The sun over Brayden today was very gloomy which was strange since the city was known for its warm skies. This change in weather had suddenly happened over the past few days without reason. The same thing was also reported in many other regions which was strange causing some people to panic. However, the weather reports stated that it was the result of a partial eclipse and that it would soon disperse which calmed down the tension.
Raising his eyes away from his phone, Dante sneered as he saw the news.
''The government will always be the government, hiding the truth till the last moment. Those bastards are never dependable!''
Clicking his tongue he proceeded to continue checking through his phone. Today was the day the apocalypse would descend and to say he was not nervous was an understatement. Knowing that the world as he knew it would end in less than half an hour was not something any average person could even imagine.
Currently he was seated in one of the many malls strewn around Brayden's campus for the students' convenience. He had chosen this place for a very specific reason—this was one of the places where the apocalypse had descended during his lifetime and also where he had died. There was another reason but that could wait till later.
Looking at the crowd of energetic students bustling around he instinctively felt pity for them as they were still oblivious to the fact that their normal lives were about to be brutally disrupted.
At first the thought of going to the government and revealing all he knew and the system had come to his mind. He was sure that with the advanced tech the system offered there was a chance of humanity prevailing over the destruction bound to happen.
That thought lasted less than a second in his mind before it vanished.
He was no hero nor saint!
While that would have seemed noble he was no stranger to the human mind. Humans were inherently selfish and so was he.
YES! Announcing the existence of the system might earn him accolades from the world and YES! a lot of lives would be saved, but he knew that he would have a future full of misery.
Humans loved to have everything in their grasp and they would go to any length to do so, to control was human nature.
Call him a bad person but he would still do the same.
With a tired expression, he rubbed his temples in an attempt to clear his mind, all these thoughts weren't going to help in the next half an hour.
''Well I at least tried to inform them, whatever they do is their choice…..sigh, their fate is theirs to grasp... System pull up the interface.. ''
With a tired expression, he rubbed his temples in an attempt to clear his mind, all these thoughts weren't going to help in the next half an hour.
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Champion: Dante Ackerman
Race : Human(base variant,evolvable)
Level:Not available
Class: Divine Mechanic(Currently a scrap engineer)
Gear points:880
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[Attributes]
STR:20
AGI:20
INT:60
END:20
DEX:30
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[TALENTS]
Photographic blueprint memory(basic), Jerry Rig Mastery(basic), Fast Fingers, Gear sense(basic)
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[SKILLS]
Mechanical berserker, Sniping resonance
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[BLUEPRINTS]
E-tier electromagnetic bomb, E-tier basic power armour, E-tier resonant chain blade.
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[INVENTORY]
Open/close
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[MISSIONS]
Expand/collapse
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[EQUIPMENT]
Basic power armour, electromagnetic bombs, Serax's pistol, Resonant chain blade.
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[Gears of fortune]
Crank.
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Closing the interface, Dante sat back with a satisfied smile on his face. Just looking at his goodies nearly made him scream out of joy.
The interface hadn't changed that much except in some areas most notable of which were the amount of gear points he had, his attributes and finally the new equipment tab.
The most obvious change was the increase in the gear points, from a measly 20-ish points he was now the proud owner of over eight hundred points!
Actually he was supposed to have over a thousand but he had spent part of it to upgrade his stats and also buy a new blueprint from the store setting him back by about six hundred points, he however made a return when he completed the equipment as they all awarded him gear points for successfully mastering and crafting them bringing him to a grand total of nearly nine hundred points!
The attribute increase was also notable,as he finally decided to increase his attributes after a long consideration. Obviously the highest stat was his intelligence as that was actually the main attribute of a mechanic according to the system. While he had wanted to throw all the points to the strength aspect reason eventually prevailed and holy cow was he shocked by the difference.
The rate at which he could process calculations now couldn't even begin to compare to before, it was simply like the difference between night and day—incomparable! Coupled with the effects of the mental potion even he was afraid of his computational ability. Right now he was still in the exploratory phase.
The other attributes were also increased but not as much since intelligence. Although to the system the main attribute of the mechanic battle class was the intelligence attribute which made sense, he still added points to his physique, he wasn't planning to be a paper mechanic!
The last and most important of them all was the new equipment tab which just like it's name suggested held his equipment, both the ones he himself crafted and those he got from the system which was only the Serax pistol.
After completing Germaine's mission, he had spent the last few days fabricating all his battle gear. Looking at the interface now he really was proud of his achievements.
Three items, each enough to shock anyone who saw them considering how they were miles ahead of current earth technology. From the power armour he was currently wearing to the electromagnetic pulse bombs they were enough to make him a boss in the early stages of the apocalypse.
The last one was the chain blade which had two states, a normal blade form and another form factor that consisted of nine individual blades which could be controlled by his gear sense talent. It was essentially like he had nine different blades he could bend to his will and boy were they powerful. In his excitement when he finished them he had taken it for a spin in his apartment and let's just say the landlord would have murdered him.
'''He probably wouldn't mind right? hun…?''
Muttering to himself he was about to continue his scrolling when he suddenly felt that something was not right. Which was immediately followed by an indescribable feeling of dread settling upon him causing him to involuntarily shiver.
''This aura!''
Sucking a mouthful of air his eyes widened as he instinctively glanced at the timer only to discover that there were only a measly five seconds left for the timer to finish its counting down.
Hurriedly he tried to contact the system but there was no response whatsoever, it was like the system had never even existed in the first place as all the tabs had greyed out.
Before he had the time to think about it though there was a crack like the world itself was falling apart as a dark and sinister voice echoed in his mind—no, not only in his mind but in the minds of the billions of other humans on earth.
''HA HA HA HA, HA HA HA HA. Earthlings! The dark times have arrived, the universe bemoans its fate while all creatures wail in suffering, the realms have crumbled and the gods have bled and even the fates are in eternal slumber!''
Pausing, the voice resounded once more albeit as a whisper.
''Humans, embrace your nightmare.''
And then the world as humans knew it
....changed forever.