How does human become strong in this outbreak? Its "Evolution",thru this the humans can fight against the horde. Their evolution is depend on their life traits. Some have strong body, some are fast movement, there are others who have advance senses like smell, hearing, sight and specially the sense of supernatural who can sense artifacts energy and danger upon the situations. So how can the humans evolve?
One, like I said evolution defends on their life trait. Human in order to evolve must push their limit in order to make their genes woke up, as they are expose to the field where in bacteria and viruses spread their genes can advance as long as they have a strong body.
Two, Mutation is an alarming evolution, human who are expose to the virus and other airborne sickness or radiation can turn them into a monster and may run rampaging bases if they can't control themselves. Also human who eat the flesh of other humans can turn them into a mutated one.
Some scientist found out the way to evolved humans in order to fasten the evolution of they created a level upgrade vial yet the efficacy of this will rely to the person being injected. If the person can't take the vial they will die and turned to a zombie.
Another is exposing themselves to the artifacts energy, as long as the artifacts grow it will help nourishing ones body. One more things about energy are the supernatural other beings like ghost, elemental beings, and energy fruit that can rarely be found to place where no human can go in the wild.
"This syringe wont turn me into a zombie, right?" Dread ask for he know this thing might be a set-up to turn him the first zombie in this end of the world.
The leader seems to get what his point and explain "WE DON'T NEED TO DO SUCH KIND OF THINGS. WHAT YOU ARE HOLDING ARE WHAT WE CREATED WITH A HIGH EFFICACY RATE THAT CAN EVOLVE YOUR GENES FASTER. IT CAN ONLY BE USE ONE TIME SO IT YOU TRY TO TAKE ANOTHER IT WONT BE EFFECTIVE ANYMORE. YOU CAN ONLY USE IT FOR YOU OR FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY"
Even though there is nothing to worry about. Dread won't inject this thing on his body. He evolve thru physical and exposing to energy means. He doesn't need things like this for he knows a lot of ways like he always do when he travel around the world.
"Thanks", he said then continue "I wont use it on myself but it can help me on my plan."
The leader is not surprise nor did not ask what he is going to do with it. So he lastly said.
"WE WILL ENTRUST ALL THE THINGS TO YOU, WE HOPE WE MEET AGAIN IN THE FUTURE WHEN YOUR PLANET REALLY SURVIVE THIS CRISIS. THIS ARTIFACT WILL TURN TO ASHES. REMEMBER FIGHT FOR HUMANITY AND SURVIVE THE CRISIS."
And that is last thing he said as the artifact crumble to ashes.
As the higher beings have gone. Dread began to lay down his body in the bed, he missed this bed a lot and also his room is messy where his things doesn't have a place to put in. He began to check again the artifact that had been given to him and the syringe that might enable him to evolve yet he didn't mind it as he is starting to make his plan to find who are the other protectors and their artifacts ability.
"There are people who are born with their artifacts given to them from generations. Just like that fucker Hunter King who control wild animals, also the Russia's President daughter who hold the Ice bracelet that can cast an ice spike to enemies. That Gump don't have that Commands Ring that's why I know he is a returnee. He really show that he is capable that he expose himself to other returnee's." he said to himself.
"It seems 20 days is enough for all the plan that I am making. I'll give the syringe to the President of my country for he can take the government stable for the mean time when the outbreak began and the President of Russia to make a favor. I'll guest that woman will is a returnee for she already expose herself behind the Russian President who is her father. I'll keep the last one for the jackpot person that I will trained crazily hahahaha!" Dread laugh while remembering the way how he got a lot of followers that he trained to extreme that they've gone crazy.
After half an hour of plan making. He began to check his things like clothes, stock of foods and other necessities then he put them in his spatial space. His spatial space is comparable to the size of his small closet, there are still some space so he plan buy things to fill it up.
"I need to fill this up with high calorie foods, some first aid kit and weapons like an ax, a big knife if I can get a gun that would do yet it'll be a headache for the noise it will create."
Guns are very useful that it can shoot zombies faraway as long as you can snipe it yet it is useless against the horde for it has a limited ammunition. Gun can also help when it comes to dangerous situation, example for that are the humans who are attacking your base. It can saves time to kill but as the zombie also become strong or some variant zombies came out it will be a waste of ammo for guns sometimes wont affect on them.
Checking the cash on his wallet, 15,000 PHP. It can fill up his space already. As he is all done, he began to feel hungry so he walk out of his room and went down to check if there is some left over food on the table. As he walk down he began to remember the things of the past yet he didn't show any reactions. He already trained himself to hide emotions that is not needed in the apocalypse where there is no mercy between zombies and other humans.
"Tito Ken." someone spoke to him behind. He is related to this person and it is his nephew.
"Yeah what?" He reply. Inside of him the heart began to pump wildly.
"Are you going down?" His nephew ask and continue.
"Mommy calls me."
He was standing on his way holding a cleaning tools that's why he ask him. He was order to clean the room by his mom.
"Oh, sorry" Dread turn around and smile, he went down the stair and proceed to their dinning area to look for food to eat.
"What happen to him?" standing on the stair, his nephew ask himself for the weird encounter with Dread.
He went to the kitchen and as expected there are some left over pancit canton, fried rice and fried egg. He get my plate and spoon and take a water bottle in the refrigerator and bring it back to his room to eat. He remember that he had a stock of coffee in his bag so he make a some while browsing on the internet.
"It seems, there will be a new changes on what's going to happen on this world in the future. There is no need to follow the events that will happen if necessary." He said to himself.
As he finished eating, he goes to bath after. He wears a black long sleeve, black pants and his mountain shoes. He bring is fanny bag where he put his cash, it can confuse people in the near future.
"First, Let's go to the mall to buy what I need then is to secretly meet the President at night."
As his done and go outside the house, it seem that nothing has change, neighbors loud voices, street thugs still selling drugs and the never ending children play outside like they don't care if there is an epidemic sickness happening. he just look around and see who of this people will be eaten in the first day like his the judge of death to them. It's just a little annoying whenever this people look at him every time he passed by before. Now he do not worry about them anymore because he already say his goodbyes to them like a madman.
After an hour or two of shopping. He is already done buying things and filling up the spatial ring, he went to a motel near the Malacanang Palace. There he began to stay and charge his artifact on the electric outlet until the night came.
Authors note:
Dread’s artifact is an advance one where energy comes from any sources to charge like electricity or sunlight. Its a Technology artifact compare to the soul artifact or creation artifact. There is a feature of how to upgrade his artifact but I will not expose it for now to surprised you readers.