The Reborn Otaku’s Code of Practice for the Apocalypse
Chapter 1
The Reborn Otaku’s Code of Practice for the Apocalypse Chapter One
Will be edited later~
Chapter 1: Rebirth
“混蛋！老子就不该一时心软买下那个小兔崽子！”罗勋气愤的低声咒骂一句，在狭小的巷子中左穿右穿，紧跟着前面不远处那滑溜得像鱼似的瘦小身影。
“That scoundrel! This elder shouldn’t have been so softhearted and bought that little bastard!” Luo Xun softly cussed. He made multiple left and right turns in the small alley following not too far behind a small, slippery, fish-like shadow.
一个跑，一个追，路边各种做生意的看好戏似地对这二人指指点点，看到前面那个穿着遮不住大腿的麻袋片儿飞奔的男孩儿，众人就知道后面的男人倒霉地弄丢了自己的“货物”。啧啧，这年头花得起钱买男孩儿的可都是大款呐，哪像他们？要解决生理问题只舍得花上几个一级晶核去后面的花街随便找个屁股过得去的就行？
As one chased and the other ran. The people at small roadside stands and stalls pointed as they watched this entertaining show. Looking at the young boy running in the front wearing a burlap bag that could not cover his thighs, the spectators were made aware that the chasing man had unluckily lost his ‘goods’. Tsktsk, during these days, to be able to afford to buy a boy was a privilege of the wealthy. And what about them? For their own physiological needs, they were only willing to spend a few first level crystal nucleuses at the red-light district and find a random butt and take care of it that way.
左转、右转，拐过前面的路口，眼前的混乱让罗勋一愣——一群膀大腰圆的男人们正在火拼！
A right turn followed a left turn, just as he turned at an intersection, the scene stunned Luo Xun ——a group of round waisted men were currently at a fiery war/fighting fiercely!
“该死，是烈焰和混沌！”今天这是什么运气？明明想要拿上这几年存下的晶核买点什么犒劳一下自己三十二岁的生日，却在街口遇上那个人贩子，那孩子黑亮而倔犟的眼睛、身上狰狞的伤痕，让自己生出一种莫名想把他买下来的冲动。可才刚人货两清，那孩子却一转身就跑了！现在又遇到帮派火拼！
“Fuck! It’s Lieyan (Raging Flames) and Hundun (Primal Chaos)!” What was with his luck today? He had only wanted to use the crystal nucleus that he had saved over the past years to buy himself a present for his 32nd birthday, but encountered a human trafficker on the streets. That child’s black stubborn eyes coupled with the hideous scars on his body, an inexplicable impulse of wanting to buy him suddenly aroused in Luo Xun. However, right as he settled the bill, that child suddenly turned and ran! Now he encountered a gang fractions’ war!
罗勋在发现孩子逃跑的一瞬间，就猜到，自己八成是遇到骗钱的了。孩子毕竟不是货物，拿到手中只要不被人抢了就还是自己的。这些孩子大多和那些人贩子是一伙的，只要他们拿到钱，孩子就立即逃跑，躲起来后等买人的人无功而返，就能再回人贩子那里进行下一轮诈骗。
The moment the child ran, Luo Xun was 80% sure that this was a scam. Children were not like good, as long as they were not robbed, it was still theirs to keep. Most of the children and human traffickers were in it together. When the buy pays, the children will immediately flee and hide away until the chaser gives up. Then they go back to the trafficker and begin their next ploy.
以前罗勋只是听说过有这回事，但却从来没遇过——因为他从来没买过，又何谈遇到？难得今天是他的生日，忽然间觉得那孩子的眼神很打动自己，想要个儿子将来陪伴自己下半辈子的念头比其他任何东西都更让他心动……果然，这世上就没有好心有好报一说！
In the past Luo Xun had heard of things like this, but he’d never experienced such a thing before--because he had never bought one before, how could he have known it was a scam? It was his birthday today, and he felt that that kids’ gaze resonated with him. The thought of having a son to accompany him throughout the second half of his life was much more attractive to him than anything else, after all, in this world, is there not the saying: ‘kindness will be repaid’!
突然闯进混战之中，那个男孩子明显愣住了，傻傻站在原地一时不知躲闪，一个巨大的火球突然向他砸来，不知是哪位异能者发出的。心底升起一阵恐惧感来，他受够了那种被人当成特殊物品凌|辱的日子，所以才拼命逃离他的新买主，可现在……他就要死了吗？
Suddenly charging into the midst of the fighting crowd, the boy started staring in place, incautiously standing without any thought of dodging. A massive fireball suddenly smashed towards him, no one knew where it came from. From the bottom of his heart rose a burst of fear; he had enough of those humiliating days of being treated as an unusual/rare commodity. That was why he ran away from his buyer, but now……. Was he going to die?
