Opening his eyes, Zhang Yun found himself in complete darkness, surrounded by a faint smell of blood and some indescribable odors, and the pain from the impact still lingered in the back of his head.
Although the pain was gradually subsiding as he woke up, Zhang Yun still sensed that something was wrong—
"Why is my energy-condensed body still injured after entering this world?!"
System: "Ahem, this body is not formed from condensed energy."
"...You didn't just find a dead person to possess me to save points, did you?"
System: "Master, you still understand me as always."
Zhang Yun: I'll f*** you!
"This world is dangerous, and your chances of dying are extremely high, so it's best not to use your points unless absolutely necessary."
"By the way, you got an extra reward for completing your last mission: an invulnerability card. It can only be used in one mission world. Do you want to use it now?"
"No need," Zhang Yun refused without even thinking.
The body's strength was gradually recovering, so Zhang Yun simply lay there and began to receive the original owner's memories.
The owner of this body is named Liang Tou, 24 years old, and works as a stock clerk in a large shopping mall.
The moment Zhang Yun received the name, his mind was filled with complaints.
Completely Cool? What bizarre parents gave their child this name?
What follows is Liang Tou's background, which further proves that one's name cannot be chosen haphazardly.
Liang Tou's parents died in a car accident when he was eight years old, and he was raised by his maternal grandparents.
He was introverted from a young age and didn't like to communicate with others, but fortunately he had good grades and was admitted to a prestigious university.
During his sophomore year, Liang Tou got a girlfriend.
Perhaps due to a lack of love since childhood, when someone was willing to date him, Liang Tou immediately became a devoted admirer, throwing his heart into his girlfriend.
He was completely devoted to his girlfriend and cared for her deeply, but unfortunately, he didn't last until his senior year of college before being dumped. And it was the kind of situation that men find most intolerable: being cheated on first and then dumped after discovering it.
Already devastated, Liang Tou was struck by the news that his grandfather had passed away from a heart attack. His grandmother, overwhelmed with grief, also passed away within three days. Suddenly left all alone, Liang Tou became despondent and dropped out of school.
After more than a year of recovery, Liang Tou found a job as a stock clerk in a large shopping mall in Mingzhu City to make a living.
Of course, all of that before was just filler to reach the word count; the main content begins today—
At noon on Saturday, May 17th, the end of the world suddenly arrived!
After ten minutes of darkness, more than half of humanity was infected and mutated, becoming what is known as zombification!
Although Liang Tou was not infected, he was in one of the largest shopping malls in Mingzhu City! And it was the fresh food section with the highest foot traffic!
As a result, Liang Tou, who was lucky enough not to be infected and not to be bitten or caught by zombies, was pushed onto a shelf by his panicked human companions as they fled, and was hit on the back of the head.
He dragged his injured body to the nearest small room where tools were kept, closed the door, and then died from excessive blood loss.
All right.
Zhang Yun thought it was just a modern romance drama, but it turned into a post-apocalyptic zombie drama in the blink of an eye!
That rotation was so clunky!
However, he didn't have time to complain about the sudden change in tone. He already understood his current situation, and Zhang Yun was panicking!
This is a shopping mall!
There are zombies everywhere outside!!
Even someone who has been on the battlefield and killed people would be terrified just thinking about what the outside world would be like!
Remembering that he still had an immunity card, Zhang Yun hurriedly said, "System, quickly install the immunity card for me."
"Great."ヾ?≧?≦)o～
"The host has been equipped with an immunity card. After the host dies, a new body can be formed in this world to accommodate the host's soul for free."
The system added, "Furthermore, the zombie virus here is a virus that contaminates the soul through blood and flesh. Your soul is protected by the system and will not be contaminated. Simply put, you will not turn into a zombie even if you are bitten."
This... is barely good news, but with so many zombies outside, even if he doesn't turn into a zombie after being bitten, it seems like he won't have much left after being devoured by a zombie.
