Endless Escape: Survival series, #1

By Pentti Anttila

"Save me! I was wrong, I was really wrong!"
This is a frozen world, with thick ice everywhere, and a black shadow flashed under the ice.
On the ice, a woman was hanging, crying and begging.
Who dares to imagine the weather in August? She was wearing a thin coat even in this temperature, and her face was delicate and elegant. In this cold weather, she looked even more fragile and pale.
Lucia ignored the woman's plea, lowered her eyes, and showed an extremely gentle smile, "Goodbye."
She pulled down the rope beside her, and the rope hanging the woman slid down with a snap.
"Ahhhh! You ungrateful person! Madman!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pentti Anttila
• Release date: May 30, 2024
• ISBN: 9798227879042

Book preview

Chapter 1 The Lord's Space

HELP ME! I WAS WRONG, I was really wrong!

This is a frozen world. There is thick ice everywhere on the ground and under the sky. A dark shadow flashes under the ice.

A woman was hanging on the ice, begging and crying bitterly.

Who would have dared to imagine that this was the weather in August in City A? Lucia was wearing a coat that was considered thin for this temperature. Her face was delicate and beautiful, and she looked even more fragile and pale in this icy and snowy weather.

Lucia ignored the woman's plea, lowered her eyes and showed an extremely gentle smile, Goodbye.

She pulled the rope next to her, and the rope hanging the woman slid down with a snap.

Ahhhhhh! You ungrateful bastard! You lunatic! As she saw herself getting closer and closer to the ice, the woman’s face distorted in fear, and her curses turned into pleading I was really wrong, Aye, you have to remember that I held you in my arms when you were a child!

Lucia kept smiling as she watched the woman fall onto the ice. In an instant, the ice broke from bottom to top, and a dark shadow quickly emerged and dragged the woman down onto the ice.

Ah, help! The woman struggled frantically, like a fish on a chopping board, struggling weakly.

Gurgle gurgle—

The woman was completely pulled under the ice. In the endless water below the ice, the shadows of buildings could be vaguely seen. A large number of black shadows swam towards the woman who fell into the water like a dense tide.

She watched in horror as countless strange and terrifying zombies came biting at her.

On the ice, Lucia, who was standing on the steps, watched the woman fall into the water. Finally, she couldn't bear it anymore and coughed a few times. Her face became even paler, without a trace of blood.

The sky was a foggy, dead white, never the bright blue it once was, and the temperature was still dropping.

Lucia no longer had the strength to return to her hut, her blood having been frozen by the extreme cold . A zombie seemed to have spotted her from a distance, howling and running towards her.

The world seemed to be silent all of a sudden, turning into nothingness, and the sound of tinnitus penetrated Lucia, from existence to nothingness.

call—

Lucia gasped, suddenly opened her eyes, and subconsciously arched her body .

The ticking sound of the clock on the wall and the sounds of people walking and talking in the community downstairs gradually came into her mind.

Lucia stared blankly at the perfectly normal environment outside the window. There was no frozen ice, and naturally no horrible corpses swimming under the ice.

Those zombies and the extreme cold seemed like a dream.

But this is definitely not a dream, rebirth?

Lucia thought so and recalled the doomsday that happened not long ago. It seemed that even her breath was filled with ice. It was a world that humans were completely unable to resist.

There are no super powers, but there are countless zombies, and people die every day.

But this was not enough. Heavy rains came and submerged large tracts of land. Many low-level residents were drowned, and people could only keep looking for higher areas to barely survive.

After the tiny humans adapted to such a world, extreme cold came.

The whole world turned into a world of ice and snow, with a thick layer of ice piled on the ground and people dragged it in.

There was no intention of giving people a chance to live. Lucia smiled bitterly, collected her thoughts, checked all her savings, and prepared to stockpile supplies.

Binding successful. Following an electronic sound, a transparent electronic screen suddenly appeared in front of Lucia.

