Taking advantage of the dim dawn, Guo Xiaobei put on a dark thick coat and rushed out of his house. Fortunately, it was very dark in the stairwell. He shone his flashlight around but didn't see any zombies. He guessed they had wandered off to other places. He dared not show himself at night. Even though he was now a zombie, he had nothing of value. Apart from being able to store some items and view the map, the only thing the system had was a lousy mall where he could only see things but not buy them. With the few things he had on hand, he was destined to only be able to run away rather than fight back.
Speaking of the mall, although there were no large shopping malls nearby because this area was remote, there were still a few small supermarkets. Guo Xiaobei shone his flashlight and started running towards the nearest small supermarket.
Since there was no electricity, none of the streetlights were on. Fortunately, he could still see the road in the dim light.
From a distance, he saw several figures slowly shambling along the road ahead. Of course, he also saw the prompts of the blue dots on the map. Even without the prompts, he wouldn't have thought that there would be several normal people wandering aimlessly on the road at this time.
Guo Xiaobei originally planned to walk along the wall to pass by, but the zombies weren't as slow-witted as he thought. Evidently, they had smelled the scent of a human and slowly turned their heads towards him.
He had watched many zombie movies and played zombie - themed games. However, when a real zombie appeared in front of him, the impact was so great that Guo Xiaobei could hardly bear it.
The zombie in front of him was all tattered. Although its limbs were still intact, its flesh was obviously rotten and blackened. Its eyeballs were bulging out of their sockets, and its intestines were protruding from its belly... Guo Xiaobei unconsciously took a step back.
Ding. Random Mission: [Eliminate Low - Level Zombie]. Mission Reward: 20 experience points, 50 yuan, 1 survival point. Please choose to accept or decline. The system will automatically decline for you after 20 seconds.
Accept!
Guo Xiaobei directly accepted the mission. Looking at the situation, even if he chose to abandon the mission, this guy in front of him wouldn't let him go.
But how could he kill this thing?
Guo Xiaobei looked at the approaching zombie and silently stepped back. His foot landed on something soft, causing him to stumble and fall. Looking down, he saw a half - decayed limb under his feet.
A pungent smell of blood instantly filled his nostrils, and Guo Xiaobei felt nauseous in his stomach.
Roar! The zombie pounced towards Guo Xiaobei.
"Ah!" No matter how heroic he tried to be, Guo Xiaobei was just a young man who had grown up in peacetime. In his life, he hadn't even killed a chicken, let alone a person. All he had done in terms of "killing" was getting rid of ants and cockroaches in the kitchen.
As the zombie got closer and closer, Guo Xiaobei could almost smell the stench from it. The sense of terror made his brain go blank.
When he regained his senses, the zombie was lying on its side nearby, its head already smashed in. And Guo Xiaobei was tightly holding a wooden stick in his hand, the top of which was covered with dirty blood and pale - yellow brain matter.
Guo Xiaobei had just swung the stick with all his might with his eyes closed, which made his arm temporarily weak. This stick was probably left by the corpse under him. However, in the end, the other party ended up with broken limbs and a shattered body. It was just unknown how long he could hold on.
Ding. The mission [Eliminate Low - Level Zombie] has been completed. The host has received the mission rewards: 20 experience points, 50 yuan, 1 survival point, and an extra gift pack. By eliminating a low - level zombie, you get: 5 experience points. One primary broken brain core. You still need 55 experience points to level up.
Guo Xiaobei stood up slowly, gasping for breath. He didn't dare to look at the corpse beside him and the headless zombie anymore.
His somewhat weak feet stamped on the ground a few times. Guo Xiaobei held the thick wooden stick and continued walking towards the supermarket.
He was a bit depressed when he arrived.
No wonder it had become quieter and quieter nearby. And although he couldn't see groups of zombies along the way, he still saw quite a few in twos and threes, and severed limbs were even more frequently seen on the ground. It turned out that many people had already fled, and only a homebody like him would wait for death at home.
Sighing aside, Guo Xiaobei resigned himself to shopping. The supermarket had been ransacked. Almost all the edible food had been taken away, not even a piece of biscuit was left. However, other non - food items were scattered on the ground.
Guo Xiaobei found several large boxes and filled them with the scattered items on the ground, classifying them into seasonings, grains and oils, and daily necessities. Fortunately, apart from these inedible or non - immediately edible things, he also found quite a few cases of drinking water. Besides mineral water, there were also various carbonated drinks.
These things were useless if left here. Guo Xiaobei left a few cases of mineral water for the later comers and put the rest into the system package.
Fortunately, items of the same kind were automatically placed in one slot. For different varieties, Guo Xiaobei put them in large boxes. All in all, they took up half of the space.
After leaving the supermarket, Guo Xiaobei took a big gulp of a 1.25L bottle of Coke, using it to fill his stomach since he had nothing else to eat.
Recalling the system prompt just now, it seemed that he had got something. Guo Xiaobei summoned the system package and took out the so - called brain core lying inside.
It was a translucent white crystal, only about the size of two finger joints. It looked crystal - clear and smooth on the outside, with a crack running from the top to more than halfway down.
It looked pretty good, but just thinking that it came from the head of the zombie he had just dealt with made Guo Xiaobei feel nauseous. He took a big gulp of Coke and threw the plastic bottle, which still had a small amount of liquid left, back into the package. Then he casually opened the gift pack he had just randomly obtained.
There was a 500ML bottle of clear water in the gift pack, which made the starving Guo Xiaobei a bit disappointed. It wasn't that he didn't want to buy some food from the system mall, but the prices there were too high. He wasn't in a life - or - death situation yet, so he could only bear with it for a while longer. Looking down at the thick wooden stick in his hand, he casually threw it into the package. Who knew when he would need it.
Ding. The host has obtained the weapon, a thick wooden stick. After equipping it, the combat power will increase by 5. Please equip it.
Equip it?
Guo Xiaobei pursed his lips and pondered for a while. Could it be like in a game, placed in the equipment slot?
Sure enough.
Guo Xiaobei nodded in satisfaction. Once the wooden stick was equipped in the equipment slot, he didn't need to take it out when needed, saving a lot of time. Moreover, after equipping it, as long as he had the thought, the stick would appear, and he also had a feeling that the stick was connected to his body.
Guo Xiaobei swung the stick in his hand forcefully and smiled satisfiedly.
Walking on foot for a long time was really tiring, especially for a homebody like Guo Xiaobei. The sky had already brightened, and the whole road was clearly visible. The morning breeze was a bit cold, and Guo Xiaobei couldn't help sneezing.
In the distance, several zombies were shambling towards him again. Guo Xiaobei instinctively stopped in his tracks. For such a long time, he hadn't seen a single normal person, and the small map was full of scattered light - blue dots.
The zombies were getting closer and closer, and their tattered bodies could already be vaguely seen. Guo Xiaobei twitched the corners of his mouth: I'm also a zombie. What's there to be afraid of!
Ding. The system prompts that the mission column is now open.
Guo Xiaobei hurriedly clicked on the mission column and saw that it was already filled with more than a dozen missions.
However, the colors of all the missions were white, which meant they were classified as primary difficulty by the system. Guo Xiaobei opened the missions and quickly glanced through them, then selected to accept all the ones with the word "zombie" in them.
Zombies, here I come!