“Big brother, that little woman looks like she’s already dead. Why don’t we eat her first?”
“Bah! Eat her? What the hell are you talking about? What rotten luck, dying at a time like this. I haven’t even had my fun yet! Since her body’s still warm, let me have my fun first…”
The sound of footsteps drew closer and closer.
Jing Yin suddenly opened her eyes, only to see a bearded face leaning right in front of her. A pair of hands were also roughly tearing at her clothes.
Jing Yin: ???
Wasn’t she dead?
Even if she were still alive, she should have become a zombie by now.
What the hell? Someone actually wasn’t disgusted by her body, which had been ravaged by zombies, and was trying to violate her?
This guy had some seriously twisted tastes.
The next moment, a flood of unfamiliar memories suddenly surged into her mind.
Jing Yin froze at first. She pursed her lips, and then her body began to tremble slightly.
Not from fear, but from excitement.
She was still alive.
After experiencing a peaceful society turning into a paradise for zombies and then becoming a hunting ground for ability users, there was practically nothing she couldn’t accept anymore.
As long as she was alive, that was enough.
This body was also named Jing Yin. She was the youngest daughter in her family and was deeply doted on by her relatives. Unfortunately, she had never been able to think straight and only knew how to revolve around men.
Even while fleeing from the famine, she would rather starve herself than forget to provide for the man she was hopelessly infatuated with.
Unfortunately, she died young because of her foolish devotion to love.
The original owner had been betrayed by that man and had fallen into the hands of two bandits. Before the bandits could eat her, she had already been scared to death.
…
The moment the bearded man saw her open her eyes while her body was still trembling slightly, he was startled. Then his eyes narrowed, becoming lecherous and vulgar, and he immediately became excited.
“Heh heh, since you’re still alive, let this old man have his fill first!”
With that, the bearded man reached out again to tear at Jing Yin’s clothes, chuckling as he said, “Don’t worry. As long as you serve me well, I won’t eat you.”
At those last words, Jing Yin’s eyes suddenly lit up, as if she had found a glimmer of hope for survival. Her little face also flushed red.
“M-Master, what you said… is it true? Will you really let me go?”
Jing Yin’s eyes held three parts shyness, three parts excitement, and four parts innocence.
Seeing that Jing Yin was so cooperative, the bearded man became even more excited. He eagerly lunged toward her.
Jing Yin pursed her lips, her smile becoming even shyer as she wrapped both arms around the bearded man’s neck.
“Crack~”
With a crisp sound, all of the bearded man’s movements stopped. His eyes still held an expression of disbelief and shock.
From the corner of her eye, Jing Yin glanced at the other man. He was thin and wiry, but his eyes were sharp and calculating. His strength was definitely not weak.
The moment she dealt with the bearded man, the other man had already become alert and even cautiously stepped backward.
“Big brother… Ah!”
The wiry man had barely called out tentatively when a dagger shot forward with lightning speed and plunged straight into his throat.
Jing Yin pushed the bearded man’s body off her and slowly stood up. Blood continuously gushed from the wiry man’s throat. He could only stare at Jing Yin with wide eyes, unable to utter a single word.
With a thud, the wiry man collapsed to the ground, dead.
Jing Yin stepped forward, pulled out the dagger she had taken from the bearded man, and stabbed the man once more for good measure. Only then did she lean weakly against the wall and breathe heavily.
Ningtian Prefecture had first suffered a drought and was then struck by a locust plague. Thousands of miles of land had been reduced to barren wasteland, and the people were suffering terribly.
In order to survive, the people had no choice but to flee with their entire families. There was hardly any food along the way, and everyone was already reduced to skin and bones from hunger.
To curry favor with Li Yucai, a scholar with a fair and scholarly appearance, the original owner had been easily coaxed by a few sweet words from him and his family. She secretly gave them all the little food her family had risked their lives to obtain.
Starving herself was one thing, but she had nearly dragged her entire family to their deaths as well.
Therefore, even before she was captured by the bandits, this body had already gone without food for a long time. Her legs were so weak that they could barely support her.
Being able to deal with two bandits was already incredibly fortunate.
This place was not safe to stay in for long. After catching her breath a few times, Jing Yin crouched beside the two bandits and skillfully searched their bodies.
One water flask, with a little water still inside.
Two hard steamed buns, more than a dozen copper coins, two pieces of broken silver, and a small gold bar.
During a famine like this, even having money would not guarantee that one could buy food.
After wrapping everything in a piece of torn cloth, Jing Yin glanced at the two corpses and walked straight out of the ruined temple without looking back.
The smell of blood was strong here. Before long, the two bodies would be completely devoured by hungry wild dogs.
After putting some distance between herself and the ruined temple, Jing Yin finally plopped down beneath a withered tree. She opened the water flask and took a gulp, then carefully broke off a piece of the hard steamed bun and put it into her mouth.
She ate one small bite of the bun followed by one small sip of water.
After finishing one hard bun, Jing Yin felt that her trembling legs had finally regained some strength.
However, everywhere she looked was barren land stretching for thousands of miles. There was not only no food, but the original owner had never even left her hometown, so she had no idea where she was.
Just as Jing Yin was trying to figure out which direction to go, a thin, emaciated white fox suddenly came into view.
[Ding! An injured white fox has been discovered. A treatment mission has been issued. Host, would you like to accept the mission?]
[Ding! System binding successful. Your system is now online. Host, would you like to check in?]
Jing Yin: “…”
A system?
“Was it you who saved me?”
She had thought that the system was merely a hallucination she experienced before death. Now it seemed that her transmigration might have happened because of this system.
[The host’s question is too complicated. Unable to answer. Host, would you like to check in?]
“Check in.”
She had gotten this life for free, so she wasn’t afraid of being tricked.
[Congratulations, Host, on successfully completing your first check-in. Congratulations, Host, you have received your check-in rewards: 10 pieces of dried meat, 10 liters of purified water, 1 bottle of Golden Sore Medicine, 10 points, and a basic 10-cubic-meter storage space.]
Looking at the illusory screen before her, Jing Yin confirmed each reward one by one.
In an instant, several items appeared beside her. There were ten pieces of dried meat, ten bamboo tubes filled with purified water, and a palm-sized porcelain bottle.
At the same time, she could sense the existence of a special space.
Jing Yin picked up the dried meat from the ground. With a thought, the dried meat in her hand disappeared. At the same time, the dried meat appeared inside that special space.
After quickly figuring out how to store and retrieve items from the space, Jing Yin put the ten bamboo tubes of water inside as well.
At that moment, the system’s voice sounded again.
[The system has activated the daily check-in function for the host. Daily check-ins will grant points, while consecutive check-ins can also earn surprise gift packages.]
After saying that, the system fell silent.
Jing Yin asked about the use of the points in her mind, but she received no response, as if everything that had happened just now had been nothing more than an illusion.
Jing Yin hurriedly checked the storage space again and discovered that it was still functioning normally, without the slightest effect.
[Ding! An injured white fox has been discovered. A treatment mission has been issued. Host, would you like to accept the treatment mission?]
“System, you’re working again?”
A smile appeared at the corner of Jing Yin’s lips. However, aside from issuing missions, the system still gave her no other response.
When she turned her head, she saw that the skinny white fox from earlier had stopped about two meters in front of her. It was staring at her warily.
Jing Yin silently accepted the mission, but…
[Ding! Treatment mission for the white fox issued.]
[Successfully treating the white fox will reward you with 2 points. Failure to treat it will reward you with 1 premium white fox pelt.]
White Fox: Thanks, I guess…