His wife was reincarnated as a dog. He spent twelve years escorting goods, never once failing a job. On the way to deliver Tianshan cold iron, bandits surrounded him and sent him plunging off a cliff. Just as he fell, a cold voice rang in his mind:
“Universal Five-Star Review System successfully bound.”
When he opened his eyes again, it was the eighth year of the apocalypse. The frozen wasteland was overrun with zombies. Wearing a food delivery uniform and riding a battered electric scooter, the first order he received was to deliver medicine to a dying child.
“When someone entrusts you with a task, you see it through.”
He started taking deliveries. One order, two orders, a hundred orders, a thousand orders. Medicine, food, water. He saved children, the elderly, and the entire Eastern District. As his review score rose, he advanced from Qi Refining all the way to Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, and Great Ascension. A flag was planted on his delivery box, pale moon-white cloth bearing black characters: Xing Sheng Escort Agency.
He found a little white dog with blue eyes that could cry. He didn’t know that this dog had waited two lifetimes for him.
He met Jiujiali, an emergency doctor who had waited two years, and You Meiqing, the head of supplies, who had waited three months. He would keep every promise he made, even if it cost him his life. He promised to bring Little White a hairpin, and carried it for two lifetimes. He promised he would choose them, and he chose all three. He promised to shut down the System, and he was the first to say no.
The System shut down, and the apocalypse ended. He planted the flag atop the highest ruin in the Eastern District and married three wives. The wind blew in from afar, carrying the scent of flowers. He shouldered his delivery box and smiled.
“I won’t stop.”
An escort who makes a promise will keep it, even at the cost of his life. Those who follow him will keep their promises, even at the cost of their lives. Those who wait will keep their promises, even at the cost of their lives.
