"Doomsday Countdown: 3 days."
"Hand over your brain, and the system will give you a super novice gift package!"
"Grilled brain with charcoal, brain with garlic flavor, baked brain with cheese... Three dollars for one portion, ten dollars for three portions! Don't miss it as you pass by!"
(Author's Note: Warning of data flow in this book! If you think there are too many numbers—please stand still, everyone. I'll kowtow right now! When there are a lot of data, I will update more chapters. I will definitely not pad the story!)
In the ruins, the stench of blood and scorched earth filled the air amidst the broken walls and collapsed buildings.
"Hahaha! Tom, you useless wretch! Your father was a good-for-nothing piece of trash, and so are you! You deserve to die here like a stray dog!"
More than a dozen burly men dressed strangely with tattoos all over their bodies formed a circle and looked at the man lying on the ground, on the verge of death, with mockery in their eyes. Tom's chest was being stepped on harshly by a military boot, and the owner of the boot—Tyrant—looked down at him from above, the corners of his mouth curved in a cruel arc.
Tyrant was tall and his muscular lines were as perfect as a sculpture, but those eyes of his were as fierce as a wild beast's, sending chills down one's spine.
"Wh-why... Lily..." Tom struggled to turn his head, his blurred vision catching a glimpse of a familiar hem of a dress.
"Heh, you fool. Did you really think I would like you?" Lily sneered, her red lips curving into a mocking arc. "It was all just a mission from Master."
After saying that, she giggled and leaned against Tyrant, allowing his big hand to brazenly reach into her collar. Tyrant grinned savagely and suddenly exerted force with his foot—
"Crunch!"
Tom's skull made a sound of unbearable cracking, and blood gushed out from all his orifices.
"Ding!"
Darkness descended.
Then, a cold mechanical voice exploded in Tom's mind:
"The host's vital signs have disappeared."
"The Supreme Rebirth System is activated."
"The time-space tunnel is opened—Target: Three months ago, the day the doomsday arrived."
"System? Rebirth? Three months ago... Isn't that exactly the day when the game 「The Fall」 arrived?!"
Tom's soul trembled in the void, a mixture of ecstasy and hatred welling up inside him.
"Tyrant... Lily... You just wait! This time, I'll make you wish you were dead!"
However, just as the system was about to initiate the time-space backtracking—
"Sizzle!"
A strange blue crack tore open out of thin air, and a strange soul body suddenly pounced on Tom and bit hard into his neck!
"Soul matching successful! The devouring program is initiated—Host Kyle, prepare to take over the new body!"
"Damn it, where did this bastard come from?!" Tom was enraged and grabbed Kyle's throat with his backhand. Although his soul was already in a pitiful state, three months of doomsday battles had made him much stronger than an ordinary person.
"Die!" Tom's eyes were bloodshot, and the images of Lily's betrayal and Tyrant's grimace flashed through his mind. Overflowing with hatred, he bit back!
"Damn it! Can't I beat him?!" Kyle panicked and was just about to beg for mercy—
"BOOM!"
Half of Tom's soul suddenly exploded!
"Host! Devour him!" Kyle's system shouted sharply.
"Strike while the iron is hot!" Kyle grinned savagely and grabbed the broken fragments of Tom's soul and devoured them疯狂地. With each piece he ate, countless memories flooded in—doomsday, slaughter, betrayal...
"Warning! The host's soul stability has collapsed!"
"Emergency Protocol 114514 is initiated!"
"The system core is damaged—The self-destruction program is activated!"
"Holy shit! Are you going to die together?!" Kyle's system cursed.
The next moment—
BOOM!!!
A terrifying soul storm swept through everything, and Kyle's consciousness was instantly torn apart. At the last moment, he heard a cocky electronic voice:
"You're really ruthless! I'll remember you! Don't let my manufacturer catch you!"
"Kid, I'll... settle this score with you... next time..."
The darkness fell silent.
Suddenly—
"Whoosh!"
A purple crack opened up and sucked Kyle's soul (which now contained Tom's memories) into it...
This was exactly the last resort left by the Supreme Rebirth System—the time-space tunnel leading to three months ago.
(And this time, who will be the one to survive?)