Rebirth before Apocalypse: My Whole Family are Bigshots!-Chapter 83: Accepting the Mission

With the arrival of Captain Zhu, the bus area became lively again.

The Bai Family had a pretty good impression of Captain Zhu, and everyone came down to exchange a few words except for Leng Yebai, who was cooking.

"Captain Zhu truly lives up to his title, even in the base!" Uncle Wang patted Captain Zhu’s shoulder, full of approval.

This young man is quite impressive, putting in a lot of effort for the evacuation of people from S City.

Captain Zhu smiled warmly, "Being a captain is no better than having Uncle Wang’s powerful superpower!"

Uncle Wang’s garbage truck, forever a legend!

Uncle Wang picked his nose and did not object.

He also felt that he was quite amazing!

"I went to a nearby grain depot a few days ago, and I wasn’t at the base. I just found out you all arrived and set you up here. I’m sorry for the lack of attention, and I hope you don’t mind."

Captain Zhu looked apologetic.

The strength of the Bai Family and Uncle Wang was evident back at the wind power plant.

It’s really a bit of a grievance to have such powerful Superpower Users staying in a cornered vehicle.

"No worries, we’re doing quite well here!"

Uncle Wang waved indifferently.

Where to stay doesn’t matter as long as we’re parked next to the bus.

Plus, shamelessly getting free meals!

To confidently get those meals, Uncle Wang would reinforce the bus while strengthening the garbage truck every day.

All just to have a valid reason to eat a few extra bowls of food.

"I can arrange for everyone to move to the villa area, no need to stay here."

Captain Zhu looked around; the environment wasn’t great.

"That’s not needed; we’re good here." Bai Anhai warmly declined.

Can’t owe favors for no reason.

In the apocalypse, favors aren’t easy to repay.

"Then I won’t move either." Uncle Wang said decisively.

The elder team mustn’t be separated!

Captain Zhu wanted to say more, but seeing their determination, he had to let it go.

Anyway, we’re all at the base. He can persuade them more over time.

"Captain, Captain Zhou is looking for you!"

A person dressed in a black coat ran over and whispered to Captain Zhu.

"Sorry, I have to go now, I’ll chat with you another day." Captain Zhu politely smiled at everyone.

"Okay!"

Bai Anhai nodded warmly, watching Captain Zhu walk away.

After Captain Zhu left, Bai Xiqin and the others got back on the bus, leaving the elder team outside playing cards.

"Xiao Fan, be careful if Captain Zhu speaks to you in the future."

Bai Anhai sat on the sofa, absorbing a crystal core while instructing Bai Yifan.

"Why? I think he’s quite nice!" Bai Yifan said, a little puzzled.

"Dad is right!" Bai Xiqin said.

In the apocalypse, the most important thing to guard against is people’s hearts.

The purpose of Captain Zhu coming over was to recruit everyone into his team.

The base has ten captains, and Superpower Users can freely join teams. The power struggle among captains depends on the strength of their members.

Mr. Bai is a lawyer, adept at reading people. Often, he can discern a person’s character at a glance.

"Even if Captain Zhu’s aim is to have us join his team, it doesn’t mean he’s plotting, does it?" Bai Yifan still didn’t understand.

"Last time, when we stopped to eliminate the mutant rat swarm, only Uncle Wang stopped to help." Bai Anhai said calmly, "You can’t say someone is heartless for not stopping, but it’s always good to be cautious."

It’s not that Captain Zhu not stopping makes him a bad person; it’s mainly about not risking family.

Even if there’s a 1% chance that Captain Zhu could be a bad person, it’s best to keep a distance.

"Alright then! But why did you specifically name me?" Bai Yifan scratched his head.

"Because you’re the most adora—(silly)—ble." Bai Anhai said calmly.

Bai Yifan: ...

He always felt like there was more to his dad’s words.

"Then why not suspect Uncle Wang?" Bai Yifan pointed out the window at Uncle Wang.

A paper-clad Uncle Wang was scratching his head, looking at his cards.

Out of his sight, the mutated climbing vine and mutated green ivy were exchanging cards under the table.

"Last card, a three, I win!" Bai Zhengxuan calmly spread his hands.

"I deliberately lost to let you win this time!"

Uncle Wang put down his unplayed cards and quietly grabbed a white strip of paper to stick on his face.

Bai Yifan: ...

Alright, now he understands why!

In the apocalypse, two kinds of people survive.

One, those who are cunning.

Another, those who dare because of their skills.

Like Uncle Wang, he’s honest, but he skillfully drives the garbage truck.

The next day.

Bai Zhengxuan took three lunch boxes filled with pork and scallion dumplings to find Uncle Wang.

The elder trio squeezed into the garbage truck’s cab, and with Uncle Wang flooring the gas pedal, they charged out of the safety base "in search of supplies."

The arrival of Captain Zhu brought a sense of crisis to the Bai Family.

It’s not just about having a strong superpower to survive in the apocalypse but also essential survival skills.

After breakfast, the Bai Family headed to the mission hall at the base.

The so-called mission hall was merely a larger room.

Four large screens continuously scrolled through missions representing different levels.

The first level consisted of tasks even ordinary people could accomplish, with activities primarily within or near the base.

The latter three involved team missions to hunt zombies or gather resources.

Each task had an accompanying bounty.

All mission rewards were crystal cores, which served as currency in the base.

Many stood before the screens, preparing to select suitable missions.

Bai Xiqin and Leng Yebai chose a relatively challenging mission, hunting mutated wolf packs in the suburbs.

Just right for practicing Control Ability superpowers.

Bai Anhai and the others opted for a resource-gathering mission.

This task was team-based; once enough people joined, a Superpower Team member would drive a truck and take everyone to a designated area to collect resources.

There was no requirement for participants to have superpowers; ordinary people could join as long as they could kill zombies.

This resource-gathering mission was clearly an S-level mission, which ordinary people hesitated to register for.

The reason Bai Anhai chose this task was to meet more people within the base.

Bai Xiqin and Leng Yebai registered with the person in charge, completing the mission’s assignment.

The task registration officer, a middle-aged man, glanced briefly at them before returning to his notes.

The mission to hunt the mutated wolf pack was of the highest difficulty, with a reward of up to three thousand crystal cores!

The existence of the mutated wolf pack threatened the Fire Phoenix Safety Base, but the pack was too fierce, and no one had accepted the mission yet.

He didn’t believe two young people could complete the task; they would probably find others to join them down the road.

Such instances were commonplace: one person would accept a task and then gather others to help complete it, sharing the reward equally.

Before leaving, Bai Xiqin shook hands with Bai Yifan, wrapping the Water Python around his wrist.

Bai Yifan, being the weakest, was given extra protection.

Bai Yifan felt the cool touch on his wrist, internally feeling deeply distressed.

He felt as though his sister had a grudge against him, but he had no evidence.

Bai Xiqin and Leng Yebai departed on bicycles.