Apocalyptic Disasters: Carrying a bun and hoarding supplies - Chapter 101

Chapter 101: Second Awakening

Mother Bai took Bai Jixuan and Bai Zhan with her, and with the invitation that she had sent to the Lei family, the elders of the Lei family also followed them.

After all, while Bai Meiyu was only sending her family to gain experience, they truly were in the need to gain some supplies and experience.

Mother Lei was clutching a golf club in her hands as she thanked Bai Meiyu and Mother Bai.

“We are really grateful, Sister Yan,” said Mother Bai with a polite and elegant expression. “You have no idea how worried we were when we first heard the news.”

Mother Bai waved her hand dismissively and remarked, “These are tough times for everyone. There is no need to thank me.”

After speaking, Mother Bai couldn’t help but feel a bit troubled after all; she had only invited Mother and Father Lei because she was scared to go alone with her children.

She had her own selfish motives and felt that she was not worthy of this praise.

Their small group soon left the building in an inflatable boat.

Bai Meiyu watched her family leave and pursed her lips before going upstairs. She first took a look at her nephews and sighed in relief when she saw that they were still sleeping. She then created a mirror copy of herself with water and sent it after her family.

Though she knew that her elder brother had gone with them and her mother and second brother would be fine, she still couldn’t help but worry about them.

With the mirror copy following her family, she was not worried about them getting hurt. Not only could she see what was going on outside but she could also control the water puppet. Of course, Bai Meiyu would have liked it better if she could go with her family but with her two nephews staying at the house, she couldn’t leave them alone.

On the other side, Mother Bai took her two sons with her and asked them to row the boat to the closest supermarket. Since it was their first time going out, she did not want to go far and take risks without having enough experience to deal with these sudden changes.

When they arrived at the supermarket, Mother Bai and the rest noticed the lurking zombies that were walking stiffly while chanting ‘ho ho’ again and again.

“We will go and look for food supplies,” Mother Bai said to the Lei family while clutching the knife in her hands. “You all go and look for drinking water; it doesn’t matter if its cold drinks; as long as we can drink something to quench our thirst, its enough.”

“Can’t we go together?” Mother Lei asked as she looked at the zombies. She had never seen such a terrifying sight before and didn’t want the group to break.

She shook her head and then said to the Lei family, “Yueyue said that these things can smell us. If we head inside together, they will sense us even more quickly, so its better to break the group. At least these things will have a hard time noticing us.”

Though Mother Lei was not willing, what else could she do other than agree with Mother Bai’s plan?

After Bai Zhan took care of the zombies lurking outside the market, the group separated and snuck inside the building.

Bai Meiyue, who was cultivating in the house, saw them enter the market and heaved a sigh of relief. She hoped that everything would go just as smoothly.

Her water puppet followed behind Mother Bai and her brothers, who kept looking for food and other supplies. Fortunately for them, they did find an aisle where the food supplies were stored. However, who knows whether the heavens were trying to pull a joke on them? The aisle was surrounded by four to five zombies.

“Go,” Bai Zhan looked at his little brother and said to him, “These beasts are not strong; all you need to do is break their heads open and they will die. Don’t worry, I will be right behind you.”

Bai Jixuan glanced at his elder brother and then nodded heavily. He clutched the axe that he had brought with him and rushed at the closest zombie that was lurking right in front of him.

As if sensing him heading towards him, the zombie paused and turned around before charging right at Bai Jixuan.

“Ho Ho!”

The zombie growled as it attacked Bai Jixuan.

“Jixuan!” When Bai Zhan saw that his brother had stopped moving, his heart jumped to his throat. He thought that Bai Jixuan was scared silly by the monster and couldn’t move. But just as he was going to charge at the zombie, Bai Jixuan raised the axe in hands and brought it down heavily.

CRACK!

The ugly sound of the skull cracking into half echoed in the silent supermarket, followed by the sound of Bai Jixuan retching.

“Its okay, its okay,” Bai Zhan told his brother when he saw that Bai Jixuan had turned a shade paler.

Bai Jixuan didn’t say anything; he simply rubbed his chest and tried to stop himself from throwing up.

When Bai Zhan saw that his brother was not in a good condition, he didn’t force him to kill anymore zombies. He took out the iron nail that he carried with him before leaving the house and absorbed its essence such that his entire arm morphed into an iron arm.

He charged at the zombies with Mother Bai, who didn’t forget to pick the nuclei that were lying on the floor.

As she was too focused on bringing the nuclei home, she didn’t pay attention to the zombie that had slowly crept behind her.

Instead, she was eyeing the zombie in front of her while holding the butcher knife.

Just as she raised her arms over her head to swing the knife down at the skull of the zombie, Bai Jixuan who was standing behind her, yelled in horror.

“WATCH OUT, MOM!”