Apocalypse: Zombie Elimination Expert

00:01 AM, Jiacheng, Platinum International.

[Breaking News: Following the incident yesterday afternoon at 3 PM in Guangzhou where a woman with red eyes attacked a passerby in the street, another incident occurred tonight at 8 PM near Ancheng Square where a 70-year-old man suddenly went berserk and bit his 60-year-old dance partner. This is the ninth similar incident across the country in the past week. Experts analyze that the cause of these incidents may be a rabies outbreak...]

Bang! Bang! Bang bang!

The television in the living room was emitting the distinctive, high-pitched voice of a female entertainment news anchor.

Along with it came a series of rhythmic sounds of heavy objects being struck...

In front of the violently shaking punching bag, Chen Tuo tore off his boxing gloves, grabbed an iced cola from the table, took a big gulp, and plopped down on the sofa.

Rabies outbreak?

Collective?

Are entertainment news reports now filled with fabricated rumors instead of celebrity gossip?

Staring at the blurry image on the TV screen, comparable to that captured by a Nokia camera, Chen Tuo laughed in exasperation.

But as they laughed...

Looking at the phone on the table, his expression gradually turned serious.

Chen Tuo was laughing at the entertainment news for its reliance on unqualified experts' wild analyses, not at the biting incident itself.

Even though many people on the internet these days scoff at and don't take these kinds of incidents seriously.

Even official news has never reported it, but...

On the phone, the last message on the chat page was from three hours ago.

[Agent Lao Zhang: Tuozi, something's happened in Australia. The tournament organizers just notified me that all matches have been canceled, including yours.]

[Chen Tuo: What happened?]

[Agent Lao Zhang: I'm not too sure, but there have been multiple biting incidents in Australia, and it's causing quite a stir online.]

[Chen Tuo: Biting incidents have also occurred in Australia?]

[Agent Zhang: It's not just in Australia; rumors suggest similar incidents have occurred all over the world. I can't give you the specifics right now; I'm still out there. I'll call you when I get back... A level 8 gale is raging...]

[Chen Tuo: Lao Zhang? What the hell did you send?]

[Voice call - not connected]

[Voice call - not connected]

[Audio call - not connected...]

The last message Lao Zhang sent was almost gibberish, and after that, no matter how many times I dialed, I couldn't get through.

At this moment, Chen Tuo's feelings were very complicated.

It wasn't just Lao Zhang's disappearance and the complexity of the international situation that made him even more upset. He had been preparing hard for three months and was about to make it to the main event, but it all fell through.

Chen Tuo is a mixed martial arts fighter who has been competing in various domestic tournaments for five years, maintaining an undefeated record of 12-0.

Ultimately, he achieved his dream of entering the highest hall of fame that all mixed martial arts fighters dream of, the world's largest MMA event... UFC!

By participating in competitions frequently, Chen Tuo broke into the rankings in just two years, reaching eighth place in the lightweight division.

His professional record has also changed to 17-0.

Chen Tuo's career has risen so rapidly not only because of his hard work and excellent fighting intelligence, but also because he is willing to invest in it.

He spent almost all of the prize money he won from each game, aside from the necessary expenses for his daily life, into training.

The best boxing coaches, the best Jiu-Jitsu coaches, and the best wrestling coaches form a top-notch coaching team.

Even the sparring partners, nutritionists, and massage therapists are among the top in the industry.

Everyone serves him alone...

The advantage of this is that Chen Tuo can enjoy the best fighting resources in the world and improve himself rapidly.

Of course, the downside is that he can only win, not lose.

Otherwise, the cash flow will break down, making it impossible to pay the team's bills.

Such a reckless gamble is almost unprecedented among professional players.

Even Lao Zhang, the agent, couldn't understand it and called him crazy, saying that no one leaves themselves no way out.

Professional athletes also have families and lives, and they need to pay for their families' and their own daily expenses.

But Chen Tuo didn't need to. Over the years, all his competition earnings, apart from buying a necessary two-bedroom apartment for himself, were almost entirely invested in training. He hadn't even bought a car for transportation.

I'm all alone, so I have nothing to worry about.

His only interest is fighting.

Since that's the case, then let's leave no room for error and go all out.

Chen Tuo always believed in the saying that when a person puts in all the effort they can, victory will never be out of reach.

Chen Tuo's undefeated record and highly entertaining fighting style made him a rising star in his weight class, and he was quickly arranged to face off against the top five opponents, becoming the main contestant in the next round.

If I can defeat my opponent again, the title shot will be practically guaranteed...

