Rebirth before Apocalypse: My Whole Family are Bigshots!

The once gentle Xiao Li seemed nothing less than a demon in Fang Yuanyuan’s eyes.

Fang Yuanyuan frantically retreated, ignoring the cuts on her fingers from the broken bricks and porcelain pieces on the ground.

Her whole being was already in a state of frenzy.

”Make a choice quickly. Either cooperate with me to complete the task and die later, or die now. This is the ending the Emperor has given you.”

Xiao Li touched the red blood on the ground with his finger, rubbing it between two fingers.

The red blood leaped at his fingertips, accentuating the whiteness of his fingers dramatically.

”Xiao Ming won’t let me die! He cares about me! We are together, don’t come over!”

Fang Yuanyuan shouted out loud, at this moment, scared senseless by Xiao Li.

She was only a Third Rank Superpower User, completely no match for the Zombie King, and Xiao Li was someone she knew well, an assistant to the Alliance Captain. His sudden transformation into the Zombie King filled Fang Yuanyuan with immense terror.

”Are you really not choosing?”

Xiao Li glanced at the blood on the ground, losing patience. If Fang Yuanyuan continued disagreeing, he would have to resort to the most regrettable method.

To turn Fang Yuanyuan into the Zombie King, he had a vial of blood given by the Emperor.

But this method was detrimental to Zhang Yiming, as Fang Yuanyuan’s special status was crucial for infiltrating the Alliance.

Even as a Zombie King, Xiao Li couldn’t enter without human cover.

Fang Yuanyuan was the human who could help him in.

Fang Yuanyuan had already touched the Emperor’s reverse scale, so death was inevitable. Before dying, a good use had to be made of her.

”What choice? You better let me go back right now, or Xiao Ming won’t spare you!”

Fang Yuanyuan’s face was pale, with no strength left to resist, and she could only curl up on the ground.

Her abdomen hurt a lot, several ribs were already broken.

”Hehe, you still haven’t seen the reality clearly.”

Xiao Li shook his head slightly, a mocking expression on his face.

Only being a zombie could understand the Emperor’s thoughts clearly.

Had Fang Yuanyuan not wanted to harm that person, she probably wouldn’t have even met the Emperor.

And Xiao Li vaguely understood why the Emperor hadn’t made a move to kill Fang Yuanyuan yet — aside from utility, perhaps he was afraid of that person finding out.

Afraid that person would see the Emperor as cold and ruthless, killing a classmate.

Xiao Li thought such matters were unnecessary; if one wanted to kill, then kill. But the Emperor valued that person so much that every little thing related to him had to be considered for a long time.

”Reality...”

Fang Yuanyuan’s eyes dimmed, recalling the determined figure earlier.

No, no.

She couldn’t be so ignored by Xiao Ming.

She must occupy a place in his heart!

Fang Yuanyuan had made up her mind.

”What task does Xiao Ming want me to do!”

Fang Yuanyuan looked up at Xiao Li, her body no longer trembling, with a much more determined look in her eyes.

No matter how many people die, no matter if humanity is doomed, it no longer mattered to her.

She just no longer wanted to see Xiao Ming’s cold gaze, more painful than death.

Even if she would be killed by Xiao Ming after executing the task, she didn’t want to see that gaze.

”Stop your father from throwing that weapon, eliminate those few aggressive people,” Xiao Li said.

Xiao Li didn’t mention adding a few more Zombie Kings.

”Alright! I agree!” Fang Yuanyuan nodded without hesitation.

Having made up her mind, she decided to follow through without regret.

She wanted to complete it beautifully, just to make Xiao Ming look at her one more time.

She wanted to stand by Xiao Ming’s side.

”Alright, let’s go!”

Xiao Li glanced regretfully at the blood on the ground, feeling a sense of reluctance.

He hadn’t devoured flesh yet, really wanted to try it!

”Did Xiao Ming turn you into this? Does he... have a way to turn someone into a Zombie King?”

Fang Yuanyuan stared intently into Xiao Li’s eyes, trying to find some answers there.

But Xiao Li managed his facial expressions well, revealing nothing for Fang Yuanyuan to discern.

What she knew for sure was that when she had first arrived at the safe base and Xiao Li helped her up from the ground, his skin temperature was still normal human temperature.

