Volume One, Chapter One: Rebirth and the Outbreak of the Apocalypse!

In a rented room.

A handsome young man lay on the bed, his brows furrowed tightly.

His lips were pressed together, his face pale, as if trapped in a terrifying nightmare.

“Whoosh!”

Gao Yang suddenly shot open his eyes, his face etched with the despair of death and the unwillingness to accept fate.

He gasped for air, beads of sweat rolling down his forehead.

“Tick… tick…”

Gao Yang paid no mind to these sounds, his gaze fixed blankly on his slender arm, unmarked by a single scar.

A bold thought surged through his mind.

“Have I been reborn?”

He frowned slightly and looked around.

The familiar yet slightly unfamiliar surroundings were crystal clear—this was his home at the onset of the apocalypse.

Gao Yang threw off the covers and quickly got out of bed, taking three steps in two strides toward the living room, his eyes landing on the calendar hanging on the wall.

The calendar boldly displayed:

“Blue Star Calendar, January 2, 2035.”

Gao Yang wasn’t surprised; instead, he murmured to himself,

“As expected... I’ve been reborn to the day after the apocalypse began.”

He remembered clearly.

January 1, 2035.

That day marked the darkest moment in human history.

Without any warning, overnight, the apocalypse descended: half the world’s population turned into zombies, and a terrifying tidal wave of the undead swept across the globe!

At first, these zombies were slow and unintelligent; avoiding their teeth and claws, an ordinary adult could easily take down ten of them.

Humanity, relying on firearms, barely regarded the zombies as a threat.

They failed to realize that zombies were evolving—

And at a horrifying speed!

Within just five days, zombie kings capable of withstanding bullets emerged.

Only then did humanity wake to the danger.

But it was too late.

The zombies evolved too quickly, changing almost daily.

Human firearms became increasingly ineffective.

Some zombie kings could even resist missiles.

How was there any hope for survival?

Just as humanity was sinking into despair,

Perhaps the heavens did not wish for mankind’s extinction.

Thus,

Hope was born!

Awakened beings emerged.

Some powerful Awakened could even confront zombie kings head-on.

They banded together, creating sanctuaries to preserve the last sparks of human civilization.

In his previous life, Gao Yang was one such Awakened.

He had awakened the A-class talent of Super Evolution.

By killing zombies, he grew stronger.

Through countless desperate battles over two years, he advanced this A-class talent to a level rivaling any S-class ability.

He became one of the top 100 Awakened in the Xia Kingdom.

When the zombie tide first surged, he fought with all his might to protect the sanctuary, killing a zombie king at the cost of severe injuries.

Yet his closest brother-in-arms betrayed him, joining forces with his girlfriend.

While he was gravely wounded, they snatched the zombie king’s crystal core from his grasp and cruelly gutted him, using his body as food.

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