Chapter 3 Zombie Experience Card 03

Chapter 3 Zombie Experience Card 03

In the abandoned small bookstore, the bookshelves were toppled, books scattered all over the floor, with traces of being trampled on.

Through the footprints left on the books, the chaos of that time could be clearly seen.

Tian Yi casually sat cross-legged in the pile of books, with two stacks of neatly arranged books beside him, holding a newspaper in his hand, flipping through it.

Since the widespread use of mobile phones and computers in Huahua Country, the latest information is mostly found online.

Newspapers have become somewhat unfamiliar to Tian Yi.

Fortunately, in the world he traveled to, not only did the language remain the same, but newspapers were also not hard to find.

Through what he had seen and heard in the past few days, combined with the information in the newspapers, Tian Yi understood many things.

The place he had traveled to was a world on the brink of the apocalypse.

The Zombie Virus swept across the globe, affecting both humans and animals.

From the latest newspaper information, the situation of human society was very dire.

But the newspapers were still filled with encouraging words, and people were not completely hopeless.

And after that?

After that, it was probably the time when the place he was in fell.

He didn’t know how humans were faring now.

But the city he was in hid many dangers.

Apart from those slow-moving zombies wandering on the roads, there were also distinctly different individuals.

They were stronger and faster.

Or like the Parthenocissus, seemingly ordinary but would "eat meat" and were not picky.

Tian Yi, who had safely run out of the apartment building with the Little Orange Cat, originally wanted to take the Little Orange Cat away from the Parthenocissus.

But before leaving the Parthenocissus area, he saw a pair of eyes that were drooling over him.

Tian Yi didn’t understand why he could see the word "drooling" on the face of an elite zombie with ribs sticking out.

Nor did he understand why this strange zombie was "waiting" here.

Maybe it wasn’t waiting for him?

But Tian Yi wisely chose to retreat back to the Parthenocissus territory.

Tian Yi, who grew up in a peaceful world, always followed his heart.

He felt that the elite zombie in front of him would not enter the Parthenocissus territory.

And that was indeed the case.

Humans feared the Zombie Virus on the zombies.

But some evolved plants and animals regarded zombies as one of their food sources.

Especially "the more nutritious elite zombies."

The above is also what Tian Yi has observed over the past few days.

Tian Yi has a good adaptability. Apart from the initial shock of the time travel, he quickly accepted everything in front of him.

While forcibly calming down, he was also thinking about how to survive next.

However, while observing this world, Tian Yi also has something that puzzles him.

This matter is also related to himself.

A slight creak came from the direction of the window.

Tian Yi turned his head and saw the Little Orange Cat, who had been missing, returning.

The Little Orange Cat really likes Tian Yi.

Most of the time, the Little Orange Cat is like a little clingy creature, especially fond of burrowing into Tian Yi's arms.

But in the past two days, the Little Orange Cat has been leaving Tian Yi on its own initiative.

It's unclear what it's been doing outside.

Fortunately, it always comes back.

"Mimi, you're back?"

Most people in the Huahua family would instinctively call cats "Mimi."

Tian Yi is no exception.

The returning Little Orange Cat stood on the half-open windowsill, very obligingly raised its head, and let out a soft meow.

Under normal circumstances, it would have already pounced towards Tian Yi.

Today was a bit different; its feet seemed to be stepping on something.

Tian Yi couldn't see clearly, so he walked towards the Little Orange Cat.

The Little Orange Cat, seeing this, became even happier, meowed again, and turned its head back to bite.

When the Little Orange Cat turned its head back again...

Tian Yi, who was halfway there, froze.

Tian Yi didn't know how to describe the feeling in his heart at that moment.

He had seen small mice in the north and mice as big as shoes in the south.

He also knew that the flora and fauna of this world had changed due to the Zombie Virus, even eating zombies, but...

but...

Where on earth did the Little Orange Cat dig up such a huge mouse?!

It's already bigger than a size 40 shoe, isn't it?!

That's not the most important thing, the important thing is...

Little Orange Cat, how big are you yourself?!

How could you possibly catch it?!!

It has to be said, Tian Yi was truly shocked.

This was even more indescribable than the feeling of Little Orange Cat leading him safely out of the apartment building without becoming Parthenocissus fertilizer.

What shocked Tian Yi even more was yet to come.

Little Orange Cat "dragged" the big mouse down from the windowsill, came to Tian Yi with a look of seeking praise, placed the half-dead big mouse on the ground, and stepped on it with its little paw.

"Meow~~~" Little Orange Cat meowed proudly.

After meowing, it looked at Tian Yi with its round, shiny eyes, and pushed the big mouse it was stepping on towards Tian Yi.

Tian Yi: "..."

At this moment, Tian Yi's mind flashed with many online posts of cat owners being "fed" by their cats, those laughable yet helpless comments.

Tian Yi used to laugh along with them, never expecting that one day he would also be "fed" by a cat.

And with such a big mouse.

But...

"But I'm not very hungry, Mimi."

Yes, Tian Yi wasn't very hungry.

To be precise, he was actually hungry, but he didn't feel like eating at all.

This was one of the things that confused Tian Yi, related to himself.

When he first arrived in this world, Tian Yi didn't notice, but soon he discovered something "abnormal" about himself.

He was initially worried about not being able to find food.

