The sky stretches overhead, the wilds are vast. The wind parts the grass to reveal withered bones. When can I finally return home?
A brand-new, one-hundred-A-rated pile of trash.
Xiao Zheng, a university student majoring in funeral services, is packed off by his school to do an internship at a state-run cemetery out of town during the Qingming Festival.
During a large memorial ceremony, Xiao Zheng is slacking off beneath a thousand-year-old locust tree on a rainy day. He opens Arknights on his phone, planning to play a round of Contingency Contract, when a bolt of lightning suddenly sends him to another world.
When Xiao Zheng opens his eyes, he finds himself in a desolate place. Nearby, a gaunt young man is digging up tree roots to eat.
Xiao Zheng: "Hey, fellow countryman! Where are we?"
Local, eating tree roots: "Kazdel."
Xiao Zheng: "Praise the Emperor! Praise Holy Terra!"
Local, swallowing a tree root: Another idiot.
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