Su Ling chose not to drive because a car would attract too much attention and create unnecessary commotion.
Riding a bicycle was perfect; it offered an excellent view and allowed her to observe her surroundings at any time.
The villa complex where Su Ling lived was located on the outskirts of the bustling city, built against the mountains, boasting a prime location and a beautiful, quiet environment.
However, precisely because of this, there were few zombies in the villa complex, not nearly enough for her to practice fighting and collect crystal cores.
Therefore, the bustling city was undoubtedly her best option.
Although the villa complex was in the suburbs, it had convenient transportation and was not far from the city. It was just a road and a few residential areas away from the city center.
As soon as she left the villa complex, Su Ling witnessed the dire state of the outside world, a stark contrast to her residential area.
Traffic was practically paralyzed, with cars crashed into each other, parked askew and blocking the roads. Everywhere were the thick plumes of smoke and burning wreckage from collisions, along with zombies wandering around, searching for prey.
Screams echoed incessantly. Survivors who still didn't know what was happening, before they could even comprehend the situation, were already having their hands and faces bitten off by zombies, becoming food for the undead.
Some survivors hid in their cars, doors tightly shut, their faces pale with fear as they watched the inferno outside.
There were also brave survivors who grabbed weapons from their car trunks and began striking the zombies' faces.
But due to a lack of experience, their weapons hit the zombies but were not fatal. In a moment of hesitation, they were unfortunately bitten by zombies.
In the doomsday world, once bitten by a zombie or if a wound was infected with zombie blood, there was basically no hope.
Some, in order to escape, did not hesitate to push the people beside them into the mouths of zombies, seeking a chance for their own survival.
Su Ling rode her bicycle down from the mountain, observing the tragic scene on the road. She didn't stop, quickly riding her bicycle onto another road leading to the city.
When the apocalypse struck, it was at night, a time when most people were out for a stroll or looking for food.
Su Ling's first target was the lively and bustling night market district.
As it turned out, Su Ling's thoughts were beautiful, but reality was cruel.
She had barely moved away from the main road before she was forced to stop outside the first residential complex. Looking at the wandering, scavenging zombies, she saw them as moving crystal cores.
She parked her bicycle by the roadside, drew her Tang dao, and with a single strike, sliced off the head of the nearest zombie.
The zombie's head fell to the ground, its body convulsed, and blood gushed from its neck before it collapsed.
The commotion here had already attracted the attention of the zombies, who were now changing direction and heading towards Su Ling.
Su Ling took them down one by one, clean and decisive, without any hesitation. A survivor, narrowly escaping death thanks to Su Ling's timely intervention, was so stunned by her swift and precise movements that his legs went weak and he forgot to flee.
Su Ling had no time to bother with him. She had only one thought in her mind: she needed crystal cores, the more the better!
This thought consumed Su Ling's mind, to the point of obsession.
After clearing the zombies blocking her path, Su Ling patiently used her Tang dao to pry open the zombies' heads and rummaged through them. This sight made the nearby survivor retch.
After searching several, she found no crystal cores. Just as Su Ling was starting to think there would be no reward, she finally discovered the crystal core she was looking for inside a zombie's brain.
This discovery brought a flicker of joy to Su Ling's heart. She reached in and picked up the crystal core from the mangled brain matter.
The survivor, who had been trying not to throw up, saw Su Ling's fair hand holding a brain-matter-covered crystal core, and he let out a loud "wah," vomiting up his undigested meal.
Su Ling ignored him. She grabbed her clothes and wiped the crystal core. It was a transparent crystal core, the lowest grade.
She put it into her bag, which was actually a transfer to her portable space.
Su Ling cleaned her knife, sheathed it, and rode her bicycle onward.
The survivor, who had been vomiting uncontrollably, finally finished. By the time he recovered, Su Ling was long gone.
The desolate, deserted streets stained with blood and littered with corpses sent a shiver down his spine.
The doomsday depicted in movies had truly arrived!