Survival of the Nation: My luck was a tiny bit worse.

"March 3, 2333, Friday, weather..."

Blue Star, Dragon Kingdom, a certain ruin in S City.

And the young man sitting on the ruins.

The young man had a good physique, quite muscular, with perfect features, extremely handsome, the standard face of a male protagonist in a novel.

Holding a yellowed, crumpled notebook in his left hand and a piece of charcoal in his right, Ou Yun gazed up at the sky, which looked as yellow as if it had diabetes, at a 45-degree angle, muttering to himself:

"The weather... is still not great."

This is a world that's already dead.

The water source has dried up, and the ground is cracked and riddled with holes.

The land gradually degraded, and all kinds of grains failed to be harvested.

Air pollution is severe, so gas masks are always carried.

The synthetic starch we eat is what we breathe as air filters.

The residential area became a deserted area, eventually turning into ruins and being buried in the sandstorm.

Some countries have even become unable to survive on the ground and have begun to move to underground cities.

Although China has a strong foundation, it can still afford to distribute food rations.

But the Dragon Kingdom's population is one of the largest on Earth, so if things continue like this, it's doomed.

And he, Ou Yun, although he was a time traveler.

But unfortunately, he is even more doomed than this doomed world.

He gazed at the lifeless ruins, at the yellow sky, and involuntarily, he gathered his strength in his dantian:

"What a terrible thing!"

He was already in a terrible situation!

Why did I even come to this world?!

His life was like walking on thin ice.

When other people's children are born, their families are happy and joyful every day.

He was born under the boundless power of his parents' sacrificial offerings, and his development was slow and unremarkable every day.

The day after they entered the orphanage, an earthquake struck.

He was buried at the very bottom, completely helpless, and even the rescuers almost missed him during their search.

He entered the school, and that very day a massive flood broke out. He and the school were swept away, and he was submerged in the floodwaters for three days and three nights before being pulled out.

People went to work in factories, but some went bankrupt, and others lost money.

They either get into a chain-reaction car accident on their way to work, or they step on a manhole cover and accidentally fall into the depths of the sewer.

After experiencing these events, the European team conducted a thorough review overnight and learned from their painful mistakes.

This can't go on forever!

As the saying goes, if God closes a door for you, shouldn't He open a window for you?

What's wrong with being unlucky? What's wrong with being down on your luck?

Thanks to his apocalyptic survival experience, he might not be good at much else, but his physical abilities are unparalleled. They've increased exponentially, like stacking buffs, making him significantly taller than the average person.

—Although my luck was also quite bad.

If used properly and with the right granularity, can't it also become a path to wealth leading to the pinnacle of life?

Anyway, no company dares to hire him anymore.

He took an unconventional and ingenious approach, seeking fortune and wealth amidst danger.

I found a killer company on the dark web with zero negative reviews.

When the assassin leader saw his life story, he was shocked.

Wow, what an amazing resume! Any single page could be as impressive as their annual earnings!

He was accepted that very day.

Who knows?

As the saying goes, "The weather is unpredictable, and fortune can change in an instant."

He, Ou Yun, had just boarded the plane on his way to his new workplace, full of anticipation and looking forward to his bright new future—

With a "crack," the window next to him shattered on the spot, and he was violently sucked out.

Then suddenly the world spun around, and I was thrown into a trance, losing all sense of what the world was like.

When I opened my eyes again, I was here.

Today marks exactly one month.

Actually, when Ou Yun first discovered that he had traveled through time, he felt a little secretly pleased.

Oh God, have you finally discovered how pitiful, insignificant, and helpless I am, being manipulated by fate?

Yay! I can start my life over again!

However, after he figured out the state of this world...

Why is the sky always so yellowish?

Why is this ground cracked like the surface of the moon?

Why is this wind like a razor blade?

Why are there dead people everywhere?!

Hey, what the hell are you doing here? Is this still Earth?

