Apocalypse: I Turned into a Jo-Ji Creature from the Start

Chen Zechao was sure he’d been given the wrong transmigration script.

Other people start out as imperial princes or returning war gods. At the very least, they get to meet some old master.

What about him? No identification, living on relief, and struggling at the bottom of an alien society on a planet a hundred times bigger than Earth for three months... and then a global zombie virus breaks out.

Staring at the System’s lottery wheel, where “Better luck next time” took up most of the space and “basic fruit knife” and “three days’ worth of compressed biscuits” appeared only in tiny slivers, Chen Zechao pressed a button at random in despair

Light burst forth, and an epic saga of evolution spanning billions of years flashed before his eyes.

When the light faded, he crushed the head of a lunging zombie with the ease of crushing a grape.

[Congratulations! You have obtained: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Ultimate Life Form Kars (all abilities)]

Chen Zechao looked at his inhumanly perfect reflection in the mirror and fell into deep thought.

The good news: He was invincible. Literally. Viruses? No effect. Injuries? Healed instantly. If he got hungry, he could photosynthesize. If he didn’t want to walk, he could grow wings and fly. He could even tank a nuclear bomb with his bare body, probably.

The bad news: He seemed to... not be human anymore.

And so the apocalypse started to go off the rails:

Chen Zechao stood by a loudspeaker at a survivor camp amid the ruins, calling out in the most sincere voice he could manage:

“I really am not a monster! I’m just an ordinary citizen with a body that’s a tiny bit better than average! I love peace, obey the basic laws, and my greatest wish is to feel human again... Please believe me!”

Tags: apocalypse survival, lighthearted comedy, pseudo-invincible protagonist, meme references, nonhuman protagonist, unexpected charm