First Blood

[Congratulations, player "Yazi," on successfully killing a zombie. You gained one experience point and one Gold Coin.]

[Congratulations, player. You have reached Level 2 and gained 1 free attribute point.]

[Congratulations, player, on becoming the first person in the Doomsday Game to kill a zombie. You have earned the globally unique achievement: First Blood.]

[World announcement incoming.]

Lin Zhiluo clenched his fist!

He'd done it! He'd successfully obtained the achievement!

The achievement's attributes might not be all that important, but a World Announcement reward was every player's lifelong dream!

The rewards for getting a global announcement were so generous they could make your hands go numb from collecting them!

Even after becoming the War God in his previous life, Lin Zhiluo had never once received a World Announcement reward.

That showed just how difficult it was.

And now, in the very first second of the apocalypse, he'd already received one!

Suddenly, a grand, heavy voice rang out.

It seemed to come from high above, vast and majestic, yet it was also as clear as if it were speaking right beside one's ear.

No matter whether you were fleeing someone who had just turned into a zombie or still studying the announcement panel that had appeared out of nowhere...

Every game player in the world who was still conscious could hear these words.

"World Announcement: Congratulations to player 'Yazi' for becoming the first person in the Doomsday Game to kill a zombie and bravely taking the first step. The player has earned the globally unique achievement First Blood and a generous reward. Other players are encouraged to follow his example."

The world was in an uproar.

It didn't matter whether people had already accepted the apocalypse game or thought the whole thing was a prank.

Every one of them would remember the player called "Yazi."

"No way. I haven't even seen a zombie yet, and someone's already killed one?" said a man who was still looking at the announcement.

"Damn it, I don't care who killed a zombie! Can someone get this hideous zombie off my back? I'm about to die!" said a man being chased by a zombie.

"Huh? Zombies? What are those? Is someone outside making a nuisance with a loudspeaker?" said a boy who had been absorbed in his game. He put down his console and cursed.

He opened the door, hoping to find out who was behind the prank, only for a zombie to suddenly appear and bite off half his face.

"Interesting. Someone reacted even faster than me?" said a man, lowering the baseball bat in his hands. On the ground before him lay a zombie with its head smashed in.

"Eee! This Yazi guy is so amazing. I wish he'd come protect this princess," said an ordinary girl, daydreaming inside her tiny, 50-square-meter apartment.

"Woof woof, woof woof..." A little dog started barking. (??? Why are you barging in here!!!)

...

At that very moment, Yazi himself—the man whose name had spread across the globe—was happily collecting his rewards.

[Congratulations, player. You have received the global announcement reward for "First Blood."]

[Congratulations, player. You have received the following rewards: 1000 Reputation, 1000 Gold Coins, 3 free attribute points, and an additional 1 cubic meter of Storage Space.]

Not bad!

With these rewards, he'd be ahead of everyone else by who knew how many times over!

Reputation had plenty of uses. Some equipment and items required a certain amount of Reputation before they could be used.

Some special shops also offered discounts or small gifts when you bought something, depending on your Reputation.

Gold Coins could be used to buy items from shops hidden throughout the city.

You could buy items, equipment, or Supplies Cards.

Supplies Cards in particular were one of the main ways for players to obtain food and survive.

They were basically a consolation prize for the "unlucky" players who killed zombies without getting any drops.

There was no need to say more about the three free attribute points.

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Before Level 10, each level-up granted only one free attribute point. This put him three levels ahead right from the starting line!

And the extra Storage Space meant that his capacity had increased tenfold!

The Storage Space couldn't hold living creatures; it could only store items that belonged to him.

As for how the game determined whether something belonged to him, that was entirely up to the system.

For example, if someone attacked you with a knife and you grabbed its blade, you couldn't put it into your Storage Space.

But if someone shot an arrow at you and you caught it, you could put that arrow into your Storage Space.

In short, there were plenty of complicated situations that could come up. He could only leave the judgment to the absolutely fair and impartial game system.

After collecting his rewards, Lin Zhiluo felt extremely pleased.

Only then did he check the achievement he'd earned: [First Blood].

[First Blood]: Unique title. Awarded only to the first person in the Doomsday Game to kill a zombie.

Attributes: +1 to all attributes. The damage dealt by your first attack each day (after midnight) is increased by 100%.

Lin Zhiluo hadn't expected much from the title's attributes, but he was pleasantly surprised.

These attributes weren't bad. Getting four free attribute points was already great.

And the 100% damage boost to his first attack each day might prove incredibly useful if he played his cards right.

Lin Zhiluo immediately equipped the title.

A warm current passed through his body, and he could clearly feel his physical strength improve.

He probably wouldn't need to change titles for a long time.

You could only wear one title at a time.

On top of that, changing titles came with a one-hour cooldown. It was a real hassle.

But that was to prevent players from constantly swapping between titles with absurd attributes.

Lin Zhiluo stretched.

Looking at the zombie's corpse lying in a pool of blood, he noticed a necklace glowing green on the ground.

Had he... gotten a drop?

Only then did Lin Zhiluo remember the Golden Finger he'd obtained earlier: [Absolute Drop Rate].

He'd been too caught up in the joy of his rewards to think of it.

Was it really a 100% drop rate?

And had he gotten a Bronze Grade piece of equipment on his very first kill?

"Ding. Please make proper use of the Golden Finger System, and don't forget that it exists."

"Sorry, sorry," Lin Zhiluo apologized.

Then he bent down and picked up the necklace.

After rinsing the blood off it, Lin Zhiluo checked its attributes.

[Meditation Necklace]: Bronze Grade equipment. When equipped, Spirit +1 and Spirit recovery speed increased by 10%.

The attributes were ordinary, since it was only Bronze Grade equipment.

But even a tiny morsel was still meat. Why worry when it was free?

Lin Zhiluo put the Meditation Necklace around his neck.

You don't need to tell me that. Rings, necklaces, bracelets.

What a shame. The three pieces of jewelry he'd had in his previous life were all top-tier Epic Grade equipment.

But there was still a chance he could get them again.

After all, Lin Zhiluo had personally experienced how to obtain them.