Another update + AA Ch. 21 excerpt

Hi! I doubt many people will see this; I will not be tagging this post in the hopes it won’t be auto-added to the AA NovelUpdates page. This post is mostly for the sake of closure– my own, and I guess anyone who’s still following this blog?

I said a while back that I would finish translating the chapters I had stocked up, but honestly, I’ve lost all motivation to do so, and a lack of drive on top of already lacking time kinda means that I haven’t accomplished this goal. I’m really disappointed that my first translating project fizzled out this way, but honestly, I have way too much on my plate life-wise. Continuing to drop such few and far between updates is frustrating for me, and definitely even more so for you readers. I’m stepping away from the translating scene for a while, at least until I have more time on my hands, but I’ll probably be back eventually– preferably after I’ve worked on my Chinese skills (and maybe English, too, considering how weird my grammar is in this rambly post LOL). Although my first stint was brief and very incomplete, I’m glad for the experience.

Anyways, I’ve decided to post the biggest chunk of my leftover translation that was sitting in the drafts, which is the first half (maybe third) of Chapter 21. Though it’s unfinished, I hope it can still be enjoyed anyway 🙂 Thankfully, later chapters can be read on WordRain’s site, where they update much quicker and more consistently (and probably more accurately XD) than I did.

Thank you, everyone who has read and/or enjoyed my translations, and bye for now!

an update

Hi everyone! Sorry for randomly dropping off the face of the earth again; I’ve been sitting on a few half-finished chapters but life stuff got in the way. I’ve noticed someone else has picked up Apocalypse Arrival and updated way more chapters WAY faster than me, so ok, I guess. That’s demotivating. Let me know in the comments if y’all want me to keep translating chapters (it’d be once a week, maybe 2x releases for the occasional cliffhanger). Otherwise I’ll just be dropping the novel, which kind of sucks because I got invested enough to buy the raws. Either way, I’m glad I was able to translate and share my work for some time, no matter how short it was 🙂

Apocalypse Arrival Ch. 20

Chapter 20: Would he still be in that dark warehouse, already insane

Goose (鹅 / é) City is a metropolis with a resident population exceeding 5 million and a flourishing economy. There are several vast new industrial parks prospering within its jurisdiction. 

There is a large industrial park near Goose City. Due to being scarcely populated and the high walls encircling it, the park was a very suitable place for refuge. After the apocalypse came, many people flocked here to seek asylum, turning it into one of the earliest large-scale bases of refuge. 

In the days to come, this base will undergo reconstruction and reinforcement in many ways, and a towering city wall will be built. It will develop into the famous Goose City fortress of the early apocalypse. 

This fortress just happens to be located between Hua City and Lu Island. Chu Qianxun plans to bring Gao Yan, Feng Qianqian, and the others to the relatively safe Goose City base on her way to Lu Island. This could be considered fulfilling the expectations of an old friend. 

After arriving at Goose City, she can continue eastwards and proceed towards Lu Island, killing two birds with one stone. 

The distance from Hua City to Goose City was originally less than 200 kilometers. Even if they went slowly, stopping throughout the journey, it wouldn’t take too long for them to reach their destination.

But since they had unintentionally picked up Ye Peitian, everyone in the car sensed Chu Qianxun’s impatience rise for no obvious reason. 

Apocalypse Arrival Ch 19.2

tw: minor gore

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Chapter Nineteen: The monsters that strike terror in all mankind are the monsters made by mankind itself (Part Two)

The raging flames burned throughout the afternoon, and it wasn’t until the sky gradually darkened that they slowly died out. 

Chu Qianxun stayed by the side the entire time, waiting for the temperature of the pool’s interior to slightly reduce. Afterwards, she climbed down with a rope. 

After searching for some time, she found two green crystals not too different from the size of dried fruits. 

Despite the risks undergone in the battle, the gains were truly a pleasant surprise. 

Two second-order monster seeds!

Provided that she increased her efforts to advance into the critical state of Tier One, she could rely on these two rare seeds to break into Tier Two.

When everyone else would be just stepping into the Tier One threshold, she could already surmount the ranks and become a Tier Two powerhouse. 

Even if her ability had no combat utility, her substantially upgraded strength and speed alone were enough to crush those people who have just entered the early stage of Tier One, whose abilities were still incredibly weak. 

Chu Qianxun climbed out with a heart full of satisfaction and showed everyone the two green crystals in her hand. 

Apocalypse Arrival Ch 19.1

tw: minor gore. Double release today due to the cliffhanger last chapter + to make up for my month long hiatus. I wasn’t originally planning on splitting chapters (believe me, I HATE split chapters) but this chapter is pretty much double the length of previous ones. And these are pretty long chapters to begin with, or at least they feel like it when I’m translating… anyways, enough rambling, here’s part one!

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Chapter Nineteen: The monsters that strike terror in all mankind are the monsters made by mankind itself (Part One)

The light inside the room was very dim.

There was a tiny window high up on the wall. The little bit of cloudy light that passed through hit a shelf, shrouding the whole room in half darkness. 

There appeared to be a corpse hanging in chains from the shelf. The head on the corpse’s horrific-looking body was drooping, and disheveled hair covered the face; the gender of the corpse could not be distinguished. 

Something was making noises in the dark, two monsters were desperately vying for a bite of their meal underneath the shelf. 

The room’s lighting was too dim to see clearly.

