Jason's form could be seen dry heaving on the barren ground as he emptied out his stomach. Even though he knew that it was a zombie, he still felt horrible as if something was squeezing his heart tight. The scene of the zombie's skull bursting open like a watermelon was looping in his mind making him retch unceasingly. A notification had come upon the system HUD indicating one kill status on the starter mission. Arya's condition was no different, she too was puking in while taking the support of the bus.

"What the fuck happened here!" Harry exclaimed on seeing the dead zombie surrounded by brain matter. He came back as fast as he could upon hearing Jason's loud voice. The view was too disgusting for him, he put his hand on his mouth to force stop the upsurge inside his stomach.

These zombies sure were more dangerous than their slower counterparts shown in movies. Jason and Arya composed themselves, they knew that time was of essence in such precarious conditions.

"The bus is this way" Jason dusted himself, he had to compose himself keeping all the dark emotions aside.

The trio of best friends walked towards the bus with pale faces. As they reached the bus Jason opened the driver cabin with the key and sat inside while the other two sat inside near him.

"Do you even know how to drive?" Harry asked skeptically.

"I checked online, it's not much different from driving a car, it's just like a long car" Jason spoke with a smirk on his face.

"Vroom!" the thunderous sound of the engine came as it came to life.

"Let the journey begin, hope we all stay alive" Jason spoke out aloud as he revved up the engine creating a gallant ambiance.

The loud sound attracted weird hungry screams to form the zombies near the bus stand as they rushed towards the bus.

"They aren't human anymore" Jason whispered to himself to appease his moral compass. He shifted the bus to drive mode and pushed down the accelerator lurching the bus forward startling the two passengers.

"Sorry, my bad" Jason said with a sheepish look as he looked their way and loosened up the Accelerator.

"Concentrate on driving, idiot!" Arya screeched.

"Ok Ok"

The bus zoomed out on the main campus heading towards the main door. There were numerous zombies roaming inside the campus but upon hearing the loud engine of they rushed towards the bus with green saliva dripping from their dangling mouths accompanied with crazed hungry looks.

Upon seeing the incoming zombie hoard the look on Jason's face hardened as he floored the accelerator.

"Brace up!" he shouted out loud as the bus smashed through zombies creating loud impact sounds on the bus front.

The zombie kill indicator went up unceasingly as the bus ripped apart the zombie hoard. There were no humans outside, if there were any survivors they would be inside classrooms or other relatively safe places.

"Another one" Jason Shouted as he saw that the main gate was half-open, they would have to crash it apart as there was no other way out.

"Dang!" the deafening sound of the bus crashing apart the main gate made them wince. The front of the bus was critically damaged but fortunately, the front windshield was still intact.

"We need food and water, and fuel too," Jason said as he accelerated through the main road swiveling left and right to avoid hitting the stray vehicles. There were zombies everywhere and occasionally he would hit zombies creating dull impact sounds.

"yes, maybe getting better weapons from a police station would be a good idea. But before that I want us to find our parents." Harry spoke with a sad tone. Nobody knew how their family members were both Arya and his parents lived in this city and finding them was their priority.

"of course, we'll first head to Arya's home as there is a big food mart there, we'll be able to get enough food there" Jason agreed with harry and set course to Arya's home. He had to trample over many stray vehicles worsening the bus's condition.

Seeing that they were out of imminent danger he turned his attention to the system panel to see what he'd won for completing the first mission.

The countdown for the mission had long stopped as it had been more than 30 minutes since the start of the apocalypse.

! Congratulations to the host on completing the first quest.

Rewards:

System starter pack

Privilege system starter pack (for completing the side quest).

He shifted his attention to the kill count on his HUD that displayed the total number of zombies killed in the duration of the mission.

Kill count: 30

"Bloody Hell, I killed 29 zombies all by using a bus, let's check the so-called Privilege system starter pack."

Privilege system pack:

1. 1000 coins

2. one skill of any choice

3. inventory option unlocked before the level clearance.

"That's quite a fortune, let's check the normal system starter pack"

System starter pack:

100 coins

"Only this much, fortunately, I thought of the bus otherwise I would be stuck with just this many coins."

Let's choose the gun-slinging skill for now and buy a good gun"

On scrolling, through the wide array of guns, he chose a set of dual guns that came with a pair of holsters. The guns were full matt black with silver-colored trigger and aim tip and the holsters were also made of premium black coloured leather lined with thin silver threads creating a mesmerizing design.

Baam!

While he was admiring the enchanting set of weaponry, he missed a black off-road jeep heading their way from behind.