Chapter 1
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nTranslator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
nEarly June, the weather was hot and humid, and it was drizzling outside the window.
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n“Buzz Buzz…”
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nInside the room, the phone on the bedside table kept vibrating.
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n“Quiet, quiet, stop making the noise. I’ll wake up after a while.”
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nFang Heng, who was lying on the bed, muttered under his breath and habitually reached out to turn off the alarm.
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n“Hmm? Where’s my alarm?” he thought to himself.
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nIn a daze, Fang Heng opened his eyes.
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nThe small and narrow room was messy. A small wooden bed and a game cabin occupied about one-third of the room. The takeout food was left on the wooden table and there were a few empty wine bottles scattered on the floor.
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nThere was a picture hanging on the wall. A somewhat handsome young man was holding on to his trophy while being surrounded by the crowd who was cheering for him.
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nThere was no smile on his face. Instead, there was a hint of arrogance.
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nFang Heng’s body trembled. He suddenly sat up straight and woke up with a start. He was no longer sleepy at all.
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nWhat the hell! This isn’t my home!
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nIn an instant, countless chaotic messages entered Fang Heng’s mind.
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nThis body was called Fang Heng, just like him.
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nHe committed suicide last night?
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n“My soul has crossed over to his body?” Fang Heng wondered.
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n“Buzz…”
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nThe phone was still vibrating in his hand. Fang Heng saw the caller ID, and the words “Big Trouble” written in the remarks.
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nFang Heng picked up the phone, and a crisp female voice came from the other end.
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n“Fang Heng! You b*stard! Where have you been? I couldn’t find you all day! Are you getting ready to commit suicide and end this once and for all?!”
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nUgh…
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nFang Heng was silent for a moment when he heard the question on the phone.
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nHe could hear the anxiety in the other party’s tone.
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n“I’m sorry to have made you worry. What’s the matter?”
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nOn the other end of the phone, Xia Xi was stunned.
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nIn the past, Fang Heng would never say something like “Sorry”.
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n“Are you okay?”
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nFang Heng realized that he had said something wrong.
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nIn his memory, the original owner of this body had a very violent temper. He was not going to apologize to anyone even if he was in the wrong.
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nFang Heng imitated the impatient tone of the original owner of this body.
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n“Is there anything else? If not, I’ll go back to sleep.”
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n“Wait, a friend of mine opened a new online gaming company and is recruiting professional players. Her company is very big and the benefits are very good.” Xia Xi bit her lips lightly, “I didn’t manage to contact you yesterday, so I sent your resume over first. The interview time is set for tomorrow afternoon.”
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nGaming company?
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nFor a moment, images quickly flashed past Fang Heng’s eyes.
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nHis gaze once again fell on the photo on the wall.
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nThe original owner of this body was once a professional player from a certain gaming club. At his peak, he had represented his country in the world championships and had achieved good results in international competitions.
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nHowever, the original owner had a bad temper and often got into fights with his teammates.
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nLater, to please his girlfriend, he was instigated by his girlfriend to accept money to help others fix matches.
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nSoon, the club’s results suffered a sudden decline and the fighting incidents were exposed on the internet. His involvement in match-fixing was also found out by the management and he got kicked out of the club.
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nIf Xia Xi hadn’t gone around to help him plead for leniency, he might have even been arrested and sent to prison for his criminal actions.
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n“The interview is set. Anyway, you better tidy up yourself. I’ll pick you up tomorrow afternoon.”
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nXia Xi hung up after saying that, not giving Fang Heng the chance to refuse.
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nFang Heng held his phone in a daze, listening to the busy tone after the call was hung up.
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n“No wonder, I’m a professional player.”
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nFang Heng’s gaze shifted to the simulation game cabin in the room and tried to recollect the memories of this body.
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nThe world after he had crossed over was very similar to the parallel world where Fang Heng originally lived, except for one special thing.
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nThe King of Gods’ game!
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nThis national game was not just empty words in this world.
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nAll humans would be forcefully dragged into the King of Gods’ space to become players when they reached adulthood.
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nIn the early stages, players would have to choose one of the three dangerous apocalypse survival games to join, and they would be forced to stay in the game for at least 30 days every year.
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nIn addition, every player would awaken a talent skill after entering the game.
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nThe previous owner of this body was extremely lucky to obtain the highest level of talent, the S-level, in the game, and this also laid the foundation for him to become a professional player.
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nOne had to know that there were only a few hundred players in China who had obtained S-level talent.
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nFang Heng scratched his head.
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nHis memory was somewhat lacking and he had already forgotten why the original owner of the body had committed suicide.
