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Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 48: Finding Jacqueline
Billy entered the tunnel despite the elderly couple's concerns. They couldn't just leave it alone in case something was really lurking in the tunnel. His eyes peered into the darkness as he held onto his knife and short metal pole. He unfortunately couldn't bring a gun with him. It was just too dangerous to try to use it in the dark in an enclosed space.Jacqueline could be there. He didn't want to risk shooting either of them. That didn't leave him many options to choose from. His weapons couldn't be too long, or else he wouldn't be able to properly swing them in the small space. He would just leave himself wide open. On the other hand, weaposn with a small range would be problematic when moving in the dark.He really should have gone to get a flashlight, but he forged on ahead anyway. Straining his ears for any sounds, he continued walking forward. There were no sounds other than his own footsteps and breathing. However, he didn't let his guard down. A zombie could pop out of nowher
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 49: Tunnel Problem
Unlike what they all feared, Jacqueline wasn't seriously injured like how it had first appeared. The blood on her forehead made the cut on her head look bigger than it actually was. The cut was smaller than his pinky finger. There were a couple scrapes, but there were no signs of any bite marks, which was what had worried Billy the most.If she had been bitten, she would have been infected and turned into a zombie. In that scenario, they would have no choice except to kill her before she killed them. He was grateful that this wasn't the case. In hindsight, it should have been obvious that she hadn't been turned. He had already experienced her transforming into a zombie and killing him in a previous life.The transformation had been so fast. It had only taken a few minutes. Even though they didn't know how long she had been in the secret tunnel, she should have transformed into a zombie way before they had arrived. Once he was done checking and fixing up her wounds, Billy took a moment
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 50: Clearing the Tunnel
Billy had already expected that to happen and immediately attacked with his metal pole. He didn't have to worry about it getting caught on the walls, and it landed a direct blow to the head. In an instant, the zombie was down for the counter. It was a bit anti climatic and unusual. That shouldn't have been enough to take the zombie down, and he eyed it warily.It didn't make a move, so he poked it with his metal pole. The zombie still didn't move, even though Billy kept nudging it. After a couple minutes, Billy determined that the zombie wasn't playing dead and that he had gotten lucky with his hint. Somehow, he had landed a fatal blow. Stepping over the zombie, he proceeded down the tunnel, ready to fight more zombies.He only made it a couple of steps before he encountered a sudden surge of zombies rushing towards him. With a grimace, he swung his metal pole and stabbed the incoming zombies with his knife. This time, it wasn't as easy as the previous zombie. One blow wasn't enough t
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 51: Zombie Problem
The elderly woman nearly fell out of her chair as she said, "There's a what?"The old man wasn't any better and was looking at Billy with a pale face. "Are you being serious?"Billy looked them in the eyes and said, "I have no reason to joke about this. It's a serious problem."The elderly couple still couldn't believe what they just heard. It seemed completely unreal to know that a giant zombie had somehow snuck into the secret tunnel in their basement. Since neither of them had seen it, it was hard to believe that such a thing existed. However, Billy was right. They had seen what a serious man he was. He wouldn't try to play a prank on them."What do we do?" the old man asked.With a sigh, Billy combed through his hair and said, "I'm not sure. This is way beyond what we've handled before."Technically, out of all of them, he was the only one with experience dealing with zombies. The elderly couple had never left the house, so they never actually had to fight one, and that was a regu
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 52: Informing Jacqueline
"What happened?" Jacqueline asked."What can you tell us?" Billy asked.It took her several minutes to explain what she could remember. After the awkward talk that had taken place, she had wanted to avoid Billy. It was difficult to look him in the eyes. She had gone off to explore the rest of the house, even though she had already known the whole place like the back of her hand. That's how she ended up in the basement.What she didn't expect was for a secret passage to appear when she coincidentally leaned against a part of the wall. When she said that, Billy and the elderly woman stared at the old man with judgmental eyes. The elderly man didn't bother trying to defend himself. There was no way he could defend against the fact that Jacqueline could easily find and enter the secret tunnel.She had decided to check it out and make sure it was safe. Billy would have rather she immediately got him to help her check it out, but he understood where she was coming from. If a place she had n
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 53: Zombie Attack at Night
