Survival in an apartment, starting with a stroke of luck on a plane

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A passenger plane streaks across the azure sky.

Inside the plane, Lin Yu was idly reading a novel about surviving in an apartment.

After finishing the last chapter of the novel, Lin Yu rubbed his temples and sighed, "Sigh, life as a cow or a horse is so boring. I wish I could transmigrate into a novel world and be the protagonist."

But what Lin Yu didn't know was that right after he finished speaking, a dazzling white light was descending from the distant sky at a speed that Earth's current technology could not detect.

The target of this white light was the passenger plane that Lin Yu was on.

"Young man! I'll grant your wish!"

Just as Lin Yu was about to take a nap, a deep male voice suddenly came to his ear.

"what?"

Lin Yu subconsciously looked up.

Then something completely baffling happened: right in front of him in the passenger cabin of the plane, a bright red heavy truck came into view.

The Universiade is here!

At the same time, right in Lin Yu's field of vision, inside the driver's seat of the Dayun truck, a rugged-looking middle-aged man grinned at him, revealing two rows of white teeth, and his right hand gave Lin Yu a thumbs up.

"Young man, remember to give us a five-star review!"

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Welcome to the apartment survival game!

Here, you'll play various fun mini-games with other players. Those who succeed will receive rewards, while those who fail will simply pay the price with their lives—it's very fair.

Each player will be assigned an apartment, which is one of the few items you can obtain for free in this game, and it is also the most important item. Please cherish it and do not let it be destroyed.

The first round of the game is a tutorial game – Zombie Apartment. This tutorial game lasts for seven days; players who successfully survive for seven days will advance to the next round.

[Tip 1: The time flow in this game is different from the outside world. Daytime lasts two hours, and nighttime lasts four hours, for a total of six hours each day. Please make the most of your limited daytime hours.]

[Tip 2: Every new player can find a newbie gift pack in their apartment at the start of the game. Opening it will grant them a newbie talent (the newbie talent is always at the Iron tier and can be changed later).]

[Please explore the game yourself for more details. We wish you a pleasant gaming experience.]

In a room the size of a school dormitory (about 30 square meters), Lin Yu sat on the wooden bed, looking completely bewildered. He still couldn't accept reality.

Brother Dayun, I was just joking, you're really serious!

Yes, Lin Yu's wish came true. He never expected that his casual remark would actually be overheard by the legendary time-traveling model worker, Da Yun, who then traveled thousands of miles to the plane to send him away!

That's on an airplane! Is this really reasonable of you?!

I didn't save the little girl either!

Lin Yu roared inwardly.

However, he has no other choice now. Fortunately, due to his years of life as a beast of burden and his extensive experience reading novels, his mental resilience is quite good.

Thinking that he might as well make the best of it, he began to study this so-called "apartment survival game".

After fiddling around for a while, Lin Yu finally found the data panel interface that was essential in this type of novel.

[Personal Information] [Player Apartment] [Chat Channel] [Main Quest] [Expand...]

Lin Yu first opened his personal information panel.

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Lin Yu

Level: 1 (0/100)

Strength: 6

Physical condition: 7

Agility: 6

Spirit: 10

(The average score of all four attributes for a normal person is 5.)

Health Points: 70 (Constitution x10)

Mana: 100 (Spirit x10)

Talent: None

Skills: None

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"Wow, my stats aren't bad at all. Strength, Constitution, and Agility are all above average, and my Spirit is twice that of a normal person. I'm a pure Spirit lad."

Lin Yu stroked his chin with satisfaction.

According to the memories he had acquired, the body he was in after transmigrating had previously done manual labor, so his physical fitness was quite good. As for why his mental attributes were so high, Lin Yu guessed it was probably because he was a transmigrator.

After looking at the panel, Lin Yu didn't rush to look at other interfaces, but instead began searching around his small apartment.

He hadn't forgotten the game's hint that a newbie gift pack would be placed in the apartment, which could unlock talents.

Lin Yu estimated that this talent should be quite important to the player, even though its level is fixed at the low-level Iron, which sounds rather unimpressive.

It didn't take long for Lin Yu to find a red cube-shaped gift bag tied with silk ribbon in a corner.

[New Player Gift Pack]

Lin Yu glanced at it; it was just a name, with no other introduction.

He thought for a moment, then instead of opening the gift pack immediately, he selected the [Chat Channel] interface.

The first thing displayed in the channel is the number of current players.

The current number is 100, which should represent the total number of players in this game.

That's not too many.

Upon entering the public channel, I found that some people were already speaking.

What's going on here? Is someone playing a prank?

This sounds like something out of a novel, a survival game for everyone?

What kind of joke is this? Who's behind this? I have a very important meeting to attend!

Has anyone opened that so-called newbie gift pack? Is there really any talent involved?

This was a message Lin Yu had just sent. He felt he should be a little more cautious and check if anyone else had opened the gift pack.

Someone replied to his message very quickly.

[Yes, it does. After activating it, I obtained a Black Iron-level "Tough Skin" talent. Its effect is to enhance the skin's defense. It's so amazing! I can feel my skin really hardening.]

It's truly amazing; my talent is [extraordinary hearing], which enhances my hearing.

【…】

Soon, Lin Yu led the conversation in the chat channel off-topic, with many people showcasing their talents and abilities.

"It seems I was overthinking it."

Lin Yu chuckled self-deprecatingly upon seeing this information, then opened the newbie gift pack in his hand.

[Player Lin Yu opened the newbie gift pack and obtained a Black...-level talent #@%＃?]

However, something else baffled Lin Yu again. After he opened the gift pack, the system's notification sound suddenly became choppy, and a few random characters popped up from time to time. Lin Yu couldn't understand what it was saying at all.

[Talents distributed.]

But just five seconds later, the system seemed to return to normal, and the cold AI voice rang in Lin Yu's mind again. Then the gift pack in his hand disappeared.

"...Could this be my cheat code finally working?"

Lin Yu, who had read countless novels, had a bright idea in his eyes. When a transmigrator experienced such a strange situation, it usually meant that he had a cheat code.

Thinking of this, Lin Yu immediately opened his personal information panel again.

"really!"

Subsequent events completely confirmed Lin Yu's idea.

Because Lin Yu saw that in his talent section, there was something that shouldn't have happened.

Talent: Otherworldly Gift (Black # Rank)

"Interesting. What the heck is 'Black #'? Is it an unknown level?"

Lin Yu clicked on the talent to view it, which piqued his interest.

Otherworldly Gifts: You have received countless gifts from fantasy otherworlds. At the start of each game round, you can draw a prize to randomly receive one otherworldly gift.

"It looks pretty impressive, but I wonder if there will be any problems after using it."

After thinking it over, Lin Yu decided to use his talent. After all, judging from the game's hints, this survival game was not simple and people could really die. Lin Yu couldn't just leave his talent unused.

With that in mind, Lin Yu stopped being coy and used his talent directly.

[The Otherworldly Gift has been triggered, and you have obtained the equipment [Yan Shuangying's Dual Pistols].]

With a flash of white light, two black Beretta 92fs pistols suddenly appeared in Lin Yu's hands.

"ah?"