“Kill!”
Yuto’s eyes were red.
His heartbeat was so fast it felt like it was about to leap out of his chest, and his entire body was flushed crimson, like a boiled lobster.
He felt as if some kind of shackle inside his body had been violently broken open.
It was like a key had unlocked the long-sealed restraints within him.
In an instant…
A tearing pain came from deep within his bone marrow, as if countless steel needles were gnawing at his bones.
Immediately afterward…
A scalding current of heat rushed from his spine straight to the top of his head, and the speed of his blood flow suddenly soared.
All that remained in his ears was his own heartbeat, pounding like a war drum.
Every beat carried such force that even his gums went numb.
His pupils suddenly contracted, and under the catalysis, his strength surged and swelled continuously.
The muscle fibers beneath his skin let out crackling sounds.
The next second…
He grabbed a fire axe from the ground, dropped by who knew who, and his figure moved so fast that it left afterimages behind.
With sharp instinct, he dodged the mucus sprayed by the Boomer once again.
“Found you!”
The boy’s gaze was as sharp as a hawk’s.
Under the perception of sword intent, he instantly locked onto the Boomer cunningly hiding among the corpse horde.
Swish!
The axe blade was thrown with all his strength, tearing through the air with a sharp whistling sound before chopping into its bloated body.
“Pshk—”
Rotten fluid splattered everywhere.
A huge wound was split open across the Boomer’s body, and the organs inside spilled all over the ground mixed with mucus.
It let out a shrill scream and tried to counterattack, but Yuto dodged sideways.
The kukri machete suddenly fell, accurately cutting through its neck.
Cleanly and decisively, he severed its throat.
[Player—Yuto has successfully killed a Special Infected—Boomer.
Reward: 800 Points!]
“Drive the fucking bus!”
Rushing into the cabin, Yuto kicked away the endless stream of zombies lunging at them and roared at Hayato.
Hayato had already climbed into the driver’s seat.
With trembling hands, he inserted the key, and the engine started with a roar.
Rumble rumble rumble!!!
The school bus suddenly charged forward, continuously knocking away several zombies blocking the road.
The “crunch” of the wheels rolling over rotten flesh made everyone’s scalps go numb. This story is hosted at g.com.
The school bus had just driven out of the parking lot…
When the Charger’s figure actually appeared again in the rearview mirror.
That damned monster was actually so persistent that it had chased after them.
Its speed had not slowed in the slightest, and in the blink of an eye, it slammed into them.
The impact almost overturned the entire bus.
Its sharp claws continuously scraped deep marks into the body of the vehicle.
Hayama Hayato did everything he could to control the swaying school bus.
He stomped on the accelerator and finally managed to barely pull some distance away.
But the school bus’s horsepower was limited after all.
Even if it could temporarily pull ahead, it would soon be caught again.
Shaking off the Charger would be extremely difficult.
While Yuto’s flow state had not yet ended…
The black-haired boy flipped out through the window and leapt onto the roof of the bus.
He grabbed the Grenade Launcher and aimed it at the Charger.
“Boom!”
The grenade roared out, dragging a brilliant flaming tail behind it before exploding violently against the Charger’s body.
“Boom—!!!”
The bursting firelight and shockwave instantly swallowed that burly figure.
The Charger’s body was blown apart.
Rotten flesh and shattered bones rained down from the air like a bloody storm.
[Player—Yuto has successfully killed a Special Infected—Charger.
Reward: 1000 Points!]
The final Special Infected had finally been dealt with.
“Fuck!”
Only after the school bus suddenly accelerated and rushed out did he lean against the bus door, gasping for breath.
At this moment, the fatigue from activating flow began surging over him in waves.
Yuto leaned tiredly against the seat, watching the ruined campus continuously recede outside the window.
The smell of blood and decay in the air was still heavy.
Inside the bus, only everyone’s rough breathing and Tobe’s unconscious groans remained.
In the battle just now, every dodge and every swing of the axe had been as precise as if calibrated by a machine, without the slightest wasted movement.
And all of this was thanks to that mysterious ability.
[Extreme Realm Stage 1 · Flow (1/20)]
According to the death game’s explanation, the state of breaking through one’s own limits was called the Extreme Realm.
When humans faced life-threatening danger and the fear of death, those with powerful obsessions could stimulate their latent potential.
This was the first stage of the Extreme Realm.
However, after activating the Extreme Realm, the vast majority of people would overdraw their bodies’ power so severely that they exceeded the limits their flesh could bear, falling into extreme pain and physical collapse afterward.
Most players who activated the first stage would die because they could not endure the side effects.
Only as the number of activations increased, once the body adapted to this state, would the aftereffects gradually lessen until they disappeared completely. Find the original chapter at g.com.
Just now, at the instant Yuto was about to be swallowed by the corpse tide, he had activated the Extreme Realm.
Although it had let him erupt with combat power several times beyond ordinary humans in an instant, the price he paid also left him shaken.
At that moment, he had never felt death so close to him before.
The rapid rise in body temperature had almost cooked him alive.
That was absolutely not a temperature a normal person could endure.
After activating the Extreme Realm, his bodily organs had instantly fallen into a state of failure.
If not for his cheat ability, he would probably have collapsed and died by now.
That ninety percent death rate really was horrifying.
Fortunately, his cheat panel had helped him avoid the risk of death.
As long as he activated it a few more times, he should be able to completely master this skill.
…
Time slowly passed.
Before he knew it…
Due to excessive stamina consumption, Yuto actually fell asleep.
Rumble…
rumble…
The low rumble of the engine continuously entered Yuto’s ears, causing him to slowly open his eyes.
The moment he woke up, Yuto felt his muscles aching, his head dizzy and swollen.
It was as if he had been starving for ten days.
He was hungry and utterly exhausted.
He had no idea how much time had passed while he was asleep.
Through the window, he could see that the school bus was safely and steadily driving along the road.
Although the sky was dim, night had not yet fallen.
Outside the window, the falling snow had clearly begun to accumulate.
Snow had already built up along the roadside.
Snowflakes scattered down in a flurry, as if they would never stop.
It made this empty city look especially desolate.
Because Hayato had turned on the heater, the bus interior was not particularly cold.
“You’re awake?”
A cool voice suddenly came from beside his ear.
Yuto withdrew his gaze and saw a pretty face carrying a trace of worry.
“How long did I sleep?” Yuto took the water bottle the girl handed him and gulped down more than half of it in one breath before he finally felt less thirsty.
“Two hours and twelve minutes,” Yukino answered.
“That long…?” Yuto was slightly dazed.
Activating the Extreme Realm placed considerable strain on a player.
Right now, he felt so hungry that he could barely stand it, as if he could eat an entire buffet.