Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 1 Doomsday
Jiang Yang suddenly sat up in bed, panting heavily.

The air conditioner kept the room temperature at a comfortable 26 degrees Celsius, but Jiang Yang was already covered in cold sweat.

He trembled slightly, unable to stop himself from being immersed in the fear and despair he had felt earlier.

After catching his breath for a long time, he slowly regained some composure and was able to take a look at his surroundings.

This is a simply furnished small room with only a few essential pieces of furniture and appliances.

Jiang Yang was very familiar with this small room.

I have been renting here for over a year.

"Wasn't I eating barbecue outside? How did I end up back here in the blink of an eye..."

He wiped the cold sweat from his brow and picked up his phone.

The time is 7:00 AM on August 9, 2036.

Ok?
Jiang Yang rubbed his eyes in confusion, and looked again, but the time had not changed.

But I clearly remember that it should be the evening of August 18, 2036!

Jiang Yang hurriedly got out of bed, turned on the computer, and saw that the time on the computer also showed August 9, 2036, at 7:00 AM.

He was somewhat incredulous, so he reopened the webpage and searched for the National Time Service Center, only to see the same time again.

That way, there will absolutely be no mistakes.

but……

It's only August 9th now, so why do I think it should be August 18th?
Sitting stiffly in the chair, Jiang Yang tried hard to recall, and it was as if a floodgate had been opened, and memories surged in like a tidal wave.

He remembered.

I've experienced this scene before. But it's different this time. The last time I experienced this day, I got up, washed, and went to work as usual, spending an ordinary day. Then the cycle repeated itself until I got off work on August 18th.

Because there was a major football match scheduled for that evening, I went to a football bar, ordered barbecue and beer, and watched the game with many fellow football fans.

But unexpectedly, just halfway through the game, at midnight, a sharp pain swept through his entire body.

He instinctively thought it was food poisoning because he clearly saw his fellow football players in the bar also collapsing to the ground, groaning in pain just like him.

But when Jiang Yang saw the live football match on TV, and saw the players who were full of energy just a moment ago, as well as tens of thousands of spectators in the stands, all collapsing in pain, he immediately realized that this was definitely not food poisoning.

This football match is being held on the other side of the world!

Not only that, he also saw pedestrians enjoying the night on the street outside the bar collapsing in pain at the same time, countless cars crashing out of control on the street at the same time, and even raging fires.

Jiang Yang clearly remembers that he truly felt the process of life slipping away at that time.

In that indescribable, immense pain, life slowly left his body, and his consciousness sank into nothingness.

Then, the next moment, he woke up again in the apartment building he rented.

These memories were so real that Jiang Yang was almost instantly certain that this was not a dream or an illusion, but something he had truly experienced.

Since this is not a dream, and the time is indeed August 9th, there is only one explanation.

After dying, he was reborn back to ten days earlier!
"So... how did I die?"

Barely suppressing his fear, Jiang Yang tried to think. "This...this is definitely not an isolated incident. Me, the fellow golfers in the bar, the pedestrians outside, the drivers on the road, and the players and spectators on the field..."

Oh, and the commentators! Although I didn't see their images, I heard their screams!

So many places, so many people, all felt this pain at the same time, regardless of region, day or night, gender or age, this, this…

A word that shocked Jiang Yang surfaced in his mind.

Doomsday!

Perhaps... just as everyone was completely unaware, the end of the world quietly descended, taking away his life, as well as the lives of everyone within his sight—and possibly everyone on Earth—with an indescribable, unknown pain in just a few minutes. Then, he inexplicably reborn ten days before the end of the world.

Having figured all this out, Jiang Yang felt a sudden change in his mind.

He seemed to sense the flow of time, and at the same time, he clearly sensed that in this river of time, there was an "anchor point" that belonged to him, which was fixed at eight o'clock this morning.

A sudden realization dawned on him.

"As soon as I die, time will rewind to eight o'clock this morning."

This is a cycle, a cycle that begins at 12 a.m. this morning and ends at midnight ten days from now, when the world ends and I die.

Only by overcoming the apocalypse and surviving it can the cycle of time be broken and the river of time continue to flow forward.

If we cannot break this cycle, I—no, all of human civilization—will be trapped in this cycle forever, endlessly suffering the torment of death.

Of course, no one else would know about this torment. Because with each cycle, everyone else's memories would be erased, and only I would retain them.

Recalling the extreme pain before his death, which seemed to originate from every part of his body, every organ, every nerve, and every cell, Jiang Yang shuddered.

He stood up, drew back the curtains, and looked out the window.

At eight o'clock on a summer morning, the streets were already quite lively.

The streets were bustling with people and cars.

Looking up, Jiang Yang saw the azure sky, and at the same time, he seemed to see the brilliant starry sky and the vast universe hidden beyond the sky.

"I don't know which wondrous being in the vast universe granted me the ability to loop through time..."

But that's not important for now.

The important thing is that now that I have this ability, I should do something about it.

Whether it's to avoid the torment of death time and time again, or to save the entire civilization, one should do something.

"Save the world..."

A bitter smile appeared on Jiang Yang's lips.

"I'm just an ordinary person. I can't even afford to buy a house and can only rent. Asking me to save the world is giving me too much credit."

It's impossible to do this even in ten thousand cycles, let alone in one.

In this case, there is only one option.

Report this to the nation!

(End of this chapter)