Chapter 6: Chapter 6 – First Evolution: An Undead Who Chooses Her PathI sat with my back against the cracked wall of my little hideout—a small room in the basement of a mall that might''ve once been a storage closet. The system screen still glowed faintly in front of me.

    Evolution Available

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    Medium Zombie

    Body reinforced. Basic zombie abilities doubled. No major change in appearance, but durability and reflexes increase significantly.

    Low-Rank Ghoul

    Evolution toward a fast and feral predator. Focuses on speed and agility. Appearance becomes more terrifying.

    Lesser Vampire

    Unstable path. Grants a small bonus to healing and blood manipulation. However, due to the undead body, effects are limited. Appearance becomes more humanlike, but the bloodlust aura intensifies.

    I stared at the options. Choices that—strangely—felt like they were about to determine my entire life path. Even though I was a zombie. A walking corpse. But... maybe exactly because I wasn''t human anymore, this choice might give me direction.

    Ghoul was tempting. Lesser Vampire sounded cool. But...

    "I... still want to stay at least half-sane," I muttered.

    I knew that if I wanted to maintain my consciousness, I had to pick the stable path. The one that wasn''t too extreme.

    "I choose... Medium Zombie."

    [Evolution Confirmed]

    Evolution beginning...Progress: 5%... 10%... 20%... 50%... 99%...

    Evolution Successful!

    Rank increased: Zombie → Medium Zombie (Rank 1)

    Stats have been upgraded. All base stats doubled.Skill levels increased by +3.Reward: New skill unlocked – Dash

    Description: Dash allows the user to move at high speed for a short time. Normally consumes stamina, but the current user has no stamina system...Skill can be used limitlessly, with a short cooldown.

    I closed my eyes.

    My body... felt warm. Not the warmth of a human, but like sparks of electricity running through frozen muscle and dead flesh. My bones tightened. My muscles felt like they were being reconstructed. Not painful. But uncomfortable.Like wearing a new body that fit too perfectly.

    Then my status screen popped up again.

    [STATUS]

    Name: Sylvia

    Race: Medium Zombie (Rank 1)

    Level: 0/20

    Stats

    HP: 2000/2000

    MP: 0/0

    STR: 300

    VIT: 2000

    INT: 20

    AGI: 24

    LUK: ERROR

    Active Skills

    ~ Bite (6/10)

    ~ Claw (9/10)

    ~ Dash (1/10)

    Passive Skills

    ~ Regeneration (8/10) – 8 HP/sec

    Title

    ~ Reincarnated

    ~ First Evolution

    I stood slowly. My movement... was different. Lighter. Quicker. My legs no longer dragged. My hands no longer trembled.

    I tried running a bit down the hallway.

    ZUP!

    I shot forward like an arrow. In one blink, I crashed into the wall.

    "Ow—okay, I need practice, but this is amazing!"

    This body...

    I''m not just any zombie anymore.

    And maybe—for the first time since I died—I feel like there''s hope.