In the darkness, a lifelike holographic image suddenly appeared around a group of immobile players.
With it, a cold, emotionless electric current rang out above their heads as a hologram of an island slowly emerged into view.
[Ding! Welcome, players, to the A-level copy [Doomsday Ark]. Your entire progress through the copy will be broadcasted live (except for private periods).]
[The copy can accommodate up to 200 players, with the current number of survivors at 200/200.]
[Now, let us introduce the game’s background.]
[In the year s3011, a nuclear power plant exploded, leaking nuclear waste into the global water supply, marking the beginning of the world’s end.]
[Creatures contaminated by the pollution became infected with a virus and underwent terrible mutations, including but not limited to deformities and decay.]
[These mutated creatures, known as the infected, exhibit behaviors such as frenzied attacks, rampages, and loss of reason. In addition, they will cause secondary pollution when in contact with other organisms, with no one spared.]
[In order to protect the last habitat of Blue Star’s creatures, humans launched the ‘Infected Annihilation Plan,’ which was classified as the highest level SSS plan.]
[Over the next few decades of the ‘Infected Annihilation Plan,’ scientists developed a genetic modification plan that could resist the zombies and created a new generation of humans with extraordinary special abilities.]
[These new humans were called ability users/supernaturals.]
[Subsequently, ability users played a crucial role in the annihilation of infected.]
[As global pollution worsened, in order to save the last lives on Blue Star, humans initiated the ‘Doomsday Ark’ plan. All of the Blue Star families united to build a giant survivor protection zone, which was the last pure land on the whole planet.]
[The Doomsday Ark is a large transporter that can move on land, sea, and air, using the world’s most advanced technology and strongest materials.]
[Nowadays, non infected creatures around the world are being saved one by one. However, human beings believe that there are still countless human survivors in every corner of the world. The Captain’s Alliance of the Doomsday Ark sends out signals globally via satellite every day, hoping that all surviving humans can enter the Doomsday Ark. They continuously move and explore, searching for essential supplies and survivors.]
[Ten years ago, ability users discovered the existence of the zombie king during an annihilation plan. It was different from other infected because it possessed the ability of self-awareness and evolution. The appearance of the zombie king resulted in repeated attacks on humans, and the Doomsday Ark was damaged in multiple battles, humans’ survival environment became more and more perilous.]
[A year ago, the Ark captured a signal from the S lab. According to the signal analysis, a scientist who had been hiding in the S lab researching a cure for the infected successfully captured a zombie that could produce antibodies. From the zombie, he successfully extracted the viral antigen.]
[However, the Zombie King soon launched an attack, took the zombie, and killed all the scientists.]
[Before the scientists died, they hid the last hope of humanity in a secret laboratory and sent out a signal in their final moments.]
[All that was needed was to find an antigen, and the antidote and detoxification “medicine” could be produced quickly and effectively.]
[Ding! The first main task is now being released. The subsequent tasks will be released after the completion of the main task.]
[Friendly reminder: This copy has no time limit. There are two ways for this task to end:
1. all 200 players die. 2. The antidote and detoxification “medicine” are produced.]
[Attention, 200 players. You are the ability users in the Ark plan, currently on the battlefield to annihilate the infected.]
[Please withstand the “zombie frenzy”. The time for this “zombie frenzy” is 30 minutes.]
[After 30 minutes, I will be waiting for the survivors at the Ark.]
[Copy is loading, players are invited to enjoy the crazy doomsday carnival!]
The holographic images in front of the 200 players shattered into thousands of pieces, replaced by a physical scene that rapidly descended from the sky.
As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but devastation.
The once bronze-colored earth had turned into a jarring blackish-red. The cracked ground was littered with rocks of varying sizes and small clumps of dust were suspended in the air, motionless.
During the copy loading process, everything was still.
The 200 players were not gathered together, but scattered across the battlefield, which was littered with debris and bumps.
On the battlefield, there was another species besides them, and it was more appropriate to describe it as a strange and peculiar collective rather than a single entity.
Some stood on two legs like humans, while others crawled on all fours.
Each of these monsters had an unusual appearance, some covered in repulsive, festering sores, some with eyes all over their faces, and others with a face split in half, one side human and the other a rat’s face, only connected by a few red sinews. They varied greatly in size, some towering up to five or six meters, while others were barely a meter tall.
