《An Average Zombie's Path of Evolution》 Chapter 1- Woke Up as a zombie! A gleam of light passed through the corner of my window as the sun''s rays began to refract across the sky. If you looked out the window you would find yourself looking at a skyscraper. Based on the angle you could tell my room was located on a high position, most likely another tall building, possibly the twenty-second story of a forty story building. The spacious room featured a gray bed with a dark wooden drawer by it''s side; a sketch book laid atop spread opened revealing countless unintelligible scribbles, on the walls, several posters were attached to the wall featuring video game characters; it was indeed the room of an average no-life gamer. The dim light slowly changed angle as the morning progressed, revealing my sleeping body; a guy with dark black hair possibly only twenty years of age. His face looked dull with a standard sized nose and mouth. His eyes were duly positioned on his face, only making him look more boring. However he did not give a feeling of perfection, but instead of a carefree guy who goes along with his surroundings; the ultimate example of a background character. As I woke up an extreme pain and feeling of hunger assaulted me, yet I reacted slowly as if unable to process the sensations. I slowly got up my bed and very slowly as if deprived of all energy walked to the bathroom, I turned on the radio, which laid upon a stack of towels beside the bathtub, and turned on the shower to take my usual hot morning bath. -Radio:"this is an emergency announcement, do not exit your residence, this city now within quarantine, do not panic and cooperate and this affair will be finished soon. This is not a Test.¡±Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator. I showered half paying attention to the radio. I was slightly dazed, the radio warning repeated three more times before it caught my attention, but all that was in my mind was my strange and unending feeling of hunger, as well as my feeling of absolute apathy. Slightly confused by the warning, I pondered about it as I dried my steaming skin with a bath towel, slightly tilting the radio on top of it. Slowly approaching the mirror to wash my teeth, after putting on a new set of clothing, I was puzzled as I barely felt the sensation of satisfaction normally achieved after putting on cold clothing over my heated skin, I brushed my teeth and spat out the water when i looked up to my mirror. My toothbrush dropped... Bloodied red eyes and ashen skin reflected upon my eyes. It was a very drastic change to my usual appearance, my new appearance was.. Menacing, am I sick? Does this has anything to do with the quarantine? I slowly walked to my room and moved the thin curtain from my window. Smoke billowed out from various buildings in the distance. The corner of the block where my building was located was slightly illuminated by the rays of the rising sun. There was minimal traffic on the road, which made sense considering it was 5:30 A.M. on a Saturday morning. However as I was looking down, a taxi slammed into another car, creating a small collision. The angry driver exited his car, raising his arm in complaint, and walked up to the taxi. seconds after opening the door to the taxi, the man inside jumped at the driver like a wild animal, and pushed him down. He then proceeded to bite the unfortunate drivers neck and eat the torn piece of flesh. the man seemed to enjoy savoring the meat, as the driver''s neck spurted out a large amount of blood. ¡®What the Hell!¡¯ was the thought that crawled into my Mind. The Apocalypse had begun. Chapter 2- When reality and fantasy mix. My hands slightly tremble as i try to carefully control them, it appears that I lost the ability to make precise movements as well. Im not exactly sure what to do. *WeeeOooo WeeeOooo*(siren sounds) The sound of sirens from police cars, ambulances and fire trucks starts flooding the slightly noisy city, as the the sun rises higher the number of people outside starts increasing, but so does the number of "crimes", even though people were warned to not leave their residences certain circumstances such as fires have forced people to leave their apartments. I dazily watch the ongoing commotion outside as if watching a tv show or movie, concentrating as to not miss any detail. people fighting, people looting, the law enforcement trying to calm the situation by blockading the streets, but instead having it backfire and traping them in a scene of outmost gore and horror. *tring tring tring--* The pulse fire alarms in our apartments set off, they are not loud but the frequency they produce make your ears slightly uncomfortable, however when I heard i felt my senses become a bit stronger and I gained slightly better control over my body, I past the short hallway in between my room and the living room, an unfinished sandwhich from last night lays on my glass table, I take a bite from it but spit it out, stale bread and spoiled mayo tastes really bad but to me it tasted like chalk for some reason. Thinking in my mind i decide to see how my neighbor is doing, her name is Lisa Carway, a tall women who''s slightly above above 5''11 almost reaching six feet, however her looks are just average and plain compared to the tall and beautiful women with large breasts you see on tv, the only thing that stands out about her is her height, I dont really think much of here since i only see her on the elevator sometimes when im back from work. I try carefully opening my doorknob but i put too much strength into it and it breaks, the door is forcefully swung open by me who didn''t expect to have so much strength, the door next to my apartment(Lisa''s apartment) opens and lisa''s worried face peaks out and looks at me. "Uriel! whats wrong!!? your face is pale", she gives a clumsy hop towards me and touches my hand.The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. "Your hand is cold! we need to get you to the hospital wait, i''ll get my car keys" However my hand strongly grips her hand "ouch! your hurting my hand please let go..." She looks into my bloody red eyes and freezes, a scared look replaces her worried exprecion. Truth is as soon as I saw her my senses seemed to have strengthen by a strong degree and my mind was siezed by a strong sense of hunger, and unexplicable anger or perphaps rage. The only words left in my mind were: "DEVOUR" "AHHHHHHH AHHHH" *SOBS* "LET GO!!!!" She starts resisting as my hand starts crushing her hand, my hand grips harder until a crunching like noise was heard as here bones were crushed into fragments. "ahhhh" "UHH" *SOB* "WHY" She despratly holds here hand as i push her down. I stare at her neck and proceede to crush it with my hands, for some reason a feeling of satisfaction is released in my head as her neck breaks and her breathing stops. Disturbing eating sounds rang throughout the apartments hallway. Im staring at a half eaten body, a now disfigured face, and a half eaten waist with some organs spilling out. However im attracted to something else, her head. I proceed to try and break open her crainium and expose her brain. *Munch Munch* Just as i started devouring her brain a sound rang out in my head.
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Confused by the sudden and illogical thought that mixes the current gruesome and cruel reality with something of great fiction, I''m driven by the impulse of curiosity to follow my thought, so I gather my thoughts together and think of one word:"Status"
Name: Uriel Lastname: Sparks
Strength: 20 Stamina: 20
Dexterity: 5 Evolution Points: 1/5
Race: Undead Type: Zombie(Walker)
Skills:Infect, ESP:Sense Human,Pain Resistance Title:"Undead Awakens"
Infect: Transmit viral infection through bodily fluids and lesions. ESP:Sense Human:Extra Sensory Perception allows you to easily sense humans. increase Stats X2 when in contact with a human. Pain Resistance: nerve endings in most tissues do not transmit pain signals anymore.(still able to sense when hurt and abnormal conditions) Title: Undead Awakens- Oh lucky you! You died in your sleep. Chapter 3 - Escape from the Apartments.I Killed an MC! I was dazed for a while, then I quickly got over it, the first thing that came to mind when I leveled up was several games I played before but with no way to rationalize the situation I decided to do what i do best: going with the flow. Since im a zombie now people will probobly try to kill me now, so I decided to simply play the zombie and eat them before they get the chance to kill me. I was walking the unusually quiet hallways until I reached the sixteen floor, some doors where shattered and pools of blood made the usually clean hallways all slippery, several zombies were devouring corpses, i was first reluctant to approch them but when I neared them they simply moved aside from the corpse they were eating as if making room for me to join in. Yes i joined in. An hour passed and me and my new friends, fred a clumsy yet strong zombie with a strong jaw and thick strong arms and johny a thin zombie who''s movements are more nimble than my own or freds, but of course he still trips over his own foot once in a while. We walked and explored the sixteen floor, until we encountered him. He was a short guys with black hair, he had a scared look on his eyes as he examined us, he was holding a wooden chair leg covered in blood and below him was a corpse with a bashed head, when I saw him my senses hightened and fred immediatly whent and charged at him, he easily got his head bashed in, but fred took the initiative to bit the man, however I never would have had expected what came afterwards. "hahahah""im infected huh" "well im taking you fuckers with me!" He lifted his hand to the side of his elbow and a small spark of fire apeared on his hand, a small fireball formed and shot at me, however i doged to the side and it went inside someone elses apartment. I took the chance and charged at him, Using my hands I grabed his neck and slamed him against the wall breaking some of his bones. Biting his neck I broke his skull by bashing his head against the wall and proceeded to devour his brain.
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I leveled up again, however I had no time to Check my status, the fire started to rapidly spread, luckily the apartments were basically emptied by now and I did not have to face any more living humans. I was slightly sad at the death of fred however I Still have johny. *Shatter* Johny jumped out a window... thats enough of that. I stumbled across the hallway trying to make my way to the elevater, however when I got there I saw it was cramped with zombies, a zombie accidentally pushed all the buttons.Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings. Shit, Im going to have to use the emergancy stairs. I made my way to the stairs and started climbing down, smoke started to fill the building and catch up to me, so I tried speeding up to no avail. However an opportunity presented itself, I sensed a human running down the stairs probobly trying to escape the building, My body strengthened itself again and I ran after him. Outdoor Parking lot__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I walked out the emergancy stairs with blood driping from my mouth when I spotted other humans and proceeded to hid behind a car. -[MC like guy] "hurry up and push the boxes out the way!" -[Clearly hated guy]"shut up i know what i''m doing!" -[possible heroine]"stop fighting we need to get out now!" I cant help but to watch them with curiosity, the MC like guy is holding a metal baseball bat while slamming the emergancy door on the parking lot, the main exit is blocked by a firetruck that crashed on the entrance, however various zombies are squeezing themselves in through a gap. [MC like guy] "i''ll hold them off!" I can''t help but call them idiots in the back of my head for screaming so much, they basically attracted all the nearby zombies. The MC like guy is brilliantly finishing any zombie who gets close with his bat by bashing the side of thier heads. -[hated guy]"hahah i got the Door open!" However just as he finished saying that a zombie jumps from inside the newly open door and bits his neck. -"ahhhh" -[heroine]"kyaaa" "help they got him!" she says will putting away the urge to throw up. -[MC guy] "I got you" he runs towards and picks up the girl,runs towards the exit, swinging his bat and killing the zombie who killed the other guy. Normally the MC would successfully get way and later on start on his way to become one the strongest persons on earth and even create his own harem and survivior group, however am i just a decoration? I who was sneakily following them holding a Metal Pipecought up to them at the right moment and swung the Pipe, the MC guy tried to skillfully block it with his baseball bat, however I let go of the Pipe and attacked his left side, the hand he was using to hold the girl, I scratched the girl to infect her and then lounged myself at the guy. He swung his bat again upon regaining balance, it hit my shoulder and broke it, but I ignored it and sent a bite at his neck. On my first day as a zombie I successfully killed an MC. And killed/ate two girls...
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Name: Uriel??????LVL.4 Lastname: Sparks
Strength: 26 Stamina: 30
Dexterity: 10 Evolution Possible
Race: Undead Type: Zombie(Walker)
Skills:Infect, ESP:Sense Human, Sneak Attack Title:Undead Awakens
Chapter 4 - Basic Evolutions "evolve"
Congratulations! for completing The following criteria you are awarded the title: Hunter
Killing and Eating a Human. Sneak attacking a vulnerable target Having the required basic intelligence Using other Undead to your advantage
Evolution Start.
