Chapter 84: Savior

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“Roar!” A hoarse and unpleasant sound came from the rotten vocal cords, accompanied by a foul smell. Rong Yu’s eyelids jumped, and he saw a “human” with a gray face, sharp nails, and eyeballs falling out of its eye sockets. It opened its mouth and drooled, its teeth were less than a centimeter away from his skin.

In a flash, Rong Yu raised the dagger in his hand and stabbed it into the monster’s head.

The white knife went in, and a dark red knife came out. The monster’s brain was stabbed, and it soon fell to the ground and stopped moving.

Rong Yu nimbly avoided the splashing blood and brains and said angrily, “Are you trying to scare me to death by teleporting here?!”

The blood jade bracelet was too lazy to explain the randomness of the location and timing of teleportation: Are you even afraid of zombies?

Rong Yu: “He hurts my eyes!”

Such an ugly creature was so close to him. Rong Yu felt that his eyes were contaminated.

Blood jade bracelet:… Then, I’m sorry, you are surrounded by a group of ‘eye-catching’ creatures.

Rong Yu raised his eyes and saw a group of zombies with missing arms and legs, crooked necks, and slanted mouths surrounding him from all directions after smelling the scent of the living.

He was in the middle of an empty road, standing in the center of the encirclement, and there was no escape.

The zombies that surrounded him were a large group—at least hundreds of them— it was estimated that all the zombies on the entire road were attracted to him.

With Rong Yu’s skills, it was not impossible to kill his way out directly. But since the little bracelet mentioned the word zombie, Rong Yu had also seen related movies and knew that he could not be bitten by zombies during the attack; otherwise, he would be infected by their kind, and he would be dead before it starts.

It was easy to rush out, but it was as difficult as climbing to the sky to rush out of the encirclement without any injury.

Once injured, it was all over.

Besides, Rong Yu did not like close combat, and he could not stand the disgusting blood and saliva of zombies on his body.

Rong Yu closed his eyes, not wanting to see those unrecognizable faces. “Little bracelet, remove the seal.”

Why close combat? He could also attack from a distance.

Blood Jade Bracelet: Promise me, you must control it; don’t burn the whole world…

Rong Yu thought for a moment: “This world is indeed a little weak; let’s unlock 1% first.”

The strength of his flame is able to burn everything in a World no. 6666, a world where gods and demons are rampant. This world is dominated by humans. If this planet is incinerated, the mission will be over.

When Blood Jade Bracelet heard it, he immediately moved more quickly: OK, I’ve unlocked it for you! You should be careful. There are houses nearby; there may be survivors in them. Don’t burn the house.

The next second, a cluster of flames ignited at Rong Yu’s fingertips.

The cluster of flames was thrown out of his fingertips, ignited on a zombie, and quickly spread among the dark army of zombies. The airtight enclosure formed a blazing fire circle. In just a blink of an eye, the terrifying zombies were all wiped out, and there were no ashes left.

The zombies on the entire street were instantly cleared.

Rong Yu gently blew out the sporadic flames on his fingertips: “It feels so good to have power.”

Blood Jade Bracelet:…

Recovering 1% of his power, the difficulty level of this world is already F-level for the Great Demon King.

This means that he can walk sideways in the zombie den without any problem!

The zombies have been cleared, and the road is terribly empty. There is no sign of life as far as the eye can see, as if Rong Yu is the only one left in the world.

There are several residential buildings in the distance, and no one knows if there are people inside. In this world, if it weren’t for the shortage of food, people generally don’t dare to go out.

Rong Yu walked alone on the road. “Explain the situation.”

Blood Jade Bracelet: Okay.

World No. 5627, Doomsday Era.

The order of ordinary modern society was completely disrupted because of the arrival of the Red Rain.

On April 18, 2026, a Red Rain fell all over the world, causing a global sensation. At first, people used this strange phenomenon as a topic of conversation after dinner, but as more and more reports of people turning into monsters and biting people after being caught in the rain were reported, no one could laugh anymore.

