Whoosh!
Following a whooshing sound, a dazed, zombie-like man in a suit was struck down by a blunt object.
He seemed to struggle to get up, but the assailant stepped on his body and then mercilessly bashed his head with the iron rod, killing him.
The one who killed the man in the suit was a teenager, about sixteen or seventeen years old, and he was none other than Ye Shuangluo, who had just entered the game.
After checking his personal panel, the game system reappeared and issued the main quest.
This world is a novice trial world, with no specific main quest. Players can explore freely. After seven days, a teleportation will be activated, and a series of player actions will be evaluated.
Since it allowed players to explore freely, Ye Shuangluo naturally left the ruins and picked up an iron rod on the way.
Walking on the street, Ye Shuangluo discovered that this world seemed to have suffered an unimaginable catastrophe, with a large number of "humans" on the road who were like walking corpses.
Their every movement was exactly like the zombies in movies and games. After confirming that they truly had no intelligence or ability to think, just like zombies.
Ye Shuangluo decided to try attacking a zombie.
The result was as he expected; the zombies, lacking intelligence and the ability to think, were easily killed by him.
Perhaps it was because Ye Shuangluo genuinely lacked empathy, and his personality was indeed indifferent.
So, when he used the iron rod to bash the zombies to death, he felt absolutely nothing.
Looking at the zombie lying on the ground, Ye Shuangluo tilted his head. Logically speaking, this being his first kill, he should feel uncomfortable at a time like this.
But the truth was, he felt nothing, and even wanted to kill a few more.
After all, killing zombies also counted towards the "God of Slaughter" series of achievements.
His gaze swept over the nearby zombies one by one. The sound of him killing the zombie under his feet wasn't quiet, but the nearby zombies showed no reaction whatsoever.
This made Ye Shuangluo feel something was amiss; it seemed too easy. These zombies seemed to have no will to resist at all.
But in the end, he didn't think much about it. Instead, he picked up the iron rod and walked towards another nearby zombie.
Soon, Ye Shuangluo killed five zombies, successfully completing his first achievement.
Congratulations on earning the achievement: "The Evil One."
Reward: Perception +1.
As the mechanical voice sounded in his ear, Ye Shuangluo felt that all five of his senses seemed to have undergone significant changes.
This perception didn't seem to appear on the personal panel, which meant it was a hidden attribute?
The significant improvement in his five senses made Ye Shuangluo even more motivated. The next achievement required him to take down 95 more zombies.
As for what came after that, Ye Shuangluo couldn't help but shake his head at the thought of those absurd numbers. He decided to just focus on the current achievements first.
After an unknown amount of time, just as Ye Shuangluo was full of vigor, a game prompt sounded in his mind again.
Hint: Night is about to fall. For your safety, please find a hidden and safe place to hide as soon as possible.
Ye Shuangluo frowned and checked the achievement panel.
Great Villain (78/100)
The progress for 'Great Villain' was already more than half complete; he could finish it in just one or two more hours. However, Ye Shuangluo didn't hesitate at all and immediately entered a nearby dessert shop.
Inside the dessert shop, there were still a few zombies in employee uniforms. Ye Shuangluo skillfully used the terrain to kill them one by one, then immediately pulled down the rolling shutter.
After doing all this, Ye Shuangluo went to the back of the dessert shop and sat down on the floor.
As an experienced player who had been immersed in games for many years, Ye Shuangluo clearly knew one thing: never go against the system, and never be greedy.
There was nothing wrong with greed, but ill-timed greed often led only to death.
Ye Shuangluo sat on the ground and rested for a short while, then got up and went behind the counter.
The computer inside the counter was still on, displaying surveillance footage, which allowed Ye Shuangluo to observe the movements of the few zombies in front of the door.
At first, there was nothing unusual, but as night slowly fell, the zombies' originally stiff movements gradually became more agile.
Their grayish-white pupils slowly became stained with blood, and a few zombies suddenly looked at the dessert shop where Ye Shuangluo was hiding, as if by prior agreement.
This made Ye Shuangluo's heart suddenly stop. Could they sense him inside?
The next second, his conjecture was confirmed, because those few zombies all started to run, then one after another, they violently slammed their fleshy bodies into the rolling shutter.
The huge crashing sound quickly attracted other zombies, and soon the area in front of the rolling shutter was packed with them.
