- Brain Food

At the dusk of the day in the same cemetery, Alex bursted his hand through the ground. He climbed outward into the dusk and yawned. While he did he felt hungry again. 'If I hold back, I'll kill someone who's alive. I gotta eat. Even if I have to mess with their bodies.' Alex thought. He limped outward towards more caskets and dug one up. He didn't need claws but the process was long. "May god have mercy on my zoul." Alex said as he opened the casket and started mauling on a body until it was a pool of blood. He cried in the middle of it but he still had to eat.

[+4 3XP Ga1n3d]

Alex continued mailing on his victim as he already knew the message was coming. But unexpected, he got a extra surprise.

[Dr1nk th3 bl00d]

[R3ward: z0m3 1nf0 fr0m th3 zyztem]

Alec had known what it said but he wasn't expecting it to tell him to drink blood. 'Isn't that a Vampire thing?' Alex thought with surprisingly, another answer from the system.

[Th3 vamp1r3s st0l3 1t! W3 p10n33r3d 1t!]

'Weirdo.' Alex thought. 'Wait. Does that mean Vampires exist?!' Alex thought. Now he was thinking all sorts of creatures existed. Alex gave up on the thought because it only hurt his head as he drank the blood. Still very hesitant with drinking it and knew it would taste horrid but instead it tasted like soda. He had the whole pool of blood and finished his drink.

[1nf0: by l3v3l 10 y0u g3t a pl3azant zurpr1ze.]

Alex liked the fact it was information even though it didn't answer why and how he was here with the system or anything important to him but knowledge was power. What he didn't want to know is what horrible thing would happen. With his curiosity lurking he dug up more graves. He ate everything inside the caskets as if they were candy bars. Every time he ate someone he felt better. It felt easier. Alex didn't acknowledge it but he could feel the effect while unknowingly having it. He ate one extra casket.

[3XP r3duct10n 1ncr3as3]

[1+ 3XP Ga1n3d]

'What happens when I level up? Will this be permanent? Or will I become more human?' Alex thought. And the curiosity was killing him. He wanted to get one more casket. He could tear through the dirt easier with all his experience so he found a new casket in seconds. He opened it and found a new corpse to eat. He ate the skull and went straight at the brain, eventually eating everything. He ended up drinking the blood as well.

[C0NGRATZ! Y0U L3V3L3D UP!]

[Zyztem F1x1ng m1n0r err0rz]

Alex didn't know what it meant by fixing errors but soon learned. Some of the numbers replacing letters and some UI scrambling was gone. Not all of it but the system was easier to use knowing what he was doing more. The new UI was better translated into…

[Alex Watts]

[LV.2]

[HP: 10/10]

[EXP: 0/80]

[Zombie Regeneration: 2.5/ 3 minutes]

[Brains Eaten Until Power Increase: 4/20]

[Pounds Of Flesh Eaten Until HP Increase: 534/750]

[Ounces Of Blood Drunken Until Skill Level Increase: 687/ 1000]

[Amount Of Bones Eaten Until New Skill: 618/ 700]

[Amount Of Humans Entirely Eaten Until Evolution: 4/500]

Alex was glad he got the information but he still couldn't translate everything. He just had to deal with it until another level up. But now Alex knew he was standing on a gold mine. He could eat everything here and get stronger! Strong enough to kill the man who took everything from him. He would have cheered in happiness over what had just occurred but had a thought. 'Why does it say two?' Alex thought. He couldn't linger on it because he was interrupted. "Hey! Just what do you think you are doing?!" Someone asked behind Alex.

Alex raised his hands up and turned around slowly. He saw a grave digger. The grave digger had overalls, plaid shirt, quite old with a long white beard and wrinkles on his face, had a visor hat, and used a shovel as a cane. He had a name tag that said "Alan Richmond". Alan stared at Alex as what he looked like. A living human corpse. "What the hell are you?!" He asked. 'Damn it. I might have to eat him. Maybe he won't tell actually. If I play my cards right, I could use him. Or I could eat him and get a new skill.' Alex thought. He just shrugged and said "Zeh, new zkillz are better" as he mauled the old man while he had no chance to even scream.

