Apocalypse King: Recruiting S-Tier Beauties With My Ruler System-Chapter 20: The Lunar Beast!?

I stepped back, the flash of white passing my eyes, before a small jingle sounded followed by something soft rubbing against me leg.

"Prrrr... Prrrr..."

The threat turned out to be the small cat from earlier.

It's dirty body covered in grime and dirt, but the little thing seemed quite happy to nudge against me...

Somehow, its presence was quite soothing.

Maybe it wasn't the best idea...

However, I reached out and brushed the whispers on its cheeks. The small cat gazed at me with its blue eyes as if thinking, deciding if I was someone it could trust.

"Are you hungry little guy?"

"Meow!"

Instantly, after I offered it some food, a blue screen appeared in my eyes, stunning me completely as it started scratching against the wall. For a moment, I doubted my eyes because it was so bizarre...

[Recruitment Available.]

[Subject: Unnamed Ragdoll (S-Tier)]

[Press to Confirm.]

'This filthy rat... is an S-Tier?'

I almost coughed blood at this new information.

The little guy seemed to be male, tilting its fluffy little head, mewing at me.

'Well, I did offer it some food...'

To make this cat my partner, what could I expect from this cat except needing to feed and take care of its waste?

"Meow!"

But that lovely call caught my attention. Lost in the cat's beady eyes. Trapped in this grey, wet and depressive world all alone.

'What if I leave the cat here?'

There isn't a kind old lady around to feed him or help take care of him. I didn't have a pet when growing up, but I've always loved cats and dogs.

"If you come we me, you have to behave..."

[Do you want to recruit Ragdoll (S-Tier)?]

"Ha..."

Behind me, the low grunts of zombies echoed, likely at a further distance than I thought because, after my evolution, my hearing became much stronger.

It wasn't all benefits, though.

My sense of smell also improved, and the scent of death and other foul city scents made my stomach churn with today's breakfast...

"Come here, do you have a name?"

"???"

The cat turned away, looking around, making me feel stupid, before it slowly, cautiously approached me with a sniff.

*Sniff* *Sniff*

"Meow..."

The small grey cat looked a little wild—his long ears flickered as I instinctively rubbed under his chin.

A low, groaning purr vibrated as we met eyes.

"Wang Yin..."

[You have successfully recruited Wang Yin (S-Tier)]

▼ Wang Yin's attributes are now visible.

+ 200 Experience

+ 100 Bonus Experience (First S-Rank Male)

+ 5000 ZKP for reaching Maximum Friendship with Wang Yin!

+ Your Dash skill reached Level 3!

+ You can choose one bonus skill from Wang Yin's List!

+ Title Earned: Harbinger of the Lunar Beast

At first, I couldn't focus on all the blue pop-ups in my vision, and Yin didn't like it when I swiped the air and hissed. So, I started reading them in my mind and noticed something bizarre.

His affection reached the maximum and gave me a strange title!

Yin's eyes seemed to flicker with a silver light as he suddenly jumped onto my shoulder... and brushed up against my face...

Although he was a little dirty, somehow it didn't bother me and something else took me by surprise. I couldn't suddenly speak cat language, but I could sense his emotions, desires, and the subtle movements now contained a slight meaning.

"You want to eat something good?"

"Miao!"

'Huh—why is it suddenly meowing in Chinese?"

Since my newly found cat companion happily kneading my shoulder muscles. I checked my current limit and realised I couldn't collect more animals like this.

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[STATUS]

Name: Wang Yin

Title: Lunar Beast

Role: ——

Affection: 500/500 (Meow!)

Health: [●●●○○] 60% (Dirty)

Morale: [●●●●●] 100% (Meow!!)

[STATS]

Strength | 0.2

Physique | 0.5

Agility | 3.5

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Spirit | 1.2

[SKILLS]

Dash [Level 6]

Danger Sense [Level 3]

Agile [Level 2]

Charisma [Level 8]

Stealth [Level 2]

Leap [Level 2]

▼ Recent Actions

• My owner died, and I am hungry.

• A strange human picked me up—he smelled good and offered me food. But will he die too? I hope not...

"Damn... there are so many amazing skills!"

I couldn't help but drool at these skills.

Some of them really would help me grow and survive in this hell. Yet, I could only choose one for now, and the most useful one was clearly right in front of my face.

[You Gained Danger Sense Level 1]

However, I wasn't sure how it would reveal itself to me because there wasn't any small text written besides the skill when I focused on it.

"Let's go, Yin."

With all my business finished, the painful cramps in my muscles from reaching rank three and then learning all the new skills thanks to Yin made me struggle to walk...

Though I've suffered thigh cramps and groin cramps before and almost cried. The cramps from the upgrades felt random, even when I tried to prepare my mind. It felt like they chose parts I couldn't even think of...

'I need to work on my Kegels...'

***

Not long after recruiting Yin, I started jogging to warm up my dull muscles, avoiding any combat because of the lingering aches and cramps. Through the dark and winding back streets, I finally reached the location.

But what I found made me want to shout. A group of men held baseball bats and machete blades towards Shen Yifei and Jiang Roulan...

And of course, the fat waste Wang Yun was their hostage.

Jiang Roulan looked awkward.

It seemed like she was trying to negotiate with the five men wearing black clothes that covered their entire bodies and faces.

'What to do...'

I could feel a slight twang of pain in the back of my head, along with the distant groaning of zombies coming closer. At that moment, a plan came into my mind as I crouched beside a black sedan.

"Yin... shall we lure some bait, so we can fish?"

"Meow?!" (Fish?!)

Before I could turn back, a sudden tingle shocked my back, and instinctively, I lifted my spear and lunged forward...

Woosh!

I struck the empty air while breathing faster... even my heartbeat quickened.

Luckily, none of the humans noticed.

That's when I noticed that Mu Qinglan was also hiding behind a car, and she was quickly sneaking towards me. The fact they hadn't caught her was likely because of her superior abilities.

'The sudden moment of instinctive fear... was it because she bit me in the past?'

I noticed her eyes starting to turn red.

The outer rings looked crimson from this distance, but what amazed me more was that I could see them from here. It was at least 500 metres, but I could see Qinglan as if she stood right in front of me.

"..."

"..."

When she reached the car beside me, the zombies also started coming faster, in a larger group because I ran around them on purpose earlier.

Not to test my new speed and physique but to clear the route back home.

I curled my lips into a smirk.

Mu Qinglan just stared at me with a confused expression, tilting her head.

"Qinglan. I am going to lure the zombies. Can you distract those humans and get me some time to bring them closer?"

The moment I asked, my spine filled with a cold chill.

Because of the terrifyingly twisted smile on her face as she gazed at me with glowing red eyes and the way her cheeks blushed at this request.

"It's my pleasure, John."

And with that, she shifted closer to me, sniffing my neck for a moment as her hand pressed against my chest. A sense of danger pricked the back of my mind as this predator assessed me for her next meal!

"Don't die."

With a fleeting smile, she vanished from my view... a waft of her natural scent and perfume lingered in her absence.

"Why does her zombie phase make her so flirtatious...?!"