"I...I really don't know what happened! It just suddenly..."
Zhang Yun quickly explained.
“You must have evolved,” Yang Shize said in a low voice.
"evolution?"
Zhang Yun was taken aback. So this is what the symptoms of the first evolution are?
The original story, as deduced by the system, did not describe in detail the protagonist's state when he first evolved, so Zhang Yun naturally had no way of knowing.
"Did you evolve too?" Zhang Yun looked at him with a sudden realization.
A blush quickly rose to Yang Shize's face. "I'm not as badly injured as you. I can control myself."
Yes! Yes! Yes! You're the main character, so of course you have better self-control than me!
With a plausible explanation for his sudden arousal, Zhang Yun finally felt less embarrassed.
He stood up from the bathtub, completely soaked, his pajamas clinging uncomfortably to his body.
Zhang Yun simply unbuttoned his shirt and took it off.
Yang Shize, who was opposite him, suddenly turned around and said with his back to him, "I'll go get you some clothes."
"Thanks!"
Zhang Yun was looking down and unbuttoning her clothes, unaware of his unusual behavior.
After changing his clothes, Zhang Yun stretched his body in the room for a while, then said to Yang Shize, "I feel like I haven't changed at all! My strength hasn't increased, and my speed is still the same."
Evolvers enhance five attributes: physical strength, speed, mental strength, defense, and recovery.
High-quality evolvers are all those who evolve in a balanced way.
Take Yang Shize as an example. Suppose that before evolution, all five of his attributes are 1 point, and his total attributes are 5. When he evolves to the first stage, his total attributes will increase by 100. These 100 points will be evenly distributed among the five attributes, that is, each attribute will increase by 20 points. After each subsequent advancement, the total attribute points will be automatically evenly distributed.
These are commonly known as pentagonal warriors, and later evolved beings are called all-around warriors.
However, there are relatively few all-around warriors, only one out of a hundred evolvers will emerge. Most evolvers evolve with a single attribute, and in the mid-to-late game, people refer to them as "attribute + warrior".
When an attribute warrior reaches Tier 1, the total attribute points gained are only 50, and these 50 points will be added to one of the five attributes, while the other attributes remain the same as an ordinary person's 1 point.
And each subsequent rank increase will boost the same attribute.
He is a student who is severely unbalanced in his studies.
Attribute-based warriors find it difficult to advance their cultivation level in the later stages.
Throughout the entire post-apocalyptic era, the highest rank ever reached by a single-attribute evolver was only the seventh rank, and the total number of single-attribute evolvers above the sixth rank was less than one hundred, even rarer than ninth-rank ability users.
Aside from mental warriors who excel at various clerical and research jobs, the effectiveness of other attribute warriors is weakened in the later stages of the game.
Take the Strength Warrior as an example. In the early stages, once you reach the first tier, your Strength is much greater than that of a second-tier All-Round Warrior. However, as your strength increases, your physical defense cannot improve. If you throw a punch with all your might, your weak body simply cannot withstand the recoil force and you will be directly killed or injured.
Since I'm not an all-around warrior, am I an attribute-based warrior?
Based on the results of adapting to his body just now, strength, speed, and mental strength can be ruled out first. Zhang Yun took out a utility knife from his spatial storage and made a cut on his hand.
The skin on his palm was easily cut open, its defenses removed, and then, before blood could even drip, the wound healed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
He's actually the most useless healing warrior!
What's the point of having an ability that's useless except for being able to withstand beatings?
He doesn't have masochistic tendencies!
Yang Shize had seen all of Zhang Yun's actions, and with his understanding, he naturally grasped the significance of Zhang Yun's series of behaviors.
“It seems you are different from me, only you have evolved in one aspect,” Yang Shize said.
"Yeah, it's still the most useless recovery ability." Zhang Yun said dejectedly.
"It's better than nothing." Yang Shize patted his shoulder, seemingly to comfort him.
But what kind of straight-man way of comforting someone is this?!
If this guy weren't the main character, Zhang Yunzhen would really want to kill him.
After all that fuss, it was already past midnight. Zhang Yun was too lazy to waste any more words with him. "Forget it, let's rest first. We still have to travel tomorrow."
This time, just in case, Zhang Yun refused to sleep with him. She had slept with him for three nights, and every single one of them had an accident. Zhang Yun was really scared.
He just ran to the sofa and slept. Anyway, he's already evolved, so even if he catches a cold, he'll be fine before he even realizes it.
The next day, the three of them ate breakfast, went out, walked up the stairs to the underground parking garage, and cleared out the few remaining zombies in the garage.
Yang Shize found a spacious SUV, got in, and the three of them left the residential area.
