(Parallel world, Earth!)
On the dilapidated and desolate street, a young man with tattered clothes and unkempt hair moved cautiously, his cold but piercing eyes scanning his surroundings warily.
The young man's name was Yang Shen. He was a survivor in this small county town, and there weren't many people like him left alive here today.
In the distance, some humanoid monsters wandered aimlessly through the streets and alleys, occasionally emitting strange hoarse sounds from their throats.
As you can see, the monsters' chests are emitting a ghostly blue light.
Those monsters were originally human, but three years ago, everything changed.
Yang Shen still remembers—
Three years ago, a great scientist claimed to have discovered spatial dimensions and researched spatial forces, gaining global renown.
Then, many scientists around the world joined together, seemingly wanting to try to open up theoretical wormholes in space.
And then—
That was it. The disaster came too suddenly. A blue fog appeared over the Pacific Ocean and spread across the globe within a single day.
Most living things on the blue planet, including humans and other animals, have been infected to varying degrees.
When a creature is infected with the virus, it first experiences a severe cold and high fever, followed by its heart turning blue, and a blue light emanating from its chest can be seen at night.
Once infected creatures sense living things, they will relentlessly tear them apart and devour them.
The apocalypse began just like that. Yang Shen still remembers that about a week after the apocalypse started, the power was still on, there was still a wireless signal, and there were radio broadcasts. It was estimated that less than one in ten humans on the entire planet Earth had not been infected.
After the apocalypse, Yang Shen lost his parents and relatives, and struggled to survive with a few other survivors.
However, in their repeated search for food, they encountered infected individuals, and their companions died one by one.
Just two weeks ago, the last of his companions was also killed by infected people while searching for food.
What keeps Yang Shen alive until now is that he has a younger sister, and it's almost certain that she's still alive.
I remember a little over a week after the apocalypse, when the power was still on, my younger sister, who was in high school in Shanghai, suddenly called to say that she and a group of elderly professors had been evacuated ahead of time and were protected by the military.
Yang Shen's only wish now is to find his sister.
At this moment, Yang Shen, holding a rough machete, gently dug through the bricks and stones from the corner of the wall and dug out the newly grown melon vines.
This is his food for today. Although he wanted to wait for the melon vines to grow and bear fruit, he was afraid he would have starved to death by then.
The nearby shops were either completely sold out of food or were teeming with infected people.
When those infected people go berserk, they move at speeds comparable to sports cars.
Over the course of three years, some of the infected individuals appear to have mutated and evolved, even capable of overturning cars.
Not only that, even the cats and mice have mutated, and one wrong move could lead to utter ruin.
Yang Shen dared not take any risks.
It's worth mentioning that the machete in Yang Shen's hand was created using his own supernatural abilities.
His special ability, which he awakened just a few days ago, is a precise control ability that allows him to manipulate tiny particles and modify the shape of objects.
In addition, objects whose shapes he modifies will exhibit some strange data.
For example, the data displayed on the machete in his hand is: LV0:01
Yang Shen didn't know what the data meant. He tried many methods, but nothing worked, so he ignored it.
He felt that his superpower was really trash, too useless, because his physique and strength did not improve at all, and it was of little help to his life.
But it's still a superpower, so maybe it will become stronger in the future?
"Roar..." "Awooo..."
Suddenly, the infected in the distance let out a roar, followed by a burst of gunfire.
Yang Shen was startled and quickly shrank into the corner. While remaining vigilant, he also secretly hoped that there would be no other living people in Heyang County. He hadn't seen any other living people for almost half a month.
But at the end of the street, four or five raggedly dressed people ran toward them, shooting at the infected who were chasing them.
However, the deafening gunshots attracted even more infected people, and the infected people, despite having guns, were caught off guard and confused.
"Help me..."
Suddenly, one of them tripped over some trash on the road and was pounced on and bitten by three or four infected people in the next moment.
The other four men didn't even look, firing as they fled, wasting many bullets.
Upon seeing this, Yang Shen immediately turned and ran.
"Hey buddy up ahead, help me...!"
Suddenly someone called out from behind.
Yang Shen ran even faster. What a joke! Those people had guns, while he didn't even have one. Was he going to go looking for death?
“Follow that man. He must have a safe route to survive in the west of the city,” a young man said.
"Big brother's right, keep up with that guy..."
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Yang Shen ran wildly all the way. The three years of apocalypse honed his long-distance running skills, allowing him to sprint two thousand meters at top speed without even breaking a sweat.
Many of those who survived to this day are fast runners; those who are slow runners are all dead.
As Yang Shen passed a wall, he used a pre-placed stepping stone to propel himself up, leaped over the 2.5-meter wall, and entered the residential area.
The eyes of the people behind them immediately lit up.
"As expected, those who have survived until now are not just lucky. Once we get over this wall, the infected will be impossible to track down, because the residential area inside this wall only has one gate, but that gate is on the other side..."
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After entering the residential area, Yang Shen slowed his pace but did not slow down as he circled around the area.
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