Her name is Crystal. Just Crystal. And zombie killing is her game. Before the Apocalypse her game was actually designing games from the ground up. Her most popular? You guessed it, Zombie Massacre . Who says you can’t apply games to real life? But even she can’t say she wasn’t surprised or scared when she found a Zombie in her closet, oh boy she was terrified.

After leone escaped  from those zombies he slowed down his pace.....now it's almost 9:00 p.m which is the time at zombies are most active.
he could hear screams of people here and there,
Seriously was it this bad ? I never came out of the campus and hid myself in the dormitory in the past
becuz a lot of teachers and students turned into zombies I didn't even have the guts to shout loudly man just imagining those scenes gave me nightmares many  times if I'm not mistaken,the military will come and rescue in a couple of months I hope these people survive till then speaking of which  this time An jyung I will definitely cut your father and son pair's heads trust me you both are definitely the first targets in my list I will also kill the other's who toyed with me I will send them to the underworld.
The feeling of uselessness and powerlessness is the most awful thing ever.
*He saud in a murderous tone and walked towards the market*
Leone is still quite far away from the market and he ran into an another zombie which he killed quickly and moved vigilantly
Eh....what's this?*He suddenly noticed something*
*He saw a 2 feet kid with dark skin moving towards him with red blood flowing from it's mouth*
it's a zombie kid! f****ng Apocalypse a kid who has to play games and enjoy his youth has now turned out this way.dammit.....*He looked at it's face flowing with blood*
I will relieve your pain little one
He said softly with a pained expression on his face
*He ran to it at top speed*
But the zombie kid suddenly rolled towards the side and dodged him
Damn this thing's fighting instinct seems to be good using it's small body to escape, better speed than others at the same level if it evolves it will be a  troublesome foe 
He threw the axe towards its mid section and ran to its side the zombie kid tried to run but was still hit with the axe and was injured and its movement is slowed down taking it as an advantage Leone bicycle kicked the kid zombie with his full strength
*Kacha*
The zombie's head cracked and it fell down dead
These Small zombies their speed is better compared to the bigger ones but bodies are far weaker 
This wasn't a normal zombie it might evolve into a tier 1 if it's left this way sooner or later 
*Leone said Retrieving his axe*
Even if I'm already experienced it still hurts to see a kid with a bright future turn this way.....man why is this even happening...the question every human on earth asked themselves hundreds of times during the apocalypse.....I will definitely find the reason for this question in this life....and what is it's real purpose.
*He then started  walking again*
Right then he heard a scream extremely loudly 
He turned around and looked in all directions then in a distance he  saw a man Holding a large stone and smashing a zombie's head if one observed carefully we can notice fear and panic on his face as an awakener Leone's vision was better than nomal humans and behind him is a woman
with a frightening expression who was screaming loudly it seems her heart would stop at any time.
This woman why is she screaming it will Only attract more zombies and bring greater trouble let's just help them a bit it's not too much of  a problem for me....I can also get some information
He thought and quickly ran towards the boy and girl and there  were 4 zombies coming his way he dealt with them easily by cutting of their abdomen
 and heads which brought the pair's attention
Seeing him both of  them were extremely vigilant at first with panicked expression but once they confirmed he was a human they slowly eased up a bit....
*The boy first asked a bit nervously*
Who are you? why are you here?
Don't worry I mean you no harm  I'm just here to ask the condition here how the zombies are in further streets I want to know the information that's it, especially in the way of the super market.
*Leone said calmly with a smiling face*
Seeing his calm smiling face
*The woman shouted a bit loudly in panic*
You! don't think we don't know what you type of men are I have just seen a man throwing his 2 friends to the zombies and escaping by themselves Don't try to fool us! don't think of any wicked ideas we aren't fools!
Shut Up!*Leone shouted at that*
If you keep on screaming and shouting this way it will attract all the zombies in the vicinity which will bring your death! and  if I want to.... I can kill you easily you both are too weak! 
*He said in a mocking tone and turned to the man as if expecting an answer from him*

       *End of chapter*



Mark heard his friend's advice and slowly nodded. He supported Kevin's thought process of advising them to stay, instead of following them to the unknown, with constant danger. He looked at Suzie, who was quietly thinking and wanted her to stay with both of them. He cared for her but knew staying in the camp was better. He could only sigh, thinking about his conflicting opinions. 
"Well, you heard what he said. Think about it hard these next two days. After that, we can talk about it once again. The mission is very important right now." Mark leaned back on the couch. The living room was completely silent as Mark closed his eyes.
Daisy, who came into the living room, rubbing her eyes and yawning, broke the silence. She sat beside David and asked, "What are you guys up to?" Looking at the rest in the room. Suzie shook her head and said nothing before quickly changing the topic. 
They continued to talk, and it didn't take them long until Ray also joined them. But they stopped when someone knocked on the door. Ray, who was the closest to it, opened it and noticed it was his friend. 
"Ray, come on, man. I thought we were going to spend some time playing games today. You didn't even show up for lunch. Come on, we can join a game or two if we go now." Said Jacob. 
Before Ray could appease his friend, Suzie walked up and said from behind, "Uncle Jacob. What games are you guys playing?" 
Seeing her, Jacob exclaimed and said, "Suzie, you are finally back. Your dad would constantly talk about you every day, worried about you. When did you guys come back? How was your journey?" As he noticed Mark and David too. They were the people who told and sent them to the camp, so he didn't forget them. 
"Yeah, we came back today, and it was tough but was ok." Jacob felt happy for his friend seeing her smile again. He saw how broken she was when she left with her friends and how depressed his friend was. Now that she was back, he also noticed how normal Ray looked. 
"So uncle, what games were you guys talking about?" She asked again, curious about the games.
Jacob laughed and replied, "Oh, the games. We found an old roulette table recently and brought it back here into one of the flats. So we started playing it for some fun and stress relief. I and your dad planned to play some more today because we were free. But I never expected you guys to come back."
Suzie looked at her father, who looked like a kid who got caught doing wrong. He silently tried to explain, "It's nothing. Only a few times for stress relief." He was anxious because he knew her daughter didn't approve of his gambling. Ray was a bit of an addiction when it came to gambling. He would go out once in a while to play a few games. But both his daughter and wife were against it and he eventually stopped. 
Suzie, contrary to his expectations, simply nodded with an understanding smile and said, "It's ok dad. You don't need to explain it too much. I just hope you don't get too into it. You can go play now, we have two days more to spend. People must be waiting for you." 
Ray immediately smiled and reassured her daughter's worries while also hugging her. He turned around and went out the door. But he turned back and asked David, "David, do you also want to come. It will be fun. You guys too." And looked towards Mark and Kevin. 
David felt it was an okay way to relieve some stress and so nodded. He stood up and Kevin also stood up along with him to go and spend some time relaxing. Mark remained seated, not opting to go out. He was never an out-door person and always kept to himself before this. The three of them followed Jacob, leaving Suzie, Daisy, and Mark in the house. 
Suzie and Daisy quickly separated themselves as they went back into their room. Mark remained seated alone in the living room, with his own thoughts. He closed his eyes as he thought about what he should do the next two days. After feeling the excitement he had been long waiting for, staying in the room like his old self was boring. 
As he continued to think, he suddenly remembered the strange powers he discovered a few days ago. Because they were in a hurry to get back to the city, he didn't have any alone time to conduct the experiments he wanted to. 
The power he was the clearest about was the yellow fog he let out from his hand as it burned on Suzie's injury. The yellow fog was able to cure the zombie scratch but he paid the price for it, pain. He had shivers sent down his spine when he thought about the splitting headache he got after he unconsciously used the powers. This was obvious from the sealed yellow ball he saw.
The other power he guessed was something similar to pausing time, or at least that's how he noticed it. When he screamed on top of his lungs at the zombie which jumped on Suzie, the time stopped. He noticed the Zombie pause and then continued to scratch Suzie. If the phenomenon didn't happen, they might have lost Suzie. This power was most likely from the darker purplish-black ball.
"I should probably go out and test these two powers in the next two days, while I am free. I already said David to take the Jeep tomorrow, so if he arrives early then it's tomorrow, if not the next day." He sighed and stood up. 
He walked into his room and slowly laid down on the bed once again. Closing his eyes, he exhaled in relief and went back to sleep.


