Chapter 2: I Want to Apply for the Spin-the-Wheel Lottery!

Level 0... Only one year and thirty-eight days of life remaining... And to top it off, this foul-smelling underground parking garage!

This... this...!

Jiang Yi's hand trembled slightly.

He finally realized—he seemed to have... been reborn!

He’d returned to the time one month after the apocalypse, when he was on the verge of starving to death in the underground parking lot of the Lotte Club!

Damn it!

Realizing this, Jiang Yi, who had just woken up, nearly passed out again from sheer frustration!

Is being “reborn” a good opportunity? Of course, it’s an unparalleled blessing!

But the timing of his rebirth was just too damn unfortunate, wasn’t it?

Why couldn’t he have been reborn before the apocalypse game descended? Then he could have stockpiled supplies to his heart’s content!

Even if he’d only returned to the moment the apocalypse game began, he could have seized the opportunity to change his fate!

Or at the very least, if he’d been reborn just before Chang Jiao’e stole the Longevity Pill recipe, he could have thrived with his alchemy skills!

Even if he could have gone back to the time before he risked his life to save Tang Ke, the ungrateful traitor, at least he would have avenged his past self!

But in the end...

He was reborn to a month after the apocalypse had already begun!

The Longevity Pill recipe had already been stolen by Chang Jiao’e!

His ungrateful roommate Tang Ke had already been saved by his own desperate efforts!

Those two ingrates were both living large!

And Jiang Yi?

At this point in time, he had not only fallen to the lowest rung as a “life tumor worm,” but was dizzy with hunger, barely clinging to life.

And because of his sacrifices earlier on, he was left with only one year of life!

What could one year of life buy him?

Just enough for a single spin on the lowest-tier white roulette!

And honestly, never mind the one year—at this rate, he’d starve to death in a single day!

What the hell?

What kind of hellish start was this?!

A rebirth like this—he’d have been better off not being reborn at all!

At least in his previous life, he had already managed to turn things around. Though he hadn’t avenged his greatest grievance, his situation wasn’t too bad.

But now?

What? You think he could just retrace his previous path?

Who could possibly know how grueling and painful that road had been for Jiang Yi in his past life?

It was a gamble with his life on the line, where he could die at any moment!

So...

How did he break out of this predicament in his previous life, lying half-dead in this underground parking lot at this exact moment?

In fact, at this point in his previous life, he had already lost all hope.

He would never have stooped to gnawing on the dog bones Chen Liang handed out in charity.

People like him, kept as “life tumor worms” by the club, could always trade life for a spin on the roulette wheel. No matter what they got, the club guaranteed a minimal supply of provisions.

In his previous life, when he could no longer bear the hunger, he used his last year of life to apply for a spin of the roulette at the club.

Even if he died, at least he’d die with a full stomach.

However...

Whether it was good luck or bad, he ended up drawing the Longevity Pill from the roulette—just like Chen Liang!

But as a “life tumor worm,” the Longevity Pill he drew could never belong to him.

It was confiscated by the club on the spot, just like Chen Liang’s.

According to club rules—

If someone drew the Longevity Pill for the club, they were supposed to be rewarded with an upgrade in benefits.

But Sun Hao, in charge of the lottery for “life tumor worms,” saw that after Jiang Yi’s spin, he only had thirty-eight days of life left.

So Sun Hao decided there was no point in giving a dying man with only thirty-eight days to live any upgraded benefits.

After all, such a person had already lost all value!

Jiang Yi saw through Sun Hao’s calculations in advance.

Despairing, he made a bold decision!

He decided to join the club’s suicide squad.

With the arrival of the apocalypse game, all sorts of factions sprung up. Lotte Club, in the vast city of Jiang, was only a third-rate force.

But even a third-rate force had its own structure.

At the top of the pyramid were the core members with powerful abilities.

The middle were the official members, with some strength and value.

At the bottom were those willing to fight but not necessarily capable—the suicide squad, known as cannon fodder.

But even cannon fodder wasn’t something just anyone could be.

Some dregs completely abandoned by the world weren’t even wanted as cannon fodder—they’d only drag everyone down!

When Jiang Yi volunteered for the suicide squad in his past life, Sun Hao had sneered, “If you want to die, I can send you off right now! Not just anyone can join the suicide squad!”

Originally, Jiang Yi’s fate should have been sealed at that point.

But fate loves to toy with people.

At that moment, Gao Chang happened to walk by.

He paused, looked Jiang Yi over, and said, “I’m in charge of a suicide squad. If you want to join, come with me.”

And so, Jiang Yi joined Gao Chang’s team.

Gao Chang, like Jiang Yi, had started as the lowest of the “life tumor worms.”

But he’d had incredible luck, drawing the reward “All Attributes +1” from the wheel of fate!

The other “life tumor worms” thought he’d turned his fate around and become an official member of the club.

But in reality, with just All Attributes +1 and no combat experience, Gao Chang wasn’t strong enough for an official team.

No squad wanted him.

In the end, he was assigned as the leader of the suicide squad.

Yet even among the suicide squad, many had real combat experience, having survived by the skin of their teeth.

When Gao Chang joined, he lacked both combat skills and the presence a leader should have.

He didn’t do well even among the cannon fodder.

Few were willing to follow him.

Sticking with Gao Chang, Jiang Yi was truly “daring to die”!

He had long lost count of how many times he brushed past death.

He couldn’t remember how many times the blood of beasts or comrades had splattered across his face.

And he seemed numb to it all!

His expression, his heart—everything was wooden!

Those dark days were something Jiang Yi later hardly dared to recall—how had he ever gotten through them...

But at least, he managed to survive. He made it!

In his past life, he spent a whole month, fighting desperately, scraping together “life coins” and club points.

Finally, just before he ran out of time, he exchanged enough to get a white-quality Longevity Pill from the club.

After taking it, he gained two more years of life.

And he always knew...

The Longevity Pill he bought from the club...

Was made by Chang Jiao’e!

How laughable!

He had fallen so low that he had to buy a Longevity Pill crafted by his own enemy!

Yet, no matter how bitter or humiliating, what could he do?

He had to survive!

And now, in this life...

Was he really going to go through all that agony and humiliation again?

Even if he were willing, the problem was, would he be lucky enough to draw the Longevity Pill again when spinning the wheel? Would Gao Chang invite him into the suicide squad again?

And even if he made it in, could he survive by sheer luck again?

It was like the butterfly effect—

A tiny difference, a thousand miles apart.

Even reborn, the slightest misstep could mean utter doom!

He might not even live as long as he had in his previous life!

At this thought, Jiang Yi felt only despair.

He could only curse the timing of his rebirth—too wretched for words!

But there was nothing to be done.

Since he was here, he had to accept it.

Jiang Yi took a deep breath and, with great effort, rose from his straw mat.

Chen Liang and his lackey frowned. “What are you doing?!”

Jiang Yi ignored Chen Liang and instead fixed his gaze on a middle-aged woman standing outside the garage. With difficulty, he raised his voice:

“I want to apply for a spin of the roulette!”