When Fang Xun woke up, she had transmigrated into another world as a low-class citizen who had sold herself for a single meal.
This was a massive battle royale livestream called Day of Redemption, broadcast to every citizen of the Federation.
It brought together low-class citizens, heinous criminals from Federation prisons, and professional players specially trained by the Federation to deal with contamination zones.
They were dropped into one contaminated source after another. There were no such things as "human rights" or "dignity" here. They schemed against one another, slaughtered one another, and fought over supplies, displaying their ugliest sides on screen as entertainment for the upper class over tea.
If they could fight their way into the top ten out of ten thousand and clear the game, they would earn the once-in-a-lifetime chance to change their status or reduce their sentence.
Newly arrived in this world, Fang Xun was so hungry her stomach clung to her spine. The streams of comments flashing past made her eyes swim.
Her current ranking was displayed above her head: No. 9999.
[Why are there so many losers in this contaminated source? They don't look like they have any interesting talents.]
[Another low-class citizen. I'm out. They'll probably die in a minute.]
[I love watching low-class citizens who think the show will change their lives see their dreams shatter in despair.]
Most people were awakened to a talent when they entered a game instance, helping them face its bizarre and fantastical world.
But Fang Xun, a low-class citizen, awakened to no talent at all.
The good news was that, as a transmigration perk, she had gained access to any skill from the last game she played before dying.
The bad news was... she had been playing a purely story-driven pixel-art single-player game, and only one save slot was unlocked.
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Everyone knew this livestream was a show put on for criminals with special status, a performance with a foregone conclusion.
Until a low-class citizen named Fang Xun fought her way through every contaminated source in the broadcast and became the only undisputed victor, watched by tens of millions.
Reading guide:
- Not many livestream comments, and this isn't a conventional wish-fulfillment story where the heroine wins at every turn.
- The heroine is a madwoman, the kind who's not quite stable and can lose it at any moment (this may change).
- Little romance. Everyone is evil, and anyone except the heroine might die.
Theme: Never forget your original aspirations