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nHowever, ever since the original owner of this body was chased out by the gaming club, he had no income at all and he had not paid his rent for more than half a year.
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nFang Heng looked through his phone again and saw that quite a few messages were pressing for payment of debts.
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nNo way… could it be that he had died of poverty?
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nFang Heng had never had any big ambitions and he did not want to be rich. He just wanted to spend his life peacefully.
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n“I need to think of a way to get some money… Well, I have an interview related to gaming tomorrow afternoon… anyway, I’ll go to the game to check out the situation first.”
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n…
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nWelcome back to the King of Gods’ space.
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nEntering the elementary game – ‘Zombie Apocalypse’.
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nThe game world was considered to be an alternate real world.
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nAfter players entered the game world, if they died, they would be in a spiritual state and be forcefully sent back to the King of Gods’ space.
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nUnless they had special tools or skills, they would be devoured by the King of Gods’ space after three consecutive deaths and be completely dead.
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nWhen he entered the game and opened his eyes, a pale and terrifying face appeared in front of Fang Heng.
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nA zombie was less than half a meter away from Fang Heng.
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n“F*ck!”
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nFang Heng was so scared that he took two steps back.
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nWhat a shock!
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nAfter calming himself down, Fang Heng realized that this zombie was his clone.
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n“Oh right, S-level talent!”
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nFang Heng opened the character page and switched to the character talent skill observation.
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nTalent skill: Zombie clone
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nTalent level: S
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nTalent description: You have a permanent zombie clone. The zombie clone has 39.5% of the main body’s attributes and an additional 780% of the main body’s HP. It inherits some of the main body’s basic skills and passive skills. After leaving the battle for 7.8 hours, it will regain its full status. After dying, it will automatically resurrect 27.5 hours later.
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nAdditional description: By increasing your player’s level, the zombie clone will receive a higher percentage of attribute bonuses and shorten the resurrection time.
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n“This S-level talent doesn’t seem very strong…”
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nFang Heng muttered to himself and closed the game description.
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nHe recalled that the zombie clone did not have the capacity for thinking. It only accepted Fang Heng’s orders and he couldn’t control it after it left his sight.
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nUnder normal circumstances, apart from using the zombie clone to fight, the zombie clone could also ‘hack’.
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nEven after logging off, the zombie clone could still faithfully carry out Fang Heng’s orders.
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nHowever, it wasn’t very clever, so it could only accept the simplest hack order.
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nWhile thinking, Fang Heng opened the game log to check.
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nYour zombie has started collecting materials and exploring the area.
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nYour zombie has entered Highway 102.
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nWhat did your zombie notice?
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nYour zombie has picked up some common waste by the roadside.
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nYour zombie continues to move forward.
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nYour zombie encounters a group of zombies that are coming at him.
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nYour zombie continues to explore.
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nYour zombie brushes past a group of zombies.
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nYour zombie picks up a piece of wood by the roadside*1.
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nYour zombie picks up a piece of wood by the roadside*1.
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n…
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nYour zombie finds a pile of trash by the roadside.
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nYour zombie is trying to search the pile of garbage…
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nSearch failed!
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nYour zombie obtained contaminated bottled water during the search*1.
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nYour zombie backpack is full, returning to the shelter.
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nYour zombie has completed 20 rounds of gathering materials. It is waiting for new orders.
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nFang Heng quickly estimated the benefits of the hack.
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nSome basic building materials, water and food.
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nWithout a doubt, these materials and food were extremely useful to survive in this apocalyptic environment.
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n“But, can this skill be considered as an S-level?”
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nThis was the so-called strongest S-level talent? How weak were the other player’s talents?
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nFang Heng curled his lips and couldn’t help but complain.
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nJust as he was about to walk around the shelter to see how much materials his previous owner had left him, he suddenly heard a notification sound.
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nHint: Anomaly detected.
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nHint: A new player has been detected…
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nHuh? New player?
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n“Could it be that my soul crossover has been detected?”
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nFang Heng’s expression changed slightly.
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nHint: Conflict detected. The current player has been identified as a newcomer.
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nResetting in progress…
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nAll your current skills have been forgotten.
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nAll current points have been cleared, the backpack has been cleared.
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nLevel cleared. The initial number of rebirths reset. Current number of rebirths remaining: 3
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nWhat did that mean?
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nEmpty his account data?
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nNo way! It can’t be that bad!
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nFang Heng felt that things were getting worse.
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nHint: Clearing completed.
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nWelcome to the King of Gods’ game. New players can obtain talent skills.
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nHint: Since you already have one talent skill, please make a choice.
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n1: Obtain a new talent. You will have two talents at the same time.
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n2: Upgrade your talent.
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nHuh?
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