"THE END IS HERE"

The only sentence which made sense in the situation Mark was in. Trying to take the easy way out from all the horrors of his life Mark Blaze encountered the eruption of Zombies. The fight for survival has started. Would Mark be able to survive while facing his dark past he wanted to get away from or would he lose everything once again?

IMP NOTE- THE MC IS NOT COLD BLOODED AND ISN'T A SOLO WARRIOR. IF YOU EXPECT THAT KIND OF CHARACTER THEN I CAN ONLY SAY THIS BOOK DOES NOT PROVIDE YOU THAT.
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Still the man that captured Xiao Ruo (aka The Cutest)'s POV:
"Hello."
Momentarily, we both stared into each other's eyes.
My hands became clammy as I adjusted the grip on the wriggling kid, the tears never ceased to stop from the kid.
"Stop you big meanie! Let me go!"
The little kid struggled as he kicked weakly, the knife was hovering above his neck.
Sh*t!
Stop struggling!
I tighten my grip, trying to deal threatening as I inch the knife closer.
The kid stop squirming around, only able to shiver in my arms, the sleeves were wet and sticky.
I could feel her eyelash batting furiously, crystal tears clinging to the tips as he chewed his lips, turning red.
With the corner of my eye, I could see a white cat, its eyes shining abnormally.
It was looking at a dead man.
I returned my gaze to the zombie.
Red eyes, laced with hatred.
It was looking at a monster.
With a large slap on the head, my gaze turned blurry.
"What do you think you are doing!?"
With a burst of anger, I see who slapped me.
I came face to face with Grandma Jing.
I swallowed down the frothing rage.
Her eyes crinkled into a firm line, her mouth were firmly shut, the wrinkles on her face no longer felt sweet and homey, rather strict and ashamed.
"Why have we stooped this low!?" Exclaimed Grandma Jing as her finger shook, her thin hand felt like it was about to break.
Pushing me aside harshly, she hugged the shivering kid.
Patting his fluffy hair, her wrinkles softened.
"Go."
With a little push, the little boy shot off to the zombie, leaping into the zombie's rotting, bloody lap.
Peeking out, a pair of confused eyes blinked towards Grandma Jing.
The zombie widened its eyes, before closing them as he tightly grabbed the little boy, seemingly hugging him, nestling his balding head.
"But Grandma Jing!" I shouted, the sour taste in my mouth slowly turned bitter.
"What? You want information or supplies or what? So much so you must use a child to get what you want!"
"Oh how far we have fallen to do such a deed! To force this upon a child, you know well enough your acts are terrible, yet you still insist upon them!"
"You are on the same level of those who leave behind their teammates, those who ruined the food, the heinous criminals who laugh at others misfortunes."
"Even the demons will sneer at your actions."
"And you youngsters..."
Grandma Jing glanced behind at the cowering people behind.
Ren shuffled nervously as the hooded man shifted uneasily.
Little Watermelon twirled her fingers, opening her mouth to say something.
With a glare from Grandma Jing, she gulped down her words, hanging her head low.
But I couldn't swallow down my bitterness.
"Grandma Jing," I spoke respectfully as much as I could.
The wrinkles in the corner of her eyes scrunched up.
"Yes,"
"Lou?"
She used my name.
For the first time.
I cough a little, trying to reorganize my words from my jumbled mind.
"Grandma Jing, we need to survive. Though no one wants to do things that they believe against, living is the most important-"
"To step upon the corpses of others."
"To receive information to increase our survival for me, but you, and all of us-"
"And to use such an underhand action, imagine what you will do in the future when dangers will make our eyes red, redder than the monsters lurking in the night, but also walks proudly in the day."
"Just because he may be a child doesn't mean he is safe. In this situation, the young, the old, have changed. They will tears others to rise!"
"But this doesn't mean everyone. I agree with you on this one, but to turn our back from the right, embracing the wrong. You also didn't have to take hostage of the kid. We could've moved alone, siding with the lessons painstakingly taught to you by your parents."
"But the zombie! Have you ever seen a creature like it? The monster could be controlling the boy, manipulating things, creating all of this in this cursed world!"
"Isn't that very rash of you to think of. You lost your footing to the dangers that confront you, not even thinking rationally anymore. I'm not telling you to save everyone, but rather to know where you are standing."
Grandma Jing sighed.
"If I alter the situation where there were many people besides us watching your actions, what would you do?"
"You have been blinded by the fear of the unknown."
"Keeping this up, in a crucial moment, what will you do?"
"Don't side with the demons wearing white gowns."
"You'll lose the balance between the two."
Silently, she raised her head and wobbled her way up to the huddling pair.
"Don't worry you two."
"I have a good eye."
"I know the two of you won't hurt us."
"But if both of you do have a wicked thought-"
"Don't blame me if I whack you."
"Though I may be old, one foot in the grave, bones brittle, I still have this!"
With a strong fist, she shook it in front of the pair, her face stern.
And with a shock, I could see the monster stare right at her, before lowering his head, bowing to her, a bit of blood leaked out of its gashes.
"Alright youngester. But do be careful in these times. Just what type of trouble were you trying to get in?"
Little Watermelon rushed up to help Grandma Jing, the rest of the group followed up, Ren patted my back.
Helping the knelling zombie up, he teetered-tottered meekly, like a breathe could just slam him down to the ground.
The kid hugged his thigh tightly, his eyes filled with worry.
"Dhank uyo."
With a growl, I flinch a little from his remark.
Turning my back, I frown, my lips jutted out.
Then I felt like I was being stared at.
Squirming, I felt something sharp poking me.
With a jump, I face head to head with a pair of red eyes.
With a tilt of a head, he gestured somewhere.
Narrowing my eyes, I grunt as we all silently slink away, the dark night was starting to turn brighter, the beating sun was going to rise again.
Walking away from the bloody mess, the fire still reign over the ruins, eating away at a place where laughter was all that could be heard.
***
I sat down on the bare floor.
Wobbling his way around, the zombie was looking around the abandon store, picking up  paper scraps.
The little kid scurried over to help, giving something to the zombie.
I held my hand over the knife hidden in my clothes.
Hobbling over, he fell to the floor with a thump, taking out-
A pen?
With a trembling hand, the hand seem to be frantically scribbling something.
Placing the pen down, the piece of paper was slid to me.
With confusion, I glance at him, my eyebrow raised.
He stared right back.
Well, isn't that creepy?
I returned my gaze, reading the scrawls.
Is this writing?
Squinting hard, I could barely decipher the words, hearing another round of scribbling.
"There are ability users of all sorts. Zombies now have abilities too, receiving some human conscious, able to start basic planning. They can also have more than one."
What.
