Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

The joke backfired, and Shen Zechuan was annoyed for a moment, then immediately stopped smiling and looked at the others with serious expressions.

"This time, my level 4 upgrade is significantly different from the previous ones. Do you know what it feels like to have your meridians completely severed? It's like all the meridians in your body have been broken and then reconnected. Ugh, it hurts quite a bit. You guys better be prepared. I reckon future upgrades will be even harder."

Zhou Yang was taken aback when he heard this. He was an ordinary person and had never experienced the feeling of leveling up.

However, I did hear in my past life that the higher the level of superpower upgrades, the more dangerous they become, and that one wrong move could lead to death by exploding or failure to upgrade and turning into a zombie...

The thought that Shen Zechuan and the others might encounter an accident during the upgrade process made Zhou Yang feel a pang of anxiety.

After spending more than half a year together, these people were no longer just his teammates, but friends and brothers who had gone through thick and thin together. Shen Zechuan was now his boyfriend, although it was still a trial period...

He made a decision in his heart: starting today, he would add some spring water to the team's water supply. Over time, this would surely increase their success rate in upgrading.

The others looked bitter and resentful after hearing Shen Zechuan's words.

Especially for Lu Xingye, who is afraid of even injections, just thinking about the feeling of his tendons and veins being shattered gave him goosebumps all over his body, and for a moment he just wanted to lie down and not level up anymore.

"Does it hurt that much? Can I not upgrade?"

Yan Fei, standing to the side, shook his head immediately: "No, we must upgrade!"

He could let Lu Xingye have his way with everything else, but not this one.

In the apocalypse, not leveling up means having no ability to protect oneself. If he is not around or too busy to protect Lu Xingye, Lu Xingye will be in danger and unable to save himself... This is something he absolutely cannot accept.

Therefore, Lu Xingye must keep leveling up.

“But I’m afraid of pain…” Lu Xingye pouted.

Yan Fei gently stroked Lu Xingye's stray hairs and pulled him into his arms, saying, "Don't be afraid, I'll stay with you."

"Oh." Lu Xingye responded with an "oh," and then leaned against Yan Fei without saying anything more.

He knew in his heart that upgrading was important, but he just talked about it and habitually complained to Yan Fei.

"Huh? When did you two become so clingy? Didn't you used to practically fight when you were close together?" Chai Jin was surprised to see the two of them leaning against each other.

Shen Zechuan chuckled: "You idiot, didn't you notice they were together all along?"

Chai Jin was shocked: "Ah, when did this happen?"

Zhou Yang covered her mouth and laughed, "It was probably during the time Yan Fei was recuperating at home. Didn't you notice that they basically stopped bickering when they met after that?"

"It seems so... Sigh, even Ono has a boyfriend, and I'm still single..." Chai Jin was extremely worried.

Lu Xingye was displeased upon hearing this: "What do you mean? I'm not worthy of having a partner?"

Chai Jin: "No, it's not that. It's just that you're two years younger than us, and you're usually so loud and boisterous. I always thought Brother Yan had a long way to go, but I didn't expect you two to be together in the blink of an eye."

Lu Xingye asked incredulously, "You also know that Yan Fei likes me?"

Chai Jin rolled his eyes at the ceiling: "I'm just a little slow, not blind. Over the years, Brother Yan has been so biased towards you that it's almost to the heavens."

Lu Xingye: ...So you're saying I'm the only one who's blind?

……

After resting for a while, the group continued their journey to the third floor.

Unfortunately, they didn't find any zombies after searching the third floor, and they still didn't find any when they went up. So the group went back to the third floor.

Shen Zechuan frowned: "It's impossible that there aren't higher-level zombies. It's illogical that the few zombies on the second floor can't control so many zombies downstairs..."

Yan Fei thought for a moment, then suddenly turned to look at a certain place: "We've missed one place. The inpatient department is right behind the outpatient building, and it's connected to this place."

Upon hearing this, everyone else followed Yan Fei's gaze and looked towards the elevator entrance.

The elevator is definitely out of service; now only the stairwell remains.

Fortunately, the staircase is right next to the elevator. However, many hospitals usually lock the doors at the staircase entrance for easier management and to prevent unauthorized personnel from entering.

This hospital is no exception.

However, the door at the top of the stairs on the third floor was open...

Looking at the entrance, Chai Jin muttered to himself, "Every time I see an entrance like this, I feel like a lamb being led into a tiger's den..."

Lu Xingye nodded: "It looks similar to me too."

"Just go and take a look and you will know."

After Yan Fei finished speaking, he was the first to lead the way towards the entrance.

Others quickly followed.

The inpatient department of this hospital starts from the fourth floor, so they went directly up the stairs to the next floor.

As soon as they stepped onto the fourth floor, they saw a pile of zombie corpses with their brains ripped out.

After searching inside to no avail, they had no choice but to continue upwards.

The same situation applies to the fifth and sixth floors... all the way up to the eleventh floor.

With each floor they climbed, their hearts sank a little deeper.

If all of these were eaten by the same high-level zombie, then that zombie must be more than level four.

Now only the last floor, the twelfth floor, remains in sight.

As soon as they gently pushed open the entrance to the twelfth floor, they saw a huge figure standing with his back to them in the corridor not far away.

Its entire body is covered in a metal shell, just like Iron Man; it's clearly a metal zombie.

In front of it stood a row of level four zombies, each with a look of fear on their face, yet none daring to flee.

No, that's not right. It might not be that they're afraid to escape, but that they simply can't escape.

Shen Zechuan stared at the enormous metal zombie, his heart pounding. He couldn't even tell the level of the zombie.

"This zombie is a higher level than me, probably level 5. Even if it's not level 5, it's about to break through."

"Such a high level! And such a thick metal shell, we can't even cut through it. Can we handle it?"

Shen Zechuan thought for a moment and said, "Metal conducts electricity. I'll go in and unleash a powerful attack to paralyze all these zombies, especially the metal zombie."

Everyone says fire overcomes metal, and I can't tell the pea's level, so I can let the pea try to fight the metal zombie head-on. Then Yan Fei can try to peel off some of the metal zombie's outer shell.

After that, the four of us would take care of the other level-four zombies first. Once we'd dealt with them, we'd help Yan Fei and Wandou.

Zhou Yang agreed. He had been worried about not having a chance to test the potential of the pea, as it always seemed to be slacking off. This time, he could give it a try.

Thinking it over, he leaned close to Pea's ear and encouraged him, "Kid, see that big guy? Burn it hard, burn it to death. If you don't kill it, we might die."

Upon hearing this, Pea stared into the metal zombie's eyes, her gaze instantly turning murderous.

"Alright, that's settled then, let's get started!"

The group nodded in agreement and, taking advantage of the metal zombie inside being inside one of the zombies' skulls, rushed straight in.