My Perfect Apocalyptic Life

After taking a hot shower, Meng Xu slept soundly.

He accidentally overslept.

When Meng Xu woke up, a long time had passed, and everything around him was dark.

The room was filled with dim, gray light, making it seem as if the sun had permanently set. A sense of solitude enveloped Meng Xu, like a silent black cat, quietly circling in his mind.

For a moment, Meng Xu was immersed in deep darkness.

There was an indescribable loneliness.

“Whew~”

Meng Xu casually turned on the living room light, and the bright light instantly flooded the room, dispelling the silent loneliness completely.

After changing clothes, Meng Xu sat casually on the sofa, glanced at his phone, and realized it was past business hours. He rubbed his temples and scolded himself.

“How did I sleep so late?”

After a yawn, Meng Xu felt energized. Suddenly, a golden text appeared before his eyes, like mist.

【A perfect life begins with a perfect sleep. After three days of hard work and effort, a hot shower and a rest can rejuvenate you! You have received a Perfect Reward Fund of 3000 yuan, Spirit attribute +1, and Allocatable Career Experience +1.】

Meng Xu was stunned. Then, as the mist cleared, the golden text dissolved like flowing sand before his eyes.

“Sleeping has additional rewards?”

That was unexpected for Meng Xu.

It seemed this Perfect Life System was truly perfect.

If only there wasn’t an apocalypse, it would be even better.

Yawning, Meng Xu wasn’t sure what to do next. He absentmindedly turned on the TV to see if there were any programs on.

Unfortunately.

There was no signal when he turned it on.

Meng Xu grabbed a glass of water, sipping it while browsing his phone.

The network signal was still poor outside, and Meng Xu didn’t know why.

But the electricity was still running.

“Is it because there are still people working at the power station, or because of hydroelectric power, which continues to supply electricity without human operation?”

Meng Xu wondered, unclear about the exact reason.

If there’s no one working at the power station, then the electricity supply won’t last long.

After a while, amidst extremely unstable network signals, Meng Xu managed to enter a forum.

“I lost power, what should I do? Most of my stored food is refrigerated. What do I do if the fridge stops working?”

“The water flow here has also reduced a lot. What’s going on? Is the water supply going to stop too? Damn, is it too late to stockpile water now?”

“Haha, I already set up a safe house with continuous water and electricity, and enough supplies to last a lifetime! Awesome!”

“How can I contact the guy upstairs? I just turned eighteen this year~”

“……”

Browsing through the posts, Meng Xu realized many of them talked about power outages in their areas. Although the water hadn’t stopped, the flow rate was considerably poor.

Sighing at the unpredictable world, Meng Xu found it as expected.

As he casually scrolled through the posts, he came across one with an IP address from Heqing City.

“Clocking in During the Apocalypse: Day One.”

Meng Xu: ?

It’s the apocalypse. Is there really someone foolish enough to go to work?

Curiosity piqued, Meng Xu clicked on the post and suddenly saw a familiar computer screen.

Isn’t that my desk?!

At that moment, Meng Xu had a realization about who the poster was and felt a wave of frustration.

Instead of working, they’re online?

Don’t you know that working diligently is the only way to create value for me and gain experience points?!

Scanning the comments, most were pitying remarks like ‘This girl has finally lost it’, ‘Poor thing, nobody rescued her, so she went crazy’, mixed with pleas for medicine and food. Meng Xu scrolled to the bottom and left a comment: “Get back to work properly, or you’ll be fired when I return!”

With a cold snort, Meng Xu turned off the screen.

Feeling idle, Meng Xu went to the bedroom, opened his laptop, and found the Wi-Fi connected but the signal was weak.

Bored, he launched a game named ‘Phantom Beast Palu’ to experience being a boss in the virtual world.

Playing alone was somewhat dull, so Meng Xu instinctively opened the group chat, only to be greeted by the red, signal-out reminder. He sighed, disappointed.

He had hoped to call on some gaming buddies from the group, but the poor signal ruined that plan.

After playing solo for a bit, night fell. Meng Xu picked up his intermittently weak-signaled phone and noticed several replies to his comment.

“Explain, how to surpass.”

“I want to surpass too. Can we do it together?”

“……”

Seeing these vulgar and uninteresting comments, Meng Xu frowned.

He really should make Chi Wei look at this, to see what true vulgarity is!

Just as Meng Xu continued scrolling down, he suddenly heard loud footsteps outside.

I can endure.

“Zombies have no manners, but I do. I am the dignified chairman of Peace and Order, with a whole three employees under my command. I won’t stoop to their level!”

Meng Xu snorted coldly. After all, his status had changed; he couldn’t resort to violence over trivial matters.

In this world, background counts.

He rummaged through his cabinet and found a packet of Black Elephant instant noodles. As he prepared the noodles, he pondered the purpose of the zombies outside. Then, he pulled out his phone again and continued scrolling through the replies he hadn’t finished reading.

Soon, Meng Xu came across a reply from the thread starter:

“Stop pretending to be my boss. Let me tell you, my boss is super tough and not right in the head. If he saw you spouting nonsense here, he’d rush over and kill you, then scatter your ashes!”

Meng Xu: ?

Just wait till I get back and deal with you!