巨大的推力从身后传来，男孩乌黑的大眼睛愣愣看着推开自己的那个人，那是一个瘦弱的男人，可他的力气却似乎并不算太小。
A massive force came from behind, and the boy’s big black eyes blankly looked at the person who pushed him. It was a thin and feeble looking man but his strength seemed to be not too little.
仿佛一阵叹息传来，巨大的火球撞到男人身上，那双茶色眼睛失去了仅有的光泽。
Like a gasp of air, smashed against that man’s body, the two dark brown eyes of his suddenly lost its gloss.
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“我死了、我没死、我死了、我没死……”老旧的木床上，罗勋两眼无神望着天花板，嘴里喃喃自语。
“I died, I didn’t die, I died, I didn’t die...” On an old wooden bed, Luo Xun’s lifeless eyes gazed at the ceiling as he muttered to himself.
循环了二十多次的废话终于停止，呼啦一声，罗勋猛然起身，几步走到卧室的衣柜前。
After repeating this nonsense more than 20 times he finally stopped, and then let out a shout. Luo Xun suddenly got up, and with a few steps, reached the front of his closet.
衣柜上镶嵌着一块穿衣镜，这是父母留下的旧家具，此时它的功能给了罗勋一个最直接、明确的答案。
On the closet was a rectangular mirror, this was one of the old furniture his father and mother left behind. But now it served to give Luo Xun a very clear-cut answer to his situation.
愣愣地抬手摸到自己的脸颊，没有了那在末世奔波积累出的疲惫、没有了因劳作而染上的褶皱干枯、没有了因营养不良而出现的枯黄干瘦……这张面孔，足足年轻了十岁！
He absentmindedly raised his hand to touch his own cheek, the exhaustion accumulated from the stress of the end of the world, no longer did the wrinkles caused by toilsome work and past diseases exist. Gone was the dried, yellow and wizened skin caused from malnutrition…… this face…. Was at least ten years younger!
“我真的……回来了？”低头看向有些抖颤的双手，这双手虽然算不上细皮嫩肉，但却干净修长，和之后那双因过度劳作而导致骨节都有些变形、指甲乌黑的手，仿佛根本不是同一个人的。
“I’ve really….returned?” Bending his neck, he looked at his trembling hands. Although this pair of hands couldn’t really be considered soft and tender, (I can’t think right now) they were clean and slender. His hands which had been deformed by excessive manual labor and his black fingernails, these clean hands seemed to belong to another.
双手掩面，罗勋无力坐倒在地，泪水默默地流出来。
With silent tears running down his face, Luo Xun’s hands covered his face as he sat down powerlessly.
他不知道现在是什么时候，也不知道自己身上到底发生了什么，但却清晰地感觉出空气的不同、环境气氛的不同、自己身上的不同，以及所处位置的不同。
He didn’t know what time it was, nor what happened to his body, but he could clearly feel a difference in the air. He clearly felt the difference in his environment, his surroundings and his own body.
这里是f市，自己的老家，父母留给自己唯一的遗产。是末世来临前，自己生活了足足二十二年的——家。
This is F-city, where his old house was located, the only inheritance his parents left for him. It was before the end of the world, he had lived for no less than 22 years-------- his home.
在地板上足足坐到天色昏暗，罗勋才僵硬着起身，走到厨房煮了一包康帅博……这是多么令人怀念的味道啊！在末世之初，人们还能在乱成一团的大小超市中找到一些，等到了后期，这种东西就彻底绝种了。
He sat on the ground and only got up stiffly at dusk. In the kitchen, he cooked a pack of Kang Bo Shuai instant noodles… What a nostalgic taste! During the beginning of the end of the world, these kinds of these could still be found when scavenging the supermarkets, in the later parts of the apocalypse, these things no longer existed.
后来去过的两个基地，因植物的变异、即使有干燥面出售，味道却再也不是这种味道了。
And of the two human bases he’s been to, because of the changes in the vegetation, even if dry noodles were being sold, the flavor no longer tasted like this.
这会儿的方便面虽然早已不是最早期方便面的味道，但对于重生的罗勋来说依旧是人间美味。一碗方便面下肚，胃口反而开了。二十出头的罗勋胃口本就不小，何况还有从末世回来后的加成效果？一包方便面，根本不够他吃。
Despite the fact that these instant noodles did not have the flavor of the original instant noodles, but to Luo Xun who had been reborn, they were a delicacy. After downing a bowl of instant noodles he still had the stomach for more. For the slightly older than 20 years old Luo Xun, his appetite had never been small. Let alone the fact that he just returned from the _____ and the effects that had on him. A single packet of instant noodles had no way of satisfying his hunger.
