This riot police officer had turned into a zombie.
He was clad in black riot gear, wearing a steel helmet, and holding a tempered shield in his hand.
Zhang Chen rushed forward and reached out to remove the riot helmet.
As expected!
The prompt stated that these zombies could not move, nor could they be killed.
But that didn't mean their belongings couldn't be taken!
Zhang Chen looked at the tempered helmet. It was exceptionally sturdy, and the inside was clean.
The zombies here only looked frightening; they were definitely not the kind with rotting flesh and oozing pus.
If they were such zombies, Zhang Chen would absolutely not dare to take anything from them!
What if he got infected?
Here, as long as one wasn't bitten or scratched by these zombies, they wouldn't get infected!
Zhang Chen put on the tempered helmet.
Then, he reached out to snatch the tempered riot shield from the zombie's hand.
This zombie was currently in a static state, its fingers held in a stiff posture.
Zhang Chen exerted all his strength to wrestle the tempered riot shield from the zombie's grasp.
Searching its body further, he found a tear gas grenade.
There was nothing else.
He looked around again. The surroundings were filled with ordinary zombies.
Nothing special!
About ten meters away, there was another zombie in riot gear, and he could vaguely see a revolver clutched in its hand!
However, a game start countdown had already appeared before Zhang Chen's eyes!
20...
19...
18...
Time was pressing!
Running over to grab the gun now would be too dangerous!
In this post-apocalyptic survival, develop stealthily, don't take risks!
Zhang Chen carefully noted the zombie's location and the surrounding environment.
Then, without looking back, he rushed towards the real estate agency.
The prompt box before him hadn't changed; it still indicated: No zombies inside, and one Level 1 supply crate!
With a muffled bang!
Zhang Chen burst into the real estate agency and locked the glass door from the inside!
Casually, he grabbed a half-finished bottle of purified water from the desk.
This water had already been drunk by someone, making it contaminated.
It couldn't be drunk, but it could be used!
Zhang Chen nimbly sprinkled the water in the bottle evenly on the glass door.
Then, he immediately grabbed the flyers from the desk and quickly stuck them onto the glass door!
Just as the last blank spot on the glass door was covered by a flyer!
The countdown precisely reached zero!
Instantly, a cacophony of zombie groans erupted, one after another.
The sounds were utterly soul-stirring!
Roar... Gurgle...
Ugh... Ahhh~~
A few zombies ambled past the entrance of the real estate agency aimlessly, their bodies occasionally twitching.
They paid no attention to the fact that there was still a human behind the door!
Phew, finally safe!
Zhang Chen took two steps back and sank onto the sofa.
Only then did he notice.
Due to the surge of adrenaline, his hands were trembling uncontrollably.
His legs also felt a bit weak!
Facing the zombies all over the streets outside, claiming not to be scared would be pure nonsense!
It was already remarkable that Zhang Chen could act so calmly in his first encounter with zombies!
While trying to calm his wildly beating heart, he opened the chat channel.
The regional chat channel, which had been rapidly scrolling,
had suddenly quieted down considerably.
Although people were still chatting, it wasn't the same as before, where a message would vanish instantly after being sent.
A message could stay on the screen for three to four seconds before gradually being scrolled away.
This indicated...
That someone had already died at the very beginning of the apocalypse game!
And quite a number of them!
What's going on? I saw the zombies on the road all come alive! They were dense and surged like a tide, it's terrifying!
Holy crap, I just hid in an apartment too. These zombies run too fast; if I had been a step slower, I wouldn't have escaped...
I'm on the fifth floor and saw a survivor trying to collect a box of purified water from the trunk of a car. They were too slow and were directly dismembered by the zombie horde... That scene...
This... isn't this a game? How... how could they get dismembered? Shouldn't they just disappear with a 'poof' or something...
I feel like this is just a gamified world, but if you get caught by zombies, you still die, and the way you die is the same as in reality!
What kind of game is this? Is it just about entering the apocalyptic world to seek death?!
I... I don't want to die. Can anyone experienced guide me...
The last message was from a girl.
The regional chat channel displayed the chat content of survivors in Zhang Chen's city.
Each chat message had a three-dimensional display of the speaker's avatar, along with basic information like name, height, and weight.
If this were a normal game, and a frail girl wanted an experienced player to guide her.
Many people would surely compete to take her under their wing.
But under the current circumstances...
Everyone was struggling to survive themselves!
Who would dare to boast about leading someone else?!
Therefore, after the girl sent her message, no one responded.
Many people were just talking about their own things, mostly sharing their experiences.
Or just asking for help.
There wasn't much useful information.
Zhang Chen had no intention of speaking in the channel.
Did you think this was really a game?!
This is the apocalypse!
An apocalypse where people fight to the death for resources!
The more you speak in the channel, the more information you expose about yourself!
It would easily attract opportunistic survivors to come knocking!
Until you become strong, lying low is the way to go!
Zhang Chen recovered for a while, confirming that the zombies at the door wouldn't break in.
He had used flyers to block the glass door, so the entrance here was like a wall to the zombies.
It was safe for now!
Zhang Chen remembered the prompt stating that there was a Level 1 supply crate in this room!
He stood up and looked around.
This real estate agency was very small, only one floor.
Upon entering, there was a sofa, a coffee table, and a front desk reception area.
Behind that, there was an office.
The two rooms combined were only a little over sixty square meters!
Zhang Chen walked into the office and found the luggage-sized Level 1 supply crate in the corner!
As soon as his hand touched the supply crate, a prompt immediately popped up:
Do you wish to open it immediately? Yes/No?
Yes!
The box moved in response!
It opened by itself!
Inside was a fire axe!
A beginner's Physique Potion!
A 500mL bottle of purified water!
Zhang Chen suddenly remembered that he still had a spatial ring.
This ring was dark green, almost fused to his left middle finger.
As Zhang Chen willed it,
his personal space immediately displayed:
There were a total of 12 slots here, and each slot could store the same type of item.
Item quantities could be stacked, and there was no upper limit!
However, they could not be stored in a nested manner.
For example, if you put items into a backpack, and then put the backpack into a slot...
If you insisted on storing them this way, the system would automatically treat the backpack as a single item and the items within as separate items, storing them individually.
(Vehicles loaded later are the same; you cannot put items inside a car and then put the car into the ring.)
Currently, two slots in the space were occupied.
The first slot contained a one-jin can of luncheon meat.
The second slot contained a 500-milliliter bottle of drinking water.
Zhang Chen then stored the riot shield, tempered helmet, fire axe, tear gas, and the newly discovered purified water.
This instantly occupied 6 slots, leaving 6 slots remaining.
The display above the drinking water position showed 2.
This indicated that there were two bottles of drinking water.