Chu Wanchen was a perfectly ordinary high school freshman with a commonplace family background and mediocre grades. If there was anything that set her apart from others, it could only be her intermittent, touch-and-go luck.
Luck itself belongs to the realm of metaphysics. Chu Wanchen’s luck growing up could not actually be considered good; she had rarely even won a free bottle from a cap-lottery, and the primary and junior high schools she attended started renovations the moment she graduated. Yet, it was this very girl with no luck to speak of who, during the online high school enrollment, relied on this ephemeral luck to squeeze into Qian City’s third-ranked Experimental High School.
The high school entrance examination in Qian City took place in early July, exactly one month after the college entrance examination. Results were released a week after the exam, at which point online high school enrollment would begin. According to convention, the first-ranked No. 1 High School and the second-ranked No. 3 High School conducted admissions in the first batch, while the third-ranked Experimental High School started its admissions in the second batch. Chu Wanchen had scored 525 points. While it was not as exaggerated as the college entrance examination—where missing a single point meant falling behind a whole sports field of people—this score was only considered upper-middle tier in a high school entrance exam with a total score of 750. Furthermore, as Qian City was the capital of Qian Province, getting into a slightly better school was exceptionally difficult.
“3, 2, 1, the enrollment window is closed! My daughter has been accepted by Experimental High School!” Chu Jianping shouted in excitement. Chu Wanchen, who had thought she stood no chance with Experimental High School, was also incredibly excited. For some reason, Experimental High School, which was supposed to start admissions in the second batch, had opened admissions in the first batch this year. This caused many students with better grades than Chu Wanchen to miss out on Experimental High School because they wanted to gamble on a chance for waitlisted admission into No. 1 High School or No. 3 High School. Chu Wanchen’s father, Chu Jianping, worked in Shanghai and had specifically taken annual leave to rush back and accompany his daughter through the high school entrance examination. Shao Wenxin, who was doing chores, heard the excited shouts of the father and daughter and hurriedly ran over to join the celebration.
Right at that moment, Chu Wanchen suddenly heard a “ding-dong—”. She quickly looked around, but her parents were busy sharing the good news with relatives over the phone, showing no signs of having heard any strange sound. A cold, mechanical voice then echoed in her mind: “Hello, Host. I am a check-in system from Star X08, Serial Number 088.” “Star X08? Check-in system? What are these?” Chu Wanchen could not help but ask aloud upon hearing the voice in her head. Fortunately, her parents were preoccupied with their phone calls and did not hear her question.
“This system is directly bound to the Host’s consciousness, so the Host can speak to me directly in your mind. This system comes from Star X08, twenty thousand years in the future. It was cast into a black hole by its creator to select a host and help them fulfill their wishes.” Hearing the system’s words, Chu Wanchen did not feel panicked. As someone who loved reading web novels, she only felt a surge of joy and hastily asked: “Why did you choose me? In the novels I read, systems only bind to people who are living miserable lives or who possess incredibly strong desires.” “My creator did not impose any strict requirements on what kind of person I must choose as a host. The selection process itself is random. As for why I chose you to be my host, it can probably only be explained by luck.” At this point, Chu Wanchen stopped obsessing over the system’s origins.
“088, you said you are a check-in system, so how do I check in? And what are the check-in rewards?” “The full name of this system is the Almighty Check-In System. The Host only needs to call upon the system in your consciousness to check in after midnight every day. There are no location restrictions and no check-in missions. The check-in rewards are also random.” Hearing 088’s response, Chu Wanchen tried calling out “check in” in her mind. “Ding-dong—, Host Chu Wanchen has completed today’s check-in. Rewarded with 100 billion cash transfer.”