Chapter 100: The Unlucky One in the Survival World (Part 1)

In her previous world, Zhou Yanxi lived a full five hundred years. Before her death, she not only made sure to store every treasure she'd collected into her personal space, but also told Bi'er to burn her body completely, so no demonic cultivators could use it to forge dark artifacts.

That task world had been incredibly long, but Zhou Yanxi felt it had been a fulfilling journey. She'd mastered saber techniques, strengthened her soul, learned alchemy, and collected a vast number of treasures—especially from the Canglan Continent.

As for the two little ones, only after arriving here did they realize who she truly was, and it confirmed for them that they had absolutely made the right choice in following her. Their future would surely be more exciting.

Before Lin Qingxue (Zhou Yanxi's current alias) could even chat with the two little ones, the system suddenly came online.

"Host, you were truly amazing this time! Especially that whole 'selling pills' idea—what brilliant strategy!"

"Cut the flattery. Hurry up and tell me how many points I earned."

"Calculating now… Host, your target awarded you 200,000 points. You also earned over 2 million points through your own efforts. Including your leftover points from before, you now have a total of 3 million points."

Not bad, not bad! This mission could definitely be considered a milestone achievement. If she could do a few more like this, she'd be on track for resurrection in no time.

"By the way, didn't you tell me that once I reached 500,000 points, I could pick the next task world?"

"That's technically true… but the task world is selected via a spin-the-wheel system. From a certain perspective, isn't that still choosing it yourself?"

Lin Qingxue: System, you're really something with that wordplay. Fine, I'll let it slide!

"Would you like to spin the Task World Wheel now?"

"Nope. The last world drained me dry. I need a proper rest before I jump in again."

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A few days later, Lin Qingxue stood in front of the task world wheel, staring at the densely packed world categories: Survival, Magic, Interstellar, Ancient, Exile, Modern…

Each option only revealed the first two characters, and the full details would be shown after a selection was made.

In her personal space, Lin Qingxue blasted the song "Good Luck Is Coming" on loop, hoping she'd land on "Modern World"—she was praying for a break this time.

Her eyes were locked on the wheel as it spun closer… and closer…

Sigh. So close, yet so far. Instead of "Modern," it landed on the adjacent slice: "Survival."

Even though her luck had supposedly improved, it clearly wasn't enough to turn her wishes into reality.

On the wheel, large bold characters read: "The Unlucky One in the Survival World."The description was so sarcastic that Lin Qingxue nearly burst into tears.

Just then, her task target appeared.

His name was Zheng Haoyun (literally "Good Luck Zheng"), a skin-and-bones young man with sunken eyes that stared intensely at her, making Lin Qingxue's hairs stand on end.

Then, with a raspy voice, he managed to croak out a single wish:

"I just want to survive… in that deadly, perilous survival world."

It sounded like a simple goal.

But Lin Qingxue completely missed the look of pity the system cast her way—before she was sucked straight into the new mission world.

Once the memory integration was complete, she nearly started cursing out loud.

How could someone's luck be this terrible?

The original owner had been abandoned at an orphanage as a baby. Throughout her life, she ran into strange mishaps every time she had an important exam. During her college entrance exams, her extreme bad luck caused her to miss the test three years in a row.

Because of her misfortune, the orphanage director gave her the overly hopeful name "Zheng Haoyun"—a cruel joke, really.

And in this current "Snowfield Wasteland Survival World," Zheng Haoyun's low luck stat ensured every treasure chest she opened was full of junk or broken trash. In the end, she literally starved to death.

Just thinking about that ending made Lin Qingxue's stomach churn with acid.

Before she could react further, the system issued an urgent notice:

"Due to this body's severely negative luck stat, both your inventory space and system shop are now temporarily locked. They will only reopen once your luck stat returns to normal."

Zheng Haoyun:

"What? Isn't the space bound to my soul? Why can't I access it? I want to file a complaint!"

"Dear host, complaints are invalid. This condition is due to your own bad luck and has nothing to do with the system. Please reflect on yourself. System going offline—zzzzt…"

Unbelievable. This was outrageous.Thankfully, she still had her psychic ability.

Thanks to her training with the "Forging the Soul" technique in the last world, she could now maintain Level 2 psychic power even without a crystal core.

Then came the system announcement:

"The Snowfield Wasteland Survival World is now activating.Due to the irreversible destruction caused by humans, this planet is no longer fit for habitation.The system will transfer humans aged 16–60 into an alternate world.Only those who survive, along with their unregistered family members, will be allowed to live in the new world…"

"Ding! Congratulations, Zheng Haoyun, on entering the Snowfield Wasteland Survival World.This world is filled with danger. Each participant will have a 3-day grace period with minimal threats.Would you like to activate your personal stats panel?"

"Yes!"

Name: Zheng HaoyunAge: 20Constitution: 4 (Average is 5. You're hanging by a thread.)Luck: -5 (Your luck is abyssal—the lowest in this world.)Mental Strength: 10 (Wow. A fragile, unlucky person with rock-solid willpower.)Backpack: 5 slots (Standard issue. Not affected by luck.)

In the last world, her soul's luck stat had finally normalized. Unfortunately, in this world, she was stuck with an even unluckier body—worse than her original self!

Meanwhile, the chat forum for District 13 was already blowing up.

Post #1: What the heck is going on? Can someone explain this?!Post #3: I'm Chen, someone please find my family!Post #6: Does anyone have thick clothes? I was in an air-conditioned room in just a T-shirt…

Zheng Haoyun found these posts meaningless.

Right now, the most important thing was that she was freezing—she only had a thin jacket on.

That meant her first objective was clear:

Find materials for warmth.

What's more, killing the first Snow Wasteland creature would trigger a special reward. She had to seize this opportunity before someone else did.