Evolving Leg Muscles & Waist
Evolving respritory system
Evolving Palm muscles
Evolving Eyes
Enhancing Sensory Abilities
Name: Uriel???????????????LV.4 Last Name: Sparks
Strength:26-40 Stamina 40
Dexterity: 30 Evolution pts: 0/100
Race:Undead Type:zombie(hunter)
Skills:Infect,Track,ESP:Sense Human,Crush,Sneak Title(s):Undead Awakens,Hunter
Title:Hunter- A weak undead with abnormally strong grip, legs and waist. however the legs specialize more in jumps than running. An expert at tracking humans. "ahhh" slightly pained I stand up and slip on a hard object, my increased sense of touch and smell tell me im surrounded by garbage, im in a dark cramped container filled with garbage. Not sure when i got in here and im not going to think about it either. I open the lid expecting to see bright light, however all that comes inside is the thick smell of blood. Its night, The two bodies of the people I ate earlier are nothing but bone, and various undead stuble around. "ARRGGHHHH!!!!"Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon. A loud cry resounds in the sky, all the nearby zombies stand up and seize their activities, a nearby zombie that was laying on the ground stands up and the nearby zombies that were stumbling around rapidly walk towards the origin of the screem. The noise resonates in my mind, the voice convayed a message to every undead that said: Prey! However that cry contained a hint of dominance that even affected me, and it made me aware that whatever created that noise is my boss. A strong sense of strength unlike no other runs through my legs, and my vision is powerful enough to see through the dark, my grip is strong enough to destroy normal concrete and I feel a small sense of arrogance that wan''ts me to put me strength to the test. I look up to the nearby grocery building and stare at its walls, I bend My knees and flex the muscles on my waist, my once broken shoulder is now fully healed and my body is at its peak. I shoot up like a basketball towards the walls on the building and prepare my hands. My hands dig onto the concrete and my legs push on against the wall, launching me back towards my original position. I fall and my face digs straight into the ground almost killing me. Thats what I get for trying to do something cool. After twenty (or so) tries I finally master the basic movements neaded to free run my way up walls. After traveling from building to building I finally make a turn at the upcoming curve and spotted a scene that made my blood boil with excitement, A tall muscular zombie surrounded by zombies standing on a crushed car, many zombies in differant groups are standing around him, theres even a group of skinny zombies with long necks and bulging stomachs and a group composed of hunters like me. A blockade composed of Two fire trucks is confining the movement of the group of zombies and behind them is a group of survivors with guns and and a tall man wielding a large millitary machete. The survivors are shooting at the zombies from gaps in the vehicles and constantly reloading their guns. "ARRRRGGHHHHHHH" The Commander Zombies roar is heard throughout the entire block and stirs up all the nearby zombie, allarmed by the increase in undead the survivors start fleeing to an insurance company building with reinforced iron windows and door. However They Never Would have expected the Next Scene, a large zombie covered in boils walks up to the fire truck and all the nearby zombies back away "Boom!" The Trucks are slightly blow away and the zombies start to flood in. "Run!!!" one of the survivors screems but just as he''s about to run a green bullet zooms by and hits him "AGGGHHHHH" an agonizing cry rings out as the man''s skin and tissue melts off. "Close the door close the damn door!!" The survivors start panicing and enter the small building, however the zombies with long necks just spit out more acid bullets and the steele doors start melting, followed by a meat parade. Just as I was going to head there a sharp pain shoots up my spine. "KYYAAA!!!" a girls scream rings up in my mind and i push it out forcefully. What i see infront of me is A beautiful what female with no legs, she''s lightly transparent, her enchanting long white hair and beautiful clean face stuns me, But Not because she''s pretty but because I know her! "Heroine Girl!!!" -"You!" "you.... are, The Bastard who killed me!" -"I will kill You!!" "you can''t, your a ghost ya''know." -"hahah I do know.... however I will be taking your body!" She leaps at me and trys to enter my body, however I easily eject her again. -*trembling* "You!" "hmph this is not over!" and just like that she disapeared into the strucures wall. I look back at the seige scene however it appears all the humans were devoured leaving nothing for me. I gloomily start looking for the next trash container to sleep in. A strong premonition creeps up my spine. Chapter 5 - The Lonely life of a hunter A week has passed since the apocolypse began. I no longer hunt at day since a recent accident, a sniper spotted me and blew off a finger of me hand while i was clinging to a building. I sincierly used to think i was powerful since i could crush concrete with my bare hands but my expectations were crushed. Recently human strongholds had began to pop up and were attacked by commander zombies along with hoards, i joined some of thoes raids but most of them were failures and i almost lost my life to a strange girl who shot a water bolt at me. luckily a hole on the stomach is not enough to kill a zombie, i recovered after a day of rest. The moon was shining and sounds of gunshots rang across the city skylines. I neared a survivor camp looking for easiy pray. Tall steel electric fences protected a millitary encampment, various soldiers with guns patroled the area and rays of light coming from guard towers constantly illuminated the dark streets. I held my breath and waited near an opening behind a supply tent where there was little to no lighting. -"charlie go get a crate of rice their in the back" -"yes Mr.Soldier" a little kid about seven to eight years old walked out the tent and headed towards the crates of food supplies, he shined his flashlight at the various crates and finally found one with a rice label on it, however as he crouched and picked it up the hairs on his back stood up, he prepared to run but it was too late. A large cold gray hand held onto his neck and instantly snaped it. When the soldier when to check on charlie all he found was a pool of blood and a hole in the fence, this started a night of unrest for the millitary camp. Thats the most little lonley me is able to do, cowordly prey after kids to weak to defend themselves and sneak attack normal humans.This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Recently whenever im jumping from building to building or stalking prey i feel a strange feeling run through my body, as if i was being followed... but who would wan''t anything to do with a simple zombie?... maybe humans wan''t to experiment with me?!!! are they trying to find a cure and need a subject? scared by , my line of thinking i began to hunt even later at night, however the feeling percieved. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A wierd event happened today, two commander zombies joined hands and are now commanding an army towards a small human base. While sneaking along with a group of hunters i found myself tracking after a beautiful girl with red hair, only problem is it seems she can sure bite, she sensed me and through a knife at me, luckily it just got stuck in my shoulder and i rapidly escaped with my tail between my legs. "hurry up and start the truck we gotta ditch them" A group of surrvivors were preparing to flee by themselves by using the camp as a decoy, a car hidden behind the base started and they boarded. "grawww" i grawled at a group of hunters telling them to follow me, they did and we hid around the car. When they started the car we attacked in unison, two hunters used their powerful hands and pulled the heads of two survivors cramped in the back of the car, another four seperated into two groups of two and simultaneously attacked, one pulled out the door from the car while the other reached in to the front seats and pulled out the driver and the guy sitting in the passanger seat. Facing such a quick and well coordinated attack the humans wern''t able to even put on a fight. Enjoying my meal a pleasant sound rang throughout my mind.
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Chapter 6 - Hunted "uuagh" my back hurts, this trash bin seriously has to much glass bottles in it, i lightly open my eyes only to be greeted by semi-transparent and glittering white eyes. "oh its you... the heroine girl"...."watcha want?" -"oh if it isn''t Mr.pedo, nothing much just your life, so how about you hand it over" "im not sure what your talking about... but it was clearly a necessary to kill the MC" -"im not sure what you mean by MC... stop calling me heroine! my name is serien and my only intention is to kill you!" "your still a ghost" -"ha ha hahahh" " i leveled up and bacame a wraith now excuse me as i steal your body" Three hours passed like that, maybe due to my high intelligence she was unable to take over my body, it appears her energy ran out since she fainted in here. I guess its fine to just leave here there, i need to get hunting since my stats have been static for quiet awile. "status"
Name: Uriel?????????Lvl.5 Last Name: Sparks
Strength: 30-40 Stamina: 50
Dexterity: 12.5 Evolution Pts: 28/100
Race: Undead Type: Zombie(hunter)
Skills:Crush, Sneak, Infect, Track, ESP:Sense Human Title:Undead Awakens
"Ahhhhh" so unfair, i guess only main characters get preferantial treatment, i mean its been a week since i woke up as a zombie yet last time a saw a human lord kill a zombie commander with his bare hands. As for me i''m being called a pedo by a ghost for hunting children. I guess i''ll try aiming for an enchancer or as i heard human who can use special powers call themselves. My self esteem is on the floor.If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Another loud night, various humans were combating a normal hoard of zombies at the front of a grocery store, and at the same time they sneaked supplies through the back of the building. I was carefully observing the humans abilities. A normal young man was making very nimble movements, dodging zombies one after another, beside him a girl dual wielding two millitary knifes sliced the neck of one zombie after another, aside from them a middle aged man wearing a black hood was punching a zombie after another with his black brass knuckles. "A cool group" by myself i don''t stand a chance. I look around trying to find some camarades to recruit, however all i see is a stupid looking runner. However a lightbulb pops above my head. I almost forgot im not a normal zombie, on my waist theres a gun i took from a dead body. The humans are carefully guarding the entrance to the grocery store, besides them a metal cage holding propane canisters. "hehehe" good normally to purchase a canister one has to see the cashier and they would come outside with a key to get you a canister after you pay for it. However thoes poor unsuspecting humans would never expect a hunter zombie to be able to use a gun. -"hey gary are you almost done? me and Alice are getting exhausted already, plus that damn stranger you picked up is going crazy over hear with his brass knuckles" *Bang**Bang**Bang* -"Gary! were being shot at!" -"What! hurry take cover" Shielded by the nights sky i continue my attack, my hands tremble as i try to control my grip since i don''t want to break the gun causing me to miss three shots *Bang* *BOOOOM* "AHHHH* They, not paying attention to their surroundings enough hid behind the propane canister containers, however once they blew up they instantly died. "pffft" I cant help but laugh at their stupidity. -"guys whats wrong!??" The guy gary walks out the store hold plastic bags filled with beef jerky, but upon seeing the situation droped the bags and ran pack inside. -"Shit! WTF!" Ahh gota get out of here. the car is loaded i''ll just leave since they are dead already! As he ran to the emergancy exit in the back he almost triped but regained his balance and held onto the door, swinging it open he makes a run towards a White van, the door is slided open and a large amount of supplies are forcefully stuffed inside, however the front seats are cleared. Sitting on the front seat he desperately tries to start the car and *Cliche Scene* A Gray hand breaks right through the glass and holds onto his neck, breaks it and it ends, and of course that hand belonged to me.
