chapter 1

The sky is about to break and the east is already bright.

In Jianglin University Town, Nanjiang City, by a window on the top floor of the male dormitory building of Haihe University.

In the faint morning light of the approaching dawn, Xu Youran opened his bloodshot eyes and observed the surrounding situation alertly.

He is more than 180 cm tall and thin. His hair, which has obviously not been trimmed for a long time, is fluffy and scattered on his shoulders. His handsome face is full of fatigue, and his red eyes are full of bloodshot.

The glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic are melting, and the ancient viruses that have been frozen for billions of years have erupted and ravaged the world.

Within a year, humans infected with these viruses died one after another, and animals infected with the viruses evolved rapidly. The more aggressive animals are called mutants.

In order to prevent being attacked by mutants active late at night, his most important job this year is to keep watch.

The dormitory behind him used to be able to sleep only eight people. But now there are more than 30 people lying in a mess, almost sleeping on top of each other.

There are former teachers, school workers, and students in the school.

These people are the lucky ones who survived the virus attack. For some reason, their bodies adapted to the virus and they did not die in the outbreak a year ago.

No one pushed the girl who sat alone against the wall in the corner of the bed. She was gentle and heroic, with thin eyebrows as straight as swords, a small and lovely nose, and thin red lips tightly pursed.

This girl was Dongfang Bai, the school beauty in the same class as Xu Youran.

When she was a freshman, everyone said that she was from a martial arts family and had practiced martial arts since childhood.

After the virus broke out, she quickly adapted to the virus and survived.

Moreover, after the animals began to mutate and become extremely aggressive, it was she who led everyone to escape death again and again.

When Xu Youran was born, he was diagnosed with the world's only congenital immunodeficiency disorder, which made him immune to all viruses.

Countless people died, but Xu Youran survived inexplicably.

And since yesterday, he has been a little different.

He knows that he is different, but he can't share it with others.

Because of his special constitution, he was infected with almost all kinds of viruses.

Just yesterday, the rabies virus he carried broke out and he got rabies.

When he was exploring the basement of the school alone, rabies suddenly broke out. He rolled, roared, and wailed in the muddy basement.

Just as his life was about to end, a white light suddenly flashed in his mind, and a light curtain appeared faintly in his sea of ​​consciousness.

He remembered the ancestral martial arts of the Natural Sutra that his father had taught him, and he started to practice the Natural Sutra martial arts frantically.

The pain on his body was miraculously relieved a lot, and the light curtain became clearer and clearer.

When he finished the ninth round of the closing exercise, rabies was miraculously cured.

It seemed that the rabies virus was completely absorbed into the dantian, and the light curtain was finally completely formed at this moment.

His weak consciousness swept over the light curtain over there, and he couldn't help but be stunned. Which technology tycoon is using me for experiments?

Although current technology can achieve mobile phone light screen projection and human-machine light screen interaction, I have never heard of any company that can install light screens into people's sea of ​​consciousness.

He did not bother to wipe the white foam on his mouth and the mud on his body, and carefully read the text on the light screen.

Four big characters on the top: Virus Throne.

Several branch lists below:

? Magic awakening skills.

? Basic attributes.

? Basic skills.

He tentatively touched the first column with his consciousness, and a drop-down menu appeared.

The next level column has seven parallel options, but only "Earth Attribute" is lit up. The other six options are gray and the words are unclear.

**Earth Attribute:**

- **Earth Shield, Black Iron Level:** Condense a shield using the earth element to resist Black Iron Level physical attacks, though its element resistance is weak. (Upgradeable)

- **Earth Spike, Black Iron Level:** Condense three earth spikes to pierce and physically attack the enemy. (Upgradeable)

"Is this the instruction manual? Is this the awakening skill I can use now? Is this a side effect of my rabies virus infection? Am I hallucinating?"

He retracted his weak spiritual sense and looked at the cement floor around him. "Cement can be considered an earth element, right?"

Feeling a sense of familiarity with the cement, he raised his hand. With a light "swish," a large black shield condensed in his left hand.

"Wow!" Xu Youran was startled and threw the shield out.

"Bang!" The shield hit the cement floor with a loud noise.

"This is real! It's not my hallucination!" Xu Youran thought, starting to panic. "What's going on?"

He initially thought the rabies infection caused hallucinations and left sequelae. Who knew it was actually a reward for his infection!

He raised his right hand, and with a light "swish swish," three sharp ground spikes quickly emerged from the ground, pointing to the sky. He walked over and gently touched the sharp ground spikes. They were hard and cold, like three sharp blades, almost cutting his fingers.

"This is not an illusion; it is real! What does the magic awakening skill mean? Am I a magician? Am I a turret?"

He retracted his consciousness and scanned the second column. The second column page opened, revealing a line of small words:

"Viruses are also a kind of organism. When viruses that cannot be immune, prevented, or avoided come in large numbers, special samples in the human population will have the only chance to activate this system.

Are you willing to be infected with all viruses and start your evolutionary journey?

Are you willing to bear all the pain and misfortune, step on blood, and sacrifice everything to save humanity?"