After the Red Rain, more than 50% of humans were infected and became zombies. Specifically, they lost their minds, their body functions deteriorated, their faces were gray, their limbs were stiff, they would bite people when they saw them, and their saliva would infect humans when it came into contact with human blood.

At first, humans panicked and had no way to deal with zombies. People who had lived in a peaceful society for a long time could not take up weapons to fight zombies and had almost no power to resist the zombies’ attacks. In just one month, the number of people infected worldwide reached a terrifying 80%.

Later, when humans realized that zombies moved slowly, they had a glimmer of hope that as long as they overcame their fear and run away, they would survive. However, zombies underwent a terrifying mutation.

They evolved.

Zombies ate more people, their body joints became more agile, their strength increased, and some could even exert supernatural abilities such as fireballs and lightning. The faces of advanced zombies have recovered to be almost the same as those of ordinary people, and they will also have simple wisdom and can hide among humans.

Humans once fell into despair.

However, there is hope. Supernatural abilities began to appear among humans. They found that zombies are not indestructible. Their fatal weakness is at the back of the head, and their heads have crystal cores that can help humans upgrade their abilities.

Surviving humans around the world gradually adapted to the cruel new era. They established survivor bases, united the remaining human forces, redistributed resources, and respected strength.

Adult men became the main force in hunting zombies, and even women and children learned to pick up weapons to kill zombies.

Everyone is fighting for survival.

It is now October 2027, and humans have entered the doomsday era for a year and a half. The number of zombies is stable at 90%, and humans are only 10%, which is a veritable “minority race”.

Xi Wang*, the child of luck, was a well-deserved favorite of heaven before the doomsday and the child of other people’s families in the mouth of the elders. He has been a child prodigy since childhood. He skipped grades and went to college at the age of 14. He graduated with a doctorate at the age of 20. At the age of 22, he was the youngest researcher in the National Virus Research Institute of Country H. His resume is so brilliant that it can only be described as obtaining a life of cheats.

*(Xi Wang is a homophone for hope in chinese, they have the same pronunciation.)

Such top talents will also be the objects of national key protection in this era.

According to the route destined by the child of luck, he will be safely escorted by the army to the base in City A at the beginning of the end of the world, with a large laboratory and a group of assistants to concentrate on experiments. He will eventually develop a vaccine to cure the zombie virus, transform zombies back into humans, and lay down the path to humanity’s bright future. He is called the “savior” and has won the highest honor of mankind. He has no supernatural abilities, but humans worship him as a god.

He has devoted his entire life to scientific research.

So what is the situation now?

Xi Wang was not taken away by the army, as in the original plot. Instead, he stayed in the original research institute alone (other researchers became zombies) for a year and single-handedly developed a semi-finished product of the zombie vaccine.

A genius is worthy of being a genius. Only he has the ability to do this.

The remaining half, however, cannot be completed independently, no matter what. The resources in the institute are limited, and he is out of ammunition and food. He must set off to the largest base in city A in the country to seek help and report his research results.

It is a long way from city Z to city A, and it is obviously impossible for Xi Wang to arrive safely alone. He has a high-IQ but no strong body and no abilities.

He met several teams of survivors on the road, hitchhiked several times, and finally parted ways because they had different destinations. City A is indeed recognized as the largest and safest survivor base in the country, but no one is willing to risk their lives to cross half of the country. They prefer to settle in a small base nearby and persuade Xi Wang to join them. Xi Wang understands their kind intentions but refuses—only the base in city A has enough high-end talents and complete laboratories to support his research.

The research results are confidential before they are officially successful, and Xi Wang did not tell anyone. His companions do not understand his persistence and can only wish him a safe journey.

Xi Wang set out alone again, and this time luck did not accompany him. He found a team whose destination was also City A. The other party invited him to join very enthusiastically, and Xi Wang naturally wanted to join.

