Apocalypse: The Great Reset
Chapter 10

I'll Eat It Myself

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Seeing that Chu Han ignored him, Young Master Chen mustered his greatest courage and glanced back, only to turn deathly pale instantly.

It was a severed arm.

Bone-white, with two fingers missing, it had landed with uncanny coincidence, less than thirty centimeters from the back of Young Master Chen's head.

Young Master Chen was on the verge of a breakdown, close to tears. He turned back with a mournful face. Seeing Chu Han smashing zombies like an underworld king beside him, he didn't dare to voice his fear. He could only repeatedly tell himself: This zombie is already dead, it's dead. That's just a severed hand, just a severed hand.

Finally, after three minutes, Chu Han finished dealing with this zombie. He gained a total of 18 Points. He turned the car and set off again, planning to find a place to rest for the night after driving through this stretch of road.

"Brother Chu," Young Master Chen finally mustered the courage to ask on the road, "why is that back window always empty?"

Chu Han was checking the Reforging System. Hearing Young Master Chen's voice, he replied in passing, "I broke it."

He had discovered a problem: driving over zombies seemed to yield only 0.5 Points per zombie, which was too wasteful!

Another issue was that the condition for activating talents was that one's physical fitness had to reach at least Tier 1. Chu Han's current physical fitness was normal. Upgrading to Tier 1 required 200 Points.

It seemed there truly was no free lunch in this world, but this made things more reasonable. Most of the talents in the Reforging System were things like Strength, Agility, and Precision. These required strong physical fitness to be utilized to their full potential.

"You broke it?" Young Master Chen stared blankly at Chu Han, only to find Chu Han staring intently at the glass in front of him, as if he could see through it.

Young Master Chen grumbled inwardly: Why break a perfectly good window, you idiot? That zombie hand falling in just now nearly scared me to death!

"Um, Brother Chu," he thought for a moment, then asked cautiously, "what if a zombie crawls in through that back window?"

This was a big problem! What if a zombie climbed in and bit someone? Would you be responsible?

Chu Han muttered thoughtfully, "Precision is very important and needs to be activated first. I haven't received any training yet. Although the memories are still in my head, I don't know how familiar my body is with firearms. I can't waste bullets; every one I use is one less."

Young Master Chen: What the hell are you talking about? I don't understand!

Chu Han analyzed the situation slightly and decided to put everything aside for now and focus on killing zombies to accumulate Points.

"Can this light screen be put away?" Chu Han thought silently. The light screen instantly disappeared, but it was as if it was imprinted in Chu Han's mind, allowing him to recall and view its contents at any time.

Truly magical!

Ten minutes later, Chu Han parked the car on the side of a spacious road. Before stopping, he had deliberately used the headlights to scan the surroundings. Only after confirming there was no danger did he choose this spot to rest.

Although an open space might feel unsettling, it was convenient for escape. In a narrow place, who knew what dangers might be lurking.

Chu Han dragged the unconscious Fan Wei out of the car. Young Master Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief. They had been squeezed together in the same spot, and he had almost lost a pound of flesh.

Looking at the unconscious Fan Wei, Chu Han didn't feel much. He walked around to the back seat and began to sort through the scattered items. Food with a short shelf life had to be eaten first, so Chu Han placed these in the back seat. Dried goods like biscuits, which could be stored for a long time, were thrown into the trunk.

Watching Chu Han directly grab the severed zombie arm and then carelessly toss it behind him as if he were throwing a stone, Young Master Chen's heart sank by half, his face turning deathly pale.

What normal person would dare to grab a zombie's severed arm with their bare hands? This was definitely not human, but a humanoid monster!

Just as Chu Han was organizing his things, Fan Wei, leaning against the car, suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood, mixed with a nauseating odor. He vaguely roared a few times, his voice sounding as if something was stuck in his throat, extremely unpleasant and horrifying.

Young Master Chen's body instantly tensed, and he subtly moved further away from Fan Wei. Standing beside Chu Han, he asked, "B-Brother Chu, what happens if a person gets bitten by a zombie?"

Seeing Young Master Chen's reaction, Chu Han suddenly had a realization.

One had to admit, timid people were also cautious and sensitive.

"They turn into a zombie," Chu Han continued to sort his things, while his left hand casually handed the fire axe to Young Master Chen.

Young Master Chen broke out in a cold sweat again, trying hard to make his voice sound less shaky, "How do you know? It's not necessarily like that!"

Chu Han looked at him with surprise. "Most people infected by a zombie bite will turn."

Chu Han selectively shared what he knew from his past life: "But there are exceptions. People with exceptionally good constitutions and not too severe wounds might survive. A one-in-ten-thousand chance, perhaps."

"Then, Fan Wei?" Young Master Chen was unsure.

Chu Han stopped what he was doing and looked at Young Master Chen with cold eyes, devoid of any human emotion.

"If he turns into a zombie, you kill him."

Chu Han was stating his true thoughts. The process of a human turning into a zombie was irreversible. Fan Wei could no longer turn back into a human. If Young Master Chen didn't even dare to kill a zombie, Chu Han wouldn't continue to bring the fatty along.

He didn't keep useless people around him.

Clang! Young Master Chen, startled, dropped the fire axe he was holding onto the ground.

"N-no, I, I can't," Young Master Chen immediately pleaded tearfully, "Brother Chu, Big Brother Chu, you're so capable, can't you do it?"

Chu Han turned back to neatly arrange the food. His tone didn't change. "When Fan Wei wakes up as a zombie later, you either kill him, and we'll have hot pot. Or you get bitten by him and turn into a zombie, and I'll chop off your head and eat hot pot myself."

As he spoke, he took out a portable hot pot stove and two matching gas canisters from a box at the bottom of the back seat. He lit the fire, added mineral water, and placed several boxes of luncheon meat, hot pot seasoning, and various meatballs and vegetables nearby.

Looking at the abundant food, Chu Han's eyes also showed a smile. In the future, these things would be luxuries, and people like him, small figures, would have no right to enjoy them.

"I, I can't," Young Master Chen said dejectedly. He didn't dare to kill a zombie, especially one that had been human not long ago and had escaped the zombie horde with him. He couldn't get past that hurdle.

Chu Han ignored him. Once the water boiled, he directly added the hot pot seasoning, and an enticing aroma immediately wafted out.

Young Master Chen's mouth watered uncontrollably, and he kept swallowing. "Hot pot."

Bowing and thanking Xiaomangmi, OCPian Tou Tong, Ci Qin Zhi Shang, and Liu Yun Jian for their rewards!! So many rewards today, I can give myself an extra chicken leg. To thank everyone, I'm adding an extra chapter!

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