Chapter 77: The Crisis After Unlocking Evolution

  Duan Yue walked steadily in the corridor, holding a black sword. If he could wear a white robe, he would look exactly like a handsome swordsman, although this swordsman was a bit thin.

  He took out another lollipop from his pocket, put it in his mouth, hoping to ease his tension. Although his footsteps were still steady, the palms of his hands holding the hilt had already begun to sweat. Duan Yue now wanted to try fighting zombies, and see if he could become an Evolver.

  Going up the stairs to the fifth floor, Wu Xiaotian knew that one of the rooms on the fifth floor had a zombie inside. This was because when he had finished eating all the food in his own home, he had searched for food in this building unit and had heard loud banging sounds coming from that room when he first reached the fifth floor, indicating that there were zombies inside.

  "Hmm..."

  Staring at the anti-theft door, listening to the fierce impact inside, Duan Yue took a deep breath several times before suppressing the tension in his heart.

  "Hmm..."

  After exhaling a mouthful of hot air, Duan Yue concentrated his mind and directly inserted the key he found from inside the corridor into the lock. He then kicked the anti-theft door with one foot, and the zombies inside were still desperately hitting the door. The suddenly opened anti-theft door was pushed to the ground.

  Yue didn't hesitate, directly raised the black sword in his hand and chopped it down towards the zombie that had already fallen to the ground. However, the zombie also didn't hesitate. Although it was knocked over by the suddenly opened security door, it didn't have the same confusion as a human would when suddenly being pushed over. Seeing food delivered right to its doorstep, why would it sit and wait for death?

  Only to see that the zombie's sharp claws were just rising towards Duan Yue, and the black sword also arrived just in time. The iron-cutting black sword made contact with the zombie's arm without making any sound, and cut off both of its hands.

  As the zombie's hands hit the ground, Duan Yue couldn't care less about the blood spurting out, his right hand holding the black sword shrunk back and stabbed at the zombie's skull.

  Scoff

  Because Duan Yue was using a sword for the first time, his aim was a bit off, and the black sword directly pierced into the zombie's mouth that emitted a foul odor, with the tip of the sword passing through the back of the zombie's head.

  After pulling the black sword out of the zombie's mouth, Duan Yue saw that the legendary evolution energy emerged from the zombie's body, and he didn't feel anything being absorbed.

  Powerless, he fell to the ground and put the black sword aside. Although he was a little disappointed in his heart, Duan Yue did not get angry because he knew that there were many ways to evolve, not just by killing zombies. This is only one of the ways to evolve, as long as you find the key to unlock the evolution lock, he doesn't believe he can't become an evolver. With a relaxed mind, Duan Yue didn't feel the blood in his body start flowing rapidly, nor did he notice that after killing the zombie, the black sword "Duan Yue" suddenly flashed and felt a bit darker than before.

  "It's gone back."

  After a while, Yue slowly got up from the ground, muttering to himself about what he should do now. He was no longer entangled with the zombie, knowing that he should return home to decoct medicine for his mother.

  Just as he was about to pick up the black sword beside him, his fingers felt like they had been pricked by a needle as soon as he touched it. However, the stinging pain did not disappear immediately, but instead spread out, from his fingertips to his palm, from his palm to his shoulder, until his entire body felt like it was being pricked by needles. For some reason, his hand tightly grasped the black sword.

  Sweat dripped from his skin, wetting the clothes on Duan Yue's body. The intense pain caused Duan Yue to kneel down halfway, and he could only use the black sword to support himself to prevent his body from falling. However, the pain continued to deepen, changing from the pain of being pierced by millions of needles to a pain like being slowly sliced by a knife. This pain continued to intensify, as if it was going to torture Duan Yue to death without end.

  Every time Duan Yue could no longer bear the severe pain and was about to faint, but he dared not faint. He knew that if he fainted now, all that awaited him was death.

  "Why did I end up like this now? I still have to take care of Mother, and I'm supposed to become an Evolver and assist him too!"

  Although his consciousness was strong, the intense pain that pierced deep into his soul made him almost unable to hold on and faint. Just as he was about to pass out, a cool sensation spread through his brain, momentarily reviving his spirit. This cooling sensation did not disappear but instead gradually flowed throughout his entire body, causing the intense pain to rapidly subside wherever it went, like a raging fire being extinguished by a flood of water.

  When the pain was completely gone, Duan Yue lay on the floor like a dead dog, staring at the white ceiling and thinking in his heart: "Brother, I owe you another life, this life is not enough to repay!"

  No matter the stench of the corpse beside him, Duan Yue lay on the cold wooden floor, knowing that the refreshing feeling was thanks to Wu Xiaotian's blood. Wu Xiaotian's blood had saved him once again. Putting that aside, Duan Yue knew he had unlocked the legendary evolution lock, becoming an Evolver himself. Although he didn't know why the evolution lock had been triggered, none of that mattered now - what mattered was that he, Duan Yue, was now an Evolver!

  "At the end of the world, you wait for me, I will assist him in destroying you!"

  Duan Yue finished speaking, and he anxiously wanted to know what his evolutionary ability was. However, at this moment, he couldn't even move a finger, as the intense pain had drained all his physical strength, leaving him lying on the floor like a dead dog, without even having the energy to lift a finger. Now, he could only use his brain to deduce his abilities.

  Duan Yue, sleeping on the floor, did not notice a zombie with one leg missing was scratching at it, trying to crawl out of a room but being blocked by the door. The door opened inwardly, and the zombie couldn't open it, so it kept scratching at the wooden door, trying to remove the obstacle between it and its food. It turned out that there were two zombies inside this house, but one was still in the room and Duan Yue didn't see it.

  Duan Yue was still staring at the ceiling, unaware of the danger that was about to come his way. He kept imagining what kind of evolution ability he would have. Would it be like Wu Xiaotian's control over lightning? Or would he transform like Du Ziteng? Or perhaps he would teleport like Liu Ting? Whatever the ability, Duan Yue was looking forward to it, eager to fight side by side with Wu Xiaotian!

  Squeak

  The sound of the door interrupted Duan Yue's expectation, he used all his strength to turn his head around, only to see a crippled zombie with a broken leg crawling out of a room!