It's been a week since the Entrance exam for Lux began, during that time most of the aspirants were killed, thus failing the exam, those who remained, had shed their past naivete, their gaze clouded with experience, they hadn't become steel hearted soldiers but they were getting there,
Their resolve becoming firmer, they faced with friendship and betrayal, you every person in the simulation has its own distinctive character, as a result of advanced AI technology, there creating the simulation of real people, the AI were programmed, to think they are real, thus creating an environment were the characters and resolve of the aspirants could be tested.
~growl~
Huff, huff!
In the streets littered with rubbles and abandoned vehicles, with the roads filled with cracks and crater, like it had bombarded by meteors,
Lucy could be seen running, jumping through abandoned vehicles, that served as both obstacles and blockade, from the grade one crawlers,
The crawlers, could also be termed as the walking dead, when a person dies close to a ghoul beast, or ghoul, their miasma is absorb by the corpse, animating it giving rise to the grade one ghoul beast of the crawler class, at grade two the crawler remembers the skill it has before death, at grade three signs of regaining ego emerges, and at grade four it ego is restored as well as a mutation, at grade five, nobody knows a grade five crawler class ghoul beast has never been seen.
The abandoned vehicles acted as a sort of barricade given him enough time, give the crawler the slip,
Hiding out in a grocery store, he unbuckled his backpack,
"they would catch up to me in a matter of minutes, I need to restalk before that happens. "
Browsing through the store and taking only what is essential for his survival, by the time he was done he could already hear the sound of their dragging feet, and growling, fastening his backpack, he sensed the crawlers encircling the store,
Bolting through the back of the store which has the weakest encirclement, with a swift kick, he kicked the crawler in front of him, using it as a spring board, to boost his jump quickly grabbing the railing of the building in front of him, he shotup, grabbing the next railing moving swiftly through the building with the grace of a cat, within minutes he was already at the buildings rooftop, looking below he saw the crawlers, at base of the building pushing and growling,
Just then copious group of crawlers left the horde, making their way through the stairs,
"great grade two's." sighing he went for a sprinting posture, before breaking into a run,
When he reached the end of the building he jumped, landing on the next building with a roll, he stood up with his momentum from the jump he ran jumping to the next building, he did it a couple of times before stopping at a building that was mostly intact, he went in through the door at the rooftop, he courteously went down the stairs, finding an apartment that was still intact, he made his way in barricading the door with what ever he could find, ensuring it was secured, he dropped his backpack on the bed, taking off his shoes that had seen through the viscosity of life, he layed on the bed closing his eyes for a short nap.
Bang! ~growl~bang!
The sound of banging, and growls woke him up from his sleep, hopping to his feet he saw the crawlers trying to make their way in,
Hurriedly wearing his shoes, he picked his backpack, fastening it to his, heading to the balcony window, he saw hordes of crawlers flooding the streets, climbing to the roof top, he saw they weren't just flooding the streets, but the entire block, he couldn't see an end to the horde.
....
"looks like he's about to fail" Lucien said to Amelia who was beside him.
"..."
Not replying she focused her attention on the screen.
The teachers in the room where also listening to their conversation, seeing Amelia not answering, a beautiful lady, Diana Helmsworth, daughter of the scientists who designed the battle AI assistant, and also the first year instructor for scouting and entrapment spoke.
"it doesn't matter if he fails, I'll be taking him into my department, he's a natural born scout "
" you mean coward, he hasn't even killed a single zombie since the exams began, just running and running" said a hulk of an instructor.
"what do you know Hulk" the lady reprimanded.
"it's Hul'kh, not Hulk Diana" the man Hul'kh corrected her.
"what ever Hulk, that's the point he hasn't killed a single crawler since the Entrance exam began, and it's been seven hours, one week to them, yet he still alive, and jumping don't you think that made it all the more incredible, ONE WEEK" she said screaming at the end.
"but he still going to fail here" Hul'kh said.
"I wouldn't be so sure, I think he would survive, besides only two hours remain until the exam ends, that is two days to them, look at Amelia so calm that means he still has something up his sleeve" Diana said with confidence.
Amelia who was looking at Lucy through the screen was worried, even though she knew it wasn't real, 'please be OK.'
.........
Lucy who was standing on the rooftop looked at the endless horde before him, he didn't have hope of making it to the bunker, even if he made it to the bunker, he wasn't sure if it would still be usable, during this past week he had been to many bunker entrances, but they've all been abandoned or destroyed so he knew on less he could make it to the main bunker at the Pacific, all he had to do was reach Staten Island.