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

The noise from above immediately frightened the residents upstairs so much that they huddled in their rooms and dared not go out easily, especially Fang Ru, who lived on the second floor closest to the balcony. She was hugging her son tightly in her arms at this moment. She was just coaxing her son to go to bed early in the house. After all, they couldn't go out in this kind of weather. Her five-year-old son was making a fuss about wanting to watch his cell phone. Fang Ru didn't want her son to stay up all night, so she could only tell him various fairy tales that he had never heard before the end of the world.

However, Fang Ru was actually extremely sorry that her son was born two years before the end of the world. If he had been born two years earlier, a child of his age should have been living a carefree life in kindergarten with a group of other children.

But when the end of the world came, the entire blue planet suffered unprecedented destruction, human civilization was gradually eroded, unknown creatures mutated and grew, and humans also stimulated the body's maximum potential - superpowers.

Fang Ru’s husband is a psychic, and a high-level one at that. Unfortunately, after the apocalypse, he joined a strange organization, met the daughter of some powerful person, and then abandoned the mother and son and went somewhere else. If Fang Ru had not been a doctor before the apocalypse, and had not found a good job in the health center even after the apocalypse, it might have been difficult for them and their son to continue living in this world.

The explosion sounded right next door, or to be more precise, from the balcony on the second floor. The glass windows on the balcony must have been shattered. The crisp sound was followed by the explosion and the sound of a huge rain curtain.

"Mom, I'm scared." Fang Ru's five-year-old son Zhou Zhou raised his head, his little face full of anxiety.

"Don't be afraid, it might be thunder. Remember what mom said, Zhou Zhou is a boy, you can't show fear easily no matter what happens." Fang Ru patted her son on the back and comforted him with forced calmness, but the creases between her brows revealed that she was also feeling uneasy at this moment.

"Well, then I'm not afraid anymore, because I'm a little man." Zhou Zhou looked up with a smile, then lightly touched with his fingertips, and saw a warmth slowly flowing around the two of them.

The magical thing is that a light blue protective shield can be vaguely seen within the warm current, as if completely isolating the two people from the surrounding environment.

Zhou Zhou's ability is a rare ability known internationally, which is called "protective ability". It can establish its own protective mechanism in a short time. The stronger the ability, the larger the range. When performing tasks, this ability can even avoid the impact of mutant animals and enemies. It is a very effective protection mechanism. The highest level of protective ability user known internationally is a female in the United States. She is an A-level protective ability user. It is said that she can deploy a protective shield with a range of hundreds of meters at a time. In a previous volcanic eruption in the United States, she saved thousands of people in the area.

Fang Ru was worried when she saw that her son, who was only five years old, could easily use his supernatural powers. Her son's supernatural powers were definitely not simple, and she didn't know whether they were related to her and her husband.

Her husband is an A-level earth-type mutant, and even Fang Ru herself is...

"Bang bang!" There was another violent sound similar to that of firecrackers, but the difference this time was that the whole building was shaking slightly, as if someone was attacking it with something.

Fortunately, the sound of firecrackers did not last too long and ended quickly, but then it seemed that the sound of "bang bang" could be faintly heard from several blocks away.

Just at this moment, there was a knock on the door. Fang Ru didn't react at first, but Zhou Zhou popped his head out of her arms and looked towards the door.

"Mom, someone is knocking on our door."

Fang Ru calmed down a little at this time, and whispered: "Zhou Zhou, stay in bed obediently, mom will go out to take a look."

Zhou Zhou nodded obediently and didn't make a fuss. It seemed that during the days of relying on her mother, she had become accustomed to doing things independently.

Fang Ru simply opened the door lock but did not pull up the U-shaped door latch, so after the door was opened, only a gap of about ten centimeters was left.

An elderly couple was standing outside the door. They were neighbors from two houses away. Like Fang Ru, they had been living here for at least half a year. At least before Fang Ru moved in, this elderly couple had been living in the guesthouse.

