
Apocalypse My First Skill Was Immortality
When the sky broke, the world changed.
Monsters emerged from across the Earth, tearing through cities and turning familiar streets into hunting grounds. Governments struggled to respond, and humanity faced extinction.
Then came the Awakening.
A significant minority of people developed extraordinary powers and skills, giving humanity its first chance to fight back. New heroes rose from the chaos. Survivors formed teams. And for the first time, the monsters could bleed.
But Jake Adrian received nothing.
At twenty-one, he was an ordinary university student in Chicago, with no special ability to protect himself and no place among the newly awakened. In a world where power increasingly determined who lived and who died, Jake was just another helpless human.
Until a monster killed him.
Death should have been the end.
Instead, Jake awakened something no one else possessed: a mysterious System, and his first skill was {Immortality}.
Now he can return from deaths that should be final. But every resurrection carries a hidden cost, and something about his existence seems to attract the attention of creatures that should never recognize a human.
As Jake struggles to survive, protect the people he cares about, and understand the power he never asked for, he begins to uncover secrets buried beneath the apocalypse.
The world is changing.
The monsters are evolving.
And the man who cannot stay dead may be becoming something far more terrifying than the things hunting humanity.
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Chapter: Chapter Seven: The Thing Beneath the BedJake pulled Rebecca to her feet and stepped in front of her. Her arm was warm and shaking under his hand. The kitchen knife trembled in her fist.The breathing stopped.He stared at the gap under the bed and listened. A second went by. Then something whispered, "Please."The voice was weak and hoarse. Human."There's someone under there," Rebecca whispered. "I heard the front door earlier. I thought I imagined it. I kept my eyes shut.""Stay back.""Jake, he sounds hurt.""That's what worries me."He crouched by the bed, weight on his heels. A strip of dark separated the bedspread from the floor. Just past it he could see a hand lying on the boards, fingers curled. A man's hand.Jake reached for the bedspread."Don't," Rebecca said.He pulled it back.A man lay crammed under the bed with his knees pulled to his chest. His shirt was soaked in blood and his face was slick with sweat. Black veins ran out from a bite under his ear and down his neck, disappearing into his collar.His eyes
Last Updated: 2026-10-20
Chapter: Chapter Six: The House at the End of the StreetThe first thing Jake noticed was the smell of blood.It clung to his clothes, his hands, and the back of his throat. Every time he swallowed, he tasted metal. The van's windows were open, but the wind did nothing to clear it.The second thing he noticed was Claire's silence. She hadn't said a word since they left the parking garage.Both hands gripped the steering wheel. Her eyes kept jumping between the road, the mirrors, and the bodies on the pavement. Twice she had slowed to avoid running over someone. Once she had stopped completely when a child darted between abandoned cars. The child vanished into an alley before she could get out. Claire hadn't tried to follow.Jake knew why. There were too many people who needed help. Too many screams coming from too many directions. If they stopped for everyone, they would never reach anywhere safe. It was a terrible thing to work out. It was also becoming necessary."How far?" Ethan asked.Claire glanced at him. "Where?""Wherever we're goin
Last Updated: 2026-10-19
Chapter: Chapter Five: The Ones Who Choose Their PreyThe creatures changed direction at the same time.Jake noticed that first. The pale monsters pouring through the intersection had been chasing the fleeing survivors. Then the one with the human face pointed at him, and every creature behind it turned. Not one hesitated. Not one looked at the other survivors again.They came straight for Jake."What did you do?" Ethan asked."Nothing!""Then why are they looking at you like that?""I said I don't know!"Jake took a step back. The human-faced creature smiled. It almost looked real. The corners of its mouth lifted and showed bloody teeth. But the eyes were wrong, clouded with black veins, and its head tilted like it was studying something it had never seen before.Then it spoke."Jake."Jake stopped moving.Ethan stared at him. "Did it just say your name?"Jake couldn't answer. He had never seen this thing before. He hadn't said his name anywhere near it. Even if some memory of its old life was left, it had no reason to know him.The smi
Last Updated: 2026-10-14
Chapter: Chapter Four: The Man Who Wasn't DeadThe woman wasn't moving.Jake stood across the street, staring at her body while the thing that used to be Daniel pulled itself to its feet. Blood dripped from its mouth.It had changed in less than a minute. Black veins crawled across its neck and face and slid under the collar of its torn shirt. Its fingers had grown long, the nails turned into dark hooks. One shoulder sat higher than the other, like something under the skin had yanked the bones out of place.But the worst part was the face. It still looked human. Not all the way. The jaw hung crooked and the eyes had gone cloudy, thin black lines spreading through the whites. Still, Jake could recognize the man who'd staggered out of that storefront.That made it worse."Jake." Ethan's voice sounded far away. "Jake, we need to move."The man turned toward them. His lips parted."Help..."Jake stopped breathing. The voice was weak and broken, barely a whisper."Please..."Ethan went still. For one impossible second the whole street
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Chapter: Chapter Three: The First Rule of SurvivalThe glass cracked again.Jake stared at the pharmacy entrance. A thin line had spread across the door they'd barricaded, branching out like a spiderweb. On the other side, pale limbs scraped at the glass, looking for a way in.Ethan tightened his grip on the fire extinguisher."How many did you see?""Three.""Great." Ethan swallowed. "I saw four."Jake looked at him. "Four?""One was bigger than the others.""And you thought bringing them here was a good idea?""I was being chased! I didn't exactly have time to shop around."Under different circumstances, Jake might have laughed. Instead he looked around the pharmacy. Narrow aisles. Boxes and bottles all over the floor. A fridge humming near the back wall with its door hanging open. The place smelled like disinfectant, dust, and something metallic underneath.Two exits. The front door was taken. The other one, marked EMPLOYEES ONLY, sat behind the counter."What's back there?" Jake asked."How should I know?""You picked this place."
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Chapter: Chapter Two: Ten Minutes in HellJake woke to the sound of something chewing.For a few seconds he had no idea where he was. Dirty white tiles. Broken glass. The underside of a counter. His cheek was pressed to the floor and his mouth tasted like copper.He tried to breathe, and pain tore through his chest.He jerked upright with a strangled gasp, regretted it right away, and fell back against the counter."Ah, fuck!"His hands flew to his stomach. There was blood everywhere. His shirt was soaked and ripped open, the front of it stained dark. But under the blood, his skin was whole.No hole. No torn flesh. No broken ribs jabbing at his lungs.He pressed a shaking finger to the spot where the creature had stabbed him. Nothing. He pressed harder. Still nothing."No. No, no, no."He pulled the shirt aside and looked again. No cut. No scratch. Not even a bruise. All that blood had come from a wound that didn't exist anymore.He was alive. He was alive after something had put a limb through his chest.The memory came back
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