Rebirth before Apocalypse: My Whole Family are Bigshots!-Chapter 288: We’re Still Too Weak

Under the dark night sky, taking advantage of the moonlight, silhouettes crowded almost to the bus.

On the blue and white bus, black blood congealed into strands, dripping down.

Rotting claws scratched at the bus repeatedly, leaving black handprints.

Meanwhile, a window on the bus opened a crack.

Several unidentified objects suddenly flew out from inside.

The unidentified objects quickly spread around, landing some distance away from the bus.

The more High Level Zombies gathered, the more things dropped.

A strong smell of gunpowder instantly permeated the air.

"Boom—"

All the gunpowder exploded together, forming a powerful shockwave.

If it were daytime, surely there would be a black mushroom cloud visible.

Lush trees turned into kindling at that moment, roasting the zombies’ decaying skin.

The zombie horde was momentarily dazed, then uncontrollably fell to the ground, motionless.

The powerful shockwave scoured their rotting skin, black blood spilling everywhere.

The gunpowder exploding among the zombies burned through their brains, revealing exquisite crystal cores.

The explosion’s blazing fire burned intensely, seemingly ready to reduce the zombies to ashes.

A short man wearing a Sun Wukong mask crawled up from the ground in a sorry state, with various fragments from the explosion cutting him.

Red blood stained his clothes, half of the Sun Wukong mask was burnt off, revealing fair skin and thin lips.

Beside him, a group of zombies stood motionless, some with flames burning on them but showing no expression or feeling any pain.

Occasionally, a zombie stiffly fell to the ground.

This indicated the fire had damaged their brains.

They were like emotionless humanoid weapons, allowing the flames to burn their bodies without response.

The masked short man was covered in red blood, spreading rapidly in the warm air.

Evidently bloodthirsty creatures with keen senses, they seemed unaware of it, their gaze vacant.

"What are you all staring at! Go grab the people inside!"

The masked man was a bit frantic and exasperated.

Evidently sure of victory, with so many High Level Zombies forming a zombie tide, no Superpower User could resist!

To think, this family had gunpowder!

The masked man’s voice carried a hint of cruelty; he was human and couldn’t emit brain waves like the Zombie King.

The High Level Zombies seemed not to hear the masked man, standing still.

Some more intelligent High Level Zombies showed a hint of confusion on their vacant faces.

No one left to catch. Who to grab?

A zombie’s sense of smell was far superior to humans’; even separated by a distance, they could tell the bus was empty.

Thus, previously swarming zombies stopped on the spot.

Not knowing what to do.

"You dare disobey?"

The masked man frowned, looking at a nearby zombie.

This zombie was much cleaner than the others, the decay on its face not as severe.

A black aura surrounded its face, appearing lifeless.

"Hrr hrr—"

The somewhat clean zombie moved its throat as if trying to speak, but could only produce beast-like zombie sounds.

Unable to articulate.

But its body language said it all.

It slowly shook its lifeless head.

The masked man suddenly realized something, striding towards the bus.

Surrounding flames made his skin burn, but he couldn’t care less.

No need for lights, using the flames beside him, through the slightly open window, he could see inside was empty. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"When did they escape?" The masked man’s teeth ground in frustration, "Go chase them!"

The large zombie horde was meant to ensure capturing the entire family.

These were perfect test subjects.

The whole family possessed superpowers and were elite among Superpower Users.

Aware of their formidable abilities, he deliberately brought so many High Level Zombies, nearly emptying the nest.

But he failed!

Thinking of this, he wished to personally experiment, making the Bai Family suffer worse than death.

The zombies still stood there.

Where to go?

They relied on scent to find people, but once the scent disappeared from the bus, they had no idea where to search.

Flames roasted trees and zombies, crackling everywhere.

The masked man glared fiercely at the zombies beside him.

As if blaming them for not following orders.

The glared at zombie looked at the bus, then at the masked man, its face becoming more hideous.

So anxious it nearly spoke.

Was it unwilling to search?

It couldn’t smell anything, okay!

Inside the space.

The Bai Family gathered around the table, with fruits, drinks, and Spiritual Spring Water on it, cracking seeds and chatting.

"My goodness, there were too many zombies outside; without the space, we’d be dead neat and tidy!"

Bai Yifan chugged a cup of milk powder, still shaken.

As powerful as they were, even they reached such a desperate point.

Miserable!

"Luckily, we gained a lot this time!"

Bai Xiqin pointed at the freshly acquired colorful crystal cores, revealing pearly teeth.

These crystal cores were at least Second Rank.

The Bai Family’s powers overall had elevated a level (except Bai Yifan), just needing High Level Crystal Cores to enhance abilities.

In the apocalypse, snatching someone else’s crystal core was an easy gain, might as well take it.

"Ugh! Seems like we’re still too weak! Almost completely wiped out!"

Bai Zhengxuan held a braised pork knuckle in one hand and a crystal core in the other, multitasking.

The others nodded in strong agreement.

They always felt strong, navigating zombie hordes without a scratch.

Unexpectedly, they floundered this time.

After family introspection, summarizing, and self-awareness, they reached an important conclusion.

That is—our family is too weak!

If other survivors heard the Bai Family’s conclusion, they’d likely end themselves on the spot.

If this is considered weak, what’s strong?

"We are indeed too weak; my fire and lightning can only instantly kill Third Rank Zombies, needing multiple powers to kill a Fourth Rank Zombie." Bai Anhai sighed, emanating a somber aura.

Once he thought himself formidable, now attacked by so many High Rank Zombies, he completely lost confidence!

"Indeed a bit weak, I also need to burn several times to kill a Fourth Rank Zombie!" Bai Zhengxuan gnawed at the pork knuckle, absorbing crystal cores.

"Yiyun and I are doing somewhat better, if lucky, one power can kill a Fourth Rank Zombie!" Liu Jing rubbed her temples, "But we’re still too weak!"

With so many zombies outside, together they could only handle about a hundred, shameful!

Bai Xiqin: ...

Not sure when it started, our family became so self-deprecating.

In her past apocalypse experience, able to kill a Third Rank Zombie meant bragging for days at a safe base!