Chapter 1: Ten Years Invested, A Century Gained!

“Brothers! Explosive news!”
“Chen Liang just drew a Longevity Pill from the green roulette!”
“Damn?! Isn’t the green roulette the one that requires ten years of lifespan to spin?”
“The key point is, the Longevity Pill from the green roulette increases lifespan by at least a hundred years, right?”
“Spend ten years, gain a hundred! That’s a huge win!”
“What a pity, though…”
“Too bad Chen Liang is just like us—a lifespan tumor kept by the Club of Joy.”
“Lifespan tumors are, in essence, storage banks for the strong! Everything we draw with our own lifespan, whether good or bad, must be handed over to the club!”
“The Longevity Pill Chen Liang drew will only be mercilessly taken away by the club! It’ll never end up in his own hands!”
“Ah, don’t be so pessimistic…”
“Though being a lifespan tumor is a lowly position, and nothing we draw belongs to us, at least we don’t have to face the beasts directly!”
“Even if a beast is drawn from the roulette, the club’s big shots will handle it, and lifespan tumors don’t have to worry about it at all!”
“I think being a lifespan tumor in the club isn’t so bad, at least our lives aren’t in danger…”
“In fact, like Chen Liang, who drew the Longevity Pill, the club will even reward him!”
“After drawing the pill, Chen Liang should be able to move into a better single room! He won’t have to starve anymore!”
“Pfft! What’s so enviable about a single room? What’s there to be proud of about being a lifespan tumor?”
A tattooed thug sprawled lazily on his straw mat, full of contempt.
“People like us, lifespan tumors, don’t have to face the threats of monsters, but living in this filthy underground garage is just waiting to die!”
“Our lifespan only gets consumed when we spin the roulette, and there’s no chance to increase it!”
“If this keeps up, sooner or later we’ll die of old age!”
“Look at that loser in the northwest corner, he has barely a year of lifespan left, doesn’t dare to spin the roulette, and hasn’t eaten for days!”
“If we keep muddling along, we’ll probably end up just like him!”
“If you ask me, we should take Gao Chang as our model!”
“Gao Chang drew a reward of +1 to all attributes and became an official club member!”
“Though official members have to go out and fight monsters… at least they get to keep the rewards they draw!”
“If luck’s on their side, maybe they can keep growing and change their fate!”
When he mentioned “change their fate,” the tattooed man’s excitement was obvious.
But a boy with black-rimmed glasses scoffed:
“I heard that on Gao Chang’s roulette, the other nine options were all negative effects! That +1 to all attributes was less than 0.1% of the wheel!”
“Gao Chang drawing that reward was pure luck, a blessing from his ancestors, who knows how many lifetimes of good fortune!”
“The roulettes available for lifespan tumors like us are mostly trash wheels packed with negative outcomes!”
“To think you can draw something good and change your fate from those trash wheels? That’s just dreaming!”
“Gao Chang is an exception! He’s not someone ants like us can aspire to!”
Hearing this, the tattooed man couldn’t find a reason to argue.
Indeed, the idea of changing fate by roulette is beautiful.
But it’s too unrealistic!
For those lifespan tumors kept by the club, their fate…
Most likely, is just to muddle along until death.
If they’re lucky, maybe they’ll be like Chen Liang, draw a Longevity Pill, and get a better place to live.
When their lifespan ends, at least they’ll die with a bit of dignity…
Ah, this world.
The weak have no right to dignity or dreams!
“What are you all talking about? The mood seems gloomy?”
A robust voice suddenly sounded from the entrance of the grimy underground garage.
Instantly, all the lazy lifespan tumors got up from their straw mats.
Welcoming him like a hero:
“Liang Bro’s back?!”

