Chapter 2: First Battle

Looking at the falling stars outside, Rong Xianxian hurriedly picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table. The phone showed April 21, Tuesday, sunny, 23:59.

Rong Xianxian was stunned for a moment, and the memory of her hard struggle to survive came flooding back. Was it a dream, or an experience from a past life?

Looking at the child sleeping soundly beside her, Rong Xianxian's heart was filled with relief at having regained what she had lost. No matter if it was a dream or a past life, since God had given her a chance to start over, this time I must give my child a quality and dignified life, instead of struggling in such a miserable way.

Rong Xianxian put on her clothes quickly, putting on a loose windbreaker, a beret on her head, and a black anti-smog mask, which she had in stock when the smog was severe in previous years.

In her previous life, she heard from an older brother in the same industry that when the stars fell, he was drinking and eating skewers outside, and a ball of light fell not far from them.

There were seven or eight of them, and after drinking, they joked that the glowing things must be treasures.

When I arrived at the place where the ball of light landed, I didn't see any treasure, but I saw a monster that looked like a cow, and the monster was motionless.

The big brother wanted to run away at that time, but a drunk buddy went up and kicked the monster. The monster roared, and its two horns banged the buddy through.

The rest of the people ran away.

We ran to the tavern and one of them said stop, the monster didn't chase us, so we can't move, or we can go back and take a look.

A group of people shook their heads like rattles. The eldest brother said, what are you looking at? Call the police immediately, dial 120, and call Lei Zi’s wife to see if the person can be saved.

"Yes, yes, yes," everyone nodded in agreement.

As a result, a group of people took out their mobile phones and were dumbfounded. There was no signal, even the mobile phones had no signal. They went to see if the boss had a landline in the store.

Thinking of this, Rong Xianxian remembered that the eldest brother said with a sad face that he later learned that the monsters that had just landed could not leave the landing area before dawn, and the first batch of monsters that landed would 100% drop rare items and top-level basic skills.

Rong Xianxian put the baton from home into her backpack, took a boning knife in her hand, locked the door, and went downstairs.

She had seen a ball of light fall into the yard in front of the building along the street behind. Her passive waiting in her previous life was due to her belief in Ning Qingyun's ability and her failure to anticipate how bad things would turn out, and also because she was worried about the two young children.

At that time, we also saw balls of light falling. If we hadn’t experienced it, who would have known that these balls of light contained the chips for survival?

Rong Xianxian came to the place where she had just seen the ball of light fall. She moved very carefully. Although she knew that the monster had just landed and was sleeping, she still searched carefully. She searched the entire yard but did not find the monster.

It fell here for sure. Rong Xianxian recalled the scene she saw before. Her eyes fell on the rose bush in front of the yard. Not all monsters were big. Sometimes small and fast-moving monsters were more deadly.

She looked at the rose that had a corner crushed, took out the baton from her bag, gently pulled it out, and slowly used it to push aside the flowers. Under the dim street light, a pair of strange vertical pupils stared at her fiercely.

Rong Xianxian's legs felt a little weak. She resisted the urge to run away and observed the monster. It was not big, about the size of a cat, with long ears erect, and it seemed that it had very sensitive hearing. Its strange vertical pupils were cold and ferocious. Rong Xianxian had killed many monsters in her previous life, but had never seen a monster like this one.

If Rong Xianxian lived long enough, she would not be unfamiliar with it.

This monster is called Cangli. It moves as fast as the wind, is best at sneak attacks, and has an extremely high IQ. It wasn't until the fifth year of the apocalypse that one was caught.

Rong Xianxian, who had lived for less than a year in her previous life, did not realize how terrifying this monster was. The child was still at home, so she had to fight quickly.

Not knowing how big the restricted area of this monster was, Rong Xianxian used a baton that was more than one meter long to smash the monster's head hard.

With a sharp cry, the monster instantly expanded to twice its size. It turned out that the hair on the monster's body stood up like steel needles. The baton hit the standing hair on the monster's head with a bang. Rong Xianxian felt her arm numb, and the monster's blue vertical pupils gradually filled with a blood color. Rong Xianxian felt a needle-like pain in her head. She knelt on the ground with her head in her hands, and unconsciously practiced the skills of absorbing spiritual energy that she had learned in her previous life.

In her previous life, she practiced hard for a month before she could feel the spiritual energy entering her body, but this time, she could feel the spiritual energy entering her body as soon as she practiced the skills. After entering the body, the spiritual energy automatically flowed along the meridians to the head, and soon the pain in the head gradually eased. The monster saw that her brows were relaxed and the blood color in her eyes was getting deeper and deeper. Every time the blood color in the monster's eyes deepened, the pain on Rong Xianxian's face became more severe. Rong Xianxian tried her best to practice the skills, feeling extremely depressed. She thought killing an immobile monster would be a matter of minutes, but why did she encounter a monster that attacked with the mind.

Little did she know that Cangli was feeling even more aggrieved. It was a master at hidden sneak attacks, as fast as lightning, and its strikes were always fatal. Its own defense was not outstanding, so whenever it was confronted head-on, it was forced to use mental attacks, as every bit of mental energy consumed was consuming its vitality.

The confrontation between the man and the monster lasted a long time. The sky gradually faded from darkness, the blood color in Cang Li's eyes became lighter and lighter, and its size was gradually shrinking. Its fur, which was as hard as steel needles, looked like withered weeds, and Rong Xianxian's breathing became longer and longer.

She let out a long breath and opened her eyes. She looked up at the residential buildings along the street. A middle-aged man was looking over here from the window on the twelfth floor. Even at such a long distance, the man's facial features were clearly visible to her. The monster's faint breathing made her realize that her hearing was much more sensitive than before.

Rong Xianxian felt that she was in great shape now, and her body seemed to be lighter.

I have heard in my previous life that the spiritual energy was particularly rich when the world first changed, but I didn’t expect it to be so much better than the later stable period. No wonder most of the people who obtained the skills in the early days were very powerful.

Rong Xianxian put away her baton, took out a boning knife, and stabbed at the monster's eyes. Cang Li jumped up in horror, but still couldn't escape the attack. Bang, the knife stabbed into the monster's body.

Cang Li's body twitched a few times and finally drooped down weakly.

A ball of light slowly emerged from the monster's body.

Rong Xianxian grabbed the ball of light, and the light around the ball of light slowly dissipated, revealing a sachet.

There was no time to check what this thing was. Rong Xianxian grabbed the monster's body and walked into the entrance of the underground garage. It was getting brighter now. There were more or less people watching in each building. Although she was wearing a hat and a mask and was not afraid of being recognized, she could not walk on the ground. It was a good opportunity to go to the underground garage to get some things and avoid everyone's sight.

When she returned home and went to the master bedroom, the two children were still sleeping soundly. There was still some time before dawn, so Rong Xianxian opened the windows of the other bedrooms, the living room, dining room, activity room, bathroom, and kitchen to let the air filled with rich spiritual energy flow in.

In her previous life, she only saw a scene of falling stars and was completely unaware of the drastic changes in the world, so she slept soundly until dawn.

When she got up early to make breakfast for her children, she heard a shrill scream outside the window. She went to the window and looked out. An animal like a big dog was knocking a man who was doing morning exercises to the ground and biting off his neck with one bite.

She frantically took out her cell phone to call the police, but found there was no signal.

At that time, she heard the screams and roars of wild beasts outside and realized what was happening. She could only wait passively with her two children.

"Mom" the daughter stood behind her with sleepy eyes.

(End of this chapter)