Zhang Yun calmed himself down and temporarily stopped thinking about the terrifying scene outside. "I remember you can deduce the protagonist's fate."
"Yes, the material level of this world is higher. Activating the protagonist's fate prediction function will also increase the points required to obtain the 'original work'. Do you want to activate it?"
"Open! Open! Open!"
"Points have been deducted, data is being transmitted."
This world is a parallel world, much like Earth.
However, the technology here is more advanced, and the division between countries has disappeared. Countless countries with similar geographical locations have merged to form alliances, namely the five major alliances of the Eastern Continent, Western Continent, Northern Continent, Central Continent, and Southern Continent.
Zhang Yun is currently located in Pearl City, a densely populated metropolis on the southeastern coast of the Eastern Continent Alliance.
Upon seeing the words "densely populated," Zhang Yunqing's delicate eyebrows furrowed so deeply they almost became twisted into a knot.
As the apocalypse descended, after the initial period of chaos, superhumans and evolved beings emerged among the people.
The surviving humans gathered around these strong individuals, building survivor bases and banding together to resist the zombie invasion.
The term "superpowered person" is easy to understand; it simply means someone who has awakened a certain type of superpower, such as water, fire, wood, light, space, etc.
As for the evolved beings, their physical attributes have mutated, and their strength, speed, mental strength, and recovery ability have been enhanced.
These two are like a mage and a warrior in a game.
Of course, there is an even more awesome one, which is to awaken both superpowers and evolution at the same time.
These people are called super soldiers in the later stages of the apocalypse.
This chosen one is one of only eleven future super soldiers.
His name is Yang Shize. He is eighteen years old and an ordinary student at Mingzhu First Military Academy.
Of course, "ordinary" is relative.
Yang Shize had perfect physical indicators, excellent training results, and was good at all subjects, including Chinese, mathematics, English, physics, geography, chemistry, biology, politics and history.
However, these are not advantages for the protagonist; they are merely standard features.
This student, Yang Shize, who excelled in everything and was basically guaranteed admission to the army after graduation, and even joined a special elite squad, became a first-level evolved human not long after the apocalypse. He killed first-level zombies like slaughtering dogs and quickly became the leader of a survivor base.
But as many post-apocalyptic novels depict, in the apocalypse, the most terrifying thing is not mindless zombies, but conscious people.
After a group of officials joined the base, the young protagonist, trusting them implicitly, handed over leadership of the base to them.
That group of people had no regard for the people in the base. They acted righteously in front of the protagonist, but behind his back they were bullying and enslaving the ordinary survivors in the base.
After discovering their evil deeds, the protagonist led the victim to confront the people, who then simply raised their guns at the protagonist.
The protagonist escapes with severe injuries and is on the verge of death when he encounters the White Lotus Cult's Holy Mother, who is destined for him.
That's right! This time, the main character has an official female lead!
And the female lead, He Jiajia, is also quite remarkable.
She is not only an ability user who has awakened a special light-based ability, but her blood, after a series of purification processes, can also make people immune to the zombie virus infection!
Later, when this secret was exposed, He Jiajia instantly became the target of various forces. Yang Shize suffered a lot in order to protect her.
It was through these repeated life-or-death crises, with one shielding the other from a knife and the other taking an arrow for the other, and the dramatic scene of "you jump, I jump too" but neither of them actually jumping, that the two finally came together and became life-and-death partners.
Of course, during this time, the protagonist also awakened a powerful and rare lightning-attribute ability, known as the zombie slayer, and became a super soldier.
He overcame many difficulties, rebuilt his base, and once again gained a large number of impressive followers.
Later, through the heroine's painstaking efforts, the protagonist's base successfully developed a vaccine that completely immunizes against the zombie virus!
But before the people at the base could even open the champagne to celebrate, a traitor appeared: He Jiajia was killed and the vaccine was stolen.
