Chapter 1: The Coldness of Lu Yu (1)

A critically injured person poses no threat to them

"What are you looking at?" The tall man raised his eyebrows and coldly shouted, "Are you saying you are not convinced?"

When he finally approached a business center over thirty stories high, the sky had gradually darkened.

Lu Yu took a backpack from a cabinet in one corner of the hall

When Lu Yu entered the hall just now, his movements were very slow. The big man took advantage of this, bullying Lu Yu because he knew he posed no threat to him, which is why he took action

When night falls, this city ceases to be a city of humans

The tall man had just scolded Lu Yu, and at that moment, he saw Lu Yu eating from a can. His mouth twitched awkwardly a couple of times, and then, gritting his teeth, he suddenly walked towards Lu Yu

As the sky began to brighten, the beasts retreated and vanished with the darkness

The Slaughter Star Soul is in a state of rebirth, with a 100% distance from Level 1 progress. When the Slaughter Star Soul reaches Level 1, you will gain unexpected rewards

Damn it, if I don't eat soon, I'm going to starve. Hey, give me some food, and I'll pay you back later.

The seal on the brain domain is lifted, granting the Slaughter Star Soul. The Slaughter Star Soul is distinct from other Star Souls, as it can only evolve and enhance during combat and when using special items

Catastrophe? Lu Yu initially thought this was a joke regarding the explanation he received. The year 2012 has long passed; is there still a catastrophe?

Some skulls were shattered, some were torn in half, and others had their hearts turned into hollows

Two days ago, just as the clock struck midnight, the harbor was still very calm. However, Lu Yu suddenly woke up from his sleep, and in an instant, he became incredibly alert, losing all sense of drowsiness

A group of shrewd individuals

Lu Yu also saw the tall man approaching and could not help but put down the can in his hand, staring at the other party

More than ten people watched Lu Yu eat from the can with great appetite, unconsciously swallowing their saliva

The flesh at the wound is everted, and in some areas where it is deep, the stark white bone can be seen

The foundational data can be regarded as the mutated capabilities of the human body. The training of an ordinary human body will ultimately reach its limits. However, once data is digitized, everything becomes limitless. Star souls and books can continuously break through and surpass limits, making individuals stronger. All these changes are in preparation for an impending catastrophe.

He feels no vitality in this city, as if the city has already died

... ...

As the silver moon rises, deep roars can be heard all around the city.

This is a catastrophe

The reconstruction of basic data has been completed, and the digitization of human body data has been accomplished

In half an hour, it will be dark again! Lu Yu glanced at his watch, then looked at the sky, calculating the time of sunset.

The disintegrating individuals seem to endure pain akin to that of bone being severed, as if that area has transformed into hell, filled with piercing screams and scattered corpses.

"Damn it, how can a dying person not just die? He almost scared me into a heart attack." A large man, seemingly a student from the physical education department, spat on the ground while cursing.

In the past two days, he has passed by here every day and has become numb to such scenes

Survive—only rely on yourself

The harbor in the dark night is not brightly lit, only flickering lights dance like ghosts.

To climb up thirty-six floors with such a severe injury is not something an ordinary person can accomplish

People became corpses on the streets, and blood turned into rivers on the streets

Today has been endured once again

At that time, Lu Yu was standing right at the edge of that area. He had narrowly escaped this calamity, yet he finally understood the meaning of the words "catastrophe" in his mind.

Thousands, tens of thousands, and hundreds of thousands

Lu Yu leaned against the wall with one hand, a faint smile appearing on his face as he struggled to climb towards the rooftop

Yet most survivors still hide in their homes, too afraid to come out, trembling as they watch the tragic scenes unfold on the streets

Now the night has fallen once again, and the streets are filled with the continuous roars of beasts, making it hard for people to breathe. In the hall, the only sound is that of Lu Yu chewing loudly, with no other sounds present.

Yet these individuals emerged unscathed; apart from their faces being somewhat pale due to fright, their clothing showed no significant damage.