The screen was filled with garbled characters, and then an electronic voice spoke, Hello, Lucia, congratulations on being selected by the Lord God Space to become a tasker.

? Lord God Space, quick travel guide?

No, we are an infinite escape stream with a narrow escape risk. The electronic voice answered honestly.

Lucia couldn't help but complain, I refuse.

The electronic voice agreed politely, Then please reject it on the screen.

The garbled code on the screen turned into a multiple-choice question - whether to enter the main god space.

—yes.

—no.

Lucia decisively clicked No, and then she found out... the No button was gray and she couldn't click it.

Why can't I refuse? You are forcing me to buy something. Lucia said in a cold voice.

The electronic sound was garbled for a while, then returned to normal You have a special quality that cannot be rejected. You can only enter the main god space.

What qualities?

The electronic voice explained Everyone who is dying or dead must enter the main god space. There is no choice. But you are a person who has been reborn. If you do not choose to enter the main god space, it will destroy the balance and cause the world to be further destroyed.

Lucia was silent. Lucia compromised, especially when she heard that after becoming an official tasker, she could draw special abilities, complete tasks to gain points, and exchange them for props. She changed her face like a Sichuan opera performer, smiled very sweetly, and seemed very easy to talk to.

Main God Space ...

The familiar world before her eyes gradually faded, and her consciousness became like drowning, from blurry to clear. When she regained consciousness, she was already standing on an empty road with a few people with dazed eyes standing nearby.

Lucia was looking at the environment while also looking at them.

There were many cars and people walking on the road. It seemed that there was a magnetic field controlling them to avoid the group of taskers. They could not see them and could not interact with them.

Okay, while we're still safe, let me explain the situation. A woman with shoulder-length hair clapped her hands, her face a little cold, You should have all heard the prompt to enter the main god space. I must tell you newcomers that this is not a game! This is not a prank, this is a real, death-defying escape world!

There was a man standing next to the woman. He was 1.75 meters tall and his tight and strong muscles could be seen. His eyes were as cold and cautious as the woman's. He should also be a formal task force member.

They looked at the newcomers, considering which ones were useless cannon fodder that could be discarded.

Chapter 2 Mission

THEIR COLD GAZES SWEPT across the crowd, causing the novices to shiver.

I don't believe it! A middle-aged man in a suit looked a little pale. He was wearing an extremely expensive watch and had a little beer belly. He gritted his teeth and said, You are sent by the Qi family, right? Tell me, how much money do you want to let me go back?

The man sneered, already treating him as a dead man.

In addition to the man in the suit, there was a young girl in a white dress, about 18 years old. Although her body was shaking slightly, she still whispered I believe this is true, because I was killed just a minute ago.

The air suddenly became extremely cold, and the other novices avoided her imperceptibly.

The two old taskers looked at each other and saw the mockery in each other's eyes. The man said maliciously Do you know who can enter the main god space?

He looked at the shivering novices with malicious eyes, until he saw Lucia, the malice in his eyes dissipated a little. He noticed this woman from the very beginning. She had an extremely pure and lovely face, and her eyebrows and eyes were as beautiful as mist, which made people want to take good care of her.

On the contrary, she remained calm from beginning to end, observing her surroundings and them.

If the main God Space had not informed him that he and Elena were the only ones to take the formal task this time, he would have thought that this was also a formal tasker.

——She is a promising talent, the man concluded.

What is it? A young man who looked like a college student asked curiously when he saw the man pause.

The man glanced at him calmly, losing interest in intimidating the novice, Someone who is dead or dying.

Seeing the newbies' faces turn pale instantly, he continued, Only by participating in the mission can you continue to live. Come on, newbies, the benefits of becoming a formal missioner are beyond your imagination.

The safe period is almost over. The short-haired woman Elena looked around vigilantly and said quickly "This is an E-level world. The mission is relatively simple. Newbies only need to