Infinite Disasters: I Hoarded My Way to Godhood novel Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Chapter 3: Waste Transformation

Seraphina Sullivan kept low, weaving quickly through the chaotic streets.

People screamed and fled in all directions. In the distance, the roar of collapsing buildings was a constant thunder. More and more meteors, trailing crimson flames, streaked down from the sky, each one heralding the arrival of a new, terrifying monster.

’I have to find a hospital as soon as possible...’

She clutched her phone tightly. The navigation app showed that the nearest ear clinic was eight hundred meters away.

The weakness of the Pryros was clear: it was extremely sensitive to high-frequency sound waves.

Seraphina remembered that hearing aids could produce high-frequency feedback. This might be the perfect weapon against a monster with such powerful hearing.

If she could get her hands on a hearing aid, she might be able to use the Scavenger Profession’s second Ability, Waste Transformation, to build a sonic weapon!

’Hiding is useless against a monster like this,’ Seraphina thought, her eyes cold. ’I’ll only feel safe if I have a weapon specifically designed to counter it.’

She couldn’t guarantee she could stay completely silent for seven days.

People get tired. They sneeze, they cough. They even unconsciously roll over or grind their teeth in their sleep. If she attracted a monster because of such a ridiculous oversight, it would be a truly unjust way to die.

BOOM—!

Not far away, a massive creature crashed into a skyscraper, sending a plume of dust and debris shooting into the sky.

The Power of the Pryros wasn’t just in its incredible hearing, but also in the terrifying destructive force of its limbs.

Without pausing, Seraphina quickened her pace, skirting around the panicked crowd and rushing toward the hospital.

More and more monsters began to appear on the streets.

Some, like the Pryros, hunted by sound.

Seraphina’s heart was heavy as she witnessed the brutal scene.

’This world... is really turning into a living hell.’

Seraphina hadn’t forgotten that the system mentioned Azure Star was also undergoing an apocalypse. She just didn’t know what kind of apocalypse it was, or if her home world would eventually turn into this. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

’Since I can’t stop the apocalypse, I have to focus on surviving it. That means the basics: food, clothing, and shelter. Stockpiling supplies is crucial. The Worker Talent lets me acquire the Ability of a Professional I awaken in each instance, so getting the Scavenging Backpack—that Space Ability—is an absolute must.’

So, on her way to the hospital, Seraphina would duck into any food-related shop she saw and stuff supplies into her Scavenging Backpack’s Space.

She didn’t have time to overthink it.

Finally, the hospital sign came into view.

But in the next second, her heart seized—

A Pryros was slowly crawling out of the hospital entrance. Its sharp limbs had pierced a nurse’s chest, and fresh blood dripped down its carapace.

’Damn it...’

Seraphina took a deep breath and immediately held it. She slowly slipped off her shoes, her bare feet touching the cold ground to ensure she made no sound.

The Pryros loitered by the hospital entrance, its sharp limbs carving jarring scrapes into the ground as if it were searching for something.

’Don’t move... I absolutely cannot move...’

Cold sweat trickled down her temples. Her heart pounded against her ribs, threatening to burst from her chest.

Seraphina stared intently at the monster, her body frozen like a statue.

However, the Aberration seemed to sense something. It suddenly stopped moving and its head slowly turned, its eyeless face pointing directly at her position.

’It... it found me?’

Seraphina’s muscles tensed as her mind raced, desperately searching for a countermeasure.

’Run? No, I’m definitely not faster than it!’

’Fight? Can a kitchen knife even cut through its carapace?’

Just then.

BOOM—!

A blazing ball of fire suddenly erupted on the other side of the street!

A short-haired man stood atop a pile of rubble, a crimson Fireball condensing in his palm before he hurled it violently at a Pryros!

"Die, you monster!"

The Fireball exploded, and the Aberration was instantly engulfed in searing heat. Its carapace shattered, and flesh and blood flew everywhere!

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