再三确认了今天的日期——九月八日，罗勋才拿上钱包起身、走向大门口。有些犹豫地在门后站了一分钟，深吸一口气，推门、走出去。
After confirming the current date, September 8th three more times, then Luo Xun grabbed his wallet and got up, walking towards the door. After hesitating behind the door for a minute, he sucked in a breath, pushed the door open and walked outside.
腰间别着一把水果刀，罗勋动作有些谨慎而缓慢地下楼，直到走到大门口、看到小区里的人来人往，才忍不住心底震动——我真的回来了！现在的世界，还没有迎来让人绝望世界末日！
At Luo Xun’s waist was a fruit knife, and his movements were cautious and slow as he walked down the hall, and until he walked to the gate and saw the people of the neighborhood coming to and fro, was he unable to control the feelings bursting up within his heart --- I’ve really returned! The current world was no longer the world that’d make people despair like the end of the world!
坐在小区外一处底商的拉面店里，左手拿着一个夹肉的烧饼，右手提着筷子，咬一口烧饼夹肉、吸一口香浓的牛肉拉面，罗勋险些泪流满面。
Sitting outside of a ramen shop in the small neighborhood, in his left hand was a piece of meat sandwiched in a baked sesame seed-coated cake, and in his right hand he was holding up a pair of chopsticks. Taking a bite out of the baked sesame seed-coated cake wrapped around a piece of meat, then he sipped a mouthful of the strong yet fragrant beef ramen; Luo Xun’s cheeks were nearly streaming with tears.
即使后期到达a市基地，罗勋也很少见到白面，更不用提这种以前常吃的牛肉拉面。这些东西根本不是像他这种在底层讨生活的人所能消费得起的东西。或者说，即使他有晶核、买得起白面，也没人会出售这些东西，这些没有变异的粮食食品在末日到来后都是特供食品，几乎不可能允许私下出售。
Even if Luo Xun had reached Base A City, it was still extremely hard to come by white flour, not to mention this Beef Ramen which he used to eat all the time in the past. These things had never been something he, as a member of the lowest rungs of society, could enjoy and consume. Or it would be better to say that even though he had crystal nucleuses to buy white flour, there would be no one who’d sell it. Foodstuffs like flour which had not undergone any sort of change were extremely precious in the apocalyptic age, so it was extremely hard to sell it in private.
“哎？这不是罗勋嘛？今天没上班啊？”一个声音在身边响起，罗勋诧异抬头，一个面善的大爷手里提着一个黑色塑料袋——里面应该装着什么水产。一脸好奇地看着自己。
“Hey! Isn’t this Luo Xun? You’re not working today?” A voice sounded from his side, Luo Xun astonishedly raised his head; A benevolent looking uncle holding a black plastic bag was standing next to him --- the bag was probably filled with drinks.
“呃、啊……今天没什么事。”十年前这会儿的自己应该还在上班打工吧？
“Uh, Ah….. there wasn’t much work today.” Ten years ago he should’ve been working half-time right?
“没什么事？”大爷疑惑地想了想，随后一脸恍然地拍拍他的肩膀，“没事，没事，这份工作不好回头再找，你还年轻呢，有的是机会……”唠唠叨叨说了一大堆，直到大爷离去罗勋还是没能想起他姓甚名谁，只知道似乎应该是自己的邻居，但到底是同楼？还是只有点头之交的同小区邻居却想不起来了。
“Not much work?” The uncle was dubious as he thought about it, and soon after his face lit up with understanding and patted Luo Xun’s shoulder, “Don’t fret, worry not, if this kind of job is no good, you can just go find another, you’re still young, there’s still many opportunities ahead of you…….” He continued to prattle away, and when this uncle walked away Luo Xun still could not think of his name, only knowing that he should’ve been his neighbor… but was it just neighbors on the same street? Or was it
上班？工作？
Go to work?
缓缓喝干最后一口汤，罗勋长长地吐出一口气，看向路上川流不息的车辆行人——还有两个多月末世就要来临了，自己，根本不可能再去上什么班。
After he slowly finished the last mouthful of soup, Luo Xun slowly let out a breath of air, and then looked towards the streams of cars and pedestrians on the road --- there was still two more months before the apocalyptic ages would start, there was no way he could to go work anymore.
起身、付款，罗勋转身走到附近一家房屋交易中介。虽然可以在网上出售免去一部分交易费，但罗勋现在的时间很紧张，他必须尽快出售掉手中唯一的房产赶到a市。对，他要去a市，那个在末世之中唯几撑到十年后、自己生活了八年多的地方！
Luo Xun got up, paid his bill, and turned around then walked into a nearby business agency. Even though he could buy stuff online and save a portion of money, he was currently very nervous, he must quickly sell his only property and rush to A City. Yes, he wanted to go to A City, it could still support itself in the midst of the Apocalyptic Ages for ten years, he himself lived there for eight years!
