บท 18: Player Status
Faced with Kayden's question, Weiss decided to answer it since it wasn't a secret, "Only special event NPCs such as this old man have awareness of our existence as NPCs. For the rest of the NPCs, they will have the same awareness as the humans back in your world."
"Simply put, just think of this as what if a zombie apocalypse had occurred in your world but no one told you that it was just a death game. All basic NPCs will have that mindset unlike you and the rest of the players that think of this as a death game."
"But since they didn't know that this is a death game, those NPCs will even be more desperate than you players. You have to be wary of both players and NPCs. Otherwise, you won't live long in this world even with that special event item as it's not specialized for combat."
"You players have the advantage of obtaining special event items to use as a means of increasing the chances of survival in this zombie-apocalyptic world. However, NPCs aren't programmed to contact or even be aware of the existence of special event NPCs such as this old man."
After receiving the old janitor's answer, Kayden digested that information and pondered his next course of action.
After all, he had already obtained a year's worth of food and medicine.
'I could probably locate an underground base and live there for a year. I doubt that all of the players could survive even a year in this world.'
'However, I can't deny the possibility of zombies evolving over time. After all, the game announcement had specified that this was only the first wave of the zombie virus. If there are several waves after that, then the zombies might evolve and there will possibly be a zombie that can dig underground.'
'Furthermore, if the zombie virus can not only infect humans but also animals and plants, then it should be more difficult to create a permanent base than survive in this world. If those evolved zombies discovered an underground base, some zombie animals would have the capability of digging towards it.'
'There's also the possibility of humans evolving due to the exposure of zombie virus and that possibility might be true due to the stats grade shown in the player status screen.'
When Kayden contemplated that, he summoned the player status to check not only his current stats but also the number of surviving players.
<Player Status>
Player Name: Kayden Flynn
Age: 18
Physique: F+
Strength: F+
Agility: F
Humanity: 100%
Virus: Null
Special Event Item: Space Storage Bracelet (C)
Surviving Players: 933/1000
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The game had already informed him beforehand that the average stats of a human was F grade so Kayden wasn't worried too much about his stats. From what the game had informed him, the stats he had in the real world would be his starting stats in the game so not all players had equal stats.
On the other hand, a human who isn't infected with the zombie virus will have 100% humanity.
As for the virus stats, Kayden didn't know much about it since the game didn't give him any information about it.
But from his guess, it could mean the presence of the zombie virus within his body. Since it was at Null, then it could only mean that he wasn't infected by the zombie virus.
Taking a glance at his player status screen, Kayden noticed the change in his player status, "Previously, there wasn't any special event item category in the player status. It could mean that as long as the player encountered some special things in the game such as the special event item, it will be reflected and updated on their player status."
"From the game's evaluation, the space storage bracelet is a C-grade special event item. I don't know how good it is compared to other special event items but at least it isn't F-grade."
After checking his player status screen, Kayden decided to try his luck and asked the old janitor, "Old man, do the humans and zombies in this world evolve? Also, can the zombie virus infect animals and plants?"
Faced with Kayden's question, Weiss replied, "It's up to you to find out and explore more of this world."
"If I tell you everything, wouldn't the game become boring to play?"
Hearing that reply from the old janitor, Kayden sighed, "If this was only a mere game, I wouldn't care much. But this is a death game and if I die in this game, I will also die in real life."
"Anyway, thanks for the special event item, old man. I don't have much time to waste so I'll leave."
Knowing that he couldn't stay here anymore, Kayden left the school rooftop and he didn't forget to close the door to prevent any zombies from entering it.
Kayden knew that the old janitor didn't have any intentions of leaving the school rooftop so he no longer extended his offer of protecting the old man.
After Kayden left, Weiss sighed, "The goal of this old school janitor is already fulfilled and I can't give more space storage bracelets to other players. A special event NPC can only give one special event item."
"I'll take over the role of other NPCs. Instead of a special event NPC role, I'll just take the role of a normal NPC so I can experience the zombie world firsthand."
บท 19: Shiro Ayame Left The School Building
With a bloodied metal baseball bat in hand, Shiro Ayame slaughtered every zombie that obstructed her path. She was fortunate that there weren't many zombies that blocked her path or else even she would be helpless against hordes of zombies.
"Fortunately, the stats I have in the real world were reflected in the game world. Otherwise, if it was the same as the other players, it wouldn't have been easy for me to defeat these zombies."
