[Warning!
Death in the game is real death.
Does Player Yuna Bishop choose to enter the game?]
“Yes!”
[Player has entered the Zombie Apocalypse instance.
Initial spawn point: Nightmare: Willowbank First Hospital.]
[Clearance Condition: Survive for 30 days.]
[Clearance Reward: 50 Experience Points, 500,000 RMB.]
[Notice: The number of players has surged.
The current time is three years post-disaster.
Resources are extremely scarce!]
Yuna Bishop stood in a dilapidated, dust-covered hospital room.
The moment she opened her eyes, she saw a ferocious-looking zombie lunging at her.
“!!!”
‘It’s this intense right from the start?’
‘But to earn money for Grandma, she had to grit her teeth and face it, no matter how terrifying the scene.’
Yuna Bishop immediately dove to the ground, dodging the zombie’s attack just in time as she grabbed its legs and pulled with all her might!
The once-standing zombie was instantly slammed to the ground.
Yuna Bishop scrambled back to her feet, snatched a nearby chair, and smashed it viciously onto the zombie’s spine!
Once, twice…
She didn’t stop until the system’s notification rang in her ears, and the zombie on the floor, now a pile of mangled flesh, transformed into a gift package.
[Player successfully killed a Tier 1 Common Zombie, obtained Newbie Gift Package, Clearance Reward +0.1 RMB.
Combat Panel unlocked.
Please check it at your convenience.]
‘How much?’
‘Ten cents?’
‘One zombie for ten cents??’
Yuna Bishop was stunned!
Her eyes widened, and she almost suspected there was something wrong with her hearing!
‘Good grief, killing a zombie is worth the same as picking up an empty water bottle off the street?!’
‘She knew zombies weren’t worth much, but she never imagined they’d be *this* worthless!!’
However, this wasn’t the time to worry about that.
Yuna Bishop’s gaze fell on the Newbie Gift Package.
[Newbie Gift Package: Open to receive random starting supplies.]
She opened the Newbie Gift Package without hesitation.
It flashed!
[Congratulations, Player, you have obtained a Sharp Knife (+6 Attack Damage) and Backpack Grids ×2.]
‘A weapon and backpack grids…
I must be pretty lucky, right?’
Following the system’s earlier prompt, she opened her character panel.
[Talent—Lucky Garbage Collector LV1 (0/50): 10% chance to obtain double supplies, 1% chance to obtain triple supplies.]
[Physical Strength Value: 70/70]
[Backpack Grids: 0]
[Combat Blood Volume: 14/14]
[Attack Damage: 1+6]
[Defense: 1]
[Movement Speed: 5]
The quest panel only showed the main quest: survive for 30 days.
Yuna Bishop immediately used the Backpack Grids.
Wasting no time, she took her small knife and began to search the room.
The hospital room was quite dilapidated, with a thick layer of dust covering the floor.
The searchable areas were all in plain sight.
Thanks to the bonus from her Talent, she could easily distinguish which places might hold supplies and which were empty.
In the entire room, she only found a roll of Disinfectant Bandage (+11 Blood Volume) and a piece of candy (+3 Emotion Value).
‘Resources really are extremely scarce.’
Yuna Bishop casually tossed the bandage into one of her Backpack Grids and cautiously approached the door of the hospital room to observe the outside.
“Pfft, what a crappy Newbie Gift Package!”
A man, about six feet tall, walked out of a hospital room, cursing and muttering.
She could tell that, like her, he was also a player.
“Damn my luck, starting out in a godforsaken place like a hospital.”
‘So there are other players here…’
Seeing him appear, Yuna Bishop’s eyes glinted.
She immediately put her knife into her inventory and quietly peeked her head out.
There were no zombies in the dimly lit corridor.
The player had a grim expression; he didn’t look like someone to mess with.
‘There are a hundred thousand players in this game, and most of them are here for the money.
How many of them could possibly be decent people?’
‘Yuna Bishop included.
She was no saint herself.’
“Excuse me, are you also—”
Yuna Bishop stepped cautiously out of the room and asked apprehensively.
“A player?”
The man looked Yuna Bishop up and down, his attitude unreadable.
“Yes!”
Yuna Bishop nodded quickly, looking like a naive and easily bullied high school student.
Just then, a small, thin man walked out of the room to their right.
“Well, well, a woman.”
One floor, three players.
As the roars of zombies echoed continuously from the other rooms, the atmosphere between the three of them grew tense.
“Um, shouldn’t we get out of this hospital quickly?”
Yuna Bishop had a bad feeling, not because of the two players, but because of the hospital itself.
‘Nightmare: Willowbank First Hospital.’
‘It sounds dangerous.
Better to leave as soon as possible.’
“No rush.”
The man who looked to have the highest Combat Power smirked, tossing a dagger up and down in his hand.
“What did you two get from your Newbie Gift Packages?
And what are your Talents?”
Hearing this, the expression of the man who had come out last changed.
‘This guy’s planning to rob us.’
“I got a piece of candy and a roll of bandages, which can restore Emotion Value and Blood Volume.
My Talent is Scavenger, which makes it easier to find supplies.”
Yuna Bishop answered obediently, taking the items out from the pocket of her hospital gown.
Of the three, she was the easiest to kill—thin and sickly-looking, as if a gust of wind could blow her over.
“You’re a smart one, sis.
From now on, Tiger will have your back.”
Seeing Yuna Bishop’s action, Tiger grinned.
He unceremoniously stepped forward and took the supplies from her hands, then turned his gaze to the other man, Scrawny.
“What about you?”
“…”
Scrawny shot Yuna Bishop a vicious glare.
‘Damn it, I got a Crossbow!’
‘From this distance…’
Scrawny moved his hand behind his back, revealing a faint metallic glint.
Yuna Bishop’s sharp eyes caught it, and she quietly tugged on Tiger’s clothes.
Tiger’s expression instantly darkened.
He strode forward and slapped Scrawny across the face, hard enough to make him see stars.
“Nice little toy.”
Tiger laughed as he looked at the Crossbow in his hand.
This was much better than his crappy dagger.
“What’s your Talent?”
“…Sprinting Champion.
It increases speed.”
‘Bitch!’
Scrawny lowered his head, covering his face as he answered reluctantly, his eyes filled with venomous hatred.
“Here, take this.”
Tiger “generously” returned the piece of candy to Yuna Bishop.
“Thank you, Tiger.”
Yuna Bishop thanked him in a soft, weak voice, looking completely harmless.
‘One arrogant, one venomous.
The system really knows how to pick “teammates” for me.’
“What were you saying earlier about leaving the hospital?”
“Doesn’t the hospital’s name have the prefix ‘Nightmare’?
That’s why I think it must be very dangerous here.
We should leave as soon as possible and find a shelter.”
As soon as Yuna Bishop’s voice fell, the system’s voice immediately rang in the ears of all three players.
[Players have triggered a side quest: Escape from Nightmare: Willowbank First Hospital.]
[Reward: Backpack Grids ×2 (obtained by killing an Elite-level zombie), Disinfectant Bandages ×2, Antibiotics ×2.]
[Hint: Zombies become more dangerous at night!]