Enraged, Yang Shize led his men to seek revenge. After a fierce battle, the enemy was defeated and destroyed the vaccine before dying.
He Jiajia and the vaccine were the world's hope. Her death and the destruction of the vaccine extinguished humanity's hope of completely eradicating the zombies.
Moreover, a total of nine super soldiers participated in this war of human conflict, of whom four perished and the rest were seriously injured.
Humanity's top-tier strength in fighting zombies was greatly weakened, and ultimately, they were unable to withstand the attack of the zombie boss that had evolved to its ultimate form, leading to the complete extinction of humanity.
Zhang Yun fell silent.
This melodramatic script, which he spent a huge amount of points to deduce, turned out to be a bad ending!
Zhang Yun: "No way! The protagonist is the chosen one! Shouldn't he have the protagonist's halo and be immortal? How could they all be wiped out?"
System: "Do you think this is a novel? I told you, this world is very difficult, and even the protagonist will be hard to handle!"
"Also, when did I ever say that the protagonist is immortal? The protagonist is also a human being, but he is favored by the world's fortune and has better luck than others, so he won't die so easily."
"But every time he escapes a calamity, he consumes his own luck. When his luck is exhausted, he will still die. However, under normal circumstances, the speed at which the protagonist's luck gathers will far exceed the speed at which his luck dissipates."
"But this world is not normal. Its fortune has been disrupted, and the laws of heaven have automatically entered a repair phase, so it can no longer help the protagonist."
"This situation is disadvantageous to the protagonist, but it is an opportunity for others."
"This is similar to the succession of princes in ancient times. The emperor has already chosen the crown prince, but before he can announce the imperial edict, he suddenly falls into a long sleep. This is an opportunity for the other princes."
Zhang Yun: "...So, if someone else is powerful enough to seize Yang Shize's 'throne,' they can replace him and become the chosen one?"
System: "Yes, but being the chosen one isn't easy. To use the imperial throne as an analogy, once you become emperor, you have to shoulder the responsibility for the world. If you lack the ability but still force yourself to sit in that position, the country is doomed!"
"If the emperor is incompetent, at most the country will perish, but if the chosen one of destiny is incompetent, the world will be destroyed."
"In this world, only Yang Shize has a chance to save it. Anyone else has no chance at all."
"If the Heavenly Dao and the fortune were to operate normally, those who later opposed Yang Shize would become his subordinates or allies under the arrangement of fate, and the chances of everyone working together to save the world would be greater. But now, the world's fortune is in chaos, and many people have obtained opportunities that did not belong to them and become strong, but they are not worthy of their positions. Instead of thinking about the overall situation, they only know how to drag the protagonist down."
Zhang Yun thought of the enemies in the original story who were sworn enemies of Yang Shize.
This task is extremely difficult.
However, before he begins to save the world, his first thought should be how he can leave this place alive.
He stood up, his vision adjusting to the darkness around him; it was a small room where cleaning tools were kept.
Just as Zhang Yun was about to push open the door to see what was going on outside, he suddenly felt as if the storage room door in front of him had disappeared.
His consciousness "saw" the scene outside.
Then his mind returned, and he covered his mouth.
Damn, that's disgusting!
Although I had seen similar scenes in TV shows and movies before, those were edited; the real scene was far more disgusting than what was shown in the movies.
Moreover, the storage room is next to the public toilet. The zombies outside are probably former customers who came to use the toilet. Some of them haven't even pulled their pants up yet, and some yellowish solid-liquid mixture is leaking out from below.
"yue~"
Zhang Yun gagged.
Besides the zombies that had become hideous and terrifying due to infection, there were also many human corpses on the ground.
Intestines, blood, entrails, and brain matter were everywhere, and the zombies huddled together, scrambling to eat.
Zhang Yun finally understood why, despite being covered in blood, the zombies hadn't discovered him hiding in the cubicle—because there were too many corpses outside.
It's like hell on earth!
