Zongman: Evolution Paradise Chapter 002

As evening approached, Xu Lun had already returned to his apartment.

It was an old two-story apartment building, with four rooms on each floor. Xu Lun’s room was 202 on the second floor, and Kirisu Mafuyu lived next door in room 201.

Xu Lun took out his key, opened the door, and turned on the living room light.

With the light on, a plain, single-person apartment unfolded before him. The apartment was about forty square meters, laid out as a one-bedroom, one-living room space. It was furnished with basic home appliances, giving it a simple feel.

Xu Lun walked into the small kitchen and put the groceries he was carrying into the refrigerator.

Returning to the living room, Xu Lun sat on the sofa. A gentle breeze blew in, stirring the curtains of the balcony’s French windows.

“I remember closing the window.”

“Could a thief have snuck in?”

Xu Lun looked at the balcony, recalling leaving that morning, and slowly got up, walking towards it.

Empty.

The small apartment could be seen in a single glance; there should be nothing to hide.

At that moment, a sound came from the kitchen.

Xu Lun clenched his fists, intending to see who was so brazen.

There was no one in the kitchen, but the refrigerator was open. The two boxes of beef floated in the air, their packaging torn open, and the beef visibly reduced.

“This isn’t a normal world, is it?”

Seeing the supernatural scene, Xu Lun couldn’t help but blurt out, his mind in a turmoil.

That’s right, Xu Lun wasn’t a local; he was a transmigrator.

Eighteen years had passed since he was an infant, and he was now an adult. No supernatural events had ever occurred. He had always thought this was a normal, integrated anime world, at most with some low-level martial arts.

Until today, Xu Lun’s worldview began to collapse.

“Could a magical girl pop out of nowhere?”

“The magical girl themes before transmigration seemed a bit dark and twisted. I hope I’m not the one being sacrificed.”

As his thoughts spun, Xu Lun saw a half-meter-long chameleon emerge from above the refrigerator, throwing the box it held onto the floor, displaying a human-like expression of disgust.

“Water-injected meat, how disgusting.”

“Then go find the merchant!”

Looking at the beef scattered on the floor, Xu Lun’s expression was a bit distorted.

“I’ve long been annoyed with that supermarket owner. How about I take you to him?”

Unsure what this talking monster was, or if it was dangerous, Xu Lun tried to buy time, subtly stepping back, planning to rush out directly from the balcony.

“But you look more tempting.”

The chameleon’s body gradually became ethereal, looking at Xu Lun with a bloodthirsty gaze.

“Are you willing to be eaten by me?”

Along with the question, a sudden gust of wind pressure rushed towards Xu Lun’s throat.

“Something’s coming.”

Xu Lun reacted swiftly, grabbing forward with his hand. A cold, damp, slimy sensation came, followed by a pierced palm.

Blood splattered, and the edges of the gruesome wound had tiny, dense holes, accelerating blood loss.

“Blocked it?”

“You should just be a normal person.”

A slightly bewildered voice came from around him, tinged with a hint of dissatisfaction.

Xu Lun didn’t speak; he was trying to pinpoint the chameleon’s location.

In the narrow room, with the force and speed of the previous attack, he couldn’t run. Running would mean instant death. He had to resolve it here to have any hope of survival.

This chameleon was incredibly fast. The previous attack made no sound, but an extremely fast attack would cause changes in wind pressure. With preparation, as long as he felt it again, he could follow the attack to find its exact position.

“Wouldn’t it be good to just become my food?”

“Lesser beings should be eaten by higher beings.”

“This is the law of nature; you should obey it.”

Voices came from all directions, interfering with Xu Lun’s judgment.

Drip, drip.

Blood continued to flow. Xu Lun calmed himself, praying for the chameleon to act quickly. If it intended to wait until Xu Lun bled dry, he would have to try a desperate gamble.

Time passed second by second. The chameleon’s eyes swiveled, watching Xu Lun indifferently, a hint of urgency flashing in its mind as it thought:

“Can’t wait any longer. It’s just a lesser being anyway. That was just an accident.”

The sound of a television crashing came, and at the same time, the chameleon launched its attack—that bullet-like tongue.

Ignoring the chameleon’s crude feint, Xu Lun sensed the wind pressure coming from above his head.

“The ceiling!”

With his muscles bulging, Xu Lun used his injured right hand to once again grab the attacking tongue. Enduring the pain of the barbs tearing his flesh, he bent his knees slightly, jumped, and pulled the chameleon down with force.

“What?”

The chameleon was incredulous, frantically trying to retract its tongue.

But Xu Lun had already begun to swing his uninjured left fist.

Ora Ora Ora Ora Ora Ora

“No!”

Punch after punch, the chameleon’s body twisted in the air, letting out a piercing shriek. It simply couldn’t withstand Xu Lun’s continuous immense power, breaking its invisibility.

Ora Ora Ora Ora Ora Ora

Without stopping, Xu Lun pressed the monster to the floor, delivering even stronger punches. What if this chameleon had some regeneration ability?

Blood splattered, and broken body parts scattered.

Ora Ora Ora Ora Ora Ora

Only when the chameleon hung on the collapsed floor like a wrung-out rag, completely lifeless, did Xu Lun stop punching.

“Only capable of invisibility, yet dares to call itself a higher being.”

“And dares to waste my beef.”

“Damn it, the floor is broken! How much will that cost to repair?”

Amidst his gasps, a circular pattern suddenly appeared on Xu Lun’s wrist.

Lines of ethereal information boxes also appeared out of thin air before Xu Lun.

[Player detected as deceased]

[Evolution qualification has been transferred]

[Prospective Player: Xu Lun]

[Trial mission about to begin for you]

[The Paradise congratulates you in advance]

[Welcome to this great evolution]

“Am I hallucinating from too much blood loss?”

At this moment, the pendant around Xu Lun’s neck also glowed, absorbing the chameleon’s remains on the floor into itself.

“You too?”

This was a pendant he had since he transmigrated. It hadn’t changed in all these years, but today it actually lit up.

[Trial world randomly selected]

[Current trial world: City of the Dead]

[Identity insertion completed]

[Trial mission randomly selected]

“Please, I’m still bleeding!”

The circular ring on his wrist had already lit up.

Making Xu Lun vanish from the room into thin air.

Drip, drip.

A few drops of blood fell from mid-air, landing on the floor and splashing, proving that someone had just been there.

The empty room fell into silence.