The group was unable to come to a decision and went their separate ways to retire for the night. While separating was probably not the right move to make given the current situation, The awkward atmosphere after the fight between the elderly couple and Jacqueline made it difficult for them to stay in the same room as each other.They should have resolved things as soon as possible, but Billy felt like it wasn't his place to interfere. The relationship between them wasn't something he had control over. He was an outsider, and they would most likely not appreciate him stepping in out of the blue. All he could do was wait for them to resolve things as quickly as possible.As he watched the cameras, Jacqueline asked, "Shouldn't you be getting some sleep? You've been up for a while.""It's difficult to sleep when we have so many problems at our doorstep," Billy dryly said as he searched for any strange movements from the zombies.With his back to her, he didn't notice how she winced at his
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 54: Fighting the Giant Zombie
Billy traversed the tunnel undisturbed. There were no new zombies for him to fight. It seemed that the giant zombie might have stopped them from getting in. That made sense given its huge size and how it had blocked Billy's path earlier. At least there was one piece of good news from all this. He continued until he saw something blocking his way.It didn't take a genius to realize it was the giant zombie. He grimaced as he observed the thing with his ax ready. There didn't seem to be any eyes or any visible sign of where its face could be. Could it be a headless zombie? It wouldn't surprise him, but that meant cutting off its head or bashing its brains out wouldn't do the trick.Suddenly, something shot out towards him. His quick reflexes prevented him from being impaled on the walls of the tunnel. The tunnels shook from the impact, and he stared at the massive tentacle that had tried to kill him. This was way too different from what he was expecting. He had been imaging the zombie hi
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 55: Teleportation
"What happened while I was gone?" Billy asked as he got to his feet.The elderly couple glanced at each other before the elderly man said, "Well, we were waiting for you to return. Suddenly, there were a lot of noises and shaking, so we figured we should block the entrance.""Jackie insisted we should wait, but we didn't think it was a good idea," the elderly woman said with a guilty expression."No, you did the right thing. Making you wait thirty minutes was too much to ask," he said.It was the right choice to make under those circumstances. If he were in their place, he would have done the same, even if it was Jacqueline on the other side. They had no idea how safe it would be to keep the entrance open. For all they knew, a zombie horde might have appeared at any moment. However, that wasn't what he was interested in."Can you tell me how Jacqueline suddenly appeared at my side?" Billy asked.Jacqueline immediately spoke up. "I can explain. We were barricading the entrance when a s
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Author's Note
Hello everyone. I just want to thank all my readers who have been following along because it sure has been a doozy. Also, there are several things that I want to let you know.Billy's story has ended, and I'll have to admit that I didn't think it would end so soon. I had a lot of things planned, but after some careful consideration, I ultimately decided to end it early.Just like with Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race, I might do a rewrite or remake of it.If I do go through with this idea, then I'll just immediately go to eBook and paperback, and it would be very different from the one here. We will have to see, and I'll let everyone know.For now, I'll be focusing on finishing Johnny's story in Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir, which can be found here: https://www.meganovel.com/story/Rise-of-the-Commoner-Johnny-Burns-s-The-Lost-Heir_31000695378 .It's also going to be ending early. I'm not sure by how much. It might even be shorter than this one. We'
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Chapter 117: Conditions
After hearing what the woman had to say, Billy released her. She took the chance to elbow him in the face, making his nose bleed, before putting some distance between them. There was a dark look on her face. He scowled, but he didn't retaliate for it. Instead, he went over everything he had learned from her. It had been a lot, and that had only been the surface."Well, what are you going to do now?" she asked."Well, I'll be accepting that proposal of yours," he said as he stood up and brushed the front of his pants.The woman huffed. "See. I told you. I don't know why you insisted on picking a fight when there was no need to fight.""However, I have some conditions," he said.She stared at him in disbelief before blurting out, "What?""You heard me. I won't accept your proposal without my own terms," he said."You can't be serious. You can't just add your own terms. You're already lucky enough to be spared in the first place," she said."It's not like you wanted to. You're only doing
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Chapter 116: The Truth
"Hold it," Billy said as he held up a hand."Yes?" she asked."Why are you doing this? Why are you preparing to unleash a zombie apocalypse?" he asked."Why?" She took a moment to consider his question before saying, "It's for entertainment."Billy felt the veins in his head bulge from sheer anger. "What?""All of this is meant for entertainment for our followers. Unforunately, we've been having issues making it work, hence the number of tests we performed," she said."Followers? What are you talking about? Are you saying this is a game?" he demanded."A game? No. I guess you can view it as a game, but it isn't. You don't really need to know the details since you don't have the clearance for that information," she said.He gritted his teeth. "Then what can you tell me?""As stated before, we were running tests when we noticed some things were not progressing properly. One of them happened to be you," she said as she poin
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Chapter 115: Death(?)
