Chapter 3

Rumble...

The ground soon began to tremble, but not violently. However, everyone could feel it, as if something was emerging from underground. The trembling continued, and many people started to run outside, thinking an earthquake had occurred.

Soon, the blood-red sky was suddenly filled with dense raindrops. Everyone thought it was about to rain heavily. But after a few seconds, they realized that what was falling from the sky was not rain, but living creatures.

These creatures were bizarre and varied. They fell from such a great height but did not die. Instead, they let out joyful cries and fixed their blood-red eyes on the surrounding humans.

Squeak... Roar... Howl...

Various cries filled the air, and these creatures quickly pounced on the humans. Some unprepared humans were quickly knocked to the ground, their flesh torn by the creatures' sharp claws and stuffed into their mouths to be eaten.

Screams echoed throughout the world in an instant. The world went mad.

"Let's go, fatty." At this moment, Ye Zhan pulled Zeng Cheng, who was standing beside him.

"What's happening? Brother Ye, what's going on?" Zeng Cheng's body, covered in fat, was trembling. He had just witnessed a well-dressed, attractive woman being pounced on by a two-headed wild wolf, which tore off her arm and each head bit into it.

The woman did not die immediately. Blood gushed from her arms, and she struggled, letting out a terrifying scream. The scene almost drove the fatty to the brink of mental collapse.

"This is a great calamity. The whole world is like this. To survive, we need to evolve." Ye Zhan said as he pulled the fatty and quickly headed towards the stairs.

"Evolve? How do we evolve?" The fatty's face was full of sorrow. This situation was a huge psychological blow to any ordinary person.

Ye Zhan pushed open the fire escape door and said, "I'll teach you. Follow me."

Zeng Cheng said no more and closely followed Ye Zhan, quickly climbing the stairs. Normally, with his weight of over 200 pounds, he would have been exhausted after just a few steps, but now, the only chance of survival was to follow Ye Zhan. He didn't know where he got the strength, but he climbed up quickly.

At this moment, chaos reigned everywhere. Some people also rushed to the stairs, but fortunately, there weren't many. Ye Zhan led the fatty all the way to the fifth floor. In the hallway on the fifth floor, Ye Zhan broke the glass of the fire cabinet with a stick, took out a fire axe, and pushed open the fire escape door, walking in.

"Brother Ye, why don't we take the elevator?" The fatty asked, panting after climbing up.

Ye Zhan said, "With the great calamity, all the power has failed."

"Oh, I see. Brother Ye, how do you know so much?" The fatty asked again.

Ye Zhan said, "I'll tell you later."

As he spoke, Ye Zhan led the fatty quickly through the fifth floor of the building, which was already in chaos.

"Brother Ye, what are we doing now?" The fatty didn't understand why Ye Zhan had come here.

Ye Zhan said, "Looking for weapons."

Soon, Ye Zhan arrived at the door of a company called "Xingfeng Foreign Trade Co., Ltd." At this moment, the company was also in chaos. Ye Zhan and the fatty kicked open the door and rushed in. Due to the chaos, no one paid much attention to them.

Ye Zhan walked in confidently and soon arrived at a spacious hall. The company's interior was very classical and elegant. In this hall, there was a stone sculpture over two meters long, surrounded by glass cabinets containing many porcelain and bronze art pieces, showcasing the taste of the company's boss.

Ye Zhan quickly scanned the area and found his target: three high-quality Longquan swords.

The boss of this company was one of Ye Zhan's clients. Ye Zhan had visited here before, and the boss had once boasted that the Longquan swords he collected were all specially forged and sharpened, each worth hundreds of thousands of yuan.

Ye Zhan knew that many wealthy merchants had a hobby of collecting good weapons, and the swords forged by the swordsmiths of Longquan were the most exquisite, truly capable of cutting through iron like butter.

Now, with the great calamity, having a good weapon at the beginning was crucial, which was one of the reasons Ye Zhan came here.

Ye Zhan walked to the cabinet containing the three Longquan swords, raised the fire axe, and smashed it down. *Bang bang bang*... The glass in these cabinets was very hard, and there were alarms.

At this moment, the alarm sounded loudly, but Ye Zhan paid no attention and continued to smash.

The alarm attracted the attention of the chaotic people. Seeing Ye Zhan smashing the cabinet, one of them shouted, "Taking advantage of the chaos to rob? You bandits."

Ye Zhan turned his head and saw a middle-aged man in a suit, the boss of the company, Mr. Wu.

Ye Zhan smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Wu, we're just borrowing some things. No need to make a big fuss."

