Xiao Yu suddenly woke up from the bed when he heard the sound of glass breaking.
Screams came from outside the window, mixed with the shrill sound of car alarms. He rushed to the window, and the scene before him made his pupils shrink suddenly - the streets were full of people running wildly, and behind them, there were groups of "people" chasing them.
No, that can no longer be called a human being.
Those "people" had grayish-blue skin, cloudy eyes, dark red blood at the corners of their mouths, and their movements were stiff yet incredibly swift. A man in a suit was thrown to the ground and torn to pieces in the blink of an eye.
"This...is this a zombie?" Xiao Yu felt his throat tighten. He took out his phone, but found that there was no signal and the network was also disconnected.
";Bang!";
There was the sound of something heavy falling next door, followed by a shrill scream. Xiao Yu pressed against the wall and heard chewing and tearing sounds coming from room 302, the home of Aunt Zhang, who lived alone.
"Help...Help!" There were hurried footsteps and cries for help in the corridor.
Xiao Yu clenched his fists, sweat dripping from his forehead. He glanced at his phone. It was 10:15 AM, so Lin Xue should still be at work. He trembled as he dialed the number, but only got a busy tone.
";Damn it!";
Suddenly, there was a loud banging sound on the door. Xiao Yu picked up the fruit knife on the table and stared at the door. The banging sound became louder and louder, and cracks began to appear on the wooden door.
";Bang!;"
The door collapsed with a loud bang, and a blood-soaked figure rushed in. It was Uncle Wang from downstairs. Half of his face had rotted away, revealing his bones.
Xiao Yu dodged the attack by leaning sideways, then stabbed the zombie in the back of the neck with his backhand. Smelly black blood spurted out, but the zombie seemed unaware and turned to pounce again.
At this moment, Xiao Yu noticed a faint blue light between the zombie's eyebrows. Without thinking too much, he stabbed at that spot with his knife.
There was a sound like breaking glass. The zombie fell to the ground, and a blue crystal the size of a rice grain rolled out from between its eyebrows.
Xiao Yu was panting heavily. Before he could check the crystal, he heard more footsteps coming from the corridor. He rushed to the window and found that dozens of zombies had gathered downstairs.
";We have to find a way to get out of here...";
Before he could finish his words, a sharp pain shot through the back of his head. Xiao Yu stumbled and turned, only to see another zombie appear behind him. His vision began to blur, and his consciousness gradually sank into darkness.
After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Yu felt himself floating in a void of space. A cold mechanical voice rang out in his mind:
[Abnormal host vital signs detected, the Heaven-Defying System is being activated...]
[System binding completed, initial ability obtained: Crystal Core Absorption]
[Detecting that the host has suffered fatal damage, activating hidden ability: mental manipulation]
Xiao Yu opened his eyes suddenly and found himself still lying on the floor of his apartment. The wound on the back of his head had healed, and the zombie that attacked him was standing there blankly.
Even more miraculous was that he felt a connection had been established between himself and the zombie. With just a thought, he could control its movements.
[Ding! A level one crystal nucleus has been found. Do you want to absorb it?]
Xiao Yu looked at the blue crystal on the ground and silently said "absorb". The crystal turned into a stream of light and sank into his brow.
[Absorption successful, mental strength +1]
Xiao Yu stood up, a sneer on his face. With this system, he could not only survive in this apocalyptic world, but also find the missing Lin Xue and rebuild humanity's home.
He walked to the window and looked at the dense crowd of corpses below, a gleam of light in his eyes.
";Let's start from here.";
Xiao Yu stood on the roof of the apartment building, overlooking the dead city.
The once bustling commercial street was now a shambles, blood-stained merchandise scattered in broken windows, and abandoned cars cluttered the streets. Occasionally, a few figures could be seen wandering the streets—lone zombies.
"Let's start at the nearby convenience store," Xiao Yu muttered to himself. With a thought, he controlled the zombie he had subdued to lead the way.
The glass door of the convenience store had long been shattered, and the shelves were tilted. Xiao Yu walked in quietly and quickly scanned the shelves. Most of the food had been looted, but he found a few boxes of mineral water and canned food in the storage room in the corner.
[Ding! Found supplies: 24 bottles of mineral water, 36 canned goods. Do you want to store them in the system?]
Xiao Yu's eyes lit up. He hadn't expected the system to have a storage function. With a thought, the supplies instantly disappeared and reappeared in the system space.
Suddenly, there was a rustling sound behind the shelves. Xiao Yu held his breath, his mental power quietly expanding. He sensed three life forms approaching.
";roar!";
A zombie in a shop assistant's uniform jumped out from behind the shelf. Xiao Yu was prepared and controlled the zombies he had subdued to meet it. As the two zombies fought each other, he took the opportunity to go around to the back and stabbed the shop assistant zombie in the forehead.
[Ding! Absorbing the first-level crystal core, mental power +1]
The other two zombies were also easily dealt with. Xiao Yu discovered that as his mental strength increased, the number of zombies he could control at the same time also increased.
Over the next few days, Xiao Yu used his apartment as his base and gradually cleared out the surrounding shops. He stored medicine from the pharmacy, tools from the hardware store, clothes from the clothing store...anything he could use into his system space.
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