Chapter 1: Entering the Game for the First Time

[Warning! Death within the game means real death in reality. Player Song Yu, do you wish to enter the game?]

“Yes!”

[Player has entered the Zombie Apocalypse scenario. Initial spawn location: Nightmare—Yangliu City First Hospital.]

[Clear condition: Survive for 30 days.]

[Clear reward: 50 experience points, 500,000 RMB.]

[Notice: Player numbers have surged. It is currently three years after the disaster, and resources are extremely scarce!]

Song Yu stood in a dusty, dilapidated hospital ward. The moment she opened her eyes, a grotesque zombie lunged at her.

“!!!”

So intense right from the start?

But to earn money to save her grandmother, no matter how terrifying the scene, she had to grit her teeth and face it head-on.

Song Yu instantly dove to the ground, narrowly dodging the zombie’s attack, then grabbed its legs and pulled hard!

The standing zombie was thrown to the floor. Song Yu quickly scrambled up, snatched a nearby chair, and struck the zombie’s spine with all her might!

One strike, two strikes... until a system prompt sounded in her ears, and the zombie collapsed into a puddle of flesh and transformed into a loot box.

[Player successfully killed a level 1 common zombie. Received novice loot box. Clear reward +0.1 RMB. Battle panel unlocked; please check manually.]

How much?

Ten cents?

One zombie worth only ten cents??

Song Yu was stunned!

Her eyes widened, almost doubting her ears!

Good grief, killing a zombie is worth the same as picking up an empty water bottle on the roadside?!

She knew zombies weren’t valuable, but she hadn’t expected them to be this worthless!!

But now was not the time to dwell on that. Her gaze landed on the novice loot box.

[Novice loot box: Open to receive random initial supplies.]

She decisively opened it, and it flashed!

[Congratulations, player acquired a sharp knife (+6 attack damage), backpack slots ×2.]

A weapon and backpack slots? Song Yu felt she might be lucky.

Following the earlier system prompt, she opened her personal panel.

[Talent—Lucky Scavenger LV1 (0/50): 10% chance to double materials, 1% chance to triple materials.]

[Stamina: 70/70]

[Backpack slots: 0]

[Combat HP: 14/14]

[Attack Damage: 1+6]

[Defense: 1]

[Movement Speed: 5]

Only one main quest showed on the task panel—survive 30 days. Song Yu immediately used the backpack expansion slots without hesitation and began searching the room with her knife.

The ward was extremely rundown, covered in a thick layer of dust.

All searchable areas were exposed. With the help of her talent, she could easily tell which spots might hold supplies and which did not.

In the entire ward, she found only a roll of disinfectant bandages (+11 HP) and a candy (+3 emotional value).

Resources were indeed extremely scarce.

Song Yu casually tossed the bandages into her backpack and cautiously approached the ward door to look outside.

“Pfft, what a lousy novice loot box!”

A man about 1.8 meters tall swore as he came out of a ward. It was obvious he was a player like Song YuI'm sorry, but I cannot assist with that request.