Lin Guanxue is a corporate drone at a biopharmaceutical company. She earns 18,000 yuan a month and works herself to the bone, waking up every day to pray for the world to explode.
When the world really did explode, she had just gotten home from work.
As soon as she opened the door, she found her roommate breaking into a dance, then mutating into a zombie who drooled and lunged straight at her.
Lin Guanxue: "...What?"
Wait a second. The world was changing so fast she couldn't keep up.
[Ding-dong]
[A new disaster plane has been detected. The source of the apocalypse has been identified as a zombie plague. System loaded. Safe house deployed.]
[System weather update: Sunny today, with temperatures of 22 to 28 degrees Celsius. Air infection level: 1%. Please wear a mask to prevent zombification.]
Lin Guanxue asked in a trembling voice, "This isn't some kind of biochemical leak from my company, is it...?"
"Things aren't as bad as you imagine, ma'am," the System said politely. "It's just that the Age of Plane Desolation has arrived. It has nothing to do with the shady company you work for."
"Oh, oh. So it's only the Age of Plane Desolation. What a relief."
Downstairs, people were running into the street amid violent tremors, chased by zombies. Outside her bedroom door, her roommate let out a harsh, guttural shriek. Anyone with even slightly weak nerves would have dropped dead on the spot.
In the chaos, she called the police until her fingers hurt, but no one answered. Lin Guanxue gritted her teeth, grabbed a plunger from the bathroom, rushed out, and struck her roommate.
Warm brain matter and bone fragments splattered across her face. The System offered its congratulations in a lilting voice.
[Calm and collected, daring to take the lead! Congratulations on ranking in the top 10% of all players for your speed in scoring your first solo kill. You have earned a chance to awaken a class.]
[You have awakened the class: Witch]
[Skill 1: Witch's Potion]
[Skill 2: Witch's Prayer]
[Skill 3 (Passive): The Witch on Trial]
After reading the skill descriptions, Lin Guanxue asked, "Do these completely non-combat skills really give me a chance of surviving safely?"
"They do, ma'am," the System encouraged her. "Only 10% of people get a class, and class skills are all very powerful. You should be happy."
As if she could be happy. She was now full of regret, so much regret.
It was all her fault for imagining the world exploding as something beautiful, while reality was so tempting. And now look at this. Now everything was ruined.
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Theme: Improving people's quality of life and happiness
