Chapter Two An Apple

  The entire room was a mess, with scarlet blood and brain matter splattered all over the walls and floor. However, for Zhou Yue, this wasn't as frightening as it should have been, because his mind was still reeling from the sharp fangs and dark claws that had flashed before his eyes. He was truly terrified, his brain like a camera that could only record what he saw and heard, unable to think or process anything else, so he didn't even notice his surroundings.

  After standing still like a wooden puppet for seven or eight minutes, Zhou Yue finally managed to calm his head down and began to think about the cause and effect of all this, as well as what he should do. At this moment, he finally became like a living person, just like after being suffocated underwater for a long time, he started gasping for air with big mouthfuls, and that strong bloody smell even made him want to vomit violently, but in the end, he still managed to hold it back, he didn't know he had such potential.

  With his lips tightly pursed, Zhou Yue's gaze swept over the monster's corpse, and suddenly a clear piece of information popped up in his mind. He had seen this information before, but at that time he was so frightened that he didn't notice such details, so it wasn't until now that he completely calmed down and remembered this point.

  "Level 1 evil spirit (already dead), created by the plague made by Zhang Jiao of the Yellow Turbans, can be driven by Yellow Turban soldiers, combat rating: trash!"

  "Health 0/12, Strength 0/10, Agility 0/10, Defense 0/1, Attack 0/1"

  This brief message shocked Zhou Yue, first of all, it was the kind of data-like description, and secondly, it was the reason why the evil spirit was formed. He had previously thought that a biological crisis had occurred, but now it seems that this is not a zombie at all, but a plague created by Zhang Jiao's scoundrel. There is no doubt that the source of the previous terrifying yin wind was the plague, and there was also a yellow talisman. Fortunately, he was lucky enough not to be infected successfully, which shows that his physical condition is not bad. On the other hand, the woman next door was very unlucky, and her boyfriend was even more unlucky!

  Now, whether Zhang Jiao is the real one in history or not is no longer important. Whether it's scientific or reasonable or not is also no longer important. What's important is that these ghostly things are now really existing!

  Heaving a sigh in his heart, Zhou Yue's mind gradually cleared up. Now he could be sure that the doomsday was probably real. Even if it wasn't the real doomsday, it must be an unprecedented huge disaster. So from this moment on, he had to think of every means and be extra careful, not for anything else, just to preserve his own life!

  But what he needs to do first is to determine three things. Firstly, he must find out whether the evil spirits created by Zhang Jiao's plague will spread quickly like zombies?

  Now that he knows the black city in the center of Chokyu City belongs to Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turban forces, just how formidable are they? Besides spreading plagues, what other fearsome destructive power do they possess? Can they be annihilated by a modernized army equipped with modern weapons? This is related to whether he needs to hide on this rooftop waiting for the military rescue or escape from this city.

  Thirdly, apart from these large and medium-sized cities, are there similar black cities in the vast rural areas, towns and wilderness? If he wants to escape, he must determine the direction!

  He quickly organized his thoughts and picked up the desktop computer that had been destroyed. He needed to confirm the first point, whether this evil spirit was contagious or not. In addition, if he wasn't mistaken, there were other tenants in the house besides him, including an old lady who was the landlord's wife, a night shift worker, and a white-collar worker. Today, the landlord and his wife, as well as the white-collar worker, were all out of the house, but that man was definitely at home, and he had to be on guard against him becoming an evil spirit too!

  He carefully moved the corpse of the evil spirit, and Zhou Yue walked out with extreme vigilance. However, when his gaze fell on the guy who died miserably, he suddenly relaxed, because another similar message appeared in his mind.

  "Level 0 Hunter Slave (already dead, ID cancelled, combat evaluation: an existence like a piglet, only fit to be slaughtered!)"

  "Health 0/10, Stamina 0/5, Strength 0/8, Agility 0/8, Defense 0/0"

  After reading the content of this message, especially the combat power evaluation, Zhou Yue suddenly felt an uncontrollable surge of anger in his heart, because at this moment he suddenly discovered that he could also see data information about himself.

  "Level 0 Hunter Slave (ID: 1802093123, Combat Evaluation: An existence as insignificant as a piglet, only fit to be slaughtered!)"

