Looking at my status board, a wave of pride hit me.

  'Man, I surpassed the LV 1, 3... 2... 1... What bullsht mindset is that? I'm level 7 now, surpassing the LV 1 zombie. What a joke.'

  I took a deep breath to calm myself and focused. I needed answers.

  'System, how many points do I need to level up the Infection skill?'

  > Ding!

  Host Need (ability LV x 5) of ability point for basic, x10 for advanced, and x100 for top ability."

  With that in mind, I cleaned up every zombie in the hotel.

  I worked my way down from the 6th to the 1st floor, diligently clearing every room.

  By the time I finished clearing every floor, I had earned 183 ability points.

  'System LV up the infection ability uses all points'

  >Ding!

  -20 ability points to level-up [Infection] ability level up.

  >Ding!

  -25 ability points to level-up [Infection] ability level up.

  >Ding!

  -30 ability points to level-up [Infection] ability level up.

  ....

  >Ability:9;{ [infection] LV 9}

  Looking at the time, it was 8 AM. I thought of giving myself a reward: taking a swim at the pool.

  While at the pool, a thought crossed my mind.

  'I can now fight zombies without worrying about being infected. I was worried before, thinking about what would happen if a high-level zombie came out, but now it's not a problem as long as it's not 9 levels higher than me.'

  I finished swimming, and it was 10:25 AM. I decided to have an early lunch. It seemed like I didn't need to wait until level 10; I could just walk out. I finished eating by 11:30 AM.

  Looking around the room, it felt sad to leave. I decomposed everything in the room.

  After a second gnce, I thought, 'Why the heck am I feeling sad? There's no one here, and it's all empty now.'

  I went back to the rooftop and looked at the pool. I knew for sure I would miss it. I decomposed the pool water, then went downstairs, checking every room and cutting off the elevators. I decomposed them as well.

  When I was outside the building, I looked at it and felt bad. It looked like a hollow structure now, with even the windows gone.

  Looking at the time, it was 12:40 PM. I looked back at the intact door in front of me.

  'I forgot to take you.'

  I decomposed the door and walked away for a moment.

  'If I could take the whole building, it would be better. Let's just collect the corpses outside.'

  I started using [Decompose] on the corpses on the ground.

  I gained 340 ability points and followed the road to the right, moving slowly to avoid making too much noise.

  But staying silent was impossible—zombies growled constantly, and sometimes they tripped over things, making loud noises.

  When too many of them gathered, I had to put a desk in front of me and whack them as they got close.

  I carried an empty backpack just for show while holding an axe with both hands, focusing on killing zombies.

  Looking around, I had another thought.

  'System, can I collect them without using my hands?'

  > Ding!

  Host just needs an object connected to them, like an extension. You can use the axe to activate the [Decompose] skill.

  I thought for a moment, then looked at a zombie, struck its head, and when the light floated up, I used [Decompose].

  'It works! But I still have to collect them one by one... System, why don’t you be more specific?

  Wait... the expnation was specific, but it didn’t give an example.

  Why is it that when I find a fault in the system, it feels like I’m the one losing?

  System, how can I collect multiple things at once? It’s not that I’m zy—don’t get me wrong!'

  > Ding!

  Host needs to create an ability like telekinesis.

  > Ding!

  Host needs 1,000,000 energy and must complete a task or practice before creating the ability. Additionally, creating and taking an ability are different—the created skill will be a basic system skill.

  'F*** you, system. You don’t even let me ask one thing at a time. And having a task? Yeah, that’s not my thing. Let’s forget about it for now.'

  Looking at my attacks, I noticed it was hard to cut through their heads. I just needed to strike faster before they could reach me.

  After 15 minutes, I leveled up and put my points into Strength.

  Looking around, I spotted a

  bakery shop nearby.

  'If I’m not mistaken, there’s a high probability of a person inside.'