How to Kill a Zombie? (Asking for Recommendation Tickets! Monthly Tickets)

[Quest: Initial Understanding of Zombies]

[Requirements: Personally kill 10 any zombies using your own abilities]

[Quest Reward: 10 World Coins, unlock 'Mods' function]

[Current Progress: 0/10]

[Quest Description: The world has undergone a massive change, and you need to investigate the details of zombies and understand why these strange creatures have appeared.]

This was the quest Shen Jin received on the day he got the system.

Then Shen Jin spent a week researching the system functions, thinking he could defeat 10 zombies without shedding blood, relying on his excellent brain.

Who knew! Who the hell could have imagined that the damn system wouldn't recognize his 'Grand Earth Burial Technique'.

This caused Shen Jin to put the quest aside for a while.

Later, he discovered that the system's current functions were actually very useful, and he began his life as a hoarder.

In the early days of the apocalypse, amidst the chaos, Shen Jin stole a large, large, super large amount of supplies.

Then his fortune grew, and he became even more afraid of death.

He was afraid that his hoard of supplies would forever be buried underground in his 'Heaven', 'Earth', 'Xuan', 'Yellow' series of rooms.

So this quest was dragged out until now.

In the third month of the apocalypse, Transcendent powers appeared. Shen Jin felt that if he didn't unlock new system functions soon, he might be left far behind by others.

Especially when Sun Can used his ability to kill Lu Qiang, who had unlocked the gene lock.

This gave him a great shock.

With his current abilities, even with his trump cards, he wouldn't be able to deal with many Transcendent humans or more powerful evolved zombies in the future.

"I must kill zombies! I need to improve! I can't indulge in my comfort zone!" Shen Jin encouraged himself.

Then he opened his computer and found the latest anime he was following, 'Demon Slayer'.

He found this on a computer hard drive in a residential building, and besides this new anime, there were many classic old ones.

Of course, there were also many anime with very poor quality, where clothes weren't even fully displayed.

He adjusted his electric sofa, found a comfortable position, and lay down.

A bottle of cola appeared in his hand out of thin air.

"Gulp, gulp, gulp."

"Ah~ Another peaceful day~"

"Effort and all that, I'll worry about it tomorrow morning."

In the morning, Shen Jin felt that Shang Qian and Li Moxiao's relationship seemed to have become much closer.

He casually prepared some breakfast for the two of them.

Shen Jin also stuffed Li Moxiao with a bag of Snickers and Compressed Biscuits, telling her to have them if she got hungry.

To prevent himself from going out and coming back to find her starved to death again.

Yesterday's incident had given Shen Jin psychological trauma.

At the same time, Shen Jin found it strange. Logically speaking, a normal young person, even if they were growing, wouldn't almost starve to death from missing two meals, right?

His little niece had eaten 6 large mooncakes and drunk two bowls of milk powder this morning!

Moreover! Last night she ate nine half-pound steaks and one steamed bun. That didn't seem like the appetite of a girl, did it?

It was very confusing.

Shen Jin looked at Li Moxiao, who was developing a bit ahead of her age and looked like a university student. "Could it be a lingering illness from developing too quickly? Binge eating?"

Tsk tsk~ You'll probably get fat later!

Shen Jin decided to observe her further.

As for Shang Qian... Shen Jin noticed that the former pure older sister had become a bit different. When she looked at him, there was always a faint, knowing smile on her face.

It gave him a chill.

Damn! Neither of them is normal.

He impulsively brought Shang Qian back yesterday, but what was she supposed to do when she got here? She couldn't just eat food!

Serve him in bed?

Cough~ Cough. We'll talk about that later.

Li Moxiao was fine. After all, she was only 16. It was fine if she ate for free; he'd just treat her as a little niece.

He decided not to overthink it. It wasn't like he couldn't afford to feed one more mouth, and maybe they would be rescued by the government this month.

Shen Jin, carrying a plastic bucket, went to the underground trap area and met Yang Ao.

"You want to join my territory?"

"Yes, boss!"

"Then show me if you have what it takes! If you can incapacitate 10 zombies, I'll let you stay."

"Okay! I'm willing to try."

Yang Ao, surprised and delighted, took a set of leather clothes, a helmet, gloves, and a long sword from Shen Jin.

Heh heh~ System, System, I don't believe you can stop me from completing the mission this time!

