Taking the Escape System and Slaughtering My Way Through the Wasteland

Serializing alongside: Crossing the Waters

[Unhinged, scheming, max-combat-power tyrant princess vs. goofy college girl, ridiculously strong hellhound goddess of death]

Blurb:

Living is a massive post-apocalyptic survival game developed by Utopia.

Everything about each player's experience is randomized, and the highly open-ended gameplay made the game an instant sensation, drawing billions of players. It became a utopia where countless people could place their dreams, so much so that ten years after launch, no one remembered that the main quest was to escape!

The escape leaderboard still had a score of zero at Living's tenth-anniversary celebration.

Desperate to remind players about the main quest, the lazy developers put up a fortune, promising the first escapee ten million in prize money, plus a mysterious gift pack.

Talking about money feels so cold. Xiao Wei is mainly in it for the mystery.

Down on her luck, Xiao Wei has spent five years fighting her way through Living. Without mutating, taking drugs, or evolving, she's made the leaderboard by taking down monsters and stealing abilities on sheer skill. She's also the first player to find the escape gate.

But the heart attack hits even harder than the server-wide announcement of her glorious achievement.

She actually dies suddenly and transmigrates into the real wasteland.

Living suddenly makes a dazzling entrance: "The mysterious gift pack is me! Surprise, Weiwei!"

Who knew Living would turn out to be a complete scam?

When things get critical, it runs even faster than Xiao Wei.

Luckily, Xiao Wei is not only lucky to be alive, she's blessed beyond belief.

First, the Western Federation's first princess in a hundred years insists on making her a dog.

Then there's the Eastern District's Wandao Sect, where an unparalleled young prodigy saves her from danger again and again.

There's also the Northern District's fox spirit, a stunning beauty who flies into a rage on her behalf.

And the Southern District's Alpha General, who treats her like a little sister.

But the System keeps urging Xiao Wei to run for her life. Who wouldn't want to escape this miserable wasteland, rife with gunfire, pollution, and rampaging humans and beasts?

Xiao Wei dreams of going home, even in her sleep.

But this district has Class C pollution, that one has Class B pollution... Xiao Wei stays busy, killing yours after killing theirs.

Xiao Wei, after killing to her heart's content: Which district still has pollution? (hands on hips)

Living, smiling: None. You've killed your way through the whole wasteland. (rubs forehead)

Your main quest is to escape, remember? ^ ^

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They were like rivers that happened to converge.

Flowing through and watering this land that bore their fates

They longed for miracles to come, yet let one another branch off in their own directions.

Theme: Life itself is a gift