Xi Wang, who dedicated most of his life to the research institute, was very simple about human relationships and did not understand the complexity and dangers of the human heart. In doomsday, not only are zombies no longer humans, some humans may not have retained their humanity.

This time, the team was not as kind as his previous companions. They were able to go so far because they constantly absorbed new “companions” on the road and then threw the newcomers out when they were surrounded by zombies, using their life to buy them a chance to escape.

This time, Xi Wang became the victim.

When the team fell into danger again, Xi Wang was pushed down to attract the attention of the zombies. The team was able to escape smoothly, but Xi Wang only had a dagger for self-defense in his hand. He did not have the ability to fight against the swarming zombie army, and he died without a complete body.

Before he died, he couldn’t even hold the dagger, but he still tightly grasped a USB drive, which contained all his research materials.

Xi Wang died.

The hope of mankind is also dead.

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After receiving the memory, Rong Yu was thoughtful. The child of destiny died tragically this time, and the team that used him as a scapegoat could not escape responsibility, but in the final analysis, it was suspicious that Xi Wang was not taken away by the army in the first place.

Where did it go wrong?

This question may have to wait until he arrives at the base in City A to find the answer.

As for now, he is a little hungry.

The previous team completely used Xi Wang as a scapegoat; why would they waste food on him? He just needs to eat once every three days and not starve to death.

No matter how strong Rong Yu is, he is still a mortal body, and he will still be weak if he doesn’t eat.

Rong Yu walked along the road, and from time to time he had to go around the scene of a car accident. The original owner’s physical fitness was really not good, only a little better than Ji Yu in the previous world, and he felt out of breath after walking a few steps.

Fortunately, he can now attack with fire; otherwise, with this physique, he would be powerless if he were to encounter a few more zombie waves.

There is a children’s skateboard parked on the side of the road. The scary thing is that there is a human head on the skateboard with a big hole in the head. Obviously, this is a zombie whose head was chopped off and its core dug out.

Rong Yu’s eyes lit up, and he immediately kicked the head away and stepped on it while continuing to walk ahead.

Blood Jade Bracelet: Are you not disgusted now?

Rong Yu said lazily, “I can’t help it. I am more afraid of being tired.”

“I don’t know what your master is this time.” Rong Yu guessed, “According to his temperament of setting himself as Jack Su in every world, I guessed that he is the strongest person in the human base.”

Rong Yu stepped on a skateboard and slid to a small store. The small store had obviously been visited several times. The door and glass were smashed, and the shelves were looted. There were several stiff zombies wandering in the store. When they saw a stranger coming in, they immediately roared and pounced.

Rong Yu snapped his fingers and cremated them together.

Blood Jade Bracelet shuddered. In fact, you can just ignore them. If you move quickly, they can’t bite you. It’s really miserable to be burned to death by the Red Lotus Karma Fire.

The thing is that every time it sees the big devil burning zombies, it can’t help but think of the firewood it has added to the crematorium of the Lord God for several worlds.

It’s so terrifying.

Rong Yu’s eyes are cold. “Who made them so ugly and annoying to my eyes?”

The shelves outside are empty, and Rong Yu finds the warehouse door. This iron door seems to be particularly strong, it would seem that several groups of people who have explored before have not kicked it open.

Rong Yu raised his hand and melted the iron door.

The zombie inside immediately rushed over.

Rong Yu was about to send it to be cremated, but suddenly his hand stopped, and the flames on his fingertips went out.

The zombie in front of him was disheveled and ragged. His clothes were stained with brown spots and blood, and his messy hair covered his face. His blue-gray eyes were empty, he was wearing nothing, and his nails were long and sharp.

A low-level zombie.

Blood Jade Bracelet was surprised: Hey, why are you suddenly soft-hearted? Wait, why is the breath of this zombie so familiar?

Rong Yu said, “Maybe your master took the wrong medicine.”

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