  "Health 9/10, Stamina 5/5, Strength 10/10, Agility 9/9, Defense 0/0"

  Zhou Yue's anger only lasted for a brief moment before dissipating, not because he had resigned himself to his fate, but because the bloody scene before him was reminding him that blind rage and self-respect were meaningless; what was crucial was finding a way to solve the problem.

  In his heart, Zhou Yue first memorized the three pieces of information, then went to lock the door of the building from the inside. He took out a thick-bladed cleaver used for chopping bones from the kitchen and walked towards the landlord's house. However, what made him both disappointed and relieved was that the old lady in her seventies had long since passed away. She was unable to provide Zhou Yue with any feedback, undoubtedly due to her weak body, she died directly after the outbreak of the plague, so not only could she not become a slave hunter, but also couldn't even become an evil spirit. This might be the best outcome!

  Then, Zhou Yue walked to the door of the man who was on night shift and knocked on the door with a cleaver. Suddenly, a trembling and vicious voice came from inside the room, "Get out... Get out, you... You dare to come in, I... I... I'll kill you!"

  Upon hearing the voice, Zhou Yue also felt at ease. Being able to speak proved that the guy hadn't turned into an evil spirit yet. He let out a cold snort and turned back to his room. Now he had to change clothes immediately. The bloodstains weren't a big deal, but the chilly feeling in his pants was uncomfortable.

  Quickly changing his clothes, Zhou Yue immediately began packing some spare clothes and daily necessities into a backpack, now he had to be prepared to escape at any time.

  However, at the same time, he was also pondering those three pieces of digitized information. As a semi-standard pseudo-otaku, he understood all too well the significance that this digitization represented. He had no interest in finding out which god was playing this massive joke on Earth's people. Since it wasn't just a dream, then he would have to adapt as quickly as possible!

  According to the comparison of data from that unlucky man, that level 1 evil spirit and his own data, Zhou Yue could get a very clear result, which is that the life value of an ordinary person should be a standard 10 points. The evil spirit, being level 1, had its life value changed to 12. This means that if it can be upgraded, every time it upgrades one level, its life value will increase by two points.

  As for that power, agility is also easy to understand. These two attributes are different from person to person. For example, Zhou Yue has three more points in these two items than that unlucky kid. However, he can't figure out what the strength value means, and there's even a defense of 0. It seems that human flesh is really not worth mentioning!

  In addition, the number of that hunter also revealed a lot of intelligence, such as Zhou Yue's number, which was actually ranked after 1.8 billion, doesn't this mean that at least 1.8 billion people on the entire earth have become so-called hunters?

  "Grass! 1.8 billion pigs?"

  Zhou Yue cursed under her breath, looked up and gazed at the massive black city in the downtown area. At this moment, the entire Red Mountain City was filled with the sound of police sirens, many places had even broken out into raging fires, thick smoke billowed, chaos everywhere, and in the small district where she was located, mournful cries for help kept ringing out intermittently!

  He sighed, Zhou Yue was somewhat worried. Just now, he had scanned the entire open area of the residential district with one glance, and there were at least over a hundred level 1 evil spirits roaming about, crazily chasing after the people who had managed to survive in the residential district.

  Those sharp fangs and razor-sharp claws were truly a nightmare, and he didn't even have a gun in his hand, how could he be their match? Was he going to die trapped here?

  "Huh?"

  At this time, Zhou Yue suddenly let out a soft "hmm" because he found that next to the dead evil spirit on the ground, there was an additional small bag flashing with a faint light. This thing was just covered by the fallen wooden door, and just now, due to his tension and busyness, he didn't notice it at all, until this moment when he stood at the window sill from this angle.

  He walked over and pushed the dilapidated wooden door aside, and Zhou Yue picked up the small bag that was emitting a faint glow with some curiosity. At this moment, what came to his mind was the drop of items in the game. If it were really like that, things would be much more interesting!

  The small bag wasn't very big, and it felt soft to the touch. He didn't know what material it was made of, and he couldn't tell what was inside either. Zhou Yue observed it for a while before reaching in, and as soon as his hand touched something round and plump, the little bag suddenly disintegrated into countless tiny lights that vanished without a trace. Immediately after, a red apple appeared right in front of him.

  "Uh---an apple? Consuming it increases life points a bit, non-combat consumable item?"

  Zhou Yue was stunned, unable to express whether he was surprised or disappointed. In fact, he still hoped that he could drop at least one temporarily usable weapon for him.

  "Okay, at least it's still an apple!"