Doomsday Awakening GL - Chapter 11

An Yimu didn’t even notice how these people vanished. There was no sound, as if they had disappeared into thin air. This smog was even more terrifying than the bl00d-sucking red threads!

Next time, who would disappear? An Yimu dared not act rashly now. If either Nuan Qianyu or Ling Qiuyu vanished, she would regret it for the rest of her life, not to mention that the next one might be herself!

For the first time, An Yimu felt that good eyesight was not a good thing. She could clearly see the girl’s corpse, even the bl00d slowly oozing from her body. The girl’s terrified expression was chilling.

An Yimu’s thoughts raced.

The four people huddled together, no one speaking. The surroundings were terrifyingly quiet; they could even hear someone’s heartbeat, and a cold air spread around their feet.

An Yimu stabilized herself and finally spoke after a long moment, “Let’s return to the original spot.”

So, the four cautiously retreated step by step to the original location. The originally dark red bloodstain had turned black, a small but distinct blob.

This time, An Yimu decided to wait. She couldn’t risk anything anymore. She had been too arbitrary just now, resulting in the pointless sacrifice of five people. This smog was truly bizarre, but she had no clue what to do about it.

“A lie… how could this happen… Little An An, what should we do?” Ling Qiuyu was on the verge of a mental breakdown. Tears welled up in her limpid eyes, and she seemed to be speaking to An Yimu, yet also talking to herself.

“Little Yuyu, don’t be afraid. There must be a way. We won’t get our lunchboxes (die) so easily!” Nuan Qianyu comforted her, but she herself had no confidence and was only saying this to encourage herself.

The smog grew thicker. Even An Yimu’s visible range was reduced to about five meters. If this continued, they might not even be able to see the person next to them. An Yimu did not dare to relax for a moment, carefully guarding Nuan and Ling.

“Hehehe…”

Just then, Tang Nengping suddenly let out a low laugh.

Tang Nengping’s voice was low and rough. In this situation, such a laugh sent a chill down the listeners’ spines and made them feel creeped out.

An Yimu reflexively pulled Nuan and Ling behind her, watching Tang Nengping warily.

Tang Nengping seemed unaware, grinning and looking at his fingers. Suddenly, he put his finger into his mouth. Crunch, two segments of his finger were bitten off. They say that the ten fingers are connected to the heart, but Tang Nengping seemed to feel no pain. He continued to chew his fingers gleefully, and bl00d spurted out from the severed parts. Tang Nengping seemed very satisfied with his bloody hand, revealing a strange and bizarre smile, then licked the wound where the bl00d flowed out, and began to tear and bite his wrist and arm with even more force.

An Yimu watched the scene in horror, feeling more nauseated than if she had swallowed a fly.

Even Nuan Qianyu, who often watched horror movies, found this more terrifying than anything she had seen. What was on the screen didn’t have such a strong smell of bl00d! Her face was pale, and her lips were trembling.

No one knew what had happened, how those people had disappeared, how they had died, or why Tang Nengping was suddenly self-mutilating.

An Yimu only knew that they couldn’t wander around randomly now, but they also couldn’t stay put. Taking the wrong path would lead to disappearance, and standing still would turn them into something like Tang Nengping, neither human nor ghost.

“Delicious, delicious…” Tang Nengping giggled, then used the dagger he carried to stab his own thigh.

In such a quiet atmosphere, the sound of Tang Nengping chewing was especially loud, giving them goosebumps. An Yimu and her two friends were no longer nauseated; only deep fear remained.

Suddenly, Tang Nengping seemed to regain consciousness. He stretched his bloody hand towards An Yimu, his eyes filled with terror, saying, “Save me… save me…”

Before anyone could react, he suddenly frantically stabbed himself in the chest with the dagger. Puff, puff, sounds rang out as the dagger pierced his body. In a few moments, his body went limp and he collapsed onto the ground, motionless, clearly dead.

To prevent zombification, An Yimu still wanted Ling Qiuyu to smash Tang Nengping’s head. Ling Qiuyu hugged An Yimu’s arm, shaking her head vehemently, refusing no matter what. Since Tang Nengping hadn’t zombified yet, how could she bear to harm a human corpse? Although she hadn’t spent much time with Tang Nengping, he had looked after her and helped her while fighting zombies. Tang Nengping was a good person.

An Yimu was exasperated but couldn’t force her. It was precisely because Ling Qiuyu was frail and fighting zombies was too strenuous—she had to control herself not to kill the zombies but only to wound them, which was difficult—that An Yimu wanted her to kill Tang Nengping’s body. The first reason was to prevent zombification, and the second was to let Ling Qiuyu obtain a milky-white energy source. Nuan Qianyu was brave, so An Yimu wasn’t worried about her.

