third Uncle's family are all Ability Users. They made great contributions to the base, which is why they are on the list. I heard the rewards are very generous."

Xie Ming's expression was unpleasant, and his words carried some resentment: "Third Uncle is really something! Since they were clearly still alive, why didn't they come find us? Ability Users live well and eat well. If their family were at the base, our lives would be much better, and Fourth Uncle wouldn't have..."

Mentioning the Fourth Uncle who was killed by an Ability User, both Xie Yongguo and his brother turned their faces away.

Fourth Uncle's death really couldn't be blamed on Lao San.

It was his own guts that were too big; he had actually hooked up with an Ability User's mistress, was caught in bed, and killed on the spot. Who could he blame for that?

Even if Lao San had been there, he couldn't have stopped it from happening.

But for some reason, Xie Ming held a grudge against Third Uncle's family because of this.

It wasn't entirely because of Fourth Uncle's affair, but also because of the dreams he had been having over the past few days—

In the dream, just a few days after the apocalypse arrived, he possessed an extremely powerful cheat.

With the cheat in hand, he not only had an endless supply of resources, but he also developed a group of Ability User underlings dozens of times larger than the official Ability Users, took countless women as wives, and became an overlord of the apocalypse.

And his family, except for Third Uncle's family who kicked the bucket early in the apocalypse, all lived well under his protection, and every time they met, they praised him as the most promising junior of the Xie clan.

However, upon waking from the dream, everything in reality was the exact opposite of the dream.

Third Uncle's family had made something of themselves; not only were they all Ability Users, but they were also going on stage to receive awards and commendations, and their future careers would not be bad.

As for him? Where were his underlings or wives? The Fourth Uncle who doted on him was dead, and his father and eldest uncle were still living miserably, squeezed into a crowded communal sleeping area with the whole family.

And all this change stemmed from Third Uncle's family... right, Xie Yang!

In the dream, Xie Yang had undergone Alienation into a Zombie and died completely on the day he obtained his cheat.

Xie Ming couldn't help but suspect that Xie Yang had intercepted his cheat.

"Eldest Uncle, do you know where Third Uncle's family is now?"

"Dad, I want to find Third Uncle, as well as Xie Yan and Xie Yang. It's been a few years, and I miss them. Help me find out where they are living now."

He mobilized the whole family to inquire about the whereabouts of Third Uncle's family.

But he was destined to be disappointed.

Let alone them, ordinary people, even the high-level officials had no news of Xie Yang's family; they didn't even come to attend the commendation ceremony that everyone yearned for.

Xie Yang's family had just left the beautiful and scenic Yucheng not long ago.

They had stayed there for half a month.

Yu Baozhi used the Beast Domestication Technique to settle a batch of cute panda babies and even accelerated the growth of a patch of tender bamboo forest for them.

If the national treasure weren't so eye-catching, she would have really wanted to take one home to raise.

However, don't let the pandas' clumsy and adorable appearance fool you; their combat power was actually not weak.

Adult pandas wouldn't even be bullied by carnivores like Wolves or leopards.

Moreover, they were solitary by nature and liked to be accompanied by bamboo.

A natural bamboo forest was their best habitat.

Reluctantly bidding farewell to the panda family, Xie Yang's family continued south.

A week later, they arrived at a pleasant, livable island city, intending to settle down there.

The apocalypse had just ended, and all order was still in the process of recovery.

Tourist cities already had few people to begin with, and after the apocalypse, they became even more desolate and lonely.

It was rare for someone to want to buy a house by the seaside, so the real estate agency, which had just resumed operations, did not demand an exorbitant price; one could secure a sea-facing townhouse for a flat price of 10,000 points.

Points were a currency that could circulate between all the bases across the country.

Currently, production order had just been restored, and the point exchange system had not yet been canceled. Even if it were canceled, there would be a transition period.

Even if they expired, one could still go to a bank to exchange them for the new currency.

Relying on her "Ability Cultivation" technique, Xie Yang had earned quite a lot of points over these past three years.

The Crystal Core obtained from killing a Mutation Zombie was not something her family had any use for, so they had all been sold to the base.

In terms of expenses, her family had a full range of abilities and also possessed a Trading System that supplied all kinds of materials, so they rarely had occasion to use points; the massive fortune she had inadvertently saved up finally came in handy now.

10,000 for a house, so cheap?

She simply bought three townhouses side-by-side, connecting them to form one complete building.

People in this country always had an inseparable attachment to houses in their hearts.

The Xie Family's Relocation Housing had collapsed during the apocalypse, and the Courtyard Residential Quarter had now become a famous landmark in Yicheng; while it was lively living there, after a long time, it always felt uncomfortable.

Only then did they follow the advice of their daughter/sister: bid farewell to their old home and find a scenic island city to live in temporarily.

When they got tired of living there, they would change to another residence.

The country was so vast that even if they changed their residence every year or six months, they probably wouldn't be able to live in every place.

And the first place was this island city in the south, where it was spring all year round and the scenery was romantic.

It was perfect for spending a warm winter here.

Just after settling in, Xie Yang's Communicator vibrated once.

【Not attending the commendation meeting, and you don't want the material rewards either?】

Xie Yang smiled and replied: 【Convert them into points and deposit them into my account.】

Perhaps they would have to move to another place to live in the future, so one could never have too many points.

Thus, the next day, her point account received a reward totaling one million.

Based on the purchasing power of 10,000 per house, this million-point bonus alone was enough for her family to lie flat and live comfortably until they were old.

"Yang Yang! Yang Yang, what are you doing cooped up in your room? Come down quickly, Dad caught a super big yellow croaker! I netted a few very fat blue crabs! We're having a seafood feast tonight!"

In the courtyard downstairs, Xie Yan excitedly returned from the beach carrying a bucket, calling for his sister to come down and see the day's haul.

Xie Yang poked her head out of the window and responded with a smile.

She stretched while facing the beautiful sunset seascape, turned around, went downstairs, and joined in the laughter of her family...

{End of this volume}