My Perfect Apocalyptic Life

【Upgrade successful. Your occupation ‘Snack Vendor’ has been upgraded from Level 0 to Level 1.】

【As a Snack Vendor braving the elements, your physique has improved significantly. Constantly evading city management has enhanced your agility, granting you certain attribute boosts.】
【Although a Snack Vendor, you must possess excellent cooking skills. Without a deep understanding of culinary arts, serving snacks to drunkards, ruffians, world-ending villains, or Ultramen from the M78 Nebula could lead to unimaginable consequences.】
【You received 1.5 Constitution and the Skill: Cooking.】
【Current Attributes: Spirit 10.5, Constitution 12.5, Strength 19, Agility 12.5.】

Looking at the upgraded attributes before him, Meng Xu felt a sense of relief.

But he also noticed something.

As his overall attributes improved, the boosts from his occupation upgrades were dynamically changing rather than static.

It didn’t matter; as long as he got stronger.

But… what could happen if an Ultraman ate his snacks? Would it cause some irreparable consequence? Would they turn evil or stop protecting Earth and return to the M78 Nebula?

Meng Xu also noted that his new ‘Cooking’ skill was upgradeable and that he had 2 skill points available for allocation.

However, Meng Xu didn’t plan to invest these points in Cooking, considering it a waste.

Additionally, he now had 18 allocatable experience points, enough to upgrade his Intern Clerk to Level 2.

But Meng Xu didn’t do it.

He had just experienced an upgrade.

Currently, he knew that the Intern Clerk occupation provided Sprit attributes, the Leaflet Distributor occupation increased Agility, and the Snack Vendor occupation boosted Constitution.

But what benefits did the Chairman profession offer? That was still unknown.

So, Meng Xu decided to save his experience points until he could upgrade the Chairman occupation from Level 0 to Level 1 to see what changes it would bring.

Satisfied with his current attributes, Meng Xu opened the navigation app to head to the Citizen Service Center.

Too far from home, you forget your hometown; kill too many zombies, you forget your worries.

It was time to finish the necessary formalities and return to revitalize the company.

I’m going to become the world’s richest man and take down ‘Wanxiang International’!

Feeling full of confidence, Meng Xu glanced back at Li Xiang, who still seemed a bit bewildered. Meng Xu felt this K1-level employee was somewhat dragging him down.

There was no other reason; it was just that Meng Xu had to keep him close all the time, and Li Xiang, although respectful towards Meng Xu, was highly agitated around other humans. If any situation arose, he could easily take a wrong turn.

With this in mind, Meng Xu decided… to hide him in the basement and tie him up securely.

Once he’d finished the formalities, he’d fetch his car, stuff Li Xiang inside, and bring him back.

Perfect plan!

Quickly, the outstanding employee of Peace and Order, Ah Xiang, was appointed as Chairman Meng’s personal basement security guard, responsible for protecting the assets in Chairman Meng’s basement.

And what assets were those?

The snack cart.

Even though Meng Xu had picked up the snack cart earlier, since no one else claimed it, it was his now.

Meng Xu was counting on this snack cart to grow his business empire.

With everything settled, Meng Xu hummed a tune as he walked through the neighborhood, greeted the new guard at the Hotpot restaurant—now an employee of his subsidiary—with enthusiasm, and nonchalantly made his way to the Citizen Service Center.

He left the new ‘subsidiary employee’ utterly perplexed.

The two employees exchanged puzzled looks and, after a long silence, one finally blurted out.

“What on earth is going on here?”

…

Meng Xu walked along the path, enjoying life to its fullest.

There weren’t many zombies along the way.

After all, it was an old district, and Meng Xu had already cleared it out once, making the number particularly sparse.

He encountered the occasional zombie, initially considering sparing them to have potential customers for his leaflets or snack vending next time.

But upon reflection, he thought better of it.

After all, it was a zombie apocalypse. Better to kill one when you can.

If sparing a zombie led to the death of a struggling survivor, it wouldn’t be good.

Humans were clearly more useful than zombie employees.

Even though Meng Xu didn’t currently know the exact use of living employees, at least they could understand orders.

After ‘fighting’ his way through the sparse zombie crowd, Meng Xu finally broke out of the nearby area, arriving at a fresh stretch of road.

From a distance, Meng Xu could see seven or eight zombies wandering the street. Not far away were some zombies colliding, remnants of an old explosion evident by the sight of a zombie missing an arm.

At that moment, Meng Xu chuckled.

He spotted a shared bike overturned by the roadside.

This shared bike looked familiar.

It seemed to be the one he’d parked downstairs, which mysteriously disappeared after he’d taken a nap.

“Let me guess, who rode away with my shared bike?”

Meng Xu looked at the seven or eight wandering zombies, feeling a bit indignant.

Not returning the shared bike means the app keeps deducting money from his account!

They rode off with it, and it was charging him!

Although Chairman Meng no longer cared about a few hundred yuan, it still didn’t feel good.

However, Meng Xu decided not to alert this group of zombies.

Time was of the essence; he needed to get those formalities done quickly.

【A perfect life must not be about tolerating grievances! Good people get bullied, docile horses get ridden! Given the situation, dear host, please leverage your advantages and abilities to reclaim your dignity! Go, go, go, I cheer for you; you’re not alone! If any legal issues arise, you can always consult Great Lawyer Zhang Wei!】

【Triggered Task: Reclaim Your Honor】
【Task Rewards: Allocatable Career Experience +5, Points +2, Yuan +20,000.】

Meng Xu: ?

Seeing the task appear, Meng Xu was momentarily stunned and then sighed deeply.

I wanted to interact with you as an ordinary chairman, but all I got in return was coldness and the theft of my shared bike.

Since that’s the case, I, Meng Xu, won’t pretend anymore.

I’m revealing myself as the Zombie Slayer!

Meng Xu’s grand entrance instantly drew the attention of the zombies on the street. One of them quickly sprinted toward him, roaring: “Roar—!!!”

It was fast, but to Meng Xu, it was nothing more than a paper tiger.

【Occupation: Zombie】
【Level: 0】

All the data indicated they were small fry, not worth fearing.

The baseball bat had been silent for so long, that its bloodstains dried.

In an instant, Meng Xu’s muscles tensed, and he swung the bat at the nearest zombie, cracking its skull and splattering its brains.

“Who stole my bike?! Step forward now!”

Meng Xu knocked one zombie down, then looked at the others advancing towards him and sneered.

“You all seem quite united, not willing to sell out your zombie friend, huh?”

“Fine, fine, fine, then you all can die!”
Meng Xu was touched by their camaraderie. To honor their friendship, he quickened his movements, helping them reunite sooner.

Such heartfelt brotherhood brings tears to my eyes!