I harshly look back at the zombie, lowering his head as he continued to write.
I glance at the kid.
He stuck a tongue out, before turning his head away.
The white cat meowed playfully.
"Hey team. Come over."
Ren walked up confused, the hooded man followed behind. Little Watermelon turned to Grandma Jing.
"Go ahead kid. I'll be sitting here for a while. Talking this much has made me a bit tired."
"Besides, you youngsters should take care of this. My old brain isn't able to comprehend some gibberish on paper. Just tell me later."
Little Watermelon hesitates for a moment before scampering over.
I read the next sheet of paper as the zombie continued to write, his one hand was writing away as the little kid held some cloth, wrapping up the wounds carefully.
"In about 2 days, it is going to rain. I'm not sure what will happen, but it is bad. You must evacuate. Or else you'll become massacred."
"There are something called a 'nuclei' located in the brain of zombies. Pink is the lowest tier of nuclei, which then followed by orange, and other colors that I have yet to find out yet."
"Nuclei for zombies are able to heal/upgrade me, making zombies stronger and create abilities for them. They are quite small, about the size of a coin. They also have crystals, the length of a toothpick but still quite small, correlating to their ability. Each color might have to do with their ability."
"Ability users have something similar to a crystal. Ability users can absorb the zombie nuclei by eating it, perhaps helping their ability."
"But stay conscious of eating too many, as it will kill the user absorbing it, making an instant death. No cure so far."
"Also-"
I could see the zombie glance at me, hesitating.
With a sigh, he put down his pen, continuing to write, scratching out the previous writing.
What was that for?
"But for all of this information, you have to give me something back."
I growled.
"What?" I barked.
"Ow, who's pinching me?!"
"Be respectful," Little Watermelon said, "This information is as good as gold, no, beyond priceless. Him asking for a deal make sense. This information one day can help us, save us even."
Grunting, I resumed.
"What do you want in exchange?"
Scribbling.
Right on the paper.
"I want-"
Stopping in his tracks, the zombie seem to shake.
He finished writing right when the kid finished wrapping up his wounds.
Placing the pen down, his hand went to his eyes, rubbing back and forth.
With confusion, I read the piece of paper.
"I want you to bring Xiao Ruo with you."
***
"I'm not bringing dead weight."
I could feel the zombie's eyes flicker momentarily, silently staring daggers into me.
I felt Little Watermelon staring me down too.
"We have to agree to the deal."
I flashed my eyes.
Ren you motherf*cker.
"Why?"
"Because a deal is a deal. Besides, bringing a kid could be helpful."
"Didn't you hear the group people talking about the government?"
"Yah, what about it?"
"Having a kid is basically an automatic way for us to get in."
"Think about it," Ren said, sitting down, adjusting his posture as Little Watermelon glowing eyes were fixated on both of us.
In the corner of my eyes I saw the zombie and the kid huddling together, communicating something, the kid sniffling, grabbing tightly to the zombie, shaking.
Ren continued, "The government has to do something. Zombie apocalypse, they have to do about it."
"Something like a safe camp, or a movement of exterminating the zombies?"
"Which means they need people to join. Having a kid is an automatic way for us to go in! Saying no to a kid, do they want to end humankind?"
"That's a pretty twisted way of thinking, isn't it Ren?" Little Watermelon spoke, staring holes into both of us, "What do you think Lou?"
"Call me boss."
"Well, you lost my respect for you."
I flinch, turning to her.
Little Watermelon is a chirpy, airhead who always isn't as stupid as you think, but this time around, when she gets serious, she gets very scary.
Taking some time to digest what she said, Ren chirped up.
"I don't mean it like that. I mean, yes, we are using a child. But what can that child do?"
Wait, wasn't that child an ability user? The team was behind me, unable to see the showdown between the man and the child.
Struck with realization, I opened my mouth to say something.
Then, suddenly, I felt sharp claws on my back.
"Meow."
Instinctively, I shut my mouth.
"What is it?"
Little Watermelon asked, curiously looking over.
"Do you have something to say?"
I shook my head.
"I just think, maybe the kid might help us. Morale and all."
"Morale?"
"I don't want to depressingly spend my days. I mean, having a kid well make us feel better, and I'm sure Grandma Jing loves to spend some time with kids."
Little Watermelon smiled.
"Of course Grandma would love that! Isn't that true...Ren?"
Ren scoffed.
"Fine. I'll agree upon this."
"What did you say Ren?"
"I said I agreed."
"Louder."
"I said I agreed!"
"Can't hear you!"
"YES! F*CK YES!"
"I like the sound of that," Little Watermelon remarked, stretching her sore back, "What about you, Lou?"
"Call me boss."
"You've lost my respect to call you boss."
"..."
"So, what do you think?"
"Your eyes are scary right now, like tearing me apart."
"What do you mean? I'm totally the stereotypical women, totally weak and fragile, someone who wouldn't hurt a fly."
"You aren't in that stereotype. Stereotypes are normally incorrect."
"What about you, saying that the child would be dead weight?"
"...I apologize."
"Don't say sorry to me, say it to the child. Besides, you really know how to divert the subject, so, about the question."
"I agree."
"What?"
"..."
I groaned, rubbing my wary eyes.
"Don't play these games Little Watermelon. I'm going to get mad."
"Then repeat what you said."
I stare right into her murderous eyes.
"I agree upon the child coming with us. I no longer think the child will be dead weight."
"Well," Little Watermelon smiled foolishly, her dimples accentuated her bright eyes, "Then it is settled!"
With a little skip, she scampered right by Grandma Jing, perhaps telling her the good news.
It is unsettling how she is able to change like that.
"Meow!"
I turned around, thinking what the hell that just happened. 
I picked up the white cat.
With a sweet meow, she settle right into my lap, her sharp claws were still seemingly ready to pierce me right through.
Oh what a f*cking day it was.

Assandra punished humanity on Earth for their foolish attempt to satisfy their greed by letting the undead walk on the world. People who were once on the top of the food chain by relying technology were now on the bottom. 

Will this hell ever end?

Walking on the bloody roads, unafraid of weapons or abilities, was a young adult zombie sucking on a lollipop. Zombies kneel before him, their red eyes dilating in fear, their legs quivering as their rotting flesh jiggled.

"I miss him," Sun Fu sighed, sucking on his strawberry lollipop.

***
I am a newbie writer, so please tell me what I am lacking!

Also, this is a bit dark and this is BL! So if this isn't your cup of tea, then this story isn't for you! ML won't appear for a LONG time, so don't expect him for a long time! This story is a bit one the slow side, so it isn't a fast paced story!

Sexual content may occur, but I don't know when. It will happen in the 3 digit chapter though (it will have a warning beforehand)!

Release: 1 chapter per week because of school (with some surprise releases!)