To avoid crowded routes, the three of them took a detour, and what should have been a three-hour drive took them most of the day to arrive.
Upon arrival, Yang Shize parked the car in a spacious training area within the military academy where there were few zombies and then got out.
The military academy was located in a relatively remote area with few large gatherings of people nearby. Moreover, since the apocalypse broke out on a Saturday, most of the students had gone home, so there were not many zombies at the school.
After discovering that the first-tier zombies were not very powerful, the surviving teachers and students at the military academy simply wiped out the zombies from the school.
Although there are still a few scattered creatures wandering outside, they pose no threat to Zhang Yun and Yang Shize.
Upon arriving at the destination, Yang Shize knocked on the door. After the people inside confirmed his identity, they let the three of them in.
Yang Shize was a celebrity at school. In any case, the three teachers and two senior students in charge all knew him. With him leading the way, everyone accepted Zhang Yun directly.
"There's only one tent left. Let Yiyi and Lin Xin stay together. Is it okay if you two share one tent?"
The senior student in charge of distributing supplies handed Yang Shize a tent.
"Um, that..."
Just as Zhang Yun was about to speak, Yang Shize, who was beside him, took the tent and replied, "No problem."
Yang Shize took the tent and skillfully assembled it on the open ground next to him, so Zhang Yun had no choice but to follow.
Soon, a tent that could accommodate two or three people appeared.
Zhang Yun placed the two mats he received on the ground and took out sheets and blankets from his spatial storage to spread them on top.
Just as they finished tidying up their personal belongings, Yang Yiyi came over to call them to go eat.
This small gathering place currently has only about fifty people, led by three teachers, and the rest are students from the school. They are currently eating together from a communal pot.
It is always wise to be cautious. To avoid others coveting his possessions, Yang Shize instructed his sister and Zhang Yun before leaving to conceal the fact that Zhang Yun possessed spatial abilities.
They also deliberately loaded a bag of rice, a bucket of mineral water, half a case of instant noodles, and a suitcase full of clothes into the car to cover up the contents.
Although there are three teachers currently in charge, none of them have awakened or evolved. In fact, they discuss everything with a few evolved students.
Yang Shize and Zhang Yun are both evolved beings, and they were automatically added to the decision-making level.
"Over the past few days, we've figured out a pattern. These zombies are afraid of sunlight, so they stay inside the school building during the day. They only come out at night to gnaw on the walls. So, we send out small teams to clear them out during the day when they're scattered. We've almost completely cleared out the zombies in this area now..."
While eating, the teacher explained the situation here to Zhang Yun and Yang Shize.
Of course, Yang Shize was the main listener; Zhang Yun paid no attention to what they were saying.
Ugh, the food cooked in the big pot was awful, it was miles worse than Yiyi's cooking...
When it was time to go to bed that night, Zhang Yun was still sitting on the cushion, sighing deeply.
Yang Shize glanced at him from the side, resisting the urge to roll his eyes, and said, "If you want to eat, take it out and eat it quickly."
"Well, it's not good for me to eat alone..." Zhang Yun wasn't too embarrassed that he had seen through her little scheme.
"If you're not going to eat, then go to sleep." Yang Shize could tell at a glance that he was just being polite.
"I'll just have one piece of cake."
Zhang Yun quickly took out a slice of cake from her spatial storage and started eating.
He barely ate anything that evening because the food was so bad.
After finishing the cake as quickly as possible, Zhang Yun patted his stomach contentedly and turned his head to find Yang Shize staring at him.
Although Zhang Yun guessed that it couldn't be because he was craving something, she still tentatively asked, "Why don't you have a piece too?"
"No need," Yang Shize refused.
But the next second, he suddenly raised his hand and wiped away the bit of cream that remained on Zhang Yun's lips.
The action was completely natural, and Zhang Yun showed no resistance to it whatsoever.
After Yang Shize wiped the cream off his lips, the two of them were stunned.
Yang Shize's hand, still covered in cream, froze in mid-air, clearly surprised by his own inexplicable action.
“You…” Zhang Yun looked at him with surprise.
"It got on me."
As expected of the protagonist, even in such an embarrassing situation, he could act as if nothing had happened and simply take out a tissue to wipe the cream off his hands.
However, Zhang Yun keenly noticed that his ears were slowly turning red, and suddenly found them quite cute.
"Thanks." He smiled slightly, took off his coat, and lay down.
Seeing that he had fallen asleep, Yang Shize turned off the small lamp used for lighting in the tent and lay down next to him.
Perhaps because of the change in their surroundings, neither of them could fall asleep.
"Yang Shize, are you asleep?"
"without."
"What are you thinking about?"
"you."
There was a moment of silence on Zhang Yun's end, then: "Huh?!"