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Chapter 7 - The War is just beginning Abondoned Laboratory Arizona/Nevada Boarder--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blood Drips from a destroyed reinforced steel door, dents on the steel tell the door was forcefully opened by a blunt object. Inside several cryogenic like pods filled with transparent fluid lies several humanoids, they look very similar to humans, however at this moment several tendril like organs rip out from their backs, they sway back and forth in the liquid. The Unknown organism opens its blood shot eyes, its fang like teeth stick out of its mouth as it carefully examines the surroundings. Several Cryogenic pods are broken signaling that other such organisms have already escaped from the facility. The tendrils from the back of the organism gently rubs against the reinforced glass and smoothly pushes against it, the glass instantly shatters and the fluid leaks out like a waterfall, the organism exits the pot, the sticky transparant fluid drips from its glass fiber like hair and steel like muscles. Several other Such organisms begin their escape aswell. One Thousand similar pods with male and female versions of the organism are arranged in rows in the laboratory, this was the result of a group of greedy officials trying to weponize the virus, however they never would had expected the virus to be so uncontrolable.If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. This was the begining of another race. The Apocolypse was only yet getting started. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Three hundred thousand miles away from the the moon. A desolate looking spaceship covered in purple radiation resistant vines is rapidly cruising towards earth, inside the ship is decorated in red blood, several holes melt litter the spacecraft, the way they are formed signal they were formed by a strong acidic substance. Is this the result from the scenario from the movie alien? Probably. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FourMiles under the ocean Hundreds of thousands of crustaceans churn under the ocean, some are the size of trucks, some of the the size of rocks. They crawl rapidly across the sea floor following the currents, they might just end up clashing against the coastal cities of the world. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Perphaps humanity has angered a god, or maybe its just a chain of coincedences. However this is not just a war against humanity anymore, its clear that this battle will involve every organism on earth. Chapter 8 - Assault on the Stronghold (1) Have you ever fallen in love? well me neither, however i have come to like some things to a strong degree. Right now im staring at a wonderful object which has just become my obsession, a wonderful pair of steel claws. Jet black gloves with a steel frame, the claws are sharp enough to reflect enough light to temporarily blind you, however right now they are being contaminated by a lowly human! oh poor little gloves just wait for me to get my hands on you, i''ll make sure to put you to good use. Naturally i can''t aquire them right now, the only reason i was able to spot such a high quality product was thanks to my powerful vision. I''m currently griping to a steel varanda of a four story apartment complex, two hundred meters awayis a human encampment, its only purpose is to cut down the number of zombies in the area, preventing a legion from forming and attacking the nearby human strongholds. We undead are being severly underestimated due to are usually low intelligence, however recently many undead have mutated and gained higher intelligence, for example the Zombie commanders. The zombie commanders are forming their legions right now trying to evolve into zombie lords, however the humans raid the legions before they fully form, learning from their mistakes the zombie commanders have formed the first zombie stronghold or "nest". Three miles south of the nearest human stronghold is our nest, a sewer maintainance station, the reason they picked that place was not only because it was away from human sight, but also because it was a perfect breeding place for new mutations. Everyday zombies jump inside the manholes that lead to the sewers, the humans are slightly perplexed since the number of zombies wandering the streets has decreased, however they seem to have put it at the back of their heads for now. Our army has finally reached three hundred thousand, or three legions, we are ready to attack the human stronghold which only has about one hundred and fifty thousand surviviors, but to succeed we realized that we have to take out the the human encampments swiftly without alerting the humans, and naturally this calls for us hunters to be put into action. Me and my five buddies Number 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are currently sneaking here in the apartment complex waiting for the attack to commence.This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Human POV) "Boss, according to the scouts the surroundings are also facing a similar condition, its as if the zombies have decided to move to a new location" "Boss! we noticed the abnormality in sector six aswell, i think there''s a chance the zombies are gathering together" (Boss)-"hmm, i also think they are gathering, however we havent recieved any reports from other bases about a legion forming" "We just recieved a report from a nearby scout thats been serveying the nearby sectors, the report says that an abnormal amount of undead have been spotted entering the sewers through manholes" (Boss)-"What!, we have to make sure quickly send Bravo squad to survey the sewers, and send a report to main base theres a chance the zombies are getting ready to attack the stronghold through the sewers" (Bravo Squad POV) "Listen up jaeson, i''ll have you lead bravo squad on a mission to survey the sewers, if you find any abnormalities quickly report them to us via radio and retreat" (Jaeson)-"Yes Sir, me and my squad will do our best!" Like that me and my comrades: Charles, Bernabe, Xavier and Julius took off to the the sewers, our main weapons were our usual twelfth gauge shotguns, however since the apocolypse we gained unordinary strength by killing zombies, however unlike our boss the only supernatural abilities we gained was the ability to regenerate quickly and a skill called "overdrive" which gives us boost in strength and speed when we enter a near death state. However due to our increase in physical strength and speed and increase in stamina we quickly rised in positions and became an important scouting force. (Charles)-"uh are we getting gas masks?, cuz the whole sewer thing... is not exactly to my liking" (Xavier)- " we did get gas masks tho" (Julius)- " dued it''s in your backpack, hurry up and get it" (Bernabe)- " haha twenty more kill and i can get that cool gun from the ApocStore" (Jaeson)- "shut up you morons, this mission might be worse than that time we had to clear the hospital" (Xavier)- " holy shit, really? that hospital was indeed a mess, however now that i think of it im curious at whats inside the sewers" (Julius)- "Don''t raise a flag you idiots!, damn it were dead" (Xavier)- "now thats a flag" And like that me and my squad marched towards the main sewer entrance, even though we were merrily making jokes, deep inside we were deathly scared, since we ourselfs had seen videos of the things that populate the sewers. The night runners think they seen the worst things since they work during the night, however the sewers is where nightmares are born... Chapter 9 - Assault on the Stronghold (1.5) Pre-Mission Briefing--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "status"
Name: Jaeson??????Lvl.10 Last Name: Carter
Strength: 60 Stamina: 50
Dexterity: 30 Spirit: 1
Race: Human Job: Soldier
Skills:Overdrive, Regeneration, Hand to Hand Combat(II), Leadership(III), Teamwork(IV), ESP:Sense Danger [Viral Resistance IV] Title: "Bravo Squad Leader"
Names: Xavier, Julius, ??Bernabe,Charles??Lvl.8-10 Squad: Bravo
Strength: 55 - 60 Stamina: 48 - 50
Dexterity: 30 Spirit:1-2
Race: Human
Skills: Overdrive, Regeneration, Hand to Hand Combat(II),Teamwork(IV), ??ESP: Sense Danger [Viral Resistance IV] Title: "Jaesons Subordinates"
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Danger Level 1 - Mutated Rats - Four feet long terrors with sharp teeth able to naw through Steel, However they are individually weak. Drowner - Rotting Undead, unusually fast in water and tend to be in groups of four to five. Zombie - The normal and slow undead who loiter our streets
Danger Level 2 - Rat Hoard - A stampede of mutated rats, avoid at all costs. Undead Hoard - We see them in the streets, however in a cramped sewer its basically about the worst situation. Sewer Mutants- These are the bastards that keep on destroying our scouting drones. Blind, however very sensative to any sort of vibration and energytransmission to the point in which they can detect radio signals and running electricity. They tend to build holes in the sewer walls and waitin ambush for their next prey.
Danger Level 3 - Bloater - An undead with a large bloated body, they appear to weigh around 400 - 500 Pounds. While they are slow and clumsy, their ability to eject vomit over long distances makes up for it. Vomit properties- Blinding and corrosive, however it''s sticky enough to rival super glue. The bloater''s vomitcan also attract the undead in the vicinity.
Danger Level 4 - [Unknown Organism] - Kilo squad was nearly wiped out by an unknown humanoid creature featuring four purple tendrils on it''s back, according to the onlysurvivor of Kilo squad, it''s movements are fast, agile and percise. We suspect the creature possesses Higher intelligence compared to the undead. If encountered exterminate and retrieve a body sample, this is an Order from the higher ups.
While the Main Objective is still to scout for abnormal activity in the sewers, the retrival of a sample from the humanoid organism has also become a major priority. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meanwhile..... I WANT THOSE GLOVES/CLAWS! Chapter 10 - Assault on the Stronghold (2) We are on our way to sector three, where the scouts located one of the rare manholes that are not blocked by traffic or other debris, this area is also safe and guarded by a patrol station, therefore we won''t have to deal with any ambushes as we retreat. We walk onward with a rapid pace, bracing our bodies for the worst. At the same time we tell jokes to ourselves to keep our minds preoccupied and away subject of death. Several civilians who are either helping around the camp or resting constantly take glances at us, some even salute us or make encouraging gestures, little boys and girls with gloomy expressions stare intently at us, however their eyes hold no feeling of reverence nor pity. The camp right now looks lifeless, not even the smell of food is able to dismiss the idea that they might die tonight, especially the children who have recently become targets of hunter type zombie, during those nights the wails of mothers who had their children devoured rang throughout the camp and nothing anybody did could stop it, not that they tried to stop it. After half an hour of walking we came to a desolate street, the guard equipped with an assault rifle ran accross from his guard tower and used a key to open the metal gate. Across the gate several piles of corpses were being doused in fuel and other flammable liquids, this is sector three''s "corpse yard" were corpses are incinerated for sanitary reasons. The people actually doing the burning are volunteers from the groups of survivors that constantly seek for refuge in this encampment, one of the volunteers specially sticks out due to the pair of gloves on his hands. (Julius)*Whistle* Thats a fine pair of claws he got his hands on... maybe I''ll trade my knife for them. Julius for some reason approaches the man, they appear to be bartering over something. After several detours we had to take due to debris blocking our way finally arrive at the alley our scout reported, a group of five walkers was there, however we easily killed them by using our shotguns as blunt weapons and smashing their heads into pulp, well except for julius who excitedly used a pair of claws to toy around with a walker. Underneath our feet is a rectangular manhole, it looks like it was forcefully torn open recently since a pair of fresh bloody handprints were still imprinted onto the steel. I take out a red flare from one of the pockets on my backpack and ignite it. "bloop" Looks like part of the tunnel is flooded, however we can''t put this mission on halt. (Jaeson)- "ok guys, it appears we''re going to have to use the infrared goggles..." (Julius)- "I''d rather not go in there but..." (Xavier)- "we have no choice" (Bernabe)-"Going in!" *Splash*Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. (Bernabe)- "Hop in it''s nice and warm" (Jaeson)- "it''s now or never" *splash* *splash* *splash* *splash* we hop on in unison. (Xavier)- "damn its a void in here" There appears to be nothing but water down here, the infrared cameras haven''t picked up any heat signatures. The humid environment is very uncomfortable, even though we just entered my body is already sweating, however its rapidly absorbed by our equipment. Luckily our protective gas masks filtered any possible smell or dangerous gas that might lurk in here. *ploop* *ploop* *splash* *splash* The only sound we''ve heard is the sound of our legs pulling in and out the water which currently reaches our knees, however it doesn''t slow our pace at all due to our superhuman strength. A bright red instantly comes into vision from the corner of my eye, the wall on the sides crumble and the falling rubble creates several large ripples in green water. "KRRGGYYAAAA!" A disgusting pale humanoid creature leaps from the hole in the wall towards us at a great speed. Bernabe quickly steps up and pushes the creature back into its hole and shoots its head, splattering brain matter around the hole. As if triggering an alarm other holes start bursting from the walls followed by similar screams. (Jaeson)- ¡°Ambush!