Chapter 1 The Game Arrives
"Damn it!! Charge! Charge! What are you even doing..."
"What kind of game is this trash playing? Get lost! You're such a spoilsport!"
"Boss, a pack of cigarettes and 5 yuan's worth of water, please!"
In the dimly lit, stuffy internet cafe, Jiang Baiyue tried to ignore the surrounding noise and controlled the little figure on the computer to move nimbly. When the boss was about to launch a skill, she would immediately retreat, and when the skill ended, she would attack from behind.
"Congratulations to the survivor 'Lying Flat Salty Fish' for defeating the Eyeball Zombie and obtaining 1 A-grade resource box and 1 base manager identity card."
"You have completed the tutorial mission. Now, officially begin your survival journey. May you die and be reborn soon!"
Jiang Baiyue leaned closer to the screen, her eyes wide. What the heck? What kind of bizarre blessing is this?
No wonder your crappy game has such a pitifully low rating; it's no wonder people are complaining about it.
She turned off the screen, logged out of her platform account, and left the smoky internet cafe with a frown.
Pushing open the door and smelling the fresh air, Jiang Baiyue felt as if she had come back to life.
My roommate's boyfriend should have left by now... We clearly agreed that we couldn't bring our boyfriends back when we shared the apartment, these people really have no sense of contract.
It was a weekend, and the streets were bustling with cars and people. Some people were strolling around with friends, chatting about their holidays and travel experiences, while others were leisurely walking with their elderly family members.
Suddenly, a trembling arrow appeared in front of Jiang Baiyue. Just as she thought she was hallucinating while playing the game, she heard a scream.
"Ah—!! It's gone!"
"Dad! Dad, where are you?!"
"Oh my god, a person has suddenly appeared out of nowhere! What's going on?! An alien invasion?"
"Should I call...the police?"
A scream rang out, and chaos erupted. Some people vanished into thin air right before everyone's eyes, and then more and more people disappeared.
Jiang Baiyue swallowed hard. The driver of a luxury car on the road also disappeared into thin air. The out-of-control car rear-ended the car in front, and one of them exploded with a loud bang.
Pedestrians on the roadside were knocked unconscious by the blast wave, and some had their clothes set on fire...
Within ten seconds, the street descended into complete chaos.
A cold, mechanical voice suddenly appeared in Jiang Baiyue's mind. She looked around in surprise and doubt, and found that the others also had strange expressions.
"You...you have voices in your head too?"
"Yes, yes, yes, there's a voice talking!"
Welcome, humans of Earth, to the Hunger Apocalypse Survival Game! Slay monsters, scavenge for supplies, arm yourselves—your journey to survival is about to begin!
【Kind tips:
1. You only have one life; dying in the game is the same as dying in real life.
2. New players will receive double the resources they loot for the first three days, so please take advantage of this opportunity;
3. Survival supplies can be looted anywhere, in any location. Please keep your eyes peeled and search carefully.
4. Players can silently recite the game panel name to view personal attributes, communicate, and trade!
As soon as the mechanical voice finished speaking, Jiang Baiyue felt her vision blur. When she saw clearly again, she was standing alone on an unfamiliar street.
A rotting monster was standing on a park bench nearby. Hearing the sound, it turned its head, saw Jiang Baiyue, and excitedly ran towards her.
Hehehe!
Isn't that a zombie?!
The monster had sunken eye sockets and bulging eyeballs. Its entire body was covered in rotting flesh, some of which even fell off as it moved.
There was an arrow in front of her, and Jiang Baiyue instinctively ran after it.
The zombie wasn't fast, and she quickly shook it off. However, there were still zombies in the shops along the street!
Jiang Baiyue ran with all her might, only hearing her own panting.
Twenty minutes later, in an open space in a park square, a large upside-down water droplet sign stood in front, indicating that the destination had been reached, and the shaking arrow disappeared.
[Base Administrator ID card detected. Congratulations, player, you've reached a safe base!]
Sprinting faster, Jiang Baiyue quickly pushed open the wooden door and ran into the base surrounded by wooden fences.
Please name your base _______
"White Moon Base".
Jiang Baiyue turned around and found that the zombies seemed to have lost their target, even tilting their heads in a human-like manner, and then began to wander around aimlessly again.
No duplicate names found, naming successful!
[Congratulations to player "Lying Flat and Salty Fish" for being the first survivor to reach the safe base. Please draw your talent.]
Three semi-transparent frames appeared in front of her, containing various patterns that scrolled rapidly.
Do you have to match all three patterns to win?
"stop?"
bite--!
The scrolling pattern stopped; all three were a single, fiery eye.
[Congratulations to the player who casually drew the "Eagle Eyes" talent!]
[Sharp Eyes: You can identify any lootable resources and detect anomalies that ordinary players cannot; currently at a low level, you can only find 10% more resources than other players.]
The screen in front of me stayed for 3 seconds and then disappeared, and a new screen appeared.
The top of the screen displays five functional areas: [Personal Attributes], [Backpack], [Regional Communication Area], [World Communication Area], and [Shop].
At the top of the personal profile page is Jiang Baiyue's headshot, with the background showing the entrance of an internet cafe and a glimpse of fruit from a fruit stand.
Below her headshot is her personal information.
Name: Jiang Baiyue
Nickname: Lying Flat Salty Fish
Level: 0
Talent: Sharp Eyes (Lv0: 0/1000)
Evolution value: 0/100
Health: 50/50
Hunger level: 23/100
Pressure value: 40/100
Stamina: 80/100
Damage: 7
Defense value: 1
Source Energy: /
Superpower: /
equipment:/
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This familiar interface is exactly the "Hunger Apocalypse" game she just played!
She clicked through the other pages one by one and found them to be almost identical.
Good heavens! The game has come to life?!
Jiang Baiyue stood up and looked at the center of the low wooden fence, where there was a dilapidated wooden house, a solar street lamp, and a warehouse that looked like a shipping container.
This is exactly the configuration of the game's initial base.
Jiang Baiyue opened the door of the wooden house, and inside there was only a golden box—an A-grade resource box?
She pried open the clasp on the box.
The box contained an iron axe, a basic condenser blueprint, a workbench blueprint, a red diamond-shaped crystal, a snack gift pack, and four cans of tuna.
It contains weapons, food, and blueprints; the resources are plentiful, after all, this is the highest-level resource box.
Jiang Baiyue picked up the red rhombus-shaped crystal.
[Should players who are just lying around using alien energy cores to awaken their abilities?]
Jiang Baiyue answered without hesitation, "The zombies have appeared. Without superpowers, we don't have the confidence to go out and scavenge for supplies."
[The player has awakened a special ability; please check it yourself.]
Upon reopening the personal attributes page, Jiang Baiyue's attributes had changed.
Name: Jiang Baiyue
Nickname: Lying Flat Salty Fish
Level: 0
Talent: Sharp Eyes (Lv0: 0/1000)
Evolution value: 0/100
Health: 50/50
Hunger level: 23/100
Pressure value: 40/100
Stamina: 80/100
Damage: 7
Defense value: 1
Source Energy: 50/50
Special Ability: Fireball (Lv0: 0/10)
Equipment: Iron Axe
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