In the Wasteland, I Have No Time to Miss You

[The title may change.]

[The gacha is mainly lighthearted, with a focus on saving resources. Outside the instances, it's survival in a wasteland.]

[The Infinite Flow instances are role-playing games. Inside, the protagonist romances multiple characters, but once she leaves, she detaches from them and treats them like characters in a full-dive game. Outside the instances, she has one fixed pairing.]

If you're bad, practice more. If you can't handle losing, don't play.

Zhang Xiaobai has always taken this timeless wisdom as her motto. Unfortunately, after twenty years in a wasteland world, she's still a total amateur.

As she lies on the brink of death, a romance gacha System suddenly appears, bringing with it a card pool full of handsome men and romance instances.

Zhang Xiaobai: ...

Can handsome men be eaten?!!!

Wait.

Actually, they can.

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As a mission-taker with a heavily upgraded romance gacha System for the post-apocalyptic wasteland, Zhang Xiaobai talks about dating all the time, but never takes it to heart.

The unattainable, aloof high priest: The divine realm he guards? I'll take it!

The clingy, tsundere puppy of the beastfolk: The wild ambitions he seeks? I'll take them!

The domineering, ambitious young emperor: The rich lands he covets? I'll take them!

The most important resource in the wasteland: Me. I want it all.

Zhang Xiaobai covers her mouth.

Oops, looks like I just gave away what matters most to me.

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In a desolate world, the only person you can truly trust is yourself.

No matter how sincerely they claim to love her, she treats them all the same.

It's fine to fool them in a romance game. Just don't fool yourself.

*[Highlight]: Female-led BG romance, not 4i. Written to indulge my tastes, with an exceptionally alluring female lead.

*[Big highlight]: The true male lead is among the instance characters, but isn't one of the romance targets within the instances.

*Each instance starts with the protagonist as an underdog, pretending to be weak. Her appearance and persona will change, but outside the instances she's a sly little fox with a voracious appetite.

*All the male romance targets inside the instances have personalities similar to their counterparts outside.

*The protagonist's resources come from completing instances and drawing cards. The female lead isn't stealing other people's resources; she simply gets there first.

Tentative list, order may change:

Romance target 1: An aloof, stone-faced, immaculate priest, a motherly man admired from afar. A tentacle corruption instance.

Romance target 2: A fiercely wild, scratch-happy calico cat who can transform into a beastfolk cub. A heartwarming raising instance.

Romance target 3: A scheming young king who gets deceived the first time he falls in love. An escape-the-locked-room instance.

Romance target 4: A ruthless, cold-hearted, gorgeous young vampire widower. A woman-disguised-as-a-man instance.

I haven't thought of the rest yet. I'll add more later.

Theme: Loving yourself is the most important thing.