Apocalypse: Transmigrated with an Overlord System
Chapter 105: A Madness That Refused to Die

Chapter 105: Chapter 105: A Madness That Refused to Die

Liora didn’t stop here. If they wanted to leave this place, they had to continue fighting. She gazed at others. All of them were using their full abilities to keep all these bugs and insects away, that were trying to reach them, so they could pass this area without any problem.

So Liora also decided to use her ability and tried to experiment on these insects. After all, if not now, where would she get this opportunity? Because she had a hunch that sucking souls was not something easy.

They were just low-level insects, so she could do it easily without any problem, but if she encountered a stronger one, she did not know what would be the outcome. Would she be able to suck their souls easily, or would there be any backfire on her?

But for all this, she had to find it out herself. Soon, one by one, she stared at the insects. And one by one, they all died. Souls flew to her like shooting stars.

Some fought back harder, but it didn’t matter. Her body simply absorbed them. Her system lit up with notifications, back to back, overwhelming her vision.

[Successfully Killed Level 1 Mutated Mosquito]

[Reward: +20 Agility, +40 Endurance, +60 Intelligence, +3 Antibiotic Shots]

[Successfully Killed Level 1 Mutated Hornet]

[Reward: +35 Strength, +50 Stamina, +80 Intelligence, +2 Litres of Clean Water, +1 Protein Bar]

[Successfully Killed Level 0 Mutated Housefly]

[Reward: +15 Health, +50 Endurance, +70 Intelligence, +2 First-Aid Bandages]

She ignored the flashing of notifications. Her eyes were fixed ahead, cold and silent.

Dozens of insect corpses piled on the ground without a single wound. It was like some invisible death had swept over them.

Zhou Yinuo, who was standing outside and fighting, suddenly noticed something strange.

"Hey!" she shouted, turning toward the car. "What the hell?! These things are just dropping dead! They’re not even injured!"

Zhao Ren’s blade paused mid-air. He shouted from another vehicle. "What’s going on?!"

Even Liang Zihan looked confused. "I didn’t even touch that one and it just—died?"

The team glanced around with unspoken questions and confusion.

More and more mutated insects collapsed.

Liora said nothing. She didn’t move from her spot in the car. Her face was pale, her brows drawn together in focus.

She looked like she was meditating, not fighting. But behind her closed eyes, a storm raged.

So many souls. So many lights drifting into her.

Her consciousness kept diving in and out of that soul space. It was filling. Not quickly, but steadily. The lights floated peacefully, stacking up like stars in an empty sky.

Liora’s body trembled. Her brain buzzed. She didn’t know how much longer she could take it. But she didn’t want to stop at all. She wanted to test its limit and wanted to find just how capable this power of hers was.

She kept going until the road was littered with insect corpses.

Until not a single one remained standing.

The only sound was the heavy breathing of her teammates and the slight headache bulge in her mind.

Liora finally opened her eyes.

She leaned her head back against the car seat, sweat dripping from her temple.

"I can kill... without moving," she whispered. Her eyes shimmered with a strange light, filled with excitement and something dangerously new.

Her head pounded from the constant strain, but deep inside, something urged her to keep going. It was as if she had opened a door that refused to shut until it was fully satisfied.

She glanced around again. Not many insects were left in this area. But as they continued driving into new zones, more would always appear. And so, Liora resumed her focus, hunting them down without lifting a finger.

Her eyes began to ache. Her vision started to blur. Yet the thirst within her didn’t fade—it only grew stronger. She wanted more.

She kept going.

Until suddenly, a soft hand gripped her sweaty one.

Liora jolted slightly. A warm, calm energy flowed into her at that moment, and the bloodthirst that had taken root in her eyes slowly began to fade. Her irises, once turning red with madness, started to return to their usual color.

It was like waking from a dream.

She blinked rapidly, struggling to bring the world back into focus. She turned her head, following the soft sensation. And there, who was trying to climb quietly onto her lap while still holding her hand, was Eli.

She hadn’t even realized when he had moved to the front.

Her heart clenched.

Without thinking, she gently lifted him and placed him securely in her lap. As her gaze met his wide blue eyes, something within her softened. Her chaotic thoughts settled. The pressure in her chest eased.

And that’s when the terrifying realization hit her.

What had she been doing just moments ago?

Had she truly lost control of herself?

She looked out the window.

She looked outside and saw the road covered with the corpses of mutated insects. Their bodies were scattered everywhere, and if someone wasn’t paying close attention, they might mistake them for sleeping bugs. None of them had any visible injuries—only their lifeless eyes revealed that they were truly dead.

A chill ran down her spine.

She had killed them. All of them. Without mercy. And she hadn’t even wanted to stop—not when her head screamed in pain, not when her vision blurred to nothing. She just wanted to take their souls. To keep going.

Was she becoming a monster?

If not for Eli, would she have ever stopped?

Liora looked down at the small child nestled in her arms, who was still quietly staring out of the window while holding her hand.

Her gaze shifted to that hand.

She remembered it clearly, that warm energy that had surged through her the moment he touched her. It had calmed her frenzied thoughts and silenced the bloodlust in her.

Was it real? Or had she imagined it?

But if it was real... where had it come from?

Eli? No—it couldn’t be. He was just a child, innocent and unaware of the world. How could someone like him possibly know how to calm another person?

Yet...

What if he had awakened some kind of power? A rare ability that could soothe emotions?

Liora dared to consider it. She wasn’t the type to ignore strange signs. And this—this had felt too real to be coincidence.

She remembered how she had struggled to stop. How she had desperately wanted to. But her body had refused. Her mind had drowned in the hunger to kill. Until he touched her and she could finally breathe again.

It couldn’t be just chance.

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