Anomaly

The motorcycle was incredibly fast.

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

Lin An rode without a helmet, his expression blank. The head-on gale had no effect on him whatsoever.

Vaguely, he seemed to hear someone shouting from the residential complex behind him.

However.

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

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

Wrecked cars and gruesomely mangled corpses were scattered everywhere along the way.

Severed limbs hung from the guardrails like fresh pork.

With his 14 points of Willpower after Awakening, Lin An deftly maneuvered around the obstacles along the road.

Although he was not skilled at riding motorcycles, his reactions beyond human limits 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 motorhome.

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 Willpower.

Beside the motorhome beneath their feet, the original driver and other passengers had already turned into Zombies.

Driven by their craving for flesh, the four Zombies tirelessly snarled and clawed at the vehicle.

Every jolt of the motorhome from the Zombies' relentless impacts made the balding man scream.

The other girl on the roof wore a white short-sleeved shirt and denim shorts, looking youthful and adorable.

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

"We can't stay here any longer."

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

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

The balding man's name was Li Zhiping, her supervisor at work.

Li Zhiping did not answer.

Still shaken with terror, he merely looked around in a panic.

Seeing him 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 a picnic instead.

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

Ignoring Li Zhiping's loud cries, Wen Ya could not help rubbing her sore ankle.

Her slender, fair ankle was bruised blue.

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

"Help!"

"Is anyone coming to save us?!"

After shouting for who knew how long, without a drop of water for a day and night, Li Zhiping felt as though his throat were about to start smoking.

Terrified and exhausted, he stopped screaming in a daze.

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

"Wen Ya..."

"I think you're hurt pretty badly."

"I'll help you rub it."

Li Zhiping swallowed with difficulty.

He had been coveting this little girl for a long time.

Young and pretty, unlike those old, faded hags at the company.

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

An erection rose beneath him, and he could not help wanting to pull those little feet into his lap and knead them.

Wen Ya's expression turned wary, and she immediately stood up.

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

Wen Ya shot him a disgusted glare.

Cowardly and disgusting.

Even in a situation like this, he was still ruled by lust.

Li Zhiping did not care in the slightest, his eyes openly sweeping over Wen Ya's body.

Desire showed in his gaze.

"I heard you're still a virgin. If we die here, wouldn't it be a pity if you've never tasted a man's touch?"

The vehicle swayed beneath the Zombies' pushing and clawing.

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

"Let me have some fun. Seriously."

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

Getting to sleep with a beauty before dying would still make it worthwhile!

Wen Ya's expression was icy as she desperately considered 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.

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

What should I do?!

Li Zhiping's mind was hazy. His left hand could not help undoing his belt while his right reached toward Wen Ya.

Suddenly, the vehicle jolted.

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

The Zombies below immediately went berserk, clawing and leaping upward frantically. They all stretched out their arms, wanting to drag him down and feast on him.

The rotten fingertips of a Zombie brushed the back of his neck, making him feel as if he had been electrocuted.

Li Zhiping screamed and jerked upright in panic.

He flailed about and kept turning his head back and forth.

"Quick, help me check! Did I get scratched?!"

His voice was trembling with tears.

"I'm begging you, look!"

Unable to see whether the back of his neck had been scratched, he could only seek help from Wen Ya, who was also on the roof.

"No."

Wen Ya let out a quiet breath and answered coldly.

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

Li Zhiping let out a long sigh, and his taut nerves immediately relaxed.

As though he had survived a disaster.

It was good that he had not been scratched.

He would rather kill himself than become a Zombie.

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

His flesh fell away, and he reeked of rot.

If he had not reacted quickly enough to hide on the roof first.

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

"I just remembered."

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

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

"And the sunroof is open. It's just covered by the sunshade, so you can't tell."

Wen Ya suddenly spoke to Li Zhiping.

"If we jump over, there's a chance we'll survive."

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

"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 set of keys in her palm.

Li Zhiping was delighted when he heard this and hurriedly looked at the motorhome beside them.

He had noticed that vehicle long ago, but there was no use jumping over.

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

Conflicted and hesitant.

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

After speaking, Wen Ya no longer looked at Li Zhiping and simply conserved her strength patiently.

She could not help giving a bitter smile inside.

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

She would trick Li Zhiping into jumping over, then use him to distract the Zombies as he died and drive away.

There were many flaws in the plan, but it was the only thing she could do 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 you're jumping, you go first!"

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

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, only not daring to approach her again for the moment.

Wen Ya's eyes were cold, and she remained silent.

Her right hand stayed hidden behind her back as she slowly felt for a Utility Knife on the keychain.

Suddenly.

"Vroom!"

The roar of a motorcycle engine rapidly approached from afar.

The two people on the roof listened in disbelief.

Once they heard the sound clearly, they both abruptly raised their heads.

Their faces filled with delight.

A vehicle was coming!

Li Zhiping hurriedly straightened up and desperately waved both hands back and forth, trying to catch Lin An's attention.

"Save... me!"

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

With his mouth dry and throat parched, his voice sounded like a hoarse duck tearing at its throat.

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

He was so fast that even the Zombies surrounding the motorhome failed to react.

"Damn it! Damn it!"

"Why didn't he stop?!"

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

"What the hell!"

"Didn't he see there were people here?!"

Li Zhiping could not help cursing loudly. Though Wen Ya was disappointed, she quickly recovered and seemed to begin thinking about something instead.

Their gazes suddenly met.

Li Zhiping licked his cracked lips, looking thoughtful.

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

So hot, so itchy...

The Wen Ya before him suddenly looked...

Rather appetizing?

At the Highway Fork.

"Screech—"

The tires carved a long black skid mark across the road.

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

After getting off, Lin An looked toward the motorhome about four hundred meters behind him.

He was somewhat puzzled.

When he had passed the motorhome 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" automatically emitted fluctuations.

Like points of light in the darkness.

If it was equipment, he naturally would not let it go.

"Eye of Judgment!"

Lin An gave a low shout 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 Level 22%)

Dense streams of information cascaded down like a waterfall.

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

His gaze sharpened as he fixed his eyes on an unusual entry in the middle of the information.

"Human: Female, Player Level: Level 1."

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

On the roof, Li Zhiping was hunched over, coughing nonstop.

Meanwhile, Wen Ya stood vigilantly atop the motorhome, her right hand held 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 status 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.

For level 2, four were required.

The Licker he had killed earlier had only fulfilled half the requirements for leveling up.

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

Therefore.

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 Fluctuation.

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 fervor.