¡± Based on previous intel these are sewer mutants are very sensitive to energy transmission including sound. (Xavier)- ¡°don¡¯t use guns¡± A mutant leaps towards me from the left, while another one appears from my back, Xavier is busy punching two that leaped towards him and bernabe is busy helping him. Just as i was about to get pounced from the back julius comes charging in and punches the mutant behind me on its left rib, giving me enough time to hit the mutant on my left with the back of my shotgun, I quickly walk towards bernabe to help him finish off a mutant that took hold of his shotgun¡¯s stock crush it. (jaeson)- ¡°that was a close call, from now on you¡¯re not allowed to use your shotguns¡± (Xavier) ¡° we should keep quiet while we''re at it¡± ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sector 3 Encampment ¡°Commander big trouble!, We tried sending the message however all our radio towers and communication equipment has been destroyed!¡± (Commander) ¡°How?!! All our equipment is carefully guarded and our radio towers are placed in very secure locations!¡± ¡°It appears they were destroyed by a group of hunters during midnight¡± (Newbie)- ¡°Commander¡­ we.. we have a terrible problem! Hundreds of zombies are rushing out of manholes, and some streets even collapsed! A bloater type zombie has demolished the front gate and zombies are rushing into our camp!¡± (Commander)-¡±....How¡¯s the situation in the other nearby encampments¡± (Newbie)-¡±we haven¡¯t had any contact, i''m guessing the zombies have thoroughly cut off all our communications by killing all the scouts outside simultaneously¡± (Commander)-¡±rile up everyone in the camp, to get through this everyone is going to have to play a role¡± (Newbie)-¡±Yes sir¡± (Commander) I wonder how HQ will respond¡­ I hope we don¡¯t end up having to deal with that specimen from project GHOUL. _____________________________________________________________________________________ MeanWhile¡­. ¡°That BASTARD!!!¡± whose claws does he think he''s giving away!¡± No choice huh, i''m going after them! Chapter 11 - Assault on Stronghold (3) _______________________________________________________________________ When the apocalypse started 20% of the population was instantly lost. Two weeks later humanity was reduced by a further 30%, such a drastic loss left the human population with an estimate of four billion survivors worldwide. When fortresses formed ¡°enhancers¡± or people who became stronger by defeating zombies and other mutations became the main combat force of humanity, but only comprised around 1% of the remaining population. And out of the 1% only around 0.01% became ¡°awakened¡±, humans who unlocked special abilities. However the time for change was coming, this event would be know as the ¡°Human Awakening Period¡± ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Present day: Western region (Nevada,Utah,Arizona) The event that would trigger the human ¡°awakening period¡± would begin today. Sector 0 - Human Stronghold, one of the three main strongholds in the western US region was located in the Las Vegas World Market Center, the building was easily fortified and became a strategic point due to its large amount of communication equipment, allowing the military to communicate with other strongholds worldwide and learn of the current world situation. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Early morning Communication center ¡°Hurry and make the report to the higher ups!¡± ¡°Sir, we lost contact with sector 3¡± ¡°Sir Urgent news!, Encampment three in sector four is under attack¡± ¡°Urgent news!, Sector six encampment two has been annihilated¡± ¡°Sir¡± ¡°Sir¡± ¡°Sir¡± If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. ¡°Urgent news!¡± ¡°Urgent news!¡± ¡°Urgent news!¡± The office was in constant panic, various encampments in certain sectors were either under attack, facing imminent danger, or where annihilated. Every piece of news brought great fear to every worker, anyone working here would eventually become nervous. Everyone constantly wondered about their safety, it was already guaranteed that they would be facing crisis sooner or later. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ¡°Sir based on the news, the undead are focusing their attacks underground, they swiftly destroy any sentries guarding the sewers and use that as an invasion point, while some encampments have successfully repelled the attacks from the sewers, other camps which completely let their guard down were destroyed withing minutes." "According to another set of intel not many high tier undead have shown themselves¡­. That could only mean that¡­¡± (Commander)¡°Their saving the best for us¡± ¡°huh¡± well the national guard have stationed themselves here, however.... ¡°Sir we have sighting on thirty Tank-Type undead heading here¡± (Commander) "Send the the new 1¡¯st Company, along with several anti-personnel vehicles to support them." ¡°Yes sir!¡± (Commander) "Sigh" things just have to keepdeteriorating. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commander''s Thoughts Even though it¡¯s only been three weeks since this all began, the military found itself crippled and even though a lot of the equipment is still there, we are unable to recover it. The ranks have also been simplified and most of the existing titles aren''t used anymore. The current national guard is only an improvised force made up mostly of volunteers that managed to help in the salvaging of military equipment. While their abilities are low compared to professionally trained forces, almost the entire force is made up of enhancers who have killed countless undead. Their abilities could not be underestimated. Special education classes were created to train others to operate military machinery such tanks and helicopters, however their training is still clearly not enough. We don''t have a choice anymore that''s why I have no choice but to put them in action now. Today is humanity''s last chance, the survivors will be baptized and we might even gain some awakeners, however I know that the undead have something big planned, if we want to continue living it''s going to require sacrifice. If worst happens I will have no choice but to use that ability of mines... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meanwhile¡­. ¡°Shooooooop¡± (IDK just pretend it''s a loud explosion or something) A large mushroom cloud bloomed in the distance, the scene repeated itself in several places worldwide, whether it was intentional or not didn''t matter anymore, however seconds after the explosions took place in the cities/towns a shocking event happened, Undead began gathering in these radioactive sites. These places where once proud monuments of humanity, prosperous rural establishments, or even modern sweatshops. However all that''s left is ashen rubble and standing steel and concrete frames. This is how the future Undead Cities began to form, becoming the breeding ground of mutations born to instill fear into all life. _____________________________________________________________________________ The real battles are just about to start. Seriously. Chapter 12 - Humanity Awakens (1) The sound of water dripping resounded throughout the broad tunnel, piles of dead rats littered the muddy ground as it gained a new shade of red. The sound of footsteps steps soon resumed as two figures quickly dashed forward. (Jaeson) ¡° were halfway to sector four, the water treatment compound should be near here.¡± (Xavier) ¡° I can here more undead heading here¡± ¡°Get Ready!¡± *Tremble* *Tremble* *Tremble* However just before the wave of undead made to our location the sides of the walls started trembling, cracks started forming on the ceiling of the tunnel. Small pieces of rusted steel chipped off and inserted themselves into the muddy ground. *boom* A hole formed on the ceiling and a gargantuan figure slowly came into view as the dust that came flooding from above cleared away. Two large bloated arms, a large triple chin, and an inhuman sized belly almost three meters wide. It¡¯s skin was a taint of green with black spots and the smell around it probably wasn''t much better judging by the number of flies around it. (Jaeson) ¡°god, not another one¡± The large undead opened its mouth and its large waist suddenly seemed to have implode on itself followed by a rapid expansion, the undead¡¯s large bloated throat quickly expanded as a large amount of liquid visibly traveled through the throat to its mouth. ¡°ghuuughghuuugh¡±(throw up noise) Just as a large burst of toxic looking vomit was about to reach us, we already started our countermeasure against the bloater type undead. We simply ran towards it avoiding the toxic vomit, just as we neared it the undead decided to throw its one ton body towards us, however we swiftly dashed away. The Undead quickly tried getting up however Xavier jumped above its head, turned and grabbed the back of its neck, the undead tried to shake him off while waving its large hands at us. It quickly regained its balance and It¡¯s stomach once again sunked inwards as it aimed his mouth at us, who purposely taunted it. Xavier took the opportunity and quickly lodged a grenade in between its jaws and avoided its rapidly closing teeth. Xavier quickly jumped of the large body while dodging it¡¯s swinging arm and took cover. *Boom* Pieces of flesh scattered around the tunnel and stuck themselves to the walls as a fountain of green liquid spilled out of the gauging wound on the undead¡¯s neck. (Bernabe) ¡° I still can''t believe how stupid these fat fucks are¡± (Julius) ¡°hmph, these guys can¡¯t even compare to the hunters we faced back in sector six¡±This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report. (Jaeson) ¡° well you better not underestimate them, while they are very stupid, its large body is just troublesome to deal with.¡± Just as they continued walking forward, a light red glow flashed behind their backs. An ashen pair of hands tightly griped onto the wall at the intersection on the side of the tunnel, and his legs and waist bended downward, as if ready to pounce any moment. However it instead decided to wait and sneakily follow the small group of soldiers. A greedy and lustful look appeared on its face. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sector 0 - Temporary Civilian Center Large tents filled the streets as supplies and other items were carried in and out of the nearby casino buildings. This place was once a mess but was quickly reclaimed before the disaster spread and took over. Several Armoured vehicles quickly zoomed by, the nearby civilians watched and inquired where they were heading or what type of mission they may have. A young man laid inside a nearby tent, his lifeless looking eyes which were very common around told the story of a young man who lost something that was of great importance to him. However, despite losing he was still alive, refusing to die. On the tip of his index finger a small wisp of electricity made a small buzzing noise. He was one of the first awakeners, the future of mankind. ________________________________________________________________________ Sector 6 - A mother kneeled before the corpse of a young girl, a look of terror was still visible on the corpse''s face. A small tear flowed down the mother''s face, however instead of sadness here face showed extreme rage. A red aura burst from her, quickly turning a deep shade of brown, nearby pebbles started levitating in the air around her. ¡°AHHHhhhhhh¡± her scream of rage permeated the entire camp followed by a red aura. Everyone in the camp, whether young, middle aged or old walked and looked at her, upon seeing her expression and the corpse before her, a grim expression crawled into their faces. They have been living in constant fear for the past two weeks, unable to do anything. Hundred of mothers they''ve seen crying, many kids have been left orphans, and so many people have lost their precious relatives. But all they are able to do is watch in a helpless manner, unable to comfort their own wounded hearts, much less others. ¡°GYYYAAAAHHHHHHHHH¡± Everyone in the camp screamed in unison, the message was clear. Tired of this hopeless situation, the only way to overturn it was to fight back with everything they got. Their future is in their hands, so it''s about time they put them to use. _________________________________________________________________ Pacific ocean - A large aircraft carrier rapidly moved across the ocean, trying to make it back to land. Gargantuan crabs sunk their pointy legs into the ship''s hull and tried to climb to the ship''s flight deck. However nearby ships immediately shot them down. The ships were also under constant attack, the sailors onboard looked weary. Behind them lay a trail of flaming ships which couldn''t make it. Aircraft zoomed by and took out large fish that tried charging at the ships with their missiles. However after a few hours the aircraft ran out of fuel and ammunitions, due to the constant attacks the carrier was unable to advance forward. Making matters worse, the Nuclear Propulsion system was heavily damaged, the ship quickly lost its mobility and now could only rely on currents to move. These sea creatures themselves relied on the currents to travel, making them unable to get away. Just as they thought it was all over¡­ it was. A large vortex opened formed below the carrier, two thick curved pointed walls appeared around the carrier, six tentacles the size of three-six skyscrapers extended from below and flipped all the nearby boats over, some boats tried to flee but were quickly rampaged by sea creatures. Other ships were flipped over by the large waves. Some ships even detonated themselves. The curved walls suddenly extended from both sides of the flight deck and quickly revealed their nature, a giant beak. The center of the carrier was quickly devoured in one bite. Only pieces of the flight deck were left, and their only fate was to sink to the bottom. Humanity lost all the battles in the sea. Countless ships, Countless countries, countless lives. The Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian and southern oceans all became places where humanity could not tread. A No Man''s Land Chapter 13 - A new Era is Coming Below Sector Four, sewer passage twenty-four¡­ Even though the sewer passages were dark and damp, my skin felt unusually pleasant, even the smell stimulated my senses. No wonder the undead came here in swarms.. But how come I can¡¯t sense any other undead besides me, I mean these men are indeed strong but not to the point in which they could wipe out the undead Legion in the treatment plant. For now i¡¯ll continue stalking them. (Guy named Xavier) ¡°The secondary objective should be here according to the intel¡± (Leader guy) ¡°ok, lets take out the secret weapon¡± (Guy named Julius) ¡°i got it¡± he unhooks a shoulder bag wrapped around his shoulder *Zip* From the bag he takes out a medium briefcase probably made out of titanium. (Leader guy) ¡°the higher ups called this a ¡°Quinque¡± apparently it¡¯s a special prototype created to fight the specimen.