A wave of dizziness washed over Chen Ke, who opened his swollen eyes and felt his throat burning with dryness.

"Ding-dong, Master, welcome to the dark apocalypse world!" The system's cheerful voice rang out.

Chen Ke: ""

There's no need to be so stimulating all at once.

He looked around and felt as if he were on the top floor of a building. Looking out, he saw that the city had become ruins, a desolate wasteland, with vultures circling overhead.

The fact that vultures that feed on carrion on the grasslands have now flown over the city speaks volumes.

Chen Ke opened his mouth, about to say he would receive the original owner's memories, but his throat was so dry and sore. He looked around and finally found a water tower in the southwest corner. Without thinking about anything else, Chen Ke climbed up the water tower and gulped down a lot of water before his throat finally felt better.

Sitting atop the water tower, Chen Ke began to receive the original owner's memories.

The moment the floodgates of memory opened, Chen Ke was almost shaken by a surge of intense hatred and despair. Those intense emotions were like a wet quilt draped over his body, damp and oppressive, making it hard to breathe.

Chen Ke was curious about what the original owner had gone through to have such great anger and hatred.

The original owner, Chen Ke, was abandoned by his parents at birth and grew up under various forms of bullying and humiliation until he was 15 years old. His parents took him back because he would be an adult in two or three years and could go out to work and earn money.

The original owner was kind and innocent by nature, and the miserable life in the orphanage did not diminish his cheerful and sunny disposition.

He never resented his parents. On the contrary, he was very grateful to be able to return to live with them. Even though he had a younger brother who had been pampered by his parents since childhood, he felt no jealousy towards him.

The original owner, who desperately craved family affection, not only took on all the housework, but also tried his best to remember the preferences of each family member. He would cook their favorite dishes for every meal and carefully prepare gifts for them on every memorable day. All that money was saved up penny by penny by collecting recyclables.

He tried to maintain this hard-won happiness by pleasing everyone.

Despite no one in his family remembering his birthday, despite his daily smiles that still drew disdain and glares from his younger brother, and despite his parents forgetting to give him his tuition, forcing him to work odd jobs to earn it himself…

It doesn't matter, the original owner silently told himself. At least now he has a father, a mother, and a younger brother. He already has a family. People shouldn't be greedy, otherwise God will take back everything he has now.

Until he graduated from university at the age of 22 and started working, the original owner felt that he was becoming more and more integrated into the family. His mother always said that he was a member of the family, so when his mother asked him to send living expenses back home every month, the original owner not only did not feel that something was wrong, but was also very happy, as it made him feel needed.

Moreover, the original owner now feels that he has everything: good brothers and a loving partner. He has never been so happy.

But happiness is sometimes like a bubble; one second you're immersed in it, and the next second the bubble bursts and nothing is left.

When he received his first official paycheck, he and his girlfriend had their first argument since they started dating. His girlfriend wanted him to use his paycheck to buy her a bag, but he had already given his paycheck to his parents. His girlfriend was furious when she found out, and he was at a loss.

Watching his girlfriend's departing figure, the original owner began frantically taking on part-time jobs. He naively believed that as long as he worked hard to earn money and bought his girlfriend that bag, she would be happy.

A month later, the original owner bought his girlfriend the bag she liked, and his girlfriend was indeed happy and forgave him. But not long after, he saw his good brother walking into the hotel where he worked part-time with his girlfriend, chatting and laughing.

The original owner couldn't believe it, feeling there must be some misunderstanding. Taking advantage of his work, he suddenly opened the hotel room door, and the entangled figures on the bed deeply stung his eyes.

What made it even more tragic for him was that the two of them not only didn't offer a single explanation, but also mocked him for only realizing it now.

It turns out that the two had slept together six months ago. The reason the original owner's girlfriend didn't break up with him was twofold: firstly, she thought he would soon be able to start working and have money to spend; secondly, the original owner's best friend thought it would be exciting to have an affair.

Even the original owner, with all her optimism and strength, couldn't bear such a thing. She returned home in a daze, only to wake up to find the world had changed. An unknown zombie virus suddenly swept the globe, infecting countless people who began biting others. Those bitten would turn into new zombies within minutes to an hour.

The city was in chaos, filled with cries of agony. The original owner ran out of the room in a panic, only to see his family packing their things and preparing to flee.

There was only one car in the house. Looking at the car piled high with stuff, the original owner suppressed his disappointment and said that he would just stay at home and let his parents take his younger brother to run around.

But this time, the original owner's parents did not give up on him. His mother threw all of his brother's clothes and shoes out of the car amidst his brother's angry shouts, making room for him.

The original owner was overjoyed and deeply moved. He treated his family with utmost kindness on the way, and he also awakened a superpower, which gave him the ability to fight against zombies.

Along the way, the original owner risked his life to protect his parents and younger brother, keeping them unharmed, just like before the apocalypse, but he himself was in a sorry state, looking like a homeless beggar.

After six months, they finally arrived at the last dangerous city before the safe base.

Once they cross this zombie-infested city, they can reach a safe base established by humans.

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