NOVEL NEXT Chapter 338 In the Midst of Crisis
"...I, must survive!"
The girl named Luo Muyao once thought that as long as she could ensure her own survival, she could accept and do anything, even if it required erasing her humanity...it didn't matter!
In the midst of this apocalyptic crisis, the traditional ethics and morals had already collapsed; staying alive had become the most important goal. For the sake of survival, one could resort to almost any means!
However, when Luo Muyao witnessed the disintegration of society's rules and the limitless extent of what people unbound by them could do, she felt fear.
From this, she realized she had underestimated herself.
...
The story must start with the onset of the great catastrophe.
At that time, classes were temporarily suspended in the school due to the arrival of Analog Horror, and live footage was being displayed on large screens in every classroom, drawing attention to this challenge that concerned the fate of the Country and humanity.
Luo Muyao sat in the classroom like her classmates, full of anticipation for this instance of Analog Horror, staring intently at the big screen.
However, this instance of Analog Horror was different from any before; the live room footage didn't show that person's figure as usual but...suddenly turned into a mirror!
That's right, the live room footage showed all the students in the classroom!
Not only that, but a row of striking crimson characters also appeared on the screen.
[From this moment onward, all humans on Blue Star have entered the Analog Horror dungeon... Alright, let the brutal competition for survival begin.]
Luo Muyao believed she definitely wasn't the only one completely dumbfounded at this scene; probably everyone around the world who saw this felt the same perplexed shock.
But soon, people didn't have the luxury to stay confused.
The next moment, in the sky, a gigantic Tower rose as though it could reach the moon, completely covering a good portion of the originally clear skies!
Then, countless beams of light descended like spears stabbing into the ground! It was like a violent storm!
After that, in the midst of those countless beams of light, immeasurable and bizarre monsters emerged continuously, and instantly... as if they had been commanded, they began to attack other people right away!
Luo Muyao's school was no exception, and it was then that she truly realized how fragile human life could be.
Those monsters straightforwardly tore her classmates and teachers, who had been alive and smiling at her just before, into pieces with ease.
Beneath the beautiful shell of humanity lay nothing but clusters of red flesh and dark red organs filled with an incredibly foul odor.
Red, white, yellow... These colors mixed together like trash, engendering an intense sense of disgust and nausea in Luo Muyao.
But she also knew she couldn't afford to vomit, she could only instinctively start to run for her life!
She would stomp down with all her might on the ground with every step and then kick off with even more force!
Even if the soles of her feet were numb and her toenails bled, she couldn't care less, for if she slowed down for even a second, the meat grinder behind her would swallow her whole.
However, Luo Muyao actually didn't know where to run; she knew that even if she escaped the school, the outside world was just as full of those monsters.
Just as dangerous outside...
At that moment, Luo Muyao suddenly saw a classmate she had once been close to begging her for help.
That classmate has been overpowered by the monsters, nearly certain to die.
But... Luo Muyao looked at the person and hesitated only for a moment before she disregarded them and bolted away.
At that time, Luo Muyao didn't look back, but she instinctively felt that the person must've looked at her with eyes full of despair... and resentment.
Fortunately, perhaps attracted by the bloody scent released from the torn classmate, all the monsters chasing Luo Muyao turned in that direction, abandoning the pursuit.
Thanks to that classmate, Luo Muyao was safe...for the moment.
But Luo Muyao didn't feel thankful in her heart toward that classmate, because she knew her survival wasn't due to the other's intentional help; it was just her own good luck.
Similarly, Luo Muyao didn't feel any guilt for not being able to save that person, for she knew she couldn't have done anything if she had tried, save adding her own body to the corpses, which would have been pointless.
It was then that Luo Muyao suddenly saw a girl gesturing to her to come over.
And... that person only had half a body, only the upper half visible above the ground.
At first glance, Luo Muyao herself was taken aback, thinking that the girl had been cut in half, leaving just the upper body to talk to her.
After a closer look, Luo Muyao realized that the person was actually at the entrance to a sewer, hence only the upper half was visible.
Once she realized this, naturally, Luo Muyao immediately ran toward the person's location, entered the sewer, and closed the sewer cover. Once inside, they went down into the sewer together.
After walking for a while, someone met them at the end.
They followed the person's guidance, climbed a ladder, and then arrived at a spacious underground space.