Chapter 3: I Choose to Build the City of Sin
[Choice 1: City of Radiance. You must build a shelter to save the survivors of the apocalypse. For every person saved, you will receive a corresponding amount of Apocalypse Coins and Merit Points. Apocalypse Coins can be used to purchase buildings and upgrade your city. Merit Points can be used to enhance the host's physical attributes and exchange for talents, skills, and items.]
[Choice 2: City of Sin. You must build a tomb. The tomb can infinitely bury zombie corpses. Burying zombie corpses will grant you Apocalypse Coins and corresponding attribute points. Special zombies can also grant talents, skills, and items. Any human who enters the City of Sin can only become a slave.]
Looking at the two choices before him, Xiao Yi fell into deep thought.
The scene of him being driven out of the school warehouse was still fresh in his mind.
The ugly faces of those people made him sick to his stomach.
Compared to facing ugly human nature, he perhaps preferred to face the dead.
"I choose to develop into the City of Sin!" Xiao Yi chose the City of Sin without hesitation.
[Choice of City of Sin successful! System has gifted one Tomb!]
With a "rumble..." a huge sound shook the ground, and dust flew into the air.
As the smoke cleared, a strange and gloomy tomb appeared within the city.
[Ding! New building added: Tomb. A tomb that can infinitely bury zombie corpses. Burying zombie corpses grants Apocalypse Coins and corresponding attribute points. Special zombies can also grant talents, skills, and items. Current level: 1. Upgrade requires: 50 Apocalypse Coins.]
Looking at the building icon and notes that appeared before him, Xiao Yi pondered for a while before finally understanding.
It turned out that just before he died, he had obtained a miraculous system called the Apocalypse City System, and after building the Apocalypse City, he had become its lord.
And the development path he chose, the City of Sin, required him to bury zombie corpses in this tomb to strengthen himself and expand the Apocalypse City.
Finding zombies was simple enough; they were everywhere outside. The key question was, how could he kill the zombies and bring them back to be buried?
As Xiao Yi pondered this, he walked onto the city wall and looked out. He discovered that he was actually on the school's sports field, and a large part of the field was now occupied by his Apocalypse City.
Outside the city of the dead were dozens of zombies wandering around. Most of these zombies were students wearing tracksuits, moving slowly. Their eyes were lifeless, bloodshot, and they would occasionally glance at Xiao Yi before expressionlessly turning their heads and continuing to shamble aimlessly into the distance.
Xiao Yi touched his somewhat empty stomach and glanced at his city. At this moment, besides the city walls, the Apocalypse City only had a rest room and a tomb.
Other than that, there was just barren land, not a blade of grass in sight.
He didn't even have the chance to eat grass roots to fill his stomach.
"System, what other buildings can I construct now?" Since the existing buildings could be upgraded with a single click, Xiao Yi was certain that this city of the dead had to have more than just these few buildings.
[My apologies, Master. Your current Apocalypse Coin balance is zero. There are no buildings available for construction.]
The system's response disappointed Xiao Yi a little.
"Then, bring up my attribute panel!" Since burying zombies gave attribute points, he must have his own attributes as well.
Xiao Yi guessed correctly. The system quickly projected his attributes before his eyes.
[City of Sin (Beginner) Lord's Name: Xiao Yi]
[Gender: Male]
[Physique: 65]
[Spirit: 60]
[Strength: 65]
[Endurance: 63]
[Agility: 62]
*(The average value for an adult male human is 60)*
[Skills: None]
[Items: Novice Gift Pack.]
[Apocalypse Coins: 0]
Seeing his physical attributes, Xiao Yi was quite satisfied. Overall, his physical fitness surpassed that of most adult men.
Looking further down, Xiao Yi noticed a few large, gleaming golden words, Novice Gift Pack!
"System! What's the Novice Gift Pack? Can I use it?" Xiao Yi asked.
The system didn't answer. Instead, two options appeared directly on the interface.
[Does the host wish to open the Novice Gift Pack?]
[Use Now] [Not Now]
Without hesitation, Xiao Yi chose to use it immediately. Given his current situation, even with the miraculous Apocalypse City system, he would likely starve to death inside the city. Since he had this cheat, why not use it now?
[Opening Novice Gift Pack!]
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Zombie Reaper's Blade of Sin (Cuts through iron like butter, does not wear, can easily decapitate zombies.)]
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Spatial Pouch x1 (Can only be used to store non-living objects, e.g., corpses, food. Maximum storage capacity: one hundred zombie corpses.)]
As the system's voice faded, a long-handled Mo blade wreathed in faint ghostly flames and a black, ordinary-looking cloth pouch appeared before Xiao Yi.
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