Xu Mo · Chat

On a midsummer afternoon, the scorching sun beat down relentlessly on the city's asphalt streets, the sweltering air so thick it was suffocating. Twenty-two-year-old Xu Mo clutched a stack of resumes still warm from the printer, hurrying across the pedestrian walkway. Fresh out of college and new to society, she was as ordinary as a workplace rookie could get—no connections, no experience. She had no choice but to dash around beneath the blazing sun for interviews, wanting nothing more than a stable job to lead a peaceful, honest life. Staring anxiously at the navigation on her phone, her heart fluttered with nerves, terrified she might be late for her very first interview. She completely failed to notice the vehicle speeding straight toward her. A piercing screech of brakes tore through the commotion, followed by a violent, crushing impact slamming into her body. Agonizing pain tore through every inch of her limbs and bones, and the daylight before her instantly shattered into pitch darkness. Weightlessness and torment intertwined, stripping away all remnants of consciousness as endless dark swallowed her final senses. Right at the threshold of death, just as Xu Mo's consciousness was about to fade away completely— 【Ding—】【Compatible host detected. Vital signs reaching critical threshold; conditions for mandatory binding met.】【Forbidden Plot System successfully bound!】 A cold, mechanical prompt resonated with crystal clarity in Xu Mo's mind, piercing through the dense layers of darkness. Her scattered awareness snapped back into focus. Xu Mo drifted bewilderedly in the void, an endless wave of panic rising in her chest. She couldn't understand what was happening at all—she had simply been on her way to an interview, yet after a car crash, she was suddenly saddled with this bizarre system. She reflexively grumbled in her thoughts: Why me? I just wanted to find a decent job, that's all. Yet that faint protest stayed buried deep inside; she didn't dare let even a shred of it show. The system's oppressive presence was everywhere. She vaguely sensed its absolute dominance—any defiance would surely invite unimaginable punishment. Naturally meek and terrified of penalties, she woke up to reality once and for all in that very moment. Immediately afterward, the system's chilly rule announcement chimed again, broadcasting her very first mission and declaring her brand-new beginning in this world.