Chapter 2

At the entrance of the residential area, Lin An opened his phone and carefully searched the map.

“Ding, you have a new message.”

A familiar number, from his comrade An Jingtian.

“Brother Lin, I heard you need money recently. I still have a lot of my discharge pay, send me your bank account number.”

“Come and see me when you have time, my sister often asks to play with you.”

Lin An read the message, a warm current flowing through his heart.

Not only were they comrades, but he and An Jingtian had been childhood friends and brothers since before they enlisted.

They had grown up together, and even the money for Lin An's education had been provided by An Jingtian's parents.

Before Lin An could reply, another message came in.

“Recently, the weather has been changing a lot, take care of your health. Don’t get sick and feverish like me.”

“My eyesight isn’t as good as it used to be, I have to wear glasses now. Don’t laugh at me when we meet.”

“Click.”

Just as Lin An was about to reply, his body stiffened.

His phone fell to the ground.

He stood there, frozen, a chill running up his spine.

An Jingtian was a reconnaissance soldier in the army, with excellent physical fitness and vision.

Now, his vision had suddenly deteriorated, and he had a fever.

This was clearly the early symptom of the zombie virus!

In his memory,

The first batch of zombie viruses had already been dormant in some people.

The symptoms were fever, decreased vision, and cold limbs.

Connecting the memory and the clues,

Lin An's eyes gradually turned red.

In the previous life, when the apocalypse broke out, he had agreed to meet An Jingtian outside the city.

But on that day, An Jingtian didn't show up, and there was no news at all.

He thought An Jingtian had been delayed by something.

What he didn't expect was that

An Jingtian had died from the virus, which was why they lost contact.

His best brother had died from the virus, turned into a zombie, and suffered eternal torment!

It felt like his heart was being cooked in boiling oil!

Lin An's eyes turned red.

Since he knew why An Jingtian had died, he would not allow the same tragedy to happen again.

He quickly recalled his memories.

There must be a way!

After a long time, Lin An's eyes, now bloodshot, slowly lifted.

Blood transfusion.

This was the only method he could think of to delay the zombification.

The zombie virus initially gathers in the heart, forming a core.

Only by transfusing the blood of an awakened person before complete zombification can this process be delayed.

An Jingtian's physical fitness was much better than that of an average person.

Generally, the better the physical fitness, the longer the resistance to zombification.

2 hours!

Lin An quickly recalled the details of those infected in his previous life.

An Jingtian could last at most 2 hours after the outbreak!

Then,

Prepare supplies within three days, get the equipment, and immediately head to An Jingtian's side!

After making the plan, Lin An quickly formulated an action plan in his mind.

Like a silent statue.

Five minutes later, Lin An walked resolutely towards the distance.

Three days would be enough!

...

Hongyun Credit Company.

In the spacious finance room, three people sat facing each other.

“Mr. Lin, you must pay back the 1.7 million in three days.”

“The interest is 7%.”

“If you can't pay by then, we will seize your house. I hope you don't default.”

Lin An nodded calmly. In three days, money would be just a pile of waste paper.

In half a year, the bills on the street would be too hard even for wiping.

In the apocalypse, the only valuable things were food and strength.

On the way, he had borrowed all the online loans he could.

He had also quickly and at any cost mortgaged his house and car to the “bridge” company.

In total, he had 3.4 million in cash, including the dowry he had transferred back.

Although the amount wasn't much, it was enough to pay for a large batch of survival supplies.

Now, before the apocalypse, money was still the best tool.

After nodding and saying goodbye, Lin An rushed to the pharmaceutical company where he worked.

As he left, the two loan sharks behind him had strange expressions and couldn't help but whisper to each other.

“Boss Zhang, I checked this guy’s information.”

“He dared to mortgage his wedding house, even with 7% interest. He didn’t even try to pay back the money, he’s really ruthless.”

“Who cares, he probably lost his eyes in online gambling...”

“We’ll seize his house if he doesn’t pay in three days.”

...

Pharmaceutical Company.

Lin An walked into the gate skillfully, casually throwing his security badge for the delivery and security he was responsible for.

The old man in charge of the gate didn’t have time to see who he was, only seeing the badge slowly land on the ground.

“Name: Lin An”

“Gender: Male”

“Age: 24”

“Position: Special Drug Delivery Personnel”

“Ding!”

The elevator opened.

Lin An went directly to the third floor, swiped his card, and walked straight into the laboratory.

It was a holiday, and it was also lunchtime.

The originally ten-person laboratory only had one intern on duty.

“Brother Lin?”