<Stage 1 Low-Leveled Zombie Killed>
<You've earned 1 exp>
<Stage 1 Low-Leveled Zombie Killed>
<You've earned 1 exp>
<Stage 1 Low-Leveled Zombie Killed>
<You've earned 1 exp>
<.....>
When it comes to going through a killing spree, keeping track of time could become so difficult. As time passed, waves upon waves of rabid human hordes came up to me without rest. And yet, I didn't feel exhausted in the least. In fact, I felt more energized every time I beheaded one of them.
"How many days has it been?" I asked myself while punching another rabid human to death. I lost track of how many rabid humans I've slaughtered and they just kept coming!
Everything was like a blur when I let my adrenaline take over me. An unusual habit was starting to form within my body the more I killed a rabid human. And before I knew it, I was dancing around, efficiently punching their head off their shoulders. If a passerby saw me, they would think that I was crazy due to the super weird dance I was doing. 
I was going around and around like a kid playing. The reason for that was so a rabid human won't sneak up from behind me and bite me. In other words, I was rotating so I won't have any blind spots. And while doing so, I punched their heads as hard as I could with my fists. I got too used to it that the rabid humans surrounding me began to dwindle in numbers. Now, they die faster than they respawn, which was a good thing.
Wait, do they respawn? Seems to me like they do since they just keep coming, I guess.
<Exp 640/640>
<Congratulations, you've reached Level 6>
<You've gained a free stat point>
Wait, I'm level 6 now? So I've killed more than a thousand rabid humans by now? That's insane! I thought that I only killed a few hundred of them, who would've thought that I already reached a thousand.
The refreshing feeling in my body was replaced with a certain coldness. It started from my Virus Qi Core and then it affected my Qi Core with its coldness. Then, my whole body soon followed, giving me literal chills.  At first, I thought that the coldness had to do with my Virus Qi Core but as it turns out, I was wrong. The coldness that I felt came from the System and it's like a  status and hp refresh in video games. Just like when you level up in video games and your hp goes up to full, the coldness was the same. The little bit of fatigue that I felt vanished in a blink of an eye. Not only did I feel stronger than before due to the level up, but I also felt more energized.
For a split second, I was tempted to look at my stats but seeing that I'm still in the middle of a battle, I stopped myself. I can just look at it later, after all,
RaARGhh! 
My attention was attracted by a loud and ferocious scream, emanating from a really massive rabid human which was at least a hundred meters from where I was. Compared to my rabid human subordinate, the Stage 1 High-Leveled rabid human, the thing was like a monster truck. My subordinate couldn't even be compared to it, in other words. And just by its looks alone, I could tell that it was at least ten times stronger than my subordinate.
But we won't know unless we try, right?
"Let's go, p*kemon!" I shouted, as I extended my hand and imagined pulling my rabid human from my storage. In just a split second, my First-Stage High-Leveled rabid human appeared in front of me all menacing with its black-colored body. It's violet, vein-like streaks glowed as it roared.
In return, the massive rabid human that appeared roared as well. It seemed provoked by the appearance of my rabid human.
Without further ado, my rabid human charged, ready to bite and beat the living daylights out of the massive rabid human in front of me. They were like two buildings trying to topple each other down, judging by their size. My rabid human was just a story tall, however, while the one attacking us was two stories tall.
Splat!
"Wait.. what?! What just happened?!" I exclaimed.
It only took one shot... just one shot to kill my rabid human. It took hundreds of Stage 1 Low-leveled rabid humans to take it down but this zombie just took care of it with one slap?! How could this rabid human be so strong?
<Stage 1 High-Leveled Zombie has returned to your System Storage>
After the prompt, my System spoke to me in a bit of a panicked manner. "Yongrui, get out of here! You can't take that on. It's a Stage 2 High-Leveled Zombie!"
"Stage 2?! That's just stage 2?! How could it be so formidable when the difference in their levels is just one?" I asked as I tucked my tail and run. As I said before, I'm a rational person and I could tell that there's no way I could rise victorious if I go head to head with that gargantuan of a zombie.  Even if my system already told me that I leveled up to Level 6, I still won't risk it.
"It's just like in cultivation, Yongrui. A higher realm is more powerful than a Lower One. And when it comes to zombi- er, rabid humans, that difference in power is more conspicuous than in humans."
"And so? What level do I have to attain to be able to defeat a Stage 2?"
"I don't know... but probably Level 10+ or 15+." The System spoke.
"Wouldn't that take so long? How many Stage 1 should I kill? Thousands? That will take so long!"  I complained. "But no matter. For now, I just have to escape this place and do some planning.
I, Yongrui, is the strongest cultivator back in my days. There's no way I'd allow a mere pesky rabid human to defeat me. If killing thousands of rabid humans is what it takes to reach a higher plane, then so be it. I'm not the kind of person who'll run forever. I will defeat that Stage-2, no matter what!
Groan!
Thud!
I didn't even see what happened. The next thing I knew... the Stage-2 High-Leveled Zombie fell down as its head rolled over to my feet. Someone slashed it with a single strike...
Someone more powerful than m- wait?!  What?! Isn't that—

WPC #148 submission. 

Update: Winner of WPC#148 Bronze Reward

Tang Yongrui was about to reach the Transcendence realm when a zombie virus broke out all over the globe. Instead of continuing his cultivation, he chose to 'protect' his sect from the zombies but they were greatly outnumbered. 

He suffered a single bite and that's how his life ended. 

But life is sometimes fair as it is unfair. He was given a chance to live again. 

Waking up five years after the Virus Outbreak had started, Tang Yongrui has to work from the ground up to ascend from the Mortal Realm to the Transcendence Realm, rebuild his sect, and annihilate the zombies that ruined his life. 

But to his surprise... he woke up as a one of the infected ones?! 

Oops!

