In a dimly lit room on some corner of Earth.
"Just one more chapter and I'll sleep..." Drake mutters under his breath, as if chanting some mantras. His eyes are bloodshot with droopy eyelids indicating his heavy sleep deprivation.
As time goes by, despite saying it was his last chapter, Drake manages to read another 20 more chapters until he slowly succumbs to the endless darkness, which is his sleep.
Drake was in his second year of college and a student of a Medical school. He was an average guy through and through, with a few noticeable points on his look which was his haggard look with dark circles around his eyes, a symptom of sleep deprivation due to his unhealthy hobbies.
His parents are long gone, leaving him with only his sister to support him with everything, who works as a staff in a Academic medical center where he studies.
Beep beep beep*
Morning comes and Drake's waking up with the usual sounds of his alarm clock.
"Gahh" he groaned as he placed his right palm on his eyes after waking up with difficulties due to another lack of sleep, making his body heavy and his eyes sour.
Drake slowly made his way towards the bathroom. He had a blank look on his face, as if his mind was somewhere else as he moved mechanically to finish his morning routine and go to school.
After Drake finished taking his morning bath and wearing his school uniform, he walked toward the door and opened it without thinking much.
As he opened the door, he felt the incongruity of his surroundings. Aside from his house, everything in his surrounding was unrecognizable yet seems familiar to him. Distant tall buildings, many houses surrounding his own house with alleyways to the main road.
Yet before he could panic, he felt nauseous and he had tinnitus, followed by his vision turning white before he lost consciousness.
Drake didn't know how long he was knocked cold to the ground.
He tried to stand up but he felt feeble yet he managed to stand up nonetheless.
Drake was checking himself as if he forgot about his strange surroundings. He heard a mechanical voice in his head much to his surprise.
[Ding!]
[Transition commenced. Your world is now connected to the Obsidian Universe record. You can now view your status window.]
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[Drake Williams-
Age: 19
Lvl: 0 (EXP: 0/10)
Race: Human
Talent: N/A
Job: N/A
SP: 0
Health: 25/25
Mana: 15/15
Stamina: 5
Strength: 5
Agility: 6
Vitality: 5
Intelligence: 13
Magic power: 1
Perception: 1
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"...what the..." Drake was stunned speechless by his status window, thinking that he was hallucinating due to his previous night lack of sleep, affecting his brain.
Shaking his head, he suddenly remembered why he felt strange about everything earlier. That's it, this wasn't his previous world!
Drake gained the memory of this Drake's timeline. This world history was so different from his previous one despite having so many similarities.
In Drake's previous world, his country was still one of the states of America. Drake's home country was never given an opportunity to become an independent country and its culture was heavily influenced by America as one of its states.
But now, his home country is now an independent Nation. Everything seems so different, yet still shares some similarities in his previous timeline, like his classmates and the same school he goes. As Drake processed every bit of information he had, he heard strange sounds catching his attention.
"growl!"
Drake saw a man walking aimlessly. It's weird way of walking catches Drake's attention. Getting a good look, Drake suddenly remembered the novel he was reading recently.
'Zombies!' Drake screams internally. He felt fear yet excitement at the same time.
Yes! His body is brimming with excitement, why? Because he got a hunch that he knows what's going on!
Based on the memories of his present self and the novel he red in his previous timeline, or more specifically last night! Which he can recall vividly.
Everything seems connected, yet he still needs to confirm it.
Drake's mind was thinking fast because he wanted to confirm something and that's something that is a game changer at this early stage!
Drake remembered all of the zombies' traits as he silently made his way back inside his house again.
He, of course, went back inside to get a weapon!
Drake made his way to the kitchen to get the butcher knife. After picking up the butcher knife, Drake feels its weight and makes a few light swings.
"It's heaviness is just right" after getting the butcher knife, Drake heads to his room to get some gauze and cover his hand with it to avoid the butcher knife from slipping out of his hand later on when everything gets bloody.
Drake felt everything was ready, he headed again outside, after all every second counts.
When Drake finally made his way outside, he immediately spotted his first prey. He briskly walks towards his first zombie while carefully scanning his surroundings.
When he reached about five meters around the zombie, he dashed forward and made a horizontal slash towards the zombie's neck with his butcher knife.
Drake took a back-step after he made the attack, afraid of the retaliation.
Upon his attack, although he didn't completely sever the zombie's head on its neck, he did cut its spinal cord and its head tilted forward, it dangled on its neck with its last bit of flesh, then its whole body slowly fell to the ground.
Thud*
Together with its fall, the system chimed in.
[Ding! You've slain a lvl. 1 zombie, you got 10 exp.]
[You have leveled up!]
[You gain 5 stat points. You can now freely allocate your stat point.]
...
"Haaa... this is so thrilling " Drake is grinning from ear to ear as he takes a deep breath, his heart's beating so fast as adrenaline fills his entire body.
For everyone, this might be a disaster or an end of the world calamity. But it's different for Drake, he felt... liberated. Yes, liberated! It might be a dreadful calamity for everyone, but him! He felt that this was a culmination of his previous nine live's luck!