Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 1, First Rule of the Apocalypse

In class at Yunhua No. 3 Middle School, Senior 3 (2) class.

Class meeting.

The homeroom teacher stood on the podium and said passionately, "There are less than three months left until the college entrance examination. Everyone must persevere to the end and give it their all!"

"The college entrance examination is the fairest rule and the greatest opportunity to change your destiny! If you don't work hard now, it will be too late to regret it later!"

Is this the fairest rule?

In the back row by the window, a boy with tousled hair stood with a calm expression.

As someone who has been through it all, Guan Tong knows that there is no such thing as the fairest rule in this world.

The world before he traveled through time was like this, and the world after he traveled through time is like this too.

However, Guan Tong was quite satisfied with her time travel experience.

Back on Earth, he was just an ordinary office worker, doing a job he didn't like, and his health was in a sub-optimal state.

After being transported to a planet called "Tianshui Star", he was reborn at the age of eighteen.

Putting everything else aside, just regaining this young and energetic body would be enough.

As for the future...

Guan Tong looked out the window, her expression suddenly changing.

--what is that?
Irregular black spots suddenly appeared in the sky, like drops of ink falling onto a sky-blue canvas.

The spots seemed to be "alive," moving and combining in strange ways, and soon formed four large, pulsating characters.

[Test begins]

[Test begins]

At this moment, these four words resonated in the minds of everyone around the world, in different languages.

The homeroom teacher, who was speaking, paused, a look of confusion on her face. The students exchanged bewildered glances.

"Just now……"

Someone wanted to say something, but the voice in their head hadn't finished.

[All Homo sapiens are welcome to participate in the "Ascension Project" test]

[I am the tester for this event: The Firebringer]

[Scope of this test: All Homo sapiens on Tianshui]

[Test Content: Forty-Nine Rules for the Apocalypse]

[Test Objective: Those who pass the test will learn the truth about it and participate in the apocalyptic action.]

"You all heard that, didn't you?!"

A student jumped up in alarm and shouted.

"I heard it! It's like someone is talking in my head!"

"Holy crap! What's going on?"

"Forty-nine rules for the apocalypse? An ascension plan? An apocalyptic operation?"

"That voice sounded like a robot's!"

Guan Tong also heard the voice in her mind.

However, he wasn't too surprised.

He's already experienced "time travel," so it wouldn't be surprising if something else happened to him.

At that moment, the voice in my mind rang out again.

[Personal terminal function is now enabled; you can view it anytime by silently reciting it.]

The first apocalyptic rule has been released.

[Apocalyptic Rule 1: Sleep Deprivation]

[Rule details: You may not enter a state of sleep in any form for 72 hours from the date this rule is published.]

[Survival Reward: 100 Ascendant Coins, Mental Power]

[Failure Penalty: Once you fall asleep during the rule's effective period, you will never be able to wake up again.]

[Note: It is known that some Homo sapiens on the planet Mercury have remained conscious for 297 consecutive hours. 72 hours is far from the limit. Please try your best to pass.]

After the voice claiming to be the "Fire Thief" in their minds stopped, the whole class erupted in chaos.

No one knew what was going on, not even the homeroom teacher, who stood frozen on the podium, at a loss for what to do.

"Look!"

At that moment, someone looked out the window and shouted, and the others looked over.

A huge red countdown clock hung in the sky, the numbers constantly changing.

71: 59: 22
71: 59: 21
71: 59: 20
Everyone stared blankly at the countdown in the sky when a loud shout suddenly came from the back row of the classroom.

"So annoying! What's all that noise about?!"

Everyone was startled and looked over.

The one who roared was a burly boy with a buzz cut. Judging from his sleepy appearance, he had clearly just been sleeping. The boy's name was Xu Beipeng, and he consistently ranked last in his class. Because of his strong physique and volatile temper, the teachers were rarely willing to discipline him and usually turned a blind eye to his sleeping in class.

"What test... rules... so annoying." Xu Beipeng picked at his ear, thinking the voice in his head was just a dream. He mumbled a few words and then lay down on the table to continue sleeping.

