[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-rebirth-before-apocalypse-my-whole-family-are-bi":3,"chapter-rebirth-before-apocalypse-my-whole-family-are-bi-rebirth-before-apocalypse-my-whole-family-are-bi-chapter-118":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Rebirth before Apocalypse: My Whole Family are Bigshots!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1473643,1922,"Chapter 118: The Black Market","rebirth-before-apocalypse-my-whole-family-are-bi-chapter-118",118,"\u003Cp>The so-called black market is located in an inconspicuous corner of the safe base, with a total length of less than two hundred meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vendors at the entrance of the black market often have dull expressions, with many gold and silver jewelry items placed in front of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the apocalypse hit, gold and silver jewelry were less appealing than a bag of flour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The existence of crystal cores led to the rapid depreciation of gold and silver jewelry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people coming to the black market don’t even glance at the stalls at the entrance, thinking it’s crazy to exchange crystal cores or food for a pile of jewelry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vendors, hungry and sitting on the ground to conserve energy, occasionally lift their heads to glance at passersby, hoping some foolish person might fancy these yellow and white trinkets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Occasionally, when someone pauses in front of the jewelry stalls, the vendors’ eyes gleam as they introduce the beauty of their pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, people are just looking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would use crystal cores to trade for things that can’t be eaten or used!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others hurriedly walk deeper inside, where the items get better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The items \"get better\" is relative; this black market is established by ordinary people, and most people in here are ordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The value of the goods is also small, and not worth the time of Superpower Users to exchange their goods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except Bai Yifan, who is poor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Yifan looked at each stall with shining eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emitting a vibe of ignorant poverty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vendors lazily glanced at the enthusiastic Bai Yifan admiring the jewelry, then lowered their heads again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better to keep conserving energy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a kid, the amount of crystal cores he can control is limited; if he has more than one, it would be our loss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Yifan lifted his arm toward the stalls, his sleeves loosely hanging, with a slight gap showing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Water Python coiled around Bai Yifan’s wrist, its bean-sized eyes gleaming as it looked at the gold and silver jewelry, just like Bai Yifan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emitting a scent of poverty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Yifan, pleased with himself, viewed all the stalls at the entrance before continuing inward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The further he went, the more peculiar the items he found.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were game consoles for sale, tobacco and alcohol, mutant animal meat, and even children...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait, children?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Yifan took a step back and saw a little girl sitting on a stall, behind whom lazily sat a shabbily dressed middle-aged woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly priced, just one crystal core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the apocalypse, children are a burden to adults.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many children cry when they see zombies, potentially disturbing nearby zombies and creating a minor zombie horde.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes, even biological parents, in order to survive, will abandon their children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is she to you?\" Bai Yifan frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could he have encountered a child trafficker!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Bai Yifan’s mind, anyone selling children must be a trafficker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m her mom, she’s three this year. If you want her, give me a crystal core, and you can take her away,\" the middle-aged woman spoke, weakly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn’t eaten for two days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selling her child for food might not be a bad idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, without the burden, she could live a few more days by relying on the crystal core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raising a child in the apocalypse is much more difficult than it was before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Yifan stood frozen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s only been two months since the apocalypse, and already people are selling their sons and daughters for food?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked around and realized there were more than just one stall where a child was being sold in the center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each stall had clear pricing, one crystal core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One crystal core, all it takes is to kill a zombie and extract it from their head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which doesn’t sound hard—Bai Yifan, a nobody, can do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But these people, terrified by zombies, don’t dare to step out of the safe base, treating it as a haven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To eat, they would rather sell their children than take a step outside the base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are all ordinary people, without superpowers, knowing they can’t compete with zombies, or simply lack the courage. They’re afraid of being torn apart by zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In conclusion, to survive, they can abandon their human dignity, and lack the courage to kill zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you want it or not? If not, get out of the way!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged woman rolled her eyes at the dazed Bai Yifan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t expect much from the boy standing in front of her stall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a child, unlikely to have any crystal cores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl was only three years old, dirty all over, except for her very clean face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To sell her daughter, her mother specifically washed her face and tied two cute little braids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother...brother.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl’s big, grape-like eyes blinked at Bai Yifan, grinning with a naive face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Completely unaware that she was being openly priced by her biological mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl innocently smiled at Bai Yifan and even tried to reach out and tug on his clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sit still! Don’t move!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged woman pulled the little girl’s hand back, her face not looking good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two days without food, she’s really starving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mommy, hug!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl didn’t realize her predicament, as she was yanked by the middle-aged woman, staggering a bit, almost falling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, she smiled foolishly at her own mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl was fair-skinned, her long eyelashes blinking like feathers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once, she was the apple of her parents’ eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, her mother, for the sake of survival, placed her on the stall for sale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, her mom once cherished her like a treasure, but now, for food, she hardened her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your daughter loves you so much, how could you bear it!\" Seeing this scene, Bai Yifan felt slightly uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearts are made of flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes, people also have the urge to be a savior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s it to you! Buy it if you want, or get lost if you don’t!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged woman hard-heartedly pushed the little girl away and sat down again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Yifan was just about to say something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When a middle-aged man came stumbling over, and the sight of the little girl sitting at the stall’s center finally relieved his tense nerves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank goodness, still in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiao Ling!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An elegantly featured middle-aged man dashed to the little girl, hugging his daughter tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Daddy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl looked at the middle-aged man with smiling eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, she hadn’t realized her predicament.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you doing, give her to me! She’s my child!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged woman watched as the man held her daughter and quickly tried to snatch the little girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Feng Xian, she’s your daughter too! How could you be so heartless!\" The middle-aged man’s eyes welled up with tears, filled with dread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, today, he came just in time; he truly feared what might happen if he were just a bit later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s because you’re useless! If you could find supplies, if you could kill zombies, would I need to sell our child here?\" The middle-aged woman laughed coldly, her voice sarcastic and mocking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man clung tightly to his daughter, feeling as though his heart were being cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let her go, just considering the five years of marriage we had.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged woman looked at the man indifferently, without a trace of emotion in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selling this daughter wasn’t only for that one crystal core, but also to lighten the burden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the apocalypse, resources are scarce, her husband could only find limited supplies, and whatever good food was given to their daughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She genuinely couldn’t wait to rid herself of this burden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if she knew putting the child on the black market for sale would mean...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Feng Xian! You won’t take care of her, I will! She’s my daughter!\" The gentlemanly middle-aged man’s eyes were filled with sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ha, how are you going to raise her?\" The middle-aged woman sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>",1329,"2026-06-06T03:09:16.803Z",1,"novelbin.me","23018c7e02f67866510d314cde1e5b986c1336b132d7f2292fc2b909127df865","rebirth-before-apocalypse-my-whole-family-are-bi-chapter-119","rebirth-before-apocalypse-my-whole-family-are-bi-chapter-117",514,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frebirth-before-apocalypse-my-whole-family-are-bi-cover.jpg"]