I live in a volcanic world.

My body will slowly dissipate into eternity.

The sky was gray and full of useless and dying stars.

The ground was dark red, and blood was pouring out from between the black rock roots.

Outside the world is a grand abyss dynasty, what a brilliant civilization it is! They enslaved humanity and forged towering dark temples from the bones of dead creatures.

The famous Pillar of Miracles is carved with the long history of the Abyss royal family's wars, there are ghosts chanting the funerals of the gods on the Yellow Spring Avenue, and black cracks under the white abyss rocks......

- I am a closed ghost, a self-narrator.

Taken from "The Land of the Dead, Wanderer's Essay"

……

66 A.D., Fourth World.

The Heavenly Wind Barrier District, a golden empire belonging to one of the five alliances on the eastern coast.

The 3rd Elementary Energy Institute of the District.

The fate of this B-class base city on the edge of the Dark Wilderness is precarious and crumbling, but it is fortunate to have survived the "Dark Havoc" prophesied by theologians.

Beyond the bustling base city, from the air, are crumbling towering buildings, badly corroded old-time machinery, like the bones of a giant dark creature, quietly prostrate on top of a civilization that had been around for nearly three centuries, and beyond that, the vast wilderness that stretched across the land.

Municipal No. 3 Elementary Energy College.

In the middle of the narrow playground, the crowd was bustling, but there was no sound, and on a high ground in front of the playground, an old man with a majestic face and a gray robe spoke.

"New generations, you can come here and learn all the knowledge about the source energy."

Zhao Shanzhong, a two-star source master, is a well-known powerhouse in Tianfeng City.

The sound came, sonorous and powerful, and it was clearly engraved in everyone's heart.

In the Fourth World, where food is scarce, especially for the inferior people in a poor living environment, even speaking loudly is a very squandering thing.

That means a small piece of hard-earned fiery wolf meat, and food is everything.

But this old man who seemed to be approaching his twilight years didn't care at all, because he was a powerful source.

For such an being, food is nothing more than descending into the marginal wilderness and hunting some lowly dark creatures, nothing more.

This is no longer the age of grandstanding.

The First Law of the Age of Dawn: Master all the skills related to source energy, which is also the first law of survival belonging to the sick Eurasian civilization circle.

Every teenager and girl standing on the playground finally got a short time to enter this school after paying the entrance fee that countless civilians were staggering.

Among them, there are some who have spent all their wealth in exchange for such a humble opportunity.

"Today's remarks are concluded, and the meeting is adjourned."

The old man only made simple words, and it was only a moment, but he had to go to great lengths to gather all the new generations.

As for why? It has something to do with the traditional customs that have been passed down from the old era, and this may be something that can confirm the intersection of the old and the new era.

Below, the new generation evacuated in an orderly manner.

……

In the classroom of Yuanneng Class 1, a Peugeot woman gives a lecture on the podium.

Of course, for human beings in this era, the so-called Peugeot is, at most, good facial features, retaining at least feminine features, and if the skin is not too rough, it will be more perfect.

"Source power is a new type of energy that permeates the air. Since the heavens and the earth collapsed in the old times, countless dark creatures surged, and mankind has finally discovered this new type of energy after a long dark time. If you want to practice Source Energy, you have to feel this Source Power first, otherwise all your efforts will be in vain, because Source Energy represents everything. ”

Jiang Ting talked endlessly, but her eyes were slightly helpless.

If it weren't for the fact that she has been a little tight lately, she wouldn't be teaching this particular class.

What kind of students are they?

Most of the people in the room were richly dressed and had pretentious expressions on their faces.

These people, who are basically the descendants of the aristocratic class and some war oligarchs, have opened the source vein with special means and can practice the source power.

At the beginning of the school, every student in the class was tested for physical testing, and the richness of the source energy was really good.

Everyone knew how that came about, relying on countless high-quality configurations and expensive source energy potions to pile up.

Jiang Ting is a bit hateful to the rich......

But these guys don't even have the most basic knowledge of source energy? Don't even learn the most basic wilderness survival skills? That's where her anger comes from.

As soon as she thought of this, Jiang Ting was a little angry.

