Chi You stayed inside the storage room for another hour. During that time, nearly twenty groups of people ran into the underground parking lot, and the number of zombies kept increasing—so many that even with Ice Jade in hand, it would have been impossible to fight his way out. Fortunately, about half an hour ago, the outside gradually returned to silence.
Zombies were low-level creatures that were mindlessly drawn to sound. The moment the power in Riverside Shopping Plaza went out and the ventilation system stopped, the chaotic noise on the streets became the perfect bait.
Chi You moved the barricaded clutter aside and gently pushed the door open. What greeted his eyes was a large pool of blood right outside the door.
The ground, walls, and ceiling were splattered with blood everywhere, and there were several messy bloody handprints on the door itself.
There were no intact bodies on the ground—only a few scattered arms and legs.
It seemed the zombies hadn’t eaten their brains. They had only bitten off the limbs, and after the victims turned into zombies, they were drawn away by the noise and crawled out of the parking lot.
Chi You knew all too well how terrifying zombies were.
Normal living creatures—if their limbs were broken, they would collapse in pain and lose all ability to fight. If they witnessed their own kind being slaughtered, fear would crush their will to fight.
But zombies were different. Even with broken limbs, they would still howl and use their teeth to tear into the nearest enemy.
Even if all their companions were killed, the last remaining zombie would continue attacking without hesitation.
They were practically like the undead.
How to quickly kill a zombie was a mandatory lesson for everyone in the apocalypse.
Chi You stepped onto the street. As far as the eye could see, there were severed limbs and corpses everywhere. Thick, black, sticky gore mixed with human blood. Cars that had rushed onto the streets were smashed to pieces, their wheels coated with flesh that looked like mud.
There were barely any survivors left on the streets, only zombies wandering around, drawn aimlessly by explosions from unknown sources.
Billowing black smoke covered the sky above the city. Less than two hours since the Apocalypse Game had descended, the once-thriving city had already fallen into such ruin.
And this was only the beginning. As time went on, zombies would grow stronger, and more mutated types would appear. Flesh hives would spread across the entire city, and everywhere there would be mutated zombies capable of leaping dozens of meters, possessing strength in the tens of tons, and charging with impact forces reaching hundreds or even thousands of tons.
Compared to that future, the current situation didn’t even qualify as an appetizer.
Using advertising boards and wrecked vehicles as cover, Chi You slowly moved toward the other side of the street.
For a distance of less than 500 meters, it took him a full 20 minutes.
By the time he reached the corner of the street, a thin layer of sweat had formed on his forehead.
At this point, there was no more cover around him. The zombies wandering in the plaza immediately noticed him. Enjoying the story? Read on at g.com.
Chi You no longer suppressed his footsteps. His agility, more than twice that of an ordinary person, burst forth at full force. Before a zombie horde could form, he turned a corner and swiftly disappeared from their line of sight.
After leaving the shopping center, the number of zombies dropped significantly.
Low-level zombies were drawn to sound. The more zombies there were in a place, the more they would attract even more zombies. So in the early stages of the apocalypse, zombies were not evenly distributed throughout the city.
It was more like tribal clusters—each area had a large zombie group. Outside these clusters, it was relatively safer. This was why some cowardly people, despite not leveling up, could still survive in the city for a long time.
[Experience +2]
With a single slash, Chi You beheaded a zombie. As he glanced around the nearby shops, he met several pairs of eyes. The moment those people saw his gaze, they shrank back like frightened rats.
Chi You ignored them and climbed through a broken window into a small shop nearby.
In his previous life, he probably would have captured those people.
Each person, each day’s supply at night—if the numbers were large enough, the returns would be quite considerable.
But things were different now. He didn’t have a safe base. Capturing them would be pointless.
Chi You sat on a relatively clean table inside the shop, took out a piece of chocolate and let it melt in his mouth, then opened his status panel.
Player: Chi You
Level: 2
Experience: 48/100
Card Inventory: 3/25 (increases by 5 slots per level)
Title: None
Base Attributes (including Ice Jade bonus):
Strength: 20
Agility: 28
Constitution: 18
(Note: Values are rounded to two decimal places and not displayed)
Free Attribute Points: 0
Resistance: Frost Resistance 30%
Skills: …
Equipment: Ice Jade (Sub-Legendary Grade), Featherfall Ring (Gold Grade)
“Still 26 kills to level up.”
Chi You glanced at the time. It was now 4:10 PM. Darkness would fall at exactly 6:00 PM and last until 6:00 AM the next day. Although different parts of the planet experienced day and night at different times, it was always balanced—12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness. Even the North and South Poles followed this rule. It was completely unscientific, but with the Apocalypse Game already here, no one cared about such details.
At night, zombies’ attributes would collectively increase by 50%.
On the first day, zombies had base attributes of 10 in all four primary attributes. With a 50% increase, that became 15.
For the current Chi You, this wasn’t a problem. But he had no intention of hunting at night.
Night didn’t just enhance zombies—it also severely weakened human vision and other senses.
Besides, Chi You needed rest as well.
Risking danger to stay up all night hunting on the first day, only to be exhausted the next day and forced to find a place to sleep before going out again at night—what kind of idiotic decision would that be?
Before 6:00 PM, he would try to reach Level 3 and find a safe place to stay. That would complete today’s objectives.
Chi You swallowed the bitter chocolate, took a sip of water, and left the shop with the rest of his supplies.
People in the nearby shops watched him eagerly. A few looked like they wanted to say something but ultimately shrank back obediently.
Chi You crossed the street. On the next street, there were also not many zombies—only a dozen or so, scattered in small groups of two or three.
After observing for a moment, he made no attempt to hide himself. Dragging Ice Jade, he charged straight toward the nearest three zombies.
The zombies suddenly turned their heads and lunged at him with roars. Their movements weren’t slow, but in Chi You’s eyes—with 34 Spirit and 28 Agility—it was like watching slow motion.
He even had time to adjust the angle of his strike. The moment he aligned it perfectly, strength and icy energy erupted together. The Ice Jade, over 1.6 meters long, used its absolute reach advantage to sweep across their necks from beyond their striking distance.
Three heads flew into the air at the same time.