I Survived the Apocalypse, Now Let Me Enjoy Life

Chapter 002

Everyone turned toward him.

Morgan stood up indifferently. He adjusted the bandage on his arm, then walked toward the table where the car keys were.

Nial immediately shook his head.

“No. I already said I’ll go.”

Morgan ignored him, took the keys, then looked at him for a moment before giving a faint smile.

“You have an ability. You have to stay alive.”

He picked up his jacket.

“For a world like this, you are the hope and future of humanity.”

Morgan slipped his hand into the pocket of his jacket.

“So, Nial... become stronger and stay alive.”

Nial stared at him, his eyes beginning to redden. Several people who had previously agreed to Morgan’s sacrifice began lowering their heads.

Morgan said nothing more. He picked up his vest and put it on. A folding knife slipped into his pants pocket, then he took the car keys.

As he passed Nial, he stopped for a moment.

“Take care of yourself.”

After that, Morgan opened the door and slipped outside, running toward the car parked in front of the minimarket.

Occasionally, gunshots could be heard, followed by the rough sound of the car engine starting, which drew the zombies’ attention.

The car sped away from the shelter. Within seconds, the horde of zombies began moving after it.

Morgan watched them through the rearview mirror. Their numbers were growing. He gripped the steering wheel with one hand.

For years after the world ended, he had grown accustomed to sights like this. Zombies, death, hunger, fear.

As an ordinary human, Morgan knew he could never match the Awakened, which was why he trained twice as hard. When they rested, he trained. When they used their abilities to kill zombies, he used knives and rifles.

He could not become a burden and cause others to die simply because he was weak.

Yet in the end, after years of fighting, one thing remained unchanged.

In this world, his status as an ordinary human remained his weakness. It still made him easier to sacrifice.

Morgan chuckled softly.

“I don’t regret it.”

He stared at the empty road ahead and took a deep breath.

“If there really is another life... I want to live a peaceful and safe life.”

The car continued speeding forward, while the horde of zombies drew closer. In the distance, the streets were beginning to fill with zombies.

He pressed the accelerator down harder.

“Hahaha! Look at his face!”

“Could it be that he actually fainted? Tsk, what a weakling!”

“Quick, quick, just push him inside!”

Those voices mixed with mocking laughter and commotion, making his head feel even heavier. Morgan had not even had the chance to open his eyes when someone suddenly shoved his body hard.

His body stumbled forward and fell onto the floor.

The door was immediately slammed shut from the outside.

“Just stay in there until dismissal!”

The sound of laughter could be heard again before slowly fading away.

Morgan frowned. His body felt heavy, but it was not because of any injuries. There was none of the pain he should have been feeling.

He slowly opened his eyes.

The first thing he saw was a low ceiling with a small light hanging above his head. The room was narrow and filled with things that had been stacked carelessly. Cardboard boxes, metal shelves, several buckets, and other objects occupied almost every corner of the room.

A storage room?

Morgan blinked several times.

“...Where is this?”

He tried to remember what had happened.

After leaving the minimarket, he kept driving while luring the horde of zombies away from the shelter. However, their numbers continued to increase. In the end, his car was no longer able to move.

The engine died because it ran out of fuel.

Morgan had no choice but to get out and try to find a place to take shelter. However, a group of zombies immediately swarmed him from all directions.

He fired his pistol using the few remaining bullets, taking down several zombies before his ammunition ran out. After that, he pulled out his folding knife and continued fighting.

But there were simply too many of them.

He still remembered how his body was struck from all directions. Their teeth bit into his skin, rotten hands grabbed his clothes, and his body was slowly forced down onto the ground.

He kept fighting, but in the end, an ordinary human body still had its limits.

Excruciating pain filled his entire body before everything turned dark.

Morgan fell silent.

“...I died.”

There was no doubt about it.

He had died.

His car had been destroyed, his body had been swarmed by a group of zombies, and there was no way he could have survived a situation like that.

Then why was he in this place?

Morgan raised his hand and touched his face. There were no wounds, no blood. Even his body felt much lighter than before.

“What is this?”

Ding!

A sound suddenly rang inside his head. A transparent blue screen appeared out of nowhere before his eyes.

[Welcome to your second life.]

Morgan stared at the screen without blinking. A few seconds later, another line of text appeared.

[Complete missions to unlock extraordinary abilities.]

“...”

Morgan remained silent.

He had seen many strange things during the years he lived in a world that had already ended. Evolved zombies, humans who awakened strange abilities, even creatures that could not be explained by common sense.

But a blue screen floating in the air?

This was the first time.