Rebirth before Apocalypse: My Whole Family are Bigshots!-Chapter 25: The Apocalypse Descends

Bai Xiqin stared at her phone, slightly dazed.

She was still a fourth-year college student!

The thesis defense would never come to pass.

Bai Xiqin replied to Zhang Yiming: I haven’t written it.

Zhang Yiming’s message quickly came back, ’How about I write it for you? I can get it done by tomorrow.’

Bai Xiqin was about to refuse; the apocalypse was here, who cares about writing a thesis now!

However, thinking that tomorrow is the apocalypse, staying at home seemed safer.

So she decisively replied, ’Okay, remember to write the thesis for me at home tomorrow!!!’

Zhang Yiming stared intently at Bai Xiqin’s reply, his eyes curving into a slight smile.

After replying with an ’Okay,’ he placed his phone to the side.

On the computer screen was programming software about a frequency meter.

Zhang Yiming’s long fingers quickly tapped on the keyboard, and a stream of numbers and letters appeared on the computer.

Suddenly, a drop of bright red blood fell onto the keyboard.

Zhang Yiming casually drew a tissue, wiped his eyes and the keyboard, then threw the bloody tissue into the wastebasket.

In the wastebasket, there was already half a basket of bloody tissues.

Zhang Yiming let out an almost imperceptible sigh, reached out a finger to rub his eye, staining it with a hint of crimson.

Zhang Yiming stared at the red on his finger for a moment before shifting his gaze back to the computer, continuing to type on the keyboard.

The white keyboard was stained with blood; wherever his long fingers pressed, a touch of crimson was left behind.

The red-stained keyboard kept tapping throughout the night, and when the sun rose, Zhang Yiming finally stopped.

In the room, there were now two bags of trash, permeated with a faint scent of blood.

Zhang Yiming didn’t care about the smell of blood at all, stood up and carried the trash to the bathroom.

The red-stained tissues were discarded in the toilet, then disappeared without a trace in a swirl.

January 21, 2022.

The nineteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Ten days until the New Year.

Bai Xiqin’s family sat in the living room, sensing the energy around them.

"Sis, those energies have indeed intensified a lot," Bai Yifan said with slight tension on his face.

He would rather have his identity leaked and his social media exploded than face the apocalypse.

Bai Xiqin walked to the balcony and looked down; occasionally, people would go out for a walk, but compared to before, there were fewer.

It seems yesterday’s warning had some effect.

Bai Xiqin opened the window and looked to the sky.

The sky was gray, and occasionally, visible ashes drifted down from above.

These ashes disappeared without a trace once they landed on the ground.

"Xiao Fan, did you call your classmates online?"

Bai Xiqin glanced at her phone, feeling slightly melancholic.

Back in the day, at this time, the whole family had been out shopping together...

"I did, everyone’s online, and they sent me their locations; they’re all at home didn’t come out." Bai Yifan pointed to the computer in the living room, "I let it auto-attack!"

Auto-attack is such a trap, but who would bother with someone on the brink of death?

"Make sure to feel the surrounding energy carefully, embrace its baptism and, if possible, utilize it," Bai Xiqin instructed.

"Alright!"

Bai Zhengxuan appeared a bit excited; the wrinkles on his face seemed to have faded.

He was determined to enhance his superpower and then devour braised pig’s knuckles!

Boom!

Suddenly, the sound of a car collision came from the street.

Bai Xiqin glanced at her phone, it was ten in the morning.

Then, the computer in the living room suddenly went black, restarting automatically.

The family paid no attention to the commotion outside, all sitting cross-legged on the floor, quietly accepting the baptism of energy.

Bai Xiqin felt a powerful surge of energy washing down from above her head, as if she were in an electrostatic field, her head slightly swelling.

This energy continually washed over her body, seemingly trying to alter every cell in her.

Bai Xiqin flowed with the energy’s wash, carefully guiding it to circulate through her body before gathering in her brain.

Ordinary people find it difficult to sense this energy, while Superpower Users can acutely notice the sudden tidal wave of energy.

Superpower Users who awaken before the apocalypse can easily endure this baptism, even potentially enhancing their abilities.

Ordinary people undergo the baptism unknowingly.

If an ordinary person cannot endure the baptism, the energy will transform their body like a virus.

They might become a Superpower User.

They might become walking dead.

Or they might remain an ordinary person.

Those who turn into walking dead lose their consciousness, developing a strong craving for fresh blood, turning into bloodthirsty monsters.

Their bodies are baptized by the energy, undergoing mutation, carrying a highly contagious virus.

If a normal person is scratched by them, they’ll turn into the same kind of monster.

Outside, screams mixed with the roar of cars could be heard.

Even on the eighth floor, the chaos below was audible.

They acted as if they hadn’t heard anything, their eyes closed as they embraced the energy baptism.

The amount of superpower energy captured at this moment determines your status in the upcoming apocalypse.

This energy wave lasted two hours before it subsided.

Everyone in the family had fine droplets of sweat on their foreheads, indicating how engrossed they had been.

"Xiao Niu, I feel I can spew more fire, gush more water, sprout more buds now!"

Bai Zhengxuan clenched his fingers, feeling much stronger.

Not only Bai Zhengxuan, but everyone’s superpower had increased significantly.

"As long as we keep practicing, we’ll be able to stride proudly in the apocalypse!" Bai Xiqin smiled lightly.

The family had surpassed 99% of Superpower Users; with caution, they wouldn’t meet the same fate as the previous lifetime.

Just treat those three years as a dream!

"Ah! Go away!"

A woman’s scream tore through the air from outside, chilling and shrill.

Everyone froze, instinctively gathering at the balcony, looking down.

The superpower baptism had enhanced their bodies; with increased abilities, even their vision greatly improved.

Although they were on the eighth floor, they could clearly see a grotesque monster biting a well-dressed woman.

Even from the eighth floor, the woman’s bloody arms and face, with dents in them, were visible.

The horrific monster gnawed and chewed away at the flesh it bit off from the woman.

The woman watched helplessly as the twisted monster chewed on her flesh, unable to fend it off.

After a while, she succumbed to despair.

The monstrous zombie crowded over her, gnawing chunk by chunk, as if its appetite would never be satisfied.

After a while, the zombie suddenly stopped its feast.

"Roar――"

A beastly roar echoed; the stiff zombie crawled away from the woman’s body.

At that moment, the woman’s body twisted, oddly rising from the ground.

Her fingers and half her face had been chewed off, exposing ghastly bones.

"Roar――"

A snarl erupted from the woman’s throat, and her body twisted grotesquely, wandering towards the source of the sounds.

"This――makeup is hard to do; if she were in our crematorium, the family would definitely pay double!" Funeral Master Wang Yiyun watched below with a calm expression.

"This defies scientific explanation!" Liu Jing scratched her graying hair and turned to ask Bai Anhai, "Is it illegal if I dissect her?"

Bai Anhai silently hid behind Wang Yiyun, looking up at the sky, "Between a life sentence and the apocalypse, is it too late to choose life sentencing?"