I want to live!

David gulped. He could feel that the man would immediately decapitate him if he chooses to die.

'I want to live!' David shriek.

The man was right, he was a stupid person. He just realized that his wife didn't leave him because of lust. It was because of him, he failed as a husband, a father, and as a son.

He took his life for granted. He had always looked at the achievement of others: their wealth, charm, and fame. He was blinded by envy and was deprived of love. He hadn't talk with his wife with the love and affection she deserves, it was similar to his parents. He had lost his job and succumbed to depression and delusions.

It wasn't the world that abandoned him, it was him who abandoned the world.

'I want to find them! Protect them! Love them like what they deserved,' David broke into tears, his snot flowed towards his mouth.

Mel grimaced. It was a disgusting scene. When he was about to turn away, he suddenly noticed David emitting a faint light.

Then his corpse-like skin slowly turned vibrant and muscular. His bald head sprouted hairs until they reached towards his shoulder. While a deep black pupil emerged in his white empty eyes.

"System Am I hallucinating?" Mel blinked his eyes furiously. The 'corpse' man slowly turned into a fine-looking middle-aged man.

[I'm as stunned as you host]

"Eh? I thought you're omnipotent or something?" Mel was startled.

[Said who?]

"...." Mel turned silent. He should have known, his system was shameless.

Mel ignored his system and turn to David, who was slowly turning into a human.

Bam!

A burst of blinding light emitted from David's body. Just as Mel thought he revolted, the light slowly subsided.

Mel breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it wasn't what he thought.

He may not be afraid of David, but it would be a hassle to fight him again. And his shelter would definitely be destroyed.

"Sir, please accept my humble gratitude," The human David suddenly kneeled with his head lowered. He looked just like a knight in medieval movies.

[Ding! Mission Completed.]

"Bro, that's cringe," Mel brushed off his seriousness. He turned to the boxes in the corner and grab a bottle of mineral water.

"...."

[....]

David was stunned by his words. Can't you be a little bit nicer?

"So... do you want to join me or not?" Mel said with a flicker in his eyes.

"I have a condition..." David paused, he looked at Mel, asking if it was alright.

"Continue" Mel didn't think much of it. As long as it isn't excessive, he would agree to his condition.

"I want to find my family someday,"

"I want you as a team, not as a slave, if you want to find your family then work for it," Mel wasn't worried about his betrayal. He had already reserved an equipment for that. Even before the apocalypse, Mel wouldn't just trust anyone in this world.

. . . . . .

"So you're saying that you have lived your life in envy, hence, you awakened a sin ability," Mel asked in wonder. If that's the case wouldn't it common in the future? Humans were fraught with desires and sins after all.

"Partly, yes," David answered.

"Partly?"

"I may have made direct contact with the black meteor," David recalled the scene before he lost his consciousness.

It was a sunny day when a black meteor suddenly crashed into the main city. He then saw a piece of black mist envelop his body.

"Since then you obtained powers to command zombies?" Mel asked, still confused. How could envy be related to the control of zombies?

"When I woke up, I may have envied their wild and simple life," David said, a little embarrassed.

"Ahhh, So that answers!" Mel slammed his fist into his palm.

"So-"

Mel wanted to inquire more of his ability when a violent howl shook the entire shelter. Mel and David covered their ears, but to their shock, it didn't help a bit.

The howl didn't target their eardrums, but their soul. They could feel a trace of excitement and killing intent from the howl.

David's eyes shrunk, his body was trembling incessantly. He remembered that dominant howl, it was engraved in his mind and body.

"Violet Wolf!"

. . . . . . . .

10 kilometers from the shelter.

A violet wolf sat up with an excited expression. It revealed a devilish smile. With a leap, the violet wolf soared through the sky. Just as it was about to escape the boundary of the stone platform, translucent chains suddenly yanked it back. It fell comically.

"Damn you, Gates!" It roared to the sky with great anger.

"You just wait! If I acquire that power, I would exterminate every last man on earth. See how you succumb in despair!" The violet wolf laughed as it gradually pulled back to the center of the platform.

After 20 years, it had finally found an opportunity to escape from this torturous place.

A day ago, he had encountered a man with unusual ability. However, it wasn't yet awakened. The power inside the man's body would dissipate once he extracted and consumed it.

Because of that, he let the man get away despite his unwillingness. He would later find a way to take the man back. However, to his delight, the man would awaken his ability earlier than expected.

Awoooooo!(Howl)

The violet wolf howled in the sky. As the voice shook the whole forest, every creature in the vast forest immediately gathered upon hearing the dominant howl.

The earth trembled. Heading towards the north, were hundreds of thousands of beast with different appearance and physique.

The mutated beasts in all directions gathered in one area! Just because of the wolf's howl!

"Find this man's scent and bring him to me!" The wolf said with a cold voice. The mutated beasts trembled as they bowed towards the violet wolf.

"Don't kill the man or else....." The violet wolf tossed a piece of torn clothes.

"Eliminate every obstacle in your way! You must bring the man to me, alive, or die a gruesome death!"

After smelling the scent of the torn cloth, all kinds of beast immediately disperse from the area of the stone platform. Fearing the violet wolf would kill them out of irritation.

The earth trembled again. Every tree on their path was destroyed unreservedly. Their direction—to Mel's shelter.