One day, darkness enshrouded the world. According to the Meltdown theory, Earth’s magnetic field faced a change, and along with it, natural laws changed too. Though some laws related to physics could still be applied, a lot of scientific theories and laws had been overturned, prompting everyone to re-discover their underlying principles. Humanity’s scientific foundation was not the only one which faced changes; the field of genetics had transformed too. One of the biggest disasters brought by the magnetic field’s change was the zombification of more than 80% of the world’s population. After years of struggling, a few lucky survivors would evolve and awaken a hibernating power hidden in them. Chu Han was never that lucky… While holding on against the first wave, humans weren't the only ones getting stronger. Soon, phase-1 zombies evolved into phase-2 then phase-3 and so on. Ten years after the mysterious meltdown, the world dominated by humans changed hands. Zombies were the new overlords, and humanity was facing extinction. One day, Chu Han`s consciousness returned ten years before the end of the worlds. A loud noise awakened him in Minqiu University’s dormitory. With only one day to prepare before the Apocalypse’s outburst, he slowly realized that he had been reincarnated! Chu Han’s sudden reincarnation brought an unexpected power, which he hadn’t in his previous hellish world. To be more precise it wasn’t a power, but a system! The Meltdown System! Despite losing his monstrous strength gained through years of harsh training, Chu Han was confronted as the Meltdown System could grant him talents in exchange for credits, which he could get with every zombie he killed. This is a story about a world on the edge of ruins, the Meltdown System, and Chu Han, trying his best to save the people he could not save before.
Chu Han and his entourage’s arrival at the supermarket was splendid. Chu Han was in the center, on his left was Chen Shaoye, on his right He Shang and the rest of them were following behind; they looked like a gang. Everyone on the first floor made way for them to pass since they were shocked by their auras.
Chu Han ignored them and walked to the second floor casually. Except for Jiang Zuo who ran to meet his family, the others followed Chu Han.
Su Xing was getting rid of the bodies on the second floor; he couldn’t help it but be shocked once again after seeing so many people with dense killing aura ascending the stairs.
"Woo! Why are there so many bodies?" He Peiyuan was scared, "What happened?"
"Who dared attack you while we were gone?" Cheng Xianguo said in a hostile tone.
"Tell us! Did anyone escape?" Lu Hongsheng had rolled up his sleeves.
Su Xing scared by them shook his head and looked at Chu Han anxiously.
Chu Han did not think it was strange since it was common for dead bodies to lie here and there after the apocalypse. He did not ask the reason and nodded at Su Xing with appreciation, "Were you the one who killed them?"
"No, no, no!" Su Xing shook his head and pointed at Bai Yun’er leaning on the wall for rest.
"She?" He Peiyuan such an old soldier was shocked.
"Listen, buddy, you should not point casually." Lu Hongsheng did not believe it. It would be great if the slim girl didn’t cry after seeing the bodies, so how could she have killed them?
Cheng Xianguo and Yue Zi looked at Bai Yun’er standing next to Luo Xiaoxiao silently, and then Shang Jiuti walked toward them.
"It’s true!" Su Xing almost cried. He regretted not recording what took place!
"Came back?" Shang Jiuti walked and smiled at Chu Han; her eyes were different from before, less calculating with more softness.
Chu Han nodded at Shang Jiuti, it was within his expectations that Bai Yun’er had killed them.
Shangguan Yuxin looked at the cuts on the seven bodies necks’ and then walked forward to check them thoroughly. After snapping out of her daze, she said with a quivering voice, "A weapon couldn’t have done something like this! They have been twisted by claws or fingernails, only a human could have done that!"
Shangguan Yuxin was a military doctor, naturally, her knowledge was vast. Cheng Xianguo and He Peiyuan felt a chill down their spine.
At that time Shang Jiuti smiled, "It’s true, a human has killed them. It was Bai Yun’er."
Shang Jiuti casually mentioned it but everyone’s gazes landed on Bai Yun’er who leaning on the wall with closed eyes. She didn’t seem dangerous, how could she have killed them?
It was impossible!
Feeling their gazes Bai Yun’er opened her eyes slightly; she ignored them and her gaze landed on Chu Han; he was the only one she was interested in.
Bai Yuner’s eyes shocked everyone and subconsciously took a step back; they exuded a coldness which was penetrating and domineering. Chu Han was not affected and nodded at Bai Yun’er, it was like a casual ‘hello’. She closed her eyes again and kept indifferent to was going on around her.
Lu Hongsheng felt that someone had cursed him, he was wrong again! The rest of them were scared silly, not only Chu Han was powerful but also the ones following him; it was really scary that they had deemed him as their leader.
He Peiyuan had a gut feeling that Chu Han’s reputation, would spread over the apocalyptic world!
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The nights after the apocalypse were different than the ones in civilized times. The moon was not silver, but red and the air was filled with thick bloody and rotten odors...
The fifteen-year-old Li Shirong woke up and started to rub her eyes through the moonlight, "Where is the bast*rd Chu Han?" They were in a clean room and Xiao Mengqi wore clean clothes. Her hair seemed to have water pearls in her hair after a bath. Shangguan Yuxin should be extremely scared since it was not the place that they had left Xiao Mengqi and Li Shirong.
"Be polite!" Xiao Mengqi looked at the girl with spoiled eyes. She could not be judged that she was abnormal from the soft expression, "You should call him brother-in-law."
"Oh?" Li Shirong who was also abnormal nodded cleverly, "Where is brother-in-law?"
"He got out buying food to boil the soup for you later." Xiao Mengqi’s performance was really good.
"Woo! That is so great!" Li Shirong did not wonder where could one buy food at night after the apocalypse, "When did you wake up?"
Xiao Mengqi grinned, "I never slept."
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Nights after the apocalypse were extremely dangerous, so people had to stay guarding; Chu Han and He Peiyuan were guarding the supermarket’s entrance that night. They were silently sitting under the moon.
Chu Han pulled out a cigarette suddenly and asked He Peiyuan, "You want one?"
He didn’t have a bad impression about the soldier. Even though they killed so many people from their team the old soldier’s loyalty had reached 20%, which made Chu Han feel different for He Peiyuan. He Peiyuan was just too kind, but he could identify between good and bad.
"Hey!" He Peiyuan smiled and awkwardness was gone because of the cigarette. He received excitedly and smelt it deeply, "I have not smoked for more than one month! It feels so bad!"
"There are so many in the supermarket, you can just take it!" Chu Han lighted He Peiyuan’s and then his own.
He Peiyuan smiled and then looked at Chu Han; the young man leaned on the wall and smoked bending his head. He looked like a pure twenty years old young man with no shrewdness after suppressing his bloodthirst
"Ah!" The old soldier sighed suddenly and Chu Han looked at him.
"Looking at you, I think of my son." He Peiyuan squatted on the ground overwhelmed, "He serves in Shi City’s army and I’ve covered a thousand miles to find him."
"What’s his name?" Chu Han asked casually but his heart was tense Shi City’s current military.....
He Peiyuan smiled slightly and spat out the name that shocked Chu Han, "He Feng."
Chu Han was surprised and sucked the cigarette deeply before asking, with an invisible emotion hiding his voice, "Which He and which Feng?"