【Your health is below 10%. Please seek treatment immediately.】
Bai Yue Ling was jolted awake by the game system’s alert, rousing her from unconsciousness.
She found herself in a sealed, dimly lit room, the air damp yet carrying a faint, delicate fragrance, as if emanating from a young girl.
“Where… am I?”
The silver-haired girl pursed her cherry lips, attempting to move her limbs, only to confirm she was completely immobilized.
She was seated on a chair, her hands shackled tightly above her head, cold chains looping around her knees and the chair’s backrest, binding them together and forcing her bare, snake-like feet into an M-shaped spread.
Opening the game menu, her character panel displayed several negative statuses, including “Restrained” and “Weakened.”
Ugh…
As expected, it’s this kind of scenario again, isn’t it?
Bai Yue Ling took a deep breath, squirming to adjust her hips, which were flattened against the chair’s surface, trying to make her short skirt cover the gap between her parted legs.
“Finally, we’ve caught you, Bai Yue Ling.”
A cold female voice echoed in the darkness.
Bai Yue Ling looked up to see more than a dozen familiar faces approaching—her “old acquaintances.”
The president of the infamous PK guild Blood Era, a notorious villainess with a kill count of 300—Xueyu.
A super-rich heiress who is said to be as wealthy as a country and always tops the krypton gold list—Jin Litui.
A popular game streamer with millions of followers—Liming Huaji.
A master assassin, ranked third on the assassin combat leaderboard, who killed without leaving a trace—Ying Ye.
…
All of them were young, beautiful girls, while Bai Yue Ling, surrounded in the center, was merely a 149 cm tall, 16-year-old silver-haired, well-endowed girl.
Faced with these older, more imposing “big sisters,” she stood no chance.
The big sisters glared at Bai Yue Ling, their eyes burning with anger.
“Bai Yue Ling, when you were wreaking havoc and causing trouble, did you ever think you’d end up like this?” one of them demanded.
“Hmph…” Bai Yue Ling gave a cold smirk and asked, “What did I do?”
“You secretly sowed discord, deliberately sparking conflict between our Blood Era and Sky Treader guilds, causing massive losses,”
Xueyu said icily.
“You toyed with my feelings, luring me to a teahouse for a date, only to drug me and steal equipment worth a million gold coins,”
Jin Litui gritted her teeth.
“You deliberately gave me a huge reward in the stream, and then used your identity as a minor to refund the money.”
Liming Huaji glared venomously.
“You sold me false intel on the forums, causing me to lose three levels in the Slime Nest dungeon,”
Ying Ye accused, pointing a dagger at her.
Faced with the big sisters’ accusations, Bai Yue Ling pouted, her innocent face showing no trace of guilt.
Her attitude only fueled their rage further.
Xueyu snapped, “Even now, do you have anything to say in your defense?”
Bai Yue Ling let out a soft humph, tilting her head defiantly.
“If I said… everything I did was for ‘self-preservation,’ would you believe me?”
“Self-preservation?”
Liming Huaji blinked, puzzled.
“What does that mean?”
“If I didn’t strike first, you big sisters would’ve ‘killed’ me,”
Bai Yue Ling said, her clear eyes unwavering.
“Just like you’re doing now.”
She had to attack them, weaken them, to have any chance of surviving their onslaught.
That was the lesson she’d learned in Samsara.
“What nonsense!”
Jin Litui grabbed Bai Yue Ling’s collar.
“If you hadn’t provoked us first, why would we come after you?”
“Ugh… enough talk,”
Ying Ye sighed faintly, using her dagger to lift Bai Yue Ling’s chin.
“The sins you’ve committed will be repaid by your own hands.”
With those words, the big sisters surged forward in a fury.
【Your equipment “Luo Ye Short Skirt” has been forcibly stripped by player Jin Litui.】
【Your equipment “Feather Gauze Dress” has been forcibly stripped by player Liming Huaji.】
【Your equipment “Spider Silk Gloves” has been forcibly stripped by player Xueyu.】
【You have gained the status Excited.】
As the big sisters moved, Bai Yue Ling’s face flushed red, her body trembling uncontrollably.
Yet she lifted her head resolutely, her expression blank.
She was thinking.
Thinking about why, in this cycle, she had failed.
“It must’ve been that ambush in the Rose Kingdom. That NPC called ‘Third Princess’—she seemed pure and cute on the surface, but was actually a cold-blooded schemer…”
The chair had already been knocked over, and the silver-haired, well-endowed girl breathed heavily.
【Warning! Your heart rate is dangerously high. Please exit the game immediately and seek medical attention at a nearby hospital.】
Ignoring the system’s warning, Bai Yue Ling mustered her last ounce of strength, her flushed face contorted as she shouted:
“Remember this! Next time, I’ll defeat every single one of you big sisters…”
Before she could finish her defiant words, Bai Yue Ling’s eyes rolled back, and she dissolved into a flash of white light, vanishing from the spot.
At the same time, in the real world’s gaming pod, Bai Yue Ling’s eyes snapped open.
She let out a muffled groan, her toes—wrapped in white stockings—twitching violently.
Then, her eyes rolled back, and she went still…
【Citizen “Bai Yue Ling” has ceased heartbeat and respiration. Death confirmed. Cause: Excitement-induced sudden death. Blue Star Federation Police have been automatically notified.】
【Destiny Corporation deeply regrets your death. We welcome you to play World of Fate again.】
***
“Waaah!”
In the early morning, Bai Yue Ling’s eyes flew open, and she sprang up from her bed like a coiled spring.
Clutching her heaving chest, she sighed in disappointment.
“Ugh… I curled up my toes again.”
If she remembered correctly, this was her tenth cