Soul echo

Chapter 1
The sky is gloomy and dark, a blood-colored waning moon hangs alone in the darkness, and thick clouds are slowly eroding the light on the earth.

The howling wind hit the pinna, awakening Zhong Ye from his coma.

The cold wind blowing against his face made him shiver, and he sat up slowly, feeling as if his body hadn't moved for 800 years, his whole body was stiff and rusty, just the act of 'sitting up' made his bones crack rattle.

--what happened?
Zhong Ye barely regained his self-awareness in his drowsy brain, looked around in a daze, and found that he was sitting on a barren slope with sparse grass and leaves, and the man-made objects in sight were only a few broken walls at the bottom of the slope. Nothing else.

Staring back in a daze, he lowered his head to look at the clothes on his body, but it turned out to be a set of sportswear that was incompatible with the surrounding environment.

Zhong Ye stood up tremblingly. He had never felt so weak before, as if he had been hungry for three days and three nights, but he could still feel the full muscles under the sportswear.

Taking a few deep breaths, and swallowing again, Zhong Ye felt that his strength was returning to his body, and he didn't feel his throat was dry, so he confirmed that he hadn't been in a coma for too long.

But in doing so, many questions came to mind.

——Where is this place?Why did I appear here?
Shaking his head vigorously, Zhong Ye couldn't find any relevant clues from his memory. His last clear memory was that he was on his way to a friend's house for a party, and he didn't know what happened after that.

The clouds engulfed the moonlight, and the surroundings fell into darkness, with only sparse light shining through the weak places.

Zhong Ye, who had regained his strength, decided to go to the ruins under the barren slope. Even if he found nothing, he could get a shelter from the wind and rain. Staying here would only make him catch a cold.

However, when he stepped into the ruins, his body stiffened immediately, his eyes were wide open, staring straight ahead.

——[Entered the ruins of Huishi Village]

A line of subtitles was projected on his retinas, triggering cold sweat all over his body, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly touched his body.

This is his real body, yes, he is indeed not in the game, but why does this thing appear?
Zhong Ye stood at the edge of the ruins, pursing his lips tightly.

The strong wind soaring across the sky tore away the dark clouds, and the bloody moonlight poured down on the ground, reflecting in Zhong Ye's eyes.

Suddenly, Zhong Ye inexplicably remembered what "Blood Moonlight" represented in "Echo of Soul"——

boom!
The sound of a heavy object falling suddenly sounded, and Zhong Ye turned his head to look. It was a door panel, which caused a lot of smoke and dust after falling on the ground, and the dust floated under the moonlight.

"Uh……"

Move your eyes again and follow the prestige.

Smelling the breath of living things, the corpse woke up under the call of the blood moon. The resentment left in the body drove the empty shell, and walked out from the darkness of the wrecked house by the door frame, appearing in Zhong Ye's sight.

The skin tightly attached to the bones has lost its luster, even the blood vessels are shriveled and withered, the wrinkles are filled with dirt, and every movement can shake off a lot of smoke and dust.

The incomplete eyelids were propped up, and in the deep eye sockets, the soul fire was burning with the shrunken eyeballs as firewood, revealing infinite malice.

The moment he saw the corpse, another layer of subtitles appeared on Zhong Ye's retina:
[Zombie: Under the call of the blood moon and the stimulation of living things, the corpse came to life. It hates all life in the world and will attack all living things within the range of perception. It will never stop because of its stiff body and slow response. .This undead creature is extremely weak, as long as it can overcome the fear of its terrifying appearance, even a farmer can easily kill it]

[——Unlock Knowledge (Monster-Undead Creature), Unlock Skill: Weakness Perception (Humanoid)]

Zhong Ye took a deep breath, the smell of dust floating in the air filled his nostrils, and the clear touch constantly reminded his brain that this is not a game world!
Facing that zombie, Zhong Ye raised his arms. He is the youngest fighting master on earth. He has fought with soldiers wearing fully enclosed power armor with bare hands, let alone a small zombie?

Stepping forward with the left foot, when the sole of the foot touched the ground, the knees suddenly bowed, and as the upper body leaned forward, the figure shot out like an arrow and disappeared in place with a bang.

