บท 4: Episode 1: Motivation.

A total of six days had passed since the apocalypse began!

While humans around the world struggled to survive – A person wholly enjoyed his life as usual.

In Muffin City‚ a house stood erected on the ground. It was undamaged by the calamity that devasted the entire Muffin city.

Inside the house, a lazy person had just woken up. He had fallen asleep while watching a drama called «no soul».

Today was Friday. He would order pizza from Saminos pizza every Friday.

"Chandni‚ order chicken supreme pizza with extra topping from the usual place" he ordered his maid. As he was too busy and lazy to do these menial tasks by himself.

He started playing "Apocalyptic World". A popular Virtual reality game that was made possible through the usage of Meuralink.

His character level had hit the maximum limit. The maximum limit was lv 90. The game had announced that it will be releasing an update. The update will increase the level cap. A player will be able to reach level 100.

He played for some hours but felt that today was extremely weird. As he saw no online player in the wild grassland. None of his friends were shown online in his friend list.

The wild grassland had been a popular spot for farmers to harvest Zombie nuclei. But today no one was here. Except Feng Mei.

He got bored playing alone and left the game. After all, Feng played this game to harvest (Pk=player kill) other player's lives and tell them until tears escape their eyes.

"Master‚ the pizzeria is not answering the call," the housemaid robot said in a cute voice.

"Huh! What did you say," he said. Feng paused the heavy beats of the EDM(Electronic Dance Music) playing in his room.

The room had sound-isolating walls. It must have cost Feng Mei a lot to build this house.

"Master‚ the pizzeria is not answering the call" the maid repeated her words after her master paused the beats. She flashed her holographic handheld device in front of her master face.

Feng Mei saw that «call not answered» was clearly written right on top of the holographic screen.

He took the device also called – Tub Hub 3 – from her hand. He started calling the restaurant‚ again and again. He gave up after the tenth time.

As far as Feng Mei could remember‚ the owner of the pizzeria had always been hardworking. He had been serving pizza twenty hours a week. Basically, the owner of the pizzeria only worked for around 3 to 4 hours a day. Simply around 248 minutes a day. The best part was that the pizzeria was open every day of a week.

The owner of the pizzeria really seemed like a hard-working man for someone as lazy and fast as Feng Mei. Even though, the owner of the pizzeria was clearly lazy.

'Did something happened. I wonder why the pizzeria is not answering the call.' Feng thought in his mind. After all, the pizzeria had many workers.

He started to look for his mobile – Hub Tub 100. This was the only one that existed in the entire world.

It could also be labeled as the Grand Ancestor of all Hub Tub devices. These devices had become popular throughout the world.

No one knew who the owner of the company 'Hub Tub' was. Except the fact, that it was a part of Mian corporation.

The maid concluded that Feng was looking for his mobile after she saw the actions of her master.

"Master‚ last time you put your mobile in your trousers." she reminded him.

"How kind of you‚ thanks" replied Feng Mei as he rubbed her white head. His actions causing two red blush dots to appear on her white robotic face. Each below her silverish mechanical eyes.

Feng Mei pulled out his mobile. A holographic screen opened up before his eyes. He saw dozens of messages in his call log. These messages came from his parent‚ brother and in-game friends.

He started reading from the oldest message.

Message Time ~ Month May ~ Day 08.

"How are you doing my sweet dumpling. After you read this message send me a selfie and did you find a cute girlfriend? (cutie pie emoji)" messaged his mother.

Message Time ~ Month May ~ Day 08.

"I have bought Lambargini V 69 for you‚ Son. It will be delivered to your place three days later. Go take it out and give a girl a ride on it Next time you visit home bring me a grandchild. (Thumbs up emoji)" messaged his father.

Message date ~ Month May ~ Day 08

"Little Bro, I am going to Pineapple island for vacation. A lot of girls are joining us on this trip. I have already booked a plane ticket for you. I hope that you will join us on this trip. All the best little brother(High five emoji)" messaged his brother.

