Zain's eyelids twitched twice before slowly opening up. He felt them be somewhat heavy as if he was waking up from a deep sleep, and his body felt quite weak, as if he was in the middle of recovering from a fever.
It felt like he had almost run a marathon the day before and was slowly recovering, a familiar feeling for Zain since he had once attempted a marathon run to test his limits. After all, if one were in an apocalypse situation where vehicles didn't exactly work, they would need to run.
However, this feeling didn't last long as it slowly disappeared, and soon Zain stood up and carefully scanned his surroundings while turning his head left and right. He didn't know where to start and just slapped his hands on his forehead.
'Did I get robbed!' Zain assumed. Quickly, he rushed over to where his computer desk was and fell to his knees in disbelief.
'Why the hell would a robber break in and destroy my computer? What the hell did they have to get from this?'
The whole room was a complete mess. The drawers, even the bunk bed, looked to be partially destroyed. It was as if the entire room had been ransacked and picked apart, as if someone was searching for something.
After realising there was no way of him being able to restore his computer, he stood up and looked around at everything.
'Wait a second, what happened again? Was it really a robber? My head is a little fuzzy.' While trying to recall the moments before he had passed out, he rubbed the side of his neck close to his shoulder and could feel a few bumps on his skin.
Suddenly, the memories of the final moments before he lost consciousness flashed in his mind.
'I was bit...and the person who bit me, they didn't exactly look normal…it can't be…why would someone just come in and bite me?'
Thinking fast and seeing that his door was wide open, Zain first made sure that there was no one inside, and soon after, he had closed the door shut and locked the door. But, before doing anything else, he had to ensure the situation was what he thought.
Then, when he took out his phone from his pocket, the necklace from before dropped onto the ground. Looking at it, he noticed it no longer had a shine like before. Instead, the crystal inside looked more like a regular old rock. Either way, he still picked it up and, rather than placing it in his pocket, he put it around his neck for now.
Then checking his phone, all he could see was a black screen. Upon pressing the power button, he expected it to turn on, but nothing happened. Quickly, he searched for a charger and put his phone on charge, but there was still no response on the screen.
Upon clicking the two light switches, he discovered the power was out.
'I would love to think that the whole building has just had a power cut, but based on what's been happening the whole day and with the video that Skittle had shown…I don't think there's a simple reason behind the current situation.'
Without his phone and computer, there was no way for Zain to get information on the current situation. He knew he needed to learn as much as possible before leaving the room.
Of course, he would like to know if Skittle and Buke were okay, but in the end, he had to first look after himself before he could think about anyone else. While thinking of this, one pressing and worrying matter was running through Zain's head, and that was the bite on his neck.
If the current situation was really what he thought it was, and from the several movies and games he played, getting bitten was one of the most dangerous things.
Heading into the toilet, which was close to the door, Zain was surprised to see that the water supply was still operating, so he splashed his face a few times, trying to get his thoughts straight.
Although, he didn't feel a cold refreshing feeling like he usually would when using the water. Still, he pulled the hoodie he had on himself and then titled it towards the mirror to get a better look at his wound.
The wound looked precisely like a bite mark, and Zain could easily confirm that it was indeed a human bite. The strange thing was that the wound looked a couple of days old, and most of it was already healed. There was still quite the visible mark though.
'That's strange...and it doesn't hurt either.'
After observing the wound for a long time, he finally calmed down and looked at himself in the mirror. Then, in the next moment, Zain's eyes opened wide, and he couldn't help but rub them a couple of times. He blinked as fast as he could before stumbling back and almost falling on the bathroom floor.
'What the F*ck! What the…who the…who the f*ck is this! What happened to me!'
At first, Zain noticed that his general appearance had changed a bit. His skin seemed paler than usual. It was not quite snow-white like a female novel character. Instead, his skin had turned dull grey, as if there was no life in it at all.
However, that wasn't the most shocking thing for him. Instead, it was the fact that there were a couple of bars above his head and varying numbers in them.
'This is…just like a game interface...but what's wrong with my skin? Did the fall hurt my eyesight? Am I dreaming or something? '
In these sorts of cases, one would usually try and pinch themselves to wake them up, which was exactly what Zain did in his case. But when he pinched himself, using little force on the palm of his hand, he surprisingly ended up ripping through his skin. While staring at the wound in shock, a stream of blood began to bubble out of the wound, but he was even more surprised upon noticing that he wasn't feeling any pain.
'No…no, this can't be...this has to be a dream, right? Someone tell me what is going on!'
When such a strange thought flashed in his mind, and he clenched the wash basin, Zain suddenly heard a 'ding' notification prompt, and upon looking straight, he found a translucent screen in front of him.
[Name: Zain Talen]
[Current Body State: 98 Percent Functional]
[Energy Level: 100 Percent]
[Level: 1]
[EXP: 0/100]
[Race: Undead]
Notifications soon flashed in front of Zain, shrouding his reflection of his face in the mirror. He carefully read the information coming to him. Beside each stat was a small 'i' icon; when Zain focused on it, a new prompt would appear and reveal information about that particular stat.
And when he read the last line, he was once more stumped.
'I haven't misread, right? It definitely says Undead here…'
How long Zain had stared at himself in the mirror after reading that, he didn't know, but it was long enough for the value of his energy stat to drop by one point.
[Energy level: 99]
[Note: Get a taste of human flesh to restore your energy!]
[New (Bonus) quest received]
[Eat fresh flesh straight from a human]
[Quest reward: 10 EXP]
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