"Arrow God, if we die, we die together!"
Inside the rental room, the handsome young man let out a roar and suddenly opened his eyes.
He gasped for breath, veins bulging on his forehead, his eyes bloodshot; he looked fierce, like a caged beast suddenly set free.
But immediately after, Qin Chuan froze.
He had clearly perished together with the Arrow God, so why wasn't he dead?
Looking around, his sealed memories gradually began to resurface.
This was the shanty house in Jianghai City where he lived right after graduation.
But the problem was that long after Apocalypse merged with Azure Star, Jianghai City had been occupied by a BOSS and subsequently razed to the ground in the ensuing battles.
Qin Chuan subconsciously pulled out his phone; the time displayed prominently was October 11, 2033!
The very day Apocalypse launched!
"I was reborn! And I returned to ten years ago, the day Apocalypse just opened its servers!"
Qin Chuan understood instantly.
A flood of complex emotions surged through him, but Qin Chuan quickly suppressed them.
Having experienced countless life-and-death battles, his state of mind had long been tempered into unwavering calm.
Although being reborn was miraculous, after experiencing the merging of Apocalypse and the descent of the Gods to plague the world, Qin Chuan felt that rebirth was a minor matter.
That was right.
Apocalypse would merge with Azure Star.
This online game, touted as 100% reality simulation, exploded in popularity globally upon launch, attracting countless players.
The marvel of Apocalypse was not just its groundbreaking technology; players could also extract abilities from the game into reality for a certain price!
The Age of the Extraordinary had begun.
However, humanity's excitement did not last long before the monsters from Apocalypse began appearing across Azure Star.
As time passed, even more powerful BOSSes began to rampage.
Finally, the Gods descended.
In his previous life, Qin Chuan fought his way up after the launch, relying on his superior gaming sense to eventually rank among the global top ten experts, integrating all his abilities into himself.
Even so, when facing the deities from another world, exhausting all his methods only allowed him to achieve a mutual kill.
Thinking of the Gods' immense power, a bitter taste filled Qin Chuan's mouth.
Could humanity truly win?
But quickly, Qin Chuan cheered up.
Since he had been reborn, he was determined to change the original outcome.
Collecting his thoughts, Qin Chuan looked to the side.
In the small room, there was a sci-fi-looking game login pod.
Qin Chuan had bought this by spending all his savings, aiming to farm gold more effectively.
Yes, Qin Chuan initially entered Apocalypse just to farm gold and improve his life, but his gaming talent was *just* a little too high, and he quickly made a name for himself.
"Living this life again, I must improve myself as quickly as possible!"
Qin Chuan thought to himself.
Although he played the game diligently in his previous life, he didn't know about the world-ending crisis behind Apocalypse and missed many opportunities.
But this time, Qin Chuan was determined to fight Apocalypse to the very end.
He checked the time; there were still more than six hours until the server launched, enough time to buy some dry food and drinking water for reserves.
Just as he was thinking this, his phone started ringing incessantly.
It turned out his supervisor was frantically tagging him in the work group chat.
"@Qin Chuan, there's a requirement. Come back and revise it."
"@Qin Chuan, what do you mean by reading the message and not replying? Do you still want this job or not!"
"@Qin Chuan, you have three minutes to rush back to the company, or you can get lost!"
Before Qin Chuan could reply, his colleague Lu Dayong sent him a private message.
"Xiao Chuan, Supervisor Li is throwing a fit. If you can't make it in time, I'll cover for you."
Qin Chuan replied: "I'll handle it."
He then opened the work group chat.
"You dead fatty, I've tolerated you for long enough. If you want revisions, do them yourself. I am officially notifying you now: I quit!"
After saying that, he immediately left the group.
The next second, private messages from Fatty Li also flooded in.
Qin Chuan immediately blacklisted him.
Lu Dayong sent a message, advising: "Xiao Chuan, I know Li is a bit much, but jobs are hard to find these days. Just bear with it, and it will pass."
Lu Dayong was famously a good-natured person; he was the one who helped Qin Chuan familiarize himself with the work when he first joined the company.
Qin Chuan replied: "Brother Yong, my mind is made up. You don't need to persuade me."
After thinking for a moment, Qin Chuan sent another message: "You should look into the new Apocalypse game; it's very popular right now, and I plan to develop my career there."
Lu Dayong: "Are you talking about that online game that claims to be 100% reality simulation? Isn't that a bit unreliable?"
Qin Chuan understood Lu Dayong's concerns; he had elderly parents above him and children below, burdened with mortgage and car loans, and he was no longer young. Getting him to play a game would be unacceptable to his family.
Having been reborn, Qin Chuan naturally knew the importance of Apocalypse, but he couldn't tell Lu Dayong everything without reservation. He could only type out his advice: "Based on my experience, the gold farming income in Apocalypse won't be low. You should consider it."
After saying that, he put down his phone.
He had said what needed to be said. Whether Lu Dayong could seize the opportunity was up to him.
The immediate priority now was to prepare dry food and wait for the launch... By the time Qin Chuan finished his shopping and returned to the rental room, it was already past seven in the evening, with less than five hours left until the server opened.
After washing up, Qin Chuan lay down inside the game pod.
Although he couldn't enter the game yet, he could do the preparatory work.
Such as drawing his Talent and pre-selecting his profession.
In his previous life, Qin Chuan drew the ConquerorTalent, which allowed him to stack attacks during combat. Paired with his Heavy Armor Warriorprofession, he was both durable and capable of dealing damage.
"If nothing unexpected happens, it should still be the Conqueror Talent. As for the profession, maybe I should still choose Warrior; after all, I'm so familiar with it."
While he was thinking, the game pod began scanning his entire body.
"Player data collected. Building game character..."
"Di di di!"
"Alert! Fragment of divine will detected!"
"Commencing cleanup!"
Faintly, a hysterical roar echoed in Qin Chuan's mind.
"Qin Chuan! You deserve to die!"
A large patch of cold sweat broke out on Qin Chuan's back.
He would never forget that voice, even unto death.
It was the Arrow God!
Qin Chuan never expected that the Arrow God, who had perished with him in his previous life, would have a fragment of his will follow him back through rebirth!
Truly worthy of being a deity; his methods were indeed extraordinary and unpredictable!
However, the subsequent development was something Qin Chuan hadn't anticipated.
This game pod actually cleaned up the Arrow God's will fragment?
What kind of black technology was this?
Oh, it belonged to Apocalypse. Then never mind.
But then again, the Gods were behind Apocalypse, so how could it act against the Arrow God's will fragment?
Qin Chuan vaguely realized that the deities, collectively referred to by humans as the Gods, were apparently not unified, and there were many factions internally.
Regardless, the sudden turn of events still instilled a sense of urgency in Qin Chuan.
He had to strengthen himself as quickly as possible; only then could he possibly rewrite his destiny after the Gods descended.
The normal preparatory work was supposed to involve modifying character details after the scan was complete, then drawing a Talent, choosing a profession, and waiting for the launch.
Due to this interruption, Qin Chuan wasn't sure how to proceed and could only wait patiently.
Fortunately, the result came quickly, and the game pod once again emitted a flat, synthesized electronic voice.
"Cleanup complete. Beginning Talent extraction."
"Ding! You have acquired SSS-grade Talent—Sniper God!"