In the year 2030, the world ends on the day Yu Chen is supposed to graduate.

What begins as an ordinary college ceremony turns into a living nightmare when grotesque, zombie-like creatures suddenly overrun the campus. Within minutes, classrooms become cages, teachers become powerless, and civilization collapses into screams and blood.

Yu Chen is nothing special.

He is quiet, overlooked, and mocked for his poor grades and weak presence. In a world that once valued status and strength, he was invisible. But when death arrives, those old rules mean nothing.

While others cling to false hope—believing rescue will come—Yu Chen chooses to act. Driven by fear for his mother and his younger sister Yu Ming, who is trapped in another nearby college, he decides to leave the safety of the classroom and face the apocalypse alone.

That choice costs him everything.

Betrayed by classmates and deliberately used as bait, Yu Chen is cast outside to die. Hunted by zombies, wounded and weaponless, he fights desperately for his life in an abandoned classroom. At the edge of death, relying only on instinct and sheer will, he kills for the first time.

And survives.

That moment awakens something hidden within him.

A System.

Not a blessing given to all—but a Unique Survival System that selects only those who move forward when others wait, who endure when others break.

The System grants Yu Chen a rare Unique Class, centered on evolution, adaptation, and bodily transformation. His body becomes an evolving living entity, capable of regeneration, mutation, and growth through survival and combat. Power is not handed to him freely—every improvement must be earned through blood, danger, and decision.

As the world falls into chaos, Yu Chen steps into a path no one else dares to walk.

No rescue is coming.
No rules remain.
Only those who evolve will survive.

To save his sister.
To protect his family.
To carve a future from the ruins.

This is not the story of a chosen hero.

It is the story of a weak man
who refuses to die.


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Genre & Tags

Apocalypse / Zombie Outbreak

Weak to Strong

System / Evolution

Survival Action

Psychological Growth

Slow-Burn Power Progression

Future Romance (earned, not forced)

Pain flooded his senses—deep, dull aches in his arms, his ribs, his legs. But beneath the pain was something else.


The two zombies lay sprawled across the classroom floor, skulls crushed, bodies unmoving.


"I'm alive…" Yu Chen whispered, disbelief shaking his voice.


Blood still stained his sleeves—but the wounds beneath were closing.


Before his eyes, torn flesh knit together. Bruises faded. The burning pain receded as if time itself were reversing.


Lines of light gathered, forming a translucent panel that floated before him like a window made of stars.


"This… I heard a voice before I passed out."


Your cells adapt to damage and environmental threats. Minor injuries regenerate automatically. Growth rate increases with level.


Your body evolves through survival, combat, and assimilation. Each evolution improves physical attributes and resistance.


Allows alteration of form, structure, and density for survival or combat purposes.


"This isn't normal… This isn't like the games."


[ Awakening confirmed due to extreme survival instinct and mental resilience. ]


Yu Chen spun around, eyes darting across the empty classroom.


> [ Host achieved awakening through combat termination of infected entities. ]


[ Most fail. Some require conditions. Few qualify. ]


The classroom door shuddered violently.


A feral howl echoed through the corridor.


Yu Chen's expression changed instantly.


"I can't stay here," he muttered, forcing himself to stand. His legs trembled—but held.


> [ Warning: Host remains in high-risk zone. ]


"If this system chose me," he said quietly, eyes hardening,


Chapter 4 - System