The apocalypse begins with a dungeon game.

Carrying a shrunken, garbled cloud, Li Can walked into the residential area.

Pushing open the long-sealed unit door, a strong smell of dust hits you.

There has been no trace of human life here for too long. The walls inside the old houses are cracked, and the plaster is peeling off, piling up in the corners.

He walked up the stairs to his floor.

He eventually stopped in front of a room on the third floor. The door was tightly closed, and he didn't have the key. Not wanting to damage the door, he had no choice but to break out of the window in the stairwell and rely on the vulture to carry him into the air.

He used stones he found on the road to smash against the glass window of his living room.

"Sigh, if only we had a keypad door back then." After a sigh, the window finally succumbed to the pressure from the impact and cracked open.

Li Can leaped into the room, where the layout was still the same as before.

However, many places are a bit messy because the furniture has been moved around.

Every little detail here felt like a century had passed, yet it also felt like he had only been away from home for a short time.

In fact, he had only been in the world for a short time, not even a day.

Everything has changed.

The television was hanging on the wall, but the expansion screws that had been fastened to the wall had come loose, leaving the screen hanging precariously at a semi-tilted position.

The sofa and refrigerator were completely misplaced, blocking the entrance to the security door, and then someone moved them aside.

The floor in the center of the living room was a mess, littered with plastic waste from opened food packaging bags.

Looking around, the doors to several bedrooms were wide open.

The rooms belonging to his parents, himself, and his younger sister Li Lan were among the few that looked relatively tidy.

The only thing that was well preserved was the family photo framed in the center of the coffee table.

"Dad, Mom, sister, I'm back." Li Can wiped the dust off the photo with her sleeve, revealing its original appearance.

His voice was choked with emotion.

Looking at those familiar smiling faces in the photo frame, I couldn't help but feel a sense of disorientation.

A cold wind, carried by the moonlight, rushed into the room through the window he had violently damaged.

Dust and cobwebs danced in the swirling wind.

The choking caused Li Can to squint.

He wrapped his thin pajamas tighter around himself and strode toward his bedroom.

The clothes in the wardrobe are well preserved, and fortunately, they can still be worn even after ten years.

However, the wardrobe always had a musty smell, like dampness that hadn't been dried after the rainy season.

Li Can silently searched through the clothes, and after a short while, she finally changed out of them.

When navigating the wasteland, a more sleek and agile suit is more suitable.

He chose an old windbreaker and shoes and stood inside the room, looking at his reflection in the mirror in the dark environment, like a lonely ghost lingering in the world.

After packing his things, he finally relaxed and sat down on the bed.

The long-accumulated decay was shaken up, and then fell back down in a flurry.

Li Can leaned against the headboard, the family photo in her arms resting on her chest.

He then took out his phone from his consciousness space and fiddled with it in front of his eyes.

The album contains photos of my parents working hard in the canteen of the First Base. Compared to the photos of them in the frame, they look much older.

But their mental state seemed surprisingly good, which gave him some comfort.

Afterwards, Li Can turned his phone screen around and logged into the Survivors Forum.

The phone emitted a blinding white light in the darkness, enveloping his face and making him look particularly terrifying from a distance.

The garbled cloud drifted leisurely in the room, as if patrolling for Li Can, until it got close enough to his face and leaned against him to look at his phone.

"Human, what does it say above?"

Li Can kept refreshing and swiping on the screen, and the data that had been cached in the copy finally began to update.

Shocked, he sat up abruptly.

"A post from another human," Li Can replied.

"Aren't they all dead?"

"..."

Yes, Li Can was thinking of coming back to ask it, but after entering the dungeon, he unexpectedly encountered players from the previous timeline.

He was also confused.

But when he turned to look at the garbled cloud that looked like it was full of gibberish, he thought about it and decided to wait until it became completely normal before he could communicate with it.

Its current state is less known and understood than it is known to itself.

[Help Request]

[Family members, does anyone know the requirements for joining the First Base? I'm coming from far away and plan to join, so I'd like to do some research beforehand.]

[First Floor]: Isn't the poster a local? It seems like they've built bases in other cities too, so why did they come to such a far place?

[Second Floor]: Upstairs, the reason why the First Base is the First Base is because it ranks first. I heard that other places don't accept ordinary people at all, and they also suppress people with superpowers to an extreme degree. There is no way for them to survive.

[Third Floor]: The requirements are very simple. As long as you are willing to work hard and are able-bodied, you can come for an interview and be hired. We have a dedicated person to handle this. Please come to the side gate of the base and find the patrol post personnel to explain your purpose.

As for those with special abilities, please come to the main gate of the base. As long as you have passed the virus test and are not infected, the base welcomes you to join us and build a better new home together.

[Fourth Floor]: There are basically no barriers to entry. I'm currently just loafing around in the logistics department. I don't know about other bases, but the benefits here in Upper String City are really good. In this apocalypse, you've chosen the right place.

……

Looking at the survivors' comments about the First Base, Li Can observed that it generally reflected popular sentiment, with most comments being positive.

The presence of such a place to shelter people in the apocalypse greatly reassured the masses.

It seems that what Bai Zhuo said was true; he was indeed doing good deeds.

The notion of a benevolent capitalist doesn't seem so nonexistent anymore.

As for the other bases, it's difficult to evaluate them based on forum posts.

They are basically composed of former idle people who have awakened their superpowers, and exploitation and oppression are commonplace.

Scrolling through the screen, you'll still find a few vulgar posts. In this post-apocalyptic world, everyone is feeling repressed, but now, under the intense pressure of survival, they've completely let loose.

Li Can searched for the content she wanted to see amidst the multitude of conflicting information, and soon returned to her personal homepage.

Looking at the plus sign in the center of my phone screen, I wondered if I should also post something.

But even if I told everyone about everything that happened in the future, would anyone believe me? And most importantly, it's already incredible that I can receive real-time messages about the massacres that happened ten years ago. If I could also contact other people via mobile phone, that would be even more unbelievable.

"Never mind, let's give it a try."

After pondering for a moment, Li Can opened the posting page and entered it. His ID was displayed as Peach Blossom, and he typed furiously on it.

[Title: Shocking! I've Unexpectedly Traveled to a Post-Apocalyptic World Ten Years in the Future.]

What the apocalypse will be like ten years from now is unimaginable to most people. You might think that humanity will eventually overcome the apocalypse and usher in the dawn, or that the apocalypse will continue and humanity will still be in the struggle.

But what I want to say is that humanity has been completely wiped out, and Earth is about to be destroyed. I am the only one here.

After the zombie outbreak, humanity once again faced a great crisis, and based on the clues I have, the source has not yet been found.

However, I have found another way to delay the destruction of Earth, which may change the course of the world order.

That is to use the orbs obtained from the dungeon to seal the cracks in the vortex teleportation. Each orb is not only a product that can enhance the strength of the survivors, but also a door to close the passage.

It is foreseeable that if these vortexes are allowed to grow and multiply unchecked, Earth and humanity will face annihilation.

Li Can nervously typed a lot of words, conveying the information he knew to people ten years ago in this way, hoping to give them a warning and a reminder.

"I just don't know if it will even be able to be published..."

He carefully clicked the final publish button, and the internet speed seemed exceptionally good; it actually succeeded.

"Holy crap?"

"It can really be released?"