In fact, before Fang Ru moved in, there were still many people staying in the guesthouse regularly. Although the guesthouse was about 30% more expensive than renting a house outside, it was relatively convenient for shopping and seeing a doctor. More importantly, it was less than four kilometers away from the Security Bureau, and it only took her half an hour to walk to work. In addition, the proprietress here was upright and generous, and Zhou Zhou liked to play with the proprietress's niece. When she went to work at the hospital, Zhou Zhou would stay in the guesthouse obediently, which was much more reassuring than renting a house outside. As a result, she lived here for more than eight months, but because of the extreme heat, more than half of the people who stayed here left, and now only she and the elderly next door are still there.

Fang Ru was not very familiar with the family next door. They just greeted each other when they went upstairs or downstairs. Although the old couple looked kind, for some reason she always felt that when she took Zhou Zhou out, the old lady's eyes were not right when she stared at Zhou Zhou, and she showed a sense of shrewdness and cunningness.

At this time, the old lady was standing in front. Before anyone said hello, she was glancing inside, as if she wanted to confirm who was inside.

Fang Ru didn't like the feeling of being peeped at, so she turned her body slightly to cover the half-exposed bed.

The old lady reacted at this moment, and immediately raised her head with a smile after retracting her gaze, "Xiao Fang, I heard a big noise outside just now, it was scary, it seemed to come from the balcony, I thought your room is closest to the balcony, and I was worried if you were okay."

The old lady's husband behind her also joined in: "Yes, we rushed over when we heard the noise. Are you and Zhou Zhou okay?" The old man looked sincere, his eyes not as shrewd as the old lady's. I just don't know why he always seemed absent-minded when he spoke, and always looked worried.

"Xiao Fang, I think your room is not very safe right now. What if Zhou Zhou gets scared at such a young age? Why don't you let Zhou Zhou come to our room tonight to deal with it first." After saying that, he stretched out his hand and wanted to unlock the door himself, but unexpectedly, Fang Ru stopped him with her hand horizontally.

"Aunt Yuan, Uncle Liu, thank you for your concern, but Zhou Zhou is fine staying with me. If it doesn't work out, I'll ask the landlady to change rooms, but there's no need for that at the moment."

Seeing Fang Ru's refusal, the old lady was a little unwilling, so she wanted to say something, but the old man behind her pulled the hem of her clothes, and she saw the old man shaking his head at her.

The old lady was a little unwilling but couldn't show it on her face, so she could only smile awkwardly and said, "Okay, then you be careful. We'll go back to the house first. Remember to call us if anything happens." She curled her lips and left with the old man dissatisfied.

Not long after the two men left, they heard other footsteps approaching. Before Fang Ru could close the door, she heard Xiaoli's voice.

"Sister Xiaoru, are you okay?"

Lan Cen was following behind Xiaoli, and both of them looked anxious. They probably came over after hearing the series of noises.

Seeing that it was the two of them, Fang Ru felt a little relieved, so she opened the lock completely.

"I'm fine, I just got startled at first. The sound seemed to be from the balcony next door."

Fang Ru had just opened the door when she heard Zhou Zhou jumping up from the bed behind her, "Sister Xiaoli, Sister Lan!"

Normally Zhou Zhou doesn’t have many playmates. Most of the time in the guesthouse, he is taken care of by two little girls, so he naturally becomes familiar with them. Before this, there was also a beautiful sister Wanwan, but unfortunately Sister Wanwan moved away, otherwise he could have played with the two big dogs around her.

Seeing that Zhou Zhou was still active, Xiao Li felt relieved. She stroked Zhou Zhou's head and looked at Fang Ru again, "Sister Fang Ru, it's raining heavily outside now, and it's acid rain. I guess I won't be able to go out for a while. Water is also in short supply at the moment."

Fang Ru immediately understood what Xiao Li was going to say, and said, "I'll buy 20 liters of water first, and I'll go downstairs to wash my hands after I've accumulated the points."

"Sister Xiaoru, I didn't come up here just to collect the water fee. I just wanted to say something because there are a few members of the Self-Defense Forces who are taking shelter from the rain. They are Deputy Captain Zhang who often comes to our guesthouse for dinner. If the rain doesn't stop, the water supply will definitely be even tighter in the future."

