Chapter 1 Reborn in the End Times: Awakening the God - eater Sequence

"January 1, 2000, on Blue Star."

"According to expert observations, a black bird suddenly appeared, vomited out a huge gastric sac, and swallowed the entire sun. Then, the black bird took the gastric sac back and disappeared."

"With the sun gone, Blue Star entered an eternal night."

"However, the organisms on Blue Star didn't go extinct completely. Humans could still manage to survive, and currently, a large number of researchers are studying the reasons."

"On the same day, gods made a large - scale appearance on Blue Star. Most of them were hostile to humans and killed them."

"It was also on the day when the end - times arrived. Under the leadership of countless unknown heroes, humans established the United Government and built several large - scale safe zones. Since then, humans have lived only within these safe zones. For some reason, the gods couldn't enter the safe zones to kill humans, and currently, a large number of researchers are also studying the reasons."

"This period of history is the advent of the end - times on Blue Star. There are three key points here. The first is the date, New Year's Day ten years ago. I believe everyone has already memorized it well. The second..."

Qin Siyang, sitting in the corner of the classroom, shook his head.

"Learning history can't save humanity. Especially this kind of history full of loopholes."

"In this end - times world, only knowledge related to sequence abilities is meaningful."

He stopped listening and turned to look out of the window.

Through the protective glass, he could vaguely see many gods floating in the night sky above.

Since Blue Star entered the eternal night, no matter when one looked up, the scene outside the safe zone didn't change much. There were faintly twinkling stars.

And the so - called "gods" wandering among the stars.

"Students, next, we'll talk about the gods. There are also test points here. Listen carefully."

"After the eternal night, some strange creatures appeared on Blue Star, with various strange appearances."

"But they have one thing in common: they are aggressive and have an immortal body."

"Humans think these creatures are divine punishments for the sins humans committed before the advent of the end - times, so they are called gods..."

Strange creatures with immortal bodies were actually praised as "gods".

Hearing this, Qin Siyang sighed again.

It was always like this.

The end of science was theology.

People attributed all the existences they couldn't explain to the gods.

"Everyone should note that the parts about the gods and the end - times are必考 for both liberal arts and science students in the college entrance examination..."

The students weren't very interested.

Everyone knew that in this end - times world, only by awakening sequence abilities could one gain a foothold.

As for the college entrance examination for ordinary people - only those who ranked in the top one - thousandth in the safe zone could be admitted to higher - level colleges and have the opportunity to seek a decent job in the United Government.

But it was too difficult to rank in the top one - thousandth in such a large safe zone.

Even the top five students in the whole school couldn't guarantee it.

Qin Siyang couldn't achieve it in his previous life, and he couldn't achieve it after being reborn either.

Qin Siyang was an orphan in his previous life. He studied hard for many years. His performance in the college entrance examination was not ideal. Later, he was admitted to postgraduate school. After graduation, he got a slightly decent job. But when he was in his middle - age, he was laid off by the company. When he went to the company to claim compensation, he was accidentally beaten to death by the security guards and was reborn back to when he was seventeen.

After being reborn, the people around him were almost the same as those he knew in his previous life.

But the originally normal world had become so strange.

It was like a parallel world.

"I still have to find a way to awaken the sequence. Otherwise, being reborn is in vain."

Qin Siyang had a goal in mind for a long time, but unfortunately, there was no way to achieve it.

After the advent of the end - times, all kinds of creatures mutated. Countless species became extinct, and countless new species were born. And humans finally started to mutate too.

That was when sequence ability users emerged.

On January 1, 2005, exactly five years after the advent of the end - times, the first sequence ability user was born among humans.

He had an incredible ability - he could turn one of his hands into a revolver.

His revolver could fire six bullets a day.

Many people thought this mutation was meaningless because the current enemy of humans was the gods who couldn't be killed.

Even nuclear bombs couldn't kill the gods. What was the use of his revolver?

However, his revolver was really useful.

After awakening the sequence, he successfully killed two small gods that were crawling rapidly on the ground.

He broke the common belief that the gods were immortal.

Sequence ability users could kill the gods!

Humans could kill the gods!

Humans cheered, seeing the hope of counter - attacking the gods!

The awakening of this person opened a new era. After him, many people gradually awakened sequence abilities.

The deeds of humans killing the gods gradually became less rare. Even most sequence ability users made a good living by hunting the gods.

However, this small spark of sequence ability awakening didn't change the fact that humans lived in the safe zones. Because in the five years after the sequence awakening, the most dangerous large - sized gods were still not killed by anyone.

But sequence abilities changed the internal pattern of humans.

Outside the safe zones, the gods dominated. Inside the safe zones, the sequence ability users dominated.

The sequence ability users became the gods inside the safe zones.

This was the end - times for humans. It was also a paradise for sequence ability users.

As long as one could awaken the sequence, they could rise to a high position immediately. There were many stories in the safe zone about people who were begging in the street in the morning and living a life of luxury in the afternoon.

Compared with studying hard, awakening sequence abilities was the right way to change one's fate.

Now, Qin Siyang still hadn't awakened sequence abilities.

He thought that people who were reborn should have some luck bonus. He originally thought that he would awaken the sequence immediately.

But three days passed, and he was still an ordinary student living on the edge of the safe zone. Currently, what he needed most was information about sequence awakening.

Many people around him would talk about sequences, but almost no one could explain it clearly.

This was understandable. Anyone who had relatives or friends who were sequence ability users and knew something about sequence abilities wouldn't live on the remote edge of the safe zone.

"Students, the awakening of sequence ability users is the hope of humanity..."

Sequence awakening?

He immediately raised his hand and looked at the head teacher who was teaching history.