¡± (Guy named Xavier) ¡°I got the serum¡± the guy stupid looking guy takes out a glass vial filled with cloudy gray liquid. ¡°Graaa...Kukuku¡± ¡°mu..st...kill¡± My senses instantly heighten, my body starts reacting strangely upon hearing the words with no clear origin. A feeling of rage starts surfacing, not from my mind but from my instincts, I try my best to suppress them but to no avail. ¡°Che..must...calm down¡± I whisper to myself words of encouragement as I quietly dig a hole in the wall to crawl in and focus on suppressing my feelings. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Jaeson) ¡° that voice¡­that''s without a doubt our target¡± (Julius) ¡° so it does have intelligence¡± (Jaeson) ¡°while it does have intelligence, it¡¯s brain shouldn''t be too well developed yet¡± (Xavier) ¡° Activating the Quinque¡± xavier says as he presses the suitcase. We weren''t sure why this suitcase was called a weapon but now we understood, to our surprise when the the suitcases lock button was pressed a curved blade approximately six feet long and two inches wide sprang out, the sword closely resembles a chinese long saber I once saw in a friends collection. I''m not sure at all how it works, but as I can see the sword also contains biological matter, small blood vessels are visible as they slightly glow red. The blade sort of looks as if it were alive. (Jaeson) ¡°okay, now spread the liquid in the vial on it¡± Xavier opens the vial, a small Imprint on the glass is barely visible, it reads ¡°Rc Cells¡±. He then spills the liquid on the blade. A rapid transformation takes place, the blade grows three feet longer, and one inch thicker. An ominous red aura starts spilling from it. ¡°Grr Awwwwwww!!!¡± A loud and angry cry resounds from the passage leading to the treatment station. (Xavier) ¡°hehe, i¡¯ll wield this baby with all I got let''s go¡± (Jaeson) ¡°hmph, i decide things here, Let''s go!¡± Our pace rapidly increases and turns into running, I actively look around the walls and ceiling while heightening my sense of hearing. When we reach the treatment sector our steps freeze At the end of the passage the iron fan which should be constantly breaking down large materials is completely broken, only one blade on it remains attached while the others lay on the ground in pieces. We walk towards the fan while looking around. Guts, organs, flesh and bones lay scattered around the place, there was no attempt to eat them, it was clear that these people were ripped to shreds for another reason. When we look inside the treatment plant a feeling of disgust overwhelms me. The water filter is clogged with flesh and bones, the entire treated water tank is dyed red, filled with rotting body parts floating at the surface of the tank. However the most grotesque part is all the limbs and organs littering the floor and the pools of blood and other bodily fluids which turn the shredded flesh into puddles of foaming liquid matter.There are no flies around, however large maggots the size of thumbs crawl around the place, and dig around the piles of flesh. it probably took around three thousand corpses to make a mess like this. (Bernabe) ¡°..is that...is that....our target¡± bernabe stutters as he looks up A two meter stature, and a thin physique with compacted steel like muscles which are so defined they look like carved stone. It¡¯s hands sink into the concrete ceiling as its legs bend in a ninety degree angle and walk upon it. Four long scorpion tail like tendrils stick out its back, the stinger on them are also inserted in the ceiling. It¡¯s hands pull out the concrete ceiling and its legs bend back to position, its glowing red eyes glance at us for a second, however its attention shifts onto the Quinque on Xavier''s hands. ¡°I...Will KILL YOU ALL!!!¡± The veins on its head pop out in anger as it howls a scream filled with rage. (Julius) ¡°Holy Shit¡­ IF we survive¡­ i¡¯ll treat you guys out¡± (jaeson) ¡°.....¡± The creature kicks against the ceiling pulling out its tendrils as it quickly launches itself at xavier, the ceiling cracks from its kick showing its powerful leg strength. ¡°Hyaaa¡± Xavier swiftly reacts swinging the blade to block the tendril heading at him. Bernabe runs forward and pushes the falling creature away, however he receives a kick instead, sending him flying towards a wall. *BAM* His body slams against the wall as blood oozes from his mouth. (Jaeson) ¡°Shit, Julius help Bernabe, Hurry!¡± The creature quickly recovers its balance and sends one of his tendrils at me and three at Xavier, I try to block it with my shotgun, however it quickly breaks in half like a stick, I rapidly move to the side but the tendril still manages to graze my shoulder, the stinger hits my humerus breaking it into two.Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. ¡°AGHHH!! You Piece of Shit!¡± the creature nears me as he prepares to launch a punch forward. ¡°Tch¡­ Julius.. Pal, your incharge now.. How degrading for the leader to die first¡± While I dodge the fist I harden my resolve. I plunge myself at his main body, the other three tendrils are fighting Xavier while the other is extending towards me. Just as the tendril pierces through me. ¡°GET BACK¡± Xavier who was playfully sparring against the tendrils looks at me and a serious expression appears on his face as he runs backwards while clashing his blade against the armoured scorpion-tail tendrils. *Booom* My last attempt when faced with death. Flesh flies all over the explosion area. A damaged body still stands¡­ three tendrils still intact on its body. ¡°Gyaaaa¡± The creature screeches ¡°Kukukuku, will..not die¡± The wounds on the creature start healing at a visible speed in its hands is a piece of flesh. (Xavier) ¡°YOU!¡± Before he said anything the three intact tendrils once again headed towards him He ran towards the creature while hitting away the tendrils, and lowered the blade as he plunged forward, swinging the blade the tip pierces towards its heart, however a tendril swung towards the left and sent him flying to the side. Standing tall the creature walks towards Xavier, its three tendrils surrounding Xavier''s body. ¡°Kukuku¡± *Pow* *Pow* *Pow* A Pile Flesh on the creatures back is shredded off its body. Two cylinders roll on the ground towards a blood puddle. (Julius) ¡°you bastard, forgetting about me¡± The creature falls lifelessly on the ground as julius nears it. (Julius)¡°...Bernabe died..too, his broken ribs perforated his lungs.¡± ¡°All for this stupid sample....not worth it¡± He grabs a sharp knife from his side and bends down, grabbing the creature''s left hand. *puchi* Two tendrils sunk into his back, and pierced out of his abdomen. The damn thing was not dead. Xavier looked in disbelief, how could a humanoid creature have so much vitality. His breaths were rapidly slowing as his heat signature lessened. ¡°Damn...this is going to make my record look bad¡± ¡°Ha..hahahah¡± ¡°So this is where I die¡± ¡°Dammit, and i thought this was the chance to get myself a harem, like in the novels.¡± If only I had more grenades... The creature slowly stood up. Xavier saw its blurry dark figure slowly walk towards him as the feeling of death got heavier and heavier over him, until it felt so suffocating he might even belief a pile of stones was placed on his back. However right before his death, he got to see a different scene. ¡°GYAAAAA!!!!!¡± ¡°You stupid Ghoul, I will devour you!¡± A gray blur ripped apart the creature Xavier took his final breath. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MY anger reached its peak, my instincts told me there was something distasteful over there, and that no matter what it had to die. That whatever was over there was an offence to all undead kind. A being that¡¯s both an undead and a living organism is blasphemy towards the undead. However worst of all, this creature was created using DNA from the zombie virus itself. I MUST KILL IT. Even at the cost of my life, I must kill it, every instinct in my body screamed in rage. Ghouls. Ghouls. Ghouls. Devour all Ghouls. This thought was transmitted to my mind over and over again. The wall I was hiding in cracked open,as I walked out my legs and waist compressed as I took a huge leap towards the Treatment station. ¡°Gyaaaaa!!!¡± I gave my battle cry as the ghoul came into vision. He was slowly getting up from the ground, a Scorpion like tendril was inserted onto a guy on the ground, other bodies lay around. They were the bodies of the soldiers i was stalking. Its clear its severely injured, even one of its tendrils was ripped off. Upon entering the room the smell of blood made my body enter a frenzy as energy ran rampant in my body. My leg muscles compressed downward to the point in which the bones in my legs fractured, my waist did the same and my internal organs were crushed. For a split second all my energy was focused on making this leap. The ground shattered, and I sprang forth at an incredible speed. For a second a mini sonic boom formed as my body temporarily broke the speed of sound. The bones in my hands locked into a claw as I headed towards the injured ghoul. My fingers dug into its muscles like a hot knife, I used the last of my strength to pull my hands apart. The Ghouls body was ripped into two as I continued flying towards Wall wall. *Splat* *Crack* As I crashed into the wall, most of my bones fractured. My skin was burning red from the air friction. ¡°Uagghh¡± ¡°You stupid Ghoul, I will devour you!¡± I angrily shouted Luckily I severely lacked a sense of pain, however the hunger I feel is unbearable...must eat. I looked around the room and realized something. This place is an all you can eat buffet! I slowly crawled to a nearby pile of flesh and started devouring. I devour and devour, reaching no limit, my body starts to quickly regenerate itself. I eat till my stomach literally ruptures, however it feels right. Ten hours later¡­ Im now a Large Pile of flesh, a giant bloated zombie fatter than a truck, my stomach compressed around a thousand corpses into my body. I''m still hungry though, my vision shifts towards two halfs, slowly small vessels extended from their innards, slowly trying to connect with each other. ¡°Wow, it''s still not dead¡± Now that i think of it¡­ it looks delicious, maybe it''s okay to eat ghoul. I roll my large truck like body towards the ghoul and start devouring it¡­including its tendrils. While looking around I also noticed a glowing red blade¡­.it looks delicious. While the non-metal part of the weapon I noticed a pair of broken gloves¡­. ¡°Damn it!!!¡± Suddenly a sharp pain shot through my body.
Gained Rc Cells Developing Kagune : Type : Kakuja Excess energy detected¡­ Rapid genetic change in progress¡­. Stabilizing Genetic Changes
Forcefully Entering Evolution Mode
Evolution Available: Nightmare Ghoul An Undead with the characteristics of an undead and the abilities of a ghoul. Must Consume Enhanced/Awakened Humans every day to replenish Rc Cells.
Title: Nightmare Unlocked due to the following Achievements:
Night Terror: Bring terror to the humans during the night. Predator of the Young: Kill and devour over 100 human children. Bonus UNLOCKED: Your achievements led you to become a scary night time story. Ghoul Hunter: Kill a ghoul and devour him. Ghoul: Gain Rc cells and gain a Kagune. Undead Glutton: Eat over 1000 pounds of Human flesh. Night Creeper: Creep around during the night. Scum: you sad piece of sh*t Parkourist: practice parkour and gain basic mastery.
Starting Evolution Evolution In Progress: 90 Days Remaining
