1: Dead City

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Xu Zhi controlled the wheelchair and slid to the window, silently looking at the gloomy sky outside the window and the black mist spreading on the ground like a tide.

It was the seventh day she had been left behind, and the seventh day that the city had fallen into a blockade.

Except for those who can't walk, all those who can walk have been evacuated one after another, and today, the whole city has been blocked, and no one can enter or leave the city anymore.

Reason was telling her that when the disaster happened suddenly, it was right for her parents to choose to take away their healthy brother, otherwise with her burden, their whole family might be trapped in this city, but she was only seventeen years old, and she was abandoned by the whole family in this "dead city", how could she keep her sanity?

This frail body brought her not more care and love from her parents, but impatience and boredom day after day, and they never even intended to treat her illness, even if caring people sponsored her, the money was not used to treat her.

If it weren't for the legal and moral constraints, her family would have abandoned her a long time ago, after all, they already had a good enough and healthy son.

Now, the world has changed dramatically, and this is simply a great opportunity, so she was left behind without hesitation.

How heartbreaking it is to say that it is unbelievable?

Not really.

It's more of a feeling of "this day has finally come", mourning is greater than heart death, numbness and hatred are more than heartache and sadness.

The food left at home is only enough for her to eat for about half a month, and once she finishes eating, the ending waiting for her is probably to starve to death at home.

After all, the city is no longer safe, and she, an "old and sick person" with a heart condition so severe that she needs to rely on a wheelchair and has severe hearing damage, is afraid that she will die in less than an hour after leaving the house.

A year ago, the world suddenly appeared with extraordinary abilities, and people were immersed in the joy of obtaining transcendental, but everyone knew that this was just a warning before the catastrophe.

A month ago, the mutation suddenly appeared, the tengu eclipped the sun, the black mist shrouded the earth, and the alien monsters were born from the mist, they have grotesque and crazy abilities, ordinary thermal weapons have no effect on them at all, only the transcendent can kill them, but the humans who have only been exposed to the transcendent for a year cannot compete with them.

Seeing that humanity had reached the brink of life and death, the fog suddenly began to recede in one direction like a tide.

That is the cloud city where Xu Zhi is located.

According to observations, for some reason, most of the fog will flow into Cloud City within two days, and Cloud City will become a high-concentration fog gathering area, in such an environment, even if there are no xenomorph monsters, it is definitely not suitable for human survival.

What's more, xenos are born from the fog, and they will grow in the fog, if nothing else, Cloud City will become a lair of monsters!

As a result, the Federation urgently issued an evacuation notice, and within 15 hours, everyone must evacuate from Cloud City as soon as possible, and then lock down the city, and since then, Cloud City has become a forbidden area for humans.

In just 15 hours, it is impossible to evacuate an entire city, and it is estimated that there are still many "burdens" like her who have been abandoned in the city.

But Xu Zhi is unwilling, she is unwilling to be abandoned here like this, dying in obscurity, unwilling that the family can live an easier life than before without worries after abandonment.

How could you give birth to her, and because she was not in good health, you could throw her away immediately when she had the opportunity?

Xu Zhi felt that she might have something wrong with her psychology because she was sick all the year round and was rejected by her family, but she didn't care, she even felt that it wasn't enough, she didn't want to die like this, she wanted everyone who abandoned her to pay the price.

Xu Zhi stared straight at the black fog outside the window with her beautiful and weak eyes, her eyes were paranoid and gloomy that did not belong to this age, her hands in the wheelchair were slightly clenched, because of malnutrition and ischemia, her fingers were too slender and pale, and the bone joints and cyan blood vessels were clearly visible, even a little terrifying.

It's a child who can see at a glance that he is not healthy.

At the moment when Xu Zhi's unwillingness reached a certain level, the black fog outside suddenly surged incomprehensibly for a moment, and then, there was a sudden snap in the empty living room, the sound of something falling on the ground.

The girl who was immersed in her thoughts was startled by the sudden sound, her pupils contracted slightly, and then she realized that something had probably fallen to the ground, she let go of her clenched fist and put her hand on the remote control of the wheelchair, controlling the wheelchair to turn around.

When she looked down and saw what had fallen to the ground, a hint of surprise appeared on the girl's cold face.

It was a black-and-white gaming console.

"When did you get a handheld at home?"

No, no, she doesn't have a handheld at home, Xu Zhi is very sure of this.

She had been at home alone for almost a week, and during the week she had spent almost all of her time in the living room in a daze, never seeing any game consoles in the living room.

It's something that suddenly appeared out of thin air.

Realizing this, the girl pursed her lips, a little dazed and scared, but also mixed with curiosity and eagerness.

She knew that Cloud City was becoming very dangerous now, and maybe this game console that suddenly appeared was also one of the dangers, but...

Anyway, she is already a dying person, and if nothing happens, she won't live for a month, so why should she be so cautious and careful?

Thinking like this, Xu Zhi's expression became calm, she controlled the wheelchair to the side of the game console, and then bent down to pick up the handheld that seemed to be worth a lot of money.

After getting his hands on it, Xu Zhi was a little dazed, how to use this?

