Apocalyptic Disasters: Carrying a bun and hoarding supplies

Bai Zhan took the glass of water and sipped on the warm liquid. He sighed and said to Tong Huan, "I don't want to worry either. Yueyue told me that Han'er and Que'er are really strong-willed, much stronger-willed than I could ever be. But I am still their father, aren't I? How can I not be worried when they are sick? Even if they are getting stronger, I still fear for their lives."

His eyes turned red and he furiously wiped them with his arm before saying to Tong Huan, "It's all because of me. Their useless father, that they had to go through so much pain and suffering. If I were as strong as Lei Qian, then they would be safe without awakening. But it's I who cannot keep them safe."

When Tong Huan heard his response, she sighed. She understood what Bai Zhan was feeling at the moment because she felt the same when her family was killed by those thugs. If she had been strong enough to fend them off, then her adoptive parents and siblings would have been fine.

But she was weak, so weak that she passed out and couldn't even do anything as the thugs killed her family.

She reached out and patted Bai Zhan on the shoulders before saying to him, "It's alright. I know you feel like you have let your sons down, but like Sister Meiyue said, there is no point in fretting over something that has already happened; you should try to get stronger if you think you are not strong enough."

After speaking, she smiled wryly and added, "At least you have awakened, Brother Zhan. There are people out there who haven't even gotten a good grasp of how to awaken. Or maybe they are never going to awaken because they don't have the talent for it. You don't have to be so pessimistic all the time; at least look at the good things that are in front of you."

Tong Huan took the empty glass from Bai Zhan and then walked out of the room. She hoped that Bai Zhan would be able to see through things now.

Inside the room, Bai Zhan clenched his fists on his knees. Tong Huan's words repeated again and again in his head, and he looked down at his hands. Tong Huan was right; as long as he tried harder, he would get stronger. At least it was better than sitting still.

"Umm.."

A childish voice snapped Bai Zhan out of his thoughts. He raised his head and looked at his two sons, who one by one, scrunched up their faces and then opened their eyes.

"Han'er!"

"Que'er!"

Bai Zhan called the two boys lovingly when he saw that they had opened their eyes. He stared at them, waiting for them to focus their gazes and look at him.

"Dad?" Bai Qianhan hoarsely called his father when he saw the looming face in front of him.

"It's me, it's me," Bai Zhan was so happy that he wished to reach out and hug his son, but before he could, he was stopped by Bai Meiyue.

"Don't touch them yet," Bai Meiyue hurriedly stopped her brother when she saw that the man was about to reach out and hold Bai Qianhan. She glanced at her two confused nephews and smiled at them gently. "How are you two feeling? Do you have discomfort?"

The two boys shook their heads while Bai Zhan turned to look at Bai Meiyue and asked, "Why are you stopping me from touching them?"

"Because you don't know what kind of powers they have awakened," Bai Meiyue replied with a roll of her eyes. She said to him, "Brother Zhan, you need to be careful when approaching a newly awakened ability user. Especially when they are children. Their control is not as good as adults, and you need to be careful with them, or else if they hurt you accidentally, that would leave them with a scar all their life."

She remembered a child who awakened when she was just ten. She awakened the ability to decay everything with just one touch. It was a dangerous ability and quite good for defence, but at the same time, it made it impossible for others to touch her unless she was controlling it.

The poor girl's mother, who was worried sick, ignored their warning when they asked her to stay away from the little girl. She reached out and hugged her. What happened was something that everyone expected. The little girl couldn't control her powers, and the woman who touched her crumbled on the ground the second she touched the girl. Decayed and rotted.

Though the girl didn't do anything wrong, it left a scar on her heart, and she started distancing herself from others. Not to forget, her father often blamed her for the death of his wife. Later on, that girl became an anti-human base leader.

That was to say, she started killing humans because she felt like she was living a life too restrictive, all because humans were weak. Her mentality was so twisted that she thought it was better to kill humans so that she could live with ease.

In the end, she was caught and killed by Lei Qian, who was in the area where the base of that girl was located.

Bai Meiyue couldn't help but sigh when she thought about how this tragedy could have been avoided if only the mother of that little girl had listened to their advice. Then the girl's powers wouldn't have gone out of control, and she wouldn't have grown up with an abusive father who blamed her for killing his wife, whom he loved so much.

It was a lesson. A hard one, and Bai Meiyue was not going to forget it.

Bai Zhan frowned when he heard Bai Meiyue's words. He then hesitated and asked, "Then what do you suggest?"

"We need to let them try their powers on something else—other than you, Brother Zhan."