The afterlife blew up Gensokyo

Before the apocalypse, Su Ning was a complete homebody, living in his rented apartment by writing novels and playing games. Because he was too lazy to go out, he always kept a lot of various daily necessities in his apartment.

When the virus first broke out, he was fast asleep in bed. As one of the remaining 20% ​​of immune individuals, he was fortunate enough not to turn into that monster in his sleep, and also escaped the mass killing during the first outbreak.

However, this was only the beginning of an unfortunate situation.

The outbreak of the virus caused the complete collapse of social order. Survivors were desperately trying to escape every day. Although the immune people were immune to the virus, if they were scratched or bitten by zombies and caused a secondary infection, they would also be infected and turn into those mindless monsters.

After spending three months in fear and trembling in his rented room, having consumed all his stored food, he resolutely took an iron bar he had taken from the bed board and stepped into the apocalypse.

...That was a dark and hopeless time.

He stumbled and crawled among the lowest levels of the survivors, struggling for three whole years in the apocalypse. Then, during a mission to find supplies, he was betrayed by his own group, his limbs broken, and he was pushed into a horde of zombies...

At the moment of death, he returned from three years after the apocalypse, but the incredibly real feeling of death still surrounded him. His chest was torn open, his arms were ripped off and devoured, and everything before him was covered by countless pale hands and blood...

With his hands supporting him on the ground, Su Ning gasped for breath, and it took him a long time to recover.

"I absolutely must become a superhuman... In the apocalypse, without power, the fate is truly tragic..."

After splashing cold water on her face, Su Ning sat down on the sofa and turned on the TV.

Returning three years after the apocalypse, though merely a pitiful existence struggling at the bottom, he knew the trajectory of the world's development over the next three years, as well as the opportunities that those renowned powerhouses of the apocalypse had!

The first major viral outbreak, the second major viral mutation, the third zombie horde... no one knows these major events that happened in the apocalypse better than him!! With this information, he will definitely not suffer the same miserable fate of being devoured by hordes of zombies again!!!

Over the next three years, the world will undergo tremendous changes, and the key factor will be a terrifying virus that has silently infected all of humanity without anyone knowing when.

Su Ning knew that despite the current peace in the world, everyone, including himself, was actually infected with that terrifying virus. When the time came, nearly 80% of humanity would be killed by this virus and turned into mindless zombies!

However, while the virus brought destruction, it was also a key that unlocked human potential. Due to the virus's impact, some of the remaining 20% ​​of immune individuals were fortunate enough to awaken superpowers and become powerful individuals. The survivor bases in the apocalypse were basically established by these individuals.

The world was destroyed by a virus, but humanity evolved because of it—a truly ironic fact.

"Sure enough, the signs of the apocalypse were already showing at such an early stage..."

Seeing the news report on TV about a vicious serial killer, Su Ning's last shred of hope was shattered.

The virus outbreak was scheduled to occur three months later, but in reality, there were already individuals affected by the virus and turned into zombies three months prior. However, these individuals were few in number and were all controlled by the military and the state, and information channels regarding zombies were suppressed.

After all, no matter how powerful zombies are, they are still just flesh and blood. Humanity's firearms can effectively eliminate zombies, and it is not difficult to control public opinion in the face of the power of the state.

The serial killer being reported on television is actually a zombie whose virus has prematurely broken out. After the military took him into custody, they quickly took him to a laboratory for research.

Unfortunately, three months was far too short. Before the researchers in the lab could develop a vaccine, the virus broke out all over the world. Even though the national military had made thorough preparations for this, prevention and control were impossible with 80% of the population turning into zombies.

With the technology that humanity currently possesses, it is simply impossible to study this terrifying virus. They are not even aware that when the first zombie appeared, everyone in the world had already been infected with the virus.

It wasn't until two years after the apocalypse that researchers studying brain evolution at a survivor base proposed this hypothesis, and only then did humanity learn the truth about the apocalypse.

The reason Su Ning knew so much about this was because, after the apocalypse, the zombie reported on television that was captured and taken to a laboratory for research rapidly evolved into a terrifying being due to the special environment there. The third zombie horde was led and launched by that zombie king.

During that zombie horde catastrophe, many human survivor bases were completely destroyed. In the end, the human survivors used a desperate tactic of capturing the leader first to break into the horde. Many powerful survivors died before they finally killed the zombie king and ended the catastrophe. His former survivor base was destroyed in the zombie horde.

