Damian eyes shot open as he gasped, clutching his head.
"Wait… I'm alive?"
No, something felt… off. his body felt cold. His skin looked pale. A strange, rotten scent as clung unto him. And then, the memory hit him like a truck.
"Did I… die yesterday?" he muttered to himself. But before he could fully process what was going on, a familiar chime rang in my mind.
"Host did died yesterday."
"Host can check his current status by thinking Status"
Damian breath hitched. "A system? Was this real? Was he seriously in one of those novels where the protagonist gets an overpowered cheat ability?"
Immediately after he heard that he closed his eye and thought "Status"
A translucent screen appeared before him.
Name: Damian Cross
Level 1 Zombie(Runner)
Biomasse Consumed: (0/100)
Evolution Points: (0)
HP: 150
STG: 10
DEF: 5
AGI: 50
END: 20
STA:????
INT: 20
Skills: Bite (Lv1), Basic Regeneration (Lv1)
Damian blinked. "Wait, what! Biomass Consumed? What does that mean."
"Biomass means like flesh and consume means eaten right, does that mean I will be….."
The system chimed in again. "It is exactly what host is thinking. Biomass Consumed is just a flashy way of saying amount of flesh you have eaten."
"…Gross." Damian said. Then another realization struck him. Evolution point does that mean he will be able to evolve to a stronger zombie
"Host question is kind of dumb. Therefore i refuses to explain any further."
"Wait, what? Did you just said dumb?"
"System refuses to answer further questions."
Damian groaned, running his hand through his hair only to realize some of it are pulling out. Great.First, I become a zombie, and now I'm getting bald.
Just as he was complaining.
"Threat detected." the system chimed
Damian heart dropped. He turned his head around checking his sides, at his west side a figure emerged from the shadow slowly.
Level two Zombie (Walker)
HP: 200
STG: 13
DEF: 2
AGI: 10
STA: 100
INT: 3
Skills: Bite (Lv1), Claw (Lv1), Basic Regeneration (Lv1)
Damian's eyes widened. "So you show the stat of threats huhn that so freaking cool, that means I will be able to know who is stronger or weaker than me…He He He"
"Wait… this is a Level two zombie, but it stat is weaker than me ?"
"Due to specific factors, host is different from other zombies."
"Different, huhn…. is it because I got a system?"
He heard no reply from the system
Damian exhaled. That's not exactly comforting…
The walker lunged forward at him. His Instincts took over as Damian dodged to the side, but the zombie claws still grazed him.
[-40 HP]
"Shit.. That took a huge chunk of my health"
"I suggest host run. If host dies, so does system."
"Are you serious? Aren't you supposed to be an OP system guiding me to become the strongest?"
The system didn't respond. Instead, the zombie lunged again at him
"Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t "
With no other choice, Damian did what any smart undead would do.
He turned tail and ran like his life depended on it!! Well his life did depended on it after running for about 5 minutes he stopped running, this should be far enough I should be safe now.
"Host should not relaxed zombie have an inbuilt skill called marking, which is used to mark preys" The system chimed again.....
Wait are you joking then why did you said I should run? Damian said furiously!!
"Host should check current status"
Seriously you are saying that now, even though he was angry he still decided to check his status
Name: Damian Cross
Level 1 Zombie(Runner)
Biomasse Consumed: (0/100)
Evolution Points: (0)
HP: 130…
STG: 10
DEF: 5
AGI: 50
END: 20
STA:????
INT: 20
Skills: Bite (Lv1), Basic Regeneration (Lv1)
"Hmmm, my health is regenerating back is it due to the skill; basic regeneration?"
"Host is right, the reason why host was advised to run was due to the fact that host was not in the proper mental state to fight"
"Since host as more intelligence than a normal zombie he can use it to his advantage"
Oh...Yes you are right how could i have forgotten I am indeed smarter than a normal zombie. That could be used to my advantage so how long do you think the zombie will reach my current location
"System calculated around 20 minutes"
That more than enough time, Damian smile wickedly. As twenty minutes pass by the trap was all set and right on schedule was our friend.
Zombie (walker)
Level 2
HP-200
STG-13
DEF-2
AGI-10
STA-70
INT-3
Skill: Bite (lvl1), Claw (lvl1), Basic regeneration (lvl1)
Damian noticed that it stamina had reduced, "Hey system why did my stamina not reduce but this zombie one did?
"I will suggest host focus on the fight and rather not ask pointless questions"
"Tsk" As the zombie draw closer, the tension couldn't help but grip Damian.
As the zombie moved closer to him he lunged forward it fell on the pitfall Damian had dig with sharp sticks pointed upward at the bottom as the
zombie fell and was impaled by the sticks a round of notifications appeared in his mind
-50
-50
-20
-20
-20
-20
-20
Ping!!!
[Level 2 zombie killed, acquiring 2 evolution points]
Before Damian could rejoice his victory, a warning sign appeared in his mind
WARNING!!!! WARNING!!!! WARNING!!!!
[Hunger is below 30, host is advised to consume biomass so as to avoid significant damage to the body]
[Biomass detected does host want to consume?]
Damian was confused with what he was seeing, he never saw anything like hunger in his status why now, but he couldn't think much due to the fact that the hunger was indeed unbearable so he immediately replied
Yes!!!
What happened next was something he would never forget, after he immediately said yes it was like he lost control of his body.
..His mouth opened wider than what a human should be able to do, even though not surprising. It went all the way to his ear.
What happened next was even more disturbing, As his mouth opened wider than usual his tongue stretched all the way to the pitfall he digged and wrap the level 2 walker bringing it closer to his mouth and swallowing it bit by bit starting from the head.
Even though he should have been disgusted, and feel like puking or disoriented when eating the flesh of the zombie, he was not in fact he was enjoying it, The taste was something he had never tasted before it even tasted better than a well-cooked steak served in famous restaurants.
After consuming the entire zombie a chime appeared in his head.
[Biomass completely consumed]
Acquired 100 biomass, new skill unlocked ''Claw level 1''
[Status updated]
Immediately Damian called up the status screen
Name: Damian Cross
Level 2 Zombie (runner)
Biomass consumed (0-1000),
Evolution points (2)
HP-200
STG-15
DEF-10
AGI-55
STA- ????
END-25
INT-20