Chapter 4 - Apocalypse 4

Haoyu closed his eyes to rest. The car were moving smoothly, but then...BAAMMM--! CRUNCH CRUNCH--!SPLAT--Suspicious, borderline disgusting noises gradually resounded as the car shook slightly from time to time. Haoyu opened his eyes, watched as the zombies get rolled into the car's tire. Their blood and organ matters splattered all around the front glass and window. Haoyu just looked indifferently on the blood on his side of window, then closed his eyes again, intending to resume his sleep."Urgh... Blurp-! Ghgf!"Restrained retching sounds came from his side. But since there's no sound of flowing liquid yet, he decides to keep his eyes closed and ignore it. "Sob- sob, bleughf-!""Huk! Ghgf!"Heavy breathing, sobbing, and retching... plus the splats and hits from the blood and organ matters outside. They filled Haoyu's ears. His eyebrows slowly furrowed, the corner of his lips twitched. He opened his eyes, resigned to his fate. "Well, park the car. Let's switch.""Hugh?! Ugh, huh?"The cadet were startled. After processing what Haoyu just say, he quickly parked the car as instructed and switch places with Haoyu. He does feel guilty for being useless, but he really can't hold on anymore. If he insist on driving, he might sprayed the entire car with his vomit.He moved to the back as he leaned back to the chair, his face were completely pale while retching from time to time. Before the car behind can complain, Haoyu resumed the car coldly. This time, the car moved even faster, ruthlessly stepping onto the zombies. Because of the speed, the car didn't shook as much as before. SPLAT--- SPLAT--!The blood drenched the front glass. Haoyu turned the windshield and cleaned the blood indifferently. Thanks to him, the journey that's been progressing slow gradually picked up the pace. The car behind were confused, but they are also happy by the result. The cadet in back seat has fallen asleep. Although still pale, at least he didn't retched and cry anymore.Haoyu have no idea how can this coward and naive kid can enter military and joined this mission.[Host.]Zero suddenly appeared. It rest itself onto Haoyu's shoulder.[There's a supermarket 100 meter from here. Turn left on that section.][I detected that there's humans in there, you can save them. It'll give you lots of contribution points, right?]Zero wants to help its host. After last time's bickering, the relationship between the two became closer. Haoyu simply nodded and drive the car steadily. After a few minutes, he parked the car and grabbed his dagger. There were a considerable amount of zombies just at the parking lot of the supermarket. He glanced at the sleeping cadet, "I'll go for a bit. You stay here."He didn't know if the guy heard him or not. He opened the door and directly jumped out and stabbed through the head of the zombie in front of him. Hearing the commotion, the other zombies nearby rushed to his position. While he fights here, the car that the team 3's in didn't budge. Kei and the others watched Haoyu fights the zombies alone with sharp eyes. They finally can't help but admit that the guy does have some skill and is capable. "Let's go, we can't let him get all the contribution point."Kei was about to go out, but his arm were held by Jihuan. He looked at her in confusion."Kei, let's let him do the work. We'll wait until he's tired, then when he's in danger, we can pretend to go save him while pushing him to the zombies discreetly.""That way, we can conserve our precious energy and also gain a lot of contribution points without breaking a sweat."Her voice were sweet and her smile were charming, but the words she uttered were incredibly vicious. But Kei and the others smiled happily and agreed with her, as if not realizing anything at all. [Host, they plan to kill you by letting you get tired and be bitten by zombies.]Zero came back after checking the situation in the team 3's car. Its mechanical voice somehow tinted with disdain. Haoyu's arms swing tirelessly. In each swing, a zombie's head were either stabbed or destroyed completely. The crystal core inside its brain disipates the moment it touched Haoyu's finger, causing their existence to stay as secret from the world.After a while, he finally clean up the zombies in the parking lot, leaving the ones locked in the cars alone. He doesn't like unnecessarily wasting his energy. He took a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his dagger, his face were as cold as ever.