[WARNING! Death in the game means real death in reality. Does player Song Yu choose to enter the game?]
“Yes!”
[Player has entered the Zombie Apocalypse instance. Initial landing location: Nightmare – Yangliu City First Hospital]
[Clear condition: Survive for 30 days]
[Clear reward: 50 experience points, 500,000 RMB]
[Notice: The number of players has surged. It is currently three years post-disaster, and resources are extremely scarce!]
Song Yu stood inside a dusty, dilapidated ward. The moment she opened her eyes, she saw a ferocious-looking zombie lunging at her.
“!!!”
Is it going to be this intense right from the start?
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However, in order to make money to save her grandmother, she had to bite the bullet and push through even the most terrifying scenarios.
Song Yu immediately lunged forward, narrowly dodging the zombie’s attack while wrapping her arms around its legs and pulling with all her might!
The standing zombie was instantly slammed to the ground. Song Yu quickly scrambled up, picked up a nearby chair, and fiercely smashed it into the zombie’s spine!
Once, twice… until the system’s notification sound rang in her ear, and the zombie lying on the ground melted into a puddle of mush before transforming into a gift box.
[Player successfully killed a Tier 1 Ordinary Zombie, obtained a Beginner’s Gift Box, Clear Reward +0.1 RMB, and unlocked the Combat Panel. Please check it yourself.]
How much?
Ten cents?
One zombie is worth ten cents?!
Song Yu was shocked!
She widened her eyes, almost doubting if something was wrong with her ears!
Good grief, killing a zombie pays the same price as picking up an empty water bottle on the side of the road?!
She knew zombies weren’t worth much, but she didn’t expect them to be this worthless!
Still, now wasn’t the time to worry about that. Song Yu’s gaze landed on the Beginner’s Gift Box.
[Beginner’s Gift Box: Open to obtain random initial supplies.]
She resolutely opened the Beginner’s Gift Box, and it flashed!
[Congratulations to the player for obtaining a Sharp Dagger (+6 attack damage) and Backpack Slots x2.]
A weapon and a backpack—Song Yu figured she must have decent luck, right?
According to the system’s previous prompt, she opened her personal panel.
[Talent – Lucky Scavenger Trash Goblin Lv.1 (0/50): Has a 10% chance to obtain double supplies, and a 1% chance to obtain triple supplies.]
[Stamina: 70/70]
[Backpack Slots: 0]
[Combat HP: 14/14]
[Attack Damage: 1+6]
[Defense: 1]
[Movement Speed: 5]
The task panel only had a single main quest to survive for 30 days. Song Yu immediately used her backpack expansion slots, wasting no time as she grabbed her dagger and began searching the room.
The ward was quite rundown, with a thick layer of dust blanketing the floor.
Everything that could be searched was laid out plain to view. With the bonus from her talent, she could easily distinguish which spots might conceal supplies and which ones had nothing.
Throughout the entire ward, she only found a roll of disinfectant bandages (+11 HP) and a piece of candy (+3 mood value).
Resources were indeed extremely scarce.
Song Yu casually tossed the bandages into her backpack slot and cautiously walked to the ward door to look outside.
“Bah, what kind of lousy beginner’s gift box is this!”
A man standing 1.8 meters tall walked out of a ward, cursing and grumbling. It was clear he was a player just like Song Yu.
“How totally unlucky, getting dropped straight into a ghost town like a hospital right at the start.”
Other players are here, huh…
Seeing him appear, Song Yu’s eyes flickered. She immediately put away her dagger and cautiously poked her head out.
The dimly lit hallway was free of zombies. The player looked grim, not someone easy to mess with.
There were 100,000 players in the game, and basically everyone entered for money. How many good guys could there be?
Even Song Yu was no angel.
“Excuse me, are you also—”
Song Yu cautiously stepped out from the room, asking with a nervous expression.
“A player?”
The man looked Song Yu up and down, keeping his attitude unreadable.
“Yeah!”
Song Yu nodded quickly, looking for all the world like an innocent and easy-to-bully high school student.
Right at that moment, a scrawny man walked out from a room on the right-hand side.
“Yo, we’ve got a woman too.”
Three players on a single floor, with the roars of zombies echoing continuously from other wards. The atmosphere among the three of them turned somewhat subtle.
“Um, shouldn’t we hurry up and leave this hospital?”
Song Yu felt a sense of foreboding—not coming from the two players, but from the hospital itself.
Nightmare – Yangliu City First Hospital.
Just the name sounded dangerous. It was best to leave sooner rather than later.
“No rush.”
The man who looked physically strongest smiled, flipping a dagger up and down in his hand.
“What did you guys get out of your beginner’s gift boxes? And what are your talents?”
Hearing those words, the expression of the man who had come out second shifted.
That guy was planning to shake them down.
“I got a piece of candy and a roll of bandages. They restore mood and HP. My talent is Scavenger, which makes it easier to find supplies.”
Song Yu answered very honestly, taking the items out of her hospital gown pocket.
Of the three of them, she was the easiest target—skinny and sickly-looking, someone who looked like a strong gust of wind could blow her over.
“Little sis is pretty sensible, huh? Brother Hu will look out for you from now on.”
Seeing Song Yu’s actions, Brother Hu grinned, stepping forward without a shred of politeness to confiscate the supplies from her hands before turning his gaze toward the skinny monkey-like man.
“And you?”
“…”
The skinny man glared fiercely at Song Yu. He had actually managed to pull a crossbow!
At such close range…
The skinny man put his hand behind his back, revealing a glint of metallic sharpness. With her sharp eyes, Song Yu caught sight of it and quietly tugged on Brother Hu’s clothes.
Brother Hu’s face instantly darkened. He took a few strides forward and slapped the skinny man right across the face, making his head spin with stars.
“Good stuff.”
Brother Hu smiled as he looked at the crossbow in his hand; this was way better than his crappy dagger.
“What’s your talent?”
“…Sprint Athlete. It boosts movement speed.”
Bitch!
The skinny man kept his head down, holding his face with a venomous look in his eyes as he unwillingly answered.
“Here, take this back.”
Brother Hu generously tossed the candy back to Song Yu.
“Thank you, Brother Hu,” Song Yu said in a soft, squeaky voice, looking completely harmless and innocent.
One arrogant, one venomous—the system really knew how to assign her [teammates].
“What did you mean earlier about leaving the hospital?”
“Doesn’t this hospital have ‘Nightmare’ in its prefix? So I figured it must be super dangerous here. We should leave as soon as possible and find a safe shelter.”
No sooner had Song Yu finished speaking than the system’s voice rang in the ears of all three players.
[Player has triggered side quest: Escape Nightmare – Yangliu City First Hospital]
[Reward: Backpack slots x2 (obtained by killing an elite-tier zombie), disinfectant bandages x2, antibiotics x2]
[Notice: Zombies become even more dangerous at night!]