"Alright! We did it, Hiromata-kun!"
The two have been playing for quite a while and they finally beat a really difficult stage.
"Great job, Kasumi-san. Even though most of the time you just run straight ahead to the zombies."
"I wasn't! Well, maybe I did but..."
"Haha, I'm kidding, I'm kidding."
Even though they did manage to defeat the enemies, it was mostly Seki's help but they laughed it off anyway.
'Mayby I can really get along with Hiromata-kun. He seems to be a very kind and gentle person. He's very sarcastic but knows his limits. I truly think we can get alon—"
Just as Eru was praising Seki in her head, a cutscene in the game came up but Seki instantly pressed the skip button.
"..."
"K-Kasumi-san. Why are glaring daggers at me?"
"Hiromata-kun. Why did you press the skip button? Please tell me you did that on accident. Please don't tell me that you skipped it because you don't care about the stor—"
"I don't really care about the story. Wanna play another stage?"
"Please get away from me."
"Oi, oi, don't just say it to my face like you really mean it."
Though Eru was being sarcastic on her comment, she truly felt frustrated that Seki skipped the cutscene.
"But why would you skip it?!"
"Eh? I just told you, Kasumi-san."
"You have to take the time to understand the story! The origins of the apocalypse! The grieving of the characters!"
"But we could've used that time to shoot some zombie brains."
"Ha?! Don't you feel curious on the lore of the game?"
"B-But... shooting zombie brains..."
Seki gazed at Eru's eyes with pleading puppy eyes.
'Why does it feel like I'm scolding a kid right now?'
Eru had the urge to pat Seki's head because of the face he was making but managed to hold it in. She simply regained her composure and sighed.
"S-Sorry, Kasumi-san."
"E-Eh? No! I wasn't angry or anything! I was just surprised by your pretty uncommon mindset."
Eru waved her hands left and right. Although Seki wasn't crying or anything, she could feel the genuine apologetic tone in his words.
"I've never really cared about the stories in games and such. I'm also not very fond with books but I'm completely fine when it comes to Animes and shows. Probably because watching those doesn't take much effort."
"I see... Hm..."
Eru held her chin as if she was in deep thought.
"Hiromata-kun, I've decided!"
"W-What is it, Kasumi-san?"
"Mark my words, I will make you appreciate the beauty of stories and tales!"
"Ehhh..."
Seki simply remarked in a dejected tone.
"I may have said that I wasn't angry a while ago, I'll admit that I was definitely frustrated. That said, I'll make you like them to the point of no return whether you like it or not!"
Watching Eru puff her chest as she proudly proclaimed this, Seki couldn't help but make a small chuckle.
"I see. I'll be counting on you then."
Seki exclaimed so with such a wholesome smile that Eru blushed just a tad bit.
"Considering that we're talking about games with stories, what do you play, Kasumi-san? JRPGs? Obviously not FPS games though."
"I don't know what to feel about that last comment. But JRPGs aren't really my scene. I've tried playing them a couple times but dropped them after a few minutes. The games that I'm crippling addicted to are visual novels."
"Ehhh... So you like those, huh. You don't really look like the kind of girl who would be into Eroges and lewd stuff."
Hearing the magic word [lewd], Eru's face instantly turned beet red.
"Oi, oi! That's a common misconception many people have! Visual novels aren't limited to eroges and such. It can also be dating simulators, or even great games with intriguing plots like Fake: Stay Day, Stine's Door, or even the world famous Okie-Dokie: Math Club!"
"K-Kasumi-san... I'm not familiar with those titles so you're basically speaking alien language to me."
Once again, Eru could simply sigh in disappointment. Noticing this, Seki tried to cheer her up.
"Maybe you could bring one of your visual novels here and we can play it."
Eru's face lit up as she heard this suggestion from Seki.
"Yeah... Let's do that. Then I'll that to my to do list! I'll make sure that you're addicted to the visual novels as well and one day you'll thank me for introducing you to an amazing medium!"
Watching such a sight, his face lit up and he started chuckling to himself.
"E-Eh? Why are you laughing? Did I say something weird? Do I have something in my face? What is it?"
"No, no. I'm just thinking that it was easy after all."
"Easy? What is?"
"I told you that I'll make you speak casually with me right? Your response was so vague back then that I thought it'll be impossible but not a week has passed and you're already so cheerful. Just thinking about it, I couldn't help but be delighted."
...
Eru's face blushed slightly but she managed to suppress it in no time as she fixed her composure.
"Pardon my extreme behavior. I would like to send you my deepest apologies."
"Oi, don't turn back on me now."

Lovers. Yes, a relationship yearned by many. A connection in which two people love, care, think, lean, and depend on each other. Indeed these are lovers. Unfortunately, this wasn't the case for us, since my girlfriend thinks too much.

This novel is also published on Wattpad under the same name

<Shui Lai's Pov>
Biubiubiu~
The laser gun in the hands of alien hunter Shane did its deed by killing off all the green goop monsters.
"You missed one!"
Biubiu!
Rapidly, blinding lasers fired from the laser gun in my hand, killing the pink spy goop monster before it slinked off.
"What are you guys doing, slacking off, huh?" muttered Shane in frustration.
I was pretty frustrated too, who could have imagined the two easiest roles couldn't even do their job?
Mechanic and Pilot were the simplest roles in the game <Alien Hunters>.
For the Mechanic, their job was to fix up broken parts of the spaceship we were on. Basically, they had to play mini-games, hooking up the right cord, gathering materials, etc.
And the Pilot was as anybody could guess, just flying the damn spaceship. Avoiding wormholes, asteroids, and enemies we were too low leveled to fight against was their job.
Shane and I, knowing that we were in this to blow off steam, took the roles of the two alien hunters.
And we killed off occasional enemies, space pirates, and aliens brilliantly.
It's just... it's becoming too hard to catch up with the terrible duo's mistakes!
The aliens kept on invading because the spaceship was sailing straight into their lairs.
On top of that, because the shield wasn't fixed and only our cafeteria seemed to be upgrading tremendously, they invaded too quickly and too many at once.
"Why's the cafeteria upgrading? Go upgrade someplace else! No, don't go upgrading the game room! Not the gym either!"
Shane was quite frustrated and lost his cool at Andrei who had now moved on to finally upgrade our spaceship properly.
I didn't know Jing Shao well, so I wasn't in a position to yell at him for doing a bad job.
If so, I would have made him practice playing the game ten thousand times over!
Anyways, with the way the two were playing, we weren't going to make it through this round.
Diririri~ You have failed your mission.
Would you like to start your journey anew? Yes/No
Shane quickly answered, "No" and we decided to take a break.
"Argh, you guys suck at this game, let's just eat. What do you guys want?"
"Chicken!" I shouted.
"Pho?" Andrei questioned his own decision.
"And you?" asked Shane to Jing Shao.
"Is a hamburger alright?"
"Sure. I'm going to order pizza for myself. It's on me by the way, no need to pay, just relax."
Jing Shao said his thanks politely and sat back down on the sofa.
"Shane Ge is really nice."
"Yeah, just relax, we're not strict or anything. And Shane gets a lot of money from teaching martial arts, so we can binge off him."
"Hey, that's not nice!" Shane called from somewhere.
"You earn more than me, can't you do at least this for us?" I replied back with a laugh.
"If it weren't for me lacking in gamer friends..."
"Haha, and Andrei sucks at games at first, so as long as you're willing to play games with Shane, he'd be happy to have you as a friend. Ah, but seeing your gaming skills..."
"...Was I that bad?"
"...How can somebody sail straight into every alien lair? And asteroid? And worm hole? And-"
"Ok, ok, ok. I was bad. I'll practice and be better at this game next time."
Shane called out from who knows where once more.
"You said next time! Come play any time! We've been lacking a fourth player for a lot of games I've been meaning to play!"
"Alright Shane Ge, I'll visit again soon."
"It's nice to have someone call me Ge for once!"
Shane then disappeared somewhere again.
Andrei was working out and I became bored.
I didn't know much about this kid.
Just that he was Yu Ge's secretary's son.
Oh, and him being little blue's friend.
...Well, more like a lackey.
His random ability was really interesting.
Luck.
And apparently, his eyes change color when he's using his ability.
I may have seen it once? I don't quite remember.
Ah, but if his eyes are like that, he should wear sunglasses to hide his power.
Curious, I turned my head to look at Jing Shao.
As I was sitting on the right, I could only see his blue eye.
"You have pretty eyes. Does it run in the family?"
Heterochromia usually tended to be genetics.
He turned to face me and I could see his red eye as well.
Honestly, they didn't look like contact lenses, not chunni either.
The blue eye looked light blue with ripples like a beach on it.
The red eye-well more like only red in certain light positions, was more of a pink  
"Yes, my grandmother from my mom's side has it I heard. But for my right eye, it's also because I have albinism. This I have from my mom's side as well. Her eyes are both blue though."
"Oh?"
"My hair's now more brown, but it used to be blonde."
"I heard that Asian albinism is usually a case of blonde hair that turns darker later on and a lighter skin tone. I thought you'd dyed your hair."
"No, I've never dyed it before..."
"Really? I've dyed my hair in all sorts of colors. I was reckless with it and my go-to hairdresser told me to stop killing my hair, so I'm letting it recover now."
Jing Shao looked interested.
"What sort of colors?"
"I've done the regulars, blonde, brown, red, etc. But it's fun to have a green, pink, light blue, that type of stuff you know?"
"Would it look like cotton candy?"
"Yup, plus if you perm it just right, it looks more realistic."
"That sounds nice. What's your favorite hair color?"
This I had to think about.
But I still arrived at my answer.
"Green."
I explained with more detail after seeing curiosity wanting to burst out.
"My crush had green hair before. I started dying my hair to match."
"How romantic," he sighed.
I laughed.
"Not really. I was rejected."
"...I'm sorry."
"It's ok. I was too egoistic and didn't try to understand them either."
"Who is it by the way?"
Ha, more than regular chit chat, he was the type to like gossip I see.
"You don't know- Actually you might have seen him before."
After all, I think if he watched the broadcast or was there as a kid, he probably saw XingXing.
"Really?"
"Maybe?"
"I don't remember seeing anyone with green hair..."
"Then you were too young to remember."
"Oh. What's their name?"
"Zhang Xing."
"I don't seem to know anyone with that name?"
"Of course, he's a zombie now."
"I'm terribly sorry."
"Don't be, he's doing well. I can take you to see him some time."
"Is he a research subject?"
"Kind of. But he doesn't reside in the research center."
"I haven't heard anything about a female zombie being researched outside of the center before."
"He's not a girl."
"Ah? Wait. Then... you like boys?"
"I thought you already knew? I'm gay."
Judging from his shocked face...
He didn't.
Well.
Surprise!