[Zero, help me count the ears in my space.][Okay, host.]After cleaning his dagger and rest a while, Haoyu walked to the supermarket. Seeing his back, team 3 also started to move. They followed not far from him. When entering the supermarket, they were greeted by chaotic envonment inside. The products in the shelfs fell to the floor and traces of dry blood can be seen on places. But luckily there seems to be no zombies inside.Haoyu glanced at the door at the back. There's a paper with "Staff only" sentence hanging on it. Those things must be inside.[Host, there's 5 zombies behind that door. They wear some kind of uniform. It seems like they're this supermarket's staffs.]Zero faithfully relayed the information to Haoyu. Haoyu nodded lightly. He then grabbed a few bags on the table and started to hoard the place. When hoarding, he also discreetly threw the things in his hand into his space. Team 3 didn't pay attention to him and start to hoard as well.After a while, the supermarket were almost empty. Haoyu placed the 3 full big bags together.Creak...A small door next to the fridge in front of Haoyu opened with a creak, a pair of eyes looked at him cautiously. Seeing his bloody appearance, the owner of the eyes seems frightened and was about to close the door again, but were stopped by Haoyu."Want me to save you?""Huh?"The owner of the eyes were startled. Then cautiously asked, "... You won't hurt us, right?"It was a man's voice, middle aged. By the tremble of the voice, darting eyes, and shaking hand resting on the door's handle, as well his cautious and timid action of hiding, Haoyu concluded that the man is not a threat. But a threat or not, Haoyu always has his guard up behind that cold and indifferent face."No. How many are you? Get out, I'll bring you guys to the base.""...Base?""Military base."Hearing the word "military", the doubt and fear in the man's eyes disappeared. His originally muddy eyes even shone brightly. He opened the door wide and stepped out, following behind him is 3-5 people. "Are you from the military? A soldier?"Haoyu's cold eyes observed them one by one and neatly organized their strength and information habitually. "Yes."Kind of."Follow me.""Yes, yes!"The middle-aged man smiled flatteringly. He and a young man stepped forward, helping to bring the bags Haoyu left on the floor."Is it just you guys?"The middle-aged man nodded, "Yes, everyone else has either eaten by zombies or run away. We stayed in that room for three full days.""I see."When they about to reach outside, the young man behind screamed in terror."AAA, ZOMBIE!!!""RUNNN!!!""I DON'T WANT TO DIE!The young man's panic spread to the others. Their legs went weak when they see the rushing zombies behind. Haoyu quickly instructed them to run to the car and hid there while he rushed to the zombies and kill them. Seeing him kill the zombies easily, the people regained some strength and quickly ran out. Amidst the fight, Haoyu's sharp eyes noticed that the supposedly closed door of the staff room has opened. There's a sign of damage on its door handle with burnt traces on its side. It's clear who's the culprit is. His eyes moved quickly, searching for team 3's position. "Growwwlllll--!"Tsk.Haoyu's movement become more crude and ruthless. He was feeling quite annoyed by team 3's actions. They proved to be, indeed, a hassle.His smokey grey eyes darkened. His body's movement suddenly halt for a second, then the zombies around him fell lifelessly in an instant. He had moved so fast that it seems like he stopped for a second. The crystals has been absorbed to his body, preparing his body for its soon-to-be 'awakened' state.Slash--He waved his dagger, splattering the blood on it to the floor. Then he cleaned the blade with his handkerchief. The coldness around his body intensified as he grew more annoyed.Should I kill them in advance...? No, they still have their use.But they're such a hassle... if left too long, they'll give me more headaches.Haoyu is currently contemplating a major decision. His heart is in dilemma. Zero who witnessed all this just float silently. It looked at the bloody scene, then the culprit of all this who stands leisurely, wiping his dagger with cold expression. If one to walk in and saw this, they will 100% scream in terror before fainting.The poor system once again found itself questioning life. It has questioned life before when it first witnessed how ruthlessly the host massacre the zombies when they first arrived. But its world view were refreshed forcibly once again. It fervently question itself even more after hearing what its host were mumbling while cleaning his dagger in a bloody scenery.Did I really bind a demon?