Crossing into the Apocalypse!

"Hrrrgh..."

On the chaotic streets, shambling corpses wandered aimlessly, their throats occasionally emitting strange rasping roars like fingernails scraping across sheet metal, enough to make goosebumps rise all over anyone who heard them.

Inside an empty Gold Shop by the roadside, a young man appeared in the middle of the store with a stunned expression, barefoot and dressed in boxer shorts and a short-sleeved shirt.

"I really got in?"

Li Yang stared blankly at the suddenly transformed surroundings. His eyes fixed on the Gold Shop around him, where dazzling pieces of gold lay openly inside glass display cases. He knew this scene far too well.

For thirty consecutive days, he had dreamed the exact same dream. In every dream, there was the exact same door, and at the center of the scene beyond it stood this very Jindafu Jewelry store.

But hadn't that been a dream?

How had a single thought landed him here?

"Since I'm already here, can I still go back?"

Li Yang looked at the zombies wandering beyond the glass doors, which had been secured with chains. He swallowed and muttered under his breath, "My family just arranged a blind date for me!"

"Whoosh~"

"Hrrrgh!!!!"

The zombie let out an excited roar and lunged toward the Gold Shop, only to stop in confusion after taking two steps. The fragrant scent of a living man inside the store had vanished in the blink of an eye.

"Hrrrgh!!"

After roaring twice in confused frustration, the zombie gave up on smashing through the heavy glass doors. It turned and continued swaying down the street.

In a rented apartment in Linjiang City, a figure suddenly appeared in the room, panic written across his face.

"Huff, huff, huff~"

As the scene before him changed again, Li Yang's eyes widened, and his breathing quickened uncontrollably.

He reached down and pinched his thigh. The pain made him bare his teeth, and Li Yang stood there in a daze for a while.

He looked left, then right, before finally coming to his senses. In an instant, yin and yang reversed, and joy welled up in his heart.

"So it's the real deal."

Still somewhat unable to believe it, Li Yang sensed the door in his mind. He swallowed when he noticed that the first bead within what seemed to be a flowing frame atop the doorframe was glowing brightly.

Then he looked again at the four words World Gate, and his heart instantly began racing.

"World Gate, World Gate... something this miraculous really exists."

After reading so many transmigration novels, had fortune finally fallen into his lap?

Those things from fantasy actually existed!

"Then... are the gods and Buddhas real too?"

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Li Yang's mind. He paced around the room for a long time before finally calming down, only to suddenly shudder and hurriedly shut the doors and windows, drawing the curtains. He looked around suspiciously. "Did anyone see me suddenly disappear and reappear just now?"

Forget it. It was too late to think about that now.

The most important thing now was—the World Gate!

"Zombie World."

A sharp glint flashed in Li Yang's eyes as he sensed the door in his mind. Only then did he discover that the door could actually manifest in the Real World. That only increased the risk of exposure, though, so he simply withdrew it back into his mind. Then he recalled that dilapidated Gold Shop, and his eyes lit up.

"The writing there was all Chinese. Could it be a parallel world?"

Gold from a parallel world was still gold, right?

Li Yang's heart itched unbearably. He could not resist wanting to cross over again, but then he remembered something. He hurriedly took out his phone, turned on the camera, and enabled airplane mode. After thinking it over, he patiently restored the phone to factory settings. Only after resetting it and turning airplane mode back on did he restart the recording function, place it on the table, and aim it at himself.

"Go in!"

With a thought, a magnificent scene like the birth of the universe flashed before his eyes. The next moment, space and time shifted, and Li Yang was once again inside the Gold Shop he had visited moments ago.

"Good thing those zombies didn't get in here."

He glanced at the tightly locked glass doors and the zombies outside that were beginning to stir. Ignoring everything else, Li Yang hurriedly swept his gaze over the nearest gold display case, his eyes gleaming.

The first second, he sprinted behind the counter.

The second second, his left hand opened the cabinet door while his right hand reached inside.

The third second, his right arm swept left, scooping up six sizable gold accessories in one motion.

"Hrrrgh!"

In three seconds, the zombies outside had already noticed the commotion and begun roaring excitedly. At the critical moment, Li Yang grabbed the enormous phoenix-shaped gold hairpin displayed in the most conspicuous spot, and his body vanished from the spot with lightning speed.

"Crash!"

"Hrrrgh!!"

The zombies smashed the glass doors into fragments with brute force, but by the time they rushed inside, the Gold Shop was already empty.

In the Real World, inside the rented apartment, Li Yang reappeared in the room, both hands filled with gold as he panted heavily.

"I'm back."

Seeing the familiar room, Li Yang let out a huge sigh of relief. Only then did he realize that his back was already soaked with sweat in that short span of time.

Facing inhuman monsters like zombies was nowhere near as easy as it looked on TV.

Especially when you knew exactly how dangerous they were.

"Good thing this door lets me travel in and out instantly."

Secretly rejoicing, Li Yang could not help raising his hands. Looking at the six large gold accessories in his left hand and the oversized gold phoenix hairpin in his right, a brilliant smile spread across his face.

But the excitement of picking up gold quickly faded from his heart.

Yes, he was poor as hell right now, but he had the World Gate. He could enter other worlds. What did this little bit of money amount to?

"It can at least put out the fire at my eyebrows."

Thinking about how he possessed a World Gate, Li Yang could not help clutching the gold and flopping onto the bed, laughing hard. Only after calming down somewhat did he sit up and ponder inwardly.

Even if he had access to another world, he could not explore it empty-handed.

He did not know whether there was anything else in the Zombie World he had just entered, but those zombies alone meant he needed to prepare plenty of weapons.

Guns were unsuitable against zombies that might be drawn in by the noise, but crossbows would work.

Modern high-powered crossbows, Stab-Proof Vests, bulletproof vests, helmets, hiking boots... In almost an instant, Li Yang thought of many essentials for exploring a dangerous world. And all of those required money.

Especially the high-powered crossbow, which was forbidden by law. Although he could get one if he put in some effort—after all, he had previously added WeChat merchants who secretly sold them when he had nothing better to do—it would certainly cost a great deal. A good crossbow alone cost twenty or thirty thousand, and there was no need to mention the other items. They all cost money. This haul of gold was perfect for investment.

After thinking through all of that in an instant, Li Yang glanced at the phone recording video on the table. He hurriedly set down the gold, got up to check it, stopped the recording, and played it back.

In the video, he suddenly disappeared, then reappeared a few seconds later carrying gold. His eyes shifted slightly, and he immediately deleted the video completely, formatted the phone again, and only then breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked back at the gold on the bed, and the urge to explore an unknown world flickered wildly in his heart.

He checked the time. It was 1:20 in the afternoon, with one hour and ten minutes left before work.

Wait... work?

"Work my ass!"

"I'll resign straight away at two-thirty!"

The immense significance of traveling between worlds filled his heart. Li Yang blew out a breath, decisively grabbed the gold, rose to his feet, and walked outside.