It was a scorching July, with the blazing sun high in the sky.
Su Le’an walked along the asphalt road. Her shirt clung tightly to her back, and she felt as if she were trapped inside a steamer, about to be cooked alive!!!
First Company.
The interviewer wore a professional smile, but the question he asked was utterly ridiculous. “Miss Su, the base salary here is only 1,800 yuan. Can you accept that?”
Su Le’an nearly laughed from anger when she heard this. “That’s only 60 yuan a day. Are you serious?”
And that was the end of it.
Second Company. The interviewer directly returned her resume and said, “We don’t want bachelor’s degree graduates. We only want people with associate degrees.”
Su Le’an: “…” Seriously?
The third company was even more outrageous.
The interviewer was a potbellied man whose face was covered in wrinkles whenever he smiled. His greasy hand reached toward Su Le’an.
“Hahaha, Miss Su, someone as talented as you is very welcome at our company. There’s a dinner gathering tonight. Come with me, and you can start working tomorrow.”
Su Le’an could not tolerate it any longer. She slapped a stack of resumes onto his face, turned around, and walked away.
“Just looking at you makes me sick. Whoever wants this job can have it!”
People online always said that those born in the 2000s were reshaping the workplace, but how come she could not even get through the door?
At ten that evening, Su Le’an dragged her exhausted body back to her rented apartment. The ten-square-meter room was as hot as a steamer.
Yet Su Le’an could not bear to turn on the air conditioner. Only a swaying electric fan was spinning, blowing nothing but hot air straight at her.
Su Le’an looked at the resume she had carefully prepared and let out a long sigh. Completely exhausted, she shouted,
“A graduate of A University’s Finance Department, an outstanding student union officer, an outstanding graduate from my university. What use is any of it? What use is any of it?!!”
Su Le’an felt as though she had been set up by capitalism.
At that moment, her phone vibrated.
Her mother sent her a message on WeChat: “An’an, how is the job search going? Your dad went out to play cards again…”
Su Le’an fell silent for a moment. She did not want her mother to worry about her again, so she told a small white lie.
“It’s going okay. I’m just waiting to hear back.”
After a whole day of being beaten down by society, Su Le’an was exhausted both physically and mentally. She decided to read a novel to recover some energy. She casually opened the app on Qiezi Novel and clicked on a story the app had recommended to her.
“Forget it. Tomorrow’s problems can wait until tomorrow. I’ll continue going to interviews tomorrow morning. For now, I’ll just relax.”
Time passed quickly while she was reading. Su Le’an felt her eyelids growing heavier and heavier, and eventually she fell into a deep sleep.
In her dream,
“Ding! High-quality host detected. Apocalypse Survival System activating.”
She had just opened her eyes when…
“Miss, please open your legs a little.”
A hand wearing a white glove suddenly pressed against Su Le’an’s thigh.
She jolted upright, her back crashing into the silk bed curtains. Her vision spun for a moment.
Just three minutes ago, she had clearly still been lying on the hard bed in her rented apartment, eating instant noodles while browsing job listings.
“Miss Lin, this is part of the stretching procedure for the essential-oil SPA. Why are you so startled?” The massage therapist awkwardly raised a towel. “Besides, you just fainted…”
Miss Lin? Essential-oil SPA?
Su Le’an looked down at herself and was deeply shocked. She was wearing silk pajamas from Hermès, a diamond-encrusted Patek Philippe watch adorned her wrist, and beneath her was a luxurious bed large enough for five people to sleep on…
[Ding! Host has awakened! The Apocalypse Survival System is at your service!]
A cheerful electronic voice exploded inside her mind, and a translucent blue panel appeared out of thin air:
[Host: Su Le’an (Current Generated Identity: Young Lady of the Su Group in A City)]
[Apocalypse Countdown: 30 Days]
[Beginner Mission: Stockpile Supplies (The More You Hoard, the Higher the Rewards)]
“So… I’ve transmigrated into an apocalypse novel?” Su Le’an fiercely pinched her thigh and hissed in pain.
