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Chapter 1 The Ultimate Talent Beyond the Gods: The Hand of God's Retribution

"Alan, wake up! The game 'Ragnarok' is launching its servers at nine o'clock today. If you keep sleeping, you'll miss the launch time."

'Ragnarok!'

'Server launch?'

Alan Jordan suddenly opened his eyes, looking at the familiar yet strange surroundings.

'This is DreamChase Club!'

'Wait!'

'I remember being killed by that despicable Percy while exploring the game's God Ruins.'

"What is going on now?" Alan asked, grabbing his phone, and found the time displayed was shockingly May 20, 2032!

'I've been reborn, back to ten years ago when Ragnarok just launched its servers!' Alan thought to himself.

James Smith saw Alan's intense reaction and immediately tried to comfort him.

"Alan, don't worry. The homies will find a way to help you gather the money. Your sister will be fine."

As his memory became clearer, Alan suddenly remembered that in his previous life, at this time, his sister was hit by a car, causing a blood clot in her brain.

The surgery cost 300,000 dollars, and the driver fled. Because there were no cameras in that area, the police never found out who the culprit was.

The 300,000 dollars for the surgery fell on Alan's shoulders.

Although Alan's homies tried to help him, they only managed to gather 260,000 dollars, even with loans.

Alan knelt in the hospital, begging desperately, but the hospital refused to perform the surgery without the remaining forty grand. In the end, his sister died on the hospital bed.

Thinking of his sister's playful and cute figure, Alan clenched his fists.

'Sis, don't worry. This time, I will save you!'

Alan's eyes were determined. 'Living again, I must change my fate and prevent the tragedy from happening again.'

Looking at James in front of him, Alan suddenly smiled.

"James, let's join the game' Ragnarok.' We will write our fate!"

Seeing Alan return to normal, James finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Alan, go for it."

Alan stepped into the game control pod, struggling to calm his emotions.

'Ragnarok,' a virtual online game beyond its time, was claimed by its developers to be the second world created by over a hundred countries worldwide.

But having lived through his previous life, Alan knew that this game was not developed by any country but by the highest god of the Milky Way, using the power of ancient Earth deities to create a game that would forge gods.

The purpose was to prepare for the great catastrophe that would hit Earth in five years.

Five years later, the TechNova System would invade the Milky Way, and the catastrophe would begin.

Having experienced that catastrophe, Alan knew the importance of accumulating power in the game.

'In my previous life, I never awakened my talent until I died. This time, I want to see what my talent truly is.'

Alan entered the character creation screen of the game, and a lavish promotional video began to play. It was an eight-hour-long promotional video that could not be fast-forwarded, only skipped or watched normally.

In his previous life, almost all players skipped the video, as watching an eight-hour promotional video before entering the game would put them at a significant disadvantage.

But Alan did not skip the video because the first person to watch the entire video would receive a treasure that helped players awaken a god-level talent.

Talent was a special feature in Ragnarok.

Everyone's talent was different, categorized into low, medium, high, super high, master, and god levels.

To awaken a talent, players needed the precious Talent Awakening Stone.

In his previous life, Alan had obtained a master-level Talent Awakening Stone, but his talent awakening still failed.

This indicated that his talent was an extremely rare god-level talent.

In his previous life, those with god-level talents were all super-strong individuals who dominated their regions.

In this life, he would also awaken a god-level talent.

Combined with his memories from his previous life, Alan was confident he would become the strongest player in the game and defeat the TechNova System!

Time ticked by, and finally, the long eight hours came to an end.

[Congratulations, you are the first player to watch the entire 'Ragnarok' promotional video. You are awarded a God-level Talent Awakening Stone +1.]

Excellent!

Alan's face showed a satisfied smile, and the next moment, he appeared in the character creation hall.

"Game character class: Archer. Game nickname: Ice King."

Without any hesitation, Alan directly chose what he had picked in his previous life.

[Class creation successful. You are about to enter the 10086th game area, Newbie Village.]

In the next moment, Alan appeared in the 10086th Newbie Village.

Each Newbie Village could accommodate ten thousand players, which meant that over a hundred million players had already entered Ragnarok, showcasing the game's incredible popularity.

Alan walked to a secluded corner, took out the God-level Talent Awakening Stone, and silently chanted to awaken it.

[Due to the high level of your talent, the God-level Talent Awakening Stone can only partially awaken your talent.]

[You have awakened the talent: The Hand of God's Retribution.]

Alan was stunned for a moment. What was going on? His talent was so high that even a God-level Awakening Stone could only partially awaken it!

Surprised, Alan immediately checked his talent:

[The Hand of God's Retribution (Super God-level): 1 Star]

[Effect 1: Each normal attack deals damage equal to 1% of your max HP, ignoring enemy defenses.]

[Effect 2: Each normal attack permanently increases your max HP by 1 point.]

[Proficiency: 0/1000.]

[Note: Only damage to living beings can stack HP.]

Alan stood there in shock. 'Super God-level?'

In his previous life, he had never even heard of a Super God-level talent in ten years.

Moreover, this talent was incredibly powerful.

Permanent HP increase!

After a brief moment of shock, Alan habitually pulled up his character's attribute panel.

[Nickname: Ice King.]

[Level: 1 (0/100).]

[Class: Archer.]

[HP: 100/100.]

[MP: 50/50.]

[Attack Power: 9.]

[Spell Power: 5.]

[Physical Defense: 3.]

[Magic Defense: 1.]

[Attack Speed: 0.63.]

[Movement Speed: 3.1.]

[Physical Defense Penetration: 0%.]

[Magic Defense Penetration: 0%.]

[Special Attributes: None.]

[Free Attributes: 0.]

[Luck Attribute: Hidden.]

[Talent: The Hand of God's Retribution (Super God-level).]

[Skill: Rapid Shot (1 Star).]

[Equipment: Newbie Longbow.]

If not for The Hand of God's Retribution, this attribute panel would be quite ordinary.

But because of The Hand of God's Retribution, his potential was incredibly terrifying.

"Priority is to level up."

Alan knew he had already wasted too much time.

Leaving the Newbie Village, he saw Level-1 Red-eyed Rabbits everywhere outside the village.

[Red-eyed Rabbit (Common): Level 1.]

[HP: 90/90.]

[Attack Power: 5.]

[Skills: None.]

With such average attributes, as long as one's skills weren't too poor, one could easily hunt them solo.

Alan unhesitatingly shot an arrow.

The Red-eyed Rabbit's health bar immediately showed: [-8.]

At the same time, Alan noticed that his max HP had increased by one point.

Alan's game character with this talent was simply invincible!

Alan continued to hunt Red-eyed Rabbits, accumulating HP.

Currently, his attack speed was slow, taking about 1.5 seconds to shoot an arrow, which was quite different from his previous life where his attack speed had reached 13.5.

The system prompted: [You have killed a Red-eyed Rabbit; experience points +1.]

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