All Chapters of One Day Early: My Infinite Card System: Chapter 1
- Chapter 10
10 chapters
1 - Awaken
The mana apocalypse ! It’s like a trite cliche situation from a web novel when someone says it out loud. However, William knew it’s an extremely real and devastating event heading towards earth any time now. Imagine one fine day all the food in all supermarkets vanished, all crops in any field vanished and none of the food could be grown again. Amidst this, each and every one of the people would get a super power. A global war started for survival. Humans destroyed the earth. After all, it was said one could destroy earth and in return, get a chance to start over once again. As compensation for being the biggest villain in history, he got a chance to return to reality a day ahead. Only one day! The mana apocalypse began with no rhyme or rhythm announcing its arrival. Every human being awakens mana. Every item used by humans turned into a card.A number of skill cards were distributed all over the world along with the awakening. These skill cards granted super powers to people.
2 - Blast the Eagle
Even if he has no great ability, William was still a veteran of thousand spats, and the worst ones at that. Unfortunately for the eagle, he was quite well prepared. The moment William saw the eagle, he brought the gun out. It had no silencer. It won’t need any, for the world would dissolve into mayhem very soon. He shot straight into the eagle’s head at point blank. Yet, the bullets only caused minor dents on the eagles’ skin. At best, they cut off it’s feathers. Meanwhile, the eagle was not a soft target. It lunged at William, biting off his gun mid shot. The gun got crushed, like it’s made of rubber. However, William gathered all his power, and punched into the eagle’s head. It is a do or die method. It’s another skill he picked up as it was floating near him. [ Kong punch ] [ punch out with all your attack value, using mana. Limited by the lower, attack value (or) mana. Caution: Use only as last resort, for host will have neither mana, nor vitality after the move. ] No
3 - Ascent of the common man
The air inside the torch of the Statue of Liberty was thick with the coppery tang of eagle blood and the acrid smoke of the Kong Punch. William’s left hand, still slick with gore, rested on the card that now burned with the cool, infinite glow of absolute power. He felt the crushing fatigue of the ultimate attack—the deliberate zeroing out of his vitality—but before unconsciousness could reclaim him entirely, the newly acquired skills began their work.[ Iron skin (passive) ] had activated the instant the eagle attacked. Now, with the card’s owner dead, the passive defense remained engaged, continuously drawing on the colossal wellspring of mana. [ Auto heal (passive) ] flared to life as his vitality bottomed out. The system, interpreting the limitless supply of mana, didn’t just double the healing rate; it applied the exponential function without hesitation.Four times mana means thrice the healing speed, eight times mana means four times healing speed, so on and so forth.With Infin
4 - Concrete dissolution
William felt the seismic shift in the world at precisely 6:00 AM, but it wasn't a natural tremor. It was the synchronized, deliberate dissolution of the man-made world.He was sitting at his kitchen table in the relative safety of his Jersey City apartment, carefully arranging his new collection of cards:[ Green Thumb (Passive) ][ Food Card (F-Grade) x 4][ Car Key Card (D-Grade) x 1]. He was eating a granola bar—a final remnant of the pre-apocalypse world—and watching the sun try to peer through the new, toxic-looking canopy outside his window.The grinding sound that had woken him earlier now intensified into a low-frequency hum that vibrated through the foundation of the building. It felt like the planet itself was purring, satisfied with its new, wild growth, while simultaneously digesting human civilization.Then, the true shockwave hit.The system was processing the second great conversion. According to the future he remembered, this was the point where the world’s infrastru
5 - Encarding ghosts
The political turmoil of the National Emergency Declaration was just background noise to William. The President’s speech, the media outrage, the panic about the CARE Department—all of it faded into irrelevance compared to the raw, visceral reality of the apocalypse that had settled in his bare apartment.William stood in the center of his living room. It was 7:45 PM. The light fading through the fungal haze of the jungle outside cast long, skeletal shadows across the dust motes. The air was thick with the scent of alien pollen and ozone.He had spent the afternoon performing his final act of divorce from his former life: encarding everything.The process was methodical, almost surgical. Every piece of furniture, every decorative item, every forgotten knickknack had shimmered with the familiar, institutional yellow light before dissolving into a neatly labeled, stackable card.The Queen-sized memory foam mattress, his final comfort from the before-times, became [Mattress Card (D-Grade