He ate him like all of his Victims and only left the name tag and clothes.

[3XP R3duct10n R3m0v3d]

[+30 3XP Ga1n3d]

[C0ngratz! Y0u g0t a n3w zkill]

[D3ad D0ubl3]

[Turn 1nt0 a d3c3azed fam1ly m3mb3r 0f a targ3t]

[Durat10n: 30 m1nut3z / C00ld0wn: 1 h0ur]

Alex could use this. He could harness this to walk among humans. If he went out the cemetery, he'd be hunted, gunned down, tested, executed, ect.. This, if used right, got around that. He stopped eating the corpse and looked outside the graveyard. He looked out the gate and saw many people. He was hidden to the point where you had to be close enough for Alex to eat you. 'How do I use this?' Alex thought. 'Um… Dead Double?' Alex asked in his head. Immediately on top of everyone's head was golden text with arrays of names and ages.

'A zombie could get used to this!' Alex thought. He looked more and more until he found a good fit for himself. Mike Reeves. Age 19. 'Okay. Mike Reeves.' Alex thought. His name lit up dark green and Alex started to change… Nope. He looked exactly the same. Nothing changed. Still looked like a living human corpse. "Oh what the Zell!" Alex yelled. Just enough for some to look at his direction. 'Shit' Alex thought. Soon everyone looked away and thought him to be weird. "The Zell just happened? Don't they zee me?" Alex said. He walked out the graveyard and no one cared about him leaving.

'It worked. HAHA! It WORKED!' Alex thought. He walked around and no one batted a eye to him. It was freeing. He wasn't outcasted for anything and didn't have to be busy. He walked freely on the sidewalk and looked for something to eat that wasn't apart of the human body. He ended up walking to a gas station. Taking up 10 minutes of his time. He went inside and saw basic gas station store stuff. Chips, hot dogs, drinks, candy, Junk food in general. Alex just opened a chocolate bar and ate it without a care in the world. It tasted exactly the same as it would for a regular person.

'It didn't taste like absolute garbage like most movies depicted it. But I still feel hungry.' Alex thought. He kept eating for his enjoyment as no one was shopping. "Hey! You better pay for those!" Someone said behind him. Alex would eat him to finish things faster but that would be problematic. 'Maybe I can turn him?' Alex thought. "Zey. Come here" Alex said. The man was at the cash register but unwilling walked over to Alex. "Zo I don't know if thiz will work. If it doez, we'll zee" Alex said as he bit the mans arm. The man was going to yell but Alex covered his mouth.

"Zhhh. Zhut up." Alex said as he dragged him into the back of the store. He made it to the back room by breaking the door handle and then dropping the guy on the floor. He closed the door and squatted. "Heya buddy! You're a Zombie now! Zo I need you to go out there, keep this quiet, and live at a cemetery zo there izn't any attention drawn to me. Because if that doez happen, I'll kill you and eat your brain" Alex said while the man writhed in agony. "Anyhow, come find me at the cemetery for answers." Alex said as he left the man in the back room.

He sprinted back to the cemetery so his skill didn't time out. He got a few stares but didn't care. By the time he made it, it was nighttime. He walked in and noticed that all the graves were opened. Every single one of them were eaten. Only bloody footprints were there. "Oh. OH ZELL NO!" Alex yelled. He was pissed. No one would come here to do something like this other than another zombie. He knew this well. "ZO ZOME OTHER ZOMBIE THOUGHT THEY COULD BE IN MY TERRITORY?! OKAY, I'LL RETURN THE F**KING FAVOR!" Alex said as he stayed right by his grave.

He was waiting for two reasons. One was for the man he turned, the second was for the one who came there and ate everything.

...…

In a cavern below the ground, in what seemed to resemble a large building, there were many children feasting on human organs while a woman drenched in blood watched and smiled while saying "Alexander Kin Watts. I'll find you my child." The woman said while using a fork and knife to eat brains rather than eat it like a beast