The Survival Formula [Infinite]

[I had no inspiration while writing this] * "I'm taking a math exam, and my proctor seems to have turned into a ghost." When Lian Zhuyu realized something was wrong, the proctor who had been playing on her phone behind her had already become a female ghost weeping tears of blood. Her classmates sat in complete silence, as if they didn't exist. The math paper in front of her had changed completely. Question One: [Write the formula for the perimeter of a rectangle] → In a happy family, the older sister has mysteriously disappeared, her brother-in-law has become mute, her younger sister is acting strangely, and her younger sister's husband is sinister and silent. Can you calculate the killer's date of birth? Question Two: [Write the formula for the area of a square] → Strange things have been happening in Yingshui Village lately, where evil spirits are at work. You're a newlywed bride from another village. Can you figure out how many wells there are in the village? Question Three: [Write the formula for the perimeter of a triangle] → You're the frailest woman in a group of hiking buddies. Deep in the wilderness, you find yourselves trapped in a ghostly loop. After your food runs out, can you calculate how many minutes you have left to live? The proctor cackled beside her. "If you can't answer, you die!" Instance One: Together in Life is complete. It's an appetizer. Instance Two: Yingshui Village is complete. It features a Slender Man and conflicts that lay bare human nature. Instance Three: Sacrifice is currently updating. It's a rules-based instance, and should be quite a brain teaser. [Friendly Reminder] 1. Please don't wait until it's finished to start reading, okay, dears? 2. Strong female lead, unlimited flow! The team is the focus, though the heroine's team hasn't appeared in the first instance yet. 3. 4. No one is stronger than the heroine. ------------------------ [I'm Just a Ticket Seller]------------------------ On a dark and stormy night, you are the only ticket seller at this zoo. Frightening roars occasionally ring out from inside. You huddle by the ticket window, trembling. Just then, two strangers dressed in black, wearing black hats and black masks, show up. "Two tickets," one says in a dry, hoarse voice. You choose: A. Smile apologetically and tell them the tickets are sold out. B. Pretend you didn't hear them and coldly shut the glass window. C. Put on the friendly smile expected of an overworked employee, take their money, then bow to thank the two men in black. The story begins with your choice. [How voting works]: Votes in the two-point review section posted within five hours of each chapter's release will count. The option with the most votes will determine the direction of the next chapter's plot. ---------------------------- [The Scheming Maid's Rise to Power]-------------------------- A slave is a lowly person who is oppressed, exploited, and forced to serve, with no personal freedom. Yingxue is not just a slave, but the lowest of the low: a hereditary servant. She was born to belong to her master. If she was beautiful, her fangs would be pulled so she could become her mistress's concubine and seduce the new son-in-law. If she was clever, she would have to hide her beauty and become her mistress's maid, serving her day and night. If she was graceful, she would have to keep a low profile and stay silent, lest the master or young gentlemen of the household force themselves on her. And Yingxue was beautiful, clever, and graceful. Her young mistress saw her as a thorn in her side, asking her to coax the womanizing future son-in-law both openly and discreetly, while also fearing that Yingxue was ambitious and waiting for a chance to take her place. Yingxue said nothing. In front of her mistress, she wept and pleaded, insisting that she would never dare betray her. But in front of the future son-in-law, she softened her voice and cried so prettily that every word coaxed him into her room. Only after Yingxue had risen from maid to concubine, then become a principal wife, and finally received the title of an officially recognized lady, did she unhurriedly say to her mistress: "Yingxue only wanted to stop being a slave." [Content warnings] (The cover is by the kind and lovely author bs. Heart!) 1. I know this story will probably get me criticized, but please don't attack the author personally. 2. The heroine doesn't have exceptionally progressive views for her era. Everything she does is simply because she doesn't want to be a slave. 3. The heroine's values don't represent the author's. The definition of a slave at the beginning comes from Baidu Baike. Theme: Bloom into the most beautiful flower in adversity.