“Chen Han, where are you?
The apocalypse has arrived, I saw so many zombies outside, I’m terrified.”
From the phone came Xiao Rou’s crying voice.
Fear had already made her forget she was a veteran player of [Doomsday Dawn]!
After the game descended, any veteran player with half a brain would immediately check their personal panel.
To see whether their backpack had any usable equipment, weapons, or supplies.
But Chen Han had overestimated this woman.
In the previous life, Xiao Rou barely fought at all—he was the one who took care of everything.
Without Chen Han, could Xiao Rou have survived three years in the apocalypse?
“Chen Han, hurry and come, I’m really scared!”
The corner of Chen Han’s lips lifted slightly: “Oh?
Don’t worry, you’ll have plenty of chances to panic later.”
After saying that, he ignored Xiao Rou’s shouts and directly hung up the phone.
Of course he wouldn’t save her—he wanted Xiao Rou to properly experience the apocalypse.
Let her despair in hope, and then despair even deeper.
After the call was hung up, Xiao Rou froze on the spot, then erupted in anger!
“Chen Han, how dare you hang up on me!”
Furious, she immediately dialed again, but no one answered.
“Chen Han, are you trying to act godly now?
You’re not picking up my calls!”
“You’re done, I’m really mad now—don’t think anything less than one hundred million will calm me down!”
Xiao Rou clearly still hadn’t realized the severity of the situation.
That spoiled brat was throwing a tantrum in the hotel room.
But soon, she sprawled on the bed shopping on Taobao, browsing luxury bags.
Still muttering about the three hundred million Ling Xue promised her.
Not even slightly worried about the zombie crisis outside.
Maybe she believed the authorities would solve everything—or that Chen Han would return to pick her up.
No one could understand her brain circuitry anyway.
In her eyes, aside from money, there was only money!
…
Chen Han left the restaurant and headed up to the rooftop, killing more than thirty zombies along the way.
But when he reached the top of the stairs, he found the rooftop door locked from the inside.
Someone was hiding in there!
Chen Han instantly recalled the person who obtained this airdrop in the previous life—Shen Yue!
He slashed the rooftop door handle with one strike, and the entire iron door shattered.
Under the power of game weapons, real-world steel was no different from paper.
Chen Han kicked the door open, and several screams erupted from the rooftop.
Three girls in hotel staff uniforms were staring at him in terror.
As long as Chen Han made one suspicious move, they’d immediately counterattack!
Chen Han recognized all three—the one leading was Shen Yue.
The other two were sisters: Xia Chun’er and Xia Qiu’er.
The three girls were quite attractive—especially Shen Yue.
Her curvy figure looked ready to burst through the tight uniform.
Shen Yue and the sisters weren’t official hotel employees—they were students from Jianghai University doing part-time work.
Chen Han also noticed the weapons in their hands were newbie weapons from [Doomsday Dawn]—but white-grade.
They had played the mobile game before but quit because it was too bloody.
Thankfully, their backpacks still contained newbie weapons—misfortune turned into luck.
Chen Han couldn’t help but sigh at their fortune.
In the previous life, after obtaining this airdrop, their strength skyrocketed.
They later formed a female team and became one of the major forces in Jianghai City.
Chen Han had crossed paths with them in the previous life—only then did he accidentally learn that the first airdrop landed here.
But now, he was here to intercept it.
Ignoring their wary gazes, Chen Han looked up at the sky.
Sure enough, a square airdrop crate was descending.
Seeing his target was the airdrop, the three girls’ expressions changed.
They had claimed this first!
They thought closing the door meant the airdrop was in their grasp—but an unexpected challenger appeared.
“Yueyue, our airdrop…” Xia Chun’er tugged Shen Yue’s arm anxiously.
Shen Yue stopped them and whispered, “We can’t beat him.”
Shen Yue was smart—one glance told her Chen Han wasn’t someone to provoke.
And more importantly, he had clearly come for the airdrop, which meant he knew its landing spot in advance!
Without a doubt, he was a veteran of [Doomsday Dawn]—and knew a lot.
Chen Han also watched their movements.
If they dared charge at him, he wouldn’t mind throwing them off the 25th floor.
But if they stayed obediently put, he would remember their past-life connection and give them some benefits.
The airdrop soon descended.
As it landed, thick red smoke billowed upward.
Anyone who had played survival games knew this marked the airdrop’s position—so more players could find it.
In a few minutes, this place would become a battlefield.
Not just players—red smoke also attracted zombies.
That was the setting in [Doomsday Dawn].
Draw zombies toward players and force a slaughter!
This was not a place to linger.
Chen Han opened the airdrop immediately—two orange glows appeared.
[Orange Newbie Protective Suit (Upgradeable): Defense +500, Attack +100]
[Passive Trait: When attacked, the suit returns 25% of the damage to the enemy.]
[Orange Newbie Running Shoes (Upgradeable): Defense +200, Speed +100]
Seeing the two orange items, Chen Han’s eyes lit up!
The first orange set in the entire game!
No—technically the third.
He still had an orange-grade Immortal Sword in his backpack, just unusable due to level.
In the previous timeline, the Immortal Sword didn’t exist in the game’s design—this orange protective suit was the only orange gear.
Shen Yue relied on this orange set to dominate Phase One of the apocalypse, maturing incredibly fast.
It was during Phase One that she built the foundation for her future faction.
Chen Han was thrilled.
With this orange gear, he would be invincible in Phase One.
His purple gear only gave +100 defense—far inferior.
Phase One of the apocalypse: all players were equal, with no professions activated yet, so gaps were small.
Chen Han’s greatest fear was being ambushed and losing his purple gear.
+100 defense wasn’t low but still risky.
But +500 defense from orange gear meant total peace of mind—no one could deal that much damage in Phase One.
Even thrown into a zombie horde, Chen Han could walk out safely.
Without hesitation, Chen Han equipped the orange set.
Then he continued rummaging through the airdrop crate.
The first airdrop was indeed rich—the second item was a crossbow.
[Purple Newbie Crossbow: Attack +120]
Chen Han was surprised—he didn’t expect this.
His storage space contained more than 500,000 newbie weapons, all melee—swords, spears, axes, daggers—not a single ranged weapon.
According to the game system, pistols and crossbows weren’t considered newbie gear during Phase One.
Meaning—this crossbow was also the only one of its kind.
“Jackpot!”
Chen Han was overjoyed—the crossbow’s utility was massive.
After putting it away, all remaining airdrop items burst out.
A pile of jam, bread, chocolate, and other food, plus a [Trap Bomb].
And three glowing [Class Cards]!
As Chen Han sorted the items, Shen Yue and the sisters watched with burning eyes—especially the orange glow radiating from his armor.
It was deadly temptation.
These things were supposed to be theirs!
But they were smart—no treasure was worth more than their lives.
The man before them was absolutely not someone they could provoke.
Better escape now while they could.
They knew once the red smoke spread, staying meant death.
Just as the three prepared to leave the rooftop, Chen Han stood up and shouted:
“Stop right there!”