Worldwide Awakening: My Soul Kinds Are Lost-Chapter 645: At the End of Time, the Protagonist’s Virus Resistance_1

"The end times have arrived." Meng Wuji's eyes gleamed with a sharp light as he watched the black sky shatter and fall apart into countless formless fragments.

He knew this was the onset of the zombie crisis, a scene he would never forget. From this moment on, all civilization would crumble into ruins.

However, that wasn't his primary concern now. Instead, he picked up his Executioner's Blade without hesitation and killed a nearby person who had completely transformed into a zombie.

At this moment, he was not in the base he had painstakingly managed, but in a small supermarket.

His memories from his previous life told him that the city's most powerful Mutated Zombie would be born here. If he could kill it just as it turned, while its strength was still unstable, and consume the Crystal Core from its brain, he would undoubtedly become an Evolver.

Even as a Physical Cultivor, he could instantly reach the peak of human physical limits.

Surely, there were differences between Crystal Cores from zombies. The Crystal Core of an ordinary zombie was fundamentally inferior to that of a Mutated Zombie.

Ordinary zombies had limited potential, unlike Mutated Zombies, which possessed powerful abilities.

The zombie he had just slain was that very Mutated Zombie.

Meng Wuji, unfazed by the gore, reached into the zombie's head and extracted a gleaming golden Crystal Core.

The Crystal Cores of ordinary zombies were transparent, while those of Mutated Zombies were gold.

He didn't swallow the Crystal Core right away; it was still contaminated with the Mutated Zombie's blood and flesh. It had to be cleaned first.

Fortunately, he had come prepared. He took out a bottle of mineral water from his storage space and rinsed the Mutated Zombie Crystal Core.

The Crystal Core wasn't large, only about the size of a thumb. Thanks to Meng Wuji's experience, he knew exactly where to find it; otherwise, locating it at this stage wouldn't have been easy.

Zombie Cores varied in size—stronger zombies naturally had larger cores.

Zombies at this stage, having just been infected, were unstable and at their weakest. After tonight, they would stabilize, and their strength would surge dramatically.

Thankfully, zombies were mindless. Otherwise, humans would have no chance of survival.

"The top-tier Zombie Core," Meng Wuji gulped. In his previous life, he had consumed Zombie Cores, but never one from a Mutated Zombie.

In his previous life, falling behind once meant always being a step behind. By the time he consciously started hunting zombies, they had all evolved to formidable levels. Killing even an ordinary zombie was difficult, let alone the more powerful ones.

After cleaning the core, he swallowed it without hesitation.

As the Mutated Zombie Crystal Core settled in his stomach, he felt intense heat spreading outwards from his abdomen.

"This is indeed a Mutated Zombie Crystal Core! I never felt anything like this in my past life," Meng Wuji thought, a burning sensation coursing through his entire body.

"Is this... an ability?"

In his mind, an ability unique to him surfaced.

"Zombie Virus Resistance?"

"What kind of ability is this?"

The ability was straightforward and somewhat crude: it allowed him to better resist the zombie virus if bitten or scratched, delaying his zombification.

It was certainly useful, potentially a lifesaver in the early stages.

Yet, in another sense, it was quite useless. Later on, once an Evolver's abilities improved, they could gain immunity to viruses—not just resistance. However, this immunity only applied to low-level viruses.

Fortunately, he knew this was merely the nascent form of his ability. By consuming enough Zombie Cores, it could gradually evolve and produce far more powerful effects.

"It grants me an additional twenty-four hours of resistance."

"Not bad, even if it's just one day."

He couldn't help but scoff at himself. Actually, one day was a significant amount of time. In the initial phase of the apocalypse, anyone injured by a zombie, even an Evolver like him, would turn into one in less than a minute.

This demonstrated that, in the early stages, this ability was equivalent to an extra life.

"Right now, I should be considered a Level 0 Evolver. I need to collect enough Zombie Cores quickly to become a Level 1 Evolver."

Each level represented an evolution of one's abilities. He was no longer a Physical Cultivor like in his past life; this time, because the Zombie Core he had consumed was different, his evolutionary path had changed.

