Rebirth

Arrow God, if I'm dying, we're dying together!

In a rented room, a handsome young man roared and snapped his eyes open.

He gasped for breath, veins bulging on his forehead and bloodshot eyes filling his gaze, fierce as a caged beast breaking free.

Yet Qin Chuan froze the next second.

He clearly perished with Arrow God, so why wasn't he dead?

Glancing around, long-buried memories slowly awakened.

This was the place he rented right after graduation, a tiny room in a Riversea City urban village.

The problem, however, was that long before Apocalypse merged with Blue Star, Riversea City was occupied by a diamond-grade BOSS and razed to the ground in the ensuing battles.

Qin Chuan instinctively took his phone out of his pocket; the time on the screen clearly displayed October 11, 2033!

The very day Apocalypse launched!

I've been reborn! And I'm back to ten years ago, the day Apocalypse launched!

Qin Chuan understood in an instant.

Various complicated emotions surged into his heart, but Qin Chuan suppressed them almost immediately.

Having experienced countless life-and-death battles, his state of mind was already honed to absolute tranquility.

Though returning through rebirth felt miraculous, having lived through the Apocalypse merger and Gods' Descent plaguing the Mortal World, Qin Chuan felt that a trifle like rebirth was hardly worth mentioning.

Indeed.

Apocalypse and Blue Star merged.

This massively multiplayer online game, claiming one-hundred-percent real-life simulation, became a global sensation upon launch and attracted countless players.

The marvel of Apocalypse lay not only in its cross-era technology, but also in the fact that players could extract their in-game abilities into reality at a certain cost!

Thus the Transcendent Era began.

Only, humanity did not have long to rejoice before monsters from Apocalypse appeared all across Blue Star.

As time passed, even stronger BOSSes began to run amok.

In the end, the Gods descended.

In his past life, Qin Chuan fought his way up from the launch, eventually ranking among the world's top ten masters by relying on his exceptionally high gaming awareness, fusing all his abilities into himself.

Yet even so, facing the deities of another world, exhausting every means only achieved a mutual destruction.

At the mere thought of the Gods' might, a bitter taste filled Qin Chuan's mouth.

Could humanity truly win?

Yet Qin Chuan cheered himself up quickly.

Since he was reborn, he was bound to change the original ending.

Gathering his focus, Qin Chuan looked aside.

Inside the small room sat a sci-fi-looking game login capsule.

Qin Chuan had spent all his savings to buy this just to grind gold more effectively.

Yes, Qin Chuan originally entered Apocalypse to grind gold and improve his life, only his gaming talent happened to be a tiny bit too high, and he quickly made a name for himself.

Living a second life, I must improve myself at maximum speed!

Qin Chuan thought to himself.

Although he played the game very diligently in his past life, he hadn't known about the world-destroying crisis behind Apocalypse, missing many opportunities.

In this life, however, Qin Chuan had already made up his mind to fight Apocalypse to the bitter end.

Glancing at the time, there were still over six hours until launch; there was still time to buy some dry rations and drinking water for storage.

Just as he thought that, his phone rang incessantly with dings.

It turned out that in the work group chat, Manager Li was frantically tagging him.

@Qin Chuan, there's a requirement you need to come back and revise.

@Qin Chuan, what do you mean by reading without replying? Do you even want to keep your job?!

@Qin Chuan, I'll give you three minutes to get your ass back to the company, or get lost!

Before Qin Chuan could reply, his coworker Lu Dayong sent a private message.

Xiaochuan, Manager Li is furious. If you can't make it in time, I'll cover for you first.

Qin Chuan replied: I'll handle it.

Then he opened the work group.

Fatty, I've tolerated you for a long time; revise it yourself if you want it changed. I am now officially notifying you, this lord is quitting!

With that, he exited the group directly.

The next second, Fat Li's private message flew over as well.

Qin Chuan blocked him directly.

Lu Dayong sent a message to persuade him: Xiao Chuan, I know that man surnamed Li went a bit too far, but jobs are hard to find these days. Just bear with it and it will pass.

Lu Dayong was a notoriously good-natured man, and when Qin Chuan had first entered the company, it was also he who had shown him the ropes and familiarized him with the business.

Qin Chuan replied: Brother Yong, my mind is made up. You don't need to persuade me.

After a moment of thought, Qin Chuan sent another message: You can keep an eye on the newly released Apocalypse Game. It's getting a huge amount of hype right now, and I'm planning to go develop my career there.

Lu Dayong: You mean that online game claiming a hundred percent simulation of reality? Isn't this a bit unreliable?

Qin Chuan knew Lu Dayong's concerns; he had elders above and children below, carried mortgage and car loans, and wasn't very young anymore. Asking him to go play games was a hurdle his family would never let him clear.

Having been reborn, Qin Chuan naturally knew the importance of Apocalypse, but he couldn't possibly tell Lu Dayong everything without reservation, so he could only type to persuade him: Judging by my experience, the gold-farming returns inside Apocalypse won't be low. You can think about it.

With that, he put down his phone.

He had already said what needed to be said; whether he could seize the opportunity depended on Lu Dayong himself.

The top priority right now was to prepare dry rations and then wait for the servers to open.

By the time Qin Chuan finished his purchases and returned to his rented apartment, it was already past seven in the evening, with less than five hours left before the servers opened.

After a thorough wash, Qin Chuan lay down inside the gaming capsule.

Even though he couldn't enter the game yet, he could do preliminary preparations first.

For example, drawing talents and pre-selecting a class.

The Qin Chuan of his past life had drawn the Conqueror talent, which allowed him to stack attack power in combat, and paired with his Heavy Armored Warrior class, he could be considered both tanky and capable of dealing damage.

If nothing goes wrong, it should still be the Conqueror talent. As for the class, should I just pick the warrior again? After all, I'm so familiar with it.

Lost in thought, the gaming capsule began scanning his entire body.

Player data collected, building game character...
Beep, beep, beep!
Warning! Divine Will Shard detected!
Beginning clearance!

Faintly, a hysterical roar echoed in Qin Chuan's mind.

Mortal! You deserve to die!

A cold sweat broke out across Qin Chuan's back.

He would never forget this voice until the day he died.

It was the Arrow God!

Qin Chuan never expected that the Arrow God, who had perished together with him in his past life, would have his Will Shard return along with his rebirth!

As expected of a deity, his methods were truly extraordinary and unfathomable!

Only, the subsequent turn of events was something Qin Chuan had not anticipated.

This gaming capsule had actually cleared away the Will Shard of the Arrow God?

What kind of black technology was this.

Oh, it belonged to Apocalypse, so that settled it.

However, come to think of it, since the backers of Apocalypse were the Gods, how could it still make a move against the Arrow God's Will Shard?

Qin Chuan vaguely sensed that the deities collectively referred to by humans as the Gods did not seem to be a monolith, and there were various factions and rivalries within them.

Regardless of anything else, the sudden turn of events still generated a sense of urgency within Qin Chuan's heart.

He had to strengthen himself at the fastest speed possible so that he would have a chance to rewrite his destiny after the Divine Descent.

Originally, the normal preparation work was to modify character details after the scan was complete, then draw talents, choose a class, and wait for the server opening.

As a result of this interruption, Qin Chuan didn't know how to proceed and could only wait patiently.

Fortunately, a result came quickly, and the gaming capsule once again emitted its placid, synthetic electronic voice.

Clearance complete, beginning talent draw.
Ding, you have obtained the SSS-Tier talent — Sniper God!