"Who exactly are you?"
As if afraid he might misunderstand, Yang Shize quickly added a sentence.
"Oh...who could I be? Don't you already know? Haha..."
Zhang Yun attempted to feign ignorance and deceive the authorities.
“I feel that you know a lot about superpowers and evolution. Also, you said that you brought Yiyi to my house to wait for a friend. This means that your friend’s house is one of the apartments in my building. Even if no one is home, you should have some emotional reaction when you enter his house. But when we were cleaning the whole floor, you remained expressionless.”
"This means that your so-called friend doesn't actually live in that building, right?"
"Or perhaps, the friend you're talking about is actually me?"
Yang Holmes Shize suddenly switched into deduction mode, much to Zhang Yun's surprise.
Holy crap, I was careless!
Zhang Yun realized how naive he had been, actually daring to lie in front of the protagonist!
"...Okay, so what kind of person do you think I am?"
Having witnessed the protagonist's abilities, Zhang Yun became more careful with his words and his mind raced.
He absolutely could not tell Yang Shize the truth; he had to come up with a suitable excuse to cover it up.
"You specifically saved Yiyi..."
No, saving Yiyi was truly an accident!
"You even came to meet me, and I noticed from the beginning that you always acted like you knew me very well. Even when you were with Yiyi, you were a bit distant. But you trusted me completely, as if we were best friends who had known each other for many years."
"Furthermore, when I asked to come to our school, you agreed without hesitation, as if you already knew I would make this decision, so..."
Yang Shize took a deep breath. "You were actually reborn, weren't you?"
Upon hearing his reasoning, Zhang Yun nearly fell off the mat.
He truly admired the protagonist's imagination!
You tell Yiyi to read fewer novels, but you yourself must read just as many as she does!
You even thought of such a trendy meme as "rebirth"!
"Actually, you might not believe it... I wasn't reborn, I transmigrated into a book!"
Zhang Yun spoke in a very serious tone.
Yang Shize's body trembled: "Transmigrated into a book?"
"That's right. This is actually the world of a post-apocalyptic novel I read. I don't know why, but when I woke up, I found myself inside the book, and I even possessed the body of a dead shopping mall clerk. I really just saved your sister on a whim, because I genuinely didn't know she was your sister at the time. She wasn't in the book."
Yang Shize suddenly clenched his fist at his side, clearly understanding Zhang Yun's implication.
"I did come to the neighborhood to look for you, because you're the male lead, and I wanted to curry favor with you... As for why I feel so familiar and friendly towards you, it's because I'm a fan! I especially admire the you in the book, and seeing you in person and fighting alongside you has always been my dream!"
Zhang Yun looked on with admiration.
Hearing Zhang Yun's words, Yang Shize felt a little better, and his thin lips, hidden in the darkness, curled up slightly. "Are you telling the truth?"
Fake!
Zhang Yun made a face in his mind and continued, "Of course it's true. If you don't believe me, I can give you a spoiler. During the day, those people told you that this area was safe, right? Actually, that was wrong. It won't be long before a zombie horde breaks out here. Because everyone let their guard down, although you led us to win this battle, we also lost half of our survivors."
"But now that we know what's going to happen next, we can be prepared and should be able to avoid sacrifices..."
Aren't you afraid?
Suddenly, Yang Shize interrupted him: "Don't you want to figure out why you're here? Don't you want to figure out how to get back? Why are you only thinking about saving people?"
It seems she believes it!
Zhang Yun was secretly laughing so hard his stomach hurt, but his tone was very frank: "I've thought about it. From all the signs that I came here, I can deduce that I appeared in this world to help you make up for the regrets in the novel. Maybe as long as I help you fulfill your wish and achieve a happy ending where humanity clears out the zombies and rebuilds their homes, I can go back!"
When he heard him say he was going back, Yang Shize's heart suddenly tightened. He said, "Really?"
"Yes, you can trust me completely, there's no need to suspect me of having ulterior motives!"
"Of course, I know you won't trust me completely just because of a few words I say, but as long as I follow you, time will prove everything."
Zhang Yun's tone was more sincere than ever before.
Yang Shize fell silent, seemingly processing the facts revealed by Zhang Yun.
After a while, just as Zhang Yun was starting to doze off, he whispered, "Go to sleep."
"Um."
Zhang Yun knew that he hadn't accepted her yet, but she didn't care. After all, given Yang Shize's personality, he was the type who found it difficult to completely trust others.
But once he accepts you, he will give you his whole heart and soul, and even if you are condemned by everyone, he will still believe in you.
Anyway, as long as Yang Shize is willing to let me follow him, time will prove everything.
As for now, let's get some sleep first zzz~
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