[Why go far when the answer is near, Host? This System comes with its own System Mall, stocked with everything you could need—food, pills, clothing, weapons, and more.]
A golden frame appeared before Hua Wuyan, displaying a row of item category labels.
Hua Wuyan reached out and tapped the air. Each label she touched opened to reveal the names and images of items within that category.
[Impressive, right? This is the System Mall that comes with this System. It contains countless kinds of supplies. As long as you have enough Opportunity Points, you can exchange them for anything you desire.]
Hua Wuyan browsed through the System Mall and found that the items were indeed as the System had described.
“Food, pills, clothing, armor, weapons, vehicles, sanctuaries. There’s even cultivation manuals from my Wind-Moon Sect.”
What she needed most right now were weapons for self-defense and food to fill her stomach.
In the System Mall, staples like rice, flour, and snacks were the lowest-tier supplies. One Opportunity Point could exchange for enough to feed her for seven days.
A sharp long blade, though also costing just one Opportunity Point, was still more expensive compared to food.
And the Detoxification Pill that could cure the Zombie Virus cost a full 10 Opportunity Points per pill.
Staring at the cold “0” in her account, Hua Wuyan let out a sigh. “Can I buy on credit?”
[Given your good initial credit rating, the System can apply for a loan of 0.1 Opportunity Points on your behalf. Does the Host require it?]
Hua Wuyan’s eyes widened. “0.1? Even the cheapest weapon in your mall costs 1 Opportunity Point. With 0.1, I can’t do anything except exchange for a bit of food!
“How do I earn Opportunity Points?”
[Simply complete the Providence Quests assigned by the System or successfully win over Providence Targets, and you will receive generous Opportunity Points.]
“Providence Quests and winning over targets? What’s the difference?”
With the prefix “Providence” attached to both, she instinctively felt that whether it was the quests or the targets, they were somehow connected.
[There is no difference in essence.]
[The original female lead of the apocalypse novel you’ve transmigrated into, Xu Qingtian, is currently seizing Heavenly Providence in a way that disrupts the balance of this world.
If she drains all the Providence, this world will collapse and be destroyed. As the cannon fodder female supporting character of this world, you would die instantly as well.
Your task is to seize all the Providence of this novel’s female lead, thereby earning Opportunity Points. On one hand, this will help you survive better in this book’s world; on the other, it will restore balance to this world.]
It seemed that whether in a cultivation world or a book world, everything revolved around balance.
“Fine, help me check the quests and targets.”
[Host, you do not have permission to view the quest list. Moreover, Providence Targets are only triggered in specific scenarios.]
But all quests and targets are related to the female lead. At this moment, a Providence Quest has already been triggered by the current scenario.]
[The System is now issuing a Providence Quest…
The Host is required to seize Xu Qingtian’s Spatial Bracelet within ten minutes. Upon successful completion, the reward is 3 Opportunity Points. Upon failure, the Host will be eliminated.
Do you accept?]
“You bastard System, you’re actually going to eliminate me if I fail!”
[Warning! Warning! A Zombie Horde is approaching. Distance from the Host: eight hundred meters!]
“I don’t accept!”
[If the task is not accepted, the System will directly execute the Host. Countdown to execution: 10, 9…]
“What the hell! Refusing means execution too? You’re being unreasonable!”
Damn it! She had a feeling she was being set up!
[6]
[5]
Either way, she was dead. Might as well take a gamble—maybe she could fight her way out. “Alright, stop counting! I accept the task!”
“In the book, Xu Qingtian is described as pure and delicate. She relies on her frail appearance to gain protection from many Ability Users. There was no mention of her having a Spatial Bracelet!”
[This is the deviation that has occurred in this book’s world. At this moment, Xu Qingtian is still unaware that her bracelet conceals a spatial dimension.
All you need to do is seize her Spatial Bracelet to strip away part of her fortune. Complete the task within the allotted time, or the System will execute the Host.]