Even before the apocalypse, Shui Yu's family and life were falling apart. So when he went back to the time when he was born, he tried hard to prepare and teach his siblings so that they would not be separated in this lifetime. But even though he was very OP(too OP in fact), troubles came his way. He just wanted to get rid of boredom and travel the world... but who's that mad scientist chasing him?

Shui Yu: Why're you chasing me?
Mad Scientist: You're my past life's lover!
Shui Yu: Bullsh*t! I don't remember you! Get away from me!
Mad Scientist: I'll make you remember me, starting with your body...

In fact, this is a very dark but sappy story of two very OP individuals falling in love~

Reminder: This is a slow romance novel, so expect to get to the ML by chapter 70! And the apocalypse starts at chapter 45, so please don't comment or review about the novel being so slow or for me to hurry up with the story. If you read the <Not an Update>, you'll know how I deal with rude reviewers.

Warning: This is BL, Danmei, fujoshi/fudanshi crap, etc. And the cover isn't mine. I edited it perfectly, but it's still not mine. The beautiful work belongs to its rightful artist~

#2 for Writing prompt #27: Reunion of a Separated couple

*Bang! KaBoom! Bang! Bang! Bang! Ratatatatatatta!*
The sound of guns, machine guns and tanks are already can be heard by the team of Mikael. The camp is in their vicinity and the field is filled with zombies.
Master Sgt. Mikael just jumped off from the helicopter and everyone in his team was surprised and amazed as the Master Sergeant just released white wings from his back. The Master Sergeant's black rifle turned to white and it glows small amount of white light.
*Phew! Phew! Phew! Phew!*
The rifle became like a laser gun that shoots mini white lasers. Even though he is still far away from the camp, he did shoot with high accuracy hitting the zombies in the chest.
In the right side of the field, Sgt. Gregory Bato is fighting a man that have a long bushy golden hair. The man with a golden hair is not wearing any shirt and just wearing a dark green shorts. His chest, arms, legs and feet are hairy and they are also golden. His golden hair shapes like a lion's mane and his body is a little bit larger than the body of Sgt. Gregory Bato.
While in the middle of the field there are two men that are just standing still and one of them is shouting something with a dark voice that sounds scary.
Zeren: Please just SURRENDER! We will not kill anyone who will join us. Become part of the Chosen Ones! I repeat! Just SURRENDER!
Master Sgt. Bruce Breaker: JUST LEAVE US ALONE! YOU MADA F*CKER!!!
Zeren: Shut Up!! YOU UGLY OLD MAN!!
Master Sgt. Bruce Breaker: Did he just said ugly old man?!
Master Sgt. Bruce Breaker aims his machine gun directly to Zeren.
*Furatatatatatata!*
Master Sgt. Bruce Breaker: (I will make his zombie-like face to an uglier zombie face with a lots of holes you, damn monkey.)
Zeren blocked all of the bullets with his mysterious invisible barrier.
The Blue, Shane, Teacher Fran and the rest of the Master Sgt. Mikael's team had already take off from the helicopter and they immediately fought the zombies near them in th field. While Master Sgt. Mikael is slowly shutting down the numbers of the zombies in the field while flying towards the camp.
Zeren saw Blue and then immediately went walking towards him. Blue saw him too. Master Sgt. Mikael is shooting Zeren with his white lasers but all of the laser bullets are being blocked by Zeren with his invisble barrier.
While Master Sgt Mikael is shooting him, Shane transformed her body, her straight black hair become red. Her eyes became red and they are like the eyes of a mythical dragon. And there is a little bit of dragon scales below on her right eye.
Shane immediately dash towards Zeren. She doesn't know it is Zeren, as this body Zeren is controlling right now is not the same from before. The zombie body that Zeren is currently controlling is as tall as Teacher Fran and it is wearing a priest robe with a hood. This zombie he is controlling seems different than the previous zombies because his eyes are not completely black, it glows light brown.
Shane leaped and was going to smash her umbrella to Zeren but she was mysteriously thrown towards Sgt. Gregory Bato. Sgt. Gregory stopped Shane with his left hand while the other hand of him is blocking the punch of the enemy that have a long golden hair.
Sgt. Gregory's body is huge and have packs of muscles. But his whole body is currently more bulky and his body became black.
Blue is currently being approach by Zeren while Teacher Fran and the rest are fighting the zombies. And now, Master Sgt. Mikael is already arrived in the camp.
[Outside the Camp, Helicopter of General Nepo's Team]
General Nepo is calling Master Sgt. Breaker. The sound of guns and the clashes of different abilities around the camp can be heard by General Nepo over the radio phone.
General Nepo: What's the situation Bruce?
Master Sgt. Breaker: We are currently fighting the invaders sir and we just found out that all of the camps all over the country is being invaded by them.
General Nepo: We are on our way there. Master Sgt. Bruce, I want you to send a message to all of the camps. Tell them to immediately evacuate to the Fort Bat'Hala and tell them to make sure no one will follow them as much as possible.
Master Sgt. Breaker: YES SIR!
Genereal Nepo: We can already see the camp. Immediately evacuate the people in the camp to the Fort Bat'hala. Do not worry, I will makes sure all of you will be able to leave the camp safely.
Master Sgt. Breaker: Sir, Yes Sir! Let's meet in the Fort Bat'Hala again Sir!
General Nepo's team arrived in the camp near the entrance. Bezeel Macaw immediately went rampaging with his black lightning as soon as got out from the helicopter. Rhey Mendoza and the rest of the team instantly attacks the zombies too.
The general saw Master Sgt. Mikael in the center of the field fighting a kid with a blue hair. And he walk towards Mikael while professionally killing and stabbing the zombies who gets in the way of him using his cool knife.
General Nepo: Mikael..
Master Sgt. Mikael: Yes, General?
General Nepo: Let me handle this. I want you to come with Master Sgt. Bruce. Protect them for me, the fort is a little bit far from this place. I want you to make the people arrive there alive and safe. We will take care of these monsters, we will follow you after we are done here.
Master Sgt. Mikael: Yes sir. This kid is strong sir. Be careful.
General Nepo: Don't worry about me. I believe I am stronger than him.
Master Sgt. Mikael: Good luck sir.
Master Sgt. Mikael fly away towards the building.
General Nepo: Hey kid! What's your name? Are you the leader of the chosen ones?