However, at https://www.hetushu.com, Lu Yu speculated that other cities should be in a similar situation. This is already the third day since this city has fallen into such a dire state, with no rescue and no one coming. Perhaps this is a catastrophe sweeping the entire nation, and no one will pay attention to this small coastal city, let alone come to its rescue

There is merely a faint one-inch-long scar at the corner of his left eye, which gives him a somewhat cold demeanor

As he walked to a hall on the top floor before nightfall, he was surprised to find that there were indeed people inside the hall

spreading across the streets, spreading throughout the entire city

Just now, I heard footsteps; they thought it was a monster coming up.

The defense against the harbor has become the domain of ferocious beasts, with the entire city shrouded in hundreds of thousands of monsters. Those in a daze, those who could not escape in time, are torn apart and seized by giant eagles, shredded in the sky, beaten into pulp by stone clubs, and further torn apart by even more monsters

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However, these matters are unrelated to him as well

Lu Yu could feel a ball of icy breath, the size of an eyeball, flowing into his body as the words flickered. It then swam through his veins, rapidly rushing into his heart and settling down. This force was as cold as a sharp sword, filled with brutality and cruelty, to the extent that it felt as if it could tear his body apart.

The pitch-black night appears somewhat eerie because of this light

The catastrophe has truly arrived, this is real

Then, a series of texts and data transformed before my eyes, followed by combinations of characters, with lines of text appearing in an orderly fashion.

This has become a living hell

The tall man, with an arrogant demeanor, walked over to Lu Yu's side, not even glancing at the young man, and directly reached out to grab the backpack.

"I curse your grandfather!" The tall man shouted in anger after a moment of stunned silence. He did not expect that this young man, who was about the same age as him, would be so ruthless, immediately twisting his wrist.

Lu Yuchang's thick eyebrows and large eyes do not evoke a sense of annoyance. Standing at nearly 1.78 meters, he is not short, though he appears somewhat slender. His dark, deep-set eyes give off a somewhat cold demeanor, making him seem difficult to approach

He has been hiding here for two days, and the food he brought has been kept here all along. Clearly, these newcomers do not possess the skills for survival in the wild; otherwise, they would have found this food long ago

Hundreds, thousands, and even entire streets of vehicles are congested, resembling an indescribable car accident that has swept through the entire city. The pungent smell of gasoline and the burnt odor from inside the vehicles permeate every corner of the street

They resembled beasts that had been starving for an entire day, swiftly seizing the corpses on the ground, and chewing them along with the bones and flesh.

Lu Yu's blood-stained face revealed a chilling smile as he stared at the giant and said, "This serves as a punishment for your earlier arrogance. If you attempt to seize again, I will break your limbs"

In the late autumn of 2015, the city, which had not yet had the chance to awaken, became the realm of beasts

Lu Yu took a can of food out of his backpack and began to eat it heartily after opening it

Food, in this seemingly endless catastrophe, is more precious than gold. How could Lu Yu possibly agree to let the other party take it without asking!

including Lu Yu

On the sidewalks, in the streets, and in the dark alleys, human corpses lay scattered like garbage.

Indeed, this is no longer a world for ordinary people

The tall individual did not even have a reaction; his wrist was deformed, and the pain penetrated to the marrow.

Lu Yu was astonished because the groups of people he had seen before had long since become the food for the monsters on the streets

Lu Yu's chest bore four deep gashes, as if clawed by a wild beast, extending directly from the chest to the abdomen

It is as if these memories and powers have existed deep within his mind for countless generations, merely waiting for this moment to be reawakened

His steps are slow because his body is severely injured

At this moment, the city became silent. In the sewers, amidst the surrounding darkness and the ruins of buildings, faint sounds began to emerge. As the sun set, in the areas shrouded in shadow, figures three meters tall crawled out of the darkness

There are no earthquakes in Hong Kong, nor any signs of an impending apocalypse, and there are not even the sounds of barking dogs or the chirping of insects

When similar beings approach, a low growl is immediately emitted, as if to warn!