Bai Lixin could tell that not all of the infected were human; among the attacking monsters were some that resembled animals.
Before Bai Lixin stood a monster whose head had been “hollowed” out in the shape of a concave, with its brain completely removed, both eyes gone, and only half a nose, a mouth, and two large ears remained on its decaying face. Brain fluid mixed with dried blood trickled down from its head, and its skull was exposed to the air.
This monster was only an arm’s length away from Bai Lixin, and at this moment, its hand was already reaching toward his abdomen. Its sharp and muddy fingertips only needed to probe a little further to easily puncture Bai Lixin’s abdominal cavity.
The monster was motionless, and so was the player.
Some players, like Bai Lixin, faced off against terrifying monsters, while others were lucky enough to have no monsters around them.
The system’s voice once again appeared in everyone’s mind.
[The copy is about to load, with a countdown of thirty seconds. Players have ten seconds to understand their own abilities and become familiar with them through practical combat.]
[Switching to the player’s private system channel.]
After the cold electric sound disappeared, the familiar voice of the escape system appeared in Bai Lixin’s mind.
[Master Bai Lixin, your acquired ability is called “Charm,” and it is currently at level 1.]
【The skill description of “Charm” is as follows: it is a mind control skill that can disrupt the target’s thoughts and actions through visual interference. As the skill level increases, player Bai Lixin can completely control the target’s body and mind, seize control of their body, and steal their memories.]
【Friendly reminder: because the “Charm” skill requires eye contact with the target, targets with 0 vision are immune to your “Chatm” skill.】
After hearing this, Bai Lixin looked at the blind monster standing in front of him: “…”
I have nowhere to put my charm.
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In the Live Broadcast Room.
[“The Needle is Too Strong”]
[“Another Day With F Luck Value”]
[“I Knew It Early”]
[“I Wish You Weren’t Blind”]
[“My Charm Doesn’t Have A Place to Rest”]
[Sure enough, it’s another day of heartache for God Xin. If I had to bring out one thing to compete with God Xin, my luck value would easily crush him.]
[“The Matter of Me Having the Charm Skill, But My Target Is Blind”]
[After five days, God Xin finally entered a copy, I’m so happy! There are 200 players in the instance, so many people!]
[ Not only that, this copy is also very rare, appearing at a very low frequency. I’ve been playing this game for five years and it’s the first time I’ve seen this copy.]
[ But with supernatural powers and zombies, we get to watch a blockbuster.]
[My family is here, and the game lobby has been bustling for days. It’s always crowded. Does the official earn a lot of money from selling tickets?]
[But two tokens have already been revealed: one was on the 50th floor and the other was on the 250th floor.]
[Is there any pattern to it?]
[I heard the person on the 50th floor won it from a lucky draw at a counter, while the one on the 250th floor discovered it in an ancient tree. The two seem to have no common ground.]
[Only 2 tokens have come out in 5 days, no one has experience in the early stages, so it should get faster and faster in the later stages, right?]
[Who knows, but now some guilds are already spending a lot of money to acquire these tokens.]
[At this time, God Xin surprisingly went to do tasks. He really does treat money like dirt.]
[What’s up? God Xin is now the president of the Core Fire Guild, he has money and people, he doesn’t have to go and find the himself.]
[What! Core Fire Guild? President? Damn, no wonder! Good brother, if you really tell me there’s a chance to meet, I’ll apply to join!]
[I’m joining too!]
[I’ll be your competitor!]
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[10, 9, 8… 3, 2, 1, the game starts!]
As the system shouted “start,” Bai Lixin had already put all his strength into his legs. When the spine-chilling “start” sounded, he immediately made a lightning-fast jump, while at the same time, a huge deep pit appeared where he had just been standing.
Bai Lixin tried to take out his weapon from his backpack but found it empty.
Immediately, the system’s prompt rang out in his mind. [Ding! In order to increase the sense of scarcity of resources in the doomsday copy, the backpack cannot be accessed, and all items cannot be used, or stored.]
The concave-faced monster missed, and its huge ears on both sides rotated and shook like the pupils of a chameleon. The next second, it flew towards Bai Lixin.