“I heard you drew a Longevity Pill, Liang Bro? Is it true?”
“This time, your welfare should improve, right? Does that mean you won’t return to this garage anymore?”
The Chen Liang, surrounded and praised, looked like a young college student.
Ordinary in appearance, carrying the sour stench of half a month without a shower.
But now, his face glowed, and he even burped contentedly.
Facing the praise of these bottom-rung lifespan tumors, he lifted his chin proudly:
“It was luck, really, drawing a green-quality Longevity Pill!”
“Boss Sun promised on the spot to upgrade my welfare!”
“I won’t be coming back to this underground garage.”
“I came today because the club rewarded me with such a lavish feast, I couldn’t finish it alone, so I’m sharing the leftovers with my brothers!”
“Oh-ho-ho!!! Liang Bro’s the best!” Cheers erupted in the garage, as if Chen Liang were their savior!
These lifespan tumors usually couldn’t eat enough or stay warm.
Only by spending lifespan to spin the roulette could they get supplies from the club.
To eat Chen Liang’s leftovers was a gift from heaven!
Sure enough, when the food cart arrived, though the plates only had leftovers from Chen Liang’s meal—
The lifespan tumors swarmed like refugees who hadn’t eaten in half a lifetime.
Some, desperate with hunger, even fought over scraps.
The noisy commotion finally woke a frail youth in the northwest corner.
Jiang Yi squinted painfully.
He felt utterly weak and powerless.
The air was thick with a sour, decaying stench.
What the hell?
Wasn’t he killed by a flash of gold when he spent a million years of lifespan to activate the golden roulette?
How did he still have consciousness?
Is this hell?
This hell is terrible.
Jiang Yi was thinking, when a figure blocked the light in front of him.
Something seemed to be thrown at his side.
With a scent that made his mouth water uncontrollably.
His mind cleared for a moment.
And all that remained in his thoughts was one word—
Hungry!
So damn hungry!
He felt his stomach shrink into a ball, his chest pressed against his back!
He suspected he could eat a whole cow!
Just as he was thinking that, the figure by his side said maliciously:
“Jiang Yi, for old times’ sake, Liang Bro brought you a dog bone.”
“Though I’ve gnawed it down to just the bone, it’s from a silver-backed hyena, rich in nutrients!”
Others chimed in:
“Wow! Liang Bro really looks after his old classmate! Such a nutritious dog bone, saved just for Jiang Yi!”
“Jiang Yi’s really lucky!”
Further away, the lifespan tumors whispered:
“I feel like Chen Liang has some grudge against Jiang Yi?”
“Of course he does! Didn’t you see that dog bone has no meat left! Pure insult!”
“I heard Chen Liang and Jiang Yi chased the same girl in college…”
“Well, not quite—Chen Liang harassed Jiang Yi’s girlfriend.”

“Do you know who Jiang Yi’s girlfriend was?”
“Who?”
“Chang Jiao’e!”
“??? What?! Chang? Chang Jiao’e?! The Chang Jiao’e I know?!”
“The one at the top of the Changcheng Longevity List?!”
“The one all four major powers treat as a guest of honor, the only one who knows how to make Longevity Pills, Changcheng’s first alchemist, Chang Jiao’e?!”
Her titles were astonishing.
No one dared believe—
That such a lofty, promising genius
Had once crossed paths with a lifespan tumor hiding in a garage.
But thinking carefully, it wasn’t so impossible.
After all, the arrival of the apocalypse game and the Wheel of Fate was only a month ago.
In that month, the world changed dramatically!
People’s fortunes, too, became wildly different!
For example, Chen Liang—before the apocalypse, he was a rich kid.
Now, reduced to the lowest lifespan tumor, unable to eat or dress properly, waiting to die!
And He Zheng, the president of the Club of Joy, was just a security guard before the apocalypse.
But now, he’s in the top hundred of Changcheng’s power rankings!
Chang Jiao’e’s current status is only because she had insane luck and drew the Longevity Pill formula from the roulette.
So, if before the apocalypse, the genius girl had a loser boyfriend, it’s not hard to imagine.
With these thoughts, many lifespan tumors gathered to see what the loser Jiang Yi looked like.
He was actually quite handsome.
But far too weak.
Probably wouldn’t last many more days.
While they evaluated him quietly,
Suddenly—
Jiang Yi snapped his eyes open.
His gaze swept the crowd like a ghost.
He even called out to Chen Liang in disbelief: “Chen… Chen Liang? Are you Chen Liang?”
“You… didn’t you starve to death already?”
At his words, Chen Liang’s face turned ugly!
“Screw you! I’m alive and well! You’re the one about to starve, you dog!”
Cursing, he kicked the dog bone away from Jiang Yi. “Starve, you dog!”
“Don’t think I don’t know—you’ve only got one year of lifespan left!”
“With just one year, you can only activate the lowest-level white roulette!”
“In a few days, I’ll be waiting to collect your corpse!”
Jiang Yi listened to Chen Liang’s tirade, completely dazed!
A terrifying thought flashed through his mind.
He called inwardly: Data panel!
Immediately, the apocalypse game’s universal data panel appeared before him.
【Name: Jiang Yi】
【Level: 0】
【Lifespan: 1 year, 38 days】