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Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 13: Dead End
"What do we do now?" Jacqueline asked as she jumped over a corpse."The first thing is getting out of the house before we can't escape," Billy said as he struck a nearby zombie with his baton.Billy hadn't put much force behind the blow, so the zombie was only momentarily stunned. He was more focused on escaping and didn't want to waste his time killing every single zombie they encountered. In his last life, he had done that, and look at where it got him. No, this time he was going to leave those still around to deal with them themselves.Jacqueline's broom broke after she struck another zombie, and she stared at it for a few moments before throwing it away. "How do we do that?Considering his options, he said, "We can try one of the other doors and head for the rooftop.""Are those the only options?" she asked hesitantly.Before he could answer, a zombie suddenly lunged at them. The duo dodged to the sides to avoid it. Billy quickly brought the baton down on his head. Jacqueline, on
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 14: The Fourth Time
Billy groaned as he was struck with a killer headache, but that wasn't what annoyed him. This was his fourth life. He had been killed three times. The first time had been because he had been caught by surprise by a zombie. The second time was also when his guard was down and was killed by his wife. As for the third, well, it wasn't surprising that he didn't see it coming when Jacqueline killed him.He couldn't have predicted any of those deaths except for maybe the last one. No one could have expected the zombie apocalypse, so he couldn't be blamed for not seeing the zombie coming. His wife had also never shown any violent tendencies around him. That's why he never saw it coming. It had also been an accident. Jacqueline, on the other hand, had been infected right in front of him.Even though he knew he should have acted quickly, he had hesitated. That hesitation had cost him his life. No, he shouldn't have helped her in the first place the moment he saw her struggling out the window.
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 15: Meeting the System
The moment the words had appeared in front of Billy, he had gone on the defensive, thinking that the zombies had somehow arrived sooner than expected. He never expected to see a floating text box show up out of nowhere. The tension slowly bled out of his body as he stared at the message warily. He didn't trust something he had no clue about. [Greetings, user. Shall we finally begin the introduction?] It repeated its message, and Billy had a feeling it wouldn't leave him alone until he answered. "Yes." Saying yes to some unknown entity might not have been a smart idea, but rejecting it could have also been bad. There was no telling how it would react. For now, he was going to play along and see where this might lead. Instantly, the message was replaced by a new one. The contents caused Billy's eyebrows to shoot up. [Congratulations on becoming an awakened. The system will be your guide.] While he didn't know what it meant to be an awakened, Billy had a good idea what it was referri
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 16: Getting Answers
Despite being caught off guard, Billy calmly asked, "Why do you want to know?""If I were also an awakened, I could help you out more," Jacqueline said.That was a reasonable conclusion to make. If she became an awakened, she would gain a power like he had. However, there was no guarantee that the power would be useful. The system had said it was random, so there was a chance that the power she would get would be useless to her. Besides, he didn't even know how he became an awakened.[The system can answer that. Of those that are fortunate enough to survive the initial wave, a few would spontaneously obtain a power and system.]There were a few things about what the system said that made Billy narrow his eyes. "If that's the case, explain why I got a power and you when I died right at the beginning."[Unfortunately, the system has no answer to that.]"Then can you explain in detail more about who got a power and system?" Billy asked, seeing that there was no point in pressing for answ
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 17: Preparations
"You know," Jacqueline started slowly. "When you said preparations, I didn't expect this."Billy looked her way as he asked, "What were you expecting?""Well, I didn't think you wanted to use company money to go shopping," she said as she looked down at the shopping cart.She had been completely blindsided when he had told her to follow him and led her to the nearest store. With no idea about what he was planning, she could only go along with whatever he had in mind. Apparently, that involved buying several items from the store. While she could accept that he wanted them to be ready for anything, she thought they were supposed to be in a rush."Aren't you worried about zombies appearing while we are heading to your house?" she asked as she looked up."That is something I considered, but I have a theory." At her attentive gaze, he continued, "In the first two lives, the zombies appeared at the exact same time. In my third life, they arrived sooner than expected. I believe that somethin
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 18: Getting Away
Billy gave Jacqueline a warning look, but she wasn't looking at him. She was glaring at Debra with a dark look on her face that screamed that things would get ugly if his wife did anything wrong. He really hoped things wouldn't devolve into chaos. However, he wasn't holding his breath. If needed, he would just grab Jacqueline and drag her away before the zombies cornered them."How dare you!" his wife shrieked. "Do you even know who I am?""You're Billy's wife," Jacqueline said as she crossed her arms. "Wait, I mean ex wife."Debra couldn't believe what was happening. She had never been so disrespected before in her entire life, and by some nobody. She had never even seen this woman before, and she was acting way too close to Billy for her liking. While she might not like the man, he was still hers. Only she could dump him, not the other way around."How shameless. Do you even know what you're saying?" Debra demanded."Yes. Do you?" Jacqueline shot back with a confident look in her ga
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 19: A Different Path
Debra tripped and landed face foward on the ground, but neither Billy nor Jacqueline looked back. Billy had already cut ties with them, so there was no reason for him to worry about her. If she died, it was her own fault for coming after him instead of returning to the house. As they jogged away, Debra stared after them in stunned silence.She couldn't believe it. He really did abandon her. She at least thought he would stop when he heard her trip and fall, but he didn't even look back. Maybe he was serious about leaving her and the family. The idea boggled her mind, making her unable to do anything else except watch them get further and further away. It was only the sound of someone calling her name that snapped her out of it.Looking behind her, she saw her parents waving at her. "Debra, get back here. Hurry."All thoughts about Billy left her mind as she remembered the zombies that were closing in. She frantically got to her feet and scrambled to get back to the house before the zo
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 20: Setting Up Their Base
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Jacqueline asked as she looked over the apartment complex they were standing in front of.Everything about it screamed that it was completely unlivable. She couldn't imagine how they would be able to live in this place until the zombie apocalypse was over. Looking towards Billy, she was shocked to see that he was already walking in. Jacqueline quickly followed after checking over her shoulder. There were no zombies within sight. They had managed to lose them on the way there.Billy scanned the place as he mentally revised how much work they needed to put into it. He had seen the place many times before when he left the company building, but this was the first time he had actually gotten close, much less entered it. The place would definitely need a lot of work to make it a suitable base for them, but he figured it was better than their other options.Obviously, he would have preferred turning his old home into a base, but that wasn't an option. Goin
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