Zombie Apocalypse: Don't be afraid, I'm not a good person.

"System, what do I need to do?"

Find a secluded spot and eat it.

"good!"

Shenhe immediately got up and dressed, moving very quietly.

This is a treasure with a high probability of awakening new superpowers, and he has been looking forward to it for a long time.

After tidying up, he picked up a few crumpled, worn-out stockings from the ground and threw them into the trash can. He glanced up at the fair legs and curled the corners of his mouth into a smile.

I opened the system map, selected the abandoned construction site where I first burned the zombies, and teleported there on the spot.

Buzz!

The spatial fluctuations dissipated, and Shenhe landed steadily. He immediately glanced at the map and saw only a few scattered red dots. Looking up, he realized they weren't zombies, but rather a few mutated beetles, not very big, only about a meter long.

His sudden appearance caused the insects to pause briefly before continuing with their own tasks.

Scattered on the ground were many charred but not completely burned remains of zombies. These beetles were circling around the corpses, their hard forepaws digging at the soil, burying the remains bit by bit, as if they were cleaning up a battlefield.

Shenhe wasn't interested in going over there. He walked to an open space further away from the insects and dusted off his hands.

"System, retrieve the Thunder Essence."

Step back a little.

"I'm leaving? Why should I leave?"

Its battery life is surprisingly fast.

"Then put it over there. I'm stuck with the script of a protagonist in a wish-fulfillment novel, so there's no reason for me to return it."

That makes sense; I was being presumptuous.

Shenhe felt a blinding white light flash on his forehead. After two seconds, a lavender-purple beam of light shot out from between his eyebrows!

The purple light fell directly on the beetles burying the corpses, and a strange plant more than five meters long appeared!

As soon as the thunder seed appeared, its roots sank deep into the ground. At the same time, countless small snake-like blue-purple arcs of electricity spread outwards, crackling and exploding, raising dust everywhere.

Shenhe watched helplessly as the ground swept by the electric arc began to churn, and countless fist-sized beetles emerged from the ground, fleeing rapidly into the distance.

But they can't outrun lightning.

"Sizzle—! Slap slap—sizzle—slap—!"

The surface of the diamond-shaped fruit atop the thunder seed began to flash with numerous electric arcs, the light emanating from the arcs illuminating the area with flickering brightness!

"Sizzle—!"

“Pah!”

Suddenly, a burst of electricity shot out from the fruit. With a crackling sound, a beetle ten meters away, about one meter in size, was instantly blasted into dust by the electricity!

There wasn't even a body left at the scene!

"Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!"

"Clap clap clap clap clap—!"

Then, blue and purple lightning bolts shot out one after another, sweeping out like an electric net covering the sky.

The fleeing beetles were reduced to ashes in droves; the large ones were blown to smithereens, while the small ones were vaporized.

Shenhe watched with great interest, arms crossed, and couldn't help but click his tongue, "Wow... am I really going to eat this fruit later? Won't it make me crackle and spark?"

[Indeed, it must be terrible!]

"You're the one who said that! Am I not supposed to eat anymore?"

Eat it! Don't worry, it's good for you!

"So I believe you, System?"

【Um】

The thunderbolt electrocuted for more than ten minutes, causing the area within a 20-meter radius to become completely barren. A large number of beetles ran out of the construction site, making it a no-go zone for the thunderbolt, leaving only a burnt smell in the air.

Shenhe stared intently at the Thunder Seed, his eyes darting around, then cautiously confirmed with the system.

"I... I really went?"

Go ahead, it's alright.

Shenhe lifted his foot and walked in that direction. As soon as he entered the twenty-meter range, Lei Jiangzi began to issue a warning!

The fruit was crackling with electric arcs!

"Sizzle! Smack! Smack!"

Shenhe kept walking forward until he was only fifteen meters away from it!

"Zzzzzzzzz—!"

A bolt of electricity shot out from the fruit and struck Shenhe's body!

"Damn it! Why is the current that struck me so strong?!"

When it shocks those beetles, the current is thin, only as thick as one or two fingers!

When it was Shenhe's turn, the electric current went straight up to his wrist!

Shenhe instinctively activated his spatial shield to protect himself!

"Snap—!"

The lightning struck the spatial shield hard, exploding instantly. The pale purple electric light first illuminated the entire construction site, then quickly went dark again.

Countless arcs of electricity spread and crawled along the shield like a spider web, crackling and hissing.

Shenhe stood behind the shield, completely unharmed.

It doesn't seem so scary after all?

Don't block it! Let it shock you!

"Okay, it was just a subconscious reaction! Don't blame me! It's all thanks to my superior combat skills!"

【This… um… okay…】

"Sizzle—!"

Lei Jiangzi missed his first attack, so he attacked again!

"Sizzle sizzle—!"

This time, Shenhe didn't defend himself. He closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and stubbornly took the blow with his body!

As the electric current entered his body, his muscles stiffened, and a tingling, numbing pain spread throughout his body, rendering him completely immobile. It felt exactly like when he was a child and got shocked by a leaky light bulb, only a hundred or a thousand times stronger.

"Sizzle—!"

"Snap—!"

Another bolt of lightning struck!

Shenhe was sent flying, his body quickly retreating more than twenty meters away before landing on the ground!

I lay there for about two minutes before the tingling sensation throughout my body subsided, and I forced myself to sit up...

"It's alright, it doesn't hurt!"

[Overall Qualities +2]

He looked extremely disheveled at that moment…

His hair stood on end like thorns, and his clothes were tattered, with only a few pieces of cloth hanging on his body, barely covering the parts that needed to be covered. Even beggars were dressed more neatly than him!

"Phew~"

He let out a breath.

"Ugh, it's backfiring...it hurts so much..."

"This is too ruthless! Even someone with my physique could be blown away like this, how are ordinary people supposed to awaken their powers by eating fruit?"

【Your plant was nurtured by the spiritual energy of the Soul Nourishing Hall; it's different from the ones outside.】

No matter how formidable the fruit outside may be, there will always be someone destined to subdue it and devour it.

"Alright, then I'll continue receiving electric shocks. It's good that it can improve my physical fitness, so I don't even want to eat it."

This is the only chance.

Shenhe pursed his lips, looked down, and saw that his clothes were completely ruined—his precious windbreaker!

There were still a few sparks on his trouser legs from the electric shock, but he was so strong that he didn't feel the heat and extinguished them with a simple pat.

Without any cover, the exposed skin on his arms and legs was covered with fine electrical burns, but they healed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, leaving only faint red marks in the blink of an eye.

No wonder he was told to find a secluded place...

She stood up and continued walking towards Lei Jiangzi. As she stood up, half of the few pieces of cloth she had left on her body fell off.

Whatever, let it be. Changing clothes won't help if I keep getting struck by lightning.

They entered the 20-meter range again.

"Sizzle—!"

Bring forth the lightning!