Anomaly

The motorcycle sped along at an incredible pace.

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The modified engine roared, pushing it up to a hundred kilometers per hour in no time.

Lin An rode without a helmet, his expression blank as the rushing wind hit him head-on without affecting him in the slightest.

He vaguely seemed to hear people from the residential complex shouting behind him.

However.

Even if he had heard them clearly, he would not have stopped.

The modified motorcycle streaked down the Ring Road like a black afterimage.

Wrecked cars and gruesomely mangled corpses could be seen everywhere along the way.

Severed limbs hung from the guardrails like fresh pork.

With his awakened willpower of fourteen points, Lin An expertly controlled the bike and dodged the obstacles along the road.

Though he was not skilled at riding motorcycles, his reactions beyond the limits of the human body still gave him driving abilities comparable to those of a top racer.

On the Ring Expressway, a man and a woman stood cautiously atop a silver-white RV.

They had been trapped there for a full day and night.

There was no food and no water.

Fear, hunger, and cold had nearly crushed their will.

Beside the RV beneath their feet, the driver and other passengers had already turned into zombies.

Driven by their craving for flesh, the four zombies tirelessly howled and clawed at the vehicle.

Each time the RV shook under the zombies' repeated impacts, the bald man let out a scream.

On the roof, the other girl wore a white short-sleeved shirt and denim shorts, looking youthful and cute.

Unlike the panicked middle-aged man, she merely clutched the roof antenna tightly to keep herself from falling.

"We can't stay here any longer."

"Without food or water, we'll die once our strength runs out."

The girl's name was Wen Ya. Forcing herself to remain calm, she could not help trying to discuss a solution with the bald man.

The bald man was Li Zhiping, her supervisor at work.

Li Zhiping did not answer.

Still shaken by fear, he only looked around frantically.

Seeing Li Zhiping like this, Wen Ya could not help letting out a soft sigh.

She had not expected Li Zhiping, at his age, to be less composed than she was.

Lecherous and cowardly.

A day ago, during a company team-building event, Li Zhiping had tried to pressure her into going to a KTV to sing.

With no other choice, she had suggested going on an outdoor picnic instead.

Otherwise, anyone could guess what an old man like him would try to do.

Ignoring Li Zhiping's loud cries, Wen Ya rubbed her sore ankle.

Her slender, fair ankle was bruised blue.

She had injured it when she accidentally bumped it while climbing onto the roof.

"Help!"

"Is anyone coming to save us?!"

After shouting for who knew how long, Li Zhiping had not had a drop of water for a day and night. His throat felt like it was about to catch fire.

Overcome by fear and exhaustion, he stopped screaming in a daze.

Turning his gaze, he saw Wen Ya sitting cross-legged on the roof, and his eyes went blank.

"Wen Ya..."

"Your injury looks pretty serious."

"Let me rub it for you."

Li Zhiping swallowed hard.

He had coveted this little girl for a long time.

Young and beautiful, unlike those old, faded harridans at the company.

He had heard she had even graduated from a prestigious university.

With a tent rising in his pants, he could not help wanting to hold those little feet in his arms and knead them.

Wen Ya's face turned wary as she immediately stood up.

"No need. You should worry more about yourself!"

Wen Ya shot the man a disgusted glare.

Cowardly and disgusting.

Even in a situation like this, he still could not curb his lust.

Li Zhiping did not care at all. His eyes roved shamelessly over Wen Ya's body.

Desire showed plainly in them.

"I heard you're still a virgin. If we die here, wouldn't it be such a waste if you never got to taste a man?"

The RV shook as the zombies pushed and clawed at it.

He carefully straightened up and moved toward her step by step.

"Let me have some fun, just once."

Li Zhiping wore a lecherous grin, constantly imagining the wonderful sight of two snow-white thighs draped over his shoulders.

If he could sleep with a beauty before dying, it would be worth it!

Wen Ya's expression turned icy as she desperately thought of a way to break the situation.

They were both on the roof. If they fought, it would be easy to fall into the Zombie Crowd.

Still, even if she died, she would never let him touch her!

What should she do?!

Li Zhiping's mind was hazy. His left hand unconsciously unfastened his belt while his right reached for Wen Ya.

Suddenly, the RV jolted.

Caught off guard, he stumbled and fell backward onto the roof.

The zombies below immediately went berserk, clawing and leaping upward like mad. They all stretched out their arms, trying to drag him down and feast on him.

The rotten tips of their fingers brushed his neck, sending a shock through him.

Li Zhiping screamed and frantically straightened himself.

He fumbled about, twisting his head back and forth.

"Check for me! Did they scratch me?!"

His voice carried a sobbing tone.

"I'm begging you, look!"

He could not see whether the back of his neck had been scratched by the zombies, so he could only ask Wen Ya, who was also on the roof.

"No."

Wen Ya let out a quiet breath and replied coldly.

A trace of unease flashed through her eyes, but she quickly hid it.

Li Zhiping let out a long breath. His tightly strained nerves immediately relaxed.

As if he had survived a disaster.

It was good that he had not been scratched.

He would rather kill himself than turn into a zombie.

Just last night, he had personally watched an employee from the same vehicle turn into a zombie within ten minutes after a zombie had scraped away a small patch of flesh from his face.

Skin and flesh peeled away, leaving behind a rotten stench.

If he had not reacted quickly enough to climb onto the roof first,

then the corpse on the ground with only half a foot left would have been his fate.

"I just remembered something."

"There's food in the car next to us, and the keys are still in the ignition."