Such a memorable event is hard for him to forget, even if he wanted to.

—That zombie king must be killed while it's at its weakest!

As if recalling the scene of his friends in the apocalypse risking their lives to cover his escape when the survivor base was destroyed, Su Ning's eyes were filled with a ferocious look.

Because of that zombie horde disaster, the small team of survivors he had painstakingly built was completely wiped out, his true lover, his friends who had risked their lives for him... everything he had fought for in the apocalypse for two years was completely destroyed. How could he not hate it?

"The zombie king will probably be caught by the police around 3 PM tomorrow, near the artificial hill in the park in Luohu District..."

With her hands tightly covering her head, Su Ning quickly began to think.

"No one has realized the seriousness of the situation yet. The police only think it's a vicious serial murder case... So I have to hurry. If the military gets involved, I'll have no chance left... This zombie king probably only has a rudimentary level of intelligence right now, and its abilities haven't awakened yet. At most, it's just a little stronger. If the plan is right... it can work!!!"

Su Ning gritted her teeth.

If he could get his hands on a gun, his operation would be much easier. However, he's currently a recluse. Even though his courage and killing skills have improved dramatically since his rebirth three years after the apocalypse, his body is still weak. Using this body to get a gun? He'd probably be in jail before the apocalypse even arrives.

As for telling these things to the police or military from the country, he almost never even considered it. No one would believe him because he couldn't prove the existence of the virus. And once the zombie king was captured by the military, he would lose his only chance to kill him.

And when the apocalypse arrives and the virus breaks out, 80% of people will be killed by the virus and become zombies. He has no way to stop this process. Even if he tells the government about this, what difference will it make? With an 80% chance, he doesn't know who is immune. Instead, he loses his personal freedom, which is not worth it at all.

He desperately needed to increase his power, and the Corpse King was the best choice for him to awaken superpowers in the early stages.

"There are still three months until the apocalypse... The best time to hunt the Corpse King is at night; I won't have a chance during the day... It's 11 a.m. now, so I have about five or six hours to prepare..."

Taking a deep breath, Su Ning stood up, took out his bank cards, and prepared to go out to buy some essential items for hunting the Corpse King.

He had survived in the apocalypse for three years, so he still had the necessary skills to carry out actions. He didn't know what hesitation was.

However, as he opened his front door to leave, he saw the door opposite his own open, and a black-haired man dressed in casual clothes walked out. Upon seeing him, the man waved to him in a friendly manner.

"Hello, I'm a new tenant who recently moved here. You're my neighbor, right?"

(...Neighbor? I don't think I had one... No, I don't think I ever left the house before the apocalypse, I always ordered takeout... It's understandable that I don't remember, and I have absolutely no recollection of what happened after that... This kind neighbor was probably one of the unlucky 80% of people, or perhaps one of the unfortunate souls who was eaten by zombies in the early stages of the apocalypse...)

Several thoughts flashed through her mind. After giving the man in front of her a forced smile in response, Su Ning hurriedly went to the elevator to go downstairs and continue carrying out her plan.

However, preoccupied with his own thoughts, he didn't notice the meaningful look in the eyes of the black-haired man behind him as he looked at his retreating figure after he left.

"Not bad? It seems this protagonist has a strong ability to execute plans..."

Watching Su Ning hurry away from the building below, Shi Bai nodded thoughtfully, arms crossed.

The world is facing an imminent crisis of destruction, and naturally, the world will not stand idly by and wait for its demise. Thus, under these circumstances, various protagonists destined for greatness are born.

Some worlds give their chosen protagonist a system, some worlds allow the protagonist to be reborn, and some worlds give the protagonist all sorts of adventures... But no matter what, there is only one main reason why these worlds do this.

They need these protagonists to preserve the spark of the world, so as to ensure that the world is not completely destroyed. In this way, even if they fail in the end, they can at least survive as the "Spark World".

This is the origin of the protagonists, or rather, the chosen ones.

Because the origin of such worlds is hidden within all living beings, as long as the origin of the world exists, even if there is only one person still alive in the world, the world itself can survive as a world of sparks.

Although becoming a "Spark World" was the last resort for these worlds, it was still better than being completely destroyed without any other options.

So at certain times, for example, when the entire world is about to be completely destroyed, these worlds will send their chosen protagonists directly to another world to ensure that they are not completely destroyed. This is a very useful insurance measure.

