Rebirth before Apocalypse: My Whole Family are Bigshots!-Chapter 236: Green Eyes

"Woof, woof..."

Teddy was running desperately forward on his little short legs.

As Teddy approached, Bai Xiqin saw its mouth.

The white teeth were covered in black blood.

This indicated that it had eaten carrion.

"You guys, get out of the way!"

The burly man chasing behind Teddy, with a face full of muscle, waved dismissively at Bai Xiqin and Leng Yebai.

Bai Xiqin squinted her eyes. She knew this person.

He was a butcher from Yang Liu Village, someone she’d met as a child when digging clay in Yang Liu Village.

Now she was in her twenties, greatly changed since childhood, and hadn’t come to dig clay for a long time, so he probably didn’t recognize her.

Bai Xiqin frowned slightly, saying nothing, and naturally stepped aside.

Teddy didn’t run straight past but charged toward Bai Xiqin.

Despite its small size, it bared its fangs at Bai Xiqin.

Even while being chased by the burly man, it didn’t forget to "battle" its prey.

The black blood in its mouth made it extremely violent and bloodthirsty.

Even if it wasn’t a zombie animal, it had a violent nature due to the virus.

The burly man was faster and finally caught up with the little dog just as it was about to bite Bai Xiqin.

A shiny cleaver swung viciously towards Teddy’s leg, and the sound of bones breaking rang out; blood splattered instantly.

"Woo..."

Teddy’s leg bent grotesquely before their eyes, flesh mangled, seemingly ready to snap at any moment.

Bai Xiqin instinctively frowned. Dogs that had eaten carrion couldn’t be allowed to remain, but they shouldn’t be treated so brutally either.

They weren’t the senseless zombie animals but were overtaken by the virus occupying their gastric and oral cavities.

If mercy was to be given, then it should be swift.

The burly man with a face full of muscle oddly curled his lips, took a hemp rope from his waist, and deftly tied up Teddy whose leg was almost broken.

The burly man with face full of muscle looked at Teddy and licked his lips slightly, as if savoring the taste of the meat.

"Animals that have eaten carrion can’t be eaten; they contain the virus,"

Bai Xiqin frowned and reminded him.

Animals that had eaten carrion, even if the black blood from their stomach was cleaned out, still held trace amounts of the virus internally.

This trace toxin, if entering a human body, could make a person increasingly irritable and even addicted. If they couldn’t eat such mutated animals, they’d lose their minds.

If people frequently ate these mutated animals, not only would they become increasingly violent, but also bloodthirsty.

"Heh, young lady, where are you from? Not from Yang Liu Village, right?"

The burly man with a face full of muscle hefted Teddy, glancing up and down at Bai Xiqin and Leng Yebai, a gleam of interest in his eyes.

Automatically, he swallowed a mouthful of spit.

Leng Yebai stood in front of Bai Xiqin, looking at the burly butcher with a cold expression, his voice icy, "Scram!"

He didn’t care if the butcher would eat dog meat—he just couldn’t stand that disgusting look on his face.

Especially with that lecherous expression aimed at his Xiao White, he wished he could chop him down.

This was Bai Xiqin’s hometown, and he felt he ought to leave some face for the people here.

"Haha, young man, you’ve got quite the temper!"

The butcher with a face full of meat smirked oddly, his hand already caressing the blood-stained cleaver at his waist.

Before the butcher with a face full of meat could start acting up, a purple bolt of lightning struck beside him.

A twenty-centimeter pit instantly appeared in the ground, and a scorched smell wafted to the butcher’s nose.

The butcher instinctively shivered, his hand trembled, and Teddy slipped to the ground.

"Woo..."

Blood trickled steadily from little Teddy’s leg, and black blood dripped from its mouth.

The loss of blood made its whimpering even fainter.

"Scram!" 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Leng Yebai’s face was cold, his gaze fierce as he looked at the butcher.

The butcher said nothing, turned, and ran.

Even though his legs and hands were trembling, Bai Xiqin still saw the green gleam in his eyes.

"Did you just see his eyes?" Bai Xiqin frowned.

Those eyes didn’t look like a human’s, more like a wolf’s.

"Maybe he’s eaten too much meat,"

Leng Yebai looked down at the dying mutant Teddy.

The black blood sprayed from Teddy’s mouth, and even though its leg was nearly broken, it still slowly moved its front paws, pushing its head persistently toward Leng Yebai.

The virus within made it bloodthirsty and violent; even though it was at a physical disadvantage, it wouldn’t pass up any opportunity to devour flesh.

When humans consumed a certain amount of these mutant animals, they too would lose their reason this way.

Bai Xiqin sighed slightly and pulled Leng Yebai back a step.

Seeing Bai Xiqin and Leng Yebai move away, little Teddy desperately waved its front paws to grab them, but its body was increasingly unresponsive.

Finally, it lay motionless on the ground.

Red blood spread all over the ground, and white, bony stubs were exposed at the hind leg.

Bai Xiqin sighed, her fingers moving slightly to use control power to move the mutant Teddy next to Bai Yifan.

"Xiao Fan, dig a hole and bury it,"

Bai Xiqin’s voice came from above.

"Got it,"

Bai Yifan replied, continuing to dig a hole with his dagger.

He had heard the incident above and showed no sign of worry.

With big sister and Brother Leng around, there was no fear even if the sky fell.

His task today was to dig clay.

Fighting was for the adults.

He was still a minor!

Bai Xiqin and Leng Yebai stood where they were, eyes looking in the direction of Yang Liu Village.

In the distance, sounds of chaos could be heard from the village.

Bai Xiqin and Leng Yebai exchanged glances, a slight curl in their eyes.

The butcher must have gone back to call reinforcements!

The two stood quietly, not worried about them coming to cause trouble.

Seeing that it would take a while for Bai Yifan to finish digging the clay, they decided to wait!

They had nothing better to do, so a fight wouldn’t be unwelcome.

Sure enough, it wasn’t even five minutes before they could see some strong young men approaching with cleavers from afar.

They were all robust, not looking like they had starved for long in the apocalypse.

The butcher charged ahead, his eyes bright and faintly green.

And the men behind him, their eyes also seemed tinged with green.

Following the men were the elderly and children, each with a cleaver in hand.

They looked at Bai Xiqin and Leng Yebai not as enemies but as food.

Bai Xiqin frowned deeply. Did they also eat the meat of virus-laden mutant animals?

Otherwise, why did their eyes seem so... unhuman.

Bai Xiqin looked at the dozens of villagers before her, thinking that the survivors from Yang Liu Village had likely all come out.