There were two options below: 'yes' and 'no'.

"This may be a difficult choice for anyone, but for Xu Youran, who has been ill for more than 20 years and has been in agony for a long time. Is there still a choice?"

His divine consciousness decisively clicked 'yes,' and the previous light words disappeared, replaced by new subtitles:

"Virus infection is death, but also evolution. The trajectory of biological evolution is to constantly challenge the limit and improve oneself.

Are you willing to lead the human race in constant despair, evolve in a more perfect direction, and ultimately defeat the virus survival race?"

There were still two options below: 'yes' and 'no.'

Xu Youran felt a bit upset. "I am just an ordinary handsome boy. Is it appropriate to put such a big hat on me? I was forced to drop out of school in my sophomore year and studied liberal arts. I am just a poor student. Shouldn't this responsibility belong to the top students or leaders?

"Now the streets are full of mutant beasts. My small body will be torn into pieces in seconds if I go out. I just want to survive and find my father! My mother left me and my father early, and I was able to grow up safely thanks to his careful care. For more than 20 years, I have almost always been sick. I finally lived to the age of 20 and went to college, but my father went out one morning and never came back.

"After his strange disappearance, I went to the police, but there was no record of him. I went to many departments, but they also had no record of him. I often asked myself, 'Did I imagine a father?' This is obviously impossible!

"I dragged my sick body, did some odd jobs, and sold some of our family property to barely support myself until my sophomore year. The motivation that kept me going was to find my father."

So, his divine consciousness touched 'yes' again. The subtitles disappeared, and another row of subtitles appeared:

"How many kinds of viruses you can infect, how many awakening skills you can master! How many times you can withstand life and death crises, how powerful you can be! Bravely infect the virus and ascend to the supreme virus throne! (Although you will not die, the pain will not be reduced.)"

**Character attributes: Black Iron Warrior.

Distributable resources: Rabies virus.**

"What does this mean? My current level is Black Iron? What level is this? Bravely infect the virus? Does this mean that I have to move forward on the road of death? And what does this distributable resource mean? Can I distribute the rabies virus? The key is, who would want the rabies virus if I distribute it to others?

"Feeling my physical condition, it seems that I am much stronger than before. At least the weakness that has been with me for many years has disappeared." He immediately lay down and did a few push-ups.

"Huh," he breathed a sigh of relief and jumped up. For someone who has been ill for more than 20 years, doing one push-up is a miracle. Now he could do five push-ups in one breath, and it was very easy, almost magical.

He hurriedly scanned the third column with his consciousness and touched it to open it.

**Basic skills:**

- **Escape (not upgradeable)**

"What the hell? What kind of skill is this? This is actually the only basic skill I have mastered. Will it make people laugh if I tell others about it? It can't be upgraded yet, what does it mean? I can't escape if I can't beat the enemy in the future?"

Xu Youran quickly retracted his consciousness. "Damn, this skill is too shameful! Whoever finds out about this skill of mine, I will kill him!"

With a thought, the black shield disappeared instantly. With another thought, the ground spikes also disappeared instantly. This big shield is obviously defensive, and the ground spikes appear and attack instantly. It's definitely a top-notch skill for home defense, travel, and even combat.

After familiarizing himself with these two awakening skills a few more times, he found that their use was instinctive. He cleaned himself up happily and walked out of the basement.

Xu Youran, sitting by the window, still found it unbelievable when he recalled these events. "The reward for escaping from a desperate situation is too generous." He extended his weak spiritual sense to scan his consciousness. "The light curtain is still there, it's not a dream!"

He remembered the line of small words again, "a special sample in the human race?" His disease is the only case in the world. From this perspective, he is indeed a special sample.

"What does 'human race' mean? Is this a test product of alien technology? Or did human technology bosses see that I was so sick and pre-installed a test version for me? Forget it, I can't figure it out. It can guarantee that I will not die from the virus. Now this world is already the biggest benefit. However, this matter is like a fairy tale. It's better not to tell others, in case someone wants to dissect me for research. Especially the escape skill, it's too shameful!"

The morning sun slowly rose, and a ray of sunlight shone into the room. Dongfang Bai behind him felt the sunlight, suddenly opened his beautiful big eyes, jumped up, and looked around alertly. Xu Youran waved his hand to indicate there was no danger. Dongfang Bai breathed a sigh of relief and rubbed his cheeks with his beautiful, slender hands. Looking around, he whispered, "Get up, get up. It's daybreak. While there are fewer mutants around, let's go collect supplies."

Everyone woke up and formed teams to leave. They held kitchen knives, sticks, brooms, and even the fat cleaning lady held a mop, used to defend against small mutants.

Dongfang Bai saw that Xu Youran was very tired, walked to the window, and whispered, "Do you want to take a rest or come with me?"

Xu Youran replied unhappily, "I'll go with you. If I stay and sleep, I'll just feed the mice."After that, he jumped up with a "swish.""It's time to try my powerful awakening skills! Tremble, humans! Haha! No, wait... Tremble, mutants! Haha!"