Only the nauseating sound of chewing could be heard echoing throughout the empty room. 

Chu Qianxun frowned, feeling that something was off. 

Apocalypse Arrival Ch. 18

Chapter Eighteen: Chu Qianxun peered through the narrow gap between the doors, vaguely glimpsing the swaying shadows within

Doomsday’s arrival has led to the standstill of all modern human facilities. 

Without waste production and light pollution, the night sky became bright and clear.

In the blue dome of the heavens above, the stars move as time passes by. Their brilliant rays of light are eternal and unchanging, gazing indifferently at all the joys and sorrows upon the earth. 

Chu Qianxun was wrapped in a blanket, resting against the outer wall of the earthen house. 

Feng Qianqian and herself were bundled up together. 

In her last life, her physique hadn’t been enhanced by the demon seed and she had been wearing particularly thin clothes. At night, it was freezing cold. 

Feng Qianqian took the initiative to sleep in her arms like this, even finding a particularly warm excuse. 

“Since Mom went to heaven, I haven’t slept with a girl ever since.” As she said this, she curled her small, warm body into Chu Qianxun’s ice cold embrace. 

Chu Qianxun gently caressed the sleeping little girl, feeling the same temperature as her previous life. 

Apocalypse Arrival Ch. 17

Hi everyone! I’m so sorry for the long delay, I was bogged down with midterms and a really bad cold. I’ll try to update more regularly (and more frequently) going forward. Anyways, here’s the latest chapter!

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Chapter Seventeen: It doesn’t matter if the food is gone

The light of the setting sun hangs like blood on the shoulders of the mountains, casting long shadows of the trees lining both sides of the road. 

An off-road vehicle was parked on the roadside. After a day’s journey, the people in the car got out to stretch and resolve their personal problems. 

The conditions on the highway were absolutely terrible. From time to time there were abandoned vehicles and human corpses scattered along the road, forcing cars to drive very slowly. Occasionally they even had to stop and push wrecked cars out of the way. A day’s worth of driving didn’t amount to very many kilometers. 

Sadly, most of the wounds on those corpses were not from monsters, but clearly caused by human hands. 

Only a few days after the demon seeds arrived, many people have already begun to abandon their moral baseline in order to compete for survival. 

Monsters are rampant, and the age of the strong has forcibly arrived. 

Apocalypse Arrival Ch. 16

Chapter Sixteen: He felt like the burden on his shoulders had lifted

When the name “Meng Rongxuan” reached her ears, Chu Qianxun finally remembered when she met this person. 

In her first life, about a year after the demon seeds descended, Chu Qianxun returned to Lu Island after several setbacks. 

At the time, the name “Meng Rongxuan” was already resounding throughout the island. 

He was a hero, and countless people placed their hopes on him as if they were praying to a god at the altar. 

However, his own brother-in-arms slandered him, and in the end he was pulled off the altar and suffered a miserable fate. 

Back then Chu Qianxun was still weak and the disputes between big shots like them had nothing to do with her. She only remembered the day when a few enormous monsters crossed the strait and besieged Lu Island. Chu Qianxun hid in a cold, damp corner of the fortress, shivering as she watched the huge head of a monster appear from outside the high fortress walls. She desperately prayed that the hero standing atop the city walls would be victorious. 

Apocalypse Arrival Ch. 15

tw: gore, just thought I’d let you guys know beforehand. I’ll try to do content warnings for chapters that have excessive blood/gore in the future. But honestly, if you’re not good with violence, this novel probably isn’t for you.

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Chapter Fifteen: The girl who’d started talking shrank back and fell silent

Before the end, Meng Rongxuan was just an ordinary division manager. Because it was a business branch, most of those under his leadership were young salespeople, the majority of them women. 

Then that enormous celestial body had suddenly appeared in the sky, and before long their company building had been overrun by horrible monsters. Meng Rongxuan had barely managed to acquire a company vehicle and, along with several of his young subordinates, escaped to Hua City with difficulty. 

At present he was being held down by the monster’s enormous strength. The monster’s smooth, bare head had no eyes or nose. Its bloody mouth, wide open like a basin, was firmly pressed against the handle of his axe. 

Meng Rongxuan had a clear view of those jagged, razor sharp teeth, and he was even able to see bloody, mangled flesh caught in the gaps between them. 

Apocalypse Arrival Ch. 14

Chapter Fourteen: Is Qianxun the world’s rarest good person?

After half a day in the car, Feng Qianqian’s fever went away as expected. Nestled in Feng Junlei’s arms, she stretched out her delicate little hands and touched the rough stubble on her father’s chin. 

“Daddy, I had a dream about Mommy.” 

With tears in his eyes, Feng Junlei lowered his head and dropped a sad kiss on his daughter’s forehead, fondly remembering his wife who had passed away two years ago. 

The metal necklace hanging from his neck started levitating in thin air, gradually floating away from his neck before settling in the palm of his daughter’s hand. Feng Qianqian opened the pendant of the necklace, stroking the photo of her mother inside, and softly called out: “Mommy.”

The young girl was immersed in reminiscing of her late mother, completely unaware that she had done something extraordinary. Feng Junlei was startled by the sudden emergence of his daughter’s “extraordinary” powers, and he was at a loss for a while. 

Chu Qianxun turned to glance back at this scene, her teeth itching with envy. It’d be so much better if she had this ability.