After all, places like supermarkets were mostly emptied.

Various stores also showed obvious signs of destruction and looting.

However, Tian Yi, who felt somewhat hungry, hadn't eaten well for several days, yet he didn't feel much discomfort.

On the contrary, when he finally found something edible, he didn't feel like eating it at all.

If he forced himself to eat, he would vomit it out.

Besides, there was an earlier issue he had discovered.

He had no heartbeat.

Not just a heartbeat, but also no breathing or pulse.

He was like a... dead person.

Yet he was different from those living dead.

At least he didn't have the stench of decay, his complexion wasn't rosy, but it wasn't too pale either, and his body wasn't stiff, still moving freely.

But he didn't possess the abilities of those elite zombies.

As time went by, Tian Yi began to feel weak.

Faced with Tian Yi's refusal.

The Little Orange Cat bit the neck of the big rat and dragged it closer to Tian Yi.

"Meow~" The Little Orange Cat looked up at Tian Yi, its eyes full of concern.

Tian Yi: "..."

Tian Yi always felt that in the eyes of the Little Orange Cat, he seemed like he would die at any moment.

So, was the Little Orange Cat worried about him not eating these past few days?

Tian Yi opened his mouth but ultimately didn't say anything about eating.

He knew there were some dishes related to rats, but he really didn't feel like eating.

Seeing Tian Yi remain motionless, the Little Orange Cat dragged the big rat aside and in front of Tian Yi, bit into the rat's head.

With a crunch.

The Little Orange Cat split the big rat's head in two.

A transparent crystal was pulled out from the rat's brain by the Little Orange Cat.

The rat's head wasn't big, so the crystal wasn't large either.

Coming out of the rat's head, it looked extremely clean, without any bloodstains.

Tian Yi, who originally didn't want to eat anything, suddenly felt a strong sense of hunger upon seeing this crystal.

He finally wanted to eat.

...

The taste of the transparent crystal was nothing to speak of.

It had no taste at all.

But it was crispy in texture, and eating it didn't hurt his teeth at all.

After swallowing it, Tian Yi felt a warmth rising, which greatly alleviated his hunger.

At the same time, Tian Yi also felt his strength returning somewhat.

The Little Orange Cat, having successfully fed Tian Yi, seemed in a good mood as it rubbed against Tian Yi's feet and meowed.

Tian Yi picked it up and placed it where he had been sitting earlier, then began to tidy up.

...

Tian Yi's dream was to "become a great writer."

How to become a "great writer," Tian Yi didn't know, and he even felt he hadn't touched the threshold yet.

But continuous learning and writing were definitely not wrong.

The purpose of running off to be an extra and experience life was also for this reason.

Even after transmigrating to another world, Tian Yi's dream has not changed.

The abandoned small bookstore, being a place that suffered less damage with almost no looting, is one of the temporary residences Tian Yi is quite fond of.

—There are quite a few books here that he hasn't read.

After consuming that transparent crystal, Tian Yi had some ideas in his mind.

However, before putting those ideas into practice, this abandoned small bookstore still needs to be tidied up first.

To prevent the mouse's corpse from attracting unnecessary trouble, Tian Yi first shoveled up the mouse's body.

After a little thought, he took it out and walked towards the direction where the Parthenocissus was.

Standing at a relatively safe distance, Tian Yi threw the mouse's body towards the Parthenocissus.

And the Parthenocissus, which originally looked unremarkable, just exceptionally lush, covering an entire apartment building, suddenly extended a tentacle that pierced through the large mouse's body, then coiled it up and stuffed it into the place where its roots were.

After doing this, the Parthenocissus quieted down again.

Tian Yi, who watched the Parthenocissus do all this, nodded and turned back.

After a few days of observation, and with the "tips" from the little cat, Tian Yi has roughly figured out some rules related to the Parthenocissus.

So currently, he is not very worried about living in the territory of the Parthenocissus.

After dealing with the mouse's corpse, Tian Yi returned to the abandoned small bookstore.

He righted the toppled bookshelves, wiped clean the dirtied books, and put them back on the shelves.

He then simply repaired the damaged shop door, and from the obviously privately operated small bookstore's inner side, found a cotton quilt to spread out in the corner.

The Little Orange Cat, who was originally nestled among a pile of books, watching Tian Yi busy around, was picked up by Tian Yi again and placed on the soft cotton quilt.

Because it hadn't seen the sun for a long time, the cotton quilt wasn't as fluffy as imagined.

But it was rare to find such a clean cotton quilt.

The little cat stretched on the cotton quilt and let out a soft, drawn-out "meow" to Tian Yi.

Thinking in his heart that he would sun the quilt tomorrow, Tian Yi glanced at the already darkened sky outside.

After the sky darkens, the zombies become more active than during the day.

Tian Yi could faintly hear the groans of zombies coming from the distance.

On the first day, he was quite worried, but now he has gotten used to it.

Thinking in his heart about sunning the quilt tomorrow, he reached out and rubbed the Little Orange Cat's soft body, stroking it from head to tail.

The very cooperative Little Orange Cat made Tian Yi involuntarily smile.

"Rest well, Mimi, there's still a lot to do tomorrow."

Tian Yi is preparing to verify something, right after dawn.

Author's note:

The opening of the story is a bit slow, after I stabilize, I'll set a fixed update time.