Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

[So, you lot survived the first scenario, huh?]

The system, in its ethereal form, kept floating above the maze, her voice filled with ridicule and taunt.

She was visible to all, albeit very small, as she was high up in the air, looking down at everyone.

[Well, even if you guys did survive, remember that the blame for 100 or more people's deaths is on your head, not mine.]

The system added with a sigh, as if she were sad about the deaths of those humans, even though she was the one who was clicking pictures of their last moments a while ago.

The humans, who were already tense from all the ups and downs they had to face, couldn't care less about her words right now.

Were they responsible for 100+ people's deaths? Sure, what about it?

If they were to care about every other being's life, then they wouldn't even be able to survive in this apocalyptic world.

They didn't kill anyone, all right. Those people died because they weren't fast enough.

[Whatever, here's your reward, and do take this into your bird brains that soon, there's going to be a bounty quest up for you guys, and that bounty quest would go on till the next scenario starts, which would start—]

The system waved her hand, and...

[6 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds.]

A new countdown appeared, blinking beside the main scenario section in the quest window, which looked something like this:

[Quest Window:

→ Main Scenario 2 [06:23:59:59]

→ Bounty Quest 1 [00:00:04:59]

]

This is what the question window looked like.

[—in exactly 7 days from today.]

The system completed her words before she paused, staring down at the humans, waiting for their puny minds to comprehend the meaning behind her words.

The humans, although happy about the 1000 coins they received, soon tensed as they saw the timer next to the bounty quest.

'S-So soon?'

They hadn't even recovered from the aftermath of the main scenario, and they were supposed to be already participating in another quest; how could they not get worried?

Some humans had their limbs torn apart, some had their heads cracked, bleeding profusely, in need of urgent medical attention, some had large gashes on their bodies, and some had bones broken.

There were all kinds of injuries, some caused by the humans and some by the debris that the creatures used to throw at them to render them motionless.

But one thing was sure, those guys weren't in any condition to participate in another quest anytime soon.

The ones with their bodies working fine were better than the ones who were injured, but still, even these guys were mentally exhausted, their bodies worn out, and in need of a nap.

The system, however, frowned in annoyance as she saw this.

[You dumb guys never opened the information tab, did you?

Must be a lot for guys with a brain smaller than birds.]

She spat with an irritated look.

People like Alex, who knew what kind of quest was for what kind of tasks, weren't as tense; only the ones who hadn't yet read those things had their bodies trembling as soon as they saw the time ticking, but the system's words woke them out of their thoughts.

All of them hurriedly opened the information tab and looked through it, searching for the part with information about types of quests, and soon they found it.

[Bounty Quest: A type of quest that is issued after every main scenario, with the name of the person with the highest number of coins among the participants of the scenario up for a bounty.

The one who completes the quest will get to have all of the target's coins and the highest-ranked skill of the said person.]

'Ah...'

The humans finally realized why the system had that kind of reaction, but what could they do?

They didn't have enough time to look through the whole information window.

[Whatever, go die for all I care; I'm done with what I was supposed to say.

I'll get going now, and if any of you called me to ask things that could be found in the information window, then don't blame me for being merciless.]

With a last wave of her hand and a dismissive glance at the humans, especially Alex—who could perceive a sly glint in her eyes—she disappeared, leaving them to their own devices.

"...."

Now, the humans were left alone in a suffocating silence and stuck in the large maze that covered the whole city, not knowing what to do.

But just then...

*Snap*

A snap echoed throughout the city, causing the walls of the maze to quiver before...

*Rumble*

The world trembled, causing the humans to stumble and lose their footing, falling to the ground.

*Rumble*

The rumble that could be heard from the maze's walls, however, was still there before the maze started to shrink.

Humans, who were still trying to steady themselves or stand up from the ground, saw the maze enter the ground, just like it had emerged, leaving 2-meter-wide craters all over the city, as if they were the reminder of what had happened here.

*Woosh*

The green zone changed positions, now shifting to different spots, making the humans who had wanted to settle in Dehradun panic.

They would now have to move again, or they could just live here with no green zone close to them.

But that was their decision to make; it didn't have anything to do with others.

The thing that could affect everyone in the world was the system, and right now, a human noticed something about the system as he was looking through his status window.

"H-Hey guys! There's a new function of the system available!"

The guy yelled, calling out to his friends, and the friends hurriedly started looking through the new function, as did the others who heard those words.

In just a while, everyone in the area was looking through their system interface with a variety of expressions.

Alex, on the other hand, just got up from the spot and started walking away.

His next destination was Delhi, the capital of India.

He didn't have much hope left for Delhi to be anything different, but he still wanted to go there.

He didn't want to stop or settle in one spot; he wanted to keep moving.

But, well, that was not the only reason for him moving away from here...

[The Divine Arbiter of Justice and Order is advising you to move away from here.]

[The Eternal Devotee or Rama is urging you to do the same thing.]

[Several Gods are nodding their heads.]

Alex was walking away from here because of the words of the gods.

He didn't know why they asked of him to do this in a hurry, especially when he was still looking through the new function, but he still took their advice seriously.

But just as he was about to dash away from the crowd, he heard a voice from behind.

"Hey! Wait!"

Alex frowned as he heard the familiar voice, halting in his track and gripping dagger, ready to cut down the owner of the voice if they had stopped him just for some bullshit.