Billy coughed up blood as he struggled against the giant zombie's grip. He could hear the others screaming as they fought off the other zombies that surrounded them down below. Unfortunately, he was in no condition to help them as he fought to stay alive. Billy couldn't believe how quickly things had gone horribly wrong.One moment, they were trying to stealthily sneak away. Then the next day, the giant zombie was rushing towards them like a maniac. They had tried to run away when they realized the giant zombie was coming for them, but it easily outpaced them. Whether it was because of its long legs or because it was simply faster than them, it easily caught up to them in no time.If Billy hadn't shoved Jacqueline away, she would have turned into paste beneath the giant zombie's foot. However, the force from its mere step had knocked everyone off their feet, giving the giant zombie time to grab him. The giant zombie's grip tightened, and he could feel his bomes creak i
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Chapter 114: Moving On
A sound caught everyone's attention, and all eyes turned to the doorway. They didn't see anyone or anything, but after what they had seen from the system, none of them were calm. The tied up woman was even more frantic to get out of the ropes. Unfortunately for her, they held fast, keeping her from getting away. Billy vaguely wondered why she didn't use her power."We're going," Billy declared."Wait," the woman wailed. "Don't leave me."Billy didn't give her a second glance as he walked away from her. He didn't want to stick around to see if the noise was actually something to be worried about. Jacqueline's gaze shifted between the two of them. She clearly didn't want to leave the woman behind, but she could also tell that Billy wasn't going to do that. Then the last person any of them expected to protest spoke up."I think we should let her go," Joshua said.Everyone turned to him as Billy said, "What?""We should let her go," Joshua said.
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Chapter 113: New Feature
"Are you kidding me?" the tied up woman shrieked, voicing what was on everyone's minds.What was the system thinking? This was basically telling everyone to die. Billy had no clue how many awakened there were, but their group had three awakened, if he still counted as one. That meant the zombies would receive a boost three times greater than if none of them were awakened, and what did they mean by boost? It was so vague that it could mean anything.Were the zombies stronger, faster, smarter, or what? It was impossible for anyone to counteract it without more information, which the system didn't seem to care to give. Billy could feel everyone's gaze on him, as if looking to him for answers that he didn't have. He could understand why Jacqueline and Joshua were doing that, but why was the tied up woman also looking at him?If anything, he should be the last person she should be looking to, considering how he had just threatened her. Well, he supposed that there we
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Chapter 112: Interrogating the Prisoner (2)
Billy studied the woman's face as the others stared dabsmacked with their jaws hanging. He was just as shocked as they were, but he was better at keeping it off his face. Out of all the things he expected her to say, he didn't expect the woman to tell him that things had gotten off the rails for everyone who had gotten a system and power."Are you really telling the truth?" Billy asked.The woman frantically nodded her head. "Yes, I am. You've got to believe me. I have no reason to lie. When I realized that I could hide from everyone, a screen appeared in front of me, telling me I was one of the awakened."Something had seriously changed this time. In previous lives, no one could receive their power until after their first wave was over. He wasn't sure what had made such a huge difference, but that meant the system had no right to take his power away from him. If anyone could get their power before the first wave ended, he shouldn't have his power removed.<
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Chapter 111: Interrogating the Prisoner (1)
"Billy?" Jacqueline called out.Billy frowned as he recalled telling her to stay quiet and out of sight until he said the coast was clear. She must have heard his knocking out the woman and got worried, but that didn't change how dumb it was. Jacqueline was basically announcing her presence to whoever was nearby. If he had been the one who had been taken out, she would have been in trouble.Even now, it wasn't a guarantee that they were in the clear just yet. He remained silent as he dragged the unconscious woman away while keeping an eye on his surroundings. After dragging her into another part of the house, he found some rope to tie her up with and searched her for anything valuable. Unfortunately, she didn't have anything on her except for a knife.He narrowed his eyes. It didn't make sense for someone to only go around with a tiny knife. Just imagining someone trying to fight a bunch of zombies with it was ridiculous. Even against another person was a joke.
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Chapter 110: Escaping the Zombies
Billy stared as his mind whirled with indecision. A morally good person would run back to save them because that was the right thing to do. Leaving a woman who was someone close to him and two children to the zombies would be a monsterous thing to do. On the other hand, a realistic person or someone with self preservation would immediately leave them behind.Honestly, if it wasn't for Jacqueline, he would have hightailed out of there without even looking back. However, this was Jacqueline. If he left, he didn't think she would follow him. As she was now, she wouldn't abandon the kid to save herself. She would die. There would be no second chance for her since this was his only life left. On the flip side, because it was his only life, he had to be even more careful."Billy!" Jacqueline screamed again as she knocked another zombie away.He gritted his teeth and made his choice. Billy rushed over and grabbed Jacqueline's arm before shoving her away. She stumbled b
