The Upgrade Apocalypse - Book 3: (A LitRPG Apocalypse series) (The Upgrade Apocalypse series) by Charles Dean & R.A. Mejia

Author:Charles Dean & R.A. Mejia [Dean, Charles & Mejia, R.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Single Player Books
Published: 2023-07-02T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 28

Archimedes

Once they were past the danger of being tracked by demonic bugs and had left the zoo area, the group relaxed a little. The early moments of the walk were filled with conversation as Archimedes handed out more of the cards his Auto Looting skill picked up. Then somewhere around the freeway north of the zoo, all the conversation faded to silence as they saw the changes in the landscape. When they’d come through the area last, they’d seen many abandoned homes and businesses and had fought several groups of low-level zombies and insects and left the bodies to the elements.

Yet on their journey back to base, there was an eerily silence where not even the sounds of bugs were heard. The bodies they’d left had disappeared, and the afternoon sun had baked the blood dry to the point it was no longer a bright red reminder of the fights that had taken place. It was now just a dull coat of brownish paint for the ruins. Without the random hell-cursed, insect, or dvixian popping out trying to kill them as they pushed their meat carts down the empty road, Archimedes had time to think about how closely the sight mirrored the destroyed world he had just returned from. It was far too similar for his comfort, the only difference being the lush green in the yards of homes off the main roads, trees and bushes growing in the medians of streets, and weeds fighting through every crack in the concrete and asphalt.

“Well, that’s surprising,” Nguyen said as they rounded the final turn and saw the aquarium and soda museum.

The group was greeted by the sight of a dozen robots and otters picking up corpses strewn across the green space between the World of Soda and the aquarium. Chip piled dead insects by the entryway of the aquarium, and the raccoons sat around on metal chairs, their glowing rifles leaning against the chair legs as they drank from glass bottles filled with soda.

“What?” Chedderfield asked. “You didn’t expect them to do their own dirty work, did you?”

“No, not that,” Nguyen replied. “I’m saying it’s surprising that everything seems so peaceful. I was nearly positive we might have to join some giant impromptu fight, or when we showed up one of those lizard ladies would leap out of nowhere at us. Instead it’s just . . . Well, it looks like a bunch of robot roombas removing the waste.”

“If you had wanted to arrive during a battle, you should have returned when your sun was directly above us,” Chip said, dragging the dead body of a centipede as he ran eagerly up to the group. “Though if you wait just a bit longer, we should have another one going soon.”

“How much upgrading are you all doing? For that matter, how many zombies have you killed to get the cores needed to upgrade? We’ve only been gone for half a day,” Lucy asked, looking a little astonished as her head swiveled back and forth.

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