Chapter 1

"Detected EX zombie virus! The target has been infected, with an infection rate of 60%."

"Oh no, how could this happen all of a sudden?"

A young girl dressed in a red and white miko outfit was standing there, looking troubled as she muttered to herself. In front of her, two large red and white yin-yang spheres were projecting various holographic images, displaying all sorts of data.

In front of her, a meteorite that was still steaming had landed. Although this meteorite, which had not been completely burned up by the atmosphere, was only about half a meter in diameter, it had created a crater nearly five meters deep. The glass within a two-kilometer radius had already been shattered, and the scattered glass fragments, reflecting the moonlight, looked like stardust, creating a rather beautiful scene, but it also clearly showed the terrifying impact force of the meteorite!

However, such a shocking situation occurred on the land of the Great Heavenly Dynasty without a single person coming to watch. On one side of the meteorite, a young man had tragically been hit by the meteorite, with his body below the chest completely flattened. Various organs, blood, digestive fluids, and digested matter splattered out in a chrysanthemum-like pattern over a considerable distance.

Looking at the half-dead body on the ground, the miko girl sighed heavily and muttered to herself, "Really, to have such bad luck on my first time. Mother is truly heartless. How can I possibly adapt to this job?"

"The EX zombie virus has fully infected the target, which is now classified as a zombie," the sphere announced again, and at the same time, a yellow warning sign appeared around the miko girl.

"Wow, it turned into a zombie so quickly? Is there any way to save it?" the miko girl said with a troubled look, then opened a thick book titled "Emergency Manual."

At that moment, the young man, who was now only left with his upper body, suddenly opened his eyes. Upon closer inspection, his pupils had completely dilated, and the color of his irises had turned into a terrifying blood red, indicating that he was no longer a normal human.

"Ah!"

In the next moment, the young man, with only his upper body, suddenly burst with astonishing strength, pouncing at the miko girl's feet, grabbing her ankle, and biting down hard.

However, it seemed that the miko girl's body was protected by an invisible shield. The young man, now a zombie, instead knocked out most of his teeth.

"Ah!"

Although his teeth were knocked out and his mouth was full of blood, the young man became even more frenzied, gnawing away.

"You're really annoying... Can't you see I'm trying to figure out how to solve your problem... Be careful, or I'll step on your head..." the miko girl said irritably, looking quite displeased.

"Warning! Warning! The protection system is under unknown attack!"

But before the miko girl could finish her complaint, the holographic image lit up with a large number of red "Warning!!!" signs, which were very glaring.

"Huh? What's happening now?"

The miko girl was taken aback, looking very confused.

"Ah! It hurts!"

In the next moment, the miko girl suddenly felt a sharp pain in her ankle, causing her to cry out in pain and fall to the ground.

At that moment, she realized that the zombie had used his remaining molars to successfully bite through her ankle, which should have been protected by the system, but the protection system had completely failed to activate.

"Warning! Detected EX zombie virus infection in the guide! Infection rate 3%! Please use the antiviral serum immediately!"

However, after being bitten, the miko girl did not panic at all. Instead, she looked very dissatisfied at the zombie on the ground, stomping on him a few times and said irritably, "You damn guy, biting me! I'll definitely deduct half of your mission reward to cover my medical and mental distress fees!"

After saying that, the miko girl seemed to feel a bit better and showed a slightly relaxed expression.

"Warning! Warning! Detected EX zombie virus infection in the guide! Infection rate 18%! Please use the antiviral serum immediately!" But at that moment, the warning sounds around her rang again, making her take a step back in fright.

"Wow! The infection rate is increasing so fast! I need to exchange for the antiviral serum quickly!"

Although her tone was surprised, her expression remained calm as she pressed the "Exchange Area" icon on the holographic screen.

However, the miko girl's operation did not cause any changes on the holographic screen. The surrounding holographic images emitted a strange "beep beep boop" sound and then disappeared without warning. The two red and white yin-yang spheres also "clunked" and fell to the ground.

"Crashed!? But isn't this the latest generation of dimensional smart computer? This is not new at all!" The miko girl was greatly alarmed. This made her unable to maintain her calm expression, and sweat beads the size of peas appeared on her forehead.

The system had crashed at such a critical moment. Was she going to turn into a zombie too?

"Ah—"

But after a few breaths, the miko girl took a few deep breaths and calmed down, then said seriously, "System emergency restart! Execute emergency code Y0M1208WJCLQ!"

"System restarting...! System restart complete!"

As the girl spoke, the red and white yin-yang spheres returned to normal within a fraction of a second, displaying a very clean holographic image.

However, it took a full minute for the holographic image to display the red "Warning!!!" sign again.

"I should have known not to install so many plugins... The loading time is too long..." The miko girl said with a black line on her forehead, feeling very helpless at this critical moment.

"Search for EX zombie virus antibodies immediately!"

The miko girl then commanded the system, and in the blink of an eye, the holographic image projected a large amount of information, accompanied by a mechanical electronic voice: "EX zombie virus antibodies and surgery require one million points."

"No... not possible! That many points?" The miko girl looked stunned and asked in surprise, "What's with this exaggerated number? I'm the guide!"

