Wang Yue was the slowest in her family to react to the coming apocalypse, but compared to most people, she was still better—at least she dared to use all the family’s assets to buy supplies.
She and her husband were both only children. After getting married, they lived together with both sets of parents. Since they were busy with work, the four elderly parents took care of the household. There were small conflicts from time to time, but nothing serious. Overall, the family worked together.
Because they had prepared in advance, they did not panic when the official apocalypse warning was announced. With many people in the household, they had made thorough preparations, and she and her husband had even started learning various survival skills half a year earlier.
As long as they got through the final hurdle, their family would be able to survive well in the apocalypse.
They had only one child, a 12-year-old boy. The grandparents spoiled him greatly and insisted on staying in the same room with him while waiting for the apocalypse.
However, Wang Yue and her husband were rational and separated everyone into different rooms.
Wang Yue was the first to wake up. The first thing she did was check on her family. One by one, the others also woke up.
Fortunately, none of them had turned into zombies!
When the whole family gathered in the living room, the earlier tension had completely disappeared.
“Good, good! Our whole family is safe and together. Thank heavens!” Wang Yue’s mother said with tears in her eyes, hands clasped in prayer.
“Mom, I think I awakened a power!” her 12-year-old son, Zheng Huangfei, shouted excitedly.
Everyone looked over and saw a small flame appear at his fingertips.
It was a fire-type power!
Everyone knew how important it was to awaken abilities in the apocalypse, but not everyone could do it. They never expected their family to have one!
The others began checking themselves. Soon, Wang Yue also noticed changes in her body.
“I think I awakened speed.”
“I awakened strength!”
Wang Yue and her husband, Zheng Gu, spoke at the same time.
They looked at each other, full of joy. This was great—they now had three ability users in the family!
The four elderly parents, however, felt disappointed because none of them had awakened any powers.
Seeing this, Wang Yue and her husband quickly comforted them. “Mom, Dad, maybe younger people just have a higher chance of awakening. There are seven people in our family, and three awakened powers—that’s already better than most families. And none of us turned into zombies. That alone is our greatest luck. Our abilities are practical, and we will protect this family.”
With Zheng Huangfei joking around and the sounds of chaos and screams coming from the neighborhood, the elders quickly adjusted their mindset.
That’s right—being alive and together was already the best outcome. And with three ability users in the family, they wouldn’t have to live in constant fear anymore.
Situations like Wang Yue’s family were extremely rare. Later statistics showed that after the apocalypse began, about 60% of normal people turned into zombies, 10% awakened abilities, and the remaining 30% stayed ordinary.
Most ability users were young people, including children. Experts speculated that it might be because younger people have greater potential.
Abilities were divided into common and special types. Common abilities included strength, speed, the five elements, lightning, and ice. Special abilities included light, darkness, space, mental powers, invisibility, and more.
Most people awakened only one type of ability. Very few awakened two types. As for those with three or four types, like in some apocalypse novels—no one had ever heard of such cases.
Of course, official statistics were not complete. Many ability users chose not to reveal their powers, so there were still many unknown abilities.
At this point, however, none of this had been fully recorded yet. The entire world was in chaos, and the authorities were too overwhelmed to collect data.
Because of an early warning from a mysterious person, the government had already taken action. Major malls, factories, and grain warehouses were under control, and purchase limits had been imposed earlier during the panic buying.
So even though the apocalypse had arrived, after a short period of chaos, the country would restart its systems. This was a small blessing in the disaster.
However, some people took advantage of the situation before authorities could fully respond. They looted and destroyed shops to grab supplies, especially ability users.
Some people who suddenly gained power lost control. They thought they had become the main characters of the world, not realizing that not all ability users would survive to the end.
While some were looting and killing, many others were attacked by zombies—either eaten or turned into zombies themselves. These scenes formed the true picture of the apocalypse.
Meanwhile, Cheng Feng, deep in the mountains, was unaffected by all this.
He had once thought about looting without paying, but after deciding to spread news of the apocalypse, he gave up the idea.
If he were in another country, it might have been easy. But in China, he didn’t want to do that.
If everyone else was looting, it would be one thing. But since the government had already controlled supplies, doing so would mean taking away others’ chances to survive.
He had already gained an advantage and stored enough supplies. Doing more would weigh on his conscience.
Besides, he had discovered something new.
After repairing his yard, he took out the mutated vegetables he had stored in his space.
As he examined them, wondering if they were edible, information suddenly appeared in his mind.
[Mutated Chinese cabbage: Not edible, but high-quality fertilizer for mutated plants]
[Mutated white radish: Not edible, but high-quality fertilizer for mutated plants]
[Mutated carrot: Not edible, but high-quality fertilizer for mutated plants]
[Mutated garlic sprouts: Not edible, but high-quality fertilizer for mutated plants]
…
Could this also be a power?
He clearly remembered that he didn’t have this ability in his previous life.
Was this a benefit of being reborn?
Cheng Feng was excited. This ability was very powerful. After the apocalypse, plants had mutated—not only becoming aggressive, but also having unknown effects. Many people who accidentally ate mutated plants suffered severe consequences.
Now, with the ability to identify them, he could avoid danger and also use his affinity ability to gain resources from them.
Since he had never heard of this ability before, he named it himself: Mutated Plant Information Ability.
Now, he was also a dual-ability user!