[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete":3,"chapter-starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-10":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Starting from the Apocalypse, I Alone Severed Eternity",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2312392,4518,"Chapter 10: End of the World Year 3: Reborn and Returned","starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-10",10,"\u003Cp>“Crack”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Searing pain surged from his chest; Fang Shi forced his eyes open, meeting only a sea of red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roars of beasts echoed beside him, punctuated now and then by the crunch of chewing—chilling to the bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Am I going to die?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi’s heart filled with bitterness; he had struggled for three years in this apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every moment, he treaded carefully, never daring to slacken for an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Armor never left his body, weapon never left his hand; even the faintest rustle would jolt him awake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet in the end, death still could not be escaped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Night Stalker, a powerful undead creature, was the king of the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Expert in stealth, it possessed a +8 racial bonus in dark zones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the ambush, Fang Shi had sensed not the slightest anomaly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Fang Shi had only just entered the Second Tier—face-to-face, he was no match for the Night Stalker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his body was slowly crushed, Fang Shi’s heart burned with resentment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this my fate?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I struggled for three years—only to end like this? I’d have been better off dying from the start!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I refuse to accept this!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet objective reality did not bend to human will; Fang Shi’s consciousness gradually sank into darkness, slipping into eternal slumber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ring ring ring”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An alarm blared; Fang Shi jolted upright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dim bedroom, a soft bed; on the right, a 24-inch computer screen glowed with a faint blue light, accompanied by soothing music.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this familiar scene, Fang Shi was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately leapt from the bed, strode to the desk, and grabbed the mouse, shaking it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“June 6, 1022, 18:57”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi’s heart trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>June 6, 1022—wasn’t this the very day before the apocalypse began?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he been reborn three years into the past?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or had it all been an illusion?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had the apocalypse never happened—just a fleeting dream?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Fang Shi could make sense of it, a flash of white light streaked across the sky outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky’s color shifted rapidly—red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, indigo, violet—seven hues swirling in turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The neon-lit city, bathed in the rainbow glow, appeared breathtakingly beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Passersby on the streets and residents indoors alike were drawn to this wonder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All wondered what was happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Fang Shi was not among them; seeing this, his eyes involuntarily filled with fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it—this isn’t the scene that preceded the apocalypse game’s launch?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This isn’t a dream—it’s real. It already happened.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So I’ve been reborn!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this realization, the fear in Fang Shi’s eyes receded, replaced by a resolute gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if no matter the mountain of blades or the eighteen layers of hell, he would never give up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the trait forged by three years of desperate survival in the apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This time, I will not repeat my mistakes. I will ascend to the pinnacle of this world and master my own fate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The apocalypse’s arrival was both crisis and opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the dawn of the previous apocalypse, 90% of humanity could not endure the Faze  transformation, turning into monsters called Shamblers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the remaining humans broke free from their bodily chains, entering an era of accelerated evolution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before his rebirth, the world already had warriors capable of severing rivers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rivers blocked only by concrete dams weighing millions of tons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such warriors, even before the apocalypse, could exceed the first cosmic velocity and roam space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With sufficient energy, their lifespans became infinite—they could sail the Milky Way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the apocalypse, Blue Star’s volume continuously expanded, the sky rose daily, the earth thickened daily, and thunderous calamities accompanied the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though gravity remained unchanged under the Faze , leaving Blue Star had become immeasurably harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait—I recall someone saying before my rebirth that the first person to activate their attribute panel received a bonus.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi vaguely remembered: before the apocalypse game launched, he’d ordered takeout, only to be trapped at home by a Shambler who had been the deliveryman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of fear, he delayed action; when he finally mustered courage and killed the Shambler outside, he’d already missed the critical early window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this thought, Fang Shi immediately left his bedroom, grabbed the cleaver in the kitchen, and burst out the door without even closing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“《Blue Star Online》loaded. Game activated. Enjoy your game—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flat, cold mechanical voice echoed in every human’s mind on Blue Star—no warning, yet utterly inevitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The time: precisely 19:00, June 6, 1022.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While everyone stood bewildered, trying to comprehend what had happened,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi was already sprinting down the hallway, hearing a roar from the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, without thought, Fang Shi naturally swung his right arm, using the momentum of his sprint and fall, repeating an action he’d performed countless times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Squelch.