"Because your infection rate has exceeded 80%, your body has undergone a mutation. To fully cure you, in addition to injecting the virus antibodies, you need to undergo a corresponding body repair surgery. This number includes the cost of the surgery," the system's electronic voice immediately responded.

"80%?" The miko girl was shocked by the unheard-of EX zombie virus's terrifying infectivity and said with a bitter expression, "This is my first guiding mission, and I have to pay one million points! This is not fair!"

The holographic image then said, "You can take out a guide point loan. A one million point loan requires only 50% interest to be paid within one year."

"... So... so black... I need to complain to Mother!"

The miko girl fell silent for a moment, pouting and feeling depressed. However, a sudden dizziness then overwhelmed her, causing her to lose her balance and sit on the ground.

Next to her, the zombie youth crawled over again, but after the system restarted, the miko girl's protection was also restored. No matter how the zombie youth "yelled," he could not touch the miko girl.

"Infection rate has exceeded 90%. Please treat immediately, or it will cause irreversible damage."

Hearing the holographic image's warning, the miko girl looked helpless and kicked the zombie youth far away with a depressed expression.

"Based on the points I have, quickly search for other treatment methods."

Feeling the dizziness getting stronger, the miko girl did not dare to do anything else and asked urgently.

"Search completed. The executable plan is to inject the GTC zombie virus," the holographic image instantly projected a new image.

"Why is it the zombie virus again... Is this forcing me to become a zombie?" The miko girl's face showed a look of despair, and she said very dejectedly.

"The GTC zombie virus is a virus that mutated in a certain biochemical outbreak world. It is a virus that combines mutated zombies, vampire servants, and Chinese zombies. It allows the infected to retain their intelligence, memory, and self-awareness, making it the best choice at this stage. Alternatively, you can undergo brain removal surgery, placing your brain in a special solution for a few days to kill the EX zombie virus..." the holographic image explained matter-of-factly.

"I... I'll inject the GTC zombie virus then." The miko girl immediately interrupted before the holographic image could finish explaining other methods. Clearly, she did not want to have her brain removed while still alive, which was even more terrifying than becoming a zombie.

"The GTC zombie virus requires 50,000 exchange points." The holographic image immediately displayed a payment screen.

"Fifty thousand... sniff... How many offerings will it take to gather this much... That guy will definitely laugh to death when he finds out..." The miko girl said with a sad expression, clearly very concerned about the points in her possession.

"Please confirm payment quickly. You have less than two minutes before complete zombification." The holographic image sternly reminded her.

"Can it really retain my memory and self-awareness... Is there a chance? Are there any failed cases?" The miko girl asked, still unsure.

"One hundred percent retention of pre-infection memory and self-awareness. You have 90 seconds left. Please confirm payment quickly to avoid irreversible results," the system's electronic voice affirmed, also emitting a glaring red light to alert the miko girl.

"Pre-infection... That sounds depressing... Let me confirm one last time. Can I return to human form later?" The miko girl asked cautiously.

"Of course, you can return to human form with special repair surgery, which costs five million points," the system's electronic voice affirmed.

"Five million? Why did it increase?" The miko girl glared at the zombie youth, who had crawled back to her feet, with a look that seemed to want to eat him, then nodded helplessly, "Then confirm the payment."

"Payment confirmed, execution begins." The system's electronic voice gave a definite response.

As soon as the words were spoken, the miko girl and the zombie youth instantly disappeared from their original positions. At that moment, people near the meteorite impact site unexpectedly discovered that the glass around them had mysteriously shattered. Some people had a vague memory of a meteor breaking through the night sky and landing nearby, and the glass was likely shattered by the impact of the meteorite.

Soon, when people realized the situation around them, they immediately became excited. A few brave young men even took up tools like shovels, hammers, saws, kitchen knives, and even spoons and chopsticks, and frantically searched for the meteorite and its fragments.

Everyone thought of the meteorite that fell in Russia a few years ago, whose fragments were sold for extremely high prices. This was enough to make people completely ignore the dangers of the meteorite and search for it frantically.

And this was the beginning of all the tragedy!

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After being teleported, the miko girl was lying on a black platform, surrounded by walls that were so white they were almost blinding.

However, unlike before, her exposed skin had turned an unusual pale color, with no trace of blood. If one looked closely for a few seconds, they would even notice that her breathing had completely stopped.

In any sense, she could be called a corpse.

On the black platform next to the miko girl lay the young man who had already turned into a zombie. However, the lower half of his body, which had been crushed by the meteorite, had been completely restored, and his exposed lower body revealed a rather exaggerated "little friend."

"Did I die once...?"

After a while, the miko girl opened her blood-red eyes, similar to the zombie youth, and said with a self-deprecating tone.

"Huh? Why did he also undergo the surgery?"

But then, when the miko girl sat up from the operating table, she was surprised to find the similarly restored young man next to her. Her personal account had also been deducted an additional 50,000 exchange points.

"How could this happen??"

The miko girl had a puzzled expression. She had originally planned to restore the consciousness of the culprit who caused her to become a zombie using the cheapest and most painful method.

"Such a disgrace! I, the Demon King Loki, was hit by a mere meteorite, but I didn't die. Indeed, I am the Demon King with the power of immortality!" However, before the miko girl could get an answer, the young man sat up and muttered to himself, a look of supreme confidence on his face.

"Huh... Demon King of Seven? Could it