Worlds’ Apocalypse Online

On the top floor of the mansion.

The four people here were busy killing monsters without a second to spare.

Gu Qing Shan still hadn't acted yet.

He calmly observed the situation of the battle.

These 'monsters' were nothing but a bunch of slow and stiff undead.

At a glance, they seemed like the failed products of bottom-level disciples from a third-rate corpse marionette sect.

How could monsters like these bring an entire world towards ruin?

While observing them, Gu Qing Shan seriously contemplated.

He suddenly noticed that some newcomers appeared on the outside of the group of undead.

It was a fleshy giant about 3 meters tall with bulging muscles who didn't budge even after being hit by bullets.

An evolved form.

"Grenade Launcher!" old Li shouted.

The blond man then picked up an RPG set up from the ground, propped it on his shoulder, aimed at the muscle monster and fired.

The grenade was shot out, leaving a long trail of smoke as it hit the monster at a rapid speed.

Boom

The monster's blood and flesh splattered all over.

But all the other undead weren't bothered by that at all, they simply continued to drag their feet towards the mansion.

Gu Qing Shan also noticed that from afar, more and more figures could be seen approaching them.

"Too many"

The black man angrily grumbled.

The others didn't say anything.

The horde of undead swarmed towards the mansion in unendingly huge numbers, they couldn't kill them all.

At this point, Gu Qing Shan collected his gear, stood up and patted old Li's shoulder.

"Hey"

"What do you want?" old Li couldn't help but ask.

"Your side seems to have the least monsters, so I'm going to move down from here and assess the situation" Gu Qing Shan loudly explained.

"What situation!? It's all monsters down there, you're going to die!" old Li shouted back.

The sound of the machine gun was a bit too loud that they couldn't help but shout like this.

Old Li lifted his rifle and shot another monster in the head.

"I'm a scientist, I want to study their body structures a bit" Gu Qing Shan answered.

"Weren't you a mechanical scientist?"

"To be exact, I'm a Mech scientist. Mech research includes the study of human anatomy, we usually use this to understand our enemies"

Old Li finally understood what he wanted to do.

"What good does it do to understand them? They're monsters!" he seemed confused.

"You have to trust in science" Gu Qing Shan patted the gun in old Li's hand.

Old Li was already half-convinced from hearing that. Without guns, their group would've already been dead long ago.

Not to mention, this scientist is the real deal, he was really able to fix everything related to machinery as he had claimed.

"I can't guarantee I'll be able to protect you" old Li told him.

"Don't worry, I won't go too far, and I can protect myself"

Gu Qing Shan patted the bow in his hand.

Saying so, he came down from the roof, quickly left the mansion, and went out to the empty field just outside the building.

The other three quickly realized where he was.

"Why did Mr. Scientist go down there?"

The blond man picked up a grenade and threw it far away.

Boom

Old Li covered his ears, waited until the explosion was over before he answered: "He said he wanted to study the monsters a bit"

"What a mad scientist!" the woman commented.

Everyone looked down.

They saw that Gu Qing Shan had crouched down in front of a corpse.

Despite being filled with bullet holes, this undead still hadn't died, so as it noticed someone came closer, it tried to bite him.

"Don't move"

Gu Qing Shan stabbed the military dagger straight into the undead's eye socket and pinned its head to the ground.

The undead squirmed a bit before staying thoroughly still.

At this point, Gu Qing Shan turned on the flashlight attached to his shoulder, took out another dagger, and began to perform an autopsy on this body.

His movement was swift and effective, neat, and flexible without any hesitation.

"Checking organs first"

"No heartbeat"

"The blood has already turned black, most likely because of the infection"

"Other organs have greatly withered, the stomach has become bigger"

"Lost all normal human symptoms, where does your strength come from?"

"Hm… quite a few things in the stomach, let me check. Apparently human body parts"

"Devours humans to supplement energy for activities"

"Eyes have mutated, no pupils, but can accurately see me"

"Shaper teeth, similar to those of animals"

"Nose have gone through thorough necrosis, ears have undergone metamorphosis similar to mutation"

Gu Qing Shan spent a bit of effort to cut the ears off completely.

He observed it like he was looking at an art piece.

"Indeed, a very slightly but real mutation, truly a miracle of life"

Saying so, he stood up and headed to the next undead body.

"Wait!" old Li shouted from above.

"What!?"

"You've already done your research, why haven't you come back?"

"One specimen isn't good enough, only by studying several more bodies can I draw an accurate conclusion!"

After answering, Gu Qing Shan crouched down in front of another corpse.

He seriously performed another autopsy on it.

The four people above all saw this clearly.

"What a maniac" the woman once again expressed her opinion.

"No, this is how a real scientist should be" the blond man praised him: "Those guys who do nothing but talk all day are only repeating the opinions of others. A truly competent scientist would rather personally analyze and research a problem instead"

"Look, he's already getting to the third body" the black man said.

"Watch out for his safety, I think he'll probably be able to help us a lot" the blond man told everyone.

"Alright, I'll guard him" old Li said.

…

Gu Qing Shan went back to the roof of the mansion.

He seemed a bit tired, but his eyes showed clear excitement.

"Did you learn anything?" the blond man asked.

