Project Doomsday Paradise

Benji stepped relaxed over the countless corpses lying all over the streets.

He sent 40 of his puppets ahead to clear the way, the remaining 16 walked by his side.

'I just want to arrive home and take a shower, my body feels so dirty after all the sweating...'

Thought Benji as he walked past the corpses. He consumed a total of 482 crystals and felt like his body had become a bottomless pit. He improved slower the more crystals he consumed...

His puppets did a great job up ahead, killing zombies and collecting their crystals.

The travel to his home went smoothly. Benji still stayed alert all the time, he didn't dare to become complacent. His inner eye was always watching over the area around him.

He arrived in front of a rather bigger house that was separated from the other buildings.

It didn't look that expensive from the outside but Benji knew how much money his mother had spent on it.

A small army of zombies stood behind him like well trained soldiers.

Benji stared at the big house for a while, his expression hidden under the hood.

He opened the gate, walking alone towards the house.

The huge door made of massive wood loomed in front of him. Benji didn't have the key but...

'If she didn't change it then the spare key should be around...' His eyes flashed with a knowing look.

Benji picked it up, his emotions surged for a moment.

He pushed them back, opening the massive door. The interior of the house was very clean, the furniture was spot on. One could use pictures of the house for magazines of wealthy people.

Benji closed the door behind him, ordering the zombies to hide inside the surrounding buildings.

Benji went directly to the second floor, entering a room that has his name written on the white door.

'It still looks exactly like 8 years ago...' Thought Benji as he touched his old desk.

His mother came back late in the night, entering the kitchen on the first floor when she saw the 9 year old Benji walk to her, wearing his good night pijama.

"Why aren't you sleeping?" Asked his mother, sounding annoyed.

Benji looked up to her, "I woke up, went to the toilet and heard you come back mommy."

His mother sighed, taking off her necklace made of gold.

"Was your date bad mommy?" Asked Benji innocently.

His mother froze on the spot, looking surprised at Benji.

"Where did you get that from?"

"Adam told me, he said that you feel bad because your date was bad." Answered Benji truthfully.

"Who is Adam?"

Benji remembered that day when his life went downhill...

He opened the wardrobe and sighed.

"She didn't touch anything...I thought she would burn down all the clothes after banishing me from the family....I know how much she hates them..."

The wardrobe was filled with military clothes, he took a training outfit and went to take a shower.

Benji only realized how dirty he really was when he was under the shower, he sponged down the black colored filth on his body.

Benji connected his phone to the charger, noticing that there was no electricity here too.

'I need to go down and turn the generator on, well I would head down anyway to train...'

He opened the door and 5 zombies walked into the house.

They followed him down the stairs to the bas.e.m.e.nt, where he turned on the generator.

His mother spent a lot of money for it, the house produced its own electricity thanks to it.

He took the 5 puppets to the training room.

Benji felt nostalgic, he spent so much time training inside this room when he was smaller.

They put away all the useless equipment.

Benji wanted to get used to his physical improvement and gain more experience through fighting against his puppets.

'They are too weak...or I'm too strong and their clothes are terrible, it annoys me!'

An idea flashed through his mind and he gave out some orders.

Five different zombies around his height entered the training room after a while.

Benji observed them and nodded. They looked clean and were wearing some of his military clothes.

One of the zombies put a backpack on the floor, revealing a lot of tiny red crystals inside.

'If I grow stronger by eating them, then they should be able to do the same.

He distributed all the crystals between the five, ordering them to eat.

They did as ordered and began to eat the crystals.

Benji observed them with interest.

He also sensed them becoming stronger. They were somewhat different, the time it took to digest the crystals was much shorter.

There were enough crystals for all of them inside the backpack. Each one of them consumed over 100 crystals.

Something happened to them when they hit the 100 mark, they trembled for a minute.

Benji's mind received information through the red strings attached to his puppets.

He couldn't help but smile after going through the information.

'Oh boy, this is a pleasant surprise...'

Two of the five zombies gained new powers. The woman with long blond hair could increase her body strength to a ridiculous degree, and the robust middle aged man could create and control fire with his body.

The other 3 just became faster and stronger.

They continued to fight against Benji after finishing consuming all the crystals.

They fought for hours until benji decided to take a break.

A plan formed inside his mind.

'I will make other zombies stronger and choose the best of them to become my generals. They will operate in the open while I stay in the background, improving myself slowly!'

'The first step it to bring the north under my control!'

Benji had thought about his goal when he took a shower...

'I didn't have a goal or a dream and thought I wouldn't need it...I will enjoy this new exciting life and grow stronger...Adam hasn't spoken since I gained my power...'

Benji put on his military clothes on, his eyes glowing with determination...

"It's time to start Operation North!" Spoke Benji while the five zombies followed behind him, their red eyes glowing.