My Apocalypse: Infinite Rewinds

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"Pfft!" Fresh blood gradually dripped from its claws.

"Damn it, zombies don't have the same intelligence as humans at all, where did they get their contempt from!" Li Kai, who had just woken up again, rubbed his hair in frustration. It seemed that the battle plan needed to be changed, and he could skip directly to the second step.

When the zombie reappeared in front of Li Kai, he had already been waiting there with his dagger in hand for a long time. "Probe the enemy's strengths and weaknesses. Everyone has their own attack habits, strengths and weaknesses, and the timing and gaps for launching attacks. All you have to do is observe all of this. When you can seize the moment when he can't defend, you've already succeeded halfway."

"A method of attacking during the gaps in the attack." Li Kai looked at the zombie in front of him, cautiously waiting for its attack.

"Roar!" The zombie, which could no longer contain itself, roared and quickly got up and rushed to Li Kai's side.

"Bang!" Claws and daggers sparked in mid-air, blocking the zombie's first attack.

"That's great, just as I expected—"

"Boom!" Before Li Kai could even feel excited, the zombie's arms suddenly slammed downwards, the violent force instantly destroying his defenses, and its sharp claws pierced directly into his chest.

"I can't fight head-on, or I'll be the one who dies." As soon as Li Kai woke up, he began to look for his mistakes. "I need to learn how to deflect the force."

So the first time, the attempt to deflect the force failed, and the zombie's claws grazed the blade and pierced into Li Kai's body.

The second time, they completely failed to pinpoint the zombies' attack location and were once again overwhelmed.

The third time, during the process of releasing the force, the dagger suddenly loosened its grip, and then...

The fourth time, everything was perfect, but at the very last moment, he fell.

The fifth attempt still failed.

Sixth

And so, Li Kai kept lingering on the first step of fighting the zombies. Each death brought him intense excitement. Even though his body didn't change, his reaction and awareness improved with each encounter.

Finally, on his tenth death, Li Kai successfully dissipated the zombie's force completely. However, before he could even catch his breath, the zombie suddenly kicked him, knocking him to the ground. And then, you know what happened.

"Wow, this zombie can actually kick people! That's unbelievable!" Li Kai recalled the splendor of that kick earlier; it was truly magnificent!

So, Li Kai once again became engrossed in figuring out how to defend against the zombie's kick. Whether it was colliding with the zombie in the same posture, quickly retreating, or taking the opportunity to attack, Li Kai tried every method he could think of. Death followed one after another, endlessly.

"Now block me!" After his twenty-fifth resurrection, Li Kai first used the dagger in his hand to dissipate the zombie's force, and then quickly swam forward.

"Roar!" Because there wasn't enough space, the zombie's legs couldn't extend at all, thus restricting it.

"Haha, now it's my turn to attack!" Li Kai plunged the dagger in his hand into the zombie's chest. After observing it just now, he realized that it was now unable to attack with its hands or legs.

"Die!!" Li Kai roared, thrusting his dagger forward. He watched as the zombie's struggles grew weaker and weaker, then...

"Pfft!"

"Damn it, I forgot it could bite!" Li Kai looked at the zombie with its head on his neck with extreme resentment. What a blunder!

"It looks like I have to be careful when it attacks, lest it bite me to death." Li Kai, who had just woken up, touched his neck with lingering fear. No matter how many times he had done it, he hated this feeling.

And so, Li Kai tirelessly explored all the zombies' attack methods. Death had become commonplace. Since he had already died so many times, as the old saying goes, since there was no way to resist, he might as well enjoy it to the fullest. But it really hurt!

After witnessing countless ways he was killed, Li Kai gradually discovered that he could predict all the zombie attacks, and his reaction speed was incomparable to what he had done before.

"This is the last time!" After his fifty-fifth death, Li Kai looked solemnly at the zombie in front of him. Today is the day for me to avenge myself.

"Roar! (Who is this guy in front of me? Do I know him? His gaze is so strange!)" After roaring, the zombie, which had no ability to speak, quickly launched an attack on the human in front of it.

"Good!" The same scene had been repeated many times before the boy's eyes. This time, he casually blocked the zombie's first attack with his dagger. Then, his body spun rapidly, easily dodging the zombie's next strike.

"The third step, strike when they're unprepared." During the movement, amidst countless dodges, the girl's final words reached his ears. At that moment, their consciousnesses seemed to intertwine: "The final step—fight to the death!"

"Ahhh!! Die!" Li Kai pressed himself tightly against the zombie, the two embracing each other in an extremely intimate manner. However, Li Kai felt no discomfort at all. He suddenly pushed upwards with his left hand, and the zombie's open mouth instantly closed. The upper and lower rows of teeth made a clattering sound due to the violent collision.

"The final blow!" Without pausing, Li Kai swiftly plunged the dagger in his hand into his heart, a precise location he had determined through countless deaths, a fatal spot he had experienced countless deaths.

"Ugh!!" The zombie, unable to make a sound, desperately tried to attack the food that had hurt it, but now...

"Get out of the way!" Li Kai swung his right leg forward with tremendous force, easily knocking the heavily injured zombie to the ground.

"Thud!" As soon as the zombie fell to the ground, Li Kai once again plunged the dagger deep into its heart.

"Thump!" The struggling arm finally stopped moving, the painful whimpers had subsided, and the zombie in front of him...

"Phew, finally dead! I'm exhausted!" Li Kai looked at the zombie that had stopped struggling and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Gurgle, gurgle!" Just as he pulled the dagger from his heart, a fiery red rhomboid crystal suddenly rolled out from inside.

"Huh? What's this?" Li Kai picked up the crystal curiously. Under the sunlight, it emitted a scarlet glow. "Could this be the thing often mentioned in novels that contains all the essence of a zombie?"

"Hahaha, it must be! That's right! This thing is so strong, after eating it I'll definitely become even stronger! Hahaha, I can already foresee my future glory!" Li Kai looked at the crystal excitedly, laughing wildly for a long time. Finally, in the afterglow of the setting sun, he opened his mouth, and the fiery red crystal drew a beautiful parabola in mid-air.

I am Li Kai. This is a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies. Today is a day worth celebrating. After countless deaths, I finally managed to kill the zombie in front of me. I thought I could escape this endless cycle of death, but I never expected that I would still die in the end. Cause of death - choking!