She hasn't played any game consoles, her entertainment is only the TV at home, and it has to be turned on within the specified time, in addition, it is a textbook, she can't go to school like a normal person, she can only read her brother's books at home to learn some knowledge by herself, and her parents will not take the initiative to teach her knowledge or ask for a tutor for her.

If it weren't for the fact that the onset of the disease was in the fifth grade of elementary school, she had already learned some knowledge, and Xu Zhi even felt that the parents would make her illiterate.

She will also take out the exercise books that her younger brother doesn't use, but her grades are not ideal, and she can only hover around thirty or forty, with a full score of one hundred and fifteen.

But even so, for Xu Zhi, learning is also a very interesting thing.

A girl who lives in such a barren life naturally doesn't know how to use a handheld.

Fortunately, without waiting for her to press any buttons, the screen of the handheld suddenly lit up on its own.

A pixel progress bar appears in the center, but in about five seconds, the progress is loaded.

The pixel game screen shows a gloomy sky, and in the sky, the black sun is dripping black liquid into the world like a source of pollution, which forms the initial background of the game, and then a line of subtitles appears in the center of the screen.

[At the beginning of the primordial period, everything was born from the sun, and everything was annihilated in darkness. 】

[All things are reincarnated, the old order and the ancient gods have been buried by time, and now, the new order has been born, do you aspire to become the god of the new order?

Do you have the courage to commit your life to this unforbidden-free strife?

If you're ready, then, choose your family. 】

Xu Zhi naturally couldn't be intimidated by these few lines, for some reason, it was just a pixel background picture and just a few lines of words, but it brought her a strong sense of "reality", as if she clicked OK, she would really step into this journey.

“... It's kind of interesting. ”

Xu Zhi muttered, and then decisively clicked OK and entered the family selection interface.

[Since you haven't unlocked any level of Clan, your initial choice is only random low-level creatures with weak HP]

[Currently available:]

[1.Frog (Lv0)]

[2.Snake (Lv1)]

[3.Sparrow (Lv0)]

Xu Zhi was silent for a moment, that's it?

However, she looked at the hint that was not unlocked, but guessed that maybe after she raised the level, there would be a higher level option?

There's no need to worry about what to choose now, the snake is Lv1 anyway.

After selecting it, the pixel black snake zooms in slightly, and a list of properties belonging to it also appears in the center of the screen.

[Spirit: 1

Flesh: 3

Attributes: None

Trait: None]

"Looks a little weak..."

The girl's voice fell, the screen dimmed, and then the game screen officially loaded.

When it lights up again, there is already a pixel snake in the center of the screen, and the game screen is also composed of pixels, but the viewing angle is very peculiar, it seems to be a form of a heat source formed by the snake's perspective, and the viewing angle is very low, and the distance is quite short, causing Xu Zhi to be unable to see the surrounding environment clearly.

In the bottom left corner of the screen, there is a line of prompts.

[Please avoid danger, find food, evolve, and survive in this dangerous land.] 】

[Current evolution points: 0/10]

Subsequently, a row of black options appears in the center of the screen.

[This is a green belt in the park, and there doesn't seem to be any danger nearby.] 】

[Please select the direction of travel: front, back, left, right]

Since there was no danger, Xu Zhi chose the prospect at will.

In the footage, the small black snake writhes and glides forward, and it doesn't take long for the first living creature to appear in the game.

Because it was a heat source perspective, Xu Zhi could only see the general shape of the living thing, and it was not difficult to guess from the shape that it was a frog.

[You found a frog, did you hunt it?] 】

There is nothing to hesitate about, Xu Zhi decisively chose yes.

So in the game screen, the little black snake quietly crawled behind it, and then decisively attacked, swallowing the small frog in one bite.

[Hunting success.] 】

[Current Evolution Points: 1/10]

The black snake in the picture spits out the letter, and seems not satisfied with the little prey.

[Please select a direction and move on.] 】

Next, Xu Zhi controlled the little snake to wander in this safe green belt for a while, and only encountered five prey, and after gaining a total of 6 evolution points, a line of prompts appeared in the center of the screen.

[The family's physical strength has been exhausted, and it is no longer possible to hunt for the time being, please rest for two hours before proceeding. 】

Seeing the hint, the girl frowned slightly, she was playing at the top, and suddenly got stuck in the game progress because of physical strength, who can stand this?

"Forget it, it's just two hours, let's eat first and then continue."

It's a hassle for her to cook some food for herself, and it takes a lot of time.

After putting down the game console, Xu Zhi looked at her watch, and then a puzzled look appeared on her face, unconsciously, she had been playing for almost two hours, and she was playing with full attention.

But her energy is not enough to support her to play the game for so long, and she usually has to read a book for half an hour before resting for a while.

"Is it too obsessed?"

Moreover, it was already past dinner time, but she did not feel hungry.

Because of her body, once she didn't eat and take medicine on time, the feeling of weakness that seemed to leak through the cracks in the bones of her body was enough to make her fidget and unable to concentrate.

But so far, she hasn't felt any discomfort.

Xu Zhi keenly sensed that something was wrong.

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