1st January 20XX
This is normal, and trivial day for Advik, this day is Sunday. He was sleeping happily, but he didn't know that, this day is going to be change his life completely.
The alarm blared in Advik Bhardwaj' ears, rousing him from his slumber. He groggily reached for his phone on the nightstand and squinted at the glaring screen.
"Oh, no!" Advik gasped as he saw the time. He was already late for his morning class.
But then he remembered today is Sunday, and also new year. He forgot about to turnoff alarm on his Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra.
Then he slaps his forehead, then he was about turn right to left to go to sleep, then the entire condominium complex building shook violently, as if an earthquake was tearing through the earth.
Confused and curious, Advik rushed to the window to see what was causing the tremors. What he saw froze him in terror. Chaos had consumed the once-busy streets of New Delhi City. People were pouncing on one another, their teeth sinking into flesh with grotesque ferocity. It was like something out of a nightmare.
His heart pounding, Advik witnessed the unthinkable – people turning on their fellow humans, devouring them like ravenous animals. He saw blood-soaked streets, cars colliding in a cacophony of metal and glass, and nearby explosions sending shockwaves through the city.
Fear gripped him like a vice, and he stumbled backward, his mind struggling to comprehend the horror unfolding before his eyes. This couldn't be real; it must be some kind of sick prank or a movie set gone horribly wrong. But the screams and the madness outside were all too real.
Advik's legs are trembling, with trembling legs his way to find his mobile, then with trembling hands fumbled with his phone, desperately trying to establish a connection to the outside world. He opened his X and Facebook, Instagram feeds, hoping for some rational explanation for this madness. But instead, his worst fears were confirmed – videos flooded his timeline showing the same horrifying scenes he had witnessed outside his window.
As Advik scrolled through the news articles and social media updates, he was horrified to learn that the zombie outbreak was not confined to New Delhi City alone. Reports poured in from every major city in the India – Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad – all facing the same situation. The infection was spreading like wildfire, turning ordinary citizens into bloodthirsty monsters.
But the horror did not stop at the Indian borders. International news outlets like BBC News, CNN were also reporting the outbreak in major cities worldwide. Seoul, Tokyo, New York, Beijing, Berlin, Paris, Moscow, Rio de Janeiro, Manilla – no place seemed to be spared from the outbreak.
Fear and despair threatened to overwhelm Advik as he realized the magnitude of this catastrophe. This was not a localized incident or a passing nightmare; it was a global crisis. The world as he knew it was crumbling before his eyes.
At that moment.
A lilting tune, like xylophone notes, rang in his ears.
[Activating Weapons System.]
Advik eyes were widened, his vision was blurred. Then his vision returned to normal. He saw a light blue screen floating mid-air. The words were written in white.
"Weapons System?" Advik muttered.
[Weapons System]
[User: Advik Bhardwaj]
[Age: 21]
[Level: 1]
[Health: 100/100]
[Experience Points: 0/ 1000]
[Skill: Weapon's Proficiency: Level 1, Melee Proficiency Level 1, Driving Proficiency Level 2.]
[Functions: Your stats, Inventory, Shop, Map, Summon Forces, Mission, Fortune Wheel, Daily Rewards, Skills, Zombie Encounter.]
[A gift from the gods for one random survivor of the Apocalypse. By using this system, you will be granted powers to survive the apocalypse. Do you want to activate the weapons system?]
Advik couldn't grasp the situation clearly, he can only hear a computer voice ringing his head. Like what is happening?
In the end, Advik weakly nodded.
[Activation successful]
[Weapons System activated]
[Notification: Congratulations on activating the Weapons System! You received a starter box.]
"Huh?" Advik rubbed his eyes to see if he was just hallucinating.
The floating computer screen in front of him is still there, he tried to touch it but his hand went through.
A hologram? Advik muttered under his breath.
The Weapons System sounded like in solo-levelling manga or anime where mysteriously and miraculously, MC Sung Jin-Woo receives power, in the form of system.
Was his situation like that?
[Do you want to open the item "Starter Box?"]
Not only does it sound like literary fiction but looks exactly like in anime or manga of Solo-levelling.
Advik nodded.
[Congratulations! You received a Glock 17, 5x 19 rounds magazine, 10x bottled water, 5x MREs, 2x First Aid Kit.
Items that you received just now can be found in the inventory tab.]
[Inventory]
[Starter Box] (1/1)
[Glock 17] (15/15)
[MREs] (5/5)
[Bottled Water] (10/10)
[19 Rounds Mag] (5/5)
[First Aid Kit] (2/2)
Advik can only stare at the screen dumbfoundedly. He tapped the icon of the Glock 17 and almost immediately, it materialized in his hand.
Glock 17 Handgun
Firearm: Handgun, Type: Semi-Automatic, Cartridge: 9×19mm Parabellum, Capacity: 19 Rounds, Damage: Low, Range: Short, Accuracy: Low, Rate of Fire: Medium, Weight: Light.
"This is…"
He inspected the gun closely, and it felt and looked real. He hadn't touched a gun before and despite the system saying its weight was light, it felt heavy in his hand. And not to mention, he also hasn't fired a gun in his life.
Still, he couldn't believe that this was happening, the system and the gun. Like why would someone choose him? And who was the entity that chose him to have this system?
But–the fact that he had this power now meant that he has the means to fight against zombies. And it's also confirmed that world is under zombie attack. It was just pretty unrealistic for someone average like him to beat off zombies that could turn you into one with a simple scratch and bite. He couldn't just risk it, even if he had a baseball bat or other bludgeoning weapon.