"Qin Siyang, what's your question?"

"Teacher, why hasn't anyone among our classmates awakened sequence abilities? And how can we awaken sequence abilities?"

"Hasn't this question been taught already?" The head teacher frowned. "No one knows the reason for sequence awakening. If I knew, I would have awakened the sequence myself first."

Immediately, a classmate interrupted, "But I heard that Zhou Yang's uncle in the next class has awakened sequence abilities! Why can't I?"

"That's Director Zhou! The proportion of government officials awakening sequence abilities is originally very high!"

"But..."

"Stop arguing! Instead of talking nonsense here, it's better to prepare for the college entrance examination!"

"You'll take the college entrance examination in half a year. If you don't review well and get into college, you'll have to find a job after graduating from high school!"

"Can you guys stop giving me a headache? Open your homework. I'll check it!"

The head teacher became more and more excited as he spoke, and later he even slapped the table frantically.

But Qin Siyang, who had lived two lives, could tell that the head teacher wasn't really disappointed in the students.

Only the top five students in the whole school had a chance to be admitted to college. And the first - ranked student in his class was only around the thirtieth in the whole school.

In other words, all the students in the class would have to find jobs after graduating from high school.

The head teacher couldn't not know this. His excitement and anger were naturally not because he was worried about the students' future.

Qin Siyang saw unwillingness and jealousy in his eyes.

Unwilling to be an ordinary person.

Jealous of others who had awakened sequence abilities.

When checking Qin Siyang's homework, he found that Qin Siyang hadn't done it.

"You talked so much in class. I thought you had finished your homework."

"You didn't do your homework and always daydream."

"Go and stand outside the door for punishment! Come back when you're sober!"

"Okay."

He wasn't the only one who didn't do his homework, but he was the only one who was asked to stand outside for punishment. It seemed that the previous question had angered the teacher.

Some people said that human anger essentially came from one's own incompetence.

Probably so.

Qin Siyang walked out of the classroom.

Standing outside for punishment was a trivial matter to him.

If it weren't for the fact that the school cafeteria provided meals and could fill the stomach of him, an orphan with no income, he wouldn't even bother to go to school.

Surely, he would spend all his energy thinking about sequences.

Just as well, it was quiet outside the classroom. He could quietly think about the way to awaken the sequence.

Although it was just random thinking, it was better than not thinking at all.

As far as he knew, the rich and the upper - class in this world had a very high probability of awakening sequence abilities.

But for poor students like him who lived on the edge of the safe zone, there might not be a single awakener among thousands of people.

Sequence awakening wasn't completely random. It seemed to have a tendency to favor the rich.

"If the condition for sequence awakening is related to the quality of life, then I'm afraid I'll never be able to awaken the sequence."

He let out a long sigh.

He looked up at the window. Many gods were still wandering under the starry sky.

"Gods? "

"If you are gods, then I, who can be reborn, also have some kind of supernatural power, right?"

"Come to think of it, I'm almost a god too."

Qin Siyang smiled slightly.

Suddenly, he saw a huge eye slowly opening in the dark starry sky, looking at him.

The pitch - black pupil didn't seem to belong to a human.

It was more like that of a bird.

This eye hanging in the night sky was huge and round. If it really belonged to a bird, it could probably swallow the entire Blue Star in one bite.

Qin Siyang frowned and glanced at the other students from other classes who were standing in the corridor for punishment. Some of them were also looking out of the window boredly, but it seemed that no one else noticed this eye.

Could only he see it?

He stared at this eye for a while. Suddenly, he felt that this eye seemed to be exerting some kind of interference on him, making him dizzy.

Then, a piece of information appeared in his mind.

...

[Sequence "God - eater" awakened] [Digesting gods can make you stronger]

[Current sequence level: Level 1, Glutton]

[Skill: Blood Drink. Skill description: Eating gods can improve strength.]

...

When he came to his senses, the eye in the starry sky had disappeared.

The sequence was awakened?!

Qin Siyang couldn't believe what had happened.

He didn't know much about sequence abilities.

The only thing he knew was that sequence ability users could see their sequence information in their minds.

"Did I... also awaken sequence abilities?!"

Qin Siyang was still in disbelief. Suddenly, he felt a surge of power flowing into his body, making his mental state much stronger.

Even his previously thin arms, which were emaciated from hunger, now had muscle lines.

"They say that after awakening sequence abilities, the body will be enhanced. It's really true!"

But thinking of the bird's eye, he was a bit puzzled: Did everyone awaken the sequence in such a strange way?

Why had he never heard anyone mention it?

"The 'God - eater' sequence... It sounds very powerful. I have to check it on the 'God - slaying Camp'."

The "God - slaying Camp" was a forum where sequence ability users discussed and communicated.

Qin Siyang learned about it by chance when he heard his classmates chatting.

To enter the forum and search for information, one had to have a mobile phone or a computer.

In his home, there was not even an electrical appliance, let alone a computer. Tonight, during the evening self - study, the head teacher seemed very angry. He lectured everyone for a long time and then made everyone do two sets of test papers. School didn't end until after ten o'clock.

"The evening self - study was extended. I can only go to the Internet cafe tomorrow morning."

Due to the shortage of power resources in the end - times, the Internet cafe wasn't open 24 hours a day. It was already closed now.

"Ding - "

Just then, the bell rang for the end of the evening self - study.

"I always feel that the way I awakened and the name of my sequence are a bit strange. I'd better keep it to myself until I figure it out."

"Anyway, the identity of a sequence ability user won't disappear."

Qin Siyang returned home and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Go to sleep. I'll go to the Internet cafe tomorrow morning!"