Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse

Chapter 159: Chapter One Hundred Fifty-Nine Foreign Friends

The ones who entered were several white-skinned Europeans, both men and women, accompanied by a Hua Country woman who seemed to be their translator.

Yin Chengtian clicked his tongue in disbelief. They even brought along a translator? Were they trying to show off that much?

Once the foreigners entered, they directly found seats and sat down without any semblance of politeness.

The female translator, after greeting Liang Wei and the others, took her place beside them.

“Mayor Liang, here’s the situation,” she started directly, “This gentleman is Mr. Hubbard. They’ve heard about our Refuge planning to establish a safe base and would like to make some demands regarding this matter.”

It seemed that the female translator had already discussed it with the foreigners outside and was getting straight to the point.

“Demands? Heh, I really want to hear this,” Liang Wei signaled for her to continue.

“Mr. Hubbard and the other gentlemen and ladies here are from the M United States. Due to the current communication and transportation disruption, they are temporarily stranded in Hua Country. If the S City safe base is built, they would like to have some corresponding guarantees.”

Seeing that Liang Wei and the others remained silent, the female translator spoke a few words with the blonde-haired, blue-eyed foreigner and then continued, “Mr. Hubbard and his companions would like a set of independent housing, regular supplies, and protection from Special Ability Users.”

Xue Wanyi couldn’t help but want to curse after hearing this. What kind of foreign friends are these? How shameless!

Liang Wei also laughed indignantly and said, “Your demands are quite lofty, but let me be frank, that’s not possible.”

The translator was stunned for a moment but nonetheless returned to translating Liang Wei’s words for the foreigners without changing her expression.

After receiving the translation, the group of foreigners started talking among themselves, and it was obvious they were infuriated.

“What are they saying? I don’t understand,” Yin Chengtian whispered.

“What else could they say? They’re accusing us of being inhumane, saying we can’t treat M country’s people like this,” Guo Yang said with a sneer.

In fact, Liang Jiuhui understood what they were saying, but he just watched them with a smile, without expressing any opinion.

“You can’t treat us this way! We strongly demand that you first provide us with good housing!” one of the young women beside Hubbard angrily demanded in broken Hua language.

“I’ll be straightforward,” Liang Wei said. “In my place, whether you’re a foreigner or from Hua Country, we treat everyone equally. If you want to rent housing, please go register first and prepare the corresponding Crystal Cores. As for regular supplies and protection from Special Ability Users, sorry, we cannot offer that to you.”

Liang Wei’s rejection was direct. Xue Wanyi couldn’t help but cheer for him, and even Yin Chengtian felt like applauding Liang Wei.

After hearing this, the female translator nodded slightly and translated Liang Wei’s words to the foreigners verbatim. Guo Yang could tell that she didn’t exaggerate or embellish, simply translating the words exactly as said.

As expected, after hearing the translation, the foreigners continued to swear and seemed to still want to fight for something, but Liang Wei directly instructed Peng Qi to show them out.

Though the translator was a bit embarrassed, she still nodded to Liang Wei and the others before walking out.

“They are finally gone; sorry you all had to witness that. We’ve had a lot of these situations recently, we are used to it,” Liang Wei said, returning to his cheerful demeanor as if he had already forgotten the unpleasantness that had just occurred.

“Let the foreigners handle their own affairs,” Lu Hao stated.

Liang Jiuhui nodded in agreement; Lu Hao’s views were always surprisingly in sync with his.

“Lu Hao, would you be interested in co-managing the future base with us?” Liang Jiuhui ventured to ask.

“No,” Lu Hao declined flatly.

“…”

That direct, Captain Lu?

Yin Chengtian and the others wiped sweat from their brows, recalling that when Lu Hao had been appointed captain by the bureau chief, he had also outright refused at first until the old bureau chief had persuaded him for a long time to accept.

Liang Wei, however, started laughing. He could see that Lu Hao was genuinely uninterested, without a trace of hesitation.

“Lu Hao, you can consider this matter and answer us later. S City Base welcomes you, and if you ever need anything, just come straight to us,” Liang Wei was in no rush to get an answer; after all, time was on their side.

Lu Hao nodded. They had achieved their goal for the day, and it was time to head back.

“Lu Hao, there’s another question,”

Liang Jiuhui asked as he looked at him, “How did you know that person last time had the Invisibility Ability?”

Such an ability was unheard of to them, yet Lu Hao had managed to injure that person. Could it be that he could see invisible people?

Lu Hao lifted the Local Tyrant Gold on his shoulder and said, “It has the Invisibility Ability, and I also heard a noise at the time,”

He did not reveal anything about Mao Qiqi’s situation, believing they could handle their own matters. He didn’t want to involve his family members any further.

Liang Wei and Liang Jiuhui were surprised once again. Even a monkey had the Invisibility Ability?n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

The Local Tyrant Gold grinned, showing its teeth, and then, indeed, disappeared in front of everyone.

“This this this,”

Liang Wei looked around the area and realized the little monkey had truly vanished.

“Local Tyrant Gold, come out,”

Lu Hao’s voice echoed in the room, and at his call, Local Tyrant Gold reappeared on his shoulder.

“Do you have a good method to detect this kind of Invisibility Ability?” Liang Jiuhui pondered for a while before asking.

“For a Special Ability User, it’s not difficult to detect,” Lu Hao replied.

Indeed, that was the case: Special Ability Users were more sensitive to changes in their environment than ordinary people. If they combined this sensitivity with their own abilities and focused on detection, it wasn’t a difficult task at all.

After chatting for a while longer, Lu Hao and his companions left the Refuge.

Liang Jiuhui felt that Lu Hao was still hiding something from them, but in this post-apocalyptic world, having secrets was very common. As long as they weren’t enemies, that was enough.

“Brother, thank you,”

Guo Yang said to Lu Hao as he walked out.

He knew that today’s success in securing a shop owed much to the two people who favored Lu Hao. Moreover, from the incident with the foreigners making a fuss, it was clear that to acquire a house in the villa area, one must exchange for it with Crystal Cores.

Yet those two had directly allowed them to pick any house they wanted, without question. They were blatantly giving them a backdoor deal.

“Yeah, after all, you’re earning money for Xiao Jin,”

Lu Hao’s words struck Guo Yang right in the heart, because Lu Hao was stating the truth: first, he didn’t have enough resources to trade with others, and second, he didn’t have the strength to support a shop by himself.

But earning money for Boss Su Jin was the same as earning it for the team. They were one and the same, Guo Yang thought happily. After all, everything they used, ate, and lived in belonged to Su Jin. It wouldn’t just be about earning money for her—if she asked him to risk his life for her, he would do it without a second thought.

Guo Yang kept chattering as they walked, but suddenly Lu Hao stopped.

He looked towards the rooftop of the Refuge, but there was nothing there.

“What’s wrong, Captain Lu?” Shi Jin asked with confusion.

“It’s nothing. Let’s go,”

After saying this, Lu Hao left the place with his companions.

“Damn, is he really that sensitive?”

Ying Yue, though invisible, instinctively ducked when that man looked in his direction. It was the first time he had encountered such a perceptive person. He touched his side waist, where the wound inflicted by that man seemed to ache again…