100 Days Before the Apocalypse: My Survival System

Chapter 2. The First Mission

Arjun stood frozen.

The glowing blue screen hovered inches from his face, as real as the walls around him.

[Survival System Activated]

Host: Arjun Mehta

Age: 24

Level: 1

Strength: 8

Agility: 7

Stamina: 9

Spirit: 6

Skill: None

Inventory: Empty

Points: 0

Remaining Time Until Apocalypse: 99 Days 23 Hours 58 Minutes

He stared at the countdown.

His heartbeat quickened.

It wasn't a dream.

He really had returned.

He clenched his fists until his nails dug into his palms.

"I have another chance..."

His voice cracked.

This time, his parents wouldn't die.

His younger sister, Ananya, wouldn't be trapped inside a burning shopping mall.

Rohan wouldn't sacrifice himself to save him.

None of it had to happen again.

Not if he moved fast enough.

A soft chime echoed in his head.

Ding!

Main Mission Issued

Become stronger before humanity notices the coming disaster.

Objective:

• Reach Level 5.

• Earn your first skill.

• Secure a safe house.

Time Limit: 7 Days

Reward: Bronze Supply Chest

Failure: Survival rate reduced by 40%.

Arjun took a deep breath.

"So it starts."

He opened the old metal cupboard beside his bed.

Inside were a few shirts, two pairs of jeans, and a dusty envelope.

He pulled it out.

Ten thousand rupees.

Every saving he had.

In his previous life, he had wasted weeks worrying about money.

This time...

Money meant nothing.

In a hundred days, the world's richest people would be begging for a bottle of clean water.

His phone suddenly rang.

The caller ID flashed.

Mom ❤️

Arjun froze.

His hands began shaking.

For three long years in his previous life...

He had dreamed of seeing that name again.

He answered immediately.

"Mom..."

A familiar warm voice came from the other side.

"Arjun, are you still sleeping? You promised you'd come home this weekend."

His eyes became moist.

She was alive.

She was really alive.

"I'll come today."

There was silence.

Then his mother laughed softly.

"What happened? You sound emotional."

He forced himself to smile.

"I just... missed you."

After hanging up, Arjun wiped his eyes.

"I swear..."

"No matter what happens..."

"I won't lose you again."

He grabbed his backpack.

Laptop.

Power bank.

Knife.

Torch.

Medicine.

Everything useful went inside.

Before leaving, he stopped in front of the mirror.

The man staring back looked ordinary.

Thin.

Black hair.

Simple clothes.

No scars.

No fear in his eyes anymore.

"That innocent version of me died three years ago."

He locked the apartment and stepped outside.

The city looked exactly as he remembered.

Street vendors shouted.

Students laughed.

Office workers hurried toward buses.

Nobody knew.

Nobody could imagine that in just one hundred days...

This peaceful city would become a battlefield.

Suddenly—

A loud argument broke out nearby.

A delivery rider had crashed into a luxury car.

A rich young man stepped out and slapped the rider across the face.

"You idiot!"

The poor rider kept apologizing.

Arjun looked at the young man.

His pupils narrowed.

He remembered him.

Karan Malhotra.

In the future...

Karan would awaken one of the strongest fire abilities.

But instead of protecting people...

He would become one of the cruelest warlords in northern India.

Thousands would die because of him.

Karan glared at the rider again.

"You can't even afford my tire."

Arjun silently memorized his face.

"Not this time."

Without another glance, he walked away.

His destination was clear.

Phoenix Sports Club.

During the early days of the apocalypse, it had become one of the first monster spawning zones.

More importantly...

Hidden beneath its underground warehouse was something nobody discovered until months later.

A sealed military cache.

Inside were weapons, survival gear, and a mysterious crystal.

That crystal had completely changed Arjun's fate in his previous life.

This time...

He intended to claim it before anyone else.

As he reached the bus stop, the familiar mechanical voice echoed again.

Ding!

Hidden Mission Triggered

Reach Phoenix Sports Club before sunset.

Reward: Beginner Gift Pack.

Arjun smiled for the first time since waking up.

"Looks like the System wants me to hurry."

He stepped onto the arriving bus.

He had no idea...

That someone sitting in the last seat was already watching him.

A young woman wearing a black cap slowly lowered her sunglasses.

Her sharp eyes never left Arjun for a second.

Then she whispered into a hidden earpiece,

"Target located."

"We're not the only ones preparing for the apocalypse."

Arjun, completely unaware, stared out the window.

The countdown had begun.

And so had the hunt.

End of Chapter 2