Having no choice, they could only let Nuan Qianyu do it.

Sure enough, after the milky-white energy source flowed into Nuan Qianyu’s mind, she exclaimed with delight, “I didn’t expect so much! It filled up one-fifth.”

Tang Nengping had killed at least 50 zombies. Combined with the ones Nuan Qianyu had killed herself, one-fifth was about right.

An Yimu considered whether to tell the two about her birthmark. So far, no one had discovered that her way of absorbing the energy source was different from others. But it seemed somewhat unnecessary, as the birthmark was on her hand and couldn’t help the two of them. Otherwise, she wouldn’t hesitate to cut off her hand if it could help them.

After careful thought, An Yimu decided she couldn’t just wait passively.

She pushed her potential to the maximum, significantly enhancing her hearing and sight.

This fog must be using some method to obscure their vision, causing them to wander in circles, while something in the darkness took their lives. However, since the fog hadn’t eliminated them all at once, it must have limitations, and An Yimu needed to seize this point.

She returned to the spot where her bl00d had dripped and began to recall the path they took after entering the city. After pondering for a moment, she took Nuan and Ling and started walking in one direction.

“Close your eyes, don’t worry about anything, just trust me.”

The two trusted An Yimu deeply, so they believed her words without question. They closed their eyes, held onto An Yimu’s sleeve, and followed her lead.

The few people began to walk forward. An Yimu relied on her memory to walk in the direction leading out of the city, her heart filled with anxiety. After walking for more than half an hour, she felt Nuan and Ling still holding onto her and breathed a sigh of relief.

Gradually, An Yimu keenly felt the bizarre atmosphere around them fading. Only then did she open her eyes. They were standing exactly where they had rested last night.

An Yimu looked back. The entire county town was shrouded in thick fog, completely obscuring the view. She secretly wiped the large beads of sweat from her forehead. If they hadn’t stumbled out this time, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

The strangeness of this smog was simply beyond normal human comprehension.

She would rather face countless zombies than this thing. At least when fighting zombies, you know how you die, but this fog makes your death inexplicable.

Although the three of them were extremely exhausted—the day’s high tension and fighting had left them drained—they continued on the road to the next county town without resting.

They couldn’t stay in this bizarre place for a second longer!

An Yimu didn’t know how to describe her current mood. After all they had been through, meeting so many people, it was still just the three of them continuing the journey in the end.

The only thing they were grateful for was that their backpacks were still with them and hadn’t been lost during the fighting. Otherwise, without anything to replenish their energy, the situation would have been truly miserable.

After gaining a general understanding of the bean-shaped object, An Yimu spent the entire journey eliminating the initial zombies as much as possible and helping Nuan and Ling level up. In a situation where nothing was clear, they were cut off from the outside world, and monsters roamed freely, only great strength could ensure survival.

What frustrated An Yimu was that she hadn’t encountered any evolved zombies along the way. These initial zombies were not very effective for her anymore; she would have to kill at least 1,000 initial zombies to break through to the next level! Evolved zombies, however, were within an acceptable range.

This was likely related to the route they chose. They were taking a remote path, avoiding large population centers. There were only three of them. Even with An Yimu’s current exceptional abilities, she couldn’t possibly handle tens of millions of zombies.

“Little An An, I still feel like I’m dreaming. Why is this dream so long?” Nuan Qianyu suddenly complained mournfully.

Ling Qiuyu smiled and shook her head without speaking. If only it were truly a dream.

They finally found a drivable car. The ones they had encountered before were either damaged by zombies from the inside, crushed by buildings after the earthquake, or had broken engines or leaking gas tanks.

The car key was still in the ignition, and the car was largely intact, having not sustained much impact.

The three were slightly excited. An Yimu had been physically exhausted for a while, so this time Nuan Qianyu drove. Before An Yimu could rest, she heard Nuan Qianyu exclaim in surprise.

It turned out that the road ahead had cracked open with a large fissure caused by the earthquake, running right along the path they were supposed to take. The two sides were separated by dozens of meters. They would have to take a detour to cross it.

An Yimu got out of the car to look. The fissure was bottomless, and even with her three times normal eyesight, she couldn’t see anything.

It seemed they had no choice but to take a detour.

They ultimately chose to detour to the right, as they were not very familiar with the road on the left. Moreover, they didn’t know how long the fissure was, and there was a village on the right.

At this moment, no one mentioned Chongming City, but it was their ultimate destination.

It had only been a few days since the zombies appeared, and the world was completely unrecognizable.

After driving for more than 20 minutes, they saw a village in the distance, and seven or eight people were gathered outside the village, seemingly discussing something.