In the Treatment plant the large truck sized pile of flesh you call me suddenly started changing. The large bloated head melted away and sunk into the balloon like body. The Skin layer on the balloon like body hardened and became as hard as stone, turning the large body into a fat filled egg/cocoon. The egg/cocoon started spinning rapidly as the ground cracked, soon it started drilling into the ground. Four hours later it was fully underground, a fatty liquid spilled from above and hardened into a material harder than stone, covering the fat balloon. I wonder what will ¡°hatch¡± three months later. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sector 1 - A group of large and tall zombies bulging with muscles were lying on the streets, their bodies were frozen into statues. Several destroyed tanks and Armoured vehicles were visible in the background. A tall woman with blue hair wearing a blue dress was casually walking around, everywhere she stepped formed a blue layer of ice. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- World Market Center - (Secretary) ¡° sir, all the sectors were successfully defended, however we never got a respond from sector three¡± (Commander) ¡° It looks like they failed, however it¡¯s too late now, Have sector three become a military district, we''ll manage the new Awakened there. A new era is coming... The Commander looked at the report on his desk. The title read: Extraterrestrial Activity Chapter 13.5 Who Am I? , Where am I? What is this place? Why are there so many questions? Then it all dawned on me. I¡¯m just an ordinary , dull office worker. After graduating from college I immediately got a job in this paper company. Paying the student loans¡­ might take a whole lifetime. However I never felt too down about it, I just continued my dull life. Every morning I woke up and followed my usual morning routine before taking the bus to work. Today felt like a normal day, however at the office there was a slight change, a new worker. She was a tall and beautiful woman with a mature atmosphere, It took me a short moment to take my eyes of her large pair of well proportioned breasts. Three days later¡­ I¡¯ve been getting along well with new worker, Her name Laura constantly appears in my mind. ¡°Ok, Robert, you got this!¡± I tell myself some words of encouragement¡± Two days later¡­ I somehow managed to ask laura out on a date. Even though i''m nervous, I also feel an inexplicable feeling of confidence. The date began nice, we went to the mall, had fun shopping for clothing and other items, however time flew by too quick¡­ We took the elevator in the parking lot building, as I escorted her to her car. Our steps reverberated throughout the parking lot as we walked towards the location her car might be at. She speedily walked in front of me. ¡°Robert, You know I had a great time¡­ unfortunately we won¡¯t be able to have a next time¡± she says as she slowly leaned in my direction. ¡°Whaa, What do you mean?¡± I ask in confusion. Her hand extend towards me rapidly as she stares deep into my eyes. Only a single word left my mouth. ¡°what.. ¡°The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation. I felt a light prickle in my neck, I turned my head towards her hand and I see her calm hands gently holding a syringe, the tip pierced into my neck and she slowly injected a clear liquid into my neck. Everything quickly turned blurry as my conscience faded. The last thing I hear her say is: ¡°Secured a test subject¡­¡± -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mysterious Laboratory Arizona/Nevada Border- Three Months Before Apocalypse Test Subject #1066 Name: Robert Age: 25 Blood type: AB Height - 1740mm Eye height: 1630mm Eye height: 1630mm Shoulder height: 1425mm Elbow height: 1090mm Hand height: 755mm Reach Upwards: 2060mm Cultivation Vat #1066 (Scientist #1) ¡°Begining Brain scan¡± (Scientist #2) ¡°DNA Extraction Complete¡± (Scientist #3) ¡°Introducing STEM Rc Cells¡± (Scientist #4) ¡°Introducing STEM Viral Cells¡± Beginning Gamma Therapy By killing the Normal cells, the two new types of STEM cells will restructure the body. Two weeks later¡­ (Scientist #1) ¡°this¡­ is unprecedented¡­ The two types of cells completely recreated every tissue in the bodies, including the brain¡­¡± (Scientist #2)¡± The Rc Cells were apparently obtained from an unknown humanoid organism found frozen somewhere in europe¡­¡± (Scientist #3) ¡°Didn¡¯t the Subject Zero have a strange predatory organ attached to its back¡­¡± (Scientist #2) ¡°It was confiscated by the Military¡­¡± (Scientist #3) ¡°I heard a weapon was developed using it¡± (Scientist #4) ¡°Why would they need such a weapon?¡± (Scientist #1) ¡°you''ve seen the constitution these things¡­ normal weapons can''t hurt them¡± (Scientist #3) ¡°Why are we making these things then?¡± (Scientist #4) ¡°This is another super soldier project¡­¡± (Scientist #3) ¡°Why Use Civilians though?¡± (Scientist #4) ¡°We tried it on soldiers before¡­The stem cells weren''t able to restructure the brain since the Viral cells hijacked the entire brain. We needed people with certain characteristics that gave them immunity to the viral Stem cells.only three hundred samples were found in the military. We had to acquire the rest from somewhere else, in other words civilians from around the states. The Military found people who fit the requirements from blood samples taken from hospitals.From then on we picked people who wouldn''t be missed by society.. In other words useless people.¡± (Scientist #1) ¡°Do you know why we didn''t just clone subject zero?¡± (Scientist #3) ¡°Why?¡± (Scientist #1) ¡°The original species has a very undeveloped brain, It¡¯s intelligence was only at the level of a wolf, it would be difficult controlling its instincts.¡± (Scientist#2) ¡°So this project is meant to make a being similar to subject zero but with the intelligence of a human¡± (Scientist#4) ¡°But this is a little unexpected...The Stem cells made an exact clone of the previous brain structure...they may awake with their memories intact. The original plan was for their brains to be in infant stage¡± *Triiing* *Triiing* Triiing* (Alarm) (Scientist#4) ¡°Trouble! The brain activity of subject #1066 Shot up!¡± (Scientist#3) ¡°Add the sedatives!¡± (Scientist#4) ¡°They''re not working!!¡± *Shatter* ¡°Gyaaaaa!!!!¡± (Scientist#4) ¡°It escaped!¡± (Scientist#3)¡±Its predatory organ is fully developed, let''s get out of here!¡± (Scientist#2)¡±we should be fine in the chemical storage, It¡¯s brain isn''t fully developed yet so it¡¯s only acting based on it¡¯s instinct¡± As the scientist fled inside the chemical storage room a sense of security flowed through their mind as the steel door closed, however two red scorpion shaped tendrils pierced through the door¡­ ¡°Gaaaaaaaaa!¡± Screams ranged throughout the lab all night. no help ever came. Chapter 14 - Three Months of Progress Eh? Where am I? Oh, this is my old school¡¯s soccer field. Huh?? *Bam!* A soccer ball hits my head producing a loud noise. AHHH!!!!! A large pain shoots throughout my whole body, my brain feels like it''s about to explode out of my skull, and all the muscles in my body cramp and twist, even my blood circulation feels like molten rock is traveling through my body. Suddenly a sharp pain shoots from my back as glowing blue vessels emerge from my skin, the vessels blend together into a back plate with a blue metallic luster which covers most of my back, from my shoulders all the way to my waist like a piece of armour. Eight slitsformed a square around the center of my back. From the small thin openings, eight thin glowing blue tendrils resembling blade whips emerged. The pain finally stops and my mind slowly calms down. ¡°Where am I?¡± I look around but all I see is darkness. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- District 2- (Sectors 3 & 4) Three people wearing white hazmat suits are clearing the bodies and tissues lying arounda water treatment facility. (Guy #1) ¡°So Tom, what is¡­ this weird yellow boulder?¡± (Guy #2) ¡°um¡­ I have no idea, we tried drilling it out but failed¡± (Guy #1) ¡°how¡­ just how did it get there?¡± (Guy #2) ¡°I have no idea¡­¡± (Guy #1)¡± um so what are we gonna do about it?¡± (Guy #2) ¡°we¡¯re getting a diamond drill next week dont worry¡± *Crack* (Guy #1 & 2) ¡°What was that!. Huh it''s cracking!¡± (Guy #2) ¡°holy shit, run!¡± However just before they ran towards the exit ladder¡­ *Boom* The ugly yellow boulder exploded into pieces, small chunks of hard yellow rock were blasted all over the place, Piercing and killing the two hazmat guys who I refuse to Acknowledge. ¡°Awww!¡± ¡°Report to base!¡± ¡°Monster!¡± Another hazmat guy screamed as a blurry figure emerged from the debris, the figure was not fully visible due to the yellow gas the emerged out of the boulder, however it was easy to tell it was at thin and tall humanoid body with eight thin tendrils extending from its back. *Shoop* (Slashing Noise) *Shoop* *Shoop* *Shoop* *Shoop* The tendrils slashed back and forth turning all the people in the room into minced meat. *Rang!* *Rang!* *Rang!* *Rang!* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My body feels extremely powerful, I think I finally became OP. I Walked in circles around the darkness, hitting an oval wall on all sides, then I remember what happened before I entered Evolution¡­ I''m in an egg, or something of that nature. I Stretch my my muscles, my bones make strong cracking noises that almost sounds like several pieces of metal scraping against each other. I touch and admire my new muscles that almost convince me that my muscle fibers were composed of steel threads. I bend my legs down and I stretch my right hand in front of me in a ninety degree angle whilelook up. Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings. ¡°O N E, PUNCH!!!!¡± I jump up and break right through the ¡°egg¡¯s¡± wall. The tendrils on my back swing around and cut everything around me into pieces. *Rang!* *Rang!* *Rang!* *Rang!* An alarm starts sounding as I quickly exit the facility through an emergancy ladder leading to the surface. As I dust myself of on the the center of the street I look around. I start hearing the sound of heavy footsteps heading towards my location. I look around and notice im already surrounded by soldiers. ¡°Enemy Spotted, Fire at will!¡± A soldier guy yells as he aims a rifle at me¡± *Tring, Tring, Tring, Tring, Tring* The Sound of shooting resounds in all directions. *Cling* *Cling* *Cling* The sound of empty shells hitting the floor resounds as the face of all the soldiers stiffen. In Front of them is monstrous looking being, Two meters tall, thin body with compacted steele like muscles, long black nails with a metallic luster. Long gray fiendish hair hangs around his neck, and his diabolical looking eyes with a glowing red vessels that extend to the area around his eyes release an evil aura that seems to grip onto your soul. A blue metallic plate covers his back and even part of his shoulders, eight menacing looking blade whips extend from his back. ¡°Run!¡± ¡°Call a hero!¡± ¡°Alert the hero association!¡± ¡°Huh¡± I think to myself, what do they mean by hero association¡­¡± I look around, many military tents are scattered around the area, the large building complexes are stuffed with crates, some are labeled as food and water, while others are labed as ammunition and explosives. Soldiers running all over the place. I this¡­is this a military district or something? My luck can''t be that bad right? ¡°Hahaha look at you all whimps, I will take care of this guy myself¡± A strong looking shirtless soldier looks at me menacingly as he declares he will ¡°deal with me¡± He grabs his blade, I stare at him intrigued by his actions. He charges straight towards me...is he an idiot? He stabs his blade towards me. *Chink* The Blade breaks into pieces and so does his wrist¡­ "Ahhhh" He screems, as he runs away, I just look at him in awe that he made it this far. ¡°Quickly move aside!, I will take care of him!¡± An average looking guy walks up towards¡­ I''m really enjoying myself here. His fist heads towards me but i''m not worried at all. *Bam!* As the fist hits me i''m sent flying across the street and into a green plastictent. *Bleh* I spit out a mouthful of blood. What the fuck, since when were people that strong¡­ in only three months there''s humans like that now? ¡°Shit!¡± As I got up and walked out the tent he appeared behind me like a flash and sent a kick towards me. *Clang!* With the help of my tendrils i block it, but i''m forced to take several steps back. (Me) ¡°You Fuck!¡± ¡°You.. can speak!, I¡¯ll take care of you before you become a hazard¡± Is what he would''ve probably said before my eight tendrils extended towards him, he tried to grab them thinking they were normal blades, however his hand was easily cut through. My kagune swung around a couple times and easily turned him into mincemeat ¡°AHHHH¡± The soldiers seeing the scene started panicking. *Vroooom* A car zoomed by and quickly braked. *Screeeeech* It made a loud screech as it stopped, Several figures got off the vehicle and looked at me. (Ugly woman) ¡°So this is the thing everyone is worrying about, The useless soldiers¡± (Blue haired Teen) ¡°I¡¯ll deal with it¡± The blue haired teen aimed a blue bolt at, it shot at a tremendous speed, however i still easily dodged it, a cold feeling ran up my foot. I looked at it and noticed my heel was covered in permafrost, part of it turned purple. Just when I though I became OP I have to meet a group of freaks! (Ugly woman) ¡° Che, useless you even missed¡± (Blue haired Teen) ¡°It''s fast, shit¡± (Ugly woman) ¡°Quick it''s running away!¡± No way in hell i''m fighting them!, when they were arguing i made a run for it. I jumped back into the sewer lid and started running through the passageways. I could still hear their footsteps after me. (Blue Haired Teen) ¡°Ah we let it get away. Its way too fast, i don''t think anyone will be able to catch it¡± (Ugly woman) ¡°lets hope it learned its lesson, hmph that''s why i don''t team up with little kids¡± Those guys were really abnormal, the boy looked very ordinary at first, but his blue hair calls too much attention¡­ plus she reminded me of a certain water user that once chased me around for a while. As for the women, If I had one word to describe her it would be: Ugly, i mean i''m not those guys who tend to judge people, but here face really made me instantly think of the word ugly, even i couldn''t help it! Well for now i''ll just follow these damn passageways. I occasionally ran into some soldiers and hazmat guys who were clearing the dead bodies from the water ways, however i easily ran past them, and all they would hear is the sound of my body cutting through the wind like a whip. After three hours i ran at least several miles i''m not sure where I am anymore. After another hour i finally saw a glimpse of natural light. Iron bars covered the exit from the sewer tunnel, I Easily destroyed them and exited the tunnel. Rocks, mountains, and nothing but desert. I''m in the desert. *Ding* A noise suddenly rang out.
Quest System Activated
Quest #1- An Undead''s Will Requirements: Travel to an Undead City and help the undead reclaim another territory. Reward:Title:Undead Conqueror, Undead Reputation +10
Quest #2- Dungeon Master- Slaughter an entire city, and use the human''s flesh and bones to construct and undead dungeon core. Reward: Undead Reputation +15
Quest #3- Alien Extermination Two new types of Extraterrestrial organisms have started their invasion of earth. They regard undead kind as a hindrance, eliminate them.