The intern, who was a year younger than him, looked at Lin An in surprise, his eyes still sleepy, his hair a mess.

“Click”

Lin An turned around and locked the laboratory door, ensuring he couldn’t escape.

Without wasting words, he got straight to the point.

“Where are the monitor lizard extract and the snake venom purifier?”

“Brother Lin, there’s no delivery task today. What are you going to do?”

The intern looked surprised and somewhat uneasy.

The names Lin An mentioned were all drugs that required reporting, each one being very expensive.

“You shouldn’t know some things!”

Lin An’s voice was cold, like a warning.

The intern seemed to sense something.

The coldness and impatience in Lin An’s eyes made him somewhat fearful.

After a moment of hesitation,

“Brother Lin... I really can’t.”

Lin An glanced at the wall clock; he didn’t have much time to waste.

As a key part of his plan, he had to get these two drugs.

“Rustle”

Lin An directly shook out the bundles of cash from his backpack.

“There’s 700,000 here, consider it a purchase.”

“It’s just a matter of not registering, the company won’t do anything to you.”

The intern stared at the pile of cash on the ground, somewhat at a loss.

700,000.

The company’s selling price was about the same.

Lin An didn’t intend to keep nagging, and directly rushed into the laboratory.

Time was tight, there was no time to hesitate.

Although he could have taken the drugs without spending a penny,

In three days, money would be just waste paper, and they were somewhat acquainted.

For problems that could be solved with money, he didn’t need to resort to violence.

Behind him, the intern came to his senses and opened his mouth slightly, wanting to dissuade him.

But thinking of Lin An’s cold eyes and the pile of cash on the ground,

He couldn’t help but console himself.

Forget it... Brother Lin has paid, it’s not too much of a violation.

In his impression, the originally gentle and mild-mannered Lin An seemed like a different person.

Lin An roughly opened all the refrigerators.

After a while,

He held up the test tubes to the chandelier, his eyes fixed on the two bottles of blue liquid.

The deep blue liquid looked strange under the light.

Mesmerizing.

Monitor Lizard Extract: Extracted from the blood of the North American monitor lizard, it greatly increases strength in a short time.

Snake Venom Purifier: By stimulating the heart and lungs, it forcibly increases burst strength and endurance.

As special drugs, these two had excellent effects but also significant side effects.

However, Lin An didn’t care.

As long as he could awaken his talent, his body would recover to a perfect state after awakening.

Regeneration of limbs, disappearance of diseases.

Every awakened person would become a perfect warrior.

Not only that, but their physical fitness would also improve.

With a longing for the power of his previous life, Lin An casually took the remaining drugs in the laboratory.

Good things, don’t waste them.

In his backpack, the empty space left by the missing half of the cash was filled with 30 vials of drugs.

These drugs would stop production after the apocalypse, and each one would be precious.

Speed, burst strength, pain resistance, and improved focus.

In the early stages of the apocalypse, a single vial of drugs could even turn the tide of a battle.

With these drugs, his confidence in the plan increased.

Lin An walked out of the laboratory, satisfied, while the intern, hurriedly packing the money, looked down in fear.

“Keep it secret for three days, after that, you can tell anyone.”

He left a message and entered the elevator, turning to face the intern.

Their eyes met from a distance.

The coldness in Lin An’s eyes made the intern involuntarily shrink his neck.

What a terrifying look.

...

The elevator went down.

Lin An carefully planned what supplies he needed to buy, his mind working rapidly.

Food, high-calorie canned food.

Definitely prepare plenty of portable chocolate and energy bars.

With the great strength of an awakened person, the energy consumption far exceeded that of a normal person.

Water, buy a batch of bottled water, but add some glucose.

Weapons, no need for a bow and arrow.

After awakening, there’s no need for such inferior long-range weapons.

As for firearms,

Guns are hard to get and take too much time.

Give up.

Combat suits, get a few more sets.

High-intensity battles can easily damage clothes.

As for riot shields and bulletproof vests,

Lin An shook his head slightly.

With several times the physical fitness, bulletproof vests are useless and only hinder agility.

For weapons,

Cold weapons are a good choice.

Get a few alloy weapons to ensure they don’t become dull and leave you unarmed against enemies.

After the apocalypse, under the rules,

The power of any firearms or artillery will be greatly reduced.

With the exaggerated strength of awakened people, cold weapons are the best choice for combat.

“Ding, first floor.”

Lin An walked out of the elevator, quickly flipping through the map on his phone.

His eyes were fiery.

“If I remember correctly, there’s a key piece of equipment that can help with awakening here!”