Rebirth before Apocalypse: My Whole Family are Bigshots!-Chapter 69: Living Just to Survive

The bus stopped at the entrance of a gate, with a plaque hanging on it, reading "Living Area" in large characters.

"Are you newcomers?"

Two men were standing at the gate, scrutinizing the group.

This family was neatly dressed, obviously well-off, and the men instinctively showed a bit more politeness.

People who can maintain such propriety in the apocalypse are not ordinary.

"Yes, we’re new here. Could you tell us the requirements for living here?" Bai Anhai asked gently.

Under the eaves, one must bow their head!

"A single room is one crystal core per month, a three-room two-hall apartment is ten crystal cores per month, a villa is one hundred crystal cores per month," the gatekeeper glanced at their bus, "You can enter without renting a room, anywhere that’s open space can be used for parking."

Many people, to save their crystal cores, drive in and sleep in their cars at night, saving wherever they can.

Buses like this belong to the luxury setup, spacious enough to sleep in comfortably without being cramped.

"Then we won’t rent a room!" Bai Anhai’s eyes brightened.

Saves another expense.

Anyway, they can enter the space, so the bus won’t feel too cramped.

The gatekeeper opened the gate, letting the bus in.

The bus attracted a lot of attention once it entered.

A car is considered a luxury here.

For those not renting a house, having a car is the most comfortable option.

The living area was originally an unfinished housing complex, slightly decorated to become a safe base’s living area.

The so-called villa of one hundred crystal cores per month is merely a newly completed building, with an unpainted exterior and barely functioning water and electricity.

The villa and building area were fenced off, considered the VIP section.

Other than the VIP section, there was a vast open space, also called the "slums."

A row of faucets stood in the open space, with people crowding around to drink and stave off hunger.

The faucet was the only public facility, ensuring the "slums" had water access.

Numerous cars were parked in the open space, with clothes hanging on them, as people treated their cars like homes.

Each car sheltered people, and the owners did not dare to leave, as any unattended car would soon have someone slip inside.

When that happened, who could say whose car it was?

Besides cars, tents were more common.

Tents were set up wherever, with some people sleeping inside.

These tents required one crystal core, not everyone had crystal cores, and those without couldn’t afford a tent.

People without tents just slept on the ground, seemingly apathetic and lazy.

Those who slept directly on the ground were unkempt and rough-looking, living just to live.

Invisibly, the "slums" were divided into three camps.

The car area, where all cars were parked together, provided mutual protection, sustaining a semblance of dignity.

The tent area, where tents were clustered, with occasional talks and chats with "neighbors," together guarding against those without tents trying to steal.

Others lay wherever to sleep, seeking warmth together on cold nights.

Bai Xiqin glanced around, having seen such scenes in her previous life.

These people were mostly ordinary or weak superpower users.

For them, hunting zombies was too difficult, so to save crystal cores, they simply slept on the ground.

Some were simply too cowardly to hunt zombies, thinking the base was safe and reluctant to risk their lives for resources.

Without hunting zombies, there were no crystal cores, so they couldn’t afford the crystal core fee for entering the base.

So, they stayed inside the base.

Occasionally doing odd jobs for food as payment, barely surviving.

There were too many of such people.

Those living in houses or villas were mostly superpower users or tough individuals.

Being able to afford the monthly crystal cores proved their ability to kill zombies.

Generally, those lying on the ground rarely entered houses or villas to steal or rob.

Most feared death and were greedy for life.

Bai Xiqin sighed and had Bai Yifan drive the bus to a corner.

The corner was separated from the outside world by a wall, with the outside being the base’s exterior.

Occasionally, zombie growls could be heard from outside.

This place was the quietest, and hardly anyone stationed here.

The base’s walls were high, actually very safe, but for those who dared not kill zombies, lying here was too daunting.

Shortly after the bus stopped, Uncle Wang’s garbage truck arrived.

The green garbage truck swerved dramatically, bumping the bus, then stabilized to park beside it.

The bus’s side visibly dented from the collision.

Uncle Wang casually got off, quickly placed his hand on the dent.

In less than three seconds, the bus’s surface was as good as new, without a trace of Uncle Wang’s impact.

The Bai Family merely felt a jolt and resignedly glanced at the garbage truck, then opened the door and got out.

"Uncle, hadn’t we reconciled?" Bai Yifan looked wistfully at the green garbage truck, "Wasn’t it unintentional when I hit you before, why hit me back now?"

Bai Yifan had vowed to himself, that in the future, he’d avoid Uncle’s car from a distance.

He simply couldn’t compete with this car in a collision, so he had to steer clear.

"Haha, Xiao Fan, what nonsense are you spouting? The old man doesn’t understand,"

Uncle Wang clapped his hands, feigning ignorance.

As long as his hands were fast enough and his ability strong, no one could see proof of his collisions.

Bai Yifan: ...

Envy, jealousy, hatred!

Once he had such a strong Gold Ability, he’d drive fast too!

Uncle Liu slightly rolled his eyes.

He recalled that Old Wang used to drive steadily!

Somewhere along the way, Old Wang’s driving became wilder, and he couldn’t go a journey without hitting a few cars!

"Old Wang, I must say, your driving is too wild, better restrain yourself! Avoid trouble," Bai Zhengxuan advised earnestly.

Such were the apocalypse times.

If it were before, after being hit, he’d surely be lying on the ground, making a scene!

With a family lawyer readily available!

"No worries!" Uncle Wang grinned defiantly, "I won’t lose in a collision, and dealing with unreasonable people, I’ll just lie down and act my age."

Bai Zhengxuan: ...

This sounded so familiar, like something he had said before. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Old Wang indeed matched his taste.

Their thoughts were strikingly similar!

"So many people here!" Uncle Liu remarked, looking far off, "Quite a number of survivors."

Bai Xiqin’s eyes flashed, there were more people alive than in her previous life.

Perhaps because Leng Yebai had hacked the network the day before the apocalypse, some listened to the warnings and stayed inside, leading to more survivors!

"President Leng, are you staying here, not even renting a room?"

A sweet voice rang out.

Everyone looked up to see Zhao Mimi and Captain Zhou walking their way.