6 - the price of survival
The [Mountain Bike Card (C-Grade Utility/Mobility)] was immediately activated. The carbon frame materialized beneath William, light and perfectly suited for the dense, undulating terrain. He pushed off, trading the exposed risk of running for the focused speed of cycling. His journey to the Weehawken marinas across the river was a race against time and the creeping, oppressive growth of the apocalypse.The suburbs were a nightmare of overgrown utility poles and shattered asphalt, but the bike cut through the thorny undergrowth with surprising ease, its high-grade tires ignoring punctures that would have crippled anything less. As he rode, William focused his senses outward, hunting for the faint green shimmer of neglected skill drops.The area wasn't as quiet as he’d hoped. The closer he got to the wealthy marina districts, the more frantic the activity became. Unlike the market raiders, these scavengers were organized into small, nervous gangs, fighting over the few luxury cars that
7 - lightning seed
The journey on the newly acquired [Luxury Yacht Card (B-Grade Mobility)] dinghy was a revelation. It wasn't the roaring, fuel-guzzling speedboat of the pre-apocalypse. Instead, it was silent, propelled by an efficient Mana coil, gliding over the murky, black-green water of the Hudson River. The shoreline, once a bustling urban landscape, was now a jagged, overgrown cliff face—a wall of alien flora and dissolving concrete.William didn't aim for speed, but for stealth and observation. His purpose was two-fold: reach a strategic vantage point and continue accumulating necessary low-grade supplies. He kept the dinghy tight against the dock pilings, navigating the dark, submerged architecture of the waterfront.Along the water's edge, debris floated, strangely coalesced by Mana fields. These were the residues of the apocalypse’s first wave—things that had almost become cards but failed due to weak Mana integrity, turning into single, non-stackable items. William used a long, telescopic ga
8 - Bullet to head
William had secured the [ 🟆 Lightning Seed (S) ], but he was cornered. The Plague Rat horde was a seething, screaming mass, blocking his path to the pedestrian bridge and the relative safety of the outside world. He was too deep in the swarm’s territory, and his Mana reserves, though Infinite, were taxed maintaining his D-Grade Iron Skin passive against the sheer, relentless pressure of the D-Grade monsters.He was bleeding, exhausted, and running out of time before the Mana Sickness debuff could truly take hold.He didn't need to learn a new
9 - the tunnel driver
William retrieved his backpack, which contained the few critical items he owned—the [Luxury Yacht Card (B)], his limited supply of preserved rations, and the essential low-grade tools he’d salvaged. The Ferrymen’s betrayal had left a bitter, metallic taste in his mouth, a flavor sharper than the blood crusting on his forehead. The wound was already closing, thanks to Auto Heal, but the shock of the bullet and the emotional trauma of the ambush lingered. The two surviving Ferrymen had fled, but their hasty escape was meaningless. They knew his face, and they knew what he possessed.The mainland was no longer just dangerous; it was actively hostile, inhabited by low-life scavengers whose greed outweighed their sense of self-preservation. William need
10 - Watcher in the dark
The Craft Table (D-Grade Special Zone) was a pillar of pure, white Mana light in the heart of the desolate subway tunnel. Having secured his deep-sea combat gear, William immediately shifted his focus to the next, equally vital piece of survival equipment: the Hazmat Suit. Biological threats were insidious, and while the E-Grade vaccines and antibiotics were useful, only a full suit could guarantee the peace of mind he needed to operate in the ravaged urban environment.He placed the Hazmat Leather (C-Grade Material) card onto the illuminated surface. This material, harvested from the tougher outer layer of the Plague Rats, was inherently resistant to the very pathogens it spawned. It was the purest form of system irony.
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