The citizens of Donghai City were granted a temporary reprieve due to the sudden disappearance of the wolf packs.
Inside a school, some young children cautiously emerged from the school, which served as a safe zone.
When disaster struck, Donghai Third Primary School was in session. The sudden appearance of monsters forced everyone to remain confined within the school.
However, trusting the authorities, the teachers maintained order throughout the campus. The introduction of safe zone rules made staying put seem like a manageable situation.
After all, the monsters that freely slaughtered and toyed with humans outside the safe zone during the day were truly terrifying.
But as night fell, a discovery sent a chill of dread through everyone: the so-called safe zone was shrinking, and the area outside it was, at some unknown point, enveloped in a thick darkness.
Within the darkness, numerous crimson eyes peered into the safe zone, gazes of those waiting to hunt.
Witnessing this, the physical education teacher, Wei Dayong, who had served in the military for two years, realized they couldn't just wait to die. He led the younger teachers in forming a temporary organization to protect the elderly, weak, women, and children within the school.
But alas, this game was called the Apocalypse, and its difficulty was indeed apocalyptic.
If he chose to sacrifice his comrades, he might have been able to save himself.
However, the words his old squad leader had spoken during his service, "Never abandon, never give up," were deeply etched in his mind.
As the light of the safe zone completely vanished and the surging wolf packs poured in, comrades were continuously killed. Wei Dayong and his group could only fight the monsters in a bloody battle, either leveling up or being killed in the process.
As their strength gradually increased, they seemed to be able to barely withstand the enemy's attacks. But then, a two-meter-tall giant wolf appeared, and everything changed.
Comrades were killed one after another. When he was first knocked back, he broke countless bones. In a desperate final blow,
his axe shattered, while the monster remained unharmed...
Wei Dayong desperately wished he had a shotgun in his hand at that moment. How he longed to smash the monstrous beast's head in!
But now, he was just a physical education teacher.
Gazing at the monster's bloodthirsty eyes and his silent companions, Wei Dayong suddenly felt fear. If he died, what would happen to the people behind him?
This was but a glimpse of the Apocalypse game, a scene similar to many unfolding in countless cities across the land of Great Yan.
The entire game represented the end of human civilization. In just one day, order began to collapse worldwide!
However, Donghai City was fortunate, and Wei Dayong was also fortunate.
At that moment, a man defied the system, triggering an absolute punishment mode.
Under the system's coercive force, the elite night wolves halted their slaughter, and the entire pack, guided by some unknown will, charged towards a target.
Wei Dayong, having narrowly escaped death, lay in the thick darkness, completely immobilized. In his severely injured state, he had lost the ability to automatically recover his health.
He struggled, wanting to check on the school, but the system coldly informed him that his spine had suffered functional damage, rendering him unable to move.
The snow continued to fall, and darkness and cold relentlessly assailed Wei Dayong.
...
After an unknown period, Wei Dayong, lying supine in the darkness, suddenly blinked.
"Is it my imagination? Has this darkness somehow faded a bit?"
Suddenly, human voices drifted from beyond the seemingly thinning darkness. Upon listening closely, they sounded like a group of children:
"Wuwu, the teachers haven't come back! Have they all died?"
"Xiao Ming, don't cry. Let's go out and look carefully. Maybe the teachers are just hiding."
"Shh, keep your voices down. The principal said it's very dangerous in the darkness."
"Don't mention the principal! That coward! The darkness has been quiet for so long, and they just don't dare to come out!!"
"Hey! Look! The darkness seems to have faded a bit. Our little lanterns can shine even further!"
The light of the flames dispelled the darkness, and beneath the darkness, hidden blood and corpses were exposed to them.
The shallow snow was stained red with blood, and the cold corpses filled everyone with terror.
"Ah!! Dead people!!!"
"Ah!!!"
A series of screams erupted. These children who had been speaking seemed utterly terrified.
But then, one child's eyes flickered, and he couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Wuwu!! I recognize them, these are our teachers!!! They're all dead!!"
"Teacher Zhang! Don't die! I promise I won't copy homework anymore!!"
"Teacher Li! I'll never eat snacks in class again! Wake up!"
"Wuwu! The teachers are all dead! They died for us!!"
Wei Dayong, who had been knocked to the edge of the battlefield, listened to the children's cries and couldn't help but recall his colleagues who had been alive just moments ago.
These teachers hadn't served in the military; they were just ordinary people. But in this school, facing the frightened gazes of the children, only they and he could stand up.
During the fight, they were even trembling, but everyone fought until the very last moment.
After all, there was no retreat.
Tears welled up in Wei Dayong's eyes. His weak voice echoed from the darkness: "Children, don't cry! Your teachers were all good people. As long as you are alive, their deaths were not in vain!"
The children were startled by the weak voice coming from the darkness.
But then, the darkness around them seemed to dissipate faster. The light from the lanterns extended into the darkness, illuminating the world before Wei Dayong's eyes:
"It's Teacher Monk!!"
"Ah! The teacher is covered in blood! Xiao Ming, you're a priest, quickly heal him!!"
Hearing the familiar voices of those mischievous brats, Wei Dayong, who had struggled in the darkness and cold for so long, finally closed his eyes in peace.
He was so tired...
——————ノ亅丶說壹2З
If one were to look down at Donghai City from high above, they would see the darkness that once enveloped the entire city continuously flowing.
As this mist-like darkness receded, the light of the blood moon shone upon the land. The citizens within the safe zones, gazing at the ruined streets and buildings covered in snow beneath the blood moon, wore expressions of bewilderment.
Had the monster attacks ended?
But then! Everyone noticed a bright fire erupting in the sky in the easternmost part of the city, in the direction of Binhai District!
The continuous explosions emanating from there led everyone to believe the army was launching an attack!
But no one saw that as the explosions intensified, the rate at which the darkness contracted throughout the city also accelerated!
Within Binhai District,
the bombing continued for a long time!
When the light of the final round of explosions finally extinguished,
under the illumination of the fiery orb hanging high in the sky, the land was already scarred beyond recognition.
[You have killed "King of Night Wolves" (Nightmare Difficulty)]
[Warning!!!]
[Skill "???" has been activated!!!]