Chapter 2 2. Disaster Talent
Shengshi, Garden Community.
In the room, books were stacked neatly on the table, the desk lamp was on, and on one side was the cardboard box Su Hong brought back from the company.
He stood on the balcony, admiring the neon night scene in the distance. After a long time, he returned to the room, sat on a chair, and the [Doomsday Simulation Game] popped out of his sight.
"You can bring out a reward from the simulation: the blood-stained dagger and Xue Jing's head."
At the end of each doomsday simulation, the game will summarize what he has gained in the simulation, and he can return to reality with an item.
This is what he relies on to survive the end of the world.
As for how to choose, as long as he doesn't want monsters to come early, choosing a dagger is the right choice.
"Give me the dagger."
As he finished speaking, a dagger stained with blood and stained with rust fell into his hand.
"Blood-stained dagger (disastrous item): The dagger that killed an admirer. I don't know whether the blood or tears left on it are blood."
Su Hong held the dagger and seemed to be able to feel the woman's pain from the fresh blood.
"If a disaster item is found, should it be refined?"
The dagger blade flashed with a faint blood light, which was extremely mysterious.
The fruit knife turned into a disaster item after being contaminated with Xue Jing's blood. Does that mean she has become some kind of monster called disaster?
"Refining."
A pot of green soup appeared out of thin air in front of him. It was bubbling. The dagger was thrown into it. The blood stains on the blade gradually turned into blood, dyeing the green soup blood red.
When the dagger was taken out, the blade returned to its original smooth mirror surface and lost its mystery.
"The refining was successful, and I obtained the calamity talent (temporary): the attachment of my admirer."
"The Admirer's Attachment (Normal): The admirer's eyes have never left you, and any enemy who dares to hurt you will bear her wrath. When you cause damage to the enemy, there is a chance (10%) of causing damage to the enemy once Soul Piercing (Penetrating Damage)."
"You can bring temporary talents into the simulation game, or refine disaster items in the simulation game to obtain temporary talents. After passing the simulation game, you can choose to keep the talent."
Su Hong paused and then fell into deep thought.
When he first got the apocalyptic simulation game, he conducted three simulations in the company. Everything in it was so real, including the pain of death.
Maybe you don’t have to worry about the pain of death if you don’t enter the simulation.
But if you keep the status quo, things won't get better. It's better to take the initiative into your own hands.
"Start simulation."
"The current disaster potential is 2/2. The disaster potential will increase as the number of times you are exposed to disasters increases. Do you want to consume 1 point of disaster potential to start the simulation?"
"Note: After the disaster potential is consumed, it will take 24 hours to return to the upper limit."
"yes."
"The apocalyptic simulation has begun, and you have been given a temporary talent: the love of your admirer. I wish you good luck."
"I hope so."
Su Hong lay straight on the chair. For a moment, he felt as if he was out of the world. Time turned quickly and the lamp became dimmer and dimmer until there was no light.
Outside the balcony, day and night alternated, rainy days, sunny days... It wasn't until the curtains gradually turned moldy that he felt that the barrier between himself and the world had been pierced, and he embraced the world again.
He was still sitting in the room, but the room was dark and every corner was covered with dust and cobwebs. It looked like it hadn't been cleaned for a long time.
Not long after, a touch of blood flowed in the sky, and the end of the world came.
"The location where the simulation appears is determined based on my location in reality?"
Su Hong thought thoughtfully, if this was really the case, it would be good news for him.
He pushed the chair away and stood up. The chair legs rubbed against the floor, making a sour scream.
The void outside the window was extremely dark, swallowing up all light and heat. Only fiery red blood could flow out of it.
It seems that compared with the company, the garden community is a bit quiet.
He raised his wrist. It is now October 17th, the first day of the apocalypse, and a working day one month later. Most people are at work and not in the community.
There are fewer people here, so it’s safer?
This strange end of the world is unpredictable, but Su Hong did not make any random conclusions.
He came to the living room and turned on the TV. The familiar blue bar broadcast scrolled below. The interview camera on the right fell to the ground. The red and blue lights flashed and the police whistle continued, making people panic.
