[{"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-69":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},2312451,4518,"Chapter 69","starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-69",69,"\u003Cp>Light!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Infinite light illuminated Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From space, Blue Star looked like a pure white sphere of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crack!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if something had shattered, Blue Star began expanding rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, it grew to the size of Saturn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Violent geological activity erupted; oceans churned like thick broth, continents rose and fell like waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundred-meter tsunamis and magnitude-10 earthquakes were child’s play compared to these changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kilometer-high tsunamis swept everything across the seas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mountains several kilometers tall collapsed like stacked blocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had it not been for the protection of cosmic laws, the mere environmental changes alone would have exterminated humanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here it comes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Wenjun said grimly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conference room they were in stood a hundred meters tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It allowed them to easily overlook the city’s transformations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First came the initial land expansion; the city, already fragmented, was now torn to shreds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The distance between buildings had reached a hundred meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the sudden growth of vegetation and forests, the entire city had sunk into a jungle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shorter buildings had vanished entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a few skyscrapers remained, standing alone like watchtowers amid the primeval forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, the light in the sky—Zhao Wenjun and the others had assumed it was merely background noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A harmless spectacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the light within the light emitted more light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless small orbs fell from the sky, dense as rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Wang activated Hawk Vision and gasped: “Each orb contains monsters wielding curved blades, and some giant fire-winged birds!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where are the spatial portals? Find them quickly!” someone shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Wang shook his head: “No spatial portals—at least none within my line of sight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How is this possible? Didn’t Fang Shi say there would be spatial portals?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Trial Tower, Fang Shi’s score led by a wide margin—he was unquestionably humanity’s strongest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with Jiang Xian’s account of the god-human dialogue, Fang Shi’s authority was immense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People naturally trusted him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone prepared for the Second Impact based on the information he left behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And indeed, the Second Impact had arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But strangely, Fang Shi’s information seemed flawed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monsters no longer emerged from spatial portals—they descended from the sky within glowing orbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Doesn’t matter. Now they’re perfect targets—easier to shoot.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“True. Spatial portals appear randomly; we couldn’t predict them. But these orbs follow clear, constant trajectories—if we still miss, it’s absurd.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, the spatial passage appears randomly; we cannot easily predict it. This orb’s trajectory is so clear and its speed constant—if we still miss it, it would be unreasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, bringing weapons to a meeting would have been taboo—but now it was routine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sigh, I never expected the Second Impact to be this simple. With buildings as absolute fortresses, guerrilla warfare is effortless.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All we need to do is hide inside, fire arrows from the shadows—what can these monsters do to us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone laughed and chatted, their tone relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tension from the Second Impact vanished in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recall that before Fang Shi’s rebirth, things weren’t like this—no one knew the apocalypse would grow even more brutal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps some suspected it, but didn’t know the exact timing of the changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, humanity’s preparations were inadequate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, human settlements were too scattered; combat power was fragmented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason? Later, humans discovered that while gathering ensured safety, it reduced the frequency of monster attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This lowered experience gain efficiency, and many grew unwilling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the capable, the apocalypse felt like a monster-hunting leveling game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dangerous, yes—but the rewards were real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hence, many advocated for independent action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, concentrated living was essentially a communal dormitory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with the lack of electricity and running water, sanitation became a massive problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though magic could solve it, everyone was busy using magic to level up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a valid reason, who would bother fixing these issues?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were so many empty houses in the apocalypse—just pick one and live in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, countless reasons led people to avoid concentrated living.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, the level of concentration was nowhere near what it was now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This worked for the First Impact—but collapsed under the Second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Second Impact arrived, building distances widened further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each building became an island in a green forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Firewingers blocked the lower exits; buildings with little food quickly collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even those with ample supplies faced slow death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humanity’s main forces, scattered due to leveling pursuits, were helpless against organized hordes of Firewingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, horrific events unfolded; a few individuals leveled up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They formed an assault team and reestablished contact between human groups.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humanity regathered, uniting its strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then was the crisis of the Second Impact resolved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was still lucky—unfortunate regions saw total annihilation, no survivors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This underscores the critical importance of information timeliness—the change it brought was immense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far more drastic than any shift in Fang Shi’s power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humanity had gone from barely avoiding extinction to nearly treating the apocalypse like a tourist trip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like two different worlds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Professor Wang, carefully observing the orbs, suddenly narrowed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shouted: “Danger! The monsters inside the orbs have entered the buildings!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They landed on rooftop terraces and descended through the terrace entrances.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Some civilians waiting on the rooftop staircases were killed senselessly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?!” Everyone in the room gasped in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had sat here calmly, unafraid—precisely because they knew the monsters from the other world had one fatal flaw:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could not harm any human inside a building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now this iron law had been broken—how much damage would this cause?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t it simply clear that the monsters from another world have a fatal flaw?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Wenjun leapt forward first, sprinting out of the conference room toward the rooftop terrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew some civilians were recklessly bold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they felt safe, their curiosity knew no bounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that monsters had landed on the rooftops, casualties must be heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others snapped to attention and rushed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conference room emptied instantly, leaving only the elderly man at the head and Professor Wang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elder said: “Professor Wang, have you sent out the message to everyone?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Wang’s expression was grim: “I’ve notified them. This is serious.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Buildings offer protection, but the monsters are physically powerful and can fly—everywhere is a vulnerability.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If we respond too slowly, humanity will suffer massive casualties.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elder nodded gravely: “You’re right. You, our top mage, should head to the front lines too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Wang said: “I’m protecting you, sir.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elder laughed heartily: “Life and death are fate—I’ve lived long enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go. More people need you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Wang said: “I am protecting you, sir.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man laughed heartily: “Life and death are fate; I’ve lived long enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go now; more people are waiting for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I believe that even if I am gone, you will be able to take up this responsibility.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Wang fell silent for a moment, sensing the old man’s resolve, and finally turned away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man looked at the city glowing like daylight, his heart filled with emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had witnessed this land progress from backwardness to prosperity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had also seen its decline after the apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man did not know what the future held, but he understood that each generation had its own mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The future will be created by those who come after.\u003C\u002Fp>",1207,"2026-06-20T12:43:33.559Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","d94e7f06c08c45233499f0e7d4d1f600db0a8ab5faf9b7ec130c7149d1176ba4","starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-70","starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-68",109,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-cover.jpg"]