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black blood sprayed; a headless corpse, reeking of decay, collapsed with a thud at the stair corner, its takeout box scattering across the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its head rolled down the stairs, clattering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi stood still, expressionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the apocalypse came, humans could do anything to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, the corpse before him was no longer human—it was merely a monster inhabiting a body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who failed the Faze  transformation had already died; by destroying the Shambler, he had granted it release.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You killed a Level 1 Shambler. Officially logged into 《Blue Star Online》.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Scanning biological data... Race confirmed...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Element collection complete. Player character template loaded...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As several streams of data flashed through his mind, a semi-transparent attribute panel appeared before Fang Shi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Name: Fang Shi”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Race: Human”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Attributes: Strength 12, Agility 14, Constitution 12, Intelligence 14, Perception 18, Charisma 15”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Class: Graduate Student Level 1”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Health: 6\u002F6”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Experience: 0”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Attribute Points: 0”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Survival Points: 0”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Race Specialization: Versatile I”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Life Skills: Focus 12, Reading People 6, Science 14, Mathematics 12, Chinese 15, English 10, Finance 13, Computer 9, Cooking 8, Driving 6”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Class Skills: Stealth 8, Hiding 10, Listening 10, Survey 12, Roll 15, Taunt 6, Medicine 10, Jump 14, Intimidate 7, Swimming 6, Climbing 6, Spell Identification 5, Wilderness Survival 10, Throw 12...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Personal Specialties: Iron Will I, Athlete I, Photographic Memory I”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi swiftly scanned the attribute panel, pupils slightly dilated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These numbers are off—Perception increased by 4, Intelligence by 1, Charisma by 1.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Skills are identical to before my rebirth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I only gained one new specialty: Iron Will.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The game’s initial attributes were entirely based on the player’s physical condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi had a hunch: Intelligence, Perception, and Charisma linked to the soul; skills and Iron Will did too. Clearly, his rebirth was a soul rebirth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These attributes were absurdly high—the human race’s maximum was 18.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless one reached the First Tier or spent free attribute points, no amount of training could exceed 18.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, few could even train to the limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Modern people lived too comfortably, with little physical labor; most had Strength below 10.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With 5 points of strength, according to the data, you can bench-press 50 kilograms; 10 points is 100 kilograms; 15 points is 200 kilograms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>18 points of strength can only be achieved by a world champion in the heavyweight category.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s not even one in ten thousand; with 7 billion people on Blue Star, it’s practically one in a billion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi’s 18 points of perception are a rarity on Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A total attribute of 85 is an absurdly high value—least of all, he’s among one in a million on Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are only two ways to gain attributes in the Apocalypse Game: the first is daily hard training; the second is one free attribute point every four levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Free attribute points can only be obtained through leveling up and are excellent aids for breaking through limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in this perilous end-times world, most people live day to day, uncertain if they’ll see tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single point increase in an attribute is vital to oneself; sometimes death comes down to just that one missing point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, most people allocate points as early as possible to survive the ever-present dangers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Panel activation complete. Player ID: 0000000001.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As the first player to activate the attribute panel, you have received one random attribute point.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Begin allocation. Allocation complete. Perception 18 → 19.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi’s heart trembled—the reward for being the first to activate the attribute panel was an attribute point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had luckily received it on perception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant once he reached level 4, he would gain one free attribute point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he could add it to perception—could perception then enter the transcendent realm?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was a transcendent attribute!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before his rebirth, after three years of desperate training, his highest attribute—strength—had only reached 19.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had planned to wait until level 12, gain one free attribute point, and then allocate it to enter the transcendent realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, he died before even seeing transcendent power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this life, he could gain his first transcendent attribute at just level 4—how could Fang Shi not be ecstatic?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t be arrogant. Right now, the most important thing is to gain 100 experience points and unlock a combat class.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Only by unlocking a combat class can you maximize your combat power.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The reward for being the first to activate the attribute panel was so generous—what about the reward for being the first to unlock a combat class?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to his rebirth experience, Fang Shi did not spend long in shock or analysis as he had in his past life; these thoughts took no more than ten seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of determination lit Fang Shi’s eyes as he leapt over the stairwell railing—14 points of jump made clearing this three-meter drop effortless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt grateful that a hundred meters from his front door stood a square dance gathering spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, it had been a nuisance, repeatedly reported by neighbors for disturbing the peace, yet the group never changed; Fang Shi had been one of the most troubled residents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, to him, that place was nothing short of a treasure trove.\u003C\u002Fp>",1661,"2026-06-20T12:43:33.559Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","8bc1939fda693805560b7ccf28a6e28191b4d8f199019331ffc96ac13997c0e6","starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-11","starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-9",109,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-cover.jpg"]