1: Killing Game Arrives

[Ding! The Killing Game has descended, and the global apocalypse has begun!]

[Players must explore the game rules on their own!]

[The only hint: Only the strong are qualified to survive; only by surviving can one possibly become strong!]

[Now, beginning the awakening of the digitized panel... 10%... 33%... 66%... 99%...]

[Ding! Digitized panel successfully awakened!]

[Now, beginning the awakening of Talent... 10%... 33%... 66%... 99%...]

[Ding! Talent successfully awakened!]

The familiar system notification in his mind made Lin Chuan's mind go completely blank!

Wasn't he... already dead?

His entire strength had been stripped away by that terrifying existence, and he had been completely erased from body to soul by the Killing Game!

The system had clearly notified him that he was dead!

How could it be notifying him to awaken his digitized panel and awaken his Talent again?!

Wasn't that a process that only happened at the very beginning of the game?!

Before he could think about it in detail, he heard all kinds of chaotic and noisy sounds around him—

"Holy shit?! The Killing Game? Global apocalypse?! What the hell?! Am I hallucinating?!"

"No, wait! It's not just a hallucination, my eyes are playing tricks on me too! I can actually see floating text in front of me!"

"Digitized panel?!! Holy shit, I can actually see a digitized panel! Is this a system??! It is a system! Hahaha, I've bound a system!!! I am the protagonist of destiny!"

"What? Everyone has a system?! I think I heard something about a Killing Game just now?! It can't be real, right?!"

"Hahaha! I awakened an A-Level Talent, Dragon Flame Burst!! Hahaha, an A-Level Talent!! According to that system notification just now, the highest tier of Talent is only S-level, right?! I'm an A-level!!"

"Oh my god, my Talent is only a C-level Strength Enhancement. This is so fucking unlucky!"

"Why the fuck is mine just an F-level Talent, Little Fireball..."

Little Fireball...

Lin Chuan's gaze instantly darted toward the owner of that F-level Talent, Little Fireball.

Li Hongyu!

Wasn't he strangled to death by the lowest-level Dimensional Bug on the very first day of the apocalypse?!

And this scene...

Looking at the familiar faces and the familiar gymnasium, Lin Chuan's pupils dilated in shock!

What followed was a wave of wild ecstasy in his heart!

He had been reborn!!

He had been reborn back to the very moment when the Killing Game descended and the apocalypse had just begun!

He quickly pulled up his status panel:

[Lin Chuan]

[Level: 0 (0/10)]

[Strength: 0.9]

[Constitution: 1]

[Speed: 1.2]

[Spirit: 1.1]

[Talent: Fireball]

A very simple digitized panel.

But as a reborn soul, he knew that his Talent column was different from everyone else's!

For example, Li Hongyu's Talent column would read 'Little Fireball (F-Level)'.

While the A-Level Talent holder Yuan Feng's Talent column would read 'Dragon Flame Burst (A-Level)'.

Only Lin Chuan's Talent column had no indication of a Talent level at all!

In his previous life, when he released his Fireball Talent, he found that his fireball was almost identical to Li Hongyu's F-level Little Fireball Talent, so he assumed he had only awakened a common F-level Talent.

Later, he discovered that his fireball was even worse than an F-level Talent, as it could not cause any damage to living creatures at all.

He was treated as trash and immediately abandoned ruthlessly by his teammates.

It wasn't until he managed to survive until the fifth day of the apocalypse that he discovered the true purpose of his fireball was to cremate corpses!

It could incinerate a corpse to ashes in an instant!

Not only that, but when the fireball returned to his body after cremating a corpse, it would also bring him an increase in strength!

The corpse's stats, skills, and even Talents from when they were alive could potentially be plundered by the fireball and used for his own benefit!

In his previous life, even though he was five days behind everyone else, Lin Chuan still rose rapidly relying on this heaven-defying Talent, and he could almost be said to be invincible in the world!

However!

There was naturally a reason why the Killing Game was named after 'Killing'!

This game would not let anyone live easily, not even the strongest person in the world!

Lin Chuan would never forget the shock and turmoil in his heart when the game system announced the 'World Merger Gameplay' in a playful, mocking voice!

Invincible in the world?

Heh, far from enough!

Lin Chuan clenched his fists tightly.

In this life, he would become stronger at all costs!

Only by becoming stronger can one survive!

Many people did not take this sole hint written at the beginning seriously at the start of the apocalypse!

Only those who had experienced the World Merger and successfully survived understood the true value of this hint!

And at this moment, Lin Chuan, who desperately desired to become stronger, cast his gaze upon the A-Level Talent holder, Yuan Feng.

Just then, a flash of white swept past at high speed, and chaotic screams instantly rang out from the endlessly chattering crowd!

"Aaaah!! Help!!"

"What is that?! Help, there's a monster!"

"Waaaah, what's going on? I'm easily scared, don't frighten me..."

Some people were attacked and immediately let out screams.

Others heard the screams and, though they didn't know why, still became nervous and afraid.

As the only A-Level Talent holder in the gymnasium, Yuan Feng had learned Taekwondo before, and he appeared much calmer than everyone else at this moment.

He immediately raised his voice and shouted, "Don't panic, everyone! It's just a big, fat white bug! Watch me kill it right now with my Dragon Flame Burst!"

Everyone's gaze instantly gathered on him.

Once they calmed down, everyone realized that the cause of the commotion was indeed a big, fat white bug!

The fat bug was about a meter long, with a plump body, and its movement speed was very slow!

However, two antennae extended from the top of its head, which were extremely resilient and fast!

In just half a minute, four or five people had their necks strangled by the fat bug's antennae, instantly killing them!

This place was a university gymnasium.

Those present were merely ordinary college students.

Many were scared pale, screaming in terror, and even subconsciously ran in the opposite direction.

Even Yuan Feng's face was exceptionally tense.

The fat bug's antennae released Li Hongyu's corpse, which it had just strangled to death, and actually attacked in Yuan Feng's direction!

Yuan Feng was so scared his legs went weak, and he actually collapsed onto the ground on the spot!

Everyone's eyes were filled with absolute terror.

Only Lin Chuan, who was mingled in the crowd, had a glint of anticipation flash in his eyes.

How he wished that Yuan Feng would die directly under the strangulation of this Dimensional Bug!

Unfortunately, however, his rebirth had not changed the trajectory of his previous life—

Only to hear Yuan Feng roar in anger, "Dragon Flame Burst!!!"

Then, a fire dragon rapidly flew out from in front of him, charging straight toward the Dimensional Bug!

With a loud "Bang!", the fire dragon actually exploded on the spot!

The heat wave it kicked up caused quite a wave of impact even to the crowd that was too close to the explosion!

The scene was in utter chaos, and taking advantage of this mess, Lin Chuan quickly used his Fireball Talent to cremate the five corpses that had just been strangled by the Dimensional Bug!

Immediately after, he heard a notification sound ring out in his mind—

[Ding! Cremated a Level 0 player! Plundered Strength +0.1!]

[Ding! Cremated a Level 0 player! Plundered Speed +0.1!]

[Ding! Cremated a Level 0 player! Plundered F-level Talent: Constitution Enhancement!]

[Ding! Cremated a Level 0 player! Plundered Strength +0.1!]

[Ding! Cremated a Level 0 player! Plundered F-level Talent: Little Fireball!]