Shiro Ayame breathed a sigh of relief as she killed the zombie in front of her. Taking a look at her stats in the player status, Shiro Ayame was pleased to see her stats.
<Player Status>
Player Name: Shiro Ayame
Age: 17
Physique: E+
Strength: E+
Agility: E+
Humanity: 100%
Virus: Null
Surviving Players: 931/1000
<———————>
'According to the game announcement in the player lobby, an F grade is the average stats of a healthy adult while an E grade is for those athletes.'
'Even if other players were to have the same stats as me, they can't fight zombies as easily as me since my martial arts techniques and fighting experience are at the top of this world. Although, with my brother's marksmanship, I'd still lose since his bullet is faster than my agility.'
When she thought about her brother, Ayame regretted not having him with her on this dangerous death game.
Otherwise, if they, the Shiro and Albus brother and sister, were to team up with each other in surviving this death game, other players would easily be defeated and the top 1 and top 2 placements would be secured.
"Sigh, I can't rely too much on my brother. I also have to be independent for once!"
"As long as I win this death game and obtain the rewards promised by the game, I wonder what my brother's expression will be when he discovers that I became stronger than him?"
Fantasizing the future where she surpassed her brother, Shiro Ayame became even more motivated to slaughter all the zombies that came her way!
She knew that even if she was considered a prodigy in martial arts whose talent was unmatched, her brother was still better than her.
Ayame was well aware that if not for her brother not wanting to overwhelm her with his monstrous talent, her brother wouldn't have just learned marksmanship but also martial arts.
With her brother's talent, there was almost nothing that he couldn't do as long as it was within human limits.
Furthermore, she changed her surname to her mother's surname just so that she would be differentiated from her brother and wouldn't be covered by his shadow.
Of course, she didn't have any malicious intent towards her brother, and at most, it was just sibling rivalry.
Currently, Ayame is fighting against the zombies in the school hallway. She had already descended from the third floor where her classroom was located and now, she was on the first floor of the school building.
Even if there were eight zombies on the first floor, it only took Ayame a minute to kill all of them as her footwork was skillfully used to avoid the attacks of those zombies.
The first floor was littered with zombie corpses whose heads were separated from their bodies. Zombie blood dyed the ground with black-colored blood.
Ayame made sure that the zombie blood didn't come into contact with her clothes and skin. She didn't know if the zombie blood was acidic or not, but she didn't want to take her chances.
The last thing she wanted was the zombie blood to enter her body orifices. It would be a joke if she was infected due to that instead of getting bitten by those zombies.
After taking a short break to recover her stamina, Ayame exited the school building.
What came to her view were zombies attacking the students and teachers. Even the principal was having trouble opening the door of his car and was besieged by those zombies and none of the students or teachers saved him.
'The principal's car key was dropped near his car. As long as defeat those zombies surrounding the principal's car are killed, I can steal the car key and drive the car out of the school.'
'However, I still need to ensure that those students and teachers don't gang up on me. They should also be after the principal's car since it's the car nearest to the school gate.'
Having that plan in mind, Ayame took a glance at the teachers and students outside the school buildings and a few of them were also looking at her. She determined that whoever killed the zombies around the principal's car and took the car key would be taken advantage of by the rest of the NPCs and players within the school.
When they saw Ayame, they shifted their attention to the zombie blood on her metal bat and that alone made them perceive Ayame as one of the biggest threats within the school.
After all, the school building behind Ayame didn't release any more zombies, indicating that Ayame had already dealt with most of the zombies on the first floor.
Ayame didn't know the players hidden among those NPCs but she had already decided to kill anyone that threatened her survival in this death game.
With her life on the line, Ayame wouldn't show any mercy to her competitors. Being kind to others was being cruel to oneself.
While Ayame was on the sidelines, waiting for an opportunity to snatch the car key, she heard the sound of gunshots.
Bullets perforated the heads of the zombies near the principal's car with great accuracy.
Afterward, the small figure of a twelve-year-old boy with black hair and blue eyes swooped in towards the principal's car, swiftly picking up the car key on the ground.
Before Ayame and the rest of them could sprint towards the car and steal it from the twelve-year-old boy, the twelve-year-old wielded two pistols in both of his hands and pointed them towards them.
"If you dared to move, I'll shoot all of your heads!"
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