[Showbiz] A Letter from a Bottle

On an utterly ordinary day, Song Yatao wakes from a nap to find herself stranded on a deserted island.

There's no food, no clean water, no internet, no electricity, just a field of stone pillars and an endless ocean... And she's still wearing her pajamas!

Song Yatao: Where the heck am I?

[Beep!]

[Congratulations, player! You've been selected to try out the game Time Traveler. I'm Game Assistant 5568, and I'm delighted to serve you!]

Song Yatao: "? Who said I agreed?"

[Uh-oh~ What bad luck, player! You drew a deserted island!]

"..."

[But don't worry! The beginner's gift pack is available for a limited time! Players can draw a path through time!]

With no other choice, Song Yatao clicked the draw button, holding her breath. And then she drew a message in a bottle.

A message! In a bottle!

Song Yatao: "Huh?"

According to the System, the bottle can drift to any point in time.

Take the letter out of the bottle, write a request on it, and toss it into the sea. If someone on the other side of time finds the bottle and agrees to her request, she can leave.

Song Yatao: Having my fate in the hands of some unknown person really sucks. But she still had no other choice.

After reluctantly writing down her request, Song Yatao was left waiting endlessly.

[Beep!]

[Helpful reminder: If you stay on the deserted island too long, your health will gradually decline!]

Song Yatao: "Ha. You don't have to tell me that."

Because she was freezing to death.

What Song Yatao hadn't expected was that dying in this lousy game meant starting over. Every time she died, she was reset to the island. And the beginner's gift pack wouldn't let her draw again after death!!!!

She went through the cycle eight whole times.

Eight times!

She'd been rescued five times during those eight cycles, but even after being saved, she still died for different reasons.

Song Yatao: Great. I don't want to live anymore.

[Player has lost the will to survive. Danger‼️]

[Beep! Congratulations, player! You've earned the "Die Again and Again" achievement and unlocked a hidden reward!]

[This time, the player can see who found the message in the bottle in advance.]

"What good is that?" Song Yatao scoffed. She was unlucky enough to draw this lousy game in the first place.

Whether she lived or died didn't matter anymore, so she might as well see which jerk found the bottle this time.

She clicked Confirm on the [View?] screen.

The jerk's face appeared before Song Yatao's eyes.

Huh? Was he some kind of celebrity?

Hmm... She vaguely remembered seeing some news about him.

With the heart of someone who just wanted to watch the drama unfold, Song Yatao wrote maliciously:

"I'm your girlfriend from the future. In the future, your teammate will go to prison, and you'll be surrounded by dating rumors, "

"So, future boyfriend, if you want to be saved, hurry up and agree to date me."

Song Yatao quickly got a reply.

[That's enough, Ms. Hater. There's a limit to how much you can rub salt in someone's wounds. Be a decent person.]

Song Yatao sensed something was off and asked the System, "What year is it over there?"

[It's the wonderful year 2024!]

Song Yatao: You could've told me that sooner :)

Theme: Even when the night swallows everything, the sun can rise again