Rebirth before Apocalypse: My Whole Family are Bigshots!-Chapter 106: Qi Que

One hour later, the van steadily stopped at the foot of the mountain.

As soon as Bai Xiqin got out of the car, she smelled a faint fragrance of flowers.

Before the apocalypse, the mine had become barren due to mining, and green plants did not grow.

After the apocalypse, wild grass grew crazily, and the trees regained their vitality.

In March, when the grass grows and the birds fly, the mountain was full of greenery.

Their purpose this time was to search the mine, open the sealed mine shafts, and eliminate the dangerous animals inside.

There were no zombies in the mine, only ferocious mutant animals.

There were many human footprints in the mine, and not many wild animals. After the energy tide, mutant animals chose environments suitable for their growth.

The cats, dogs, and other animals raised by humans became smarter and more ferocious after mutation, freeing themselves from their owners’ restraints to find their own territory.

In the months since the apocalypse, the world has undergone tremendous changes.

Humans, zombies, and plants and animals have all mutated.

Who will stand at the top of the pyramid has yet to be determined, and it will take a long time to find out.

Several groups from the safety base had come to do missions but all returned without success.

They couldn’t get into the mountains; there was a group of mutant monstrous birds circling the mine.

The Iron Ladies, all seven of them, each held a gleaming kitchen knife, dressed uniformly in black sportswear, naturally surrounding Bai Xiqin, Bai Yifan, and Leng Yebai in the center.

... Captain Zhou was exploring the way at the forefront, his back somewhat lonely.

The faint flower fragrance mixed with the scent of earth drilled into their nostrils, making people feel refreshed and relaxed.

Everything in sight was green.

"This is practically a forest!"

Bai Yifan remarked with a slight sense of wonder.

It was the first time he had seen such dense thickets and wild grass.

Although the trees were sparse, green vines were hanging everywhere, giving it a forest-like feeling.

Leng Yebai and Bai Xiqin walked side by side, their cool eyes surveying the surroundings.

"There’s movement ahead." 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Leng Yebai instinctively grabbed Bai Xiqin’s fingers, his eyes looking forward.

Bai Xiqin listened carefully for a moment, faintly hearing the sound of pigs grunting.

Were they mutant wild boars?

"There’s no sound, did you hear it wrong?"

Captain Zhou stopped in his tracks, closed his eyes, and listened carefully for a while, but still didn’t hear any sound.

"Better to be cautious!"

A faint golden light enveloped Bai Yifan.

He trusted the skills of his elder sister and Brother Leng, deciding to play it safe from the start.

Li Xue gripped the kitchen knife in her hand firmly, walking closely on the other side of Bai Xiqin.

Their lives were saved by the Bai Family, so no matter what, they must protect Bai Xiqin and her brother.

Initially, they didn’t want to take on such a dangerous mission, but Zhao Mimi spread rumors in the safety base about them doing that...

Every night, someone would knock on their door...

They lived in a regular residential building in the base’s living area, where the residents were mostly Superpower Users.

No matter how strong they were, only Li Xue had recently awakened with the Water Ability, and it wasn’t very powerful.

The seven sisters could only fight desperately with kitchen knives.

Though they didn’t let anyone take advantage of them, enduring it every day was quite unsettling.

The villa area was the quietest, and it had Superpower User security guards, without fear of harassment.

They couldn’t afford to live there.

This task could bring them a substantial gain, just enough for them and their sisters to move to the villa area, rather than be constantly harassed by others.

They had considered not staying at the Fire Phoenix Safety Base, but in the end, they were just some girls, their wings not yet fully grown, and could only reside within the safety base.

They feared encountering past situations again, and if imprisoned again, they didn’t have the courage to come out alive a second time.

Staying alive is most important.

Kitchen knives are sharp, but Superpower Users are no pushovers; they could only avoid them a little.

When Li Xue had spare time, she would improve her Superpower, absorbing Crystal Cores day and night just to secure a place among Superpower Users.

They had all been through hell and never wanted to return.

Weakness is the original sin.

They did not want to be weak.

Without a Superpower, they clutched the kitchen knife tightly.

The sound of pigs grunting became more pronounced.

A noise came from the bushes ahead, the pig grunting becoming louder; it sounded like more than one animal making the noise.

"Are there so many wild boars?"

Bai Yifan stared wide-eyed at the front.

For a moment, he thought he had encountered a herd of pigs.

Suddenly, a monstrous bird flew out from the bushes, its appearance resembling a chicken, with sharp claws, and making a pig-like grunting sound.

As they grunted, black blood dripped from their mouths.

They ate zombies.

Flesh-eating mutant animals wouldn’t overlook the moving rotting flesh.

Soon, more and more monstrous birds flew over, their sharp claws directed at the group.

"Aren’t those the man-eating monstrous birds!" Captain Zhou cursed under his breath, "I checked with those who completed the tasks yesterday, and they didn’t tell me the sound was pig-like!"

This was understandable.

In such a harsh post-apocalyptic environment, Crystal Cores are capital.

Those executing missions all aimed to complete the mission; if not the first time, they’d try a second time.

The scene inside the mine was confidential; the intelligence risked with their lives wouldn’t be shared easily with others.

They planned to go back, get prepared, and attempt to complete the task a second time!

A handful of lucrative rewards could allow Superpower Users to enhance their abilities safely at the base.

The enhancement of Superpowers greatly improves their status at the safety base.

Only by staying ahead of most Superpower Users could they live well.

Not to bully others, but to live freely was already fortunate.

"Isn’t this the Qique! Why so many?" Bai Yifan’s voice trembled as he quietly hid behind Bai Xiqin, "Sister, I’m scared!"

Qique, a monster recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, resembles a chicken and sounds like a pig, a man-eating creature.

There were many electronic data and books in the space. Since encountering a Gu Diao kind of monster last time, he had specifically brushed up on various Chinese myths and the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

Unexpectedly, even the Qique appeared, and in such numbers.

"Don’t be afraid!"

Bai Xiqin’s mouth twitched.

Bai Yifan had the Gold Ability, was the most resilient one among them, yet feared like hell!

After all, he was her younger brother, couldn’t just leave him (though sometimes she really wanted to).

Purple lightning densely fell upon the incoming Qique.

Qique cries echoed unceasingly.

Captain Zhou paused slightly. He could feel the terrifying pressure in the dense Thunder Power.

In the Fire Phoenix Safety Base, he had never felt this kind of hair-raising pressure.

Even the overall Captain didn’t have a Superpower as strong as Leng Yebai’s.

The impression was that Leng Yebai wielded his Superpower effortlessly, unleashing dense and insane energy output.

It was inexhaustible, never-ending.

Captain Zhou himself possessed the Wind Ability and understood well that Superpowers couldn’t sustain continuous output, yet he was witnessing Leng Yebai’s Superpower maintaining a crazy output for quite some time.

This was more important than the enhancement of Superpowers.