Apocalypse Descends: I Win Effortlessly by Turning Trash into Treasure

The woman in black was next. She hadn’t made many discoveries herself, but she had dealt with everyone suspected of being infected.

"I’ve discovered that the non-Dealer Players seem to be immune to the zombie virus," Pearl Norris said.

"I deliberately gave a piece of food contaminated with the zombie virus to a non-Dealer Player, and they were completely fine. But when an NPC ate some, he turned into a zombie that very night."

Then it was Felix Flynn’s turn. He just stated nonchalantly, "I’ve already discovered everything you have."

Everyone: ...

Pearl Norris looked at Perry Yates and asked, "Little cutie, to go so far as to let everyone know you have an infectious disease, you must have discovered something important, right?"

Hearing this, Perry Yates hesitated for a moment before explaining about the Brain-Eater Bugs.

When they heard about the Brain-Eater Bugs, each of the others’ faces grew uglier than the last.

Unlike Perry Yates, while they had also been careful, they had all eaten a fair amount of the ship’s food over the past few days. This naturally included the lavish seafood on board.

This was especially true for the man in the trench coat. The entire reason he had sought out Perry Yates for an Antidote was that he had eaten far too much.

Seeing their expressions, Perry Yates guessed what they were worried about. "If you’re really worried," she said, "you should still have the Antidotes you took from me before, right? Go back and inject yourselves with a dose."

Hearing this, Pearl Norris asked, "Isn’t that Antidote for the zombie toxin? It can also get rid of parasites?"

Perry Yates explained, "The Antidote was created specifically for your body’s condition. Theoretically, you can use it to neutralize any toxin and treat any disease, and that naturally includes parasites."

Felix Flynn and the others stayed in Perry Yates’s room until late into the night, reluctantly leaving only after receiving the new Antidotes Perry had just made.

Of course, they paid for these Antidotes.

Just as she was about to go to sleep, she suddenly remembered what the man in the trench coat had said. She went to the bathroom and turned on the faucet.

"Identification."

[Brain-Eater Bug Larva

In this stage, the Brain-Eater Bug larva is only 0.5 millimeters in size and has a transparent body. It possesses almost no defensive or offensive power. Once inside a host, it immediately begins the parasitic process. Upon entering the bloodstream, it travels with the flow of blood directly to the brain.]

Seeing this, Perry Yates took out the items she used for making remedies, collected some of the Brain-Eater Bug larvae, and began to work on a cure.

「Day fourteen of the game.」

Because of her quarantine, Perry Yates didn’t have to leave her room today.

First thing in the morning, Perry Yates checked on the progress of the cure. A syringe filled with a red liquid was now ready—this was the agent specifically designed to kill the Brain-Eater Bugs.

To test the agent’s effectiveness, Perry Yates went into the bathroom, filled the bathtub to the brim with water containing Brain-Eater Bugs, and then poured a little of the agent in.

The red solution quickly diluted, dyeing the water a faint red.

At first, the surface of the water was still, but it wasn’t long before the previously calm surface began to tremble violently. It reacted as if countless tiny people were struggling frantically inside.

In fact, that wasn’t far from the truth, as this was indeed the final struggle of the Brain-Eater Bug larvae.

After about a minute, a dense layer of red-stained Brain-Eater Bug corpses floated to the surface of the pale red water.

Leaning in to examine the corpses, Perry Yates discovered that the Brain-Eater Bug larvae looked very similar to miniscule tadpoles. They had large heads and trailing tails. The only difference was that the Brain-Eater Bugs possessed a mouthful of distinctly sharp teeth, making them look terrifying.

Perry Yates scooped up the dead Brain-Eater Bug larvae, threw them into the toilet, and flushed them down the drain.

Just as she was about to drain the water from the bathtub, the doorbell suddenly rang, the sound urgent and frantic.

She glanced at the time. ’It’s not mealtime yet. Who could that be?’

"This is the ship’s doctor, Miss Yates. How are you feeling now? I’d like to perform a more detailed examination."

"There’s no need. I took my medicine and I feel better already. I won’t trouble you, Doctor," Perry Yates said, feigning weakness.

"Much better already? Then that’s all the more reason for an examination. The medicine you’re taking now is no longer suitable for your current condition." As he spoke, the person outside knocked forcefully on the door several times.

In response, Perry Yates went to the door and opened it.

Standing outside was the very same doctor who had diagnosed her.

However, the doctor who had seemed so concerned about Perry Yates before showed little interest in her health after entering. His brow was furrowed, and a look of disgust crossed his face as he said, "Miss Yates, what is that smell in your room? It’s foul."

Noticing the doctor’s gaze drift towards the bathroom, Perry Yates smiled. "Maybe we just have different tastes. I actually find it quite pleasant. By the way, Doctor, you’re here to examine me, right? Let’s get started then. After all, you know my illness is contagious. It wouldn’t be good if you got infected."

"No rush," the doctor said with a faint smile. "Just now, when I was outside, I thought I heard waves of miserable screams coming from your room."

Hearing this, Perry Yates laughed it off. "You must have misheard. I’m the only one in my room, how could there be any screams? Especially not waves of them. You definitely heard wrong."

"Is that so? But I heard the voices of those children quite clearly. They were so small, screaming so miserably before they died. How could you be so cruel?"

At this point, the doctor’s previously gentle voice had become sharp and piercing, sounding like a duet. His eyes had turned completely black, his tongue grew long, and his teeth became sharp.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Perry Yates raised her Spiritual Ability Gun and blew the man’s head off with a single shot.

Brain-Eater Bugs. After devouring the host’s brain, the bug takes up residence inside the host’s skull and takes control of the body.

Killing someone parasitized by a Brain-Eater Bug is also very simple: you just have to blow their head off.

After cleaning up the corpse, Perry Yates sat on her bed, thinking.

Compared to the zombies, these Brain-Eater Bugs seemed far more dangerous. Not only were they intelligent, but they could even communicate with each other to call for help. Was this creature really just a parasite and not some kind of alien lifeform?

Perry Yates couldn’t find an answer to that question. Of course, the answer didn’t seem to matter. What mattered was that the agent in her hands was effective against these Brain-Eater Bugs.