[{"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-119":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},1473644,1922,"Chapter 119: Five Crystal Cores","rebirth-before-apocalypse-my-whole-family-are-bi-chapter-119",119,"\u003Cp>The middle-aged man was left speechless, clutching his child tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was livid, wishing he could escape immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the apocalypse, he was quite successful, with a happy family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had a gentle wife, a lovely daughter, and a high-paying job.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the apocalypse, he didn’t awaken any superpowers. To survive, he didn’t fear death; armed with the only weapon he could find—a kitchen knife—he left the base in the morning and returned at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no superpower. Before the apocalypse, he was an office elite, not in great physical shape. Barely managing to kill one or two zombies was already quite an achievement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To enter the safe base, you needed a crystal core. After returning to the base, the leftover crystal cores were barely enough to live on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recently, he was unlucky, having only killed one zombie, and after returning to the base, he no longer had any crystal cores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, his wife wanted to sell their child!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew he was incompetent, but to survive, he had already exhausted all his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The couple’s squabble didn’t attract a crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of scene was too common; people had long lost their curiosity about gossip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Occasionally, a few idle bystanders curiously watched the drama unfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They weren’t shocked by the idea of selling a child. They were just curious whether the child could still be sold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Feng Xian, let’s separate!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scholarly middle-aged man looked pained, stepping back with the child in his arms, tears in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know why things turned out this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had tried so hard to chop zombies, never feared hardship, yet he still couldn’t support his wife and child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a graduate student—not as talented as a Ph.D., but not poorly educated either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the apocalypse, he had an enviable annual salary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the apocalypse, he lived worse than a dog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh, you think I still want to be with you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Xian sneered, without any emotional fluctuation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The damned apocalypse had worn down all her feelings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be alive and have enough to eat was her greatest pursuit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scholarly middle-aged man took a deep look at his wife, whom he had shared a bed with for five years, and then with his child in his arms, walked out of the black market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait! The child stays with me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged woman saw him taking the child away, her expression finally showing a trace of fluctuation. She hurriedly chased after him, blocking the middle-aged man’s way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a crystal core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crystal core that could ease her food and drink worries for the next few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The crystal core, consider it my debt to you, I’ll repay it in a few days as compensation for having you suffer with me here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man’s demeanor wouldn’t allow for such a public falling out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the one in his arms was his daughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t let his child suffer any emotional trauma at such a young age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nonsense! You must give it now; who knows if you’ll run away tomorrow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged woman clutched the middle-aged man’s clothes tightly, refusing to let him leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Giggling...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl suddenly started laughing, thinking her parents were joking around as they used to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The child’s voice was as pure and beautiful as ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what hardships she’d endured with her parents these past two months, she always laughed so carefreely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A trace of ferocity flashed in the middle-aged woman’s eyes, and she started to feel jealous of her own daughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was her life in the apocalypse so hard, while Xiao Ling was still as carefree as before?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Shui is here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone exclaimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those selling children suddenly perked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The children sat wearily at the stall’s center, and their parents quickly prodded them to appear more energetic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some even hurriedly took out a cloth to clean their children’s faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged woman’s eyes lit up, pulling more desperately at her child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother Shui had come to collect children!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother Shui was a mass of fat, like a walking meatball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the apocalypse, being able to have such a body of fat was quite an achievement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Brother Shui arrived, he headed directly to the stalls selling children, squinting his eyes as he inspected them one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The adults put on forced smiles, repeatedly praising the children’s health.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Feng Xian, stop, I really will give you the crystal core, but we can’t sell the child!\" The scholarly middle-aged man showed a trace of panic in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the panic, for the first time, the scholarly middle-aged man struck his wife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viciously, he pushed her to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mommy, it hurts!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The small child in the middle-aged man’s arms burst into tears, crying bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was her mommy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Xian, sitting on the ground, suddenly went mad and lunged at the middle-aged man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had enough of this damned apocalypse; she had to sell their child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, she had to get that crystal core!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her starving stomach had driven her insane, charging at her husband recklessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She needed to snatch their child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Yifan finally couldn’t stand it any longer, his body instantly enveloped in a yellow glow, stepping in front of the middle-aged man and reaching out to hold back the middle-aged woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You, you’re a Superpower User!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged woman intended to erupt, but then she saw the faint yellow glow emanating from Bai Yifan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She instinctively took a step back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary people wouldn’t dare to conflict with a Superpower User.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding people instinctively stepped back as well, and a few onlookers turned and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boo hoo, mommy hold me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl tilted her head, her face still wet with tears, looking aggrieved, wanting to be held by her mom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because she saw her mom was hurt, she wanted to be with her mom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged woman looked at her daughter expressionlessly, without any emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When people have enough to eat, only then will they have emotions, such illusory things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The child’s crying caught Brother Shui’s attention, and he glanced in their direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately liked what he saw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The child was cute and tender, fair-skinned, way better looking than the other children for sale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring those eagerly promoting their children, Brother Shui strode toward the middle-aged man holding the child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother Shui’s whole body of fat quivered violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man’s eyes showed a hint of fear, and he turned to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged woman lunged forward, grabbing tightly to his hem, refusing to let go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Yifan tried to pry the middle-aged woman’s hand away but was powerless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged woman, risking having her hand broken, was determined to sell her child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they struggled, Brother Shui jogged over, already in front of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you selling your child?\" Brother Shui asked the middle-aged woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had seen many such scenes, where one parent was unwilling to sell their child, but it didn’t matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as one side was willing to sell, he could make a deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man, holding his child, was about to leave, the middle-aged woman’s hand clutching his clothes, dragging along with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The price is negotiable, how about I give you five crystal cores?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother Shui pulled out five white, transparent crystal cores from his pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hissing—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The onlookers gasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged woman’s eyes glistened greenly, pulling even harder on the middle-aged man’s clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had only one thought in mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, she must sell the child!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After today, this offer wouldn’t come again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who relied on selling children to exchange for crystal cores, how much more could they have!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Superpower Users, obtaining crystal cores was as easy as a wave of a hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In some wealthy families, crystal cores were stored in sacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet for ordinary people, surviving and having enough to eat was incredibly difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>```\u003C\u002Fp>",1318,"2026-06-06T03:09:16.803Z",1,"novelbin.me","f25d90e09638094e6100969f012e5923b9d67ba15656002723a095ab09c737b0","rebirth-before-apocalypse-my-whole-family-are-bi-chapter-120","rebirth-before-apocalypse-my-whole-family-are-bi-chapter-118",514,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frebirth-before-apocalypse-my-whole-family-are-bi-cover.jpg"]