Razz: Nope it's not me.
Razz point Zeren with his right hand.
Razz: That's the leader there, though it's not his real body. His name is Zeren. My name is Razz.
General Nepo: I see.
Razz: Where are you going? You must defeat me first before going to the boss. It's the universal rule, I bet you never played any games old man.
General Nepo: I'm not that old, and I played some games when I was still a kid.
Razz: Then why is your hair white?
General Nepo: ....
Razz: .....
General Nepo: Why did you join this kind of group? You look like a good person to me.
Razz: To survive? I guess? Following him is the best option to survive. He is strong enough to become a king of the new world he is speaking of.
General Nepo: I see.
Razz: Yeah...
General Nepo immediately dashed and punched Razz in the face. Razz's head splashed and thrown away like a liquid.
[Leo VS Shane and Gregory]
Meanwhile, Shane and Sgt. Gregory is fighting the enemy named Leo.
Leo: So you are the one who the leader told me to. You are also a beast berserker. This is gonna be fun!
Leo punched the ground as he was trying to punch Shane but Shane was able to evade it. Then Gregory immediately hugged Leo in the back and strongly pressed Leo with his two arms.
Sgt. Gregory: BLACK METAL CRASHING HUG!
Leo: Hahaha This is fu-
Sgt. Gregory Bato lifted Leo and then thrown hard on to the ground!
Sgt. Gregory: BLACK METAL BODY SLAM!!!
*Bam!*
Leo: I admit that hurts a little bit.... So you can make your body turn to a metal?
Sgt. Gregory: Yeah, my body can copy a metal. I copied the metal of my gun.
Leo: But isn't it a gun is mostly made of steel? Then why is yours is black?
Sgt. Gregory: A-am.. I-it's... Maybe my body did copied the color of the gun too. Y-yeah.. that's why I call this the Black Steel Mode!
Leo: Whatever! You should try making your body similar to a diamond because you can never defeat me with that kind of metal.
Shane leaped towards Leo and her right foot was rising upward in a crescent motion then the upward arc motion stopped in the air and then she lowered it so fast to strike Leo from above. She made Leo knelt in the ground.
When Shane landed in the ground, she followed her attack with another one.
Shane: Celestial moon, sword style... THE RISING MOON!
Shane swing her umbrella upwards and it directly hit Leo's jaw. Leo have a heavy body but he was a little bit raised to the air.
Shane's red dragon umbrella changes when it gets more blood. The umbrella seems become more stronger and sharper if it gets more blood on it as if it is really alive. The patterns and design also changes.
And because Shane's umbrella ain't sharp enough and Leo's body have a higher defense, that is why Shane's attack didn't made any cut. But she did inflicted some damage and made Leo feel pain with that attack.
Sgt. Gregory: Cannon Ball Punch! Incoming!!!
Sgt. Gregory immediately dashed through and did a straight punch to Leo's abs as soon as Leo was raised a little bit from the groud by Shane
*Wapak!*
Leo went flying towards between Blue and Zeren who is still approaching Blue, wiping out the zombies along the way. Then..
*Bam!*
The zombies was crashed in the ground and Leo went sliding and dragging zombies along the way leaving a trail of smokey dust.
Leo is lying in the ground and he saw Zeren coming towards him.
Leo: Oh... Hi there leader..
Zeren: ...
Zeren stepped on Leo as he was still approaching Blue.
Leo stood up after few seconds. Then he shouted facing Shane and Sgt. Gregory.
Leo: Yeah, I was right on coming in this camp!!!
Leo's hairy body became more hairy, his teeth became sharp like the lions' fangs and his hair became more spiky and bushy. His eyes became golden yellow and resembles to the eyes of a lion and his nails in his feet and hands became sharp.
Leo then ROAR!!! And he run towards Sgt. Gregory.
Leo: Lion's Right Wild Claw!!
*Klaang!*
Leo scratched Sgt. Gregory using his right hand coming from above towards below in a diagonal motion. Sgt. Gregory blocked Leo's claw using his black steel left arm.
Leo: Lion's Left Wild Claws!!
*Klaang!*
Leo launched another attack and this time he used his left hand coming from above towards below in a diagonal motion to scratch Sgt. Gregory. And Sgt. Gregory blocked it again with his right arm to avoid more damage in his scratched left hand.
Sgt. Gregory's arms are not bleeding, thanks to his hardening ability but if his body will turn back to normal then it will start bleeding and he will start feeling the pain instantly.
Leo looked down to Sgt. Gregory with his golden eyes and with an intense aura then said..
Leo: Pathetic. Your metallic body is weak.
Leo opened his arms and then smiled.
Leo: Lion's Crossing Wild Claws!
Shane instantly blocked Leo's attack using her umbrella. She countered the force of the attack with her Rising Moon Slash!
*KaChing!*
Leo: What an interesting umbrella.
[Blue VS Zeren]
Zeren: We meet again Blue.
Blue: Who are you?
To be continued.

The world was turned to chaos and most of the people turned to super zombies just because of a video that shows an ancient gate. Few people that watched the video didn't turned to zombies but instead they gained some nonhuman abilities. There are some few survivors across the globe, but the question is, how and who will save the world?

*Crackle Crackle*

The firewood crackled, acting as fuel to the fire. The fire is the only strong source of light and heat in this cold night.

Sounds of nearby monsters could be occasionally heard. Groans of zombies and all its variant of undead friends, high-pitched sounds from literal demonic bats that will actively prey on helpless human, strange insects varying from harmless to dangerously deadly for normal people that were scattered around the rainy forest, and much more.

It was really fortunate that I found a cave and managed to make a wall from the trees with the help of Neonite to block the mouth of the cave. Well, here I am, sitting in front of a campfire I made.

"Who'd have thought playing blocky brick games could help me live in this new environment?" I said to myself proudly as I glanced at the anvil, furnace, the crafting bench, and other crafting stations I made.

It was just this morning that I woke up to this sadness filled forest. At that time, the forest was heaven. There are bountiful amounts of foods from the trees, a seemingly untouched water source, and the refreshing scenery of a natural forest.

I started my first morning with illegal logging and also eating squirrels and bunnies. It must be done, and I have my own reasons to do so, which is obviously to gather as many pieces of wood as possible because of my worry and to ease my hunger respectively. I'm worried about something because of a reason.

The Cheating Device, Neonite.