However, at the moment when people were astonished

Lu Yu learned from memory that data reconstruction and datafication are all for the purpose of the Star Soul. The evolution and growth of the Star Soul require the datafication of the human body as support. Only after datafication can the human body integrate with and utilize the Star Soul

Immediately following the sky pit, there are giant eagles soaring in the sky, and there are wolf-like beasts with human bodies, wielding stone clubs.

As Lu Yu walked along, he could see countless deformed vehicles, with those unable to escape being crushed into a pulp by the subsequent cars. Not a single intact piece of flesh could be found, as they lay there like a heap of rotten mud

No, at least a shrewd person should take the lead

On the night when the catastrophe of the anti-harbor campaign descended, communication in the city was cut off, and the water supply was also interrupted. No one knew what the outside of the city looked like, nor what other cities were like.

A small number of people move between the cities, yet they do so with great caution

He felt as if his brain had instantaneously transformed into a computer calculating with terrifying capability, and before him, a second seemed to be filled with countless blue, indecipherable symbols

The most prosperous area several kilometers from the central port suddenly collapsed

Lu Yu's eyes revealed not a trace of emotional fluctuation. He was as cold as a wild beast, dragging his severely injured body in search of a refuge

Basic Data - Lu Yu: Ordinary Human; Life: 100 points; Life Limit: 100 points; Attack Power: 100; Bone Strength: 100

Lu Yu struggled through the crowd with great difficulty, finally managing to break free and searching for a place to hide

At the same time, the area in Lu Yu's mind seemed like a stone door that had been sealed for thousands of years being pushed open, with more memories flooding out.

Even though the wound is tightly pressed by the clothing, the fabric has already turned red, with fresh blood occasionally dripping down

The panicked crowd gradually calmed down and began to hide in various places

... ...

The more than ten individuals also saw Lu Yu, and upon noticing the wounds on his body, their expressions relaxed.

There are no living people, only corpses and a land stained red with blood.

There are no pedestrians on the street, only the thick scent of blood permeating the air

At that moment, he felt as if a certain area of his brain had been activated in an instant

The ground in that area collapsed, and countless sands and soils vanished in an instant. It became a sinkhole, dark and unfathomable. Someone leaned down to look, and suddenly heard a thunderous roar of a beast emanating from the sinkhole

The remaining students did not know what the big guy was going to do, and they stared at him with wide eyes

Endless streams of data surge from that region, rearranging and reorganizing all the information within the mind

At that moment, the tall man did not anticipate that the severely injured individual would spring up from the ground with a push of both hands, swiftly grasping his wrist and forcefully twisting it.

At that moment, the continuous sound caused Lu Yu to be momentarily stunned for a second. God knows what was going on in his mind; what was wrong with him! This is a human brain, not a computer!

Lu Yu chuckled softly, leaning his head against the wall to rest. However, the light in his eyes had become frightening, resembling that of a predatory beast.

In the past two days, each of them has only eaten some bread and water, and they are almost forgetting the taste of meat. Since this morning, they have not even had a drop of water.

Lu Yu looked at the other person, carefully staring as if trying to memorize their face, and smiled.

Everything happened all of a sudden

In hell, Lu Yu trudged heavily along the street, sometimes even stumbling over the corpses on the ground

It was as if struck by a lethal weapon, where high-rise buildings within a radius of several kilometers vanished in an instant, leaving not even a wisp of dust.

Not only the skyscrapers, but the people in this area are also disintegrating. The living first become flesh and blood, then bone marrow, and finally vanish into the void

However, less than half a minute later, everything changed

Monsters that you cannot imagine, monsters that you will never see, thousands of monsters crawled out from the abyss.

Acquire special abilities—Kill Promotion! Kill Promotion—Under the influence of the Killing Star Soul, whenever any skill is upgraded, an additional ability enhancement will be granted