Ah!!!
A terrifying roar suddenly erupted in the quiet classroom where only the teacher was lecturing.
What the hell!!
The unexpected roar startled many students, who cursed and glared angrily in the direction the sound came from.
In the third row by the window, Gu Qijue, drenched in sweat, looked around at the surroundings that were both familiar and strange.
"Gu Qijue, are you yelling in my class because you have a problem with me? If you don't want to listen, you can sleep. I've seen many students like you over my years of teaching, who are like mud that can't stick to the wall."
The lecturer was a bald middle-aged man, his sharp gaze coldly fixed on Gu Qijue.
Gu Qijue ignored the bald teacher, sat down silently, and turned his head to look at the sun-drenched sports field outside the window.
A harsh glint flashed in his eyes, a look one shouldn't have at his age.
He took out his phone from his pocket to check.
He grinned.
"To actually be reborn from that hellish apocalypse back to college days, three hours before global mutation?"
Gu Qijue's eyes showed disbelief, then excitement gleamed within them: "The mutation hasn't erupted yet. It's just past two in the afternoon, I have three hours to prepare."
Thinking of this, he stood up and said, "Teacher, I'm going to the restroom!"
With that, regardless of the teacher's response, he got up and quickly walked out of the classroom.
Once out of the classroom, his pace quickened, almost breaking into a run.
Leaving the teaching building, Gu Qijue ran straight towards the school gate.
As he ran out of the school, he headed straight for the back mountain.
He ran while muttering to himself, "Three hours left, not sure if there's enough time."
He vaguely remembered, today at 5 pm sharp when auroras like the Milky Way swept over Blue Star,
around sixty to seventy percent of global animals, plants, including humans, mutated into terrifying monsters.
In just a few hours, the order established by mankind over thousands of years collapsed abruptly.
In that hellish apocalypse, Gu Qijue swallowed sewer rats to survive and even tried eating mutated monsters, though it was almost impossible to swallow.
He struggled desperately for eight years, only to be viciously decapitated by a mutated monster.
"Whether this is a dream or truly reborn, if you don't go mad, you can't become enlightened..."
Gu Qijue's gaze was cold as his running speed increased.
Twenty minutes later, he finally reached the school's back mountain.
He vaguely remembered, after the global mutation began, a black dragon emerged from the school's back mountain.
This black dragon was incredibly terrifying; in the previous life, it almost wiped out the human Super Martial Warriors.
What are Super Martial Warriors?
Those who weren't mutated when swept by the mysterious auroras, humans, animals, plants, all had the probability to awaken——Super Martial Arts.
This Super Martial Arts is a kind of mark, once triggered, can summon powerful armor to attach.
In the past life, Gu Qijue didn't awaken Super Martial Arts; surviving eight years as a normal person was the limit.
Since he was reborn and still can't awaken Super Martial Arts, he must find another path.
He needed to find the black snake that mutated into the black dragon on the school's back mountain.
If it could transform into a dragon, it must be a snake.
But in the vast back mountain, how could he find it?
Gu Qijue wiped sweat from his forehead, running and searching through the back mountain forest...
Perhaps it was the favor of heaven...
Two hours later, Gu Qijue sighted a terrifyingly black snake resting in the shade ahead in the underbrush.
"Is this…Black Mamba?"
Having studied snakes, at first glance, Gu Qijue recognized it.
Although Black Mamba has "black" in its name, its body color is rarely black, mostly gray, gray-blue, greenish-black, brown, or earthy yellow.
Gu Qijue hadn't expected to encounter a rare black Black Mamba.
But why was there a Black Mamba here?
Gu Qijue couldn't understand; the Hidden Dragon Empire shouldn't have such snakes.
Puzzled, he also wondered how to catch it.
With one careless move, if bitten, he wouldn't need to wait for the mutation to die.
Gu Qijue didn't alarm the snake, leaning behind a big tree, frowning, and thinking.
Can't kill it.
Because before the auroras sweep across the world, he needs to swallow it alive.
Of course, before swallowing, he must knock it out first.
Only then might he obtain the Black Mamba's genes during the auroras and mutate alongside it.
Unable to awaken Super Martial Arts, Gu Qijue could only give it a try with all his might.
He didn't know if it would succeed.
But even if it doesn't, what's one death?
In the mutated apocalypse, being unable to awaken as a Super Martial Artist is worse than being an animal; Gu Qijue didn't want to experience that again.
It's all or nothing.
Just a matter of death.
Luckily, this Black Mamba seemed to be juvenile, not very long or thick.
Easier to swallow.
Meow!!
While Gu Qijue was troubled about how to catch the snake.
Suddenly a meow sounded nearby.
Gu Qijue looked up.
He saw a rather sturdy tabby cat, apparently spotting the Black Mamba, its cat eyes shining, sneaking over stealthily.
Hiss!!!
When they were within less than thirty centimeters, the Black Mamba suddenly sprang up, its speed disturbingly fast, and bit toward the tabby cat.
But the tabby cat reacted even faster, evading while swinging a cat paw, smacking it away.
The cat and snake were entangled in a fierce fight.
A moment later, the dazed Black Mamba tried to flee.
But how could the tabby cat let go of such a savory snack?
It swung a few more cat paws.
"Heaven truly helps me!!"
Gu Qijue, watching the Black Mamba being battered, waited for it to completely lose the ability to fight back before scaring off the tabby cat.
Soon, the Black Mamba was battered to the edge of death, twitching weakly on the ground, powerless to retaliate.
Just as the tabby cat proudly approached to enjoy a feast, Gu Qijue suddenly charged out, yelling.
Meow!!
The tabby cat started in fright, darting several meters away, then turned to keep its eyes on Gu Qijue.
Gu Qijue ignored the cat, wrapped his right hand with a snake-skin bag, and carefully approached the Black Mamba, whose eyes were filled with unwillingness as its body lay limp.
He cautiously picked up a stick, nudged the snake half a meter away, and only when sure it was completely weakened did he reach out to seize its head.
Grabbing the Black Mamba, Gu Qijue still wasn't satisfied, and poked its head again, ensuring it weakened further.
Then, he took out his phone to check the time.
16:59!!!
"Phew! Just made it!"
Gu Qijue breathed a huge sigh of relief, gazing at the dazed Black Mamba in his hand as if looking at a bright future.
He wasn't afraid of failure.
It was merely dying.
In the mutated apocalypse, living as a normal person is scarier than death.
Meow!!
The tabby cat stayed nearby, glaring at Gu Qijue resentfully.
If not for this bipedal creature, it would be devouring a treat.
But Gu Qijue knew, it couldn't eat at all.
Because it was already 59 minutes, in 20 seconds, the aurora would arrive.
When the Black Mamba mutates…how could it eat?
Gu Qijue's heartbeat accelerated, planning to swallow the more than one-foot-long Black Mamba in the last twenty seconds.
As the time reached 59 minutes and 30 seconds, Gu Qijue poked the Black Mamba's head a few more times, took a deep breath, and at the countdown of twenty seconds, as he saw the sky brighten, he knew the aurora was entering the atmosphere. Without hesitation, he opened his mouth wide—swallow the snake!!!
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