The System Is Handed Over to the Nation: Star Gate Expedition

On my third day after transmigrating, the System upgraded. Not because I’d killed monsters, but because I was about to get beaten to death.

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While others get top-tier gear from the start after transmigrating, Lin Yanzhou has only a geological hammer and a notification from the System.

“Host bound. Mandatory return in 72 hours. Failure to return will result in death.”

A zombie lunges at him, and he swings his geological hammer hard enough to send sparks flying. After killing his first zombie, digging out his first crystal core, and absorbing energy for the first time, he realizes how this lousy System upgrades: the closer he gets to death, the more power it gives him.

So he survives in the wasteland like a rabid dog.

He fights through zombie hordes alone, leads a team across other worlds, builds bases in three realms, and carves a path through the sea of zombies by sheer force.

Until nine chains light up before him, and the thing sealed away for nine hundred years opens its eyes and looks at him.

“You’re... the key?”

Lin Yanzhou looks down at his palm. “No. I’m the one holding the key.”