Luotian, 21 years old, was a junior at S University. When she was in her first year of middle school, her parents died in a plane crash while they were away on a business trip, leaving her an orphan. From then on, she lived with her grandparents.
Her parents were both exceptionally talented at business. The two of them had started from nothing and built their business together, leaving behind a considerable fortune. This meant that the three of them never had to worry about their livelihood.
Luotian’s parents had protected her very well. Although they were both wealthy, they were extremely low-key, so very few people outside the family knew that she was rich. Because they kept such a low profile, hardly anyone knew what their only daughter looked like either.
After their only son and daughter-in-law passed away, Luotian’s grandparents knew that they were getting old and that their granddaughter was still young and would not be able to manage the company. So, they simply sold their shares in the company and established a trust fund for their granddaughter, from which she received a certain amount of living expenses every month.
She would only be able to inherit the entire fortune after turning eighteen.
By the time Luotian grew up, the two elderly people were already in the twilight of their lives. When Luotian was in her sophomore year of college, they passed away one after another.
Because her grandparents had taught her to always keep a low profile, Luotian had been in college for nearly three years, yet no one knew that she was worth tens of billions.
On her mother’s side, there were also almost no relatives left. Her only aunt barely kept in touch with her, so she was essentially an orphan now.
Luotian usually lived on campus, but she owned an apartment near the university where she stayed on weekends. Her assets were managed by a professional team. This weekend, she happened to be at home preparing to take care of some matters.
Then, because she had a fever, she fell while going to the bathroom. Unexpectedly, her soul left her body. At that moment, the Luotian who had fallen also remembered everything from her previous life.
She had already been alone, and now she would have to face a world that had collapsed. Luotian did not want to face it at all. So, her soul refused to return to her own body. When she saw another soul who looked so much like her, she simply kicked her into the body instead.
After accepting all of the original owner’s memories, Luotian could not help but give a bitter laugh. She really had not expected the original owner’s background to be almost identical to her own.
However, according to the original owner’s memories, she seemed to have an aunt. This aunt was definitely not a kind person. She had a daughter who was also a typical green tea girl, and the two of them attended the same university.
After Luotian’s grandparents passed away, this aunt had apparently brought her cousin to the house to try to get some benefits from her. At the time, Luotian had pretended that her family had no money at all and acted as though she wanted her aunt to help support her. This directly scared the two of them away.
Although she and her cousin attended the same university after starting college, the original owner had always been extremely low-key. Her cousin had always believed that the original owner was poor and did not pay much attention to her.
That worked out perfectly. Luotian did not have to worry about her strange aunt clinging to her.
Even if her aunt did try to cling to her, she was not afraid.
Not to mention the original owner, Luotian herself knew some self-defense techniques. She had traveled all over the world and was worried that she might encounter bad people or dangerous situations, so she had specifically learned them for protection.
Her skills could not be considered particularly good, but she was still capable of protecting herself. The original owner had also learned some self-defense techniques.
However, these techniques might have provided some ability to protect herself in peacetime, but in the apocalypse, they were far from enough. She had to strengthen her training.
Since she had come here, she had to find a way to survive. And not just survive. She had to make it to the very end.
Luotian’s mind was currently a complete mess. According to the timeline she had written, there was still more than half a year before the apocalypse.
She had to use these several months to make every possible preparation for the apocalypse. Food, clothing, housing, transportation, eating, drinking, entertainment. She could not leave out a single thing.
First of all, she needed to stockpile a huge amount of supplies. But where would she put everything?
Luotian reacted very quickly and immediately thought of the system she had bonded with.
“007 System, are you there?”
“I’m here, Master.”
The little ball of fluff sounded a little happy. Its master was finally willing to talk to it.
Boohoohoo. The little ball of fluff felt so pitiful. Other systems bonded with hosts who were always overjoyed, but its host was the only one who treated it with indifference.
“007, your name is too ordinary. How about I give you a new name? Something that is easier to call.”
“Sure, Master.”
The little ball of fluff was ecstatic. It had never expected its master to be so nice. She was even willing to give it a name.
Haha! It was finally going to have a new name. It would no longer just be a string of numbers.
“007, how about I call you Qizai? What do you think? Do you like it?”
“I like it, Master. I love it!”
The little ball of fluff happily rolled around on the ground. Deep down, it secretly swore that it would definitely treat this master well.
“Qizai, I want to ask you something. We just bonded. Don’t we have some kind of system newbie gift package or something? Also, can you tell me what exactly your system does?”
“Of course, Master. Let me first introduce the system’s functions. This system is called the Cannon Fodder Counterattack System. It mainly operates by having the host obtain other people’s Favorability Points. Every point of Favorability can be exchanged for one point of System Credits. System Credits can be used to purchase anything in the system store, including abilities.”
“You mean that if I have enough System Credits, I can awaken an ability ahead of time?”
“Yes, Master.”
“But I remember that humans naturally awaken abilities later on, don’t they?”
If Luotian remembered correctly, every member of the protagonist group was an ability user. The male and female leads even had two abilities each.
The female lead had Space and Fire abilities, while the male lead had Mental and Wind abilities.
“Uh, Master, awakening an ability also depends on the individual. Later on, humanity will be exposed to the zombie virus. There are actually three types of people.
“One type becomes zombies after being infected with the zombie virus.
“Another type is infected with the zombie virus but manages to resist it and develops abilities. Those people become ability users.
“And the third type is infected with the zombie virus but does not develop any abilities. They remain ordinary people.
“And Master, you belong to the third type.”
After hearing Qizai’s explanation, Luotian was instantly speechless.
No wonder she was a cannon fodder. With her situation, even if she managed to survive the disasters in the early stages, once zombies appeared later on, she would probably end up as zombie food.
Luotian immediately felt depressed.
What was this supposed to mean? Wasn’t the system obviously trying to force her to work hard instead of becoming a lazy bum?
Thinking about her wonderful life as an idle fish in the past, Luotian became depressed again.
However, she quickly pulled herself together.
There was no point in thinking too much about problems that could not be solved. She probably could not return to her original world, so she could only find a way to survive here.
And surviving would require more than just supplies. She also needed to improve her own abilities.
“Qizai, you still haven’t told me whether I have a newbie gift package.”
“Master, you can rest assured. I’ve already prepared your newbie gift package. Would you like to claim it now?”
“Claim it!”
Soon, there was a crackling and popping sound, followed by the system’s soft and adorable announcement.
“Congratulations, Host. You have received one newbie gift package. It contains one unlimited Planting Space, one Invisibility Skill that can be used for ten minutes each time, and one Teleportation Talisman.”
System Notification:
Host Name: Luotian
Age: Twenty
System Credits: 0
Owned Items: Unlimited Planting Space
Owned Skills: Invisibility for ten minutes
Owned Abilities: None
Agility: 55/100
Health: 53/100
Luotian’s eyes immediately lit up.
She really had gotten exactly what she needed.
Now she had somewhere to store all her supplies.