Even if the world itself is not facing any crisis, it will randomly send a few transmigrators to other worlds every once in a while. Firstly, if the transmigrators have any adventures in other worlds, then the world itself will also benefit. Secondly, it serves as an insurance policy in the most critical moments.

Of course, most of the time, the world itself will randomly assign some cheat codes to these transmigrators they send away to ensure their survival rate. Generally speaking, these cheat codes are various systems created by these worlds, because the systems can ensure that they can openly line their own pockets.

It is precisely for this reason that the number of transmigrators is also unusually large... This is the origin of the transmigrator army.

P.S.: This is the first update today. The second update will be around 8, 9, or 10 PM tonight.

Chapter Six: Saving the World Begins with Becoming an Internet Celebrity

After thinking for a moment about the matter concerning Su Ning, the "protagonist" of this world, Shi Bai decided not to interfere.

After all, the world has gone to great lengths to create a protagonist, hoping that this protagonist can turn the tide. If he were to interfere, it would be disrespectful to the world.

He had seen many "protagonists" or chosen ones like this before, but he had never seen such a poor "protagonist".

In the past, protagonists at least had some kind of cheat ability. If the world was generous, there would be a strongest system or an invincible system that would automatically bind them. Even if it wasn't so generous, there would be something like an ancient book, a treasure, or a storage space to improve their abilities. But right now, in this "world protagonist" Su Ning, I couldn't find any cheat ability at all.

...So all they gave him was a cheat code of being reborn? They didn't even want to improve his physical abilities a little bit? This guy, who's been staying home all his life, thinks he can take down a zombie king who's already killed over a dozen people... This world is way too stingy.

"I even thought he had some kind of system he was planning to extract and study..."

Turning his gaze away from the outside world, Shi Bai looked at his palm.

In his hand, about seven or eight points of light of different colors floated in the air above his palm. These points of light were the system he had intercepted, which he wanted to find the system bound to Yakumo Yukari, and could also be called the [Wandering World].

In worlds on the verge of destruction, such places have always been a good place for those "wandering worlds" to scavenge for food, since they can also get a few sips of soup while others are eating meat.

If he hadn't intervened and captured these systems, Yukari Yakumo would likely have faced the same situation where many systems were eager to bind to her. These systems could forcibly bind to ordinary people, but it was impossible to forcibly bind to someone like Yukari Yakumo. Although most of these systems possessed some unique abilities—after all, they were remnants of a world—in Shi Bai's eyes, these systems were basically all beggars.

"【Pretentious Face-Slapping System】, 【Outdoor Live Streaming System】, 【Strongest Survival System】, 【Goddess System】, 【Peerless Transvestite System】, 【Magical Girl System】... What kind of weird and awful things are these?"

After examining each of the systems he had captured one by one, Shi Bai's lips twitched noticeably.

If some of these systems are useful, he wouldn't mind keeping them to use as prizes in his future plans. But what are these things anyway?

You know, this place is practically the end of the world, yet these systems keep showing off and getting slapped in the face, doing outdoor live streams, cultivating unparalleled transvestites, and even becoming goddesses... What the hell are these systems doing here, messing around with the fun?

A system like this, which leans towards urban life, shouldn't it take you to peaceful city-states? Coming all this way to this kind of world is just utter nonsense…

After looting the newbie gift packs that these systems provided for their hosts, as was customary, Shi Bai casually released them. These things were incredibly resilient, and since he had reformed, he naturally wouldn't do anything like dismantling systems again.

As for why he took those newbie gift packs... he wanted the hosts that the systems would find later to experience the wickedness of society.

Just imagining the expressions on the faces of future hosts when they excitedly open the newbie gift pack only to find it empty makes Shi Bai feel incredibly amused.

He had just finished dealing with this matter when Yakumo Yukari, who had been out, rushed home. Upon seeing him, she immediately asked him a question.

"Wait a minute, didn't you say the apocalypse wouldn't happen for another three months? Why are there zombies now?"

"……Uh?"

Upon hearing Yakumo Yukari's words, Shi Bai felt an ominous premonition rise in his heart.

Sure enough, as a gap silently opened in mid-air, a middle-aged male zombie, whose entire body was completely bound with industrial transparent tape and whose hair was half bald, fell into the living room through the gap.

Hmm... I've confirmed it... It's that Corpse King...