Everyone in the class looked surprised.

"Why is he sleeping?"

"That guy called the Fire Thief wasn't saying..."

"The first rule of the apocalypse is that you can't fall asleep within 72 hours! Is that even true?!"

Guan Tong looked at Xu Beipeng and frowned slightly.

"Huh, huh..."

Xu Beipeng falls asleep very quickly; he was snoring almost immediately after lying down.

Seeing this, the classmates all breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's alright, it seems that rule wasn't real after all..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xu Beipeng's snoring suddenly stopped.

At this moment, the classmates saw Guan Tong, who was sitting in the back row by the window, suddenly stand up and walk towards Xu Beipeng.

Guan Tong walked straight to Xu Beipeng's side and nudged him, saying, "Xu Beipeng, wake up."

Xu Beipeng remained motionless and silent, showing no signs of waking up.

The students around him couldn't sit still any longer and got up in alarm to move away.

"Snapped!"

Guan Tong suddenly slapped Xu Beipeng hard across the face.

"Wake up!"

Still no movement.

Guan Tong placed his finger in front of Xu Beipeng's nostrils, withdrew it after a few seconds, and shook his head in the face of the whole class's gaze: "He's not breathing."

"what!!!"

The timid boys and girls in the class all screamed.

The homeroom teacher panicked and hurriedly pulled out her phone to call for an ambulance, saying as she dialed, "Everyone, sit down and don't panic... Guan Tong, where are you going?!"

Guan Tong had already reached the classroom door. Upon hearing this, she replied without turning her head, "Go home. Things are about to get chaotic outside."

"you……"

"I want to go home too!"

"Me too!"

With Tong leading the way, the other students rushed out of the classroom.

The entire school was soon engulfed in a cacophony of noise. Students from every class were in a frenzy, and the bicycle sheds were overflowing with people scrambling to get their bikes and leave.

Guan Tong had already left the school gate because she had gone ahead of him.

A glimpse into the whole picture reveals the extent of the chaos; even a high school under closed management is in turmoil, let alone the outside world.

The streets were filled with people running frantically, car horns were blaring, and car accidents were frequent.

An emergency announcement was playing on the large screen hanging in the square, with a well-known host from the Northern Star Kingdom repeating it with a serious expression:

"In the event of a sudden emergency, please remain calm, enter a safe indoor area in an orderly manner, and wait for the latest official announcement."

"In the event of a sudden emergency, please remain calm and enter in an orderly manner..."

Not only on the large screen in the square, but everyone also received an emergency notification from their mobile phone operator. The content was the same as the broadcast, telling people not to panic and to wait for official announcements.

Guan Tong stood on the street, looking at the text messages on her phone, thinking that quite a few people had died in such a short time. Otherwise, the authorities would never have acted so quickly.

He thought to himself, "In many countries on the other side of the planet, it's nighttime now, and most people are asleep. Even if they are woken up by the voices of the fire-stealers like Xu Beipeng, most will probably just think they're dreaming and turn over to go back to sleep, like Xu Beipeng did... How many people will die?"

"Domestically, hospitals and similar places are probably the hardest hit areas."

People who are sleeping normally might be awakened by the voice of the fire-bringer echoing in their minds, giving them a chance to survive. But how do those patients in hospitals who are unconscious due to illness or undergoing surgery and anesthesia "wake up"?
The authorities must have received a flood of death reports from hospitals in various cities, which is why they dared not delay and issued a nationwide announcement immediately.

Guan Tong thought of this point, and many others surely did as well.

such as……

Guan Tong looked at a supermarket not far away, where seven or eight young men were arguing at the entrance.

"I was here first! Everyone move aside!"

"Who the hell cares about first come, first served now! Boss, give me all the energy drinks in the store, like Good Cow and Jianbao, I'll buy them all! Oh, and coffee too!"

"How do you think you can buy so much all by yourself?!"

"I'm rich! What's it to you?"

"My darn thing!"

"Hey, let's talk this out, don't fight!"

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(End of this chapter)