Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot

Wang Tao got the information he wanted from Nie Siyan, who had been beaten to a near death state.

It included how she ambushed him and the power distribution within Zijing City…

There are significantly more survivors in Zijing City compared to other places, after all, it is a major city with a population of millions.

Even though there are also a lot of zombies here, the most dangerous times during the apocalypse are probably during two phases. Survivors who make it past these two stages have a much higher chance of living on.

The first stage is when the zombie virus outbreak occurs, during which chaos utterly reigned, and the majority of people died right then and there.

The second stage is when the supplies at home are exhausted, and people have to go out to search for resources. A considerable number of survivors die during this period. Or they starve to death…

If one survives the initial outbreak and then finds food, as long as they are not incredibly unlucky, there is a good chance of survival.

Particularly when Ability Users appear, this marks the time when the human survivors’ chances of surviving are the greatest. Even if one is not an Ability User, as long as they can seek protection from one, their chances of survival greatly increase.

So while Zijing City has many zombies, the number of survivors who have persevered is also significant. It’s far beyond what small counties or cities can compare to.

Where there are people, there is struggle, an eternal truth.

Even now, in the apocalypse, when people need to unite against the catastrophe, struggle is still inevitable.

With a large population and many survivors in Zijing City, naturally, there are many conflicts. Thus, the city has many factions.

Wang Tao initially thought that Zijing City would only have one major survivor force, which would be the large-scale Survivor Base established by the Government. But this wasn’t the case.

To be precise, at the beginning, the largest survivor force in Zijing City was indeed the large-scale Survivor Base built by the Government—”Zijin Base.”

But in less than a month, the base was overrun by zombies! The survivors inside either died or fled…

Afterward, as Ability Users appeared and months went by, more and more Ability Users emerged, and consequently, more powers within Zijing City arose.

As for exactly how many, Nie Siyan wasn’t sure. After all, there was no need to register; pulling a few people together was enough to proclaim oneself as an organization or a force, and this was not something that could be counted.

However, the major forces could still be counted, and Zijing City had a total of four major forces.

Survivors in Zijing City had an acknowledged ranking of power.

Ranked first was “Zijin Base.”

By its name, one could tell that this Zijin Base was located at the very spot of the original large-scale Survivor Base built by the Government, also retaining the original name.

However, although the name and location remained the same, the current Zijin Base was entirely different from the previous one.

The current Zijin Base is ruled by an army. But this army is not the kind with faith from before the apocalypse, rather it was established after the apocalypse by a retired military officer, and these so-called soldiers’ quality… well, let’s just say they barely qualify as individuals.

With the arrival of the apocalypse, it was as though the world had rebooted. Nearly everyone was back to the same starting point, and with the disappearance of law and even morality, human desires were amplified without restraint.

Take this retired military officer, for instance; his original intention in forming the army might have been good. But now… he has become a dictator.

Within the entire Zijin Base, his status is the highest. Everyone in the base must obey his orders; he does whatever he wants. He is the undisputed Local Tyrant.

Of course, his strength is also the strongest in the base, and he doesn’t perpetrate havoc in the base every day—although occasionally, he does.

He and his army provide the survivors in the base with military protection.

Survivors in the base need to follow the rules he sets and pay taxes to him in order to receive protection. However, this tax is not cheap… Some survivors, who were like slaves before the apocalypse, continue to be slaves even after.

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The second-ranked force is “Zijin Prison,” often simply referred to as the Prison.

If Zijin Base is viewed as a “dictatorship,” then Zijin Prison is unmistakably a den of “villains”!

Because the rulers inside the Prison were authentic criminals before the apocalypse!

Back then, when the zombie virus broke out and cannibalism spread wildly, some places descended into hell on earth, while others seemed like unexpected havens. The Prison was one of the latter.

At that time, these criminals were all locked in cells, typically ten per cell. If one got infected, at worst, only that cell would be affected, while the people in other cells remained safe.

Moreover, this was a high-security prison, which contained numerous severe offenders who were held in solitary confinement! It could be said that death row inmates were among the safest people when the zombie virus broke out.

The wardens, on the other hand, were less fortunate. They lived in communal dormitories and moved in groups. If one of them got infected, it spelled disaster for the rest.

Therefore, after the zombie outbreak, the people alive in the Prison were all criminals, especially the severe offenders who survived in considerable numbers.

Later, a criminal who escaped their cell freed the other criminals. Gradually, all the surviving criminals in the Prison were let loose.

These individuals were all ruthless characters, particularly those severe offenders with blood on their hands. Such people were like fish in water in the post-apocalyptic world.