This¡­ Sounds troublesome. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Green spore gently traveled through the wind, it landed near a tenant building, the spore gently broke open, revealing a tiny green glowing parasitic worm with drill shaped head. I gently crawled in through an open window, upon sensing a sleeping human it crawled towards him/her and inserted itself into his/her arm and started its journey towards the host¡¯s brain. Chapter 15 - Stop Following me!!! After Aimlessly wandering around the desert for several hours the sense of hunger I was already used to started coming back, I felt slightly depressed. Ever since I became an undead the sense of hunger had constantly plagued me even when I was full. Since I had to deal with it constantly everyday I eventually I got used to it, but after my evolution that sense of hunger was had finally dispersed, filling me with a blissful feeling of relief that I had not felt in a whole while. Now that it returned I became slightly depressed, but I was already used to the feeling of being constantly hungry therefore I simply ignored my sense, leading to this troublesome situation. Three whole hours passed and I had yet to find civilization, much less life signatures, in fact I had yet to spot a single cactus,the closest thing to a living organism here were the dead shrubs dotting the dry mountains and rocky hills. Troubled by my increasing sense of hunger I frantically began searching for a city. If I find one I could perhaps make its outskirts my new hunting ground, but for now I really do not want to approach to close to city. Those survivors can definitely get scary, not only are they now constantly growing stronger these days but to top it off some even developed powerful and ridiculous abilities. After climbing the hill which was covering my view of the north-east, I finally spotted a bit of human civilization, however it was not at all what I expected, it was a simple deserted looking town, several small and destroyed shops, broken glass littering the ground and even walking...skeletons? Well I guess that''s to be expected from a race composed of undead beings. I quietly sneaked through the alleyways of the city trying to find even a small trace of a survivor that may provide me some sustenance. Unfortunately after searching for an hour and using my new and enhanced sense I couldn¡¯t even find a small trace of any living survivors. All there is in this city is looted stores and buildings, burning cars, and stupid zombies/skeletons. My strong sense of hunger was slowly clouding my senses,for a second I even tried to devour a skeleton, however it quickly ran away after noticing my menacing expression. this was a brand new sensation to me, even spending several days without eating would of never gave me such and unsettling sense of hunger. This feeling was slowly overtaking me, after closing my eyes for a while, my hands slowly gripped onto the corner of a building, crushing the concrete into pieces, after releasing some frustration my senses slowly started to return. A mad glow slowly started appearing in my iris, several tiny blood vessels started glowing a dim shade of red as my eyeball was slowly covered by a thin jet black film.I knew I had to find food quick, I had no idea what possible situation might happen if I lost to my instincts. Right now even my thinking was slowly being replaced with scenes of fresh blood spurting from severed limbs and the pitiful cries of weak humans. *Gulp* Even thinking about blood made my saliva thin out and start dripping from between my teeth.Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. I Started running running across town and quickly made it to the highway that leads to the city located only ten miles away. The various trails of smoke floating above the sky and multiple lights that illuminated the night sky told me the city was most likely a survivor outpost. Since the city there was quite small compared to the other cities there should only be around 80,000 survivors or 100,000 at most, plus sneaking around and killing the weak humans would probably be very easy task with my new body, after hours of using it as I wandered around the desert I was finally able to get used to it. Now I finally had the confidence to instantly kill any group of normal enhancers. Unlike last time where I was easily surrounded and shot at. I began rapidly running across the highway, I prefered to stick to the less illuminated areas and constantly made use of obstacles and debris to hide my body incase there were any human scouts or surveillance equipment installed nearby. I don¡¯t expect them to have anything fancy like infrared cameras installed all the way out here. And even if they did, thanks to the desert¡¯s cold air my body was already as cold as a corpse. Since I haven''t consumed anything my body has completely cold since an undead''s body would usually only heat up when in combat or when digesting food. Normally zombies are slow due to this reason. However in this environment normal undead would find it hard to raise their temperature due to the cold wind, making them unusually slow. They would only be able to warm up if they formed groups, that is why in cold areas you tend to find that zombies constantly group together. My body felt really light as I rapidly moved across the highway, a small group of undead that was aimlessly walking around one of the lanes stared at my upcoming figure, upon seeing me speed by them they quickly began to walk towards my direction. Slowly they began speeding up and were soon catching up to me. ¡°Shit!, why are they after me!¡± I Can''t help but curse, normally undead would just ignore me when I walked or ran past them. ¡°...¡± Six miles later¡­ ¡°WTF¡± A huge wave consisting of at least twenty thousand undeads was running behind me. It all started three miles back when by coincidence, I came across a zombie commander that was happily chewing on a bone, Upon seeing me it dropped it and started chasing after me with a serious expression. The most weird thing about the situation is that it had the capability to catch up with my current speed, but instead it made sure to keep several meters behind me. It began giving loud shouts that caused the nearby undead to emerge and start following us. Growing impatient I felt I finally had enough. ¡°YOU BASTARDS!, Stop following me!¡± My shout resounded across a whole mile radius. ¡°Oh shit¡± Soon loud screams filled the whole highway, Slowly groups of other types of undead began appearing. Several groups of hunters trailed beside us, four zombie commanders ran right beside me on both sides, and a large horde composed of several thousand undead ran right behind me.
Congratulations! You Have Started A ¡°Zombie Wave¡± Lead the undead horde to decimate the human city!
Wave Statistics: Velocity: 44.07 Km/h
Zombie count: 40,238 + Weight: 3393478.741 Kg
And like that a rough night began. Chapter 16 - Clash ¡°Ah, What the hell is that!¡± A group of survivors were having lunch when the sound of the trembling ground caught their attention. In the distance a huge cloud of dirt was quickly approaching, menacing howls echoed in the sky, at the front of the horde a very fast zombie was quickly dashing towards the city entrance. ¡°Quick Sound the alarm!, also reinforce the city checkpoint!¡± *raaannng* *raaannng* *raaannng* (Civil alarm siren) ¡°Code Red, Imminent attack detected; All civilians are to stay in their dwellings/hold their positions.¡± Troops of soldiers and armed civilians began reinforcing their streets and homes, while most of the other soldiers began reinforcing the city checkpoint, where the horde was expected to impact. Many civilians even began to reinforce their neighborhoods and even set up roadblocks. While everyone was either getting ready or panicking there were also those who took advantage of the situation and began to sneak around and start stealing objects that they like or the rations of others. The churches were rapidly flooded, since they became public shelters protected by both the public and the army many decided to take shelter at them, or at least leave their kids or family as they began to prepare for the worst scenario in which they may have to fight against the horde themselves. At the city checkpoint a large blockade was formed with fences, civil blockade tools, police equipment and large vehicles. Several vehicles were mounted with machine guns, explosive weapons, and even survivors with holding blunt weapons and molotov cocktails. At the front of the defence several bear traps and even landmines were hastily planted, they estimated around 30,000 zombies in this zombie horde therefore they didn''t spare any effort nor materials when it came to reinforcing the city checkpoint. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A serious look appeared in my face as I neared the city, I''m sure the city is already aware of our presence and should be hastily preparing to meet us head on. Our footsteps made the ground tremble, and even caused the asphalt to crack and break apart, Our growls caused the air to vibrate as our momentum increased. Many other groups of zombies kept on joining us as we made our way towards the city entrance, where i''m sure is the the city¡¯s special checkpoint Since my goal is to destroy the city I decided it would be best to clash against them head on, decimate their main strength, and completely wipe out the civilian outposts in the city. We were several hundred meters from the city checkpoint when I noticed they really spared nothing to reinforce their city, They prepared a lot of gifts to greet us. ¡°GRAAAAAAAAAAAA!¡± I gave a large scream which probably translates to ¡°attack¡± in zombie. Soon the crowd riled up and their speed dramatically increased, I also increased my speed as I lead the horde. *bratatatatatatata*(Gun noises, I guess) Soon a barrage of bullets started raining down on us, the stronger zombies positioned in the front were not affected by the bullets from directly in front of us, and even shielded the weaker zombies, however the machine guns positioned in high places such as the guard towers quickly began to mow down the weaker zombies at the back. Suddenly my pupil shrunk as a small shiver ran through my spine; burning my reserve energy, I activated my kagune and turned wiped my blade whips forward.The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings. *Cang* Clang* I slapped away two large and pointy bullets that were heading towards my head and heart, I looked at the direction the bullets originated from and quickly spotted a hidden sniper on a building about a kilometer away. When he saw I actually hit his bullets his face paled as he fled from the building. ¡®Oh no you don¡¯t¡¯ I think to myself as I rip out a metal rod from a nearby piece of concrete, I see the dim figure running through the emergency stairs located on the outside of the apartment building he was on. I carefully aimed and took a deep breath *Booom* A small shockwave formed as I threw the metal rod towards the sniper guy, It quickly arrived before him who was climbing down a rusty ladder and pierced right through his back and into his heart. Nearby survivors were only able to see me throw something, but they didn''t know what I threw nor where I threw it since their vision was greatly inferior. Dashing past several cars, landmines and other obstacles I quickly arrived before a red truck with a mounted machine gun, a group of six survivors with rifles were constantly firing at the horde. Like a flash I appeared before them, my kagune¡¯s tendrils lashed out and minced them into pieces, upon seeing their blood my senses took over as I frantically picked up a severed leg and devoured it up to the bone. ¡°You Bastard!¡± A Survivor wearing a road crossing uniform lashed out at me with a red firefighter axe, the axe impacted me back and made me spit out some flesh, however it caused no sort of real damage to me. ¡°YOU DARE DISTURB MY MEAL!¡± Hearing my shout the survivor¡¯s face paled as he looked at me in horror, his body trembled as his head was swiftly severed from his body. *Tremble**Tremble**Tremble* The main body of the zombie wave finally hit, all the obstacles the city set were easily crushed, pushed aside or torn down by the impact of over three million kilograms of flesh moving at a speed of about 40 km/h. Loud screams rang as guard towers were knocked down, groups of hunters pounced anyone that tried to flee and the unending waves of undead cornered every human in the blockade. *Boooom* *Booom* *Booom* Loud explosions filled the night sky as mortars and other explosives constantly rained on the undead wave. A large amount of burning zombies kept on moving even as their skin combusted and peeled off, even zombies who lost their limbs kept the unending assault going as they crawled through the ground. We were about to break through to the outer city into the inner city , however a new enemy showed up. A small but muscular man wielding a baseball bat killed any undead who attempted to cross. His swings sent groups of undead flying, after each swing a red glow radiated off the bat. ¡°Grawwwww¡± I short howl and alerted the zombies to step back. They immediately listened and retreated behind me. That''s when I began to speak, in an improvised chuunibyou sounding way. ¡°For going against the lord of the dead, and impeding our progress, I lord sparks will personally eliminate you! Be Proud human, to be killed by me is a huge honor!¡± ¡®Well there is no lord of the dead, well none that I know of.¡¯ I think to myself. ¡°An undead that could speak, you must be the horde¡¯s leader, for killing all these innocent lives, I will make you pay!