Rebirth before Apocalypse: My Whole Family are Bigshots!-Chapter 283 - 383: No Longer Surprised

The villagers did not reject outsiders, but outsiders were very rejecting of the villagers.

They thought the villagers were all insane, living with ugly monsters.

For normal people, zombies were monsters.

But to them, the monsters were also beloved family members!

Nowadays, Taovillage has cut off relations with other villages.

It wasn’t that the villagers abandoned the outsiders; it was that everyone abandoned each other.

"Sir, we really mean no harm. We just think the village is quite nice, and we’d love to visit. Making friends would be even better!"

Bai Anhai gave the old man a gentle smile.

At the beginning of the apocalypse, Bai Anhai was very afraid of and disgusted by zombies.

But after all this time, he realized that zombies also had good and bad ones.

For example, Zhang Yiming, Fan Tangtang...

What Bai Anhai always yearned for was peace.

Only with peace could he, as a lawyer, make money!

It had been a long time since he had earned any money, and he felt his life had no value.

Making money had become a habit for him. Not because he was greedy, but because his wife and daughter spent so much, and he always wanted to give them the best.

Money only exists in a peaceful society.

Bai Anhai always thought the apocalypse was far away.

Now it seems, it wasn’t in vain.

Since the apocalypse, zombies and humans have been as incompatible as water and fire, but this village broke the mold.

It turns out that not only do skilled individuals have courage, but ordinary people can accept peaceful coexistence with zombies.

Tsk!

Bai Anhai thought to himself, if such a day really comes, there will definitely be a lot more people and zombies going to court!

Definitely going to make a fortune!

The old man seemed a bit surprised at Bai Anhai’s words, and a faint light sparked in his weathered eyes.

"If only everyone thought like you," he said.

The old man paused for a moment and then sighed after a long while.

Taovillage, because of the coexistence of humans and zombies, had been completely isolated by neighboring villages.

Those people feared and loathed Taovillage.

Perhaps some envied Taovillage! But how many could accept living in Taovillage?

In any case, no matter how beautiful the blooming peach blossoms of Taovillage were, no one had ever entered the village to admire them.

Because the people nearby knew that Taovillage had many zombies, including a particularly powerful one, over time, no one dared to approach Taovillage and would walk around it.

"There are good people and bad people in the world, good zombies and bad zombies. The zombies in our village are good, so there’s nothing to fear," Bai Anhai said. "Sometimes people are scarier than zombies!"

As a lawyer, he had seen all kinds of cases.

People really can be more frightening than zombies.

The old man seemed quite satisfied with Bai Anhai’s answer, a kindly smile spreading across his time-worn face.

"Sir, may I ask how old you are this year?"

Bai Zhengxuan looked with mild curiosity at the old man who seemed over ninety.

To be honest, the seasoned Bai Family had already vaguely guessed the old man’s identity.

Wasn’t he like Zhang Yiming and Fan Tangtang, a Zombie King?

They had become accustomed to it, taking it for granted.

Seeing many Zombie Kings, it was no longer surprising.

Moreover, so many ordinary people in the village were not afraid of zombies and even cleaned them up well. It was obvious that this Zombie King was a good one.

Ever since meeting Zhang Yiming and Fan Tangtang, the Bai Family always felt a strange sense of familiarity with Zombie Kings.

"On January 21st, it will be my centennial birthday!"

The old man’s voice carried a hint of melancholy as he spoke.

January 21st, at the height of the apocalypse.

In their youth, he and his wife were soldiers in the war. His wife died in battle, and he had lived alone ever since.

He had no children his entire life.

On his centennial birthday, the young men from the village brought him a small piece of cake.

However, when the young man reached his house, his hand had already been bitten by a monster.

The cake fell to the ground, and the young man transformed in front of him from a handsome boy into a hideous monster.

As a centenarian, he couldn’t outrun the zombie and was bitten as well.

But he never turned into a monster.

Even more fortunately, he could control these hideous monsters.

It helped reduce the casualties in the village.

Seeing the old man’s bitter expression, the Bai Family tactfully refrained from asking further questions.

"Haha, let’s not talk about these things anymore. You’ve been here for quite a while! Why not come to my home for a cup of water?"

The old man gently shook his head, unwilling to dwell on the past.

As a Zombie King, he could more perceptively sense a person’s emotions.

From the Bai Family, he sensed a gentle aura, unlike the fear and disdain from nearby villagers.

Moreover, through the zombies, he "saw" the family taking photos at the village entrance.

He rather envied them.

So, while they were taking their photos, he ensured the zombies did not disturb them, intentionally leading them on a detour to avoid the area.

Because he was a Zombie King, he also hoped that someone would take a look at their village, see this world.

He believed that as long as there were enough strong Zombie Kings like him, they could control all the monsters.

Thus, couldn’t the world be restored to its former peace?

As a zombie, he felt that zombies were only lacking self-awareness, and once they evolved to a certain level, they would also have self-awareness.

Zombies and humans coexisting peacefully in Taovillage had been realized.

Seeing that the Bai Family did not disdain zombie-filled Taovillage, he felt even more of an affinity towards them, wanting to show them the real life in Taovillage.

"Alright, I’m a bit thirsty. We’ll take you up on that offer, sir!"

Bai Anhai nodded, extending a hand to support the old man.

After all, being a hundred years old, even as a zombie, a fall wasn’t a trivial issue.

The old man slightly waved his hand, slowly moving forward.

He was concerned about making the family uneasy.

Accepting zombies was one thing, but shaking hands with a zombie was another psychological hurdle to overcome.

While conversing with the old man, the empty-eyed zombies had all entered the various homes in the village.

Walking along the village path, all that could be heard was the sound of zombies gnawing on bones.

Bai Yifan walked in the middle of the group, finding the sound of bone-crunching less hair-raising for the first time.

At least they weren’t chewing on human bones, only those of small animals.

The old man walked slowly in front, and the Bai Family was in no hurry, leisurely following behind, admiring the village full of peach blossoms.

Little pink peach blossoms fell on Bai Xiqin’s hair, specks of pink amid the black strands.

Leng Yebai extended his slender fingers, picking off the blossoms one by one, his gaze doting.

Leng Yebai and Bai Xiqin walked in front, a handsome man and a beautiful woman, what a lovely scene!

Bai Anhai glanced at the two, his eyes then shifting to Wang Yiyun’s hair.

Sure enough, his wife’s hair also had the little pink peach blossoms.

Bai Anhai reached out his not-so-long, slightly rough fingers to pick the blossoms from Wang Yiyun’s hair.

"Hiss—"

Wang Yiyun suddenly drew a sharp breath, glaring at Bai Anhai angrily.

The smile on Bai Anhai’s face froze, and he awkwardly rubbed his fingers together, feeling several strands of fine hair tangled around his fingertips.