Su Hong could clearly hear the sound of spikes piercing into flesh, shadows dancing wildly amidst the sound of sirens, blood splattering on the asphalt road, and screams rising and falling.
Multiple news stations were rotated, either showing no signal or footage of people falling to the ground, playing one hellish disaster scene after another.
There is no doubt that this apocalyptic disaster affects the whole world and does not just happen in Shengshi. After experiencing many simulations, Su Hong doesn't have much fear of the weird apocalypse. Every simulated death adds a little more hope to the future.
What he has to do now is to find the monster hidden in the community and kill it.
Su Hong took out a sharp Western-style kitchen knife from the kitchen knife holder. When he walked out, the TV had been turned off due to a power outage, and the whole building went dark.
When you turn on your phone, the signal shows a big red cross.
When he came to the entrance, he took a deep breath, his eyes narrowed, and he opened the door.
The lights in the corridor were turned off, and only the emergency lights glowed with a faint orange light, which made people feel vaguely uneasy.
The building in the Garden Community is an old-fashioned unit building from decades ago. There are eight households on one floor corridor. The greasy and black wires on the ceiling of the corridor are exposed, making it a mess. It is unclear where they lead.
The corridor walls are peeling off, damp and moldy, the tiles are old, and there is yellow dirt hidden in the corners that cannot be mopped away.
At this time, the doors of every house on both sides were closed, and there was only a corpse in school uniform lying quietly on the corridor.
The emergency lights flickered slightly, and between the lights and the shadows of the corridor, something seemed to be crawling in front.
Su Hong stood in the corridor, clutching the sharp knife tightly, his palms sweating.
"you……"
A hoarse voice uttered strange syllables, the floor shook, and a tall figure walked up holding a deep iron cage lantern. Where the light climbed, the wall tiles turned into black bricks and moss, and wet drops of water dripped from the top of the dungeon.
What is even more creepy is that several black shadows are moving within the range of the iron cage lantern, and it seems that there is more than one weird figure like this.
"Go back to the cell, you sinner!" the black shadow roared, his voice close to a scream.
In a daze, some information appeared in Su Hong's mind out of thin air.
[The black-robed jailer outside the prison city]
[Disaster level: present world]
[Disaster Level: Level 1]
[Disaster Skill: Shock (Normal), improves deterrence, and has a probability of causing the enemy to fall into panic. 】
[Disaster Equipment: Broken Jailer Training Armor (Normal+). The training heavy armor equipped by Prison City Jailers is just a bit too thick and seems to be more used to prevent being beaten. 】
The black shadow roared over, its long and slender claws drilled through the holes in the fist armor, and grabbed Su Hong.
The cold claw wind broke through the flesh and blood, leaving three bloody marks on his shoulder.
Su Hong was in pain and woke up from the shock.
There was no time to think about the information that appeared inexplicably. The sharp knife drew a cold light and pierced the black robe. With a clang, sparks flew out and were bounced away by the thick black armor.
"Ho ho..." The black shadow let out a hoarse laugh, as if mocking his overestimation.
After the shock lost its effect, Su Hong was more focused than ever. He found that the monster in front of him seemed not as powerful as he imagined.
Turning over and adjusting his position, Su Hong waited for the opportunity to stab the black shadow in the neck.
There was another sound of a knife, and the sharp knife was bounced away.
His heart sank, and he faced the knife claws straight up, stabbing the black shadow even if he was injured.
"Qiang!"
But this time, he was lucky enough to trigger his talent.
"You triggered the special effect of the talent "Admirer's Attachment", causing a soul piercing to the black-robed jailer."
"ah!"
The soul of the enemy screamed and detached from the sharp knife, ignoring the thick armor, and penetrated into the shadow's flesh and blood.
"Uh..." Black Shadow's body became stiff, his jaw was like a stuck gear, and he couldn't speak.
The black shadow dissipated, and the tattered black robe and armor fell to the ground.
"You defeated the black-robed jailer and gained experience."
"You have gained 'Disaster Potential'*1."
"You obtained the jailer's training armor (ordinary +) with broken 'armor'."
"Killing the disaster monster for the first time, you feel invincible, the disaster potential is +35."
Just as the game prompt flashed, several black shadows struck him, and his eyes fell into darkness.
(End of chapter)