Everything was progressing as Chen Tuo had envisioned, becoming increasingly smooth.

To everyone's surprise, the competition was canceled!

Logically speaking, even if an opponent is injured and withdraws from the competition during the preparation period, a substitute player will step in. As long as the player can win the competition, it will not affect the prize money or the results.

But all of the dozen or so matches in one round of the competition were canceled... This was truly the first time Chen Tuo had ever encountered such a situation.

It's still unclear whether the organizers will reimburse the expenses for preparation. If they don't, then funding for the next training session will be a problem...

Thinking of this, Chen Tuo laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "What time is it? Still worried about the competition? Biting incidents have occurred in many parts of the world. This is not normal..."

Compared to the number of biting incidents abroad, there are relatively few reported cases in China.

But Chen Tuo knew that there was probably a lot of exaggeration involved, and adding a zero to the end wouldn't be an exaggeration.

Suddenly, Chen Tuo thought of zombie movies, and a bad feeling arose in his heart.

"A zombie apocalypse has broken out?"

Chen Tuo laughed. "How could that be?"

Zombies are, after all, a product of science fiction. How could such a creature, which does not follow the law of conservation of energy, possibly exist?

It doesn't eat or drink, it just lives to bite people?

What provides the energy needed for action?

Even if they existed, as carbon-based life forms, they couldn't withstand the bombardment of thermal weapons.

Most of the biting incidents that occur around the world are caused by some unknown virus, which will soon be brought under control by the relevant authorities and will not cause much of a commotion.

Despite thinking that way, Chen Tuo also knew that no matter what kind of virus it was, it was a good thing to stay home as much as possible given how chaotic things were outside.

So he picked up his phone, opened the food delivery app, and ordered a box of 24 packs of instant noodles and three 6L bottles of purified water from the nearest 24-hour store.

With the food reserves at home, we basically won't need to go out for the next two weeks...

Chen Tuo lay on the bed scrolling through short videos, waiting for the delivery rider to arrive.

As I scrolled through my phone, drowsiness gradually crept in...

When Chen Tuo woke up again, he was awakened by a series of irregular knocking sounds on the door.

Boom!

Thump thump!!

The sound doesn't come frequently, only about once every one or two minutes. Sometimes it's just one bang, and sometimes it's four or five bangs in a row.

And it is sometimes clear, sometimes blurry.

It was as if the other party wasn't just smashing their own door, but also the doors of the other three households on the same floor.

Although the frequency wasn't high, it was exceptionally noticeable in the quiet night, and could still be heard clearly even through the front door and bedroom door.

I checked my phone; it was only 01:27 AM.

The cancellation of the competition had already infuriated Chen Tuo, and being woken up less than an hour after falling asleep made his angular face turn ashen.

He wanted to see who was coming to bang on his door in the middle of the night instead of sleeping.

After putting on a pair of shorts, Chen Tuo walked out of the room, shirtless, and into the living room.

Through the peephole, the motion-sensor lights in the waiting hall corridor did not turn on because they had not been stimulated by sound for a long time.

It was pitch black outside the door...

Chen Tuo stood in front of the cat for two minutes, but the sound did not come again.

"Is someone playing a prank?"

Just as Chen Tuo was about to give up and go back to his room to continue sleeping, the knocking on the door started again.

The motion sensor light turned on.

A yellow figure wearing a helmet blocked the cat's eye.

Due to the angle, apart from the logo on the helmet, the face was completely invisible.

Food delivery rider?

Chen Tuo then remembered that he had ordered takeout, but had forgotten about it because he had fallen asleep.

I have no idea how long the rider has been here.

But did he make a phone call?

Even if I didn't hear it, there's no need to bang on the door, right?

Is there really that much resentment?

Just as Chen Tuo was thinking this, the rider's yellow figure moved again, and this time Chen Tuo finally saw how he made the sound.

The rider didn't use his hands at all; instead, he rammed his entire body into the gate, his shoulder and helmet hitting the security door.

It looked as if they were going to use brute force to smash the entire door open, and the force was so great that even the dust in the cracks of the door fell down.

"You son of a bitch..."

Enraged, Chen Tuo opened the door on the spot, only to be stunned before the national essence had even finished loading.

His skin was ashen, his veins bulged, his eyes were bloodshot, and his face was distorted beyond recognition.

At his feet were a box of instant noodles and three buckets of drinking water.

Chen Tuo was numb, his mind went blank, and only one thought lingered in his mind...

What the hell is this?!

Zombies delivering takeout!?

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