5: A new world

Tang Ziheng had long been waiting for Clarissa to spend money; he had already prepared the goods for her, even though the system's items were all set up.

However, Tang Ziheng still proactively gave her a few “recommendations.” Although he was black-hearted, it was all for the good of his “workers,” as the stronger the workers, the more beneficial it was for both them and him.

Regarding source points acquisition, all source points Clarissa obtained would be “copied” to Tang Ziheng.

Thus, Tang Ziheng now also had 582 points, with a total balance of 690 points.

Tang Ziheng still needed to “harvest” those 582 points from Clarissa.

Clarissa looked through the options and ultimately exchanged for Low-Tier Combat Skill: Whirlwind Sword, Low-Tier Combat Skill: Earth Shattering Slash, and Low-Tier Elemental Armor: White-Blue Whisper.

She spent a total of 550 source points.

The combat skills exchanged from the system were directly mastered at the starting level, which meant the second stage, much to Clarissa's pleasant surprise.

She once again exclaimed, “As expected of a divine creation! It’s truly too powerful!”

Clarissa felt that these expenses were more than just worth it; they were practically a divine gift! Like getting them for free!

And the Low-Tier Elemental Armor: White-Blue Whisper, was a full-body silver-white female armor with blue patterns. Not only was it beautiful, but it also enhanced strength and speed, and provided a 10% amplification effect for all elements.

If this were sold outside, it would cost at least 100 elemental crystals.

Clarissa happily went to take a shower, preparing to rest.

Her gains over these seven days were not limited to just these; she also learned a lot of information she had never been exposed to before through conversations with Allie and others—information belonging to the world of cultivators!

This was extremely important to Clarissa!

And she was now experiencing the “benefits” of source points.

The power brought by “spending money” was real and tangible, and Clarissa planned to become an adventurer! A mercenary! Anyway, she would do whatever it took to earn source points!

She wanted to grow stronger! She wanted revenge! She would kill all those beastmen barbarians!

Tang Ziheng looked at his balance of 1240 source points and didn't expect to earn so many source points so quickly; this amount was enough to open a second world.

[Searching for a new world requires 1000 source points. Do you wish to proceed?]

Tang Ziheng confirmed.

For him, source points were used for “supply,” searching for worlds, and creating systems.

Workers could not only acquire source points, but their strength would also be applied to him at 10 times the rate! Although Tang Ziheng didn't know what he needed strength for...

But with a new world, it was like having a new “show” to follow!

Otherwise, watching Clarissa every day would get boring, wouldn't it?

...

One month after the apocalypse.

Under the apocalypse, the extreme weather was constantly changing.

Perhaps today was acid rain, tomorrow would be a blizzard, and the day after would be a sandstorm.

All kinds of monsters also appeared, including zombies from TV shows and various strange beasts.

No one knew where they came from, how many there were, or if they could be completely eradicated.

They might even “refresh” and reappear.

Every seven days, this world would experience an event survivors called “Nightmare Day.”

When Nightmare Day occurred, the sky was completely dark, and the only light came from the nine giant moons in the sky—if they truly were moons.

All sorts of “ Weird (eerie)” things would appear worldwide; yes, precisely the ghosts and monsters people understood!

Making an already terrifying world even more terrifying.

Fortunately, these eerie entities and the “local” zombies and monsters would still clash with each other.

Once Nightmare Day passed, these eerie entities would vanish instantly.

No one knew how they appeared or how they disappeared.

Humanity was in crisis, with the population plummeting and people dying every day.

Moreover, the dangers were not limited to these; there was also the completely unleashed human nature in the apocalypse!

Originally, under such a world, humanity should slowly go extinct.

However, this world seemed to have been transformed into a game by a god; supplies would “refresh” in various places worldwide.

This also gave humanity a reason to venture out.

Perhaps you might wake up lucky and find a lot of food refreshed around you.

This also brought a glimmer of hope to desperate humanity.

And this month of apocalypse also allowed humanity to slowly adapt to such a world.

Some people had also killed those monsters and even found special crystals inside some of them.

People explored and discovered that these crystals could actually strengthen one's physical fitness!

This gave humanity hope for survival!

The humans in this world were still in a state of constant destruction!

...

My name is Lin Ze, and I am 21 years old.

What happened before doesn't matter anymore.

He had survived for a month in the apocalypse.

He had witnessed cannibalism, rape, murder, and various dark aspects of human nature.

Some even sold their wives and children for a bite to eat...

He retained a shred of humanity and did not sink to their level.

However, in this apocalypse, no one could remain completely untainted.

He had killed people and robbed others of their supplies, even if others would die without that small amount of supplies.

Lin Ze stood on the roof of a three-story building; he had just arrived here and, upon entering the house, went straight to the roof. It was raining heavily outside.

The roof had been converted by its original owner into an open-air shed-like space, providing shelter from wind and rain, and there was only one path up and down, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack, as well as convenient.

Even if it was breached, he could jump directly to another building.

[Congratulations! You have obtained the Apocalypse Survival System!]

Suddenly, a voice appeared in Lin Ze's mind.

“Who!?” Lin Ze's half-closed eyes snapped open, and he immediately sat up, grabbing a machete that was always by his side.

In the apocalypse, human civilization had regressed a thousand years.

All sorts of equipment had long given up the ghost under the extreme weather changes and the destruction caused by various monsters.

The army had once counterattacked, however, the loud noises brought forth endless monsters.

There even appeared giant monsters a hundred meters tall, which, when hit by RPGs, would send flesh and blood flying, yet could not be killed!

Lin Ze had also encountered “bewitching” monsters similar to this, especially during Nightmare Day.

Lin Ze remained vigilant for a while, and as he calmed down, he discovered that a segment of memory seemed to have appeared in his mind.

Upon careful contemplation, he realized that he seemed to have obtained a golden finger, common in novels before the apocalypse: a System.

As the system creator, Tang Ziheng naturally knew what kind of world this was.

In the void, he clicked his tongue twice.

This was a world called Cthulhu, of course, not Cthulhu, a single word difference, a world of difference.

However, this world was still despair-inducing.

And with Clarissa's “precedent,” this time, based on this world and Lin Ze himself, he directly threw in a system, without any “intelligence,” it was up to him how to use it!

Lin Ze opened the system and found the exchange system inside, with everything from cold weapons, firearms and ammunition, to body enhancements.

However, all of them required a currency: source points.

Lin Ze checked his source points: 370 points.

Lin Ze first looked at body enhancement, which required 100 source points.

Without hesitation, Lin Ze purchased this first.

“I hope it's real!” Lin Ze thought to himself as he made the purchase.

As for anything else, Lin Ze didn't think about it at all, nor did he have any of the conspiracy theories about the system or being used as a pawn like some protagonists in novels.

Lin Ze only wanted to live; as long as he could live, he would be like his name, Lin Ze's 'Ze' means 'to stop at nothing'!