Just now, a guy with oily hair and a pink face even asked her about the difference between people's lives in the diamond age and now?

Hehe, is that comparable?

In the Diamond Age, people lived in high-rise buildings, worked hours a day, enjoyed endless food, accompanied by entertainment, and lived a carefree life.

How can it be like now, worrying, worrying, and living a life without a next meal after eating.

Even if the noble class living in the imperial capital is stable, I am afraid that ordinary people live a comfortable and comfortable life in that era when they were shining like diamonds.

This kind of mentally retarded problem, hey...... Really don't want to answer.

But......

The new generation of this class is indeed ...... You don't need to master any hunting and hunting skills.

They only need to cultivate source energy and source skills, and they can enjoy the glory and status that their ancestors have worked hard to gain with peace of mind.

For the future, it is natural to inherit the solid family business.

But what about the wilderness?

The descendants of the noble class hid in the base city and fought for power.

Those who are completely dependent on civilian sources go to the wilderness to fight.

If there is another dark catastrophe, how will Tianfeng City survive?

This time there is no protection from His Holiness.

"Teacher, I have a problem." A young man with a delicate face stood up, which interrupted Jiang Ting's thoughts.

Jiang Ting fixed her eyes and saw that this boy named Chen Kaiyu was one of the few people from the civilian class in the class.

I work weekdays, but my qualifications are really a little too bad.

So far, he has not yet gathered the source energy, but he is experienced in hunting and killing, and his mind is quick.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have come out on top in the third dark hunt organized by the Academy.

However, in this era, everything is based on source energy.

If he still fails to achieve results in the assessment after the nuclear winter, then it means that this hard-working teenager will have to say goodbye to the life that countless outcasts outside the city yearn for.

And the vacant position he left behind will naturally be replaced by other capable people.

Natural selection, survival of the fittest.

In this era, this law has been interpreted to the extreme.

Welcome, Age of Dawn!

……

"You say." Jiang Ting raised her head slightly and gave Chen Kaiyu approval.

"Why can't I feel the power of the source after awakening the source vein?" The boy's voice resounded through the classroom, with an inexplicable charm.

Jiang Ting sighed secretly.

"Try a few more times."

She really didn't want to disturb the confidence of this teenager who had persevered to the point of being almost stubborn.

In such a generally gloomy era, this quality is really valuable.

Chen Kaiyu was silent.

He had tried countless times, but all of them had led to failure.

Want to scream and vent......

But sitting down and continuing to listen is the more sensible thing to do.

And there is no excess heat in the body to support him to dissipate.

In the afternoon, theoretical classes are taught, and these courses are boring for the proud sons of the first class of Yuanneng...... No one is going to spend time listening to that

Except, of course, for the lucky few poor people in this class.

As a bell rang, it was announced that today's class of the Municipal Third Source Energy School had ended.

Chen Kaiyu walked out of the school gate.

Twilight is approaching, and the distance is yellow.

This season is a very rare warm winter after the rainy season.

This God-sent warmth has reduced the coldness by a bit.

This meant that the outcasts who had been set up in countless rudimentary tents outside the walls would have survived much.

However, the conditions in the wilderness are much worse.

Bloated creatures of darkness don't make a long hibernation.

Chen Kaiyu wrapped his tattered cotton jacket tightly and walked through the narrow streets towards the slum in the east of the city.

In such an era when everything is lacking, all useful resources such as cotton, metal, and food are being robbed by countless people.

No, there is one thing that is not lacking, and that is human life.

In front of the slum is a dilapidated underground market.

There are many black-hearted merchants in it, collecting resources from the poor at a low price.

For example, the worn-out cotton jacket he was wrapped in was only filled with a few pieces of inferior sponge, which could be sold for at least three source coins.

The premise is that the buyer is a good person with a conscience and will not take it by force, but the problem is that such a good person is often unable to survive in the black bazaar where "bad money drives out good money".

If it is the kind of coveted metal product, if it is undisguised in the underground market, it is completely equivalent to suicide.

Chen Kaiyu trotted all the way, breathing steadily and long.

This is a unique running style that he has developed in the past 16 years, which greatly saves the energy in the body.