Amidst the incredibly realistic game scenery surrounding them, aside from Zhang Yi, dozens of other players in the same train carriage were all crowded at the windows, their eyes filled with excitement and thrill as they gazed at the bio-spiders outside, exclaiming in awe.

Player A: "The level of realism is so high, this game is amazing!"

Player B: "Yeah, it's just like the real world. Spending ten thousand bucks on this game helmet was totally worth it!"

Player C: "Aren't you guys scared? It feels so terrifying..."

Player D: "Scared of what? It's just a game!"

Listening to the players' discussions, Zhang Yi shook his head. These people hadn't realized yet that the world now was not just a simple game anymore.

In his memory, the first survival quest in Apocalypse seemed to be about finding a safe zone. He casually opened the quest interface, and sure enough—

This week's survival quest: Find the Safe Zone (Nightmare Level)

Background: Aliens have invaded Earth, the Beast Race has risen with enhanced power, and Earth is facing an apocalyptic crisis.

Quest Description: Please follow the mini-map's guidance to find Safe Zone No. 886 [Hope Town]. In Hope Town, your safety will be greatly ensured.

Time Remaining: 3 hours and 58 minutes

Quest Reward: 1 Revival Chance

Failure Penalty: Death (a revival chance can negate death)

Two major survival rules in the Apocalypse world:

1. Always ensure you have at least one revival chance. Do not take risks without a revival chance, because if you die with a revival chance, you can be revived. Without it, death is permanent.

In his previous life, Zhang Yi had used up his revival chance before battling the Dark Dragon Emperor Iguno, leading to a fatal blow from Mu Chen with no chance of recovery.

2. Complete the weekly survival quest issued by the system.

In the game Apocalypse, the main storyline for players revolves around survival quests. The system issues a unified survival quest to all players every Monday. Completing the quest within a week rewards a revival chance, while failing deducts one.

Without a revival chance, failing to complete the survival quest on time results in the system erasing the player.

Weekly survival quests are divided into Normal, Elite, and Nightmare levels. As players complete quests, the level increases. To ensure safety, players must complete all three tasks weekly, accumulating up to three revival chances.

Since today is Sunday and the first day of the server opening, this week's survival quest is directly elevated to Nightmare level and won't upgrade further.

Closing the quest interface, the attribute panel appeared before Zhang Yi—

[Yinuo Qingcheng]:

Level: 1

Class: None

Race: Dragon Race

Revival Chances: 1 (can accumulate, maximum of 5)

Talent: Divine Enhancement (Divine Talent)

Strength: 3/Growth: 15 stars (affects physical attack, 1 point of strength equals 1.5 physical attack)

Intelligence: 3/Growth: 15 stars (affects magic attack)

Endurance: 2/Growth: 15 stars (affects defense)

Agility: 3/Growth: 15 stars (affects speed, critical hit)

Stamina: 5/Growth: 15 stars (affects HP, Energy Points, 1 point of stamina equals 15 HP, 7.5 Energy Points)

Physical Attack Power: 5

Physical Defense Power: 3

Magic Defense Power: 3

HP: 75

Energy Points: 38

EXP: 0/100

Life Skills: Basic Detection Skill (can view attributes of monsters not more than 3 levels higher than oneself, consumes 1 Energy Point)

Special Status: Dragon Bloodline Lv1

Description: A newcomer who has just stepped into the Apocalypse world, filled with curiosity about everything...

Before changing class, players' five attribute initial growths are all 10 stars. However, Zhang Yi, due to the passive bonus of the Dragon Bloodline's all-attribute growth of 5 stars, starts with half more attribute growth than others. As a result, even as a newcomer, Zhang Yi's attributes are half higher than other players!

In his inventory, aside from the 10 Level 1 Health Potions gifted by the system, which restore 50 HP each, there was only a novice greatsword—

[Novice Sword]:

Quality: 1 star

Physical Attack Power: 3

Class Restriction: None

Level Requirement: 0

Description: A weapon suitable for newcomers. Although it doesn't deal much damage, it prevents you from fighting those hideous monsters barehanded...

Unfortunately, without any enhancement stones at the moment, Zhang Yi couldn't utilize the ability of Divine Enhancement.

Checking the time, it was 8:03 PM. If he couldn't enter the safe zone before midnight, the initial revival chance gifted by the system to every player would be wasted.

Having experienced it once, Zhang Yi naturally knew that entering the safe zone wasn't that easy; otherwise, the difficulty of this survival quest wouldn't be classified as "Nightmare Level."

At this moment, as the game officially began, some players in the carriage couldn't hold back any longer, grabbing their greatswords and jumping out of the train window to fight monsters.

In his line of sight, a young man with blonde hair was the first to rush out of the train, fearlessly wielding his greatsword as he approached a large spider not far away that was gnawing on an animal carcass.

Before long, a scream echoed as the blonde youth, attacked by the Level 3 spider, died on the spot, dropping the novice sword gifted by the system. His body transformed into a white light, returning to the carriage.

Before reaching the safe zone, the carriage served as the revival point for Zhang Yi and the other players.

"Damn!" The blonde, having used up a revival chance and returned to the carriage, exclaimed in shock, "How is that big spider so tough!"

Just as he finished speaking, another middle-aged male player in the carriage pointed at the spider that had killed the blonde and said, "With so many Level 1 spiders around, why did you choose to fight that Level 3 one?"

The blonde was taken aback, only then noticing the red ID above the spider's head: Lv3 Bio-Spider. "Damn, I didn't see..."

"Don't worry, it's just a game. We're all Level 1, dying doesn't cost much. We can just try again!"

With that, the blonde youth jumped out the window again.

Meanwhile, other players in the carriage, filled with excitement, also grabbed their greatswords and rushed out of the carriage towards the Level 1 bio-spiders ahead...

Only Zhang Yi didn't rush to leave the carriage. Instead, he took a safety hammer from beside a window.

As soon as the safety hammer fell into Zhang Yi's hand, it instantly transformed into a large black iron hammer!

"Ding~ You have obtained the equipment [Rough Iron Hammer]!"

Looking at the iron hammer in his hand, which added 5 points of attack power, Zhang Yi showed a satisfied smile.

Although both were 1-star equipment, this Level 1 iron hammer had 2 points more attack power than the Level 0 novice sword. In the early stages, a 2-point attack power difference was not to be underestimated.

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Proofreader & Editor: Peter Pan