Cyberpunk Maniac

Yesterday, because of that tight-fitting vampire Kate's interlude, I spent a night at the hotel enjoying life for a while, but tonight, Li Pan would have to start his training.

Practicing the "Nine Yin Manual."

After all, these days are just too dangerous, a stray bullet could come out of nowhere and send you to your doom.

The suit/Guardian might be the only bulletproof vest Li Fan can rely on for now. He'd already used up one key and certainly wasn't prepared to waste this opportunity.

Whether the scripture is useful or not, he thought he might as well train and see if there's a chance to renew the contract with the Guardian.

So, by surfing the web on his system and translating the words one by one, Li Pan organized the first version of qi-gong training method from the Nine Yin Manual, thinking he might as well give it a try regardless of the consequences.

Of course, he actually didn't believe in the possibility of "cultivation" these days, but as Huang Dahe said, the media still had kung fu movies, fantasy games, all sorts of meditations, yoga, gymnastics, massages, and qi-gong master classes.

That's why Li Pan simply treated the "Nine Yin Manual" as a kind of yoga. If it could strengthen his lower back, that would be a bonus.

Maybe it was just a placebo effect, but after sitting on the sofa and practicing for two hours, Li Pan actually felt a warm sensation in his lower abdomen. It seemed like he really had some "qi sensation"!

Umm... huh? Okay, maybe it was a misunderstanding...

After practicing like that for half a day and just needing to pee more frequently, Li Pan felt like he achieved nothing.

Sure enough, practicing inner strength in a sci-fi world was too far-fetched, probably just a bizarre dream.

But just when Li Pan was about to wash up and sleep, to lie flat until dawn, he suddenly heard a dull thudding sound coming from the head side of the sofa bed.

What was that noise? And it seemed like...

It was coming from outside the courtyard.

Although the sound insulation of the tenement apartments wasn't great and Li Pan often heard noises from the neighbors upstairs and downstairs, like parties, disco, arguments, gunshots, wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am and so forth, it was rare to hear strange noises from the courtyard, which is why he chose to sleep with his head towards the window.

No shit, this was the forty-fifth floor...

So Li Pan casually opened the anti-acid rain metal blinds and peeked outside.

And then he saw two people standing outside.

Yes, one behind the other, standing on the outer wall of the apartment building at almost a ninety-degree angle, defying gravity!

And these two figures were climbing up. No, that's not right, they were leaping, starting from perhaps the forty-second or forty-third floor's windows, "thud-thud" "thud-thud," in succession, jumping over here.

Li Pan was in a daze for a moment, his brain refusing to believe what he was seeing until the figures came closer and became clearer.

Zombies.

Yes, zombies.

They extended their arms straight, their nails were long and sharp, appearing like ten blades protruding from between their fingers, their clothing rotten beyond recognition, and vaguely from beneath the large robe, a dense black fur could be seen, at first glance, resembling two apelike creatures standing upright. Using the system to adjust the resolution and observing closely, one could clearly see their zombie-transformed faces, their skin and nose rotted away, their faces black and dried flesh, eye sockets and nostrils emitting thick black smoke like flames, and from their jawbones protruded huge, tiger-like fangs.

Li Pan rubbed his eyes,

No, was he really awake?

Two zombies had leaped up to the forty-fifth floor from the courtyard?

"Thud-thud,"

The zombies stared at him,

with a piercing shriek, "Ha-ah!" They lunged forward, flying towards him like human torpedoes!!

"Holy shit!"

Li Pan suddenly looked up, narrowly missing being decapitated by the ferocious blow! He rolled off the sofa bed and whipped out Black Kite, firing off seven shots in rapid succession, emptying the magazine!

A zombie was flying in through the window, met the barrage of bullets head-on, and spun backwards out into the air!

Though he hit the mark, Li Pan felt a chill in his heart!

It wasn't a dream! It was real!

And what a joke, right? These were hunting pistols with high-explosive bullets! Even an elephant's head would be blown apart, so why did they merely leave seven moles on the zombie's forehead!?

Li Pan donned his suit and bolted for the door, but as he opened it, another zombie torpedoed in with a swoosh, striking him squarely in the chest!

"Puh—!"

Li Pan was sent flying, blood spraying, nearly smashing against the wall.

The sensation Li Pan felt was like being hit by a large truck, every part of his body in agonizing pain! He could feel that most of his bones were broken!

And there was an indescribable, extremely cold chill, forced into his body by the zombie's palm! It was like an icy thread piercing from his lungs throughout his body, drilling deep into his skin, no, his muscles, no, his very marrow! It left him in a state where he wanted to live but could not and wanted to die but was unable.

But what was worse, he was actually running frantically!

Yes, ignoring the severe damage to his body, the bone fractures, and internal bleeding, he was truly sprinting at full force!

Pulled by the suit/Guardian, Li Pan was running on all fours, like a dog, racing down the corridor towards the elevator!

"The elevator door's hard to open! Take the stairs!"

Li Pan hollered with blood spraying from his mouth, and the suit/Guardian received the command, sliding its legs and rounding the hallway corner straight for the staircase.

Meanwhile, Li Pan reloaded his magazine and turned to shoot!

Blasting another round of incendiary shots "bang bang bang bang!" at the two zombies tearing through the apartment door, flying through the corridor, he ignited them on impact. Instantly, the zombies' clothes blazed fiercely, lighting two human-shaped torches in the hallway, like fiery devils from hell, still unstoppable in their charge toward him!