Seven Awaken in the Dimensional Rifts of the Apocalypse

On Awakening of Insects in 2050, a purple rift tore across the sky and dragged Earth into the abyss of the apocalypse. Particles of supernatural energy ran rampant like a virus: 10% of humanity awakened superpowers, 40% mutated into zombies, and 50% became enhanced humans. Amid the ruins of the old order, seven brothers who had grown up in an orphanage forged a bond of blood and set out on radically different paths through the chaotic age.

Metal Maelstrom, He Tian: Once an explorer and rescuer, he awakens the ability to control metal. His saber techniques combine with a metal-transformed body, turning him into a walking humanoid weapon. When he swings his first blade in the purple rain, Daoist talisman patterns appear on its edge, foretelling that he will become the key to turning the tide.

Greenwood Healer, Zhou Mo: A doctor, he sees a phantom image of the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon appear around him when his wood-element ability awakens. His staff techniques become cages of vines, and his healing power can bring withered trees back to life, but it cannot cure his obsession with uncovering the truth about the orphanage fire.

Earthen Bulwark, Shi Gui: A good-natured PE teacher who commands the earth element, he combines wrestling with the perfect defense of earthen walls. When he builds an apocalyptic Great Wall with his own flesh and blood, an ancient totem can be faintly seen in the ocher glow in his palm.

Dragon's Cry in the Frozen Pool, Leng Chuan: When the water ability of this dark-web assassin awakens, his Bajiquan force conjures the roar of a water dragon. While freezing a horde of zombies, he discovers that his "absolute zero" can briefly freeze the flow of time and space.

Thunder Across the Sky, Yu Lei: A police officer, he sees the trigrams of the Book of Changes when his lightning ability awakens. The collision of karate and lightning unleashes a world-destroying electromagnetic