Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

17:49, 15 July, 20XY.

Khekra, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Alex was rushing toward the next level 15 zone at a speed so fast that a normal human wouldn't even be able to perceive him or even if they did, all they would see would be blurred.

His speed was at level 20, the highest one could at this time in the world.

He didn't know this, but right now, he was the one with the highest speed stat in the world.

Right now he was happy; for the first time, he was happy about something that he would've been tense about if he were a weak human.

The number of red zones he had cleared never disappeared, and if one were to enter it again in an hour or two, they would see that although the number of beasts that were supposed to be inside of the zone was lower, they were still there.

It was as if, after a certain amount of time, these beasts were respawned.

For Alex, however, this was a good thing.

He knew that he wasn't going to move out of this 100-kilometer radius area until the second scenario was done, or at least until the sub-scenario was over, depending on how it went.

This was the reason why he was a bit hesitant to move to the next area.

He knew what kind of demon the one he had to face was, but he didn't know anything about the one in the next area.

What if it was stronger than this one?

What if it had abilities more broken than this one?

He could get the surface information about those demons from the world chat, but that would do him no good.

The best humans without an inspection ability could do was guess, and Alex wasn't someone who would just march into an unknown area on people's guesses.

If that was not enough reason, then what about the effort he put in to defeat this demon?

Why would he just leave after killing the demon and making things easier for other humans in this area?

For once, Alex even thought of moving out of this area to get the demon off his trail, but...

This question arose.

Wouldn't he have it harder if he were to run into another area with a new demon, only to find out that the one he ran away from had followed him?

What if both of the demons teamed up against him?

There were many things to consider, so instead of moving toward Delhi, Alex decided to stay in this area for the time being.

*Step**Step*...

He just kept running while activating his beastly instincts once in a while, just to keep an eye out for traps or ambushes on the path.

He had already upgraded his stats past level 15, so his control over his body movements was much better than before.

The lower the difference in the stats' levels, the better one's control over their movements—that is how it is.

Each stat depended on another in one way or another, so if the stat difference was more than 2 or 3, then of course, it would imbalance your body's momentum and power.

Of course, that is only for the lower levels; if you're a level 90 human, then it wouldn't be a problem even if you have your stat difference around 10 levels.

[[Coins: 1036.

Stats:

→ Strength – Level 17 (Tier 1)

→ Defense – Level 17 (Tier 1)

→ Agility – Level 20 (Tier 1)

→ Stamina – Level 17 (Tier 1)

→ Mana – Level 17 (Tier 1)

]]

This is what Alex's stats look like right now.

After hours of running around, Alex finally had his stats upped to level 17.

Now, be it level 10 zones or level 15, both of them were easy sails for him, making him realize how good this apocalyptic world was for the strong.

But as he looked at the number of coins remaining on him, he increased his speed.

'Just 1284 coins more…'

Alex muttered inwardly, his gaze sharpening as he found a beast in front of him, gnawing on a dead body, probably human.

*Strain*

He took out his bow and aimed at the beast while still running.

That beast was around 500 meters away from him, and the moment the distance between him and the beast became 200 meters, Alex shot the arrow.

*Woosh*

The arrow whistled toward the low-level beast that was still munching down the meat in front of it without even knowing that there was an arrow coming straight to its head.

"Gnauuuuuuu—!!!"

The beast, at the last second, realized it, but before it could even complete its frightened scream, it was dead.

*Thud*

With a heavy, muffled thud, the bull-like body of that beast fell to the ground.

It was a level 11 beast, killed without even realizing who killed it.

This was how easy things were for Alex, no matter which beast he chose to face.

All of them would just keep doing what they were doing until the last moment when they realized that they were attacked, only to get killed the next second.

Alex had the ability to win against a beast with some stats one level higher and one two levels higher stat than him when he was just a level five human, yet he was fighting with beasts that were at least 2 levels lower than him.

What would you expect?

That was why Alex had decided to move into the level 20 zone now.

He knew that inside level 20 zones, level 20 was the highest speed a beast would have, and Alex had one stat, which was the agility stat, at level 20.

That means that he could try his luck in a level 20 zone after he reaches level 18, which would require a total of 2320 coins, out of which he already had 1036 coins.

Why did he want to go to the level 20 zone when he could just keep grinding coins in the levels 15 and 10 zones, you say?

Well, each beast with its level from 5 to 10 would give one 40 coins, those with stats ranging from 11 to 15 would give 50 coins each, and then were the ones with their stats from 16 to 20, they gave 60 coins per kill.

10 coins might not look much of a difference, but what if he killed 20 beasts? Wouldn't that 10-point turn into 200?

What if he killed 100 beasts? Would it not be a 1,000-point profit?

That is why he wanted to rush into the level 20 zones, but his caution stopped him from stepping into the level 20 zone without having his stats at level 18.

'Ah...'

The moment he heard the AI's words, a light of realization shone in Alex's eyes.

He had almost forgotten that he had to upgrade his skills as well.

Now it all made sense.

No matter how many coins he collected or how fast he collected, they will get used in one thing or another.

Especially when he himself didn't know how many coins other upgrades would require.

*Inhale**Exhale*

He just took a deep breath and entered the next level 15 zone that he was going to clear.