"Hello, this is reporter Hua Shan speaking. A Black Alert has been issued nationwide. I repeat—a nationwide Black Alert. This is not a drill..."

The reporter’s trembling voice echoed from countless television screens, radios, and phones worldwide.

Behind her, the sound of screams and explosions rang endlessly through the broadcast.

The camera shook violently.

For a split second, the image caught sight of something massive descending from the sky—

A grotesque creature covered in rotting flesh and writhing black veins.

Then the signal abruptly cut.

Static flooded the screen.

"Oh my God... what are those things?!" 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"Merciful heavens... are these monsters the end of our world?"

"AAAAH! Help me! My daughter—my daughter...!"

"M-Mom... Mom, save me!"

Panic spread faster than wildfire.

Every major city across the globe had descended into a brutal battlefield.

Towering skyscrapers burned beneath crimson skies. Smoke swallowed entire streets while endless sirens wailed like cries of despair. Fighter jets roared overhead, missiles streaking through the clouds as military forces desperately launched counterattacks from every direction.

But it wasn’t enough.

Nothing was enough.

Amid the chaos... amid the destruction... grotesque, inhuman monsters rampaged freely across the world.

Their appearances varied, yet every single one radiated an overwhelming sense of terror.

Some possessed bloated bodies covered in pulsating eyes.

Others crawled on countless limbs like giant insects.

And some looked horrifyingly human—

until their jaws split open far beyond what any human face should allow.

Everywhere they passed, blood followed.

The monsters looked identical to the creature Sian and his companions had once defeated.

No—

Some looked even worse.

A woman stumbled through the ruins of a collapsed shopping center while clutching her bleeding arm, tears streaming down her face.

Behind her, dozens of pale corpses dragged themselves across the ground with twisted limbs and empty eyes.

Zombies.

One of the monsters lunged forward and bit into a soldier’s neck.

The man’s scream echoed for only seconds before his body began convulsing violently.

His flesh darkened.

Bones cracked.

Then—

He turned.

Another monster had been born.

...

"Have you found Sian yet?"

The cold voice shattered the suffocating silence inside the military conference hall.

"No, sir. We still haven’t discovered any trace of him."

"Keep searching," General Lan ordered immediately. "Mobilize every available force."

"Sir..." the officer hesitated before speaking again, his face pale. "Most of our troops are already evacuating civilians and attempting to suppress the monsters. There are currently five major creatures confirmed within our borders. The nation’s five central cities are under simultaneous attack."

His voice trembled slightly.

"Any human bitten by those monsters turns into a zombie... and the larger creatures appear capable of controlling them."

The conference hall fell deathly silent.

The air itself seemed heavy with fear and exhaustion.

Large surveillance screens covered the walls, broadcasting live footage from across the country.

Every screen displayed the same horrifying scenes—

Blood.

Fire.

Death.

Entire streets were drowned beneath endless swarms of monsters and undead creatures.

Collapsed buildings crushed civilians beneath rubble while soldiers fought desperately to buy people enough time to escape.

Even neighboring countries had begun sending emergency requests for support.

But how could they possibly help anyone else when their own people were dying every second?

Even they themselves stood on the edge of destruction.

General Lan stared silently at the screens.

His eyes were bloodshot, filled with exhaustion and unshed grief.

In only a matter of days, he seemed to have aged over ten years.

Compared to the man who once stood beside Sian with confidence and determination—

The current him looked utterly worn down.

For one brief moment...

Even he nearly lost hope.

The apocalypse had arrived too suddenly.

Without warning.

Without mercy.

Humanity had not been prepared.

General Lan slowly clenched his fists until his knuckles turned white.

Then he forcefully suppressed every trace of emotion within himself.

A leader could not collapse.

Not now.

Not while millions were still depending on him.

He raised his head and spoke in a steady voice.

"Minister... where is your team now?"

Nearly an hour earlier, without any warning signs whatsoever, several monstrous creatures had suddenly emerged from thin air and attacked the nation’s five central cities simultaneously.

Soon after, reports from overseas confirmed the horrifying truth—

The same nightmare was unfolding across the entire world.

Humanity stood at the gates of extinction.

And this time...

They might truly not survive.

General Lan did not know about the rest of the world.

But at the very least—

Their country still possessed one final hope.

Even if it was only a tiny glimmer.

There were still superhumans working under the government.

