Doomsday Awakening GL - Chapter 6

English Translation

When An Yimu woke up, the sky was already bright. She touched the back of her head; it was sticky. Through the pinpoints of light cast down by the stone slab above, she could clearly see the bl00d on her hands. She felt a burning pain in the back of her head and her right hand.

Fortunately, there was only one layer of stone slab above their room, and when it fell, it happened to form a triangle, or they would have been genuinely crushed. An Yimu moved her body and squeezed out of the stuck gap. Nuan Qianyu and Ling Qiuyu were not far from her. She crouched and felt around, realizing the two were behind her to the left.

She crawled to the left for two or three meters and felt a steel rod. She remembered paying special attention to this steel rod because it was very long when they entered last night. After feeling its end, she poked the steel rod through the crack in the stone slab. Using the stone materials below as a fulcrum, she levered the slab up.

The feeling of being bathed in sunlight again was so wonderful. She didn’t know how many more opportunities she would have in the future.

An Yimu took a breath and dragged Ling Qiuyu and Nuan Qianyu out. Both were only unconscious, with some scratches on their arms but no fatal injuries.

Just then, she heard a rustling sound coming from under the stone slab. She looked up and saw a stone slab not far away vibrating constantly, as if someone was underneath.

Remembering that Su Mo and Li Ziyue were in the room next to theirs, they should be fine as well. Ignoring the wound on the back of her head, she quickly ran over to help lift the stone slab. The slab was too heavy. She was about to turn around to find something to pry it open, but then she heard a bang, and the slab shattered completely.

A woman climbed out—it was indeed Su Mo. However, a large piece of shattered stone was embedded in Su Mo’s chest, and her face was flattened. As she moved, shattered stone and flesh fell off together.

An Yimu gasped. Su Mo hadn’t died from such a severe injury, which could only mean she had turned into a zombie! This was no longer Su Mo!

This zombie was noticeably faster than the 8 zombies An Yimu had killed before. The zombie quickly lunged in front of An Yimu and grabbed her shoulder. The force was astonishing. An Yimu could hear the sound of her own bones being crushed. The zombie grabbed her and violently tossed her against the nearby wall.

With a bang, An Yimu slammed into the wall, denting the wall slightly before falling to the ground. “Pfft…” A mouthful of fresh bl00d gushed from An Yimu’s mouth.

The zombie rapidly walked towards her, issuing a beast-like low growl from its mouth.

An Yimu was dizzy from the impact, but she still heard movement under the stone slab. If it was another zombie, then Ling Qiuyu and Nuan Qianyu would be in danger.

She took a deep breath. She couldn’t panic now. Her police baton was still under the rubble and impossible to retrieve. Currently, she didn’t even have a decent weapon, and she was severely injured. The situation was truly terrible.

The zombie jumped next to her, ready to stab her heart with a fierce hand. An Yimu suddenly executed a sweep kick, tripping the zombie to the ground. She fiercely grabbed a piece of rubble and smashed it toward the zombie’s head.

The zombie didn’t expect the severely injured An Yimu to still be able to move and was suddenly tripped. It quickly reached out to grab An Yimu, but An Yimu’s stone piece had already smashed into its head.

As the stone repeatedly smashed into the zombie’s head, white brain matter and dark brown fluid splattered, like a watermelon being crushed by a single strike.

Only after confirming the zombie was dead did An Yimu lean against the wall and stand up, gasping heavily. Her chest was tight. The oxygen in the air seemed very thin, and every breath was so painful. The intense exertion just now had worsened the injury on her shoulder.

The zombie under the stone slab finally emerged. It was Li Ziyue. The sweet-smiling girl now posed the greatest threat to An Yimu’s life.

An Yimu half-closed her eyes, staring at Li Ziyue.

Half of Li Ziyue’s head was smashed, and shredded flesh hung from her face like dried cured meat. It stood there, body contorted, seemingly looking for something. Suddenly, its black eyes fixed on An Yimu.

They were observing each other.

An Yimu was alarmed. Did this zombie have intelligence? The zombie that Su Mo had turned into was noticeably faster than the previous ones. If the opponent hadn’t been careless, underestimating her death struggle, she would probably be the zombie’s food now. However, she was also glad that the zombie noticed her first. Otherwise, in her current state, she wouldn’t have time to save the still-unconscious Nuan Qianyu and Ling Qiuyu. Could it be that this thing finds people by smell? Or is it just more sensitive to fresh bl00d?

In these brief few seconds, An Yimu’s mind raced, figuring out how to deal with this zombie.

The zombie seemed to realize that An Yimu’s presence posed no threat to it, so it confidently approached. An Yimu held her breath, ready to use the same trick again. Just as the zombie got close, she violently kicked out, but unexpectedly, the zombie dodged. It clawed at An Yimu’s leg, tearing off a piece of flesh, and casually stuffed it into its mouth.

The sound of chewing made An Yimu’s scalp tingle, especially since it was her own flesh. Her leg was already cramping from the pain, and An Yimu could feel her heart pounding fast.

The zombie crunched and chewed while lunging swiftly at An Yimu.

An Yimu had no room to dodge. The injuries to her shoulder and leg rendered her immobile. As the zombie pressed down, An Yimu desperately grabbed its shoulders. Her palms felt slimy and stiff. The sliminess was the pus on the zombie’s body, and the stiffness was its body after the transformation. Moreover, the string of meat that had been hanging on half of Li Ziyue’s face was now slimy on An Yimu’s face. This disgusting sensation made An Yimu feel like vomiting.

