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I fell, this novel is somewhat between 4 to 5 stars.The writer was able to excellently produce tension. In the beginning, when the Apocalypse broke out and everyone was fleeing, it kept me on my feet. The story is keeping the emphasize on the journey to the already established base and the problems on the road.If you are looking for base building and leveling up, this will not be a story for you.I love the different characters and even the side character are fleshed out pretty good. Unfortunately the antagonists are rather 2d and really easy solved. That is one reason for me to give out only 4 stars. The different family problems are easily solved and come kind of episodic. Like "now we have this one problem, now it is solved, and now we can open up the next problem". Also, the foreshadowing is rreeeeeaaaaally super obvious. When ever a character is like "oh it would be nice to have XYZ", you can count on it, that exactly the whishded thing will appear or happen. That was kind of anticlimactic and stole some of the tension.The end seemed a bit rushed and there are sadly no Extras. I wouldn't have minded to read another 100 chapters, but the story ends not too long after they reached their now home. Even the "finale battle" where MC was waiting and looking out for, was baically ony a side note.About MC and ML... it would have been nice to see MC more "working" to get the love of ML and it was never really explained how ML fell in love with MC in the first place. There was some scrutiny at first, but ML is pretty much a sucker for MC and is doing what ever MC wants him to. Although he is no doormat, don't get me wrong.About the zombie and apocalypse background, it is something "new". I do not want to spoiler too much, but in the end it is different from the virus trope and so is the solution for the finale outcome. MCs rebirth flapped a lot of butterfly wings and changed the lives of more people than his closest ones and even changed the fight and maybe the length of the battles to come. Since the novel does end rather early it is not known how long the apocalypse will last and how exactly the battles will be fought.About the translaition by smolOwl, it is pretty good readable and edited. I can recommend it.Would I recommend to read this novel? Yes I do, especially if you like the parts "on the road" of zombie novels. I had fun and will most likel read it again at a later time.