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Along with the words "Go to hell!" something seemed to fly out of the window and landed with a thud next to Nie Qingyun.
After regaining his balance, he noticed the fruit knife, which was over twenty centimeters long.
At the same time, he recognized the owner of the knife and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth as Cheng Yuqiu's pretty face appeared in his mind.
This young lady always likes to express goodwill in this awkward way.
Perhaps this is one of the reasons why she has never had many friends.
"hiss……"
The hoarse growl from behind interrupted Nie Qingyun's thoughts. He didn't look at the distorted faces rushing towards him, because the sight of more than a dozen zombies surging in front of him was enough to make his scalp tingle.
Without saying a word, Nie Qingyun started running. Since he had no intention of getting out of the building alive, he was much faster than the survivors who were moving cautiously.
He was already behind before the zombies could form an encirclement.
After he and a group of zombies had run some distance away, the sound of desks and chairs being moved came from the direction of the classroom.
Then a group of people poured out and ran in the opposite direction.
Just then, Nie Qingyun reached the corner of the corridor. In the instant before disappearing into the corridor, through countless ferocious and terrifying faces, Nie Qingyun caught a complex gaze.
The afterglow of the setting sun shone through the glass onto Cheng Yuqiu, giving him a golden outline. The girl's eyes were filled with a mixture of light and shadow, and her smile was radiant.
Then a white wall blocked their view.
Nie Qingyun felt a sudden pang in his heart, followed by a faint, intermittent pain.
Because until just now he was quite certain that what he had said to Cheng Yuqiu was enough to move her, to make the young girl believe in him with hope, and to follow the plan.
But just a moment ago, when he met Cheng Yuqiu's gaze, he caught a glimpse of something unusual in her eyes.
It was a sense of relief before parting ways; the girl had never believed she would go back to find her.
Even so, she still threw her only weapon out of the window.
Through the shell of arrogance, Nie Qingyun saw the sincerity and kindness that had been hidden.
"puff!"
Nie Qingyun forcefully pulled a fruit knife from the eye socket of a zombie and slammed its head against the wall by its collar.
As the body slid down, a deep red line of blood was left on the pristine white wall.
After several twists and turns, Nie Qingyun finally rushed into an unlocked office just before he was completely exhausted.
He had just locked the office door when he heard a series of rustling sounds behind him.
The slightly relaxed nerves tensed up again.
In the corner, a zombie dressed in a suit slowly raised its head from a corpse, its bloodied face still covered with remnants of human internal organs.
The corpse on the ground had already been dismembered beyond recognition. Nie Qingyun pinched his arm hard to relieve his physical discomfort.
However, what left him speechless was that the corpse that had just been gnawed on the ground slowly got up.
This is absolutely insane!
Why did you have to get up at this particular time of day? Have you never eaten a human before?
Despite his complaints, Nie Qingyun knew very well that in his current state, it was impossible for him to defeat these two zombies.
The only remaining options are to be eaten by the enemy or infected and turned into a zombie, then wait to be fully revived and fight again.
But Qin Hehuan's curse still remains in his status bar.
This thing seems to have no distance limit.
Rather than waiting to become Qin Hehuan's slave, it's better to take a gamble now.
Nie Qingyun looked at the fruit knife in his hand and suddenly had a bold idea.
Chapter Seven: The Tide of Death Foreshadows My Return
Nie Qingyun brought up his personal attribute panel in his mind again. After confirming that his attributes had not changed, he used the [Apocalypse Survival Manual] to start searching.
Search keywords: "attributes"
【Searching...】
[A character's personal attributes are a quantifiable representation of their comprehensive abilities as a "soul being" (specifically referring to a being with free will), and can be increased through various channels such as special items, equipment, skills, and trial rewards.]
The effectiveness of most items and skills is affected by the user's attributes.
……
Nie Qingyun leaned against the door, his eyes fixed on the two zombies approaching him.
The "Doomsday Survival Manual" is very useful, but not as intelligent as he imagined.
Because it's just a tool, not AI, you can think of it as an all-powerful search engine where you can find everything about the apocalypse, but it won't actively provide you with anything else.
And because it is an incomplete version, a lot of information is missing.
Through a simple search, Nie Qingyun roughly determined the following key information.
This "Apocalypse Survival Manual" and the "Data System" are separate entities. Unlike the latter, it is not something that everyone has the right to obtain; it is unique to the individual.
The "Apocalypse" is a world where most people instantly turn into zombies and devour others. It can be roughly understood as Earth being transformed by some higher-dimensional will. Everything in it can be represented through "datafication," including life itself, just like a large-scale VR game. However, the biggest difference between it and a game is that death here is real.
At the same time, danger and opportunity coexist.
Players who have activated the [Data System] have a chance to obtain an item called [Primal Crystal] when killing monsters, including humans and all other creatures. This item is the basic currency in the apocalypse and can be used to purchase or exchange various supplies at randomly spawning [Resource Drop Points].
As for what exactly can be exchanged, the survival manual doesn't provide details. However, based on Nie Qingyun's experience, it's likely related to attribute enhancements or skills; otherwise, the detailed quantified attribute data would be useless.
With this in mind, Nie Qingyun immediately set off.
As the zombie in the suit lunged at him, Nie Qingyun seized the opportunity to raise his left hand and thrust his forearm directly in front of the zombie. This action looked like he was shoving his arm into the zombie's mouth, and in fact, that was exactly what happened.
Qin Hehuan, as the spiritual leader of the group of survivors, possessed undeniable talent. In just a few days, through the sacrifices of others, she gleaned a great deal of information about zombies.
This includes attack logic and target acquisition mechanisms.
Zombies generally prioritize attacking active targets, followed by sounds, and lastly, the smell of blood.
