Chapter 14: New system online
The dark-gray-haired man, Alice’s father Nick’s gaze fell on the bloody bat in Loid’s hand.
"Looks like you guys have a brave man in the group," He said.
Loid just smiled awkwardly.
Amilia, Alice’s mother, also noticed. The bat filled with blood; she was so deep in all her worries that she was subconsciously ignoring the weird, unlikable smell coming from the blood.
"Oh, dear! How bad was it outside? " she asked, feeling uneasy. So much blood.
They saw those creatures on the streets from their window, and, in some videos, as the internet was working, it just stopped working ten minutes ago, and call signals were also gone.
"It wasn’t that bad, Mom, not zombies at least; cold should be worrying. You packed clothes and medicines, right?
"Yes, I did. Ah... should I bring money?" Amilia asked
"No, leave all unnecessary stuff,’’ Alice said, waving her hand and stepping inside the house, followed by her mother.
"Okay...’’
Everyone looked as mother and daughter did their things; now they had two more bags to carry: two Alice family’s bags, two filled with clothes, three with food and water, a total of seven.
– - –
Sometime later, they moved on the street silently.
Loid didn’t mess with zombies; they were lazy and inactive, only until they found their prey; their ears weren’t too sharp, probably at the average human level max, meaning they didn’t get some super hearing or something, or that would be a problem if they heard even breathing and heartbeat. Picking up even small vibrations, then they would be called deadly.
However, Loid had a very bad feeling he was underestimating them too much. So, he felt like things won’t be the same for long, because that object is still in the Atlantic Ocean, isn’t it?
What would it have done to sea creatures— he doesn’t want to explore? The sea was sure beautiful but also one of the scariest things on planet Earth, and this world was much worse than his older one.
Why am I even thinking about exploring the sea? Isn’t I becoming too brave? Well, let’s first explore the whole system store. I need to increase my strength fast. Before this world threw something new at me.
Two hours. It took them two hours to reach their destination. They entered through the Main Gate.
On the ground floor, there was a metal door on the large building. Just as they stood in front of it, the door opened automatically; behind it, there was another metal door, and it opened automatically again.
A girl with white hair and blue eyes greeted them with a smile.
[You encounter new heroine]
[Name — Veronica Reinheart]
[Special treats: Heroine, Harem member]
[Hidden rewards triggered]
[Calculating...]
More! Are you kidding?
There were only four heroines in the novel. Ah... okay, get it, it’s probably a mashup. Apocalypse world, now I know where this snowfall came from... Well, what should I say? Just great.
—---.
"Bring your friend inside.’’ Veronica Said.
" Alright, guys, come in ", Lalica said, following her.
Everyone stepped inside. Behind them,
"Let me introduce her to you guys; she was my childhood friend, Veronica "
"Hello", Veronica waved her hand.
" Hello, thank you for letting us stay here,’’ Amilia said, really very grateful from her heart.
"It’s nothing, big sister,’’
"She is my mother,’’ Alice said. She knew Veronica already; she met her many times with Lalica.
" Oops! She looked so young.’’
Amilia laughed.
With small talk, they walked into the living room. Veronica glanced at Loid a few times. It looks like I was right.
She believed at the start, but her mistake was that she didn’t tell her mother; she almost messed up everything; she was preparing, like collecting stock and everything; her mother gave her as much money as she wanted, so she got too busy spending that money.
And today, knowing Apocalypse was starting, she was going to tell her mother and move into a safe tower with her. But it went all wrong.
Her mother wasn’t at home; she called her, but before her mother came home, the snowfall started. And when her mother came back, and she was just about to tell her— the apocalypse had started.
She saw people dying, so much real blood for the first time in her life. She and her mother hid in the room, panicked, all scared, until Lalica called her.
She picked the call. Lalica asked her if she had a safe house; could they come there? Then her mind started working again, and all that time the voice in her head was gone; she was shutting down because all his swearing was annoying her. She also had to convince her mother, so to think properly she shut down for a while, which was a mistake.
After that, they left that room, and Laica also confirmed zombies don’t attack until they hear a sound. And she guessed right. Lulica was with that boy, and she was the heroine; Lalica and Alice were both mentioned by him at the same time. It can’t be a coincidence, so she was waiting for them to see him.
To confirm that they also heard his inner voice. Just now it left her speechless; she and her mother were also heroines. It’s a pity he didn’t know our story.
And she already knows her mother can also hear his thoughts; her mother told her on the way when they moved into this tower, she also told her she was visiting a psychiatrist for a week.
If only they had communicated more and shared it from the start, nothing like this would have happened. Anyway, in the end everything was sorted out.
—-
Sitting on the couch, she started telling them about this place.
"This building was mostly shut down to save energy, and only had three working apartments: one on the ground floor and middle, and one on the top floor."
"We would use that if needed, like in a flood or in too much snow, and Laica, can we talk?"
"Sure!.’’
"I’m coming too," Alice said.
Veronica stood up. "Oh, one more thing: you guys had to share rooms; we only had six bedrooms, one that was taken by my mum and one by me, so only four left. " Thought, me, Lalica, and Alice can share one.’’
"I will share with Loid,’’ Mira said immediately.
"Wait a second, Miss Mira, you can’t decide on your own, can you?" Lalica said.
– – –
Ding!
[Apocalypse harem system online]
Lucas’ orange eyes were wide awake.
"I didn’t die. I’m alive, how?" He muttered, looking at his hands
"Hahahahahahaha..., I’m alive"
He was unable to hold back a grin on his face.
whose body is this? Just then, those memories hit; he was Lucas, son of the mistress.. but his mother and father both died six months ago.
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[Quest triggered: Share a place with your stepsister and stepmother.]
[Time limit: 7h: 58 minutes]
[Reward: Hand of pleasure]
[Failure Penalty: Balls burst]
[1st Main Quest: Conquer your stepmother and stepsister.]
[Time limit: 30 days]
[Reward: ??????]
[Failure: Losing system]
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"Hahahahahahahaha!That’s my golden finger!" he shouted excitedly. Then licked his lips. interesting.
His half-sister and stepmother both hate him; where are they gone... yes, he remembered.
His sister was crazy over the apocalypse theme, and since her mother loved her and she was super rich, she provided her whatever she wanted and built her tower; they moved there, leaving him alone.
Such hatred for me, huh; all that was that man’s fault. I guess I didn’t need to hesitate then
But how they left, he remembered; they were all scared, guarded, and some servant turned zombies; they locked themselves in one room,
Veronica was crying from fear, in her mother’s embrace; then suddenly, her cell phone rang; He didn’t know who that was exactly, but probably her, some female friend; then after talking with her, his so-called half-sister suddenly became brave and whispered something to her mother and left the room.
When the old owner of the body asked where they were going, she said to her safe house. She said if he begged on his knees, she might let him enter, but the old owner of this body was too cowardly.
He decided to stay back. So they left him without looking back.
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