Chapter 1: Guide to Transmigration and Self-Preservation

A rusted steel bar pierced through the man's chest, and wet blood dripped down along the metal.

The man stared at the person right in front of him in disbelief, collapsed to the ground, struggled twice, and then went still, his body twitching before falling silent.

Seeing that the man was dead, the youth casually wiped the blood off his arm.

"T-t-this... this was the first human you've encountered in The Apocalypse, and you just killed him like that?!"

The surprised voice of system 111 echoed in his mind.

"If I didn't kill him, my pants would have been pulled down."

Su Han adjusted his clothes, feeling disgusted.

Today was his seventh day since transmigrating into the book, and also his seventh day struggling to survive in The Apocalypse.

Although he hadn't found a chance to see his own face clearly, his limbs were slender and his skin fair, so he likely looked quite decent.

In an era like The Apocalypse, where morality had collapsed and order was lost, such an appearance was the most fatal trait.

Su Han sighed and kicked the corpse.

There was no other way; he had to survive.

He had transmigrated into a male-oriented novel titled "Apocalyptic Destruction Guide," which was rumored to be the author's revenge-fueled work.

The male lead, Shen Chengyin, was the eldest son of the Shen family. As a child, he was swapped by a servant and sent to an orphanage, leading to a miserable childhood. In The Apocalypse, he was betrayed by friends and family one after another, suffering both physical and mental abuse.

In the end, this favored son of heaven was forced to detonate himself to destroy the world, and only then did it end.

To survive, he had to find a way to change the plot line and prevent the male lead from turning evil.

But the biggest problem now was—where was the male lead?

He had been struggling in The Apocalypse for a week, and the sleazy middle-aged man who tried to pull his pants down was the first living person he had encountered.

"According to the plot, the male lead established 'Xiwang Base' (Hope Base) at the beginning of The Apocalypse and became its leader. But it has already been three months since The Apocalypse began..."

system 111 trailed off.

Su Han took a deep breath; his future looked bleak.

Three months into The Apocalypse was exactly the time when the Xiwang Base, where the male lead resided, experienced its first large-scale zombie siege.

It was also at this time that the male lead was seriously injured, betrayed by friends and family, had his chest cut open and drained of blood, and was thrown out of the city gates, left on the verge of death.

This was the first step in the male lead's descent into darkness.

Hopefully, he could still make it in time.

Su Han scavenged some useful supplies from the man's body, stuffed them into his backpack, and then found a place to hide.

People who could live well three months into The Apocalypse were either exceptionally skilled or had accomplices to help them.

The middle-aged man was short and fat, so he preferred to believe the latter.

Not long after, two young men holding weapons stumbled over. Upon seeing the corpse on the ground, their eyes immediately turned red.

"Uncle Wang—!"

The other person pulled him back and shook his head, "He's gone. Let's hurry back to the base. Today is the ceremony for the deputy leader's confirmation; if we go back late, we won't even get a piece of meat."

The two quickly composed themselves and returned to their vehicle.

The vehicle slowly drove away, and Su Han cautiously followed behind.

Half an hour later, the group finally arrived at Xiwang Base. The vehicle passed security and entered the city gates, while Su Han could only pace outside.

In the original text, the male lead awakened his Spatial Ability early in The Apocalypse and relied on the abundant supplies within his space to become a base leader who protected the people.

During the first zombie siege, the male lead was seriously injured while protecting his brothers, but they kicked him while he was down, forcing him to his death to extract the supplies from his space.

Su Han hid outside the city for nearly two hours before he finally saw a group of people on the city wall throw a dark mass down.

Several zombies approached at the sound, feasting on the dark mass.

The group on the city wall laughed and giggled, staring at the dark mass for a while before leaving.

After the group left, Su Han immediately approached and silently decapitated the few zombies with his knife.

However, when he got closer, he couldn't help but gasp.

Before him was a mass of rotting flesh that vaguely resembled a human shape, gnawed almost entirely by zombies. His chest had been sliced open by a sharp blade, exposing the ribs and internal organs inside.

If not for the heart exposed to the air, which still twitched every now and then, he would have truly thought the male lead was dead.

Everyone in this city was someone the male lead had protected with his life, yet he ended up with such an outcome.

Su Han's nose stung. He picked the person up and retreated into the distant dense forest at high speed.

Large bases constantly attracted zombies and were not suitable for long stays. Given Su Han's physical stamina, he couldn't run too far either.

He took off his jacket, covered the male lead with it, and sat down in a sheltered spot behind the mountain.

From beginning to end, he didn't dare to lift the clothes to look at the male lead.

After all, that sight... was simply too bloody.

Time ticked by, and the clothes covering the male lead's body remained motionless. Su Han was truly worried and raised his hand to lift a corner of the jacket.

He saw the male lead's heart, twitching irregularly and slowly within his chest.

He didn't know if it was his imagination, but the twitching seemed to be getting slower and slower...

One beat, two beats.

"...Hey, the heartbeat seems to have stopped."

It wasn't until system 111 spoke that Su Han snapped back to reality.

The person before him was completely dead, turned into a cold corpse.

He searched the body in disbelief; it was just a pile of rotting flesh, no different from the pork at a butcher's stall.

"Shen Chengyin!"

"Shen Chengyin! Don't die!"

Su Han's mind went blank.

It was over. The male lead was dead. The mission had failed before it even started.

He didn't want to stay in this zombie-infested world forever!

"Are you crazy! Yelling so loudly will attract zombies!" system 111 warned urgently.

Zombies had degraded vision and smell, but their hearing had become acute. Usually, to avoid zombies, Su Han moved very lightly.

Su Han also realized he had lost his composure and immediately entered a state of alert.

But it was already too late.

Before his hand could grab the knife on the ground, a roar sounded right by his ear.

Su Han had to give up on grabbing the knife and rolled to the side.

A Primary Zombie lunged, missing Su Han by a hair's breadth as it brushed against his arm.

A Primary Zombie had speed and strength that were even more freakish than ordinary zombies (which don't have any level yet).

It was very difficult for Su Han to deal with it alone, especially since he hadn't retrieved his weapon, leaving him in a very passive position.

After failing its first strike, the zombie immediately turned and pinned Su Han to the ground.

Rotting skin mixed with slime dripped onto Su Han's face. He used all his strength to grab the zombie's neck and pushed outward with all his might.

He didn't want to die!

The Primary Zombie had great strength, and Su Han's arm was forced to bend inch by inch.

If this continued, his arm would break.

He struggled with all his might to the side, preparing to roll over. Just then, a squelching sound suddenly came to his ears, and immediately, the pressure on his hands vanished.

The Primary Zombie's head had been severed by something, and it rolled to the side.

He panted heavily, staring at the weapon that had severed the zombie's head.

It was the very machete he hadn't been able to pick up just a moment ago.

Su Han kicked the zombie's corpse away, and in the next second, he saw a figure standing before him.

The figure was draped in his jacket, and his expression was unclear. One could only See a pair of scarlet, sinister eyes hidden amidst messy black hair.

That gaze clearly indicated an intent to kill him.

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