Doomsday Strikes, and All Four Dormmates Awaken a System

When Lin Wenjun wakes, the plane tree leaves outside the window are still green. Everything seems almost absurdly normal.

But in ten days, those leaves will freeze into brittle flakes and crumble to dust at the slightest touch.

In her previous life, it took her three days to accept the truth: the apocalypse had arrived. The temperature had plunged to eighty degrees below zero, and the dormitory had become an icebox.

She died in a blizzard, sprawled in front of the cafeteria, her body battered and bloody, clutching half a steamed bun that had gone hard as a rock.

Li Peishan had died two days before her, succumbing to hypothermia in the corner of a bathroom, curled up like a shrimp.

Chen Chen died on the way to the infirmary, covered by the last down jacket they had.

Lu Wei... Lu Wei was still smiling when she died. She burned everything that could catch fire, then pulled the bed slats apart and threw them into the flames. “This time, I’ll go first,” she said, and never woke again.

Then they all came back.

Back to the morning of the tenth day before the apocalypse.

Sunlight streams onto the balcony of Room 708. Damp socks still hang from the laundry line. Lu Wei is watching videos with her headphones on, Li Peishan is reminding her to hand in her assignment, and Chen Chen walks in carrying four cups of soy milk.

Lin Wenjun sits on the bed, looking at it all, her throat tight.

[Reincarnator detected. Binding System...]

Lin Wenjun: [Combat System activated]

Chen Chen: [Healing System activated]

Li Peishan: [Spatial System activated]

Lu Wei: [Wealth System activated]

This time, they won’t die in the bitter cold.