Highway Survival: I Was Bound to the Wrong Cursed System from the Start

Ling Shuang, the world’s number one assassin. Just after finishing her first meal in retirement, she was tossed into a road-survival game.

All that stood before her was a battered electric car with a cracked side mirror.

Then a System bound itself to her.

[The Horror Instance System is now bound.]

Ling Shuang: “There are no horror instances in this world. You’ve got the wrong set.”

The System fell silent for a moment, then said, “There are now.”

The next second, the organizers issued an emergency announcement: The instance system has undergone an unknown change. A new highest difficulty has been added: Horror Instance (Gold). Trigger probability: 1%. Mortality rate: extremely high.

Ling Shuang stared at the panel. “...Was that your doing?”

“It comes with a passive ability,” the System said. “Every time anything you own levels up, you automatically unlock a new talent.”

The electric car reached Lv. 2, unlocking Horror Affinity. Her crowbar leveled up, unlocking Weak Point Marking. Her Word-to-Reality talent leveled up, unlocking Rule Perception. Her phone leveled up, allowing her to intercept the organizers’ encrypted communications.

By the end of the three-day protection period, her battered electric car had evolved into an unrecognizable four-wheeled horror vehicle. Its headlights blinked on their own, its engine sounded like a low chuckle, and even sitting still, it looked like it was watching something.

The talent count showed only one symbol: ∞.

The whole world was avoiding horror instances. She drove that skin-crawling car straight for their entrances.

Someone posted on the world channel: “I saw a woman driving a horror car. She deliberately seeks out horror instances and goes in like she’s coming home.”

The top comment: “No idea if she’s crazy, but she just got another first clear in a horror instance.”