"Ah!" Zhou Lin jolted awake, trembling and twitching. The terror and pain of falling off a cliff and shattering to pieces still haunted him, his mind still entangled in the final struggle.

A few moments later, he snapped out of it, and gave himself a good slap.

Ouch!

But more than pain, there was ecstasy!

"Rebirth! I can't believe I'm reborn!"

Feeling his young and intact body, Zhou Lin quickly grabbed his phone to check the time:

June 27th, 2023, 09:18.

"Darn!"

Zhou Lin cursed, realizing that the apocalypse, symbolized by the eruption of Mount Shifu, was less than three days away!

Three days. What could he do? What could he change?

Collect supplies, weapons?

With his current assets, how much could he gather?

Should he just enjoy the next three days and then end it all?

A few faces popped up in Zhou Lin's head.

Ai Bing, Tang Yili, Cao Bowen, Zhang Keqin... Among them, his "girlfriend" Ai Bing was the one that made him grind his teeth in anger.

As he was lost in his thoughts, his phone rang. It was Ai Bing.

"Were you still sleeping? Didn't you promise to go shopping with me today?"

Her voice, Zhou Lin would never forget. He didn't respond, instead recalling her words, "Push him over, he's just skin and bones. It would be a waste of firewood to cook him..."

Heh... Zhou Lin sneered in his heart, as Ai Bing continued to speak on the other end of the phone:

"I'm hungry, Zhou Lin."

"Why aren't you speaking?"

"Are you feeling unwell? I'll come and see you after I'm done with my stuff. Wait for me, ok?"

Every word from Ai Bing seemed caring, but Zhou Lin knew better.

Bullcrap! She was lying!

Zhou Lin had made plans with Ai Bing to have a meal, go shopping, and watch a movie. But Ai Bing claimed she had to accompany her "bestie". What a lie! She was spending time with a rich dude, even in his bed!

Upon recalling this, Zhou Lin felt a twitch in his face, wishing he could get rid of Ai Bing right then and there.

Eventually, Zhou Lin managed to keep his cool, and responded in a normal tone, "Sure, come over."

If Ai Bing dared to come, Zhou Lin would break her legs!

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He wouldn't kill her directly, that would be too easy!

He wanted her to witness the apocalypse!

He wanted her to experience the despair, the slow decay of her body,

To be surrounded by endless despair, struggling but never able to escape. To live a worse-than-death life, until Zhou Lin allowed her to die...

That, would be truly satisfying!

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Lin suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head. When the pain subsided... Zhou Lin smiled.

He saw a sphere of light floating in his consciousness, which, if he was not mistaken, was a power sphere that was supposed to appear five years after the apocalypse!

With the apocalypse, many people thought they would evolve or gain powers like in the novels. But until the fifth year, no such thing had happened. Just when people gave up hope, the first person with superpowers appeared!

Then the first batch of evolved humans also appeared.

Despite most powers being auxiliary, they were much more powerful than ordinary evolved humans and were at the top of the hierarchy in the apocalypse.

The most unfortunate were those who neither had powers nor evolved. They were later referred to as ordinary people. In the ten years of apocalypse, 99.99% of them ended up either as slaves, cannon fodder, or even... living food!

Zhou Lin was just an ordinary person until his death. But his "girlfriend" Ai Bing, thanks to her exceptional beauty and social skills, not only gained powers but also successfully evolved.

Seeing the power sphere, Zhou Lin was certain of the impending apocalypse.

"If only it was a space power." Zhou Lin took a deep breath, and reached out with his consciousness to touch the sphere.

The moment they touched, various modes of transportation appeared in Zhou Lin's consciousness!

"This is..."

Soon, Zhou Lin understood the power he had gained: Symbiosis.

"Symbiosis" [Primary] (Limited to non-living transportation means 1, first symbiosis without any conditions)"

......

After about ten minutes, he opened his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Symbiosis" had four core points.

First, after symbiosis, the transportation means can be controlled by thought; Second, there is a dedicated storage space for the symbiotic transportation means; Third, the symbiotic transportation means can be modified in the storage state; Fourth, the use and modification of symbiotic transportation means require corresponding energy and materials.

The most exciting part for Zhou Lin was the dedicated storage space. Although it could not store anything other than the symbiotic transportation means, it did not affect the things stored inside the transportation means. Isn't this a storage space?

Thinking about this, Zhou Lin got excited. Perhaps he should find a transportation means with a larger internal space.

How about... a container truck?

The largest standard container is 12.2X2.4X2.9 meters, with an internal volume of about eighty cubic meters!

Don't underestimate eighty cubic meters. The density of bulk rice is about 0.8, so eighty cubic meters can hold a hundred tons of rice. That can feed Zhou Lin for 273 years if he eats one kilogram per day!

Considering that Zhou Lin, who is 24 years old now, would need about 28 tons of rice to live until he's a hundred (assuming the rice doesn't spoil), there would still be 45 cubic meters of space left for storing other things in the container.

Moreover, the truck head also has a certain storage space. If that's not enough, he can also attach a trailer... wait, a trailer?

Zhou Lin's eyes lit up, and he slapped his forehead, cursing himself for being stupid!

Why not think bigger? How about symbioting a train...

He searched the internet - a freight train can pull about 50 containers. Even if each container carries two containers, that's at least 100 containers, 8000 cubic meters!

The thought of this made Zhou Lin swallow hard, wishing he could get a train right now!

But a few minutes later, he calmed down.

It's not feasible,

He can't symbiote a train.

Current trains are electric. Where would he get the electricity to power the train after the apocalypse? Without electricity and tracks, the freight train would only serve as a storage space. Although spacious, it wouldn't be very useful.

Moreover, he didn't have enough funds to fill a freight train with supplies! As for using the storage space to get things for free - it's unlikely to happen in just three days.

So, Zhou Lin's final conclusion was, unless there is no better choice, he would never consider a freight train.

"The first use of the symbiosis skill has no restrictions, I must get the best transportation means... What's the time now, still pushing... Huh?"

The screen of his phone suddenly lit up. Zhou Lin thought it was a message from Ai Bing, but it turned out to be a news push. However, after the first glance, he couldn't look away.