"Xiao Li, thank you for your concern. I know you are worried that there won't be enough water later, right? Don't think charging is ugly. If I were the boss, I would charge too. Now is not the time to talk about friendship. You have to charge when it's time. You can't always talk about favors in this world. Favors have to be based on occasions. Don't think of making things convenient for others until you're at your wit's end. The rules can't be broken. Besides, you guys reminded me that water might be tight recently, and you lent me two buckets. I currently have one and a half buckets of water left, which can barely handle the washing of Zhou Zhou and me in the next two days."

At this time, Lan Cen was holding Zhou Zhou on the bed and watching the mobile phone. Perhaps Lan Cen was only an eleven-year-old girl after all, so she and Zhou Zhou still had a childish nature. The two of them were happily watching a pre-apocalyptic cartoon playing on the mobile phone.

When Xiaoli saw that the children didn't notice this side, she whispered: "Sister Xiaoru, I just saw the old couple next door come to see you?"

Fang Ru's expression suddenly turned cold, and she nodded gently, "Yes, she said she would take care of Zhou Zhou for me."

Xiaoli immediately said unhappily, "Is the other party really that generous? Last night, the old lady came to my aunt specifically to bargain for the water bill and spent almost an hour with her. To be honest, ten cents a liter of water is not a lot at this critical moment. We have tried our best to provide everyone with one liter of water every day during this special period. If you think it's too expensive, you don't have to buy it. After all, she won't die of thirst. Besides, these two people have been in arrears of rent for almost three months. If it weren't for the fact that they are old and my aunt has a sharp tongue but a soft heart, she would have kicked them out long ago." Xiaoli showed a look of disgust on her face when she said this.

Fang Ru didn't expect that the old couple would do such a thing as defaulting on rent, so she wondered, "They don't look like they have no money. I saw the old lady picking out fine noodles in the commercial street a few days ago. It seems that she bought 30 kilograms at once. It cost more than 1,000 points. I can't bear to buy fine noodles."

Xiaoli got angry when she heard that, and immediately frowned and said, "What? She was crying poor in front of my aunt last month, saying that she only had two or three hundred points on her body, and that she would starve to death if she didn't pay the rent. She also said that her son didn't want to see her, so she gave them 350 points a month for living expenses. It turns out that they were all liars. No wonder someone who knew them said last time that they didn't want to be bullied by their daughter-in-law's family, so they came out to take charge. Their son runs a company, so he's actually very rich. At first I thought they were talking nonsense, but now it seems to be true."

Fang Ru could only smile along, but she said something quite reasonable, "In this world, old people are not necessarily good people. Instead, bad people are slowly getting older, and that doesn't change their bad nature."

Xiaoli was still a little angry, but she listened to Fang Ru's advice: "Let's talk about this later. The weather is not good at this stage. It is indeed a special period and it is not easy for everyone." Then she changed the subject. "By the way, what happened? I don't think this noise is thunder. It seems that it is not only on the second-floor balcony, but I also heard the same sound on the balcony upstairs."

Xiao Li gritted her teeth and pulled Fang Ru towards the door. "It wasn't thunder. Someone used supernatural powers to smash the door and glass windows on the balcony."

Just five minutes ago, the lady boss and Deputy Captain Zhang heard the noise and rushed upstairs. They saw that a hole of more than ten centimeters had been punched out by a stone in the door of the third floor, and the glass windows on both sides were all smashed. The situation on the second floor was the same, but the balcony door on the second floor was an iron door, so only a large part of the door panel was dented. As a result, a group of people took the risk and finally carried some steel plates from downstairs to temporarily block the hole. Otherwise, the acid rain would continue to spread into the corridor, and people would step on the corrosive

"It was a malicious attack, and it shouldn't be random. It should be that biker gang. And more importantly, how did they manage to operate in the acid rain?" Deputy Captain Zhang fell into deep thought.

Ronaldinho next to him tentatively put forward his own opinion: "Could it be sitting in the car?"

"A car? That would cost too much." Deputy Captain Zhang didn't think it was a car. Cars were luxury items in the end times, and no one would be willing to waste a car.

"It's superpowers, it should be a person with superpowers." At this time, a team member spoke hesitantly, which immediately attracted the attention of others.

What kind of person with super powers can move around in acid rain safely?