The Gaokao Is About to Begin. All Candidates, Write Your Last Letters

“The national college entrance exam is about to begin. All candidates, write your last wills and prepare yourselves mentally.” At the examiner's announcement, a new round of the college entrance exam was about to begin. This exam was no longer a simple contest of intelligence. It was a fight for survival. At some unknown point, Sequence Monsters had invaded the world. With their bizarre hunting patterns and untouchable nature, they kept whittling down the human population, until the Apostles appeared. Apostles: “people” who trap monsters inside their bodies. The Apostles trap monsters within themselves, at the cost of suffering their curses every moment of every day. That's why they all have short lives. But they are powerful, too, because they can wield the monsters' strength! Using special devices, they can turn monsters into cards and channel some of their power into weapons or tools. They can even transform themselves into monsters. This was how humanity managed to cling to survival. Wu Chi is a candidate in this year's exam. The moment he steps into the exam hall, he encounters a monster blocking the entrance. After a classmate attacks him, he is accidentally assaulted by a special monster, and so begins a life of coexistence with monsters. When the delicate balance between humans and monsters is broken; when nations fall into turmoil and a world war erupts; when it is discovered that monsters are program code designed to clean out viruses; when everything finally comes to light... Looking at the countless stars flickering on his watch, he decides to become…