Every features Neonite offers are very similar to certain games I played in the past. This somehow made me think of what will happen in the night... I just can't bring myself to shrug this feeling off anymore especially since I've seen slimes roaming around the forest.

Well, there's nothing wrong with preparing for the worst.

With Neonite's Game Mechanics, I'm able to ridiculously gather hundreds of wood pieces in my Inventory. Well, as a result of my worry, I gathered like five hundred wood pieces in my Inventory. It is not that much, but it is enough to make like a LOT of stuff.

The night came, and it is not pleasant. That's why I live like a caveman in this cave... I don't think I could survive by roaming in the night before I crafted one thing I kept in my inventory.

I glanced at the gap of the wooden wall. The sky started to slowly turn bluish from the previously dark, signifying the rising of the sun.

The time has finally come.

*BAM!*

The wall was unexpectedly flown back after I pushed it a little. I thought it would just fall down. Well, I think this means HUNTING TIME WILL GO SMOOTHLY!

*CRASH!*

The thick wooden wall crashed onto an unfortunate living corpse, resulting in a bloody mess.

"Give me your loots!"

=-=-=

It is another peaceful new day. The undead will usually disappear into the depths of the forest again, away from any threat just before sunrise. They're nocturnal entities who live in darkness to maintain themselves in certain ways. Their body will melt and turn into dust if they stayed under the sun for too long.

Though they could survive even if they stayed under the shade of a tree while taking minimal exposure to the sun, they still preferred to just go find a nearby cave or simply just bury themselves. One of them, in particular, loves to just bury himself.

His name is John. He is not a man he used to be. He is now a living corpse, a zombie who lives in the Pitfelen Forest. In the past, he was a-

*BAM! CRASH!*

With that, John's tale ended.

"Give me your loots!"

It was the voice of a girlish looking kid around 130 cm (around 4'3) who emerged from the previously blocked cave. Something that stood out from them is the pair of eerie crimson eyes and the set of armor made out of wood, iron, and leather. Noticeably, there are strands of ash gray hair peeking out from the helmet they wore. The kid is also holding a seemingly well-made iron broadsword, just longer than half the kid's height.

Everything was still the same as what the armored kid saw yesterday, except there are creepy living corpses and flying demon rats. The thick trees were very tall while the space between the trees was overgrown with grasses, shrubs, and underbrush. Rocks with varying sizes were scattered around the area.

"RRRYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAA!!!" the kid let out a battle cry, imitating a certain vempaer-man. (Yes, the absence of one letter is intentional.)

The kid leaped at a nearby zombie, and with a swing of their sword...

*SLASH!*

A rotten head went flying to the air only to be pulled by gravity, hitting the grassy ground with a thud. The body of the corpse fell lifelessly onto the ground.

'Kono powa...'

*SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!*

The armored kid's speed and agility are escalating, soon becoming flashes of movements. While moving around the area with such speed, the ground, the trees, and the rocks they stepped onto were left with a visible footprint or two, meanwhile, multiple heads went flying to the air before falling to the grassy ground, making the thud sound.

The armored kid has been mining and gathering iron the whole night to prepare for this killing spree. When the night came, they went to the deeper parts of the cave, which branched from place to place. It is a very big cave system as they almost got lost from time to time. Of course, fighting is inevitable as monsters do live inside of the cave system. That's part of the reason why they're able to estimate the current opponents' capabilities.

It was truly a long yet fun night... except for the rotten corpses left in the cave. They're rotten and smelly.

*SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!*

Rotten heads flying, demonic bats cut into half, and even some insects near the battlefield are not spared from the onslaught. The precision and coordination that could be seen in such a barbaric way of swordplay are truly hard to describe.

With eyes wide-open, the armored kid continued the killing spree, not even realizing the sweat dripping from their chin. It was not long before there is nothing left to kill except for some that fled or just insects that's too much to hunt down one by one.

From an outsider's perspective, one would see corpses and carcasses scattered around the kid. The kid is now covered in the blood of the fallen creatures, looking like a barbaric dwarven warrior.

"Huff... Huff... Vampiric abilities... are awesome! I underestimated... Huff... this power!" the vampire kid declared with a grin even when they are still panting wildly.

*Hiss...*

"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!" the vampire kid screamed in pain. After realizing the little amounts of steam that escaped their body caused by the currently rising sun, they ran into the cave at full speed knowing the sun could slowly harm a vampiric body such as theirs.

A minute later, the kid got out and showered in the warm morning sunlight as if nothing happened. Nothing changed except for the crimson eyes that were replaced with a pair of crystal violet eyes.

*Hiss...*

The rotten corpses started to slowly dwindle as the corpses were exposed to the sunlight. It's not the most pleasant sight as the corpses were visibly melting. The smell might not be pleasant, but it is not a problem for the armored kid. Well, that's not a normal kid...

"It's a good idea to kill them just before sunrise. Getting rid of those things is too much work without the sun," the kid stated proudly before retreating to the cave from the smelly area.

The sun reminded the kid of... something special... They pulled something out from their Inventory. Apparently, it is a wooden mask. The carving was rather... unique... if not unusual... 

The wooden mask's eye holes are sharp and somewhat slanted. It has a mouth that was carved into a demonic grin and two horns were protruding on its forehead.

"Good to know this J*** rip-off mask I made yesterday allowed me to somehow control the nature of my body," they stated while looking at the wooden mask curiously.

'Files,' they mentally said as they focused on the wooden mask.

=-=-=

[Mask of the Vampire] - [Material]

[Tool tips]: [Master of the Mask: Grants permanent immortality and permanent ability to shift into a vampire solely to its creator.] - [Master: Gray Evermore], [Servants of the Vampire: Allows the user other than the Master of the Mask to be reborn as a vampire.] - [Servants: -]

[History] - [Made by a craftsman, Gray Evermore. It is made from a normal piece of wood which is then enchanted in a demonic blood ritual initiated by Gray Evermore.]

[May be Crafted into] - [Mask of the Demon]

=-=-=

The kid, Gray, looked at the information about Mask of the Demon and sighed. Except for the Mask of the Vampire, they now needed seven Remnants of Hatred to make the Mask of the Demon. From what they know, the mask could evolve a vampire user to become a demon. Well, this is sounding more and more creepy the more they thought about it.

"Geez, I barely gathered any Remnants of Hatred from killing the zombies. Ugh, this helmet is making me uncomfortable too. I need to make some adjustments to this thing later. I need to mine out more iron or something better too... I'm totally wasting my iron by making this set of armor... I don't even get as much as a single scratch..." the kid said to themself dejectedly as they put the helmet off.

The long gray hair flowed down until it stopped on the waist, pulled by the gravity as they're not restricted by the fine wooden helmet anymore. The sharp elven-like ears were revealed after the helmet was put off. The kid now looks perfectly like a cute little girl even if the armors didn't fit quite well with the cute little girl theme...

They glanced at the cave with a sharp gaze as they sheathed their broadsword.

"Sigh... Alright, I gotta pack my things. It's time to explore this apparently game-like place. I emptied the resources of the cave anyway. I hope this will be fun," the kid said to themself before realizing the blood all over their body. "Maybe I should clean up first..."

I don't know why this is still here, but okay. I may or may not publish this work with my perfectionist tendencies. I'm leaning towads the "may not" though.

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