"Wait, what do you mean, the world has ended?"
"I was only drawing some designs for a little while, and now you're telling me the world has ended?"
Lin Qi stared in shock at Xia Chu, whose clothes were stained with blood.
According to Xia Chu, the world had undergone a drastic upheaval while Lin Qi was drawing. Vast numbers of humans had transformed into zombies, communications were temporarily down, and only radios could still barely pick up a signal.
It was thanks to the General Headquarters' radio broadcasts that Xia Chu had learned about the zombies, bravely picked up a hammer, and come upstairs to find Lin Qi.
By now, Lin Qi had completely forgotten the [Gate]'s existence and become wholly immersed in the Doomsday World inside it.
Lin Qi seemed to have become the Lin Qi of the Doomsday World, experiencing an apocalypse untouched by "Cyber Lin Qi."
In this version of the Doomsday World, Lin Qi and Xia Chu first spent a day in the Rental Apartment.
Despite the nerve-racking circumstances, the two managed to restore their physical and mental balance through one intoxicating night.
The next day, Xia Chu suggested heading to their university.
Her reasoning was simple:
According to the broadcasts, zombies were not infectious, and humans could kill them. Even better, the crystal cores inside their heads could make people stronger!
The students at Magic University were young and had no shortage of fighting spirit.
Banding together with energetic young people would improve their chances of surviving the apocalypse.
The plan was crude and full of youthful fantasies.
Yet Lin Qi agreed with Xia Chu almost without hesitation.
And so the two began preparing to return to Magic University.
Their first task was to collect crystal cores and grow stronger!
If they lacked the