[——Unlock Skill: Rush]

"……what."

The zombie staggered and staggered forward, waving its haggard claws in the air.

A black shadow approached suddenly, first forcefully knocked away the hands blocking the zombie's chest, and then directly printed into the corpse's chest cavity.

【——Unlock Skill: Xingyiquan (Paoquan)】

The moment the fist made contact with the living corpse's chest, it tore the thin skin violently, broke the rotten breastbone and ribs, and the powerful force penetrated into the body, only to see the cold soul in the eye sockets. The fire instantly expanded and exploded.

[——Unlock Skill: Strength]

Zhong Ye withdrew his fist from the corpse's chest, and the empty body collapsed to the ground, kicking up a little dust.

Shaking off the debris on his hands, Zhong Ye looked up into the depths of the ruins.

Many corpses responded to the call of the blood moon, got up in a daze, firmly controlled by resentment, walked out of the shadows, and looked at the living creature that stepped into this dead land and disturbed their sleep.

The complex flavors filling the nostrils, the cold wind stimulating the skin, the hitting feel that is just like reality...all of these are reminding Zhong Ye to accept the reality.

This is not a dream, this is not a game, and it is even more impossible to be a prank.

It is very likely that he really encountered the 'traversal' event and traveled to "Echo of Soul".

It's just that he couldn't figure out why it was him, and Zhong Ye couldn't help being irritable when he thought of his relatives and friends far away in another world.

I was restless and wanted to vent, but now, there were many 'sandbags' coming towards him that could let him vent his depression.

Zhong Ye walked towards the living dead and gradually adjusted his breathing.

Skeletons and zombies with broken limbs and arms came out of the ruins of the village scatteredly. The moment the living person stepped into the ruins, they were awakened and crawled back to the world full of resentment.

Unlike the corpse with a complete body just now, most of the undead that appeared in front of Zhong Ye now lacked arms and legs, and none of them had complete vocal organs.

Some have sunken faces, with only a faint light of the soul fire leaking out from the gaps in the congealed debris, some have their chests cut open, and rib fragments will fall every time they walk, and some are missing one or two legs, crawling hard on the ground.

Zhong Ye had never seen such a tragic scene before, so he couldn't help being shocked for a moment, but soon, he silently punched a skeleton approaching him.

The skull of the skull shattered and the fragments shattered, but it failed to cut through the callused face of the fist.

Since the age of five, 18 years of hard training have given Zhong Ye a strong body. Now, at the age of 23, he has been fighting various enemies in the past five years to hone his martial arts and skills. will.

From an underground boxer to a world champion, from a python to a tiger, from a fighting expert to a soldier wearing a fully enclosed power armor, he has only experienced a few failures.

Whether it's martial arts or weapons, he has reached a level that ordinary people can't match.

These undead are just awakened corpses under the influence of the blood moon. When the blood moon falls, they will be inactivated again and turn into an immobile corpse.

With the help of the ruins, it took Zhong Ye more than ten minutes to wipe out all the undead that appeared in front of him.

He took a big gulp of air, and saw the subtitles refreshed on the retina again and again, gradually blurring and merging together, forming a line of familiar text.

[Detected a large number of similar skills, and all skill proficiency has reached 'mastery', skill fusion - unlock skill: Fighting Master]

[The battle is over, you have cleared the undead in the ruins of Huishi Village by yourself, and you have obtained [-] points of soul debris (which can be used to improve the character level and skill level)]

[Through this battle, you have shown enough characteristics to be recognized by the will of the world, and you have obtained a profession: Warrior, yes/no to take office? 】

Under Zhong Ye's attention, the characters other than the word 'Warrior' quickly faded away, but in contrast, these two characters quickly solidified.

Finally, to shine——

[You have taken office as 'Warrior'! 】

Zhong Ye closed his eyes, feeling the changes in his body.

After a long time, a sound of hoofbeats came to his ears, causing him to open his eyes and cast his sharp gaze over there.

The sound of the horse's hoofs gradually weakened, and the man sitting on the horse looked down at Zhong Ye, turned back and held the hilt of the long sword behind him, and asked vigilantly, "Who are you...?"

(End of this chapter)