System: “@Su Le’an, yes, dear! But don’t be afraid. Your current identity is a young lady who can fleece the capitalists!”
“You can all go downstairs for now.” Su Le’an waved at the rows of service staff.
“Yes.” The staff went downstairs first.
She had only just gotten out of bed, and she was clearly still not accustomed to this body. She stumbled toward the floor-to-ceiling window and looked outside. Tall buildings lined the skyline, while a large electronic screen in the distance was broadcasting the news:
“R Country experienced a 4.7-magnitude earthquake today. Experts say it is normal tectonic activity…”
This was clearly the same scene she had read about last night in the novel on Qiezi Novel! In the original story, R Country would sink into the sea thirty days later, and the apocalypse would break out soon after!
She had transmigrated into the novel.
The good news was that the identity she had been given was pretty great. She was actually a rich heiress.
The bad news was that she had transmigrated into an apocalypse novel, and in thirty days, she would have to struggle to survive the apocalypse.
“System? Are you still there?” she tentatively called.
“I’m here~ What do you need?”
“Every game comes with a beginner’s gift pack. What about yours?”
“It really does have to be you, Host. If you hadn’t asked, I would have forgotten.”
[Beginner’s Gift Pack has been issued. Congratulations, Host! You have received:
Su Le’an looked at the items in the beginner’s gift pack and smiled. A simple pre-apocalypse stockpiling mission was completely within her grasp!
Just moments ago, she had still been worrying about finding a summer internship. Now she had to face the end of the world. In her old world, life had been exhausting, but at least her life had never been in danger.
“System, can I go back?” Su Le’an was actually a little terrified when she thought about having to fight zombies.
[System: As long as you complete the ultimate mission, not only can you return to your original world, but you will also receive a reward of one billion yuan~]
The moment Su Le’an heard this, she was instantly filled with motivation. It was definitely not because of the one billion yuan reward!
She genuinely hoped that the apocalypse would end so that everyone could return to their beautiful lives.
“Okay. I promise I’ll complete the mission!”
“Wonderful, wonderful! You’re the best host in the world. I was born to be your system, and even in death, I’ll be your system ghost!” The System was also infected by her enthusiasm.
“Ahem, that’s not necessary. That’s not necessary. By the way, I have another question. Why did you choose me?” Su Le’an felt a little embarrassed by how excited it was.
“Because you have an optimistic mindset. The Main System and I both believe that you’ll be able to survive the apocalypse!” The System popped up a smiling emoji.
It would never tell its host that life in the apocalypse was hard, exhausting, and had an extremely low survival rate!
Unlike the sweet-pampering genre, the group-favorite genre, and the wish-fulfillment genre, which were all so popular, their department was desperately short on staff!
That was also why the items in the beginner’s gift pack were so good.
The System was genuinely afraid that if this host died, it would have to work hard to find another host.
Su Le’an thought for a moment before giving an order.
“Search for flights to R Country. I remember that in the novel, it disappears on the very first day of the apocalypse. It gets swallowed by the sea, along with all the supplies and people on the island.”
Less than three minutes later, the System’s voice sounded again. It was an extremely efficient system.
“Flight information has been retrieved. Flight CA1471 is recommended. It departs at 9:20. Your passport and visa are in the bedside drawer.”
Su Le’an pulled open the drawer and, sure enough, found a gold-embossed passport. When she opened it, an unfamiliar name was printed beneath her photograph: Lin Wan.
“Is this the fake identity you prepared for me?”
“Yes~ It’s your temporary identity.” The System popped up a winking emoji.
Su Le’an smiled. She thought this System was actually pretty cute.
Holding the passport in her hand, Su Le’an suddenly realized something. She had not actually finished reading this novel.
Uh… actually, even if she had finished reading it, she probably would not remember much anyway.