3 Opportunity Points—not only could she exchange them for weapons, but also for half a month’s worth of food.
Worth it!
As for execution upon failure?
Ha, she was the Ancestor of the Wind-Moon Sect. She had weathered countless storms. A mere task like this was nothing at all.
[Ding! The Zombie Horde is now 700 meters from the Host.]
She quickly flipped through the System Mall for items that could be exchanged for 0.1 Opportunity Points, and finally her gaze settled on a suona horn.
“System, I want to borrow 0.1 Opportunity Points to exchange for this suona!”
“Got it! 0.1 Opportunity Points have been credited, and the suona has been exchanged for you.”
Inside the equipment room, Jiang Nanying and the others seemed to have heard the commotion as well. Led by Jiang Nanying and Xu Qingtian, the group walked to the glass door and looked out—every single one of them was dumbfounded.
“Is this Hua Wuyan out of her mind? She’s holding a suona—is she planning to play a funeral dirge for herself?”
“Qingtian, let’s ignore her. From the sound of it, zombies are coming. Let’s head to the innermost part of the equipment room and stay quiet. Keep your breathing as light as possible and don’t make a sound.”
Just then, Hua Wuyan suddenly turned around with a smile and walked toward Jiang Nanying and the others.
Through the glass door, Hua Wuyan’s smile was especially radiant.
Even though she was no longer the original Hua Wuyan, looking at the group inside the equipment room, she felt an inexplicable irritation.
She raised the suona to her lips.
Tilting her head back.
Shaking her head.
Her cheeks puffed up, and her fingers began to dance.
“Bee…”
A highly aggressive metallic note exploded in the air, like a thunderclap out of nowhere, filling the entire corridor with echoes.
Though it was just an ordinary suona, its sound was piercingly clear. Even the zombies on the playground outside the corridor raised their heads and let out excited roars in response to her performance.
“Kaka-kaka!”
“Bee-bee-bee!”
The distant footsteps seemed to grow hurried and chaotic because of the noise, and the stench of decay in the air grew even stronger.
Inside the equipment room, everyone stared at Hua Wuyan, their expressions frozen in disbelief, their eyes filled with shock and bewilderment.
Jiang Nanying and Xu Qingtian, their faces pale, pressed against the glass door and shouted.
“Hua Wuyan, you’re insane! If you don’t want to live, fine, but we don’t want to die! Stop it now!”
“What the hell is wrong with you?! What good does it do you to lure those zombies here?!”
“Bee-bee-bee!”
Hua Wuyan pressed a hand to her empty stomach and let out a deep breath. “You locked me out here. Either way, I’m dead. Might as well take you all down with me.”
“You lunatic! These zombies have incredible hearing—you’ll attract every zombie in the school!”
“If you keep causing trouble like this, I will never forgive you for the rest of my life!”
Jiang Nanying’s gaze was sharp, and Xu Qingtian secretly rejoiced at this.
For that reason, she smiled even more brightly.
“Jiang Nanying, even at a time like this, you’re still pulling that PUA routine.
You tricked Hua Wuyan into going out to search for supplies for you bunch of scum, yet you locked her out to fend for herself.
If we all die together, at least we’ll have company on the road to the Yellow Springs.
Beep beep beep~”
Xu Qingtian trembled in fear, desperately burrowing into Jiang Nanying’s arms.
“Senior Nanying, Junior Hua probably just can’t stand how you always favor me in everything, so she’s taking this chance to get back at you. It’s fine, let’s just let her in.
That way she won’t deliberately do these things that hurt everyone anymore.”
Jiang Nanying took a deep breath, opened the glass door a crack, and reached out to pull her in.
Hua Wuyan immediately stepped back a few paces, dodging Jiang Nanying’s hand.
“Jiang Nanying, don’t touch me with your filthy hands!”
A strange look flashed in Jiang Nanying’s eyes—this Hua Wuyan actually despised him? Didn’t she used to like him?