After a moment, Zhang Yun thought of the miraculous event that had just happened to him, "System, did you open my third eye?"
"No, this is your own ability."
The system said, "When your mental strength reaches a certain level, you can ignore obstacles and perceive everything around you with your thoughts. In the previous two worlds, the laws severely restricted everything, and you could only live like an ordinary person. But in this world, the upper limit of the laws has been raised, so your abilities are not restricted."
"But why is my mental strength so high?"
"It's related to the soul. The longer the soul exists, the higher the spiritual power becomes. Don't you think about how many lifetimes you've lived?"
Including the two lifetimes he forgot, he is now over two hundred years old.
But this won't help him get out!
Just when they were at their wits' end, they suddenly heard a woman scream from outside.
Zhang Yun used his mind to look outside again.
It turned out that a nearby freight elevator had opened, and the woman inside was wearing the same mall staff uniform as Zhang Yun.
The female employee was probably in the underground warehouse when she heard the commotion upstairs but didn't know what was going on, so she took the elevator up to see what was happening.
The result was predictable.
Zhang Yun only "saw" the elevator where the woman was being crushed by zombies.
The elevator doors were repeatedly opened and closed because a bunch of zombies were crowding at the entrance and refused to leave. Finally, they malfunctioned and clamped the zombies blocking the door in two, then closed the doors.
Zhang Yun had no time to mourn the death of his "colleague"; his thoughts drifted to another freight elevator nearby.
The other exits of the mall are too far away; the only way out now is this elevator that is closest to me.
However, the elevator doors cannot close once they encounter an obstacle, so he has to find a way to lure the zombies away first.
Zhang Yun repeatedly recalled the information about zombies from the original work in his mind.
First-tier zombies do not yet have their own consciousness; they only know how to bite and eat based on instinct. Moreover, their eyesight is very poor, and they rely entirely on sound and smell to identify food.
Wait, a sound?
Zhang Yun took the original owner's phone out of his pocket and turned on Bluetooth.
Liang Tou, a young merchandiser at the mall, had once helped set up the mall's Bluetooth speakers. Sure enough, the sound equipment on the second floor of the mall was listed in his phone's Bluetooth list.
Zhang Yun clicked on it, and luckily, the link went live.
"System, can I exchange points for weapons?"
"Ordinary cold weapons can be exchanged."
"Help me exchange a Tang sword."
"Your Tang sword has arrived."
Zhang Yun sensed that a knife had appeared in the space and immediately took it out.
After getting used to the weapon for a while, Zhang Yun opened his music player, selected an upbeat dance track, turned the volume up to the maximum, and clicked play.
The sudden, loud noise caused the entire floor to tremble slightly. Upon hearing the sound, the zombies in the mall rushed frantically towards the source of the noise on the second floor.
Seeing that the zombies outside had been lured away, Zhang Yun pushed open the door and rushed towards the elevator.
The elevator on the left had just trapped seven or eight zombies inside. Without hesitation, Zhang Yun pressed the button for the elevator on the right, which was still on the fifth floor.
The wait for the elevator to descend was only a dozen seconds, but it felt incredibly long to Zhang Yun.
Fortunately, the zombies attracted by the sound did not return until the elevator came down.
Zhang Yun took a few steps back and drew his sword, pointing it at the elevator door.
The elevator doors opened, and two zombies ran out, baring their teeth and claws. Zhang Yun immediately swung his knife and chopped off their heads.
Level 1 zombies have low speed and defense, making them easy to deal with. The only thing to be careful of is not getting bitten or scratched, but Zhang Yun doesn't need to worry about that.
His fear of zombies stems primarily from his mild obsessive-compulsive disorder about cleanliness and mild trypophobia.
Zhang Yun is now extremely grateful that he practiced martial arts in his previous mission world, as it has finally come in handy.
Zhang Yun ran into the elevator as fast as he could and was about to press the close button when he suddenly heard a faint cry for help from outside.
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