My Perfect Apocalyptic Life

【Upgrade successful, your occupation ‘Leaflet Distributor’ has been upgraded from Level 0 to Level 1】

【As a Leaflet Distributor, you often have to work under various extreme weather conditions. Thus, a Level 1 Leaflet Distributor has developed a good mindset, a physique that doesn’t fear extreme weather and swift agility. You will receive certain attribute bonuses.】
【Distributing leaflets also requires some ‘Reading the Room’ skills. Without perceptiveness, you might end up giving leaflets to drunks, hoodlums, or even world-destroying villains, potentially causing trouble.】
【You have received +0.5 Agility, +0.5 Constitution, +1 Spirit, and a Career Skill: Reading the Room.】
【Your current attributes are: Spirit · 7, Constitution · 8.5, Strength · 11, Agility · 10.5】

A plethora of small text suddenly appeared before his eyes, almost dizzying in its abundance.

After carefully reading through everything, Meng Xu couldn’t help but be surprised.

Upgrading a career can boost your attributes?

Though the points weren’t many, in the long run, it might be more effective than going to the gym.

And what about this skill?

Reading the Room?

Does that really require a skill?

Meng Xu was puzzled, but in the next second, the ‘Reading the Room’ skill appeared before him.

【Reading the Room】
【Level: 1 (Unupgradable)】
【Description: The saying “eyes watch six roads, ears listen in eight directions” means that a perfect life also requires perfect social skills. With this skill, you can discern the primary occupation of others through details and check their occupation level. If the difference between your level and theirs is too great, it won’t be possible to see their details.】

Seeing the skill’s effects, Meng Xu nodded in satisfaction.

“Just call it reconnaissance; why give it such a fancy name like Reading the Room? I thought it was some divine skill.”

Meng Xu mumbled to himself. He felt his mind was slightly off, but looking at the panel showing 7 spirit points, he thought it wasn’t a problem—he even gained 1 point more than before.

Wait a minute, didn’t the career upgrade only add 0.5 to my spirit? Why do I have a full extra point compared to two hours ago?

Forget it, having more spirit is good.

Feeling quite spirited!

Meng Xu straightened his back, took a look around, and used his points to exchange for a compressed biscuit.

【Confirm exchange?】

Seeing the prompt in front of him, Meng Xu decisively chose to exchange.

As soon as he made the selection, he felt something suddenly appear in his pocket. Fishing it out, he found a small bag of unmarked compressed biscuits in his hand.

The biscuit was about the size of half a palm, but for Meng Xu, it was sufficient.

“Rip.”

Tearing open the package, he took a small bite.

“Mm, onion flavor, and crunchy.”

The taste of the compressed biscuit bursting in his mouth made Meng Xu sigh in satisfaction.

His tense nerves slowly began to relax.

Considering the heavy tasks for the afternoon, Meng Xu thought for a moment and then exchanged for a bottle of cola to rejuvenate himself. Sitting in his office chair with a biscuit in one hand and a cola in the other, Meng Xu felt as though none of this chaos had happened. He was still just an overworked office worker.

“Something feels missing. It’s a bit too quiet.”

Frowning, Meng Xu suddenly got an idea. He pulled open the curtains, and blinding sunlight streamed in. The warm sensation of being bathed in sunlight was comforting.

After doing this, Meng Xu returned to his seat, leaned back in his office chair, and felt an overwhelming sense of ease: “This feels right.”

He then took a big gulp of cola.

Burped.

Happiness is a cold soda and a comfortable chair. Ah, this is the life people should have; this is the perfect life!

Outside, it was mostly quiet, with only the occasional blood-curdling scream or inexplicable growl breaking the silence. In the distance, faint, sporadic noises could be heard.

However, they were too far away for Meng Xu to make it out clearly. The office building where Meng Xu was located was far from the city center, with the only saving grace being its proximity to a subway line.

Otherwise, this place would be completely desolate.

However, one thing was certain:

Order was collapsing.

Given humanity’s level of technology, it shouldn’t have descended into chaos so quickly.

So, what exactly went wrong?

Meng Xu pondered this for a moment before giving up on the thought.

What does it matter to me?

It would be better to focus on how to distribute the remaining two hundred leaflets.

Not far away, a bus came barreling down the road, catching Meng Xu’s attention. He sat up straight, watching as the bus charged forward, knocking over several vehicles in its path. The cacophony of car alarms was incessant.

Naturally, such a loud noise caused a commotion in the surrounding area.

Meng Xu could feel it as if the entire world was stirring.

“Crash!”

The sound of breaking glass came from above. Meng Xu saw shadows leaping from the upper floors, one after another like dumplings being dropped into boiling water. Despite their faces being smashed and their limbs being broken, they continued to crawl toward the bus.

Soon, the bus, after its uncontrollable rampage, finally tipped over, and countless zombies swarmed toward it.

It was kind of like watching a movie.

Except that it was too far away. Meng Xu had no idea how many people were on the bus or what had driven it to such madness.

Meng Xu remained remarkably calm, even picking up paper and a pen from his desk to jot down notes: “The number of zombies on the entire street is very high, approximately two to three thousand. There are probably over a hundred inside the building. Given this scenario, the zombies in the building should suffice to meet my leaflet distribution task quota.”

“If nothing unexpected occurs, I shouldn’t need to venture onto the streets to complete the task.”

After writing, Meng Xu casually tore off the paper, crumpled it up, and tossed it into the trash bin.

“Alright then, let’s get going.”

Meng Xu stood up, ready to distribute the remaining two hundred leaflets.

Since the bus driver had attracted so much attention, it would be a waste not to take advantage of it.

“Creak.”

He pushed open the office door and looked at Manager Zhang and Chi Wei, who were tied up at the entrance. Soon, two lines of red text appeared above their heads in his view.

【Occupation: Zombie】
【Level: 0】
【Affection Level: -100】

Both zombies displayed the same status.

Their occupation, level, and affection points were identical, all at -100.

“Manager Zhang, Miss Chi, I have treated you with utmost sincerity, taking you along every time I go out, yet your affection for me is still in the negatives. It’s really disappointing.”

Meng Xu tucked the leaflets under his arm, expressing his disappointment with Chi Wei and Manager Zhang.

Especially with Chi Wei!

He had been utterly sincere towards her, yet her affection level was so low. Truly disheartening.

“Forget it, it’s useless to say more to you. I don’t think I’ve even given you two any leaflets yet.”

Suddenly, Meng Xu had an idea that made his eyes light up. He quickly took out two leaflets and cheerfully said to Chi Wei and Manager Zhang, “Miss Chi, Manager Zhang, how about swimming fitness? Friends get a special 20% discount. If you don’t buy, I’ll give you a ‘special’ bone-setting discount…”