[Infected Nucleus

Type: 1 Runner

Description: once an infected becomes a type 1 or higher they form nuclei which can improve the human body, be aware there is a chance of failure or rejection, Suggestion- Eat It!]

  The message appeared and disappeared in a moment’s notice but the information was stuck in my head; deciding to trust the system I walked over to the sink and washed off the brain matter, once done I observed the nucleus once more before popping it into my mouth, the nucleus melted in my mouth as my body was filled with a burning heat. As I struggled to fight the pain I got a glimpse in the mirror, my entire body turned bright red and steam began rolling off my body followed by a slight popping sound coming from my joints and muscles. This process only took a moment but it felt like years, as I came back to my senses I was on my knees with my arm hanging on the sink for support but out of all of this I couldn’t help but give a toothy smile as I saw the notification I received after the change was done.

[Nucleus absorbed, immunity title has negated negative affects]

[Nucleus changing the user’s body]

[Trait: Lesser Acceleration LV 1 absorbed]

[Lesser Acceleration LV 1: gives user 2x that of a normal human, to increase LV you need to consume more of the same type of nuclei or a stronger version of it, once it reaches LV 10 it will evolve, be aware that others have a chance to acquire this trait as well so don’t get cocky]

  Getting up from the floor I walked out of the room where I was met with a glare by a very pale punk girl, the little girl beside her was trying to comfort her but other than rubbing her arm the little girl had no idea what to do. I moved over to the desk where a chair was placed; using the said chair I placed it in front of the vent to give easy access for the girls, as I was about to climb into the vent I was stopped by the punk girls outburst.

“What the hell did you do, wasn’t he already died?!” (Punk Girl)

“Ya but he had something I needed.” (Me)

“What could he possibly have that you needed?” (Punk Girl)

*Sigh* “Since you will probably discover this later on anyway; in mutated infected such as the cop in the other room they have a chance to develop a nucleus in their body, this nucleus can help the human body in many unknown way. Each type of infected has a small chance to have one but the effects of these nuclei are random, you could even be infected by it so be careful when using them.” (Me)

“How do you even know this?” (Punk Girl)

“I told you before I had a Biochip in my head; I had it scan the infected before I even entered the room just so I didn’t get mauled, oh and I can’t can humans so your measurements are safe… for now anyway.” (Me)

“Fuck You!!!” (Punk Girl)

“Hey now watch your mouth there’s a little girl present.” (Me)

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“She’s deaf you idiot!” (Punk Girl)

“Well that’s going to be a handful, have fun with that.” (Me)

  Climbing into the vent I left the two girls behind or so I thought, I started hearing clanging behind me so I turned around to see the little girl and the punk following close behind me. I couldn’t help but sigh again as it meant I had another two variables I had to think about, we finally made it to the exit but as I was about to step out the system sounded again giving me a new problem to deal with.

[You are about to leave the practice area, all infected will have a chance to advance about type 2 and will have to deal with other survivors. You have 5 hours left in the practice area until it turns into a normal zone do you wish to forsake the last five hours in the practice area?]

‘No.’

“Shit I need to do something before I leave, you two can either leave now or wait for me in the vent it doesn’t really matter to me but either way I won’t be leaving until I’ve finished my objective.” (Me)

“What are you doing?” (Punk)

“Girl this is something that you have no part of and don’t even think of following me because if you do I will leave your ass here.” (Me)

“God I only wanted to know in case you get yourself in trouble.” (Punk)

“Again it doesn’t matter, right now the vent is the safest place but then again you could always be a rebel and go out to see how the world is outside.” (Me)

  The punk just glared at me but I ignored her as I made my way to the supply room; I quickly put everything into my inventory even the toilet paper but what really mattered was the gas that was used for the generators, before putting my plan into action I went to the medicine storage and the generator room collecting both medicine and the portable generator. I tried to put the heavy duty generator into my inventory but it was too big which really sucked to say the least, going to the main plaza after my looting I placed a radio I picked up in a room earlier I made a ring of fire that would burn anything and everything that goes near. Once I turned the radio on high blast I climbed back into the vent with a flare ready at any moment; the infected flocked within the room in moments there had to be more than sixty infected now but after a few more minutes of waiting for others to show up I decided it was time to start the barbecue, lighting the flare I tossed it into the horde causing the gas on the floor to ignite into a blaze of glory.

   The infected ignored the flames as they continued to reach for the radio which was propped up on a ledge out of their reach. The flames just burned everything to a charred mess but once all the flammable material was burnt away the fires died out, the reason I picked the plaza was because it was made fully in granite which was really hard to catch on fire. After a few minutes for the smoke to dissipate in the surrounding areas I got down from the vent to search for some more nuclei but out of the sixty plus I could only find two nuclei which were quickly stored within my inventory. Since everything was done I moved towards the exit for the second time; I spent about three hours just for prep and another hour and a half for the barbecue so I have about an hour and a half until the zone is turned back to normal, I have already collected everything I need between luxury items and medicine I think I’m ready to finally leave. I have notifications to read too so I need to find a safe place to read them but let’s do that after everything is settled. When I finally made it back to the exit I checked the vent for the girls but they were gone, I guess I couldn’t blame them after all they had no idea who I was and there would be the suspicion of me being infected. The moment I touched the exit door I heard the door to the bathrooms creak causing me to turn rapidly with a rib dagger in hand just in case there was an infected I missed.

“Easy killer we just needed to use the bathroom after all you took your damn sweet time.” (Punk)

“Oh come on who wouldn’t react this way when they hear a door creak behind them especially in a zombie apocalypse!” (Me)

“Whatever you say pussy.” (Punk)

‘God I should have left her to the infected.’ (Me)

“Sorry pal you’re not getting rid of us that easily besides don’t you have to take responsibility for your actions?” (Punk)

  The punk said this with the little girl in front of her, the little girl stared at me with big eyes piercing a hole straight through me. God why do I have to deal with this is this some sort of punishment for being a decent guy, new rule don’t pick up strays!