Wen Wan felt that ever since she took that fall, her life had become a rotten game that she could never beat.
Every day, a pop-up appeared in her mind from the System: [This case is rated S-level. Failure to stop it will reset time. Host, respond immediately.]
Wen Wan: “??? Does this piece of junk System even have customer service? I want to file a complaint!”
System: [The complaint channel will open after the 108th loop.]
Wen Wan: “...”
Later, after looping more than eighty times, Wen Wan was completely numb to it all.
A coworker asked why she came to work every day looking like “the world is about to end.”
Wen Wan: “Don't ask. Let's just say I've gone on a killing spree in the loops.”
Later still, she realized that Ji Shen, the handsome guy at the company who looked like a decent human being, seemed to be on a killing spree in the loops, too.
They looked at each other and recognized the signs: they were both employees being psychologically manipulated by the System.
Wen Wan: “Want to team up?”
Ji Shen: “Sure.”
