The sky didn't fall; it changed.
Kaelen Mo stood on the cracked asphalt of a silent highway, his vision blurring. Around him, the air hummed with a terrifying energy—the breath of the "Great Evolution." To others, this was the apocalypse. To Kaelen, it was a world stripped of its masks.
A flickering panel ignited in the center of his pupils, cold and crystalline.
[Target: Abandoned Delivery Truck]
[Probability of finding a Tier-1 Evolution Potion: 100%]
His heart hammered against his ribs. In a world where billions were gambling their lives on luck, searching for a drop of hope in a sea of monsters, Kaelen saw the answer key.
"One hundred percent," he whispered, his dry lips curling into a sharp, dangerous smile. "The house always wins... but now, I am the house."
A low, guttural snarl erupted from the shadows nearby. A shadow-fanged wolf, a mutated nightmare, lunged from the darkness. To any other survivor, this was the end of the road. But Kaelen didn't even flinch.
[Target: Shadow-fanged Wolf]
[Chance of killing it with a single strike to the throat: 100%]
He tightened his grip on the rusted iron bar he found. The game had changed, and he was the only player who could see the scoreboard.