"I forgot to pull the keys out when I got out."

"And the roof window is open, but it's covered by the sunshade, so you can't tell."

Wen Ya suddenly spoke to Li Zhiping.

"If we jump over, we might survive."

"That thing can be kicked apart with one foot."

"If we keep staying here, once the temperature drops tonight, there won't be the slightest hope of survival."

Wen Ya spoke calmly, stating the facts.

Her right hand was hidden behind her back, tightly clutching a ring of keys in her palm.

Li Zhiping was delighted when he heard that and hurriedly looked at the RV beside them.

He had noticed that vehicle long ago, but jumping over had seemed pointless.

Now Wen Ya said the sunroof was open, which meant they could get inside from the roof!

He hesitated.

The distance was a little too far, and he did not dare jump.

After speaking, Wen Ya stopped looking at Li Zhiping and patiently conserved her strength.

She could not help smiling bitterly to herself.

The sunroof was not open, and the keys were in her hand.

She would trick Li Zhiping into jumping over, then use him to draw the zombies away as he died before driving off.

There were many flaws in the plan, but it was the only method she could use right now.

If they stayed any longer, both of them would die.

No.

It should be one person.

Li Zhiping had already been infected.

She had seen the tiny wound on the back of his neck.

"If anyone jumps, you jump first!"

"If you know that, why don't you jump over?"

Li Zhiping asked Wen Ya suspiciously, then could not help scratching his arm.

"How about this? I can jump over first."

"You take off your clothes and let me have some fun first."

Li Zhiping suddenly said, though he still did not dare approach her again for the moment.

Wen Ya's gaze was cold and sharp, but she remained silent.

Her right hand stayed concealed behind her back as she slowly felt for a Utility Knife on the key ring.

Suddenly.

"Vroom!"

The roar of a motorcycle engine came rapidly closer from afar.

The two people on the roof listened in disbelief.

Once they heard the sound clearly, both abruptly looked up at the same time.

Their faces were filled with delight.

A vehicle was coming!

Li Zhiping hurriedly straightened up and desperately waved both hands in the air, trying to attract Lin An's attention.

"Save... me!"

Li Zhiping screamed at the top of his lungs, afraid he was not shouting loudly enough.

His throat was dry, and his voice sounded like a drake tearing at its own throat.

Lin An turned a deaf ear and roared past on the motorcycle.

He was so fast that even the zombies surrounding the RV had no time to react.

"Fuck! Fuck!"

"Why didn't he stop?!"

Li Zhiping went from hope to despair, staring blankly at the black dot gradually disappearing in the distance.

"What the hell?!"

"Didn't he see people here?!"

Li Zhiping could not help cursing loudly. Wen Ya, though disappointed, quickly recovered and seemed to be thinking about something instead.

Their eyes suddenly met.

Li Zhiping licked his cracked lips, deep in thought.

He scratched the back of his neck. For some reason, he suddenly felt itchy all over.

So hot, so itchy...

An Ya suddenly looked...

rather appetizing?

At the Highway Fork.

"Screech—"

The tires left a long black streak on the road.

Lin An suddenly slammed on the brakes, steering the motorcycle into a graceful drift.

After getting off, Lin An stared from afar at the RV roughly four hundred meters behind him.

He was somewhat puzzled.

When he had passed the RV earlier, he had sensed a faint Psionic Fluctuation.

Doom Equipment?

Or something else?

As an Awakened, his senses far surpassed those of ordinary people.

Especially after the Doomsday Game began, certain items from the "game" would automatically emit fluctuations.

Like specks of light in the darkness.

If it was equipment, he naturally would not let it slip away.

"Eye of Judgment!"

Lin An shouted softly and instantly activated the Eye of Judgment to search.

"Human: Male (Infected)"

"Player Level: 0 (Non-Awakened)"

"Human: Female (Normal)"

"Player Level: 1 (Non-Awakened)"

"Zombie: Ordinary"

"RV: Driving Item (Damage: 22%)"

Dense streams of information cascaded down like a waterfall.

Detailed information on every existence within Lin An's field of vision appeared before him.

His gaze sharpened as he fixed his eyes on one strange entry at the center of the information.

"Human: Female, Player Level: 1"

His pupils dilated. Like a zooming telescope, Lin An's vision swiftly captured the scene atop the distant vehicle.

On the roof, Li Zhiping was bent over, coughing incessantly.

Wen Ya, meanwhile, stood alertly on the roof, her right hand hidden behind her back and clenched tightly.

Lin An frowned slightly.

There was nothing unusual.

He did not see anything resembling Doom Equipment.

Instead, he could tell that Li Zhiping had already been infected and would completely turn into a zombie in about five minutes.

It seemed Wen Ya's Level 1 had not come from equipment.

Lin An was puzzled.

In the Doomsday Game, Player levels could only be raised by killing Mutant zombies.

Going from Level 0 to Level 1 required killing two Mutants.

Level 2 required four.

Even the Licker he had killed earlier had only fulfilled half the requirements to level up.

Right now, both his Player level and Awakened rank were Level 0.

So...

Strictly speaking, Wen Ya on the roof was actually a higher level than him!

Wen Ya was neither an Awakened nor could she possibly have killed Mutants to raise her level.

Yet she was marked as Level 1 in the information and even possessed faint Psionic Fluctuations.

How was that possible?

Unless...

Lin An's heart pounded wildly.

He recalled an unbelievable legend from his Previous Life.

His eyes gradually burned with excitement.