When they are close enough to their target, their primary objective is to devour it; all other actions are instinctive auxiliary behaviors. Therefore, as long as Nie Qingyun puts his arm into the other's mouth, they will temporarily refrain from any other aggressive actions.
This gave him a brief respite to deal with the mutilated zombie behind him.
Enduring the pain in his arm, Nie Qingyun used his left hand to fling the suit-wearing zombie aside, while simultaneously swinging his right hand, his dagger accurately piercing the temple of the zombie behind him.
As red and white brain matter splattered, the zombie's body went limp.
Nie Qingyun used this force to pull out his dagger.
The pain in his left arm made the veins on his forehead bulge. The zombie's bite force was astonishing. In just a few seconds, the bone in Nie Qingyun's left arm had been bitten off, but this was exactly what he wanted.
In an instant, Nie Qingyun grabbed his shirt and bit it, then slashed down along the wound where the zombie had bitten him, severing his own arm.
The zombie in the suit fell to the ground due to the force of the impact, while Nie Qingyun almost fainted because of it. Fortunately, he had a willpower far beyond that of ordinary people.
Only someone with the ability to regenerate like him could use such an aggressive fighting style. Ordinary people, even with the ability to regenerate, would not be able to overcome the psychological barrier.
This is mostly thanks to his previous near-death experiences. He has experienced everything, no matter how painful. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he has crawled out of hell.
After taking a couple of deep breaths, Nie Qingyun immediately focused his attention on the information panel.
"Success!"
In the personal attributes panel, the curse that was originally called [Soul Imprint] has disappeared!
Instead, another negative state emerged:
Seed of Alienation
effect:
If you cannot dispel it, you will lose your "free will" within 1 to 1200 minutes and turn into a zombie.
However, this was already within Nie Qingyun's expectations. He was not afraid of turning into a zombie. Based on his previous experience, he would be resurrected the moment he turned into a zombie. Now, the most important thing was that Qin Hehuan's curse had disappeared!
In this way, he regained his freedom.
Soon, Nie Qingyun suppressed the joy in his heart.
Because the zombie in the suit on the ground had gotten up again.
While the resurrection ability can bring someone back to full health, the time required for resurrection varies depending on the extent of bodily damage, based on previous experience.
If a person dies after their body has been torn to pieces by zombies, the resurrection process could take several hours or more.
After continuous strenuous exercise and excessive blood loss, Nie Qingyun's legs had become extremely heavy, and he had to make the most of every last bit of strength he had left.
Otherwise, he will fall into a long cycle of death again.
Just then, a glimmer of light appeared in Nie Qingyun's peripheral vision.
On the corpse of the zombie he killed, a crystal object about the size of a thumb, emitting a pure white halo, appeared at some unknown time.
Without thinking, Nie Qingyun grabbed it and rushed to the window.
Some time ago, he had seen the structural diagram of the entire laboratory building in the corridor.
He deliberately fled into this office because the window of this office was behind an old school building that had been abandoned for a long time and was rarely visited by people, which meant there would be very few zombies.
With her last ounce of strength, Nie Qingyun finally climbed onto the windowsill and opened the window just as a large number of zombies broke down the office door.
The horde of zombies, surging in like a tide, somehow triggered something, and the computers in the office, which had been switched off, suddenly started playing music.
As the upbeat battle opening of Persona 5 played, Nie Qingyun spread his arms and lay down facing the window.
It's not a game
I'mnotarobotAIchallengingyou…
Countless ferocious faces gradually faded into the distance, and the music and screams were drowned out by the howling wind.
At this moment, Nie Qingyun felt no fear whatsoever.
Because, whether in the past or present, the world has never reconciled with him.
It's all about people eating each other; it's just that in peaceful and stable societies, capitalists use more civilized methods.
But things are different now; Nie Qingyun has never been as free as she is now.
From now on, he will rely on his own hands to firmly grasp everything he wants.
That aloof and noble face reappeared in my mind.
"Qin Hehuan..."
The tide of death heralds my return!
Chapter 8: The weak and helpless Cheng Yuqiu wants a hug.
Normally, just thinking about such cringeworthy lines would make Nie Qingyun cringe so badly he'd scratch a three-bedroom apartment with his toes, let alone actually shout them out.
However, for him, who was currently in the apocalypse, there was a kind of unrestrained pleasure.
Unfortunately, this feeling didn't linger in his mind for long before he was interrupted by something more important.
While still in freefall, Nie Qingyun suddenly realized that he had forgotten to adjust his falling posture.
It's only the seventh floor; if you're not in the right position, you might not necessarily fall to your death immediately.
So, I started to control my body, trying to land face-first... (I was completely exasperated)
……
In the narrow corridor, hurried and disorderly footsteps echoed continuously.
"Hurry up, you're the only one left! Don't dawdle!"
Hearing the urging, Cheng Yuqiu quickened her pace, stumbled a few meters, and fell to the ground.
The next second, a boy standing at the edge of the passageway pulled down hard, and the iron fence slid down from top to bottom with a "whoosh".
"Wait! There are...there are still people who haven't caught up yet!"
"Bang!" The loud crash of the isolation netting hitting the ground interrupted the girl's warning, and at the same time, it snapped the neck of a zombie that was trying to rush up, spraying blood everywhere.
The head rolled on the ground until it was stepped on by a foot.
Women's low-cut leather shoes have a distinct island-style feel, outlining the lines of a girl's ankles in a very sexy way. In particular, the semi-transparent texture created by the stockings being stretched by the inner ankle bone makes one want to touch that alluring charm.
If you ignore the bloodied head, this scene could easily be described as a delicate jade shoot wrapped in light clouds.