"Ding~ Loading game, logging into Service Zone 8, please wait..."

  In the darkness, Zhang Yi heard a system notification sound.

  The world of Apocalypse is divided into 34 major regions, each representing one of the 34 provincial administrative regions in the country. The first time a pyer logs into the game from a certain province or city, the system automatically assigns them to that region.

  In his previous life, Zhang Yi was also in Zone 8, so he was well-acquainted with all the opportunities in Zone 8...

  Soon after, another prompt sounded in Zhang Yi's ear—

  "Ding~ Please set up your Game ID and choose a faction!"

  "Yinuo Qingcheng." Without thinking, Zhang Yi entered his previous life's ID, because the ID didn't matter much to him, and he couldn't be bothered with fancy names.

  As for the faction, without needing an introduction from the system, Zhang Yi directly chose "Human."

  In the world of Apocalypse, there are three factions: Humans, Aliens, and Demonic Beasts. The game's background revolves around these three factions.

  Apocalypse is a modern warfare game set around the mid-21st century, where aliens invade Earth through wormholes, attacking humanity. The war between the two sides severely damages Earth's ecological environment, causing all non-human life forms on Earth to mutate and gain self-awareness, becoming intelligent. They then join the battle for territory.

  As the apocalypse unfolds, resources deplete, and hot weapons become ineffective, leading to the return of the cold weapon era.

  The differences between the three factions: Joining the Alien faction increases a pyer's daily monster or quest money earnings by 20%, joining the Demonic Beast faction grants an additional 20% experience gain, and the Human faction increases reputation earnings by 20%.

  From his past experience, Zhang Yi knew that the most important thing in the world of Apocalypse was reputation.

  Moreover, in his previous life, Zhang Yi was also part of the Human faction, so he had a comprehensive understanding of the opportunities and quests avaible to humans.

  After completing the ID and faction selection, a pleasant notification sounded—

  "Ding~ Congratutions, [Divine Talent Card] pyer, you have been randomly granted the divine talent [Divine Enhancement] by the system!"

  [Divine Enhancement] (Divine Talent):

  Description: The owner will have a 100% success rate in equipment enhancement.

  Seeing the talent he received, Zhang Yi was overjoyed.

  A 100% success rate in equipment enhancement—this talent was simply amazing!

  Only those who have experienced it know that equipment enhancement is a pitfall in the world of Apocalypse. In this game, all equipment can be enhanced using enhancement stones. Each enhancement increases the equipment's base attributes by 10%, with a maximum enhancement level of 25. The higher the enhancement level, the lower the success rate, decreasing by 4% per level. From level 24 to 25, the success rate is only 1%!

  When equipment reaches level 25, a powerful equipment talent is unlocked.

  In his previous life, countless pyers were left in tears over equipment enhancement.

  With the [Divine Enhancement] talent, Zhang Yi felt like he was about to take off!

  In his previous life, Zhang Yi only received a "skill damage +1%" ordinary talent, which was practically useless for an archer who relied on basic attacks and speed.

  Just then, another system notification sounded—

  "Ding~ Dragon Blood Scroll has been activated, congratutions on obtaining [Dragon Bloodline]!"

  Dragon Blood Scroll!

  The power of the Dragon Blood Scroll he obtained just before his death in his previous life had been brought back with him...

  Zhang Yi was utterly stunned.

  In reality, there is a race in the world of Apocalypse that surpasses the three major factions, known in ter generations as the strongest race in Apocalypse—the Dragon Race.

  The Dragon Race is not a selectable faction for pyers and is extremely mysterious and powerful, remaining neutral in the world of Apocalypse. In his previous life, until Zhang Yi's death, only three pyers worldwide had gained the Dragon Race's recognition and become members over eight years.

  The Dragon Race is something countless pyers in the world of Apocalypse dream of. To obtain the Dragon Blood Scroll, which grants the Dragon Bloodline and a chance to join the Dragon Race, Zhang Yi, along with his brother Mu Chen and his beloved Lin Ruo, and over a hundred top pyers, spent an entire year hunting down nine Super Divine Rank Dragon Emperor Bosses. In the end, only the three of them survived to finally gather the nine fragments needed to synthesize it!

  In his excitement, Zhang Yi opened an interface—

  [Dragon Bloodline] (Lv1) (Each level-up grants a Dragon-exclusive gold skill and passive enhancement)

  Owner: Yinuo Qingcheng

  Passive: All attribute growth +5 stars

  Exclusive Skill: Hellfire Dragon Fme (Lv1, Gold/Passive: Each time you perform a normal attack or use a skill, there is a 0.1% chance to trigger, summoning a Hellfire Dragon to release Hellfire Dragon Fme, covering a 100-meter radius around you, causing all enemies within range to take 150% of your attack power as true damage and enter an unpurifiable burning state, sting 5 seconds, losing 30% of your attack power as true damage per second) (Skill level increases with bloodline level)

  Upgrade Requirements: Human Reputation 0/2000, Alien Reputation 0/2000, Demonic Beast Reputation 0/2000

  Description: The supreme race in the world of Apocalypse. Those with the Dragon Bloodline gain initial recognition from the Dragon Race, can use powerful Dragon skills, and when the Dragon Bloodline reaches Lv10, the owner will be eligible to join the Dragon Race faction.

  Wow, as expected of a 255-star Super Divine Artifact, using the [Dragon Blood Scroll] to obtain the Dragon Bloodline gave Zhang Yi the highest quality gold skill in the world of Apocalypse right from the start! Plus, it comes with a passive all-attribute growth of +5 stars!

  "Didn't see that coming, did you, Mu Chen? The thing you were so desperate to get, I brought it back!" A gradually arrogant smile appeared on Zhang Yi's face.

  Because in this life, Zhang Yi had the capital to be arrogant, with the Dragon Bloodline and Divine Talent at the start, plus his comprehensive understanding of the world of Apocalypse, it was hard not to soar!

  Seeing the upgrade requirements for the Dragon Bloodline, Zhang Yi couldn't help but feel secretly gd he chose the Human faction.

  Just then, the system notification sounded again—

  "Ding~ Character creation complete, pyer [Yinuo Qingcheng], welcome to the game world of [Apocalypse]!"

  "This Week's Survival Quest has been released, you can view the details in the quest interface, enjoy your game!"

  ***

  As the system notification echoed in his ears, Zhang Yi's vision shifted, and he found himself inside a derailed train!

  This familiar scene made Zhang Yi a bit excited.

  The starting location was indeed the same as in his previous life.

  Looking around, in the same train car as Zhang Yi, many other pyers were gradually refreshing.

  The world of Apocalypse is synchronized with real-world time.

  Night fell.

  Through the train window, under the flickering streetlights, one could see the railway outside was crawling with massive spiders and scorpions, feasting on the corpses of animals and humans, emitting a chilling chewing sound.