The apocalypse begins with a dungeon game.

Li Can sat on a bench inside what was formerly Tomorrow University, now the First Base ten years later, basking in the early morning sunlight.

I felt quite comfortable overall.

The garbled cloud drifted back and forth behind the puppets he sent out to do the work.

"One last shot!"

He was immersed in his own world, carefully using the gashapon coins he had earned to try his luck at the three-in-one gashapon machine.

The eggshells he had opened were scattered all around him.

Among them, he opened several resource eggs, as well as a large number of empty eggs mixed with notes that read "Thank you for your patronage," but none of them contained what he wanted.

Most of them are rather useless.

"Splash." A brand new gashapon rolled out of the egg dispenser in the consciousness space.

He carefully picked it up and twisted it open from left to right in reality.

It's a resource egg, its function comparable to "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing".

"Very good!"

Upon seeing the contents, he immediately stopped the puppets from carving masks from wooden boards.

"Now I don't have to make the mask myself, which saves me a lot of trouble."

He stood up happily, stretched, and moved his body around.

[The Pretender's Skin]

[Once you put it on, you can disguise your appearance, body shape, voice, etc., customize your face, and use it dozens of times.]

"Although there's a limit to the number of uses, it's really useful," Li Can remarked.

He held a piece of human skin with a skin color similar to his own and shook it in the air.

He originally planned to carve it himself, but his skills were just so-so, too clumsy.

"It's time to run a dungeon."

The countdown to Earth in my mind shows only a little over ten days left, and I am now fully prepared.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly put away the human skin supply egg, took out the explosive device from his pocket, and looked at the forum messages on it.

Once he opened it, he didn't even have time to check the new messages for the post he had originally published before he was bombarded with private messages in the background.

After clicking, most of the messages were "greetings" from "enthusiastic citizens" who were just curious.

Well, it has its pros and cons.

Amidst the cacophony of messages, he finally found the official private messaging interface.

I quickly moved it to the top.

Then I went to the background and blocked other irrelevant messages.

After a few minutes of commotion, the world finally quieted down.

"Huh, what's this...?"

Li Can scrolled through the official account's private messages, which contained a large number of personnel lists and resumes photographed on a mobile phone.

It includes a one-inch photo, along with the applicant's name, age, and a brief description of their current occupation.

The vast majority of the information came from members of the superhuman squads within the base.

However, some of these resumes also contain individuals whose "professions" are not even mentioned.

He quickly memorized the faces in each photo, then his fingers paused when he flipped to the middle.

"Li Lan?"

Yes, the photo showed his sister's familiar face, but it was different from the one he remembered from when he traveled through time.

The little girl, who used to exude a scholarly air, now has a face full of determination. He could even see her well-developed biceps through the few glimpses of her shoulders and upper arms in her photos.

The image of a strong, independent woman leaps off the page.

What exactly happened? Why is my sister like this now?

However, Li Can's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down. He didn't need to worry too much about his parents. Seeing that Li Lan was also alright, he slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

Looking at the introduction about her in the photo, Li Can's eyelids twitched involuntarily.

"A fierce and skilled warrior, capable of taking on a hundred men single-handedly, and slaughtering over a thousand zombies... and he's also the vice-captain..."

Li Can felt like a father watching his daughter grow up, unsure whether this direction was good or bad, because sometimes with great power comes great responsibility.

Although the above was just a few simple lines of text, he understood that these were all the battle records she had earned in the past when she was surrounded by monsters and fought to the death.

"Sigh..." He sighed and saved this photo separately in his phone's album, next to the one of his parents.

After recording all the names of the people on the list, he typed rapidly with his fingers.

I'm ready to run the dungeon and we can start simultaneously. To avoid us not recognizing each other, I've also prepared my resume, which I'll send later.

After silently putting on the human skin mask, Li Can did not make any major changes to his appearance. He simply changed to a similar but different, unremarkable face and made a slight adjustment to his voice.

In this way, from the back, it is still him, but when you turn to look at his front, no matter how you judge it, it will not reveal his original identity on Earth.

Without solid power to control everything, he was not prepared to reveal everything about himself and his family.

This change is still necessary.

"Click." Li Can took a picture of himself after his disguise, but then, seemingly feeling it wasn't quite realistic, he took his phone and walked through the First Base in the early morning, recording a video of the surrounding scenery.

"Well, this time it'll be easier for everyone to recognize each other in the dungeon."

He nodded in satisfaction before sending the photos and videos.

The official response seemed to be on standby; his message was immediately marked as read as soon as it was sent.

Li Can watched the video replay again, and considering that Bai Zhuo was also in the former First Base, there might be a risk of discrepancies in the accounts, he added a sentence.

Please refer to me temporarily by my ID "Peach Blossom." I have temporarily altered my appearance and voice; I hope the official team can understand.

Thinking of Bai Zhuo, that mysterious fellow, Li Can felt somewhat suspicious.

"After he went back, he vanished into thin air. I haven't seen him since... Where did he go? Did he go to a dungeon or something else?"

Logically, he shouldn't have jumped out immediately, exclaiming in shock and asking questions like, "What? Bro, are you really an alien?"

"wack."

Li Can pondered it repeatedly, and according to the prediction, it should be going in a similar direction. She still wanted to have a private conversation with him from ten years ago.

However, it's a good thing he doesn't show up, saving him the trouble for now.

Let's take a step by step.

[Comrade, we have received your message. Please wait a moment while we further deploy and distribute it.]

We understand your concerns. After we begin cooperation, we will dispel your doubts and demonstrate our sincerity.

Li Can looked at the messages on the private message page and temporarily put aside the matters here.

We're all adults; let's get to know each other quickly to avoid wasting our breath.

He had already experienced this before. When he first started communicating with the officials, they talked to him naturally without any coercion.

He didn't even explain his origins on the original Earth... but he knew that he was being asked to explain himself.

After all, what seems to be a disadvantage now is his current situation, while the other side still has a bright future after the timeline changes.

There is always room for maneuver.

This is a test between the two sides.

Li Can walked to the vortex gate, which he had scouted out in advance inside the base, and waited.

When the message "Everything is ready" appeared on his phone screen, he replied with "Let's begin" and walked in alone. At the same time, on the other side of Blue Star, nearly a hundred people with superpowers also entered the vortex in front of them simultaneously.

During this period, there were also instances of other survivors voluntarily entering the instance.

The chaotic sounds of the world vanished the moment Li Can stepped into the vortex.

The only sound he could hear was his own breathing.

The garbled cloud watched him leave, until it was the only cloud left drifting alone in the empty base.

The puppets also disappeared.

"Humans..."