Miao Miao He was the kind of unlucky girl who never got seasoning with her instant noodles, always got caught in the rain without an umbrella, and somehow came down with diarrhea during every major exam, from middle school entrance exams to high school and college entrance exams. So when she woke up one morning to find the apocalypse had arrived and everyone was fighting to survive, she wasn’t surprised in the least. She even had time to make fun of herself:
“They brought on the apocalypse just to kill me? You’re amazing, Miao Miao He. You sure are hard to kill!”
She never expected that opening the beginner’s gift pack on a whim would change her fate overnight and give her an SSS-rank critical-hit talent!
While others spent three days and nights hacking away, only to fall short of the materials needed to upgrade their territory, she easily scored a surplus in less than a day.
While others worked themselves to the bone with nothing to eat or drink, she was surrounded by countless fresh fruits, vegetables, and meat.
While others were chased by monsters until they broke down in tears, she chased them across the wilderness to inherit their powers and skills.
Much later
[Congratulations to Blue Star Lord Miao Miao He on achieving the new milestone “First to Reach Level Ten”! You have received a purple treasure chest! You have received blue equipment!]
[Congratulations to Blue Star Lord Miao Miao He on achieving the new milestone “Monster Slayer”! You have received a purple treasure chest! You have received a City-Building Decree!]
[Congratulations to Blue Star Lord Miao Miao He on achieving the new milestone “Hope of Humanity”! You have received a purple treasure chest! You have received a unique SSS-rank divine title!]
Other players: “Report her! She’s cheating!”
Coming soon: “Rafter Survival: I Open a Shop”
Lu Jiuzhou, a veteran shop-management game player, awakened the Tycoon System when everyone was plunged into rafter survival. Dreaming of running a supermarket while everyone else dug in the dirt, she eagerly spun the wheel to open her first shop.
[Congratulations! You have drawn a nail salon.]
[Current mission: Successfully serve three nail salon customers within 24 hours. Failure will result in elimination.]
Lu Jiuzhou looked down at the four shabby planks, then up at the vast, boundless ocean.
“Fine, fine, fine, fiiine. So that’s how you want to play? Don’t blame me for using cheats!”
Mom, homeland, come save me!
Later, three burly men stood before Lu Jiuzhou, their gazes resolute. “Hello, boss. We’d like to get our nails done.”
As they left, the burly men held up their glittering, multicolored hands and shouted with unwavering conviction, “The boss does the best nails in the world! Five stars! We’ll be back!”
Later still, while other factions struggled to survive and turned on one another, Jiuzhou Mall, which had begun with just four bare planks, stretched for thousands upon thousands of miles. The native residents lived on this new continent with food, drink, entertainment, and hope.
When asked how she had made it this far, Lu Jiuzhou, the Tycoon, top-ranked survivor, and everyone’s favorite, proudly lifted her chin.
“A child with a mom is a treasure!”
Coming soon: “Road Survival, but I’m a Gluttonous Snake”
On the 444,444,444th day after Le Youyou became a three-segment, pale-cyan pixel snake, she lay with her eyes closed, her long body filling a 7400-by-4000 screen. Then she slowly opened her eyes and calmly rammed her head into her own 29,600,000th segment.
Death came again, as familiar as ever. But the shattered Le Youyou didn’t return to the familiar cycle of three starting pixels. Instead
[The global Road Survival world has been activated. Player “Le Youyou,” please select your starting vehicle.]
[Beep beep beep! Warning! Warning! Vehicle selection unavailable! Loading special vehicle: Gluttonous Snake!]
Later, accompanied by the despairing screams of other players fighting over their companions’ supplies, Le Youyou bent at a perfect 90-degree angle and chomped her way along
[Ding! Absorbed “seamless steel pipe.” Length +1. Acquired “Hardy” carriage!]
[Ding! Absorbed “spicy gluten strips.” Length +1. Acquired “Chili Mist” carriage!]
[Ding! Absorbed “megaphone.” Length +1. Acquired “Square Dancing” carriage!]
A teammate climbed onto the roof and waved enthusiastically. “Hey, Youyou, eat up! I found you a pack of luosifen. Let’s make a stinky, spicy biochemical carriage!”
[Road Monster]: You lot fight dirty!
Theme: Helping one another and building a better future together.