Lei Zhi looked at the door that was little by little getting loose and tried to calm his mind, no way remnants of his present character still exist it can’t be suddenly erased, but it still a big change because he rapidly regained his calmness and his eyes became sharp.

“let’s see I can’t let it break the door it would be a big problem, judging by the sound it should be a single zombie”

Lei zhi slowly approached the door he clenched his blades in that were in his hands and inhaled some air.

“1, 2 ,3 !!!”

He quickly opened the door and retreated two or three steps inside, what appeared was an ugly creature, the face was full of pus, the eyes were bloody red, the zombie was not too tall but its strength can’t be underestimated, Lei zhi noticed that its teeth were overly developed with two fangs protruding and was emanating a threatening aura.

The zombie stumbled on the threshold because of the sudden opening of the door, it lost its balance and fell but smelling the sweet scent of a living being it quickly stood up and leapt on Lei zhi like a starved beast catching its prey.

Lei zhi response was quick, he side stepped slightly evading the zombie that collided with the wall and without any lagging he squeezed the handle of the blade in his right hand and delivered a fast blow to the back of the head of the still struggling zombie.

The extremely sharp black blade easily penetrated the skull like tofu and ended its miserable life, no blood splash, no sound, it seemed long but all what happened took only a few seconds.

Lei zhi quickly closed the door, fearing that what happened would attract other zombies, then observed the corpse, two words …ugly and stinking.

“Hmm? What’s that?”

From the corpse something crept out, at first lei zhi was on his guard and rapidly retreated but then he was stunned, a bright blue shining liquid slowly came out of the body like a worm and accumulated to form a little sphere the size of a marble, it looked like a gem with some flickering light.

Lei zhi grabbed some tissue and took it in his hand to examine it closely, surprisingly it wasn’t hard but felt like jelly when touched, and contrary to the stinking touch it emanated a sweet smell, Lei zhi never smelled something this sweet, he even had the illusion that it would be delicious.

“what the fuck, how could I think of eating something coming from a corpse!”

But it was like something possessed his body, every inch of his body was screaming like the little gem had a fatal attraction to him, his instinct was indicating to him that it was something valuable to his body.

“forget it lets keep it for the time being “

Lei zhi wrapped the strange gem and stored it inside his pocket, then he proceeded to throw the corpse outside in the corridor without making sounds, no way he couldn’t stand the stench, who would feel comfortable with a rotting corpse near him.

“The food is already running out, tomorrow I should go out “

Lei zhi found that killing a zombie wasn’t so hard, for him maybe killing three is feasible but if the number multiplies then it will become dangerous, observing from the window he concluded that what is the scariest about the zombies is to be surrounded, if you are surrounded then you can pass the greetings to the lord.

After that lei zhi resumed his hard training, now he felt tha he was recovering his senses, what is missing is combat experience to fully regain his instincts.

Finally, the fourth day passed, Lei zhi slowly walked out of his bed and opened the curtains to look outside, he always assessed the situation outside.

There were no clouds in the sky, only the shining bright sun that illuminated the desolate city, there was no sound, it was abnormally quite not even the chirping of birds, a truly dead city.

“Who would have thought that a day like this would come, sigh… is this the ushering of a new era? the end of the world maybe? … it doesn’t matter I only should keep on living “

Lei zhi wasn’t capable on understanding why he was so adamant on surviving, he had no relatives, no parents no special cause, but something in his subconscious told him that he needs to survive, like there is something in this world that needs him.

“Never mind a world like this is not so boring “

When saying this lei zhi didn’t notice that his expression became cold and an evil smile crept on his face.

Today is the day that Lei zhi decided to go out so he needed to prepare some things, first he took a bag stuffed some bread, ham and two cans of meat without forgetting to fill two bottles of water, then he looked for some minor equipment like tape, a rope ext … it might become handy in the future.

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Then the clothes, he wore a dark grey coat, it was thick and could keep him warm seeing that it was early November and the weather was somehow cold, for the legs he chose comfortable black trousers to easily move when running or walking and finally the military boots from the military training in university, it is good for handling all sorts of tough terrain.

He then created two emplacements for attaching his blades inside his coat, quite convenient for concealing his weapons.

“ok I should be ready now”

Lei zhi quietly opened the door and silently moved his head to look if there was danger , there were two corridors , lei zhi room was in the corner so he could see very clearly the two ends , the corpse of the zombie that he killed was still rotting out there , assessing that there was no problem he then left the room and walked slowly , the walls and floor had some blood on them , clearly the misfortune of some of the habitants of the other houses.

Lei zhi was on the third floor he decided to take the elevator, some doors were broken and the interior of some houses was like a hurricane passed.

Lei zhi finally arrived in front of the elevator.