¡± He spoke with both anger and pride in his voice. He charged towards me, as his body lifted of the ground, the asphalt below him cracked. Like a dark flash he appeared in front of me, his bat piercing towards me, I quickly block with four of my kagune¡¯s tendrils, and lash the other four at him. *Clang* The impact sends my body flying several feet back, and at the same time my tendrils force the man back several feet. ¡®That bat, it''s definitely not made of normal metal¡¯ I send all my tendrils at him again, as he hits them away with his bat, I rapidly send a barrage of fists at him, he also blocked them with the bat and caused my hands to start burning. One of my fists manages to sneak through the bat and head towards his torso, however he meets it with his other hand that let go of the bat, he¡¯s pushed back several steps before regaining his balance.. I try to quickly take advantage and lash out my tendrils again, however he quickly meets them with his bat. I kept on lashing my tendrils out at him non-stop in an attempt to tire him out andeach time he tried to get close to me I rapidly retreatedaway from him. The Speed of my attacks quickly increases as large droplets of sweat drip down the man¡¯s face, one of my tendrils sneakily lashes at his legs, he attempted to dodge it but it only result was my tendril slashing his achilles tendon into two pieces. ¡°Argg¡± as he falls to his side he gives an agonized growl, he looked towards my direction but all he saw was a blur. A fist rapidly appeared behind his head. The impact instantly caved his head in, brain matter bursted around the area as several streams of blood sprayed the road. ¡°Graaaaaaa¡± All The zombies riled up and the survivors maintaining the blockade paled as they attempted to make a run for it. All That''s left is to slaughter the inner city, sooner or later this will become the first main base for our race. Chapter 17 - The Crimson City In my hands I was inspecting the mysterious baseball bat, It was a little heavier than normal steel, however the difference was not much. I exerted all my arm strength on it and only managed to bend it a little. Several small bumps were already formed on it from my battle,even though my strikes weren''t heavy enough to cause significant damage to it, they were sharp enough to slice steel...what, is this thing? Trying to satisfy my curiosity I start to carefully inspect the bat. An imprint on it read Spirit Tool | Series: 12 Experimental stage(1) Umbrella Corp. Something about this gives me an eerie feeling¡­ however I simply toss all feelings and thoughts aside, as an undead I shouldn''t be thinking this much. The sound of an suddenly engine roars in my direction. Even before the horde arrived several people were already breaking through the blockades with their vehicles trying to rapidly flee and avoid an unsightly situation. Whether many were successful in their escape, I don¡¯t know nor do I really care. They, in the end made breaking through the city much easier. Upon the collapse of the outer city defences, many survivors/civilians realized fleeing was a much better alternative than staying and defending, by now several armoured vehicles roared throughout the city, forcefully breaking through blockades and other obstacles impeding their grand escape. *Vroom* *Vrooooooooooom* The vehicle continued its trajectory even after facing several scrapped cars in their way. Seeing the vehicle has no intention of stopping upon seeing my presence, a cold mocking sneer formed on my face. A large yellow reinforced school bus is rapidly roaring towards me, I lightly prepare my feet to lunge forward, at the same time my eight blade whip like tendrils stretch back like an octopus preparing to thrust forward in the deep ocean water. When the bus neared me by eight meters, My legs finally pushed forward and thrust my entire body towards the front of the bus. The large frontal windows were reinforced by small and thin steel bars. My body easily punctured through them like a speeding bullet, as my body broke through the front windows the driver looked in my direction with a shocked and terrified look. In slow motion I gave him a small satisfied and mocking smile. *Slash* *Slash* *Slash* *Slash* *Slash* *Slash* *Slash* As my body flew towards the back of the bus, my tendrils kept on slashing back in forth, turning the entire bus into a large Human blender. Men, Kids and women; over twenty five people turned into Quartered bodies in less than ten seconds. My body quickly broke through the back of the bus. The bus now took the appearance of a shredded can, flames rapidly roared out the shredded bus, followed by a forming smoke cloud. ¡®Phew, that was exhausting. Never doing that again.¡¯ I tell myself. I really overexerted my kagune, and all my back/leg muscles. I rapidly sunk back into my back as extreme hunger took over my body again. I headed towards the baseball guy¡¯s corpse and sunk my hands in his pocket, In it I found a small black cellphone, on it¡¯s cover is the a logo that indeed looks like the top view of an umbrella, four sections of it are colored red, while the other four are white. I try to access it but It doesn''t turn on. I try slipping in my pocket before realizing I¡¯v been naked all this time. *Crush* I accidentally crushed the device. ¡°Damit, shit!¡± Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. ¡°...¡± I¡¯ll just eat this¡­ Meanwhile... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meanwhile - At a school district - At Some random school¡¯s courtyard. ¡°Run!¡± ¡°Run!¡± ¡°I¡¯ll meet you up at¡­¡± ¡°Mommy!, Where¡¯s Mom!?¡± ¡°Tim!¡± ¡°Where are you tim!¡± ¡°Shit!, they''re coming!, run!¡± A little kid frantically looking for his mother finally spotted her, as he made his way between running people and being tripped several times they finally reunited. *Sniffle* ¡°mom!¡± The woman carefully picked up the kid. ¡°Tim, don''t worry I¡¯ll alway¡­¡± *Pwooft!* Before she finished her sentence a large chunk of concrete crushed the mother and kid. A large three meter tall zombie with enormous muscles began rampaging around the school¡¯s courtyard picking up objects and ripping of chunks of walls and launched them at people indiscriminately. He casually picked people and slammed them on the ground turning them into meat patties. Zombies neared the meat patties, but instead of devouring them they began carrying them. A strange event was overtaking the city, as everyone was almost casually slaughtered a multitude of zombies began picking up corpses and began carrying towards the center of the city. The city began falling apart. Multiple small strongholds were demolished, large zombies broke open every defence flooding them with zombie hordes. School fortresses began to panic leading to their own demise. Only one stronghold remained, ammunition and supplies were constantly supplied to it and thousands of civilians heavily supported it. The Church of the Lord,It was located near a school district; Now that all the school¡¯s had fallen all the nearby zombies began sensing the intense life signatures of this location and began frantically walking in it¡¯s direction. It was a large megachurch structure, large walls protected the inner structure, as for the outside. Hundreds of soldiers carefully guarded the fence, right now they were tightly gripping their weapons hearing the large amount of groans and footsteps heading towards them. ¡°Fear not!, for the Lord is with us!¡± A man wearing a Pastor uniform yelled, his voice flooded the church and reverberated throughout the whole district. A ray of light literally bended in his direction as it illuminated the top of his bald head, giving of a golden holy glow. With a stern look on his face he looked outside, upon seeing his followers cheering a look of contempt appeared on his face. He then turned towards a rapidly approaching zombie horde. Anger replaced his contempt. ¡°You Vile creatures!, daring to attack god''s land, I will cleanse your souls in the name of the Lord!¡± Hundreds of faces looked at the pastor in admiration. While they did not knew his actual background, his divine abilities had convinced them that he was really an apostle of god himself. However, not even an apostle of god would be able to save them. The Pastor began forming light orbs in his hands, as he shot them at the hordes small yellow light explosions turned several groups of zombies into simple piles of flesh without purpose. Not all the zombie¡¯s were affected though, some didn''t even faze at the light while most of the others only faced a small decrease in speed. The pastor looked in horror as he saw how little effect his attacks had. He had faced several zombie¡¯s since the apocalypse and had absolute faith in his attacks, After he took over the church stronghold he stopped killing zombies and began to spend his time preaching to his followers. Unfortunately for him, most zombies had began gaining higher strength compared to the beginning, If humans stop improving themselves they will eventually be wiped out. From a distance a huge smoldering city was visible, Loud screams resonated from it constantly attracting new zombie hordes from a distance. The city had finally fallen, only a few managed to escape from this first of the many following disasters humanity will have face. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Central city, Commercial district. Inside a large commercial district, hundreds of undead carried corpses and/or dismembered organs towards the center of a large marble courtyard. Hundreds of corpses piled up meters high, large muscular zombies then proceeded to crush the giant pile of organic matter together into a circular meatball. Over time the meatball started pulsating, small blood vessels formed on it as a hundreds of bones formed a protective ribcage around it. The meatball began rapidly changing, each time more closely resembling a large human heart. After an hour it Became a large six meter tall heart. Thousands of purplish-red vessels extended from it and began covering the entire city like vines. An eerie loud heartbeat began resonating throughout the entire blood red city. The loud thumping was audible to all the zombies in the entire state. As if a sweet melody, it began attracting thousands of undead hordes, they began making their way to their new beloved home. The first Crimson city had formed, a heaven for all undead and a nightmarish land for all the living. My new home, my only place in this world. Chapter 18 - My new life begins! One Month Later... A comfortable feeling traveled throughout my muscles, It¡¯s been awhile since I felt this relaxed, In fact I think the last time I felt this good was back when I was still able to sleep. I reach my hands forward and touched a meaty matter, I stretched it open, and like a baby exiting it¡¯s mother''s womb, I plopped out of sack like organ I was resting in. Pink liquid dripped from my hair and body. I turned back to see the sack like organ, several red vessels extended from it¡¯s back. ¡®These things are a blessing¡¯ I think to myself. I mean really, an undead would be unable to even feel the need for sleep, however this wondrous structures created by the city heart started springing up in any dark place of the city. The womb like sacks are special structures nurtured by blood essence being pumped by the city heart, It¡¯s not only a perfect resting place for the undead, but also has several cool functions such as regrowing lost limbs. Don¡¯t ask how I learned that, just know I did. I quickly put on my basic and generic rabid zombie cloths I stored in the nearby trash can, here in the back alley of this mini-mart, one can really enjoy their undead life for a while. Such a shame I can''t stay any longer. I begin walking towards the nearby road, the troublesome debris formed by the apocalypse has all been pushed to the side, A group of five zombies uniformly march throughout the street, their steps are no longer relaxed and clumsy, they now display the newfound strength they acquired along with the intelligence granted to all city dwelling undead. Not minding them, I begin walking down the poorly illuminated street using the bright moonlight as my guide. ¡°Grrroood, Evreening¡± (good evening) ¡°Good evening sir¡± I greet back the zombie who¡¯s more or less been successful with his new language skills. Who said the undead had to stay dumb? If all undead were dumb would we be In such a beneficial situation right now? While grumbling to myself I begin walking into a dark and eerie shop, A small red vessel hangs in front of the door, a small sack like organ produces a faint and appetizing aura. Old Ghost- ¡°Ah if it isn¡¯t Uriel, Here to take another ¡®special¡¯ job again?¡± Me- ¡° Give me a break, My fist was shattered last time I was given one of your ¡®special¡¯ jobs, and to top it off I received zero compensation from you¡± Old Ghost- ¡°You coulda just taken the position as city lord, or even general, at least then you wouldn¡¯t be a poor fuck like you are now¡± Me- ¡°psh, command armies, and lead a city, I''m not that type of person and you know that, I can¡¯t even come up with a basic strategy; I could probably deal with the financial parts of the city but that would just be troublesome and against my nature.¡±This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it. Old Ghost- *Sigh* ¡°well what do you want?¡± Me- ¡°give me some fermented blood essence, and a blood fruit¡± Old Ghost- ¡°that will be¡­ *counts with fingers* six blood essence coins¡± Me- ¡°you rip off, do you think humans grow on trees?, it takes one human to make five blood essence coins, and the city heart taxes two of them!¡± Ghost-¡± The blood fruits still have 60% of their essence remaining,it¡¯ll boost your strength for a while¡­ plus it¡¯ll prevent you from going on a rampage again, whenever you¡¯re in that condition you give off a strange aura that attracts even me.¡± Me- ¡°fine, here is your coins, now gimme my stuff¡± He walks off to a large red sack that looks like a semi-deflated kidney, when he pushes it a small opening forms and splurts red liquid forth, this special thing is of course another miricle of the city heart. He hands me a cup of blood in a crystal cup, and a blood red fruit shaped like a lung on a plate. *Gulp, Gulp* Me- ¡°Oh the quality went up¡± Old Ghost- ¡°yea we managed to ambush a large group of humans yesterday, it was one of those cleaner squads¡± Me- ¡°Ho, has there been any movement nearby, I need to get myself some quick cash, Or won''t be able to sleep tonight. Those damn sleeping sacks take charge up a whole essence coin per night¡± Old Ghost- ¡°Southeast from here, A wraith spotted a group of cleaners, she managed to kill one of them before having to retreat¡± Me- ¡°oh, anything special about the group?¡± Old Ghost- ¡°they are armed with spirit rifles and one of them has low level psychokinesis but that shouldn''t be too troublesome for you considering you got away from that ice woman with only one lost limb¡± Me- ¡°Fuck you clark, I¡¯m never taking one of your missions again!¡± I leisurely took of from the small bar and began heading southeast, along the way I talked with some skeletons and zombies with poor language skills, I occasionally met with a ghost or wraith asking for directions¡± Arriving at the inner city, a statue piqued my interest. It was a statue of me, a three meter statue made of some sort of fleshy material surrounded by red vessels. Some small thin purple vines at the base of the statue read : Uriel Sparks, City founder Year: 2021. This city heart sure is surprising. The city heart has a lot of benefits, It¡¯s loud heartbeat attracts other undead, it increases intelligence of the normal undead, It created a lot on new structures and a system of organization. It even created laws such as: No undead is to Kill another Undead in city premises. It also created a special hierarchy, for example the weaker undead are unable to near the central city or inner city, the stronger and more intelligent an undead is, the closer they are able to near the city heart and the more benefits they are able to receive. One of those benefits are specialized shops which start appearing in the central city, they sell special undead weapons and other tools, but of course you still need to have the money to purchase them. The richest people on the city are the zombie generals, arch-liches and some other variant species like me. However unlike me, they are able to easily command units/minions or cause widespread destruction and earn blood essence easily. Here I am, poor, only being able to hunt small groups once in awhile, whenever I try something big like them I get swarmed by Humans and get severely injured, which has lead me to think I should find some companions. Not everything is bad for me though, when I kill groups of humans, they usually have some interesting items and have high amounts of blood essence in their bodies, the stronger a human is the better their blood essence. The group I''ve heard about probably has a member with psychokinesis , which translates to money!, After I deal with them I¡¯ll try to find a group or a friend to hang out with. My new life is finally backon track, What could possibly go wrong now?