Leaving the hotel, Shawn did not go too far before he found a clean and comfortable place around the hotel to live. He took off his gloves and helmet, sat down on the couch, and stared blankly at his hands which had turned blue.

It was only in his body before, however, it had spread to his palms now. He touched his face, and could easily figure out what he looked like without looking at it.

He must not look like a human being now. He didn’t know whether such changes could be stopped. At this rate, he would either turn blue or lose his meat, just like those multilated zombies outside.

Since he was already rather ugly, he didn’t want to turn worse. However, there was not any better way to change the situation for now.

He was upset and pulled his hair, however, a big handful of his hair shed with a slight pulling.

Was he going to be bald?

He rapidly stood up, pulled outward his pants, looked down, and then sat down with a solemn complexion.

Unexpectedly, his pubic hair was starting shedding, too.

Imagine that his hair down there was missing while going to the toilet in future...

That was such a beautiful that he dare not have his eyes fixed on it, he thought.

He sadly leant back in the couch, and stared blankly at the ceilings.

Suddenly, he sat straight.

No, he could not sit still waiting for death! He needed to figure out a way. But what way would that be? Reading those books? However, this situation was not mentioned in those books on zombies. And neither would other books be suitable for his present situation.

Suddenly, he was visited by a bizarre thought. The crystal core might help, and he should give it a try.

Then, he covered himself tightly and went out. He went to a place where there were few people, attracted zombies with his mind, killed them, and found crystal cores.

Being busy with it the whole morning, he killed dozens of zombies, but only found a dozen crystal cores. He collected those crystal cores. It was not so easy to get them, he thought.

On the way back, he stopped by a small grocery which had been severely damaged, and found a bottle of sealed mineral water. It was found behind the door, and must have been kicked there by accident while someone was looking for food.

The reason why he came here looking for mineral water was that he planned to wash those crystal cores with water before eating them. Otherwise, he could not bear to eat them.

He cleaned the crystal cores after getting back, and couldn’t wait to eat two pieces. His body looked like rotting, however, his teeth were rather hard, so that he could eat crystal cores the same hard as his teeth as easily as chewing candies.

He felt instantly warm after eating the crystal core off, and got a bloated feeling. Looking at his hands, he found nothing changed. He frowned, and then ate a few more crystal cores off.

Then he got a feeling that he was stuffed. Having a look at the five or sex pieces of crystal cores left, he put them away. His body told him that he could not eat another bite. For safety’s sake, it was better for him to put them away, and save them for future.

Again he had a look at his hands, and found nothing changed yet. He had to bite the bullet, found a mirror, and had a look at his face. His face was still black and blue, and pretty ugly so that he didn’t look like a living person yet.

He cautiously pulled his hair, and only few shed. He increased his strength and found his hair was indeed not so easy to shed. That was a big weight off his shoulder, and he decided to collect more crystal cores in future.

Although he had realized that he could eat nothing but crystal cores at present, he was rather resentful about it. Unless he felt desperately hungry, he would never go out to collect crystal cores. Since he realized how important they were to him, he changed his mind.

Solving a so important problem, he relaxed himself, and started reading a book collected on his way back.

He had been obsessed with novels since he read a couple of novel books. Besides, there was no electric power in doomsday. Without entertainments, he felt like passing the time by reading novels as he got bored.

He was obsessed with reading books, however, he didn’t know that the sight that he killed zombies and dug crystal cores out of their heads had been caught by someone.