[Hunter X Hunter] Hellish From the Start, but with Infinite Rewinds

Content warning: The heroine is overpowered in the Hunter world.

Qiao Li was born frail and barely spent any time at school, passing most of her life in hospital wards. She'd already started giving up.

Her parents had gone from caring for her devotedly to leaving everything to fate.

They had another child, a boy, and kept it from her.

It wouldn't have mattered if they'd told her. With her body in such a state, how could she selfishly stop them from having another, healthy child?

When she once again struggled to breathe and her eyes rolled back, she pressed the call button with practiced ease. A nurse quickly wheeled her into the operating room, but this time felt different. She might not make it out.

Her last thought was: At least they'll still have her younger brother.

When she opened her eyes again, she was in a fantastical space. A mechanical voice urged her to enter her name.

Name...? Qiao Li... But she was probably dead, so... Qiao Lisi? She snickered at her own joke.

"Name: Qiao Lisi. Please enter your surname."

The distorted mechanical voice sounded like AI-generated speech... Was this what happened after you died? It was pretty interesting.

Her surname? It was Qiao.

"Confirm Qiao Lisi Qiao. Data extraction complete. Preparing to deploy to the Dark Continent..."

When she opened her eyes again, she moved her hand, blinked until she got used to the light, then stood and looked around.

"Host deceased. Rewinding..."

No way! How did she die so quickly?

When she opened her eyes again, she instinctively moved her fingers...

Oh! She'd restarted again.

She started on hell difficulty, but had a strong, healthy body! She'd wished for that countless times. With a strong body, she could overcome any obstacle. Now she'd finally got one.

And if she could rewind endlessly, then nothing really mattered!

The System wanted her to leave the Dark Continent, but she'd already adapted to life there. When the System forced her again...

"Go to the lake island? Not on your life..."

She fought her way through the Dark Continent until she crossed the sea and tasted human food for the first time.

"Go! I'm going to the lake island! I love places full of weaklings, where I can live a peaceful life!"

"Waaah, I thought I didn't care about anything anymore... But this is what human food tastes like..."

It was just an ordinary salted flatbread and steamed shellfish. An old woman watched Qiao Lisi, filthy and ravenous, wolfing down her meal and sighed. "The poor thing must be starving." Then she gave her two more flatbreads.

After spending a year or so in the fishing village, she moved on to a new map.

"Oh my God! I thought food was all that mattered... But how can humans live without entertainment?"

After some time, the System actually urged her to return to the Dark Continent. She had only one thought: "Go back where? Are you trying to tell me I've been living too comfortably? The Dark Continent? Not on your life..."

Theme: Never give up, never abandon hope, and hold on to the light.