The designation 'Level 0' didn't apply to Physical Cultivors, who started directly at Level 1 by breaking human physical limits. Lacking abilities as a standard, their level couldn't be effectively determined. This contrasted with Ability Evolvers, who could ascertain their evolutionary stage through their specific powers.

He knew that if one used a Mutated Zombie Crystal Core as their foundation, only one Level 0 Zombie Core was needed to advance to the next level, and this would also make the ability evolve more powerfully.

In contrast, using ordinary Level 0 Zombie Cores required a hundred of them, and even then, the ability wouldn't achieve a perfect evolution. He had learned this knowledge about Evolvers in his past life.

Zombie Cores naturally had levels corresponding to their size, weight, and the zombie's strength. After tonight, most zombies would stabilize. A small portion, however, would evolve into Level 1 Zombies. These were typically Mutated Zombies, considered the prodigies among their kind.

If he was still a Level 0 Evolver by then, he definitely wouldn't be able to defeat a Level 1 Zombie, let alone a Mutated Zombie.

As for how he knew this, his memory suggested it was from a radio broadcast.

"There are at least ten hours until the zombies stabilize next. Enough time!" A sharp glint flashed in Meng Wuji's eyes.

His requirements weren't high; he just needed to kill one more Mutated Zombie.

A location surfaced in his mind: a nearby company, not far from his current position. There was another Mutated Zombie there. In his past life, although it had been weaker than the Mutated Zombie he'd just preemptively killed, it still wasn't a creature he would have dared to provoke back then.

That Mutated Zombie should also be unstable right now, its strength likely at Level 0. It was perfect for him to kill and successfully evolve.

Then, leveraging the strength of a Level 1 Evolver—power that surpassed human limits—he would kill as many Mutated Zombies as he could.

He didn't need to use Mutated Zombie Crystal Cores for every single level-up. Just eleven more Mutated Zombie Crystal Cores would be enough to let him evolve smoothly to a Level 2 Evolver.

He carried his chopper, his expression grim, and headed out into the streets. The once-bustling crowds had transformed into hordes of Living Dead-like zombies. They still resembled humans for now, but he knew that after tonight, they would decompose into terrifying, ghastly figures.

"I can't just charge in and start killing. Otherwise, I won't make it there alive."

He quickly estimated their numbers: at least several hundred zombies. With his current Level 0 Evolver strength, he could handle about ten at most. Any more than that, and he'd be overwhelmed.

Most of these zombies, like him, had been injected with the Gene Enhancement Serum. He knew how strong they would become after zombification. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

He might be able to instantly kill ten, but hundreds? That was impossible.

Even if he could, his stamina wouldn't hold out. Besides, any commotion would attract even more zombies like a swarm.

After observing for a moment, he quickly found a solution.

Since the streets were full of zombies, he wouldn't take the streets. He'd travel across the rooftops.

Drive out? Wasn't that just asking for death?

It wasn't as if he had no experience with this. The zombie crisis outbreak meant one thing: many people driving vehicles had turned into zombies mid-journey. Naturally, this resulted in all sorts of chain-reaction car crashes, blocking the roads.

Never mind cars, even a bicycle might not make it through.

Even without that issue, the noise from a vehicle would instantly attract zombies.

He could, in theory, try to ram through recklessly. However, if too many zombies piled onto the vehicle, a working car could quickly become a metal deathtrap. He'd end up like a canned good, waiting to be opened.

If he took to the rooftops, the likelihood of encountering zombies was much smaller. With his Level 0 Evolver Physique, which was close to the peak of human potential, it was far safer than traveling on the ground.

"But if my ability is Zombie Virus Resistance, then what's this storage space all about?" Meng Wuji was puzzled. Logically speaking, I've already awakened one ability. How could I awaken another?

Including the apparent ability of rebirth, it seemed he now possessed three abilities.

"Forget it. I won't dwell on it. Getting stronger is what matters." Meng Wuji didn't get bogged down by these questions. For him, survival was paramount.