“shit, it doesn’t work anymore “

Unfortunately, like he thought, it was not functioning anymore, the only way to reach the ground floor was to take the stairs but it was clearly dangerous as he needed to cross two floors and he didn’t know how many zombies were there, but it was the only way, so his expression became serious and concentrated.

For the time being there was nothing, taking the stairs he reached the second floor safely, the firs corridor was empty, the stairs to reach the first floor were on the other side, so without making a sound he quickly walked along the wall and took a glimpse on the other end.

“is it my luck?”

No zombies on the second floor were in sight, so he reached the first floor without any difficulty but suddenly he ears twitched.

“hmm?”

Lei zhi heard footsteps, judging by the sound it was a large number and judging by the rhythm and pace it was clearly not people, so when he took a look his expression turned extremely dignified.

“luck? fuck where is luck its clearly a pit a huge fucking pit!”

Dozens of zombies were aimlessly walking in the corridor of the first floor blocking the way to the ground floor.

“should I forcibly open the elevator and climb down …no its clearly not efficient, I would be surrounded even before opening the doors, what should I do?”

Lei zhi was racking his brain when he suddenly felt an ominous feeling, the source wasn’t the zombies but it came from above him, slowly raising his head his face became stiff instantly.

The neon that was made to illuminate the corridor was slowly detaching and was going to fall.

“oh, fucking hell!”

Lei zhi without waiting jumped and tried to run, but the neon already fell and a loud sound reverberated inside the corridors, then the inevitable happened.

The dozens of zombies instantly reacted and like the call of death rushed to the source, Lei zhi who was going to return to the second floor had cold sweat running on his forehead, four zombies appeared from the entrance to the stairs blocking the two sides, he didn’t understand from where they appeared.

It was clearly a bad situation, four zombies in front of him and dozens rushing from behind, lei zhi withdrew his blades, the pression was suffocating him, but strangely the more pressured the calmer he became, gradually he entered a strange state, he was semi-conscious.

His gaze became abnormally sharp, his expression changed and became glacial cold, the two blades were slowly lifted in front of his chest and making a battle stance.

Two zombies already were in front of him salivating and ready for the treat, but what awaited them wasn’t a feast but two black flashes, lei zhi swung his short blades horizontally successively, the movement was too fast and accurate that the zombies were still frozen in the air , then two heads fell simultaneously , without the slightest break Lei zhi then stepped on one of the headless corpses and taking advantage of the force he leapt in the air and gripping the blades vertically this time he penetrated the two back of the skulls killing the two others followed by rolling on the floor and climbing the stairs.

The dozens of zombies continued to rush, how could they give up a sumptuous meal so easily, but some stumbled and fell because of the previous corpses on the floor but nonetheless at least more than half continued to chase.

Lei zhi then stopped on top of the stairs, they were narrow and not wide so the zombies could only form a queue, taking advantage of the environment Lei zhi was like a harvester, every zombie that reached him got beheaded instantly, the corpses continued to accumulate on the stairs slowing the progress of the other zombies climbing.

Lei zhi from start to finish was expressionless, he was ruthless, fast and decisive.

His calmness and accuracy weren’t a normal human could have, he was truly like a killing machine without emotions, the amount of effort and concentration needed was tremendous, but his moves continued to flow like water ending the lives of the remaining zombies, finally the last one succumbed and the two blades were put down.

The stairs resembled now a purgatory, full of headless ugly corpses.

Lei zhi stood there looking blankly, his cold expression faded but now he was puzzled, in the ten minutes that passed he was in a state of semi awareness, it was like his body had a conscience on its own.

“what…what just happened now?”

Looking at the corpses Lei zhi finally shook his head, at least he was saved for now and the terrible situation finally came to an end.

Suddenly he felt extremely weak and a dizziness swept him, with the help of the wall he crouched down, his muscles ached and felt sore.

“I should have known that my physical condition is still not able to hold extreme movements, fuck it hurts!”

Glancing at the rotten zombies, he suddenly got curious if the liquid will emerge like previously inside his house.

Quite some time passed, the blue marble like gems already formed and laid quietly beside the corpses but Lei Zhi noticed that not all of them produced the strange material, only a handful of the dozens of zombies.

“What are those gems? Why did not all of them produce that thing? it’s truly becoming stranger by the time “

Suddenly the intense feeling of hunger and attraction resurfaced, and the source was the gem inside his pocket.

The feeling was more vivid than the first time.

“should I really try to eat it? something is telling me that its an important thing for survival, but should I gamble? oh fuck it lets see what it tastes like!”

Lei zhi Withdrew the jelly like marble from the tissue, closed his eyes and tossed it in his mouth.

End of chapter.