Some messages of his friend‚ which mostly contained information about the game.

The next was a voice message.

Message date ~ Month May ~ Day 09

He Played it!

"Bunny‚ don't be afraid about the Meteoroids. The government said that it will disintegrate in the atmosphere" A woman's voice rang out. The voice was soft and mellow but tinged with confusion caused by anxiety. Feng Mei realized it was his mother's troubled voice.

"Che‚ you should explain more. Pumpkin! it has been confirmed by scientist‚ through the use of precise calculation and advanced machinery including the latest version of super computer‚ that the meteoroids will disintegrate in mid-air." his father had joined in on the message mid-way.

"Stay safe Pumpkin. and remember to visit home next week." his parent said simultaneously. The voice message ended there.

Beyond this message was hundred of unattended calls.

The calls he didn't pick up. since the phone was in silent mode. And he had been busy cough cough... busy playing games and binge-watching downloaded dramas on Netflix.

Message date ~ Month May ~ Day 10(The day of the apocalypse.

The next was a voicemail that said

"Sweety‚ are you safe? if you listen to this message then reply back ASAP!" This voicemail confused Feng Mei... The voice belonged to his mother. It sounded terrified.

Feng determined that his mother... she was afraid that something happened to him?

"Holy fck‚ this father didn't offend anyone. Yet someone is out to get me? Mother hen" he cursed in his mind as he yet didn't know that the modern world was devasted by the meteoroid clash.

He played dozens more voicemails belonging to the member of his family and some gaming friends. All of them were mostly asking about whether he was safe or not.

Feng realized that something terrifying had happened around the world after he connecting the little bits of information contained in each of these messages.

Feng Mei hurriedly started searching for information through the search engines.

He obtained information..... information pertaining to the destruction caused by the meteors throughout the world. There also were many videos with titles like

«One bat blast ugly bastard head off», « Human - Eating monster» and many others.

Feng Mei played the «Human - Eating monster» video.

There was darkness all around. Only a single place was illuminated by light-emitting out of a hanging street lamp.

A huge red circle was drawn on the illuminated place. Telling the viewers to focus there.

Suddenly‚ A man... A man with a stubble beard could be seen stumbling and falling right beneath the highlighted area. An ugly long black-haired woman‚ with a steel rod impaled in her belly appeared in the video. She was oozing with pus. She pinned down the man who had fallen down.

She took a bite out of his stomach like a starved beast. A mess of blood‚ internal organs‚ bile and human feces splashed on her ugly rotting face and the street. But she kept on devouring his flesh. She happily ate raw flesh from the man guts to down below.» The video ended.

This was definitely recorded by a CCTV camera as there was no possibility of a human recording the video. Since even the hand of a psychopathic person would tremble if he is to view such a scenario happening in front of him.

Feng wasn't terrified After seeing this video‚ Feng Mei was worried... worried about his family who had been extra good to him ever since he recovered and woke up from his comatose state.

His emotions were clearly shown upon his face.

"Master‚ is everything all right," asked Dracula‚ as he slightly bowed.

Chandni standing right in front of Feng Mei also looked at him in worry.

"Nothing is alright‚ See for yourselves" A holographic screen opened up showing the recording of the video that he had just seen.

"Haa" Chandni blocked her mechanical eyes with her mechanical white palm. While Dracula kept on intently looking at the screen.

Feng Mei called his family members but sadly received no answer.

He kept on calling again and again. Each call made his heart palpitate with concerns.

He regretted being carefree all these years. He regretted that he didn't strive to regain his powers. He regretted the previous four years of his life.

He knew that sulking and regretting was only gonna waste his time.

He didn't know where his parents would be. But he had modified their personal robots and added combat mode. A mode which is only verified for military officials.

Feng Mei decided that he will get to them. If they were alive then he will protect them and cherish them. If they were dead... (His heart started thumped faster) than he will fight his way through the death realm to retrieve their souls.

He will fight against anyone who will get in his way to complete this goal. He will offend everyone. Even if It meant offending the highest order of heaven!