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Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 79: End of Fifth Wave
Billy decided to be merciful and end her life. Of course, he didn't make it quick or easy. It was a bit tricky since her body was already messed up from what the zombies did. He had to say that he did a pretty good job carving her out. The woman had clearly tried to scream the entire time, but she had been unable to voice her pain.In the end, he calmly stared down at her corpse as he wiped the blood on his hands onto whatever clean clothing she had. Now that she was out of the way, he should focus on what to do next. While he had obtained some points for killing zombies, it wasn't enough for him to get what he needed. He looked up at the sky and used his hands to block the sun from his eyes.Given the sun's position, it was late in the afternoon. He would getthe idea that he would have about maybe three hours left of sunlight. By that time, he would need to find another place to rest for the night. The question was, should he continue to look for zombies until the last possible momen
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 80: Restarting Again
"Are you listening to me?" the manager demanded sending spit in all directions, including Billy's face.Billy stared blankly into the man's face before spinning on his heel and walking away. Everyone stared in disbelief as Billy didn't pay any mind to any of them. His mind was currently a whirlwind as he tried to process what had caused him to restart. He had managed to successfully get away from the house and dodge into another alleyway.When he thought he was in the clear, he had suddenly been shot again. This time it had been his leg, so he dropped to his knee as blood stained his pants. Before he could recover and get away from the place, there had been another gunshot. The next thing he knew was that he was back to the beginning, with the manager shouting at him. He must have been shot in the head.He had barely lasted a day after Jacqueline's death. Okay, that was a bit of an exaggeration. He had technically lasted a little bit over a day. He could say a day and a half if he sta
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 81: Repeating the Same Things
Jacqueline stared at Billy in disbelief. "I would never do that. I would never ever side with that horrible woman. Anyone who could cheat on their husband who has only been faithful is trash."Hearing her say that was a huge relief. Since he didn't get a chance to talk to Jacqueline in his previous life about the illusion before she died, it had sort of hanged over his head. Even though he knew what kind of person she was, the illusion had shaken him up a bit by poking at his original insecurity, which was her not taking him seriously."I can't believe you even thought for a moment that I would turn my back on you," she muttered."Sorry, but it is a bit unbelievable if someone came up to you and said the zombie apocalypse was going to happen," he said."You're not just anyone, though. We've known each other, so of course I would believe you," she pointed out. "If it was a stranger, I would obviously not believe them."She made a good argument. "I understand."Jacqueline crossed her ar
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 82: Adjusting to the Same Old Things
At the end of Billy's story, the elderly woman was the first to speak. "That's quite a tale. It's hard to imagine all of that happening.That was the kind of reaction he had expected from Jacqueline. Of course, she had to prove herself different and accept it without batting an eye. Now the question was what the elderly couple would do now after hearing Billy's abridged version of what happened. Would they decide that he was just making things up and ask him to leave? Would they take him seriously, like Jacqueline did?"In fact, it sounds complete nonsense," the elderly man said before getting elbowed into the side by the old woman."What the old coot is saying is that he can't believe it either," she said.Her answer wasn't much of an answer. It still didn't tell him what they intended to do with the information he provided. Were they going to accept him or not? Unable to take it anymore, he decided that he should take matters into his own hands instead of waiting for their judgment.
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 83: Working Up a Plan
"So, what's your plan?" the elderly woman asked as Billy took a seat at the table.Billy wasn't surprised that she jumped right to the heart of the matter. "I've already told you about what happened, so we will need to prepare for the events that will happen.""But how are you sure they will happen?" the elderly man asked. "Things are already different, right?""While it's true that the events aren't always the same, the system always stays the same. The information they give us doesn't change," Billy said.The elderly couple looked doubtful as Jacqueline asked, "You mentioned that I was able to obtain a power and system, but do you know how I did it?"Shaking his head, Billy said, "No, I don't. You didn't get it in the other lives, so I'm not sure what the exact criteria is for you to obtain your power."Jacqueline looked disappointed. "It would be handy if I had my teleportation power. We could accomplish so much with it."He quite frankly agreed. It was such an amazing power that c
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 84: Second Wave
Billy thought they had prepared well for what was to happen. After all, there wasn't much they needed to do after barricading the house. Training was a must, and making sure they were armed to the teeth was easy to do. They didn't have to worry about supplies, and they had someone to always check the cameras in the security room, so why was he receiving this message from the system now?[The second wave has started.]Normally, this wouldn't have bothered him. He had seen it before in his previous lives. It was standard procedure for the system to give prior notice when a new wave started. His problem was the timing of the message. In his previous lives, the system had warned them about the second wave not long after the first wave. It was about, maybe, half an hour. It had been a few days.Jacqueline hurried into the security room and said, "I just received the message from the system. No what?"He took a deep breath before saying, "Don't panic. It's good that the second wave has fina
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 85: Discussion
With neither side willing to budge on the matter, it was a standstill. Technically, there were more people in favor of going out to kill the zombies. However, only two people's opinions mattered, which were Jacqueline and Billy, since they were the only able bodied people in the group. The elderly couple had to rely on them to do most of the work."Billy, we won't have to go far. We can just attack any zombies that pass by," Jacqueline said, trying again to convince him to see her side.Billy sighed. "Jacqueline, no matter how many times you say it, I'm not going to change my mind about it. We shouldn't recklessly fight the zombies, hoping you three will get a power. You should be realistic."Jacqueline wilted. "I know, but I don't want us to be a burden on you. I already know that we aren't much help to you without a power or system backing us up.""The elderly couple has already provided us a place to stay, and you have already done more than enough," he said.She gave him a doubtfu
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 86: Dealing With Kids (1)
Billy groaned as he cursed himself for being right. He had thought that everything had been resolved after their conversation and that they would have more time to deal with what they had discussed. Of course, the world decided to screw him over. How else was he supposed to explain away the fact that a very familiar pair of faces were coming down the street?Fortunately, he was alone in the room, so no one else knew about the two kids that gave him and Jacqueline grief in previous lives who were walking down the street. Since they were moving slowly, he still had some time to think about what he should do about them. While they were alone this time, he wasn't sure if it was a good idea to step out and kill them.There was no way he could leave without being noticed. With the whole place on lockdown, the only way he would have been able to leave was if he deactivated the security. That would immediately notify everyone that someone was trying to leave, which was no good. He would have t
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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