Watching them clawing and gnashing, it was as if bloodthirsty beasts had finally awakened from their slumber.
Seeing this scene, Ye Shuangluo was incredibly glad he hadn't hesitated earlier; otherwise, facing this group of crazed zombies, he would probably be torn to shreds in less than three seconds.
Fortunately, the rolling shutter was very sturdy, so these zombies shouldn't be able to get in. But Ye Shuangluo didn't relax; he gripped the iron rod tightly, to avoid being completely defenseless if the zombies really did burst in.
After about two or three hours, Ye Shuangluo glanced at the surveillance. Even though the zombies' bodies were already bloody and mangled from crashing, they still hadn't stopped.
This situation made Ye Shuangluo ponder for a while. He thought of the system's prompt: "Night is about to fall. For your safety, please find a hidden place to hide as soon as possible."
Connecting this with the zombies' crazed actions, Ye Shuangluo seemed to understand something.
Do these zombies enter a berserk stage once night falls?
During the day, the zombies were completely like walking corpses; any adult man could easily kill them with preparation, and their movement speed was incredibly slow.
But the zombies at night were completely different species from the daytime zombies. Ye Shuangluo had no doubt that facing this group of frenzied zombies, unless heavy firepower was used for coverage, no matter how many people there were, they would only be serving as cannon fodder.
Thinking of his other series achievement: "Savior," Ye Shuangluo couldn't help but wonder if there were really any living people left in this city.
But after some thought, he figured his talent, "Achievement Master," shouldn't give him an uncompletable achievement.
He stayed awake all night. Fortunately, the newcomer buff had increased all of Ye Shuangluo's attributes by 5 points, making his body already surpass ordinary people's, so staying awake all night was only slightly tiring for him.
By daytime, the zombies' eyes had turned grayish-white again, and their bodies once more became stiff and sluggish.
The large group of zombies gathered at the dessert shop entrance slowly dispersed in all directions, with only a few scattered ones remaining at the door, unwilling to leave.
Seeing this, Ye Shuangluo opened the rolling shutter, used the iron rod to kill all the zombies blocking the entrance, and then continued exploring towards the true north.
...
Whoosh!
After striking down another zombie with a single blow and then expertly finishing it off, Ye Shuangluo heard the mechanical prompt again.
Congratulations on completing the achievement: "Great Villain."
Reward: Perception +2.
Upon receiving another Perception increase reward, Ye Shuangluo immediately felt a significant enhancement in all five of his senses.
He originally had some mild nearsightedness from years of gaming immersion, but now he could confirm that his eyesight had definitely recovered, and was even better than that of an average person, allowing him to see further.
This significant improvement made Ye Shuangluo somewhat enjoy it, but at the thought of the astronomical numbers for the next stage's goal, he couldn't help but shake his head. He decided to just go with the flow.
For now, it was better to complete the other series of achievements. Ye Shuangluo skillfully brought up his personal panel and opened his talent interface.
Unachieved Achievement: The Kind One (0/1)
To complete this achievement, he would first need to find a living person, and how exactly would saving a person's life be determined?
These things still needed to be explored, but the most urgent task was to find a living person first.
Next, Ye Shuangluo cleared out zombies while searching for living people, but he consistently found nothing.
It seemed all living people had already been converted into zombies, but Ye Shuangluo never gave up.
Eventually, he arrived at a residential complex. This complex was dilapidated everywhere, and the residential buildings completely met the standards of dangerous structures.
Would there be any living people here?
Clatter.
Just as Ye Shuangluo was thinking, he suddenly heard a very strange sound above his head. He instinctively took a step back.
The next second, a wine bottle fell from the sky, landing right in front of him. If he hadn't stepped back, the bottle would have hit his head.
Looking at the broken glass on the ground, Ye Shuangluo's eyes narrowed slightly. Was this like someone sending a pillow when you wanted to sleep?
He looked up, his gaze sweeping over each window one by one, finally seeing a figure in a sixth-floor window.
Thanks to his Perception +3 attribute, even though the person was on the 6th floor, he could clearly see their appearance.
The perpetrator who nearly hit him with the falling object was a girl, looking to be at most in her early twenties.
At this moment, she was standing at the sixth-floor window, frantically waving, seemingly trying to get him to come up.