[Ding! Task completed: Kill two Gluttons within 720 seconds]
[Reward issued: 2000 points, 1x 50% discount opportunity in the mall]
Ning Yu had two theories in mind.
One possibility was that mutated zombies could sense Awakened Ones and gain some benefit from them, which was why they always targeted the Awakened Ones.
Another possibility was that these tasks might be deliberately designed, meaning someone in the base must be arranging these tasks to deliberately guide encounters between Awakened Ones and mutated zombies.
If it was the former, the logic seemed sound.
But if it was the latter, why would they do this? What benefit would there be in making their own kind fight mutated zombies?
While pondering this, Ning Yu took out the T-virus serum extractor from her bag. Since Ji Mengyao and Wu Di weren't on this mission with her, she had applied for one herself.
She gave one to Shen Yiyue to extract from the zombie she had just killed, while Ning Yu went to extract from the one she had sliced in half and kicked to the ground.
After they both finished collecting, they entered the food street's main entrance.
The entrance plaza was complete chaos, a literal hell on earth, with blood stains, exploded flesh pieces, and severed limbs everywhere.
There was also a burnt stench from where intense heat had incinerated zombie flesh and bones into ash - essentially cremating them on the spot.
The food stalls and shops were distributed along both sides of the street. Ning Yu and Shen Yiyue split up, one on each side, and began entering the shops.
Like rent collectors, they went from shop to shop, except they weren't collecting money - they were collecting zombie lives.
Most of these shops were empty of goods, probably taken by people when they fled.
From her side of the shops, Ning Yu could hear the point-scoring notifications as Shen Yiyue killed zombies on the opposite side, as they were clearing the shops in parallel.
They would each clear one shop before moving on to the next one on their respective sides, staying roughly level with each other to avoid getting too far apart in case of danger.
However, there probably wouldn't be any major dangers now, as Ning Yu was constantly monitoring with [Detection (Intermediate)]. If any mutated zombies appeared, she would know immediately.
Ning Yu casually kicked open another shop door - no need to care about property damage now - acting like a bandit.
This shop used to sell liangpi and stinky tofu, but it was completely empty, without a single zombie.
Ning Yu keenly noticed a detail - there was very little dust in this shop, unlike the previous ones which were clearly covered in thick dust.
She looked up at the stairs. Most of the food street shops had second floors for living quarters and storage, with the first floor for business.
The upper floor looked quite spacious.
Slightly blurring her vision's focus, Ning Yu activated [Future Reading].
[Detection (Intermediate)] hadn't indicated any mutated zombies, but that didn't mean there weren't any humans.
The noise from kicking the door had been loud, and if there were people, they might be alert now. Ning Yu moved like a cat, minimizing her footsteps as she slowly climbed the stairs.
Just as she reached the second floor, the lighting was poor, but Ning Yu's eyesight was exceptional, including the ability to see clearly in dim conditions.
In the darkness, two figures with axes were positioned on either side of the stairway entrance.
When they saw someone's head appear, they swung their axes down viciously, one high and one low.
The axes seemed to strike their target, and both men grinned savagely, but their smiles quickly froze.
What they had hit was merely an empty sack, and their forceful swings had met nothing but air.
Their hearts sank as they realized they'd been tricked.
But it was too late - behind them, a pale red light appeared in the air: a beautiful, bewitching blade held by a silver-haired girl.
Ning Yu, standing behind them, delivered a silent strike. Everything ended in the quiet darkness.
Two heads fell to the floor, then rolled down the stairs Ning Yu had just climbed, one after another in a rhythmic pattern.
"Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!"
Like drums beating against the wooden stairs.
Fresh blood flowed down the stairs as well, staining the wooden steps red, as if laying down a crimson carpet.
Ning Yu walked to the second-floor window and pulled open the curtains. Light immediately flooded the gloomy second floor, increasing the brightness several levels.
"Don't move!"
Another voice sounded behind Ning Yu.
Ning Yu showed no urgency, finishing pulling the curtain to its fullest extent and opening the window before turning around.
A middle-aged man was holding a silver handgun with both hands, aimed at Ning Yu.
Ning Yu looked him up and down. He wore very tight sleeveless shirt and shorts but wasn't muscular - he didn't even have pecs.
Someone like him surviving until now was probably only due to the gun in his hands.
"Put your weapon down and raise your hands! Now!"
"Aren't you worried about attracting zombies, shouting so loudly?"
He was staring intently at the Blood Kite in her hand, fear evident in his voice.
Ning Yu stared directly into the dark barrel of the gun without a trace of fear.
"I heard the explosion earlier... the zombies outside... they were all blown up, was that you?!"
The man looked like he had just gotten out of bed, judging by his attire.
"Put down your weapon! Or I'll shoot!"
Ning Yu ignored his question and completely disregarded his threat, instead showing a playful smile.
Her curiosity piqued, she began slowly walking toward the man, not lowering her weapon.
"Bang!"
Seeing Ning Yu's approach, the man immediately fired.
This was exactly what Ning Yu had anticipated - she had already seen herself dodging the bullet in [Future Reading].
However, Ning Yu wasn't satisfied with just this. In an instant, she memorized the bullet's trajectory, and while dodging, she struck out with an incredibly fast slash.
"Clang!"
The man almost lost his grip on the gun, his eyes widening to the size of copper bells.
Because Ning Yu had sliced the bullet in half with one strike, and the pieces fell to the ground!
She was not only unharmed but had actually cut the incoming bullet - was she even human?!
"What's wrong, out of bullets?"
Ning Yu tilted her head, showing a mocking smile.
"Damn it!"
The man shouted in anger and raised his gun to fire again.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
"Clang! Clang!"
He fired three shots in succession, but there were only two sounds of Ning Yu deflecting bullets.
Did one hit her?!
However, what happened next terrified him:
Ning Yu was slowly pulling back her hand, holding a bullet between her index and middle fingers.
"Thud!"
She carelessly dropped the bullet to the floor, where it began to roll.
The man nearly collapsed at the sight - this girl had caught a bullet with her bare hands?!
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