That left only one possibility.

”You’re overthinking. I just accidentally got scratched by a zombie and became like this.”

Xiao Li uttered just one sentence, nothing more.

He couldn’t betray the Emperor.

If humans discovered that the Emperor could create Zombie Kings, they would definitely go all out against him.

His neural waves wouldn’t allow him to do anything that would harm the Zombie Emperor.

Fang Yuanyuan furrowed her brows but did not ask further.

She hadn’t gained Xiao Ming’s trust yet, so Xiao Li certainly wouldn’t reveal the truth to her either.

With a cold expression, Xiao Li hoisted Fang Yuanyuan onto his shoulder and walked toward the safety base.

They didn’t go through the front gate of the safety base but, seizing the chance during the patrol power user’s shift change, Xiao Li leapt over the wall with Fang Yuanyuan.

This was easy for the Sixth Rank Zombie King Xiao Li.

By the time they reached the villa where Fang Yuanyuan and the others stayed, the sky had turned dark, the outside black and indistinct.

In the villa, Fang Jin was writing something on a map, occasionally drawing a horizontal line.

”Dad,... I’m back.”

Tears almost welled up in Fang Yuanyuan’s eyes upon seeing Fang Jin.

The grievance she couldn’t speak of made her heartache even more.

”Miss Yuanyuan got hurt, I failed to protect her.”

Xiao Li’s face donned the usual gentle smile.

Bending down, he placed Fang Yuanyuan on the sofa and lightly pinched her fingers where Fang Jin couldn’t see.

Fang Yuanyuan instantly sobered up quite a bit.

She was Xiao Ming’s person now, she had to work well for Xiao Ming so that his eyes would have her.

Fang Yuanyuan had even bigger ambitions, wanting to become a mediator between humans and zombies.

She believed she could do it, and if not... dying at Xiao Ming’s hands would be fine, at least he’d always remember her.

”What happened?”

Fang Jin glanced at Fang Yuanyuan half-lying on the sofa, his expression indifferent.

No sign of concern whatsoever.

Not even asking where Fang Yuanyuan was hurt.

”We were chased by a group of zombies on the way, luckily Uncle Li saved me.”

Looking at Fang Jin’s cold demeanor, Fang Yuanyuan managed to tug a smile.

”Hmm, be careful from now on.”

Fang Jin said indifferently then returned to writing something on the map.

He was analyzing Zhang Yiming’s location and where that thing would be deployed in the future.

”Captain Fang, there’s something to discuss with you.” Xiao Li suddenly sat beside Fang Yuanyuan, holding her hand.

Fang Yuanyuan was startled, trying to shake off those cold fingers, but was tightly held, unable to break free.

”Yuanyuan and I have feelings for each other, we’ve decided to be together.”

When Xiao Li said this, his eyes were filled with genuine tenderness.

Yet goosebumps rose all over Fang Yuanyuan, her whole being resisting, yet she dared not defy.

Xiao Li’s nails pressed into her wrist, ready to break her skin at any moment.

Fang Yuanyuan wished to become a Zombie King, not a decayed ordinary zombie.

”Hmm.”

Fang Jin cast a glance at Fang Yuanyuan, uttering a nonchalant hum, then fell silent again.

To him, whoever Fang Yuanyuan was involved with didn’t matter, her life or death was irrelevant.

”Then I’ll take Miss Yuanyuan upstairs to rest.”

Having said that, Xiao Li dragged the terrified Fang Yuanyuan and walked upstairs.

Fang Yuanyuan didn’t dare utter a word, able to feel the hostility emanating from Xiao Li and his bloodthirsty eyes wanting to devour her.

Her whole body trembled violently.

There was an instant when she would rather die than have a Zombie King watch her every day.

Her bones throbbed painfully, yet Xiao Li showed no pity, pulling her so hard her arm creaked.

From today, Xiao Li would openly reside in the same room with Fang Yuanyuan.

Fang Jin didn’t care about this, anyway.

Fang Yuanyuan was a source of danger, Zhang Yiming letting her back wasn’t to give her a chance to harm Bai Xiqin.

Xiao Li’s responsibility was to watch over Fang Yuanyuan, and to ensure she wasn’t too comfortable, or the Emperor would kill him.