几个废品回收站的人喜笑颜开地拉着低价收购的家具家电从小区中离去，这个老小区的物业基本上是摆设，大门口永远对外敞开着，即使到了晚上也没人看管。从而导致末世时期丧尸们往来捕食，进出十分方便自由。
A few recycling garbage collectors were grinning from ear to ear as they dragged away the cheaply bought furniture and household appliances. The property was basically all ready and cleared up, the gate always wide open, and even when night arrived, nobody had come to take a look. Which led to the apocalyptic era's zombies' ease of traffic when they hunted for food.
挂牌销售的第二天就有人上门看房了，并且就罗勋定出的价格进行二次谈判。可罗勋即使因为想要快些卖掉房子而故意比市场价低了一些，却没有当冤大头的打算，三十万是他的底线，他还有很多需要花钱的地方，不可能再低了。
On the second day his sign was hung up, someone came to check out the house, and the price Luo Xun had decided on was negotiated a second time. Yet, because Luo Xun wanted to quickly sell off his house, he purposely put the price a little below the market price, but he didn’t want to be a dumbass so he put his bottom line at 300,000. He still needed to spend a lot of money, so he couldn’t lower the price anymore.
果然，等到第三波来看房的人，双方终于定下了合同，过户、付款。
Sure enough, when the third wave of people came, the two sides finally came to an agreement and signed a contract, crossed the house, and paid the money.
买卖房子十分费时间，罗勋足足耗了二十来天才彻底办完手续，拿着全款，登上了前往a市的动车。
The act of selling and buying houses is a very time consuming procedure, it took Luo Xun no less than 20 days to complete all the procedures. Carrying all of his funds, Luo Xun then boarded a moving car headed towards A City.
看着车窗外那熟悉而又陌生的城市，罗勋心中不由升起一阵沧桑感。前世的时候，除了还在上学时和父母到a市旅游过一次外，直到末世爆发、最初栖息的m市被丧尸攻破后，自己一路逃生才再次来到这里。
Looking out the car window at the familiar yet unfamiliar city, Luo Xun couldn’t help but feel greatly moved. Previously, other than when he was still in school and his parents going to A City for vacation once, until the apocalypse burst forth, in the very beginning where he stayed in H City until it was overrun by zombies, all the way until he had managed to flee to this place.
罗勋自认，自己是个相对谨慎、但在某些时候却又不缺乏冒险拼搏的人。不然，作为一个半点异能都没有、又没有在基地当头领亲戚的普通人，他怎么可能躲过一次又一次的危险、在末世存活了整整十年？
Luo Xun believed that he was a relatively cautious person, but sometimes he was a person who wasn’t afraid of danger. Otherwise, if he had no accomplishments, nor was the close relative of the base leaders, then how could he have survived danger time and time again in this apocalyptic world for a whole 10 years?
而现在，他重生回来了，虽然依旧没有任何异能，也不想去提前抱哪条后世强者的大腿，他依然有信心小心谨慎地在末世生存下去。
And now, he has been reborn somehow, he still doesn’t have any special ability nor does he want to hug the thigh of those he knows will become strong later on. He has confidence in being able to survive in the apocalyptic era.
所以，他的第一步就是卖掉自己的房子，以及家中所有在末世中没用、无法带到a市的东西。其次，就是到a市的西南区来……
So that’s why, his first action was to sell off his house, as well as everything that’d be useless in the apocalypse, the things he couldn’t bring to A City. Next is to arrive at the southwest region of A City…...
找过一家、又一家中介，总算在一家相对较为大些的中介找到了自己的目标。
Finding one agent after another, at long last Luo Xun found his goal of his search through a relatively large agency.
“……才盖好的新小区，这户才刚刚装修好之前根本没人住过。户型是顶楼跃层，视野好、空气也好，虽然价格贵了些，但绝对物有所值……”
“.........this is a newly built neighborhood, this house was just furnished, no one has lived in it before. They are all penthouse apartments, the view is great, the air is also great…. Even though the price is a little high, the price is definitely worth it……”
中介滔滔不绝地介绍着，罗勋仔细看着这户房子的基本资料，基本判定出——这就是自己要找的那户房子。
The agent was unceasingly spouting out fancy words, introducing the place to Luo Xun. But Luo Xun was carefully studying the material and makeup of the house, and he determined that----this was exactly the house he was looking for.
“带我过去看看吧。”
“Then take me there to see.”
“行！您跟我来。”
“Sure! You come with me.”
