Give someone a starting point, let them experience an unprecedented life, and then give them a golden touch. Once they have a goal, whether they become a dragon or a worm depends on their own efforts.
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Chapter 237: Once a King
Under the pitch-black moonlight, Xu Le stood on the rooftop of the city's tallest building, looking down at the metropolis that was lit by scattered lights.
Night fell into the water and quietly sank. It was now midnight. Since it was not a big city, the city had fallen into a deep sleep, with only a few scattered vehicles on the road.
Xu Le sat on the rooftop, his gaze fixed on the little girl thousands of meters away, who easily knocked down several drunk thugs with her blood-stained clothes.
Zhou Shuyu felt a pang of pity. The blood-stained clothes that had been floating out slowly retracted. Just as she turned to leave, an iron rod struck her on the back, knocking her to the ground.
"Go to hell!"
Zhou Shuyu's eyes flashed with a scarlet light, and the blood-stained clothes covered them like a giant mouth. Large amounts of blood were drawn from their bodies and sucked into dried corpses in their terrified eyes.
The blood-red, illusory robes shimmered with light, solidified somewhat, and returned to Zhou Shuyu's body. The powerful energy merged into her body, strengthening her physique.
"Mmm~ That feels so good!"
Zhou Shuyu shook his head, somewhat captivated by the joy that reached the depths of his soul, but then felt fear, for this was, after all, the blood of his own kind!
Use only blood-stained clothes to fight bad guys!
With this thought in mind, Zhou Shuyu disappeared into the darkness.
Xu Le chuckled. The Blood Robe Codex was deduced by him through the combination of the obtained classic texts and the consciousness of the Heavenly Dao. With the Blood Robe as a medium, the negative emotions and blood pleasure brought by the power gained from drinking blood were minimized. Although most of the blood was used to strengthen the Blood Robe, it was still addictive. If one's willpower was not strong enough, one would soon become a blood-sucking monster, killing everywhere. Either she would be slaughtered by the world or she would kill the whole world.
Stretching, Xu Le was about to turn around and go back when he suddenly sensed a powerful energy fluctuation in the eastern sky, which caught his attention. He knew that this was an ordinary world, so how could there be such an intense energy fluctuation, which had already reached the level of Refining Spirit?
Inside an ordinary family home, on the second floor, the light from an incandescent bulb shines through the curtains.
A pale-faced young man lay on the bed, his expression pained, and his forehead was covered in a fine layer of sweat.
"ah!"
The young man on the bed gasped, sitting up and looking at the strange yet familiar surroundings. He murmured in disbelief, "Wasn't I fighting off a zombie attack in the ruins of R City? Where am I? Why do I feel like I've seen this somewhere before!"
His name is King, and he truly is a king, but in a gathering place in the wasteland world, he became the guardian of a segment of the population.
He was just an ordinary high school student, but after a meteor fell, a zombie virus broke out in the world. The entire world was overrun in just one day. Humans, plants, animals, and even insects were all infected by the virus, becoming ferocious and violent, and frantically attacking the remaining humans.
Although Earth is extremely dangerous, it seems that God has not abandoned humanity. At this time, superpowers awaken among humans, and the King is one of them. His superpower is physical amplification, which can amplify his physical strength.
This ability is neither particularly strong nor completely useless. Compared to elemental abilities, it seems somewhat weak, but compared to ordinary people, it is considerably stronger.
The initial physical enhancement was doubled, but given the generally sub-healthy bodies of modern people at the beginning of the game, the enhancement wasn't very useful, only for dealing with ordinary people and ordinary monsters.
Fortunately, his sister awakened the power of water element. With two power users, they naturally did not fare too badly. However, later on, the monsters became stronger and stronger, and although the king trained desperately, his physical condition went from sub-healthy to healthy, and from thin to slightly strong.
In peacetime, his physique would undoubtedly attract a large number of female fans. However, although he could easily gain a large number of women now, what was the point in the face of an impending apocalypse? He was not a person who would give up on himself, but he was also somewhat desperate.
There's always a way out. News came that the crystals in the brains of some monsters could enhance one's physique. So he began hunting monsters in large numbers, even if he was covered in wounds. After that, the people in the settlement enjoyed extra meals.
As the saying goes, heaven rewards those who persevere. His physique continued to transform, and his superpowers underwent multiple transformations, increasing eightfold. While this may not seem like much, it's important to understand that this increase wouldn't diminish due to the strengthening of his physique.
In other words, one is also a hundred, which is also eight times. Combined with the crystal-enhanced physique, his physical attributes increased eightfold, allowing him to roam freely in the apocalypse and occupy a settlement.
However, he was attacked by a group of terrifying monsters, his sister died in battle, and he was also fighting a terrifying bat monster. Before he died, the pendant on his chest shone brightly, and then he lost consciousness. When he woke up, he was here.
"This is...my room!"
The king's eyes widened because he saw his own photo on the desk—a group photo of him and his family on a trip.
If this were his room, just as his thoughts were in turmoil, the door slowly opened, and a cute girl in bunny pajamas stood in the doorway, rubbing her sleepy eyes, and asked in a soft, sweet voice, "Brother, what's wrong!"
"Yan'er! I...I'm alright!"
At first, the king was so excited that he wanted to rush up and hug her, but then he calmed down and answered calmly.
Wang Yuyan yawned and walked back to her room with her eyes half-closed.
"I never imagined I would be reborn. In this life, I will definitely reach the peak and protect my sister!"
The king took a deep breath, glanced at the time on the clock: 32, his face immediately darkened, and he took out his phone to check the date.
September 22nd, :32!
The king's face turned ashen. He hadn't expected it to be this day. He had woken up to find himself in the apocalypse, but he had learned from others that the apocalypse would begin at exactly 11:40 on September 22nd.
"I never expected this!"
The king gave a wry smile and walked onto the balcony. The dark sky was covered with clouds, obscuring the moon's light, plunging everything into darkness. Suddenly, a beam of light appeared, trailing a long, fiery tail, rapidly approaching Earth.
Extinction Nova!
This is what the wastelanders later called it. It wasn't large, but the virus it released had a terrifying ability to reproduce and spread. If there had been enough time, the King might have been able to pass the message to the leaders, but now it was too late.
Since we can't avoid it, let's face it head-on!
The king took a deep breath. After all, he was a king of the apocalypse, and naturally he wouldn't be cowardly. He calmly opened his arms, closed his eyes, and shouted to the night sky: "Apocalypse, come on!"
But after a long time, the expected explosion did not occur, nor was there any disturbance, which puzzled him.
Slowly opening his eyes, the king gaped, his mouth agape, and said in disbelief: