Episode 1: The Barbecue Barrier After the Gas Explosion
Section 1: Scent of Doom
I flipped the sizzling pork belly skewers, the echoes of the gas explosion three days ago still ringing in my ears.
Outside the bulletproof glass, a Meituan delivery zombie gnawed on asphalt, its cracked thermal bag revealing half of my Huawei phone. The screen looped the explosion footage: five gas-masked figures hauling canisters into my kitchen.
[Warning! Newbie Protection Period Remaining: 00:59:59]
[Complete First Order to Unlock Forcefield]
A crimson countdown materialized on the glass as putrid stench intensified tenfold. The woman in the lab coat pressed against the window, her bandaged arm oozing fluorescent fluid that hissed against the glass.
[First Customer Detected: Bai Shuang (Contamination 89%)]
[Special Mission: Serve "Charred Survival" Set Meal]
Her glitching pupils locked onto my glowing forearm scar—a lightning-shaped brand left by the explosion. The grill erupted in sapphire flames, tongues of fire licking the ceiling where mold stains morphed into coordinates: 13th Zone Ruins, 2km NE
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Section 2: Salt and Bullets
The first skewer passed through the delivery slot. Maggots froze mid-crawl from Bai Shuang's wounds, shattering into salt crystals that spelled "Freezer 3" on the greasy floor.
The hidden compartment yielded a bullet-riddled lockbox. Inside, a half-charred journal entry read:
"March 16, 2015
Gamma-092 turns test subjects into meat-crazed monsters. Dr. Bai Lu's 'Culinary Catalyst' project is madness—last night I saw the specimens. Those pigs with human eyes... they whispered my name."
Bai Shuang's scream pierced the air as she vomited spiral-grooved bullets. Each round sparked holograms of the five saboteurs rigging my gas line.
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Section 3: Gluttony's Feast
Engines roared. Armored SUVs mounted with corpse-armor stormed the ruins. Gluttony, his spine fused with a writhing metal esophagus, crushed a lamppost with his biomechanical tongue.
"Gamma Adaptor!" His severed-head lantern spoke with the maintenance man's voice. "Your fire belongs to the Syndicate!"
[Emergency Unlock: Garlic Eggplant]
[Combat Mode Activated]
The freezer ejected an aubergine that self-sliced. I hurled garlic-coated chunks into blue flames, creating homing fireballs that severed Gluttony's neural links. His bloated stomach burst, spewing mutant ingredients—crawling squid with human teeth, mushrooms sporting screaming faces.
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Section 4: Memory Ignition
Bai Shuang tossed me a blood-crusted USB mid-battle. "Sector 13's truth is inside!" Her bandages tore away, revealing subdermal reactors pulsing with gamma-blue energy identical to my scar.
The delivery zombie lunged, offering a crystalline core. The grill flared, burning words into my retinas:
[Hidden Mission: Rekindle Civilization]
[Current Progress: 1/100]
[Reward Unlocked: Memory Flashback (00:05:00)]
As I grasped the core, the explosion replayed—but this time, I saw it. Five glowing hands pressing detonators, each bearing the Syndicate's mark now carved into my enemies.