TL : eris8114

PR : Adrian Katastofi

Chapter 4

“Also, why can I gain his memories after killing him… Is this really just a dream?”

Many doubts emerged in Lu Sheng’s heart. .

Sadly, no one could answer his questions, so he had to embark on a journey of self-discovery.

Lu Sheng composed himself and started walking in the desolate wilderness.

Soon, he encountered several wandering zombies again

These zombies wore dirty and tattered overalls, and one of them even had a yellow helmet on their head, looking less intimidating compared to the jumpsuit-wearing zombies he had faced earlier.

This time, Lu Sheng had no fear and rushed toward the zombie with the yellow Helmet.

“Crack—”

Lu Sheng lunged forward and swiftly twisted the zombie’s neck.

Watching the zombie’s head roll to his feet like a deflated ball, Lu Sheng was stunned.

He looked at his hands in disbelief.

“When have I… become this strong?”

Lu Sheng recalled his series of actions he had just made.. 

He had fought as if he had used those moves in real combat countless times. It’s almost as if they had become instinctual and were executed subconsciously.

That kind of precision and ruthlessness were a level he had never dared to imagine before.

“Could it be because I absorbed the memories of the jumpsuit-wearing zombie…”

 Lu sheng analysis.

The jumpsuit-wearing zombie seemed to have been a combat personnel from a place called Base 1359. Despite not being particularly strong, it had accumulated extensive combat experiences through countless real combats.

By absorbing zombie’s memories, Lu Sheng inherited his skills.

“It’s unbelievable…” 

Lu Sheng couldn’t help but exclaim. “Gaining a lifetime of experience with such ease. If only this weren’t a dream…”

Just because he thought it was a dream, it made even the most absurd occurrences seem normal. 

Strangely enough, although Lu Sheng was fully aware he was dreaming, he couldn’t wake up.

At this point, the zombie he had just killed started to disintegrate, and smoky black lines shot into Lu Sheng’s body.

Lu Sheng quickly absorbed the zombie’s memories. 

This time, he found the memories somewhat disappointing. 

The yellow helmet zombie had only been an ordinary maintenance worker and the memories didn’t interest him much. 

The only valuable piece of information was that both the jumpsuit-wearing zombie and the safety helmet-wearing zombie seemed to come from the same place, Base 1359.

“It looks like I need to find this Base 1359; perhaps I can uncover the truth behind this dream there…”

Lu Sheng said to himself.

He now saw this dream as a puzzle-solving and leveling-up game.

Hunting wandering zombies in the wilderness provided him with the exp he needed to ”level up” and clues to progress to the next step.

As for what these clues ultimately led to, Lu Sheng was uncertain and not particularly concerned.

He was simply passing the time, trying to make this nightmare a bit more interesting and less tormenting..

“ If i want to level up faster, I have to find combatant zombies to hunt and kill, their memories are more helpful

As for how to differentiate between combatants and non-combatants, just look at their clothes.”

Lu Sheng sped up his pace after clearing up his thoughts, and started selecting his targets carefully.

After a while, he encountered a combatant zombie dressed similarly to the first one he had killed, wearing something resembling a Victory team uniform.

Because he didn’t care about getting hurt or dying, Lu Sheng rushed towards the zombie without any hesitation.

This zombie appeared slightly more advanced than the first one and carried a weapon in his hand —— a rusty iron staff about a meter long with a fractured tip, making it impossible to determine its original form.

“Roar—”

The zombie let out an unpleasant howl when it saw Lu Sheng and swung its iron staff slowly toward him.

Lu Sheng agilely dodged the staff’s attack, closed in on the zombie, and delivered an elbow strike to its throat.

“Crack—”

The sound of a broken neck echoed.

The zombie’s head rolled to the side at an odd angle, and Lu Sheng delivered a final blow to take it down. He then quickly seized the iron staff from the zombie’s hands and used it to bash on it’s head.

Once, twice…

A couple of blows later, the disintegration of the combatant zombie’s body signaled the end of the battle.

Smoky black lines once again infiltrated Lu Sheng’s body.

“Base… fallen… defending… doomsday… spark…”

Lu Sheng slowly opened his eyes.

This time, the memories he absorbed provided him with a wealth of knowledge about using long weapons. However, the other memories were incoherent. It seemed this individual had lost his mind before dying.

Images from the memories contain flashes of various bizarre and monstrous creatures, and the memories carried a strong sense of despair and depression.

“I should continue……”

Lu Sheng organized the information he had received and picked up the iron staff he had just acquired. He was ready to continue exploring. 

But just then, he heard a muffled sound from just beside his ears.

“Bang, bang, bang—bang, bang, bang—”

With this sound, everything around Lu Sheng began to feel unreal and unstable…

 A violent knock on the door woke lu sheng up

He struggled to open his eyes and slowly sat up from the yoga mat.

Then, a crisp and cold female voice came from outside the door.

“It’s dinner! How long are you going to stay in the room….. “