Around them, many players screamed in agony.
While dodging the concave-faced monster’s attack, Bai Lixin surveyed the entire battlefield out of the corner of his eye.
At the moment the game started, many players were unable to adapt to their abilities in time or dodge the monsters’ attacks. Some were knocked down, some were slapped, and some were bitten by the monsters.
One player was caught by a monster and, with a hard tug, had their arm torn off.
Behind these monsters, a group of aggressive monsters were running towards the battlefield, trying to join in.
As the concave-faced monster attacked again, Bai Lixin flew up and kicked.
The next second, the concave-faced monster was kicked out and smashed heavily among the zombie army, causing a cloud of dust to rise and slightly hindering the zombie army’s advance.
Among the dense gray-black dust, the zombies seemed to notice Bai Lixin more.
Among the zombies was a special zombie. It immediately roared and pointed at Bai Lixin. Afterwards, countless zombies turned in one direction, and hundreds of zombies rushed towards him.
Suddenly, several arrows shimmering with cold light fell from the sky, directly piercing some zombies’ bodies and pinning them to the ground, some even pinning two or three in a row.
Bai Lixin took a quick glance and saw Li Cancan raising her hand with cold eyes. In her hand was a golden bow, and she maintained the posture of pulling the bowstring while continuously releasing arrows into the sky.
Her action of pulling the bow was skillful and neat. In the moment of battle, her gentle temperament was completely gone, replaced by a chilling decisiveness.
Someone jumped to Bai Lixin’s side. He looked over and found that it was Zhou Guang.
Zhou Guang sent both hands forward next to Bai Lixin, and a tall earth wall suddenly rose from the ground. The earthen wall was thirty meters high, directly blocking the monsters on the other side.
Zhou Guang: “This is my supernatural ability – the ability of the earth element.”
The two of them had just exchanged this sentence when those monsters that moved extremely fast rushed to the front. They smashed the earth wall, and after a few efforts, thick cracks appeared on the wall.
Zhou Guang clasped his hands tightly, cold sweat dripped from his forehead. Because he continued to use the ability, all ten fingers were exerting force, and the veins on the backs of his fingers burst out one by one.
However, all of this was a drop in the bucket, and the earthen wall still cracked at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The light arrows overhead also stopped falling. Bai Lixin looked back at Li Cancan, and found that her face had started to turn pale.
The voice of the escape system reminded Bai Lixin in his mind, [Although supernatural abilities are powerful, using them consumes a significant amount of physical energy. Without sufficient stamina to sustain their powers, ability users’ strength will quickly be depleted.]
Just as Bai Lixin was preparing to tell Zhou Guang to stop, a green light suddenly fell on him. The light was gentle and delicate, and he could even sense the vibrant vitality emanating from it.
Zhou Guang, who was enveloped in the green light, quickly recovered at a visible rate.
Behind them, Li Cancan was also wrapped in a green light. Bai Lixin looked over and saw that it was Liang Xi using his ability.
It seemed that Liang Xi’s ability was for healing.
“Get out of the way!”
A roar tore through the air, and Bai Lixin and Zhou Guang were both stunned.
In the blink of an eye, the words seemed to dissipate in the air. Xia Chi rushed out with a black giant gun in his hand.
He stood on top of the earth wall, looking down at the zombies below and firing not colorful lasers but black lines from the gun.
As those lines penetrated the zombies’ bodies, they instantly turned into ash, without even having the chance to make a sound.
Xia Chi kept firing while saying, “Brother, I’m awesome, right? This is my superpower, Dark Matter Shapeshift.”
“I can make more than just a gun, I can transform too,” Xia Chi said as he spoke, and the black weapon in his hand quickly twisted and deformed. In the next moment, it turned into a mini cannon.
Because it was small, the activation time of the cannon was very short. The first shot was fired within five seconds, directly killing a group of zombies.
Xia Chi laughed and said, “Hahaha, I’ll kill all you ugly monsters!”
Bai Lixin: “…”
Bai Lixin doubted life for a moment.
Just as Xia Chi was preparing to fire the second cannon, he suddenly swayed twice, then leaned back and fell straight down from the earth wall.
Bai Lixin quickly caught Xia Chi’s waist and saw that his face had turned pale.
