The post-apocalyptic world has a space full of supplies.

Chapter 255 (Final Chapter)

DAY220

Thanks to the vaccine, although the survivors are still living in various bases, the superhumans are already able to lead some ordinary professionals to begin repairing some facilities and equipment near the bases.

Within a month, communication towers and hydroelectric power stations near China's larger bases were gradually repaired, basically ensuring the bases' water, electricity, and communication.

Although the repairs to the communication towers could not yet restore the telecommunications network of the entire country, the communication experts at the Huaxi base established a rudimentary communication forum using these scattered signal towers. This was somewhat like a product of the early days of the Internet in the last century. However, even though it was so rudimentary that it could only support simple text-based communication, it did not stop the survivors from cheering in this forum.

Yang Xiao has been particularly fond of browsing forums for the past month. He spends all his time on forums except when he is working in the cafeteria. Lu Yuan laughs at him, saying that he is a surfing enthusiast from that era.

"Lu Xiaoyuan, what you're doing is wrong. Do you know how many people find their relatives in other bases every day on the forum?" Yang Xiao had just finished reading a touching post about reuniting with family. Because the forum is not stable enough, only text can be posted here, and photos and such cannot be posted. Therefore, these kinds of posts are usually made by a few people searching for their relatives based on their names and descriptions of their relatives.

Sometimes, even when the other person has the exact name, age, and gender you described, and both of you feel like it's the one, you might discover through other details that the other person is just someone else searching for their own family.

Lu Yuan couldn't accept this outcome, so apart from the first few days, he was reluctant to visit the forum. After all, his elderly father had been returned to him by Wei Guo and was now lying in a starship.

"Have you seen Zhong Qiang and Qin Yuan's family members?" Although Lu Yuan himself was reluctant to browse the forum, he still asked Yang Xiao every day if he had seen any similar posts looking for Zhong Qiang or Qin Yuan.

"Not yet, but Wang Qiang has found his wife and daughter." Yang Xiao handed his tablet to Lu Yuan. The post was locked, which meant that his family had been found.

"That's great." When Lu Yuan saw Wang Qiang, he was reminded of Wei Guo, that incredibly powerful AI robot.

"Lu Yuan! Little cutie!" Lu Yuan and Yang Xiao were on their way to the research institute to find Wei Cheng and Li Minze when they saw Lan Yichen running towards them.

After arriving at the South China base, this guy was assigned to the living area as a teacher. Perhaps because he was originally a celebrity with high public recognition, he was quite popular in the living area. When he taught music to the children, many middle school students would come to watch.

He has now integrated into Lu Yuan's small group and often goes there for meals. However, his work area is relatively far from the central area where Lu Yuan and his group live, so he usually doesn't come to see them during work hours.

"You found your family? You seem so excited." Yang Xiao could guess what was going on just by looking at him with such enthusiasm.

"Yes, yes, I found my sister!" Lan Yichen excitedly hugged the two of them tightly. "That's great! She's at the Central China Base. She moved there with the North China Base."

"That's good. If you have the opportunity later, you should be able to apply for a family reunion." Lu Yuan was happy for him and secretly told him about the new information that he and Yang Xiao had heard from Ji Lang a few days ago.

"Really?" Lan Yichen could hardly believe his ears. If he hadn't made up his mind to go with Lu Yuan and the others back then, he didn't know if he would still be alive now.

"Shh, we can't tell you yet." Yang Xiao covered Lan Yichen's mouth, reminding him to keep it a secret.

"Understood." Lan Yichen nodded vigorously, and Yang Xiao finally released his hand.

DAY248

When Lu Yuan and his group saw Gu Nanfeng and Pei Sihao again, another month had passed. During that month, the base was thriving; more people had found their families. As Ji Lang had said, the government was facilitating reunions for those whose relatives were in the four major bases through relocation programs.

As March arrived, the Earth's temperature began to rise. Although the worms were still affecting the Earth, the temperature was indeed slightly higher than in the previous two months. Even though it was only a little bit, Lu Yuan felt that the vegetables cultivated by the Ministry of Agriculture were growing better recently.

"By the way, have you noticed that the temperature seems to have risen a bit too quickly these past few days?" Yang Xiao asked Ji Lang, who was helping to set the table beside him. Since Gu Nanfeng and Pei Sihao had finally emerged from their closed research at the institute today, Yang Xiao decided that Lu Yuan would provide them with food to improve their meals.

“I have that feeling too.” Before Ji Lang could reply, Wei Cheng answered first. He and Li Minze had also been called away for a period of closed research, but they came out a few days earlier than Gu Nanfeng and the others.

"How could our powerful motherland allow the apocalyptic crisis to last too long?" Pei Sihao said. He and Gu Nanfeng left the research institute at noon, went back to their dormitory for a nap, washed up, and then came to Yang Xiao and Ji Lang's dormitory.

"Oh... I caught a little bit of what he said..." Yang Xiao rolled his eyes as he heard Pei Sihao's words and roughly guessed what he meant.

"What? What are they saying?" Lan Yichen and Pei Sihao were not familiar with them, so they could only turn around and ask Lu Yuan, who was taking out vegetables from his spatial storage.

"Does it mean tomorrow will be better?" Lu Yuan looked at everyone in the dormitory. They might not fully understand what Pei Sihao had just said, but the recent trend of things getting better and better had finally made everyone emerge from these long two hundred days and nights.

Although they haven't completely defeated the zombie virus or escaped the space crisis, and there's no guarantee that no one will continue to cause trouble, at least for now, everyone is alive, and everything is moving in a controllable direction, which is the best outcome.

END