IABIWAOD Chapter 1

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Chapter 1: The Little White Flower Turns into a Man-Eating Flower

"Chi Xin! Chi Xin! Wake up! Seriously, you got scared and fainted just from watching a zombie movie..."

The voice of her roommate grew increasingly distant. One voice echoed faintly in her ears as the image of a zombie lunging towards the male lead's face lingered in her mind. As she responded in fear, her other senses seemed becoming increasingly vivid.

Endless screams, the sound of gunfire, the squelching noise of flesh being pierced, and the overwhelming smell of blood and decay enveloped Chi Xin. The stimuli forced her eyes open.

Half of a murky and bruised eyeball dropped out, revealing half of a face with flesh hanging down to expose the white bone underneath. A face with a disgustingly large, foul-smelling mouth suddenly enlarged in her field of vision.

"..."

Chi Xin's expression turned from fear to blankness in an instant, her mind filled with only two words: fake zombie!

What do you need now? Black donkey hooves? Sticky rice? Salt?

"Bang!"

A gunshot rang out, and the zombie in front of her fell, but there was another one, and another after that. A dense horde of zombies formed an overwhelming tide, surging wave after wave. The whole ground shook and the earth trembled.

She stood in a high place, with a ruined city and an endless horde of zombies in the distance. The giant wall beneath her was being struck and teetering on the brink of collapse.

Chi Xin lowered her head and saw a sleek and beautiful silver gun in her pale, slender hands. Her body seemed beyond her control, trembling so much that she nearly stepped into the zombie tide.

In her mind, the name of this gun suddenly appeared: [Desert Eagle].

Strangely, even though her entire body was shaking like a sieve, the hand gripping the gun was surprisingly steady, without a hint of tremor.

It's as if as long as she lifts it, she could grasp the entire world.

"Chi Xin, use your life to pay for this mistake."

Even amidst the endless chaos, this cold voice pierced through everything and reached Chi Xin's ears.

Turning around, the handsome face that had entranced her on the screen a moment ago was at a considerable distance. His jet-black short hair, fair skin, and the clear, sharp gaze that was unobstructed by his glasses.

Chi Xin wanted to scream, but the foul smell of blood and rot rushed into her mouth and nose, causing her to merely open her mouth and quickly close it again.

In the movie, the male lead raised the gun, and the pitch-black muzzle wasn't aimed at the zombies, but at Chi Xin.

He was going to kill her!

This thought raced through Chi Xin's mind, but intense fear dilated her pupils. Zombies surrounded her, along with humans struggling against them, and she had nowhere to escape.

She remembered the voice that had sounded in her mind before she lost consciousness.

"Welcome to the Troublemaker System, host. You'll have to cause some trouble in the movie world “Journey to the End of the Times”. Remember, it's a high-difficulty world. You can choose to enhance defense, attack, prophetic abilities, and more..."

She was afraid of dying, very afraid. There's a saying, the best defense is a good offense.

"Attack! Max out my attack!"

So, did she come to this movie world with an attack attribute?

" Journey to the End of the Times " was a supernatural zombie movie. The female lead was Jiang Congyun, who possessed a family heirloom pendant with a personal storage space.

The female lead was initially unaware of it. It was the female supporting character who discovered the secret first. She coaxed and deceived Jiang Congyun into letting her borrow it, and then secretly dripped her blood to acknowledge the pendant.

When the female lead came to reclaim it, the female supporting character adamantly denied taking the pendant, until accidentally revealing traces of having bonded with it. Then she changed her story, claiming it had transformed on its own and she knew nothing about it.

The female lead had a gentle personality and didn't argue with others. She was distraught at the time, but whether it was her or the male lead and second male lead, as long as the supporting character didn't return it, they couldn't retrieve the pendant that had become a part of her.

Moreover, the female supporting character only cared about saving herself, watching the second male lead fall into danger without lifting a finger. When the female lead saved him, the female supporting character hypocritically advised her to rest then took over of watching him, making the second male lead mistakenly think she had saved him.

Relying on this life-saving favor, the female supporting character forcibly inserted herself into the protagonist group, even if everyone despised her, she forced them into taking her along to escape.

— This female supporting character was the role that Chi Xin had transmigrated into.

She wreaked havoc everywhere, accumulating the entire film's hatred, and finally, ignoring all advice, provoked the evolved Zombie King. This led to the end of her recklessly daring life.

This current zombie frenzy was actually due to the original host.

Their group entered the L Base, and the original host thought it was safe. Once in the base, she distanced herself from the protagonist group and relied on her delicate and beautiful appearance to charm several admirers into willingly offering her food.