The elite forces led by Minister Yang.

From the depths of his heart, General Lan prayed they could at least eliminate those monsters before humanity was completely wiped out.

Minister Liang Wei finally spoke in a low, heavy voice.

"They’ve already arrived in City S. According to our intelligence, the monster there is the strongest among the five."

He paused briefly.

"Fortunately... it appears to be the same type Sian and Kira fought before."

At the mention of Sian’s name, the atmosphere inside the hall became even heavier.

Everyone present understood what that name represented.

Hope.

A miracle.

Liang Wei lowered his gaze slightly as thoughts of his missing daughter crossed his mind.

No one knew where she was.

No one could contact her.

He could only pray she was still alive.

Pray she had escaped safely.

Pray that fate would show mercy this time.

"Even though we defeated that creature before..." Liang Wei continued quietly, "without Sian and Kira’s strength..."

He did not finish the sentence.

Because everyone already knew the answer.

Their chances were painfully slim.

General Lan closed his eyes briefly.

He wished Sian would return.

Wished the young man would once again appear before humanity at its darkest hour and save them all.

But he also understood something clearly—

Some things could never be controlled by human hands.

At this point...

All they could do was entrust everything to fate.

"Broadcast the battlefield immediately," General Lan ordered.

They had to monitor the situation closely and make decisions that would determine the future of their nation.

Since they lacked the power to personally fight on the battlefield, their strategies and commands were the only weapons left in their hands.

The crowded conference hall remained completely silent.

Fear of death was terrifying enough.

But when faced with a global catastrophe...

When Judgment Day truly arrived...

Humans stopped caring about everything else.

Money.

Power.

Status.

Hatred.

None of it mattered anymore.

In the end, only one instinct remained—

Survival.

...

Meanwhile, far above the burning cities, a military helicopter tore through the dark skies.

Inside sat three figures.

Sian.

Wei Jinyun.

And Kira.

The deafening sound of the helicopter blades filled the cabin while flashes of fire illuminated the clouds below.

Sian silently stared down at the cities beneath them.

The world was burning.

Entire districts had already collapsed into ruin.

Smoke rose endlessly into the heavens like funeral incense for humanity itself.

Before leaving, Sian had left the child behind at Wei Jinyun’s headquarters.

He refused to bring him into danger when he could not guarantee his safety.

"Gege..." Wei Jinyun finally spoke, his voice quieter than usual. "Are you really sure about this?"

Truthfully, despite living in this world for years, Wei Jinyun had never truly cared about it.

Yes, he had investigated tirelessly.

Yes, he had tried to stop the mastermind before the apocalypse began.

But if the end still came...

Then the only lives he truly cared about were those of his companions.

Especially Sian.

Now, with Sian and Kira beside him once again, his only thought was ensuring they survived.

They had already experienced this nightmare once before.

They knew exactly how cruel the apocalypse could become.

And Wei Jinyun was certain of one thing—

This time, he would survive.

This time, he would not die young.

And this time...

He would never allow Sian to perish alongside him again.

But suddenly, Wei Jinyun remembered words Sian once said long ago.

"Jinyun... I don’t want this world to become ruins. If I have the power to change something, then I’d rather this world not follow the same path ours did."

Wei Jinyun lowered his eyes silently.

"But the chaos has already begun," he said quietly. "Look outside. Monsters are appearing across the entire world. The three of us alone can’t save humanity."

Sian remained silent for several seconds.

The dim lights inside the helicopter cast shadows across his face, making his expression difficult to read.

Then, finally—

"We can still save this country," Sian said softly. "At the very least... we can reduce the damage."

His voice was calm.

But firm.

"We can kill those monsters before things become irreversible."

Wei Jinyun stared at him silently.

He had always known this.

Sian’s heart was far too soft.

Too kind.

Honestly...

Wei Jinyun hated that part of him.

Because kind people were always the ones who suffered the most.

The world never treated gentle souls fairly.

Yet despite everything—

Despite the countless betrayals, deaths, and pain they had endured—

Sian still chose to save others.

Wei Jinyun clicked his tongue softly before leaning back in his seat.

If his gege insisted on saving the world...

Then so be it.

As the saying goes—

If you can’t beat them, join them.

And so, after Sian requested a helicopter to leave—

Wei Jinyun boarded it alongside him without hesitation.

Because no matter where Sian went...

He would always follow.