"Hm, I can basically confirm the following: they are using sight and sound to find their prey, sound being the primary method; their eyesight isn't particularly excellent, and they are only capable of seeing clearly up to 3-5 meters ahead, any further and they will only be able to tell if there is light or darkness. Furthermore, when it comes to evolution, as long as they obtain enough food, their bodies would mutate a lot quicker" Gu Qing Shan explained.

Everyone just looked at him in awe.

This scientist was a lot more competent than they had thought.

"Then what do you suggest?" old Li asked.

"My suggestion? Firstly, stop shooting" Gu Qing Shan told him.

"Stop shooting? Wouldn't that be waiting or death?"

"Not at all"

Gu Qing Shan attached a grenade on the head of an arrow, pulled the grenade pin, and quickly pulled the bowstring.

Then he let go.

The arrow flew like a blurred image, carrying the grenade far away.

This shot was performed with full force so the arrow flew over the horde of undead and headed towards the highway.

Boom!

The grenade exploded.

All the undead abruptly froze.

About half of them stopped and turned around to head towards where the explosion happened.

Only the undead who were too close to the mansion hesitated briefly before continuing to head towards the mansion.

"What just happened?" old Li was very confused.

"Sound. Those monsters were drawn and gathered here by the sound of the gunfire. From this point onwards, you will have to give up on using guns, it produces too much noise" Gu Qing Shan patiently explained.

"Then how are we going to deal with the monsters?" the woman asked doubtfully.

Gu Qing Shan nocked another arrow and fired.

In the darkness, a single arrow silently flew out and caused the head of an undead to explode.

"They're all extremely rigid and slow, only when they are close to their prey would they be able to greatly increase their speed by exerting themselves, so as long as you don't come too close, you can use cold weapons to kill them" Gu Qing Shan replied.

"So that's why, but you also said that they could see us" the blond man commented.

"They're all heavily near-sighted, so this can be solved a lot easier than sound, we only need to turn on the lights for the other buildings and turn off the lights inside the mansion" Gu Qing Shan replied.

"Then use this instead"

Gu Qing Shan gave one of the infrared night goggles to the other party.

The blond man was shocked.

Why didn't I think of such a simple thing before?

"That's true, we can use night vision goggles" he muttered.

The others also nodded.

The blond man received the night vision goggles and told the others: "Let's proceed as Mr. Scientist said, let's go!"

They quickly went down to take the military bows, shut off all the lights in the mansion, and quickly killed the undead outside the building with bows and arrows.

Halfway through, Gu Qing Shan once again shot another grenade towards the highway with his bow.

Another group of undead left.

Their pressure was greatly alleviated.

What was originally a fight for their lives became a simple shooting game.

They even had the time to get a midnight snack.

"How did you find all of this out?" the black man couldn't help himself asking.

"Perhaps you've never heard of a thing called humanoid Mechs. In truth, us scientists have already found out everything there is to find out about the human body" Gu Qing Shan replied.

"I really regret not taking time to study all those years ago" the black man sighed.

"You probably wouldn't have been able to anyways, IQ's different" old Li casually commented without looking up as he ate.

The black man scowled.

"This type of science is really cutting edge, there are no references so the only thing one can do is slowly research through trial and error. Unless you're really passionate about it, only those who are forced to learn it for the sake of survival can learn it" Gu Qing Shan diffused the tension between them.

"So you're passionate about anatomy?" the woman asked.

His rational yet excited appearance as he dissected those corpses caused her to feel a bit fearful.

"Anatomy?" Gu Qing Shan laughed, "That's just the basic skill of another art"

"Which art?"

"Cooking"

They stood on top of the open roof and held a small contest over who could pick off more of the rest of the undead below.

Under Gu Qing Shan's request, they split into two groups to rest and stand guard in shifts.

Finally.

Dawn came.

Gu Qing Shan stood on top of the roof and watched the sunrise as he was the one who took the last shift.

When the first few rays of sunlight approached from the horizon, lines of blood-red text appeared on his retina.

[The will of the Earth World has noticed your actions]

[It will soon arrive to communicate with you]

[Before that, the Demon King Order must give you an emergency warning]

[Absolutely do not offend it, as it is a World-class Entity within the Eternal Abyss]

[It is more powerful than any entity you've ever met before!]

Abruptly, as if it noticed something, all the blood-red text vanished.

Oom

Gu Qing Shan's vision exploded as the mansion, the highway, the small town, the undead, the sky, and everything else vanished from in front of his eyes.

A boundless stream of grey liquid had surrounded him.

Gu Qing Shan didn't know what this stream of grey liquid was, but he could sense an unbelievably vast power coming from it.

If a real normal person were to see this, they would most likely believe that they were meeting the Creator.

Although, from a certain point of view, a World-class Entity itself was indeed a Creator.

The grey liquid gradually gathered across from Gu Qing Shan to form a giant humanoid head.

He looked down at Gu Qing Shan and spoke with a slow and stretched voice:

「 Cultivator, why have you come to my domain? 」

Gu Qing Shan regained his calm and replied: "I came to face my Tribulation"

The giant head formed from grey liquid muses for a while: 「 Hmm, certainly, you do exude the power of growth. It has been several ten thousand years since a human came to my domain through a Tribulation 」

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