Reborn With Infinite Supplies System in Apocalypse

Chapter 4 - The First Test

I didn’t leave Paradise immediately.

That alone told me something had already changed.

In my first life, every second without food had been agony layered on panic. Now, standing in a space where abundance existed just out of reach, hunger sharpened into something colder. Not desperation. Calculation.

I faced the empty table and lifted my chin.

“I want food,” I said.

The words echoed faintly, polite, almost reasonable.

Nothing happened.

No panel. No glow. No waiter movement.

I tried again, firmer. “S

Silence.

The hunger stirred, a reminder, but it didn’t own me. Not yet. I had minutes, maybe less, before the outside world descended into full collapse. Time here was suspended, but only while I remained. Once I stepped back out, the clock would resume its course.

“I’m the user,” I said. “I survived.

The panel flickered into existence, interrupting me mid-thought.

Request denied.

Insufficient Emotional Function Points.

I exhaled slowly. “You didn’t specify a minimum.”

The panel di

I glanced at the waiter. Still motionless

“So it’s not about

I folded my

Emotion.

The word circled my thoughts like a blade.

I closed my eyes and pictured.

That memory burned.

I opened my e

“Fine,” I said. “Let’s t

I straightened an

Still nothing.

No emotion attached. No reaction.

The system

“Interesting,” I muttered. “So command alo

I rubbed my face with one hand, thinking. Emotional Function Point

Humans outside.

Not me.

Not the waiter.

That meant the emotion couldn’t be simulated here.

So why is

Temptation.

To make sure I understand

I laughed under my breath

I moved to the

But

I turned back to the

The air vibrated immediately.

Warning: Paradise session will suspend upon exit.

All p

“Good,” I said

The world

Sound slammed into me.

Screams. Shouting. Metal

The gua

Blood streaked the concrete near the gate. I didn’t look too closely.

Girls clustered in knots, clutching phones, bags, and each other. Fear rolled off them in waves, thick enough to taste.

My chest t

There it i

I stepped forward.

Heads turned. Eye

I rais

No one listened.

“Listen,” I said again, sharper. “Panicking makes noise. Noise

That earned me

A girl

I remember

She had died screaming later. Not from the bite, but

Fear spiked around her

My vision blurred for a fraction

The panel flashed at the edge of my sight.

Emotional response detected.

I didn’t look at it.

Not yet.

I walked toward the injured girl. Slowly

“What’s your name?” I a

She looked up, eyes red and unfocused. “Lina,

“Lina,” I repeated gently. “You’re bleeding.”

“I know,”

“Look at me

She did.

Her fear was raw. Unsh

“Is it bad?”

The peo

I let the silence stretch just long

“I don’t know,” I said finally

Her face collapsed.

The emotional sp

The panel appeared full

Emotional Function Points acquired: Fear.

Yield: Minima

Minimal.

So intensity mattered. Duration mattered. Authenticity mattered.

I swallowed.

This was the line.

I could step back now. Pretend I hadn’t

Or—

I

“You were bitten,” I said quietly, so only she could hear. “Do you know

Her breath hitched.

“I—no—maybe—it was

“It means you

Her eyes

“No,” s

Someone shouted nearby. “What’s wrong?”

I straightened and spoke lo

The effect was immediate.

People recoiled. Someone screamed. Another girl

Lina

Fear exploded

My vision flickered violently.

The panel flared

Emotional Function Points acquired: Fear.

Behind me, something shimmered.

I turned.

A tray sat on the marble pedestal that hadn’t existed a second ago. Steam rose

Food.

My mouth filled with saliva instantly. My knees nearly buckled.

It worked.

I looked back at Lina, still crying, Isola

The system was silent now. Satisfied.

I clenched my fists.

So this

Fear opened the gate.

And hunger, finally, had an answer.