Just as a crack of bone breaking echoed from her shoulder again, she was finally reaching her limit. An Yimu squinted her eyes, unable to believe she was going to die like this.

Bang, bang, bang! The zombie’s head was suddenly struck several times.

An Yimu then saw Nuan Qianyu, who had woken up at some point, forcefully smashing the zombie’s head with an iron rod. Seeing the zombie clearly provoked and turning its head, An Yimu gritted her teeth and forcefully shoved her hand into the zombie’s head.

Creak.

An Yimu felt like she had touched a bean-shaped hard object, and then the zombie collapsed heavily on top of her, motionless.

Nuan Qianyu’s eyes were filled with tears. She forcefully pushed the zombie aside and helped An Yimu up, leaning her against herself. She was terrified. An Yimu’s leg was bloody and mangled, and a trace of bl00d leaked from the corner of her mouth. What terrified her was the possibility of An Yimu turning into that kind of thing! “Little An’an, are you okay? Say something, Little An’an.”

An Yimu felt her eyelids heavy and couldn’t hear what Nuan Qianyu was saying. She could only see Nuan Qianyu’s lips opening and closing. It was so uncomfortable… It was like the suffocating pain after running 3000 meters for the first time…

Her palm began to warm up. An indescribable sensation spread throughout her body, then converged in her brain. She could feel that energy gathering into a bean-shaped object. Then, her injuries began to heal. Flesh grew, meridians connected, shattered bones reshaped, and her eyes cleared.

Nuan Qianyu also noticed it. New skin was growing on the leg that had been bloody and mangled just moments ago, white and tender, showing no signs of injury. Her eyes widened. “L-Little An’an…”

An Yimu raised her hand, thoughtfully looking at a birthmark on the palm of her right hand. It was a gear-shaped birthmark, slightly smaller than a coin. The warm current seemed to flow from here, then gather in the bean-shaped object in her brain.

With her injuries no longer serious, An Yimu stood up. “We need to leave here quickly.” There were still nine people under the rubble! What if they all turned into zombies? After all, the chances of dying on the first floor were higher.

Just as she woke up Ling Qiuyu, she heard a sharp scream coming from behind the rubble.

An Yimu looked fiercely in that direction. After telling Nuan Qianyu to stay put, she picked up a piece of rebar and quietly walked over.

What she saw was a group of zombies gnawing on a man. The man was Yin Xiaoqiang. At this moment, his limbs were torn off, his abdomen was ripped open, and his intestines and organs were exposed to the air. Nearby, another man was desperately fending off the remaining few. The man was Tang Nengping, but he was also struggling to hold on.

An Yimu first leaned against the wall and dry-heaved for a moment. The scene was truly disgusting. For someone who never watched horror movies, this was beyond stimulating!

Then, she rushed over with the rebar. There were only five zombies here, who were the transformed bodies of Tian Feng, Zhao Ru, Zhang Jianshe, Wang Dali, and Li Zihua.

Yin Xiaoqiang was beyond saving, but Tang Nengping could still be rescued.

An Yimu clearly felt that her physical condition was better after the appearance of that bean-shaped body in her brain. Holding a piece of rebar felt very light, and her sight and hearing had also improved.

She jumped out from the side, ran toward Tang Nengping first, and swung the rebar at a zombie’s head. It would normally take a few strikes, but now the zombie fell instantly, its head exploding. An Yimu clearly saw a milky white substance flow from the zombie’s brain into the birthmark on her right hand, then merging into the bean-shaped body in her brain.

Tang Nengping was clearly terrified. He hadn’t expected a girl to have such great strength. He had been holding them off for a long time. The zombies were astonishingly strong, and even he, a man, couldn’t endure it.

After dealing with one zombie, An Yimu quickly disposed of the nearest one.

The three zombies that were chewing on Yin Xiaoqiang heard the commotion and walked toward them. Yin Xiaoqiang was already unrecognizable, with only a pile of mangled limbs remaining.

Tang Nengping licked his dry lips. After a moment’s hesitation, he still didn’t leave. This girl had come to save him, and if he just ran off, it would be truly…

An Yimu intensely focused on the three zombies, then suddenly charged out. She jumped up and kicked one zombie to the ground, quickly smashing its head. Then, as another one turned around, she directly knocked its head clean off. In the next instant, she leaped up, stepping on the body of the headless zombie, and smashed the head of the last zombie from above.

She felt the milky white energy inside the bean-shaped body increase. She wondered what would happen when this energy was full.

Tang Nengping was completely dumbfounded, standing on the side and looking at An Yimu like she was a monster. He felt that his previous thoughts were completely wrong. This woman did not need his help at all.

An Yimu was unfazed. She had a solid foundation, having studied Taekwondo and Sanda (Chinese kickboxing). Although she didn’t like them, she had been compelled to agree to her parents’ request to improve her physique back then. Combined with the appearance of this strange bean-shaped body, her strength seemed to have increased greatly. Moreover, these zombies were not nearly as formidable as the one Li Ziyue had turned into. Could it be that zombies also had different levels?

Or could it be that this milky white energy was located in the zombies’ brains? And would it be absorbed by her after she killed them? But how was this energy to be used? Was she the only one who could use it, or could everyone?

“Brother Tang, have you killed these zombies before?” An Yimu asked flatly.

Tang Nengping rubbed the back of his head and said sheepishly, “I’ve only killed one or two. These zombies are too hard to kill.”