What's wrong with him? Did he go clubbing on God's grave in his past life? Why are you doing this to him?

You really want him dead, don't you?

Oh God, I love you!

Taking a step back only makes you angrier, and enduring it only makes you feel like you've lost out.

"Damn it, could you make me any more unlucky—"

next second.

A cold, piercing mechanical voice appeared in my mind like a brand:

[WARNING! The forbidden zone for wilderness survival in the nation's destiny has officially opened!]

[The rules for the forbidden area are now being officially announced:]

[The system randomly selects three contestants from various countries on Earth to enter the forbidden area and undergo extreme wilderness survival!]

[Any resource obtained by the player within the forbidden area has a certain chance of being materialized into the real world at a rate of ten thousand times, including but not limited to: animal resources, plant resources, mineral resources, etc.]

[All athletes' performances will be broadcast live to various countries.]

Please do not use the rules and ideas of the real world to judge anything in the forbidden wilderness.

[After the Wilderness Survival Forbidden Zone ends, the system will rank all players, and the bottom 20 countries will be eliminated from Earth.]

[We will now begin randomly selecting participants...]

Ou Yun was taken aback upon hearing this.

The fate of the nation?

Forbidden Wilderness?

Resource materialization?

This is a good thing!

Yay! This doomed world is finally saved!

But suddenly.

The sky above, which was always a rusty yellow, seemed to have developed several cracks.

There was a golden glint visible through the crack.

"Um?"

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But the next second—

"boom!"

Golden light descended from the sky.

Steady and precise.

It covered him.

"...?"

"Whoosh—"

Golden light, mixed with human figures, was violently sucked into the sky.

"Aaaaaah, holy crap—aaaaaah—!"

*

The national survival challenge is here!

Like rain after a long drought, or a spring breeze after extreme cold, it invigorated the entire planet.

The people of Earth, eating compressed rations and singing songs, flocked to their own national fortune livestream rooms:

"Wow, does our Earth finally have a chance to come back to life?"

"Great! It's a matter of national survival! We're saved!"

"Is there really such a good thing as rewarding resources? I don't believe it!"

"Believe it or not, I personally witnessed someone being sucked away by the golden light."

"No, the fate of a nation is in the hands of just three people? That's a bit scary..."

"What time is it? Giving you a chance to turn things around is already a good thing!"

"..."

[The contestants from the Dragon Kingdom have been selected. The contestant information is now being released.]

[Leng Ruolan, Chen Hao, Ou Yun!]

[Countdown to the Forbidden Zone Begins:]

【00: 05】

【00: 04】

【00: 03】

【…】

As soon as the name was announced, the Dragon Kingdom's live stream chat erupted in cheers again:

"Holy crap, it's Sister Leng! We've got this in the bag!"

"What? Sister Leng? That female special forces soldier who can kill a bull with one punch?!"

"Oh, Chen Hao? The engineer from the Academy of Sciences who was praised by name before?"

"Yes, yes! He's the one who invented synthetic nutritional paste! He even designed the latest filtration system!"

"What else is there to say? We got it right away!"

"..."

The countdown on the screen is nearing its end:

【00: 02】

【00: 01】

[The countdown has ended, and the national survival challenge has officially begun!]

The live stream chat was packed with comments, and everyone was having a lively discussion:

"Wait a minute, isn't there still one person here?"

"Ou Yun? Who is this person? Does anyone remember him?"

"Wow, he's so handsome! He's almost as good-looking as the readers!"

"Since Sister Leng and Brother Chen are so capable, this Ou Yun must be no ordinary person either!"

"That's right! He's clearly hiding his true abilities!"

The audience in the live stream watched the screen with great anticipation.

"Holy crap—"

Before you see him, you hear his voice.

A figure, accompanied by golden light, descended from the sky.

"Thump!"

He fell and made a dent.

He fell with a bang.

It caused a great gust of wind to rise and the clouds to fly.

audience:……