As he spoke, Ye Zhan continued to swing the fire axe. Finally, with a *bang*, a large hole appeared in the glass.

Ye Zhan reached in and took out the three Longquan swords. One was a Tang sword, one was a broad-bladed Han sword, and the other was a pattern-welded steel sword.

Ye Zhan handed the broad-bladed Han sword to the fatty Zeng Cheng, took the Tang sword himself, and threw the pattern-welded steel sword to Mr. Wu, saying, "Mr. Wu, the great calamity has arrived, and chaos has begun. Don't say I'm not righteous. I'm leaving you a sword for self-defense."

After saying this, Ye Zhan said to the fatty, "Let's go."

The fatty glanced at Mr. Wu, grinned, and immediately turned to follow Ye Zhan.

Mr. Wu, seeing Ye Zhan's murderous aura and devilish smile, was so scared that his legs turned to jelly. He didn't dare to chase them. Looking at the sword in his hand and then out the window, he seemed to understand why Ye Zhan had come here. He gripped the sword even tighter.

Leaving the company, Ye Zhan led the fatty to a more secluded place and drew the Tang sword to inspect it.

The moment he drew the sword, Ye Zhan felt a cold chill. His long experience with bloodshed in his previous life made him very sensitive to this coldness.

"Good sword," Ye Zhan couldn't help but praise.

The entire Tang sword was about 1.2 meters long, with a blade of about 1 meter. It was smooth and natural, with a very slight curve. The blade was about 1.5 centimeters wide, making it very slender. The handle was wrapped in fine hemp thread, making it very comfortable to hold and suitable for slashing.

"This sword probably has a sharpness of +10. With such a weapon in the early stages, we won't need to buy from NPCs for a while."

At this moment, the fatty also drew the Han sword and examined it. The Han sword was slightly shorter than the Tang sword, with a very wide blade of about 2.5 centimeters, making it very sturdy and heavy, weighing about 30 pounds. However, Zeng Cheng's fat wasn't for nothing. Having done physical labor for a long time, he was quite strong and could hold the Han sword with one hand without much difficulty.

"Brother Ye, what are we going to do with these two swords?" Zeng Cheng asked.

Ye Zhan looked at the monsters rampaging outside and said, "With weapons, of course, we're going to kill monsters."

"What? Kill those monsters? They're so powerful. Aren't we just asking for death?" Zeng Cheng was immediately scared. Although he often fought and wasn't afraid of death, the idea of killing these terrifying monsters made him very nervous.

Ye Zhan said calmly, "If we don't kill them, they will eventually come to kill us. The whole world is full of monsters, and there's no place for us to hide."

"But... but there are just too many of them." Zeng Cheng was still very hesitant about the idea of killing the monsters.

Ye Zhan said, "It's okay. We'll look for isolated ones. With so many people, they will need to spread out to find prey, giving us a chance."

"Alright, Brother Ye, I'll follow you." Zeng Cheng gritted his teeth. He now understood that there was no way out, and Ye Zhan's confidence and calmness from the beginning made him trust Ye Zhan completely.

Ye Zhan nodded, put the scabbard on his back, and held the Tang sword, starting to move around to find isolated monsters.

At this moment, most of the monsters were still outside, and not many had entered the building.

Following the corridor, Ye Zhan saw people running in all directions when they saw him with a sword.

Soon, Ye Zhan heard a scream ahead: "Ah! There's a huge cat demon over there. It killed Leng Hui. Everyone, run!"

Hearing these voices and seeing people running towards him, Ye Zhan charged forward.

A small cat demon was the perfect target for an initial kill.

"Get out of my way," Ye Zhan shouted, seeing the people blocking his path.

These people, seeing Ye Zhan with a sword, immediately jumped back in surprise.

"Who is this guy? Is he going to kill that cat demon?"

"Very brave, a true hero."

Zeng Cheng, following Ye Zhan with the large sword, felt extremely honored and walked with his head held high.

Ye Zhan quickly turned the corner and immediately saw a woman in a white dress being pinned to the ground by a cat demon over a meter long. Her dress was completely torn, and her body was covered in blood. She was still making gurgling sounds, clearly not dead yet.

The cat demon, with a cat's body and a human-like face, was pulling out the woman's intestines and eating them with relish.

Seeing someone approach, the cat demon instinctively sensed danger. However, after looking at Ye Zhan and Zeng Cheng, it smiled.

Especially the fatty, whose body of fat made it even more excited.

So, the cat demon released the woman, let out a loud howl, and with a slight push from its hind legs, leaped into the air, pouncing towards Ye Zhan and Zeng Cheng at an extremely fast speed.