Looking at the extremely unsightly middle-aged bald Mediterranean zombie that was spinning, jumping, and twisting on the floor like a maggot before sleep, Shi Bai's eyes twitched violently.

"Didn't I tell you before not to bring those strange things into the house?"

"But don't you find it strange? There should still be three months before the virus fully breaks out. You don't even give me three months. How am I supposed to save the world?"

With obvious disdain, Yukari Yakumo kicked the zombie on the ground, her expression full of dissatisfaction.

"Because of this guy, all the things I bought have been ruined. It's absolutely outrageous."

Shi Bai: "..."

Silently turning his head to look at the already dark sky outside, Shi Bai suddenly thought of this question.

My neighbor should be on his way to hunt the Corpse King right now. Since his target has already been brought back by Yakumo Yukari... what will happen to him?

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At 9 p.m., fully armed, Su Ning held her breath and hid in a stall in the women's restroom in the park.

A few hours wasn't enough time for him to buy a lot of equipment, but he did prepare the necessary protective gear. To prevent himself from being bitten, he even tied thick magazines to his arms and legs for protection.

If he gets bitten by a zombie, he will turn into one too, so he must be fully prepared. For a reborn individual to be bitten to death less than a day after being reborn... that's just too ridiculous.

A boning knife that he could currently afford, a heavy steel rod he bought from a construction site, an N95 mask, gloves, linen shoes, disinfectant alcohol... and so on.

In preparing for these things, he even forgot to update his novel today. After all, the world was going to end in three months, so why bother writing a novel?

However, to avoid being called a "pigeon" (someone who doesn't keep their promises), during the time she was hiding in the women's restroom stall, Su Ning took out her phone and quickly typed out a chapter explaining that she had to save the world and therefore couldn't update, then uploaded it.

Whether my readers believe it or not doesn't matter. The important thing is that I really am saving the world. If I can kill that terrifying zombie king now, then there won't be such a terrible zombie horde disaster in the future!

"It's 9:25. If I remember correctly, in five minutes, those corpses that were bitten to death by that zombie king and placed in the hospital morgue should come back to life... I hope the police will take this seriously."

After glancing at the time displayed on his phone, Su Ning took a deep breath.

In his memory, a major incident occurred that night: multiple people died or were injured at the city's central hospital for unknown reasons, and eventually even the military was deployed. The incident caused quite a stir at the time, but online discussions about it were quickly suppressed and eventually faded away.

The truth about what happened at the hospital is actually quite simple: the corpses bitten by the Zombie King were resurrected as blood-sucking zombies. These undead emerged from the morgue and silently invaded the hospital under the cover of night, causing one human tragedy after another.

It was precisely because of the horrific scene at the hospital that the government and military finally noticed these strange and unusual things, and quickly laid a trap in the city to successfully capture the zombie king!

Although zombies are terrifying, the lowest-level zombies are completely powerless against human firearms. If it weren't for the virus outbreak that occurred at the same time and quickly killed 80% of the population, zombies would be nothing to worry about with the technological power that humans possess.

In one afternoon, besides buying the items to kill the Corpse King, Su Ning also secretly went to the hospital's morgue to take a look.

He did only one thing when he left the morgue.

He used a thick chain to firmly lock the entire morgue door shut.

When those corpses come back to life, the hospital staff who heard the commotion inside probably won't be foolish enough to break the chains and go to investigate a place where only the dead exist... If there really is such an idiot, there's nothing that can be done, since he has already done what he could.

As for why he's hiding in the women's restroom, it's because it's a place he knows the Corpse King will definitely come to.

According to reports the following day, around 10 p.m., a young woman was murdered near the women's restroom in the park, and her body was later taken away by the military.

Instead of aimlessly searching for the Corpse King, it's better to stay here and wait for him to come to us.

Remarkably patient, after seizing the opportunity at 8 PM to sneak into the women's restroom with his tools, Su Ning waited patiently in the stall for nearly two hours.

Finally, the time displayed on the phone changed to 10:00.

Holding her breath, Su Ning peered through the crack in the door. At this late hour, few people passed by in the park, and the flickering lights inside the restroom created an eerie atmosphere.

Accompanied by the sound of high heels clicking on the ground, a heavily made-up young woman carrying a handbag hurriedly walked in from outside the restroom. Upon seeing this scene, Su Ning immediately became extremely alert, one hand already gripping the thick steel pipe tightly.