Shen Jin decided to use Yang Ao as his muscle while he stayed back to collect the kills.

Fighting head-on is impossible; I can only survive by picking off kills.

Taking out some mooncakes and dried meat, he let Yang Ao eat his fill. The two then headed straight for several locations Shen Jin had already scouted.

If you want the horse to run, you have to give it grass.

Yang Ao looked at Shen Jin gratefully, feeling his future was bright.

How magnanimous of someone to hand over two mooncakes and a piece of dried meat without batting an eye?

These were two whole large mooncakes!

And a piece of dried meat weighing a full 20g!

Yang Ao walked through the underground passage, marveling the entire way. Such a massive undertaking, he thought, must have required countless people working day and night to complete.

His apprehension towards Shen Jin grew.

After a while...

In a residential building on the west side of the villa.

A helmet suddenly appeared in the small courtyard on the first floor.

Yang Ao observed it, finding nothing unusual. He carefully climbed up and called down to the area below.

Shen Jin handed the plastic bucket down first before climbing out himself. This time, he wasn't wearing his heavy iron armor; the mission was to kill zombies, and the armor would be too cumbersome.

The two crept to the floor-to-ceiling window on the first floor, hearing movement inside.

Shen Jin gave Yang Ao a look. Let's go!

He then hid behind.

Yang Ao took a deep breath and kicked open the glass.

There were clearly zombies inside, and not just one! They all rushed out at once!

Two zombies, a man and a woman, with graying hair, moved with surprising agility for their apparent age, lunging towards them.

They had misjudged!

There was more than one zombie here!

Although Yang Ao had cooperated with others to kill zombies before, he certainly couldn't handle two regular zombies on his own!

"Don't panic, I'll provide long-range cover."

With firearms unusable, what kind of long-range cover can you provide? Yang Ao gave a wry smile, dismissing Shen Jin's words as empty encouragement.

He held the iron sword Shen Jin had given him, his hand trembling slightly.

However, Yang Ao was clearly not some spoiled brat who knew nothing.

Before the apocalypse, he had always loved all sorts of outdoor activities and had even learned some lock-picking skills from a master.

It was precisely for this reason that his father had researched gene optimization serums – to enhance the physical capabilities of his daredevil son.

Taking a deep breath, Yang Ao calmed down. The sword in his hand stopped shaking, and his focus was entirely on the two zombies in front of him.

Too bad the window is so large. If the entrance were smaller, I could kill them one by one.

Biubiu~

Shen Jin flicked three stones from the side, instantly creating a makeshift wall.

One zombie slammed directly into the stone barrier, while the other hit its leg against the wall, its momentum faltering as its head lunged forward.

Yang Ao stared at the old male zombie presenting its back of the head, his mind filled with questions.

Shen Jin kicked him. "What are you spacing out for?! Cut it!"

"Ah!"

"Thwack~"

The iron sword in Yang Ao's hand plunged directly into the male zombie's head. The zombie struggled for a moment before falling still.

The other female zombie also reacted, crawling towards them like the male zombie. Its claws were hard and long.

Swinging its arms, it nearly scratched Yang Ao.

Yang Ao leaned back and then thrust his sword forward, burying it in the old female zombie's head.

"Thwack~"

After a few twitches, the female zombie also lay still.

Yang Ao first looked at the incredibly sharp iron sword, then stared at Shen Jin in shock.

When did zombies become so easy to kill???

He pointed to three cubic stones that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere:

"Boss, is this the 'long-range support' you were talking about?"

Shen Jin nodded noncommittally. "I'll finish them off, you drag these two zombies into the pit in the yard."

The once tidy yard, besides the hole they first entered, now had another deep pit that had appeared at some point, perfect for disposing of zombies.

Shen Jin stuck his sword into a zombie's head and twisted it a few times, then had Yang Ao drag them into the pit.

He opened the plastic bucket he'd been carrying and poured some gasoline in.

"Whoosh~"

A match fell.

BOOM!

[Apocalypse Rulebook Article 10: If a zombie is not dead, it must be reduced to ashes.]

As they were almost completely burned, the progress of the system mission changed for the first time.

[Mission 'Initial Understanding of Zombies' Progress: 2/10]

"Very good!"

The corners of Shen Jin's mouth gradually turned up.