Apocalyptic Reincarnation: Start with a 30-million Bonus

A man disembarked from the off-road vehicle, his mouth adorned with Big Gold Teeth, and a couple of hefty gold chains hanging around his neck.

Big Gold Teeth stretched with a yawn, patted the roof of the car, and said:

”Qin Shou, tell them to drive the truck to the intersection. The road is a bit narrow; it’ll probably be a tight squeeze to get in.”

The refined man in the white shirt, buttoned up to the top, got out of the passenger seat and said to Big Gold Teeth, ”Okay, Bro Jin.”

Then he walked towards the several vehicles behind them.

He stood firm, hands on hips.

”Bro Jin says get out of the car, your vehicles won’t fit through this road. Come down, hurry up,” the refined man said, his tone somewhat impatient.

On the vehicles, a composed man and a young man both alighted, followed by about a dozen other men getting off the minibus, each holding some weapons.

A few of the men muttered under their breath: ”Acting all high and mighty, it’s just because Jin favours him. Strutting around in front of us.”

”Exactly, a petty man gaining power, this guy is too damn arrogant.”

”I can’t stand him; among those joining us later, if he wasn’t a sycophant, it wouldn’t be his turn to boss us around. I could take him down single-handedly.”

....

The refined man seemed to hear some of the grumbling from behind and said irritably: ”What are you mumbling about, hurry up, Bro Jin is waiting up front!”

Seeing that everyone had gotten out of the vehicles, Big Gold Teeth gestured with his hand: ”Let’s go, see what we can find.”

Big Gold Teeth took the lead, with the refined man following close behind, maintaining a half-step distance behind Big Gold Teeth. The rest of the men followed them.

Central street of the food wholesale market.

Teacher Liu and Song Qi had already climbed in through the broken glass windows.

The room was filled with various groceries, including instant noodles, biscuits, dairy products, and more. Teacher Liu was in the lead, using a flashlight that was running out of battery, scanning towards the back of the room.

The room was quite large, probably used as a warehouse. In the darkest part at the back, nothing was visible, and as the dim light swept over, no zombies were seen around the rows of shelves, and Teacher Liu let out a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, two zombies lunged from the side of the cabinets, seemingly the owners of the store, a male and a female zombie. Teacher Liu thought the room was devoid of zombies, not expecting that these two had been hiding beside the cabinets, which was their blind spot.

”Be careful!” Song Qi, who was behind, spotted the two zombies pouncing and exclaimed.

Teacher Liu had just relaxed when she heard Song Qi’s warning. She turned her head and her heart trembled with fear as she saw the zombies already less than half a meter away. Under the flashlight beam, she could clearly see the sharp teeth protruding from the zombies’ mouths.

The distance was too close, and the sudden ambush made it difficult for Teacher Liu to make any significant evasive moves, but she quickly used her spear to block horizontally.

The two zombies came at her fast, and Teacher Liu’s spear held horizontally resisted, firmly bracing against the assault of the two zombies. But their sudden charge, combined with the impact force, knocked Teacher Liu to the ground.

The two zombies, one on each side, pinned Teacher Liu in the middle, but fortunately, because of the spear’s defense, they hadn’t bitten her yet.

But at this moment, the zombies’ mouths were less than 10 centimeters away from Teacher Liu’s face, and as she lay on the ground, even her breath could feel the foul smell from the zombies’ mouths.

And in this instant, as Teacher Liu was tackled to the ground by the zombies, Song Qi quickly followed, taking out his spear aimed between one zombie’s neck and the back of the skull, and thrust fiercely!

Phew!

The zombie on the left had its brain instantly blown out, the tip of the spear dangerously passed right by Teacher Liu’s head.

But Teacher Liu had no energy to care about that, as the zombie on the right already reached for her shoulders, but because the weather had recently turned cold and she was wearing thicker clothes, the zombie had not yet torn through her skin.

However, the zombie’s mouth was getting closer and closer, and at that time, because the zombie on the left was stabbed to death, its body slowly slid off.

Teacher Liu mustered all her strength, pushing with the spear, and nudged the zombie aside as her body moved to the right.

Thud!

The zombie, pressed by the spear in Teacher Liu’s hands, fell to the ground. Behind her, Song Qi saw Teacher Liu coming out, pulled out the spear, and violently stabbed it down onto the zombie’s head.

The dust settled. And all of this happened within just a dozen seconds.

Both were still in shock. Especially Teacher Liu, who slowly climbed up from the ground, did not even have time to breathe, and pulled the spear from under the zombie’s body, holding it tightly in her hand, then finally took deep breaths, her face red with tension, and sweat dropping onto the ground one by one.

”Song Qi, well done! You can already protect your teacher!” Teacher Liu looked at Song Qi, her eyes filled with gratitude and comfort.

Song Qi puffed out his chest, and a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth that he couldn’t fully hide, he scratched the back of his head.

Looking at this apparently early-developing teenager, honest and brave, who had always wanted to protect everyone but hadn’t had the chance, he was now indeed capable of standing his ground.

Song Qi had been decisive in killing the zombie, but beneath the praise, he was a bit shy. Teacher Liu couldn’t help but smile slightly herself.

It was so good to see some youths, who had not yet experienced the hardships of society and had seen little of its vile filth, retaining such pure hearts, a rarity that was very precious, even if sometimes it might seem foolish, or perhaps unsuitable for this post-apocalyptic world. Nevertheless, rare indeed.

A few students outside the window also heard the commotion and stuck their heads out to ask, ”What happened inside, are you and Teacher Liu okay?”

Teacher Liu replied, ”It’s okay now. We encountered two zombies, dealt with them, and we’ll check if there are any others.”

”Be careful! Should we come in too?”

”No need, it’s dark inside, we only have one flashlight left.....”

...

Meanwhile, outside the room, the group that had come from the city had now reached the center of the wholesale market,

Big Gold Teeth swayed over, squinting his eyes, he saw a few students on the stairs. Two male students, two female students, all in school uniforms, looking to be only in their teens.

Big Gold Teeth slapped his plump belly, loosened the belt around his waist, and a sly smile curled on his lips. Turning to the gentle-looking man beside him, he said: ”Remember the last time we went to Xiang County, those little girls? Hahaha, looks like we’ve got some fun this time.”

A glint of lust flashed in the eyes of the genteel man as he obsequiously said, ”Brother Jin, your spear never falls, mighty and commanding!” While speaking, he gave a thumbs up.

Seemingly scratching exactly where it itched, the flattery was precise and simple.

Hearing his words, Big Gold Teeth grinned, revealing his gold-studded teeth, his look full of arrogance, and patting the genteel man’s shoulder encouragingly.

”Good, you won’t be left out later,” Big Gold Teeth laughed brazenly.

The students on the stairs, hearing Big Gold Teeth and the others, turned their heads, taking out weapons of various lengths, looking at them guardedly.

A girl with an innocent and lovely face hurriedly said to the window: ”Teacher Liu, Song Qi, there are people coming! They don’t look like good people!”

Teacher Liu and Song Qi, upon hearing this while preparing to check for other zombies, immediately stopped.

They quickly ran towards the window.