Undying

Five years ago, on a rainy night.

Due to the influence of the corner, horror literature is a compulsory course for the nation, and all immigrants or native residents who come to this land must have a deep understanding of horror literature.

As a result, bookstores, Image Store, and game stores are ubiquitous on the streets.

Even in resettlement communities, there are very legitimate shops.

Image Store specializing in DVDs from the 80s and 90s, the unshaven owner, wearing a baseball cap, denim overalls, and sporting a stubble, was preparing to close early.

Boom!

A thunderclap flashed.

The boss turned around and saw a man in a raincoat standing not far behind him in the Between the Downpour.

Under the effect of lightning, it appeared to be enormous and its face was obscured, which startled even the boss who had seen countless films.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that this was not a tall figure at all; the person was only a little over 1.7 meters tall.

Judging from the exposed sneakers, the person appears to be a minor.

"Luo Di, what are you doing here so late? I'm closing up shop."

The young man jogged to the shelter in front of the shop, lifted his hood, and revealed a face that was clearly youthful yet deep and dull.

"I'm here to buy some CDs. My scholarship money has come in. Can I buy the CDs I rented from you last time?"

The shopkeeper rubbed his beard. "There's no need to buy it. If you haven't finished watching it, I can extend the rental period for you for free. You can return it after you've finished watching it."

Buying them is too expensive, since they're all original discs, and my purchase price is quite high. They're enough for you to rent hundreds of times.

"I want to buy it, how much?"

"According to the exchange rate in our Huaxia Nation, it's 160."

"I bought all three tickets I rented last time."

Luo Di took out a bundle of slightly damp paper money.

The shopkeeper frowned and ultimately only took half of it. "You're a regular customer, so I'll give you a discount. You're a student, so I'll give you a 50% discount."

I just really want to know, why did you insist on buying it?

"I like it, and I look at it every night. Renting it would be too much trouble. By the way, boss, can I come into the store for a look? Just for ten minutes."

"Go ahead, go ahead."

While browsing through movies about serial killers in the store, Luo Di asked:

"Boss, why do the serial killers in these movies never die? Sometimes they're clearly dead in the previous movie, but they come back to life for various reasons, or they just can't die at all."

"Tsk~ This is not simple. If he dies..."

The shopkeeper swallowed back the words he was about to say. He lived in the same neighborhood as Luo Di and knew a little about what had happened. It was after that incident that Luo Di started renting DVDs frequently, specifically DVDs of movies about serial killers.

"Ahem! According to the early horror literature, serial killers all possessed an attribute called 'immortality.' Back then, there wasn't much logical theory behind making these B-movies."

As this film series progressed, the attribute of "immortality" became implicitly associated with the serial killer.

Fans also accepted this, and no one questioned why he didn't die; instead, they considered it perfectly natural.

"Of course... he won't die."

"Okay, thanks, boss. Do you have any movie merchandise related to serial killers? Like machete masks or something."

"How much do you earn a month? This is more than you can afford. We'll talk about it after you finish your studies and get a job. Use your scholarship money to eat something nice; look how thin you've become."

Oh, by the way, I think there's a carton of milk on my desk; my mom brought it this morning. You can take it and drink it; consider it a free gift with the CD purchase.

You don't need to register what discs you want to rent. Just pick them and hurry up, I'm looking forward to going home and playing games with my friends.

"Oh, thank you."

The owner stood at the door the whole time, ready to close at any moment.

However, after waiting for a full five minutes without any movement, and seeing the urgent messages from his companion on the bracelet, he stepped into the shop intending to urge Luo Di further.

But as soon as he stepped into the store, the scene before him made him pause in surprise.

Luo Di had already chosen the CD, but went to the counter because of the milk. While looking for the milk, he found a machete under the table.

This is the boss's self-defense weapon; after all, being in a remote and influential country, this is considered basic operation.

Luo Di took out his machete and held it in his hand.

I don't know when, but I've put my raincoat hood back on.

In that instant, the boss seemed to see a real-life killer from a movie, and was so frightened that he took two steps back, almost knocking over the shelves behind him.

When he looked up again, Luo Di had already put the knife back and was sucking on the shriveled milk carton.

"Thank you, boss. I'm going back now."

"Oh... okay."

Luo Di held the selected disc in his arms and quickly disappeared into the rainy night.

Watching the other person's departing figure, the boss felt a cold sweat, not rain, slide down his forehead.

[Underground parking garage - source of the virus]

The blonde girl's body had been torn into pieces and scattered around like garbage.

Jia Wen's right hand was stuck in the incredibly agile Black-Haired Woman who was skilled in physical combat.

No physical actions could penetrate the zombie's body; all kicks and slaps landed on Jia Wen like tickles.

His zombie body was specifically designed to be used against this group of people.

It is enough to be called a "natural enemy".

Squeeze it hard.

Snap!

The squad leader's head exploded, and with a flick of his arm, the headless corpse broke free of the claws and rolled to the side.

"Only one minute and 21 seconds have passed... That's really too weak. To be so weak yet still find this place, it's just that their perception is outstanding, nothing interesting."

In Jia Wen's eyes,

All the little guys who were attacking the zombie mountain have been killed, and there are still two left to deal with.

One of them was Yu Lu, who was carried on Luo Di's back and never attacked the Mountain of Flesh, thus failing to collect Pheromone.

One was a rat that sneaked into this underground area, and the other was a clever rat that tried to Body Snatching zombie's arm but then decisively gave up.

Although it was only a brief contact, as long as the other party was in this underground parking garage, Jia Wen could sense the presence of the rat.

Therefore, he needs to choose which one to deal with first.

Jia Wen had heard about the sorority before, and had heard of the executioner among them. It was definitely the right thing to leave such an interesting guy for last.

Moreover, he himself dislikes rats, so it is necessary to find the rats first.

"Open your eyes..."

Gaga~

Jia Wen's pure white body was covered with eye slits, and even his fingers, toes, and the surface of his eyeballs had additional eyeballs that opened one after another.

More than a hundred eyes simultaneously observed the entire underground area and quickly locked onto that hidden red spot.

The latter seemed to know that it had been exposed, so it stopped pretending and floated out on its own.

A Red balloon,

But as it floated out, it kept inflating and expanding, becoming several times its original size... pop!

explode,

Hundreds and thousands of smiley face balloons floated out and landed in different locations in the underground parking garage.

Jia Wen smiled as he watched the other party display their methods, his attention almost entirely focused on their eyes, but he still caught a discordant sound.

Click!

It wasn't the sound of balloons.

It wasn't the voice of the deceased.

It's the sound of bones moving, the sound of the spine connecting.

Despite the threat posed by the Red balloon, he still kept a few eyes on the dent in the wall.

His body was cut into five pieces, and Luo Di, whose body had been kicked and suffered shattered bones all over his body, was lying in one of them.

The sound of the bones was coming from inside.

"Oh... you're immortal?"