Chapter 1: High-Level Zombies
Chapter 1
High-Level Zombies
INSIDE of an abandoned building, there's a shadow that sitting on a dusty, old, and broken couch. The environment is very messy and dirty. It also looks too gloomy and dark.
The surrounding was very quiet, only Ashyra's breath could be heard. The woman was staring into nothingness. She's in deep thought.
*Grrrraaaa!*
A familiar noise broke the silence and that brought her deep thoughts back to reality.
Ashyra's lifeless eyes looked at the broken window of the room she was in.
She seemed to have no appetite and was forced to move when she slowly stood from her seat. She started walking slowly towards the broken window.
When she got near, she saw a familiar event.
She could see the outside from where she was standing.
She raised her hand and grabbed the dusty and old bookshelves beside her. The bookshelves were so old that when her finger could hold it, it suddenly collapsed.
The books from that shelve fell noisily at Ashyra's feet but she didn't even notice it even though her left foot was hit.
She looks at her hand that holding that old shelve. Suddenly, a green vein-like mark on her hand that looked like spread up to her arm started glowing. Ashyra looked at the mark with an emotionless pair of eyes.
She slightly opened her lips, "Hungry again? You're greedy, Green" she said softly, and like a living thing the mark seemed to understand what she said that it lit up more.
Ashyra watched the mark and when it stopped shining she lowered her hand down. She looks down, looking at the book under her fit. She bends to pick the thing.
When she got it, the old book was slightly open causing her to read what was the content in it.
'The year 2043, I saw them. I saw how my parents, colleagues, friends, and lover died. I already experienced the worst feeling in this world. Why did monsters do this to us? Why? I want to take revenge but I don't know how. I am just a small, weak; coward awakener. I can only watch how those people die and how those people turn, and transform into another monster.
In the year 2050, I met this girl, I think she's the person that I want to protect right now. I want to protect those monsters and survive this hellish world. I just want to survive and protect her but why? Why did everyone leave me? Why can't I have someone I love? Why has this world turned into this? Why? I hate this life... Please... I just want this suffering to end!!'
The writing was very blurry but Ashyra still managed to read it. Suddenly, a cold wind came in from the broken window causing the page of Ashyra's holding to move into the other part.
Ashyra immediately saw what was written in the book. Even though the writing was more blurred and even though it looked like it had been damaged by the passage of so much time, she was still able to read it.
'The year 2026, suddenly, an unknown virus spread in the world. Every country tried to stop this virus but even America didn't control it. This virus is named Z-virus. Those who got this virus will turn into a ZOMBIE. A dead being is that if you got bitten or even scratched you will be turned just like them if you didn't do something to stop the virus from spreading on your body in just 3 minutes. No one knows where this virus came from but every expert; and scientist trying their best to solve it. But before the team starts the experiment, a very strange and surprising phenomenon happens. Humankind awakened a supernatural power and a floating island popped up around the sky. Experts and scientists thought this was a chance but just five days past humankind started to fall. In just five days, those monsters become more aggressive and increase in numbers. Humankind is in despair, we're losing our hope then suddenly, super awakener people pop up, and they help everyone to survive. Living in this dangerous world, trying our best to help and survive but right, I forgot, when this world changes it means everything changes. I can tell, humankind is selfish, arrogant, wicked, sinful, and immoral. One thing is sure YOU CAN'T TRUST ANYONE even your blood-related person.
In the year 2029, We live for ourselves, if you have someone you love and care then bless you. Fighting those monsters to survive, killing to survive, becoming stronger to survive. In group, or solo. We are out of food for those people who didn't awaken superpowers. Become a leader or become a city lord, even if we're losing to those zombies, there's still a war among humankind just to save the rights they want even stepping on those weak people, killing the same kind. Really, seriously, humankind is wicked. Dying, killing, stealing, lying, everything became nonsense, and everything changed.
Year 2030, humankind discovered the purpose of the floating island. It's become the goal for everyone. There's still hope. Just search the DOOR, kill or ambush the guards, and open the portal. The other side of the portals is one of those floating islands. If you are lucky to survive now, then you can have a whole island with a fresh forest with fresh water and air. This floating island become our paradise. I helped search this DOOR but we didn't even last a year when a battalion of zombies suddenly attacked. Why? Why did this happen? We thought this was a chance for all of us. We just want a place we can call home. Why? I lose hope. We lose hope. If ever someone can see this book, I want you to write down what happens on your days. Do the zombies disappear? Or the humankind going extinct?'
The writer's adventures are palpable.
Ashyra dropped the book. She looked at the broken front window. Didn't move and just concentrated her sight on the broken pieces of glass that were still attached to the window. She saw herself reflecting on it. She saw what she looked like. With a green vein on her whole face, it's hard to recognize if she can still call herself a human being.
Yes, she has one head, two arms, two feet, and a whole body that looks like a human but these green vein marks are eating her whole body. This is the virus of her body, this is the one eating her.
She opened her lips whispering again, "Humankind is extinct. There's no human in this world" answering the question she just read.
The broken glass that attached to the window suddenly fell. Like slow motion, she saw her eyes reflect on it. "I'm no longer a human being"
She said that as if she was reminding herself what she really is now.
*Grrrrraaaaa grraa* another growl broke the peaceful and quiet room. Ashyra stops thinking about herself and looks seriously at the scene outside the window.
Outside the building, the whole place is already ruined, with a dark sky, a ruined building, and a gloomy city. On the ground, a battalion of creatures can be seen. They look like an ant in the long distance because of how many they are.
So many, they occupied the whole ground in the big city. Even the abandoned buildings are full of these creatures.
These creatures are called ZOMBIES but not normal zombies. Almost half of those monsters have color gold skin. While the other half monsters have color yellow and cyan skin. This monster doesn't have the same size. There are large, small, very small, and gigantic monsters. All of these creatures can also be called high-level monsters or high-level zombies.
From Ashyra's position, she could see in the distance the twenty creatures that could be called the leaders of these monsters around the ground and she knew how these twenty creatures were stronger other than those normal monsters around the ground.
From white eyes, black skin color, white or black hair, and various horn colors from black, white, red, and yellow. This group of monsters is called superior monsters and these new creatures are the ones who replace humanity. This world become a hell with this devil, and demons living here.
Ashyra looks at them with an emotionless expression. She doesn't care how many this monster is. She was already used to this, the only thing she knew, she didn't want to die in this dirty place.
Ashyra began to position herself, placing one foot on the window while holding onto both sides of it. She ready herself. After a while, the green veins on her arms and legs began to glow again. A strong energy came out.
This energy is like the wind that freshly comes from the forest. When someone smells it they can really tell that the effect of this scent can change their thought of how this parallel world is different from this gloomy world.
The energy released by Ashyra was overwhelming, causing the monsters below to start to riot. These high-level zombies started to become more aggressive. There's a thing that started running, jumping, flying just trying their best to reach Ashyra's place. Even the superior monsters in the distance seemed to yearn for Ashyra.
Before the atmosphere started to get more chaotic, Ashyra immediately kicked to the ground. The building she was just standing in was left to collapse and fall due to the strong impact she made.
Ashyra was very fast and not even two minutes had passed, she reached the place where the superior monsters were.
Thinking that these superior monsters were about to taste delicious food, they immediately ran toward Ashyra but Ashyra quickly attacked. The release of energy in Ashyra's body became intense and due to its extreme intensity, the previously fragrant smell was replaced by the smell of the earth along with the strong wind.
As if gravity stopped the superior monsters from moving. They couldn't move immediately because Ashyra's gravity energy weakened their movement.
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