At this point, it had only been three months since the apocalypse began. Human nature hadn't completely deteriorated yet. The original host's pre-apocalypse tactics still worked on some people.

This time, the original host ignored advice and threw tantrums, getting one of her admirers to take her out of the base. The reason? To find cosmetics. However, she ended up provoking a powerful, evolved high-level zombie somehow.

So, they hurriedly retreated to the base, bringing with them a horde of thousands of zombies.

No wonder every human who saw this scene directed resentful glares at her, without anyone trying to stop her.

As she watched the male lead approach her, Chi Xin wanted to step back, but fear pinned her to the spot.

Should she immediately grab the male lead's thigh and beg for forgiveness, or should she immediately grab the male lead's thigh and beg for forgiveness?

"Xiubai! Wait!"

The voice claiming to be the Troublemaker System and a distant shout overlapped.

"Troublemaker System binding successful. Host, you have three days to accumulate a passing trouble value, otherwise, the 'loss of bodily control' punishment will be triggered to forcibly accumulate trouble value."

"The accumulation of trouble value is closely related to the scale of trouble caused. This system will help the host at any time. Don't worry!"

For some reason, Chi Xin became even more worried all of a sudden. She didn’t want to come to this stupid world and she didn't want to cause trouble at all!

“What trouble? Why don’t you make some yourself? Send me back right now! Hurry!”

[Unfortunately, the host needs to understand that in the original world, your body is already dead. If you want to live, you can only get trouble points in this world.]

She was… dead?

Chi Xin stared blankly.

How could this be? She was from a wealthy family and has parents who love her so much, and although she had encountered some danger several times because of them as a child, she had always come out unscathed. How could her life end suddenly?

She looked at the male lead walking towards her, the trigger in his hand about to be pulled...

But a zombie was faster than him. It drooled a foul-smelling liquid and lunged towards Chi Xin, mouth wide open.

In that instant, Chi Xin's mind went blank.

I don't want to die, I don't want to die, I don't want to die... I can't die!

Instinctively, she raised her hand and viciously struck the zombie that had almost bitten her neck with the thing in her hand.

Jing Xiubai's eyes flickered abruptly, his finger that was about to pull the trigger stopped.

Chi Xin's hands were slender and weak, and even if she was given a gun, nobody believed she could handle the powerful recoil of a Desert Eagle.

But it was precisely these seemingly fragile hands that held the weighty gun, fiercely smashing it into the zombie's skull.

Sticky blood and brain matter flowed down the silver grip, staining her pale wrists and dripping down her arm.

Moments ago, Jing Xiubai seemed ready to execute Chi Xin on the spot. Yu Xiang, witnessing this, only managed to call out before seeing Jing Xiubai continue to approach Chi Xin without any change in his demeanor. He quickly killed a few zombies and rushed over in a hurry.

Chi Xin was indeed detestable person, but she saved his life after all. He can't stand idly by and watch her die at the hands of his friend.

Then he happened to witness the scene where Chi Xin forcefully pulled the grip from the zombie's head.

"..."

His steps came to a halt, his mouth wide open in tandem with those who saw the scene, all of them staring in astonishment at Chi Xin.

Chi Xin didn't realize she had attracted attention. She snatched the gun back from the zombie's skull, looking at her sticky hands, feeling overwhelmed.

Blood! There is blood! Ah ah ah ah ah ahhhhh!!!

She was greatly stimulated, and all language lost its effect at that moment. She could only raise the gun and unleash a frenzied barrage of shots all around her.

As she shot, she felt a little subtle.

No matter where she pointed the muzzle of the gun, even if she aimed randomly at the sky, a zombie would fall down in response; their brains exploding due to precise headshots.

Chi Xin: Huh?

Curious, she deliberately tried shooting behind her.

So, in the eyes of others, she suddenly brought her hand behind her back. The gun spun into a graceful pattern, and in an instant, she fired, hitting a zombie that had been attempting to sneak up her from behind.

Chi Xin: ...

Others: ...

On this dangerous battlefield, a peculiar vacuum seemed to form around Chi Xin 's position.

Everyone watched countless zombie bodies attempt to swarm towards the slender girl in the center. Her gaze was mournful, she remained silent, her body trembling, but the hand holding the gun was exceptionally steady.

One after another, she shot down the incoming zombies one by one, without missing a beat.

Within her petite frame seemed to dwell an endless power. Her mournful gaze held an undertone of compassion towards the scene of hell on earth before her.

She was like a seasoned warrior, her actions devoid of hesitation, yet she didn't forsake her inherent kindness.

All who noticed this scene couldn't help but look at Chi Xin with a mix of complexity and amazement, whether they knew her or not.

"What's... going on?" Yu Xiang struggled to swallow, almost getting bitten by a zombie on the arm due to his daze. " When did Chi Xin become so powerful?"

Jing Xiubai raised his slender finger, pushed up his glasses on his nose, the glint of the lenses concealing his expression.

"How long until the biological cannon arrives?"

"Ten kilometers away." Yu Xiang looked around with concern, then averted his gaze when he saw a person whose shoulders were brutally torn apart by zombies. He whispered, "Aren't you planning to use your supernatural ability?"

Jing Xiubai stared intently at Chi Xin. "Depends on the situation."

The madness and cruelty he had displayed when he was about to kill Chi Xin were now gone. At this moment, rationality and calm dominated his face.

They weren't far from her. Chi Xin heard their words and was so frightened that she almost dropped the gun from her hand.

Jing Xiubai, the male lead, was the son of the director of C Country's top virus research institute. He had studied in S Country during middle school and had been unintentionally taken for human experiments, injected with a substance that granted him ice-based supernatural abilities.

In the movie, the emergence of supernatural abilities symbolized a form of evil, even though it wasn't known to the public. Though the male lead was eventually rescued by his father, the dark experience left him with a hidden streak of madness and cruelty, which only started to fade as he was healed by the angelic female lead.

In the movie, during the zombie siege scene, the male lead was supposed to conjure ice swords out of thin air and use bioweapon shells specially transported from City A to repel the zombie horde, thus revealing his supernatural abilities to the masses.

However, now Chi Xin gazed into Jing Xiubai's cold eyes and couldn't detect any sign of him taking action.

Chi Xin wanted to cry but still continued pulling the trigger.

Click.

The magazine was empty.

No one had thought of giving the original host enough ammo. Chi Xin suspected that even the Desert Eagle had been given to her by mistake in the chaos.

With the original host's petite build, merely pulling the trigger would send her flying due to the recoil, making her serve herself as a dish to the zombies.

What should she do now?

Intense fear surged again, and Chi Xin scanned her surroundings in a panic. She happened to see Jing Xiubai maintaining a composed expression, showing no intention of lending a hand.

Chi Xin's heart grew heavier with despair.

When she looked at Jing Xiubai, her eyes could not help but be filled with accusation.

Why don't you make a move yet? What are you observing, Big Shot?

In the movie, there hadn't been such a prolonged delay. If this continued, the high-level zombie would grow angrier, and the numbers of the zombies would increase beyond the current count.

Seemingly noticing Chi Xin's gaze, Jing Xiubai cast a casual glance at her.

That glance was full of scrutiny and warning.

Chi Xin shivered, then promptly thrust the gun into the open mouth of a nearby zombie.

Chi Xin: Aaahhhhh, I'm gonna die!!

Due to past experiences, she tends to be expressionless when she was frightened.

After staying frozen for less than half a second, her body seemed to move autonomously. She subconsciously raised her foot and kicked, sending the burly male zombie plummeting off the city wall as if he were made of paper, taking a few companions with him.

She turned around, her expression utterly indifferent, as if she had just performed a trivial task.

Just like a seasoned warrior, being excessively absorbed in one's victory was not the right choice. She had a greater battle ahead.

Everyone who saw this couldn't help but draw a sharp breath.

This... this was Chi Xin? The Chi Xin who was fragile and could only survive with the help of men?

Yet Chi Xin only glanced downward and dared not look again.

Save me...

The more fearful she felt, the more blank and indifferent her expression became on her face, making her even more unfathomable to those around her.

She needed to find a way to make the male lead take action. Otherwise, everyone would die, and even the bioweaponry wouldn't be effective when it arrives!

Chi Xin solidified a thought and turned around to look at Jing Xiubai, about to speak.

But suddenly, a crisis emerged.

"Chi Xin, you're the culprit behind all of this. How do you have the audacity to live? You should die!"

A disheveled man rushed forward, their expression contorted. He raised his gun with trembling hands, aiming it directly at Chi Xin and letting out an angry roar.

"It's you, it's you who caused all of this. Why don't you die? Why aren't you dead—"

Chi Xin saw the gun pointed at her. Her determination not to die surged within her. She swiftly lifted her leg, intending to gently appeasing the other party...

"Thud."

Before anyone could react, the gun in the man's hand flew straight out.

Chi Xin firmly planted her foot on the ground, her body tilting, the other foot raised high over her head and fixed at the moment when she kicked at the man's wrist.

"Sorry." Chi Xin looked at the gun that had flown out and at the man's mixture of astonishment and anger, his expression twisted in a bizarre manner. She hesitated in embarrassment for a moment, then retracted her leg without any expression, sincerely apologizing, "It wasn't intentional."

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