“Swoosh…”
The sound of water gushing from the faucet echoed in ng Xu’s ears. He cupped a handful of clear water and splashed it on his face, trying to stay as alert as possible.
Raising his head, ng Xu took a deep breath as he looked at his reflection in the mirror. The face staring back at him in the mirror has sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, a high nose bridge, and a particularly resolute jawline.
The only thing that seed out of place was the pair of tired eyes, with bloodshot whites.
“Just one week into my internship and I already have to work overti… What kind of exploitative company is this? It seems like I need to find a way to change my situation.”
ng Xu couldn’t help but yawn, feeling extrely irritated.
As a recent college graduate, dealing with the so-called “graduation ans unemploynt” situation, ng Xu was fortunate to land a job at an obscure internet startup, entering the life of a coder.
On his first day, the company boss was relatively friendly to him.
Who knew that after a week, the capitalist’s true, vile nature would surface?
Overti, relentless overti!
The detestable face of the capitalist was clear: think about what value you can bring to the company!
Overti pay? Yes, but not much.
ng Xu had just started the job and hadn’t figured out the workflow yet. To earn his first month’s salary, he could only comfort himself with the thought that hard work would pay off.
As long as he was diligent and capable, he believed he would eventually beco wealthy.
“Looks like I’ll be sleeping at the office tonight.”
After yawning, ng Xu gazed out the office building’s window at the bustling world outside, montarily lost in thought.
So people were born with a silver spoon in their mouths, while others were destined to toil.
Unfortunately, ng Xu belonged to the latter.
Since high school, he had been working part-ti to support his studies, and now, as an office worker, he believed he was more hardworking than his peers and that his hard work would be rewarded.
But it was all in vain.
ng Xu felt utterly exhausted, unable to see a future for himself.
Being unable to see the future, in a sense, was also a way of seeing his future.
“Forget it, why think so much? I should sleep. I have to get up early to be exploited again tomorrow.”
With his eyelids battling each other, ng Xu took a deep breath, drew the curtains, reclined the office chair, draped a jacket over himself, and soon fell into a deep sleep.
“……”
“Wee-woo, wee-woo…”
“……”
【You have activated the Perfect Life System.】
The surrounding noises were a bit loud, making ng Xu feel groggy and irritated, unable to open his eyes. However, the last sentence he heard suddenly startled him awake, and he opened his eyes wide.
“What was that sound?!”
ng Xu shot up from his chair, looking around suspiciously to locate the source of the sound.
The voice had been too real.
It felt as if it ca from the depths of his soul as if soone were whispering in his ear with clear enunciation, snapping ng Xu out of his grogginess.
“Oh no, am I having tinnitus?”
ng Xu felt a pang of fear. His life was already miserable enough, and if he were to develop so illness, he might just lose the will to live.
【Host: ng Xu】
【Occupation: Intern Clerk · Lvl. 0 (0/10)】
【Attributes: Spirit · 6, Constitution · 8, Strength · 10, Agility · 10】
【Accumulated Attribute Points: 0】
【Accumulated Skill Points: 0】
【Current Skill Points are insufficient, unable to activate skill training function.】
【Welco to the Perfect Life System. Here, you will experience a myriad of perfect lives!】
Seeing this panel, ng Xu was initially stunned but quickly realized what was happening.
What is this?
This is a system panel!
What’s going on? Have my fortunes turned for the better?!
As a young man who just graduated from college, ng Xu knew exactly what this was.
This is a system!
It must be that he’d read too many web novels, and now heaven was rewarding him!
ng Xu’s heart leaped with joy.
Overti?
To hell with overti!
Boss?
To hell with the boss!
I’m free now!
At that mont, ng Xu felt an extre sense of comfort, as if he had reached the pinnacle of life, and his heart was pounding.
He took a deep breath, calming his excited heart as much as possible, then picked up his phone, which cost just over a thousand yuan, to check the ti.
7:03 a.m.
“It’s already seven o’clock. Why hasn’t anyone co to work today?”
ng Xu was a bit surprised. Normally, by this ti, his colleagues would have already arrived, but today, there was no one… Today was Thursday, not a weekend.
Could they all have gone out for Crazy Thursday?
And why is there no signal? Even if the internet is down, it shouldn’t cut off my mobile data, right?
“Maybe they all slept in? Whatever, work doesn’t start until 7:30 anyway.”
ng Xu yawned, stood up while humming a tune, stretched a bit, and then looked towards the tightly closed curtains. He walked over to them imdiately and pulled them open,
“I need to let the sunlight in!”
ng Xu thought that years from now, he must include this mont in his moirs. He would write about how the sunlight ca in and how his life brightened up!
Oh, how I love this world!
Sunlight stread through the window, and a beam of light fell directly on ng Xu’s face.
He closed his eyes, relishing the warm touch, and smiled slightly. But soon, he began to hear strange noises in his ears.
“Hmm?”
ng Xu raised an eyebrow.
What kind of sound is this?
He opened his eyes and imdiately saw a scene that left him utterly astonished.
Outside the window, the streets were drenched in blood, overturned vehicles littered the ground, and severed limbs were everywhere.
What terrified ng Xu even more were the things wandering the streets!
What the hell? Are those zombies?!
Huh?
System, co out.
Perfect life?
Perfect my foot!
It’s the end of the world!
Without hesitation, ng Xu closed the curtains again.
Don’t panic. Stay calm. Panicking won’t help.
“Bang! Bang!”
Suddenly, a series of bangs ca from the hallway outside the company’s single room.
ng Xu felt a cold shiver down his spine, grabbed a chair, and quietly approached the office door. He peered through the glass window on the door.
From his field of vision, he saw a woman dressed in a professional OL outfit with a voluptuous figure, twitching irregularly and rhythmically and banging her head against the door of the adjacent office.
His company was relatively poor, so the entire floor was shared with other companies.
ng Xu recognized her; she seed to be the niece of the boss from the neighboring company. He had seen her in the elevator after work.
She was quite pretty.
Just as ng Xu was reminiscing, she suddenly twisted her neck and looked to the side, giving ng Xu a full view of her face.
Her previously beautiful face was now gone, replaced by a hideous visage with half of the skin torn off, revealing bare bones and a half-missing eyeball!
“Hiss.”
ng Xu gasped in horror.
At that precise mont, an untily voice echoed in his ears, accompanied by golden text appearing before his eyes.
【A perfect day starts with striking up a conversation. See that beauty in the distance? Start a conversation with her and you will have a perfect encounter.】
【Task Issued: Flirt with a Beauty】
【Task Rewards: Freely Allocatable Attribute Point 1 and gain a confidante.】
ng Xu: ?
System, are you serious?
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Yuan – the currency in China
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