Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

[Many of you died in this turn...]

The system's voice tinged with regret echoed through the heads of every human in the area, but just like past previous announcements, they couldn't really see her.

[I wish the number of your people dying this time were lower...]

The system added again, causing many people to frown and think about what the system was playing at the moment.

Her voice sounded sad, as if she really didn't want so many deaths among the humans.

That concern she had, however, just made humans' stomachs churn with disgust.

That worry didn't suit her voice; it was unsettling and aversive for humans. The system, however, went on unbothered and oblivious toward human thoughts.

[I wish the death toll was lower so that I could've watched each of them with the same excitement; it felt a bit too boring to watch at this moment.]

Her next words, which, although sounded low, made everything clear to the humans, causing many of them to grit their teeth and clench their fists, trying to suppress the urge to scream at the system.

[All I saw was one human getting crushed under the beast, then another, and another, and another—it felt a bit too repetitive—which took away all of the fun I would've had if the way people died were a bit diverse.]

They could all imagine the system shaking her head with a sigh, and by now, some of them, who thought that maybe the system was finally gaining a bit of humanity, thinking about humans good, realized that this shitty system would never change.

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[Well, I guess we can't do anything about your weak asses, making it impossible for you to survive a simple scenario where all you had to do was search for an item and rush out of the room.]

The system's voice continued, causing the humans to lower their heads in annoyance and anger.

'Just search? Mf, what about the beast?! Were they our little helpers?!?!'

They wanted to roar out loud, but they knew that the system wanted them to do it—almost all of them knew the system well enough to know its motives to a certain extent.

[Sigh... What a useless bunch, can't even speak in protest when someone is clearly berating them.]

The system, on the other hand, just sighed, knowing full well that it wouldn't be getting any responses from the humans, but as it recalled what the next sub-scenario was, a certain glint passed through her eyes.

She looked at the many videos she had in store before she turned back to look down at the humans.

She was between the clouds right now, making it possible for her to get a view of everything happening below.

[Whatever, here's the reward you guys deserve for somehow surviving, I guess.]

The moment those words were heard, the humans saw their coins increasing, with 2000 adding to it, giving them a sense of relief.

2000 wasn't really high, and if one were to start upgrading their stats, it would go out in a puff, but for many humans, that was the highest number of coins they had ever seen.

[The bounty quest will be up again so keep an eye on it—not that I see many changes in it as the ranking is still somewhat the same.]

The system, on the other hand, just continued, not bothered by the humans' emotions in the least.

If humans were getting happy about gaining a meager 2000 coins even now, then they were all probably going to die very soon—this was something the system was sure about.

It had seen many turns of different planets going through the same thing, only to be left with no one living before even crossing the 4th scenario.

The scenarios didn't look that hard right now, as it was being shown from Alex's perspective, but right now, humans were surviving purely out of luck, or maybe because the scenarios were not completely focused on physical prowess.

The average level of humans in the world right now is 8, and the limit of the scenario was level 20, which was just now increased by who knows how much as the second scenario has ended.

The fact that humans had survived in a scenario where they could have 20 levels with just 8 levels was already shocking, but now that the limit was going up, at least by 10 levels, then humans would be way lower in level than required.

That was why, being happy about receiving a mere 2000 coins wasn't a redeeming quality; it just showed that humans weren't ready for what was to come.

Just getting 4 stats from level 15 to 16 would take away those 2000 coins they were so happy about, and level 16 wasn't even the highest one could go right now.

Level 16 wasn't going to be enough for the humans to survive in the next scenario, but they didn't know that.

They thought that they were doing good.

The humans only saw the increase in their powers and not what they needed to have; all they saw was that their powers were increasing and they were growing way stronger than before.

They didn't know that the way they were going, they were just moving toward an impending doom.

Less than 1% of the total population realized the severity of the situation, but the system, which saw all of this, just smirked.

{let us see how long you will go on with that mindset.}

It sneered before her eyes focused on Alex, one of the few humans who had always had their stats at the limit of the scenario.

{Hehe, should I make the sub-scenario a bit more interesting?}

She muttered inwardly, wanting to make use of Alex's current vulnerability.

She knew that once Alex was to complete the quest given by the certain god, he would be in a different class, but before that, he was weak—not for humans, but for beasts and some other, other-worldly beings.

Alex, on the other hand, kept staring at the map, unaware of the system's thoughts. He had finally decided the zone he was going to raid after a lot of observation and contemplation.

[Now, I will be going off, and just like before, disturb me with your silly questions, and believe me, I'll make you regret ever calling out to me.]

Those words were the last thing the system said before it went off, letting humans breathe a sigh of relief, but just as they opened the quest window, wanting to check the bounty quest's reward this time, to see if it was a bit different or still the same, they froze.

Their eyes widened in horror as they realized that they were in a shit much deeper than the one they had just come out of.

Many were a bit skeptical as to why the system didn't say anything about the next scenario, or the sub-scenario they were going to have to go through, but as they looked at the quest timer, they finally got it.

The system just didn't want to tell them; it probably wanted to see them despair...

Go on then!

Look at them as much as you want now!

They all had ashen faces; the new messages in the chats just made it worse.

The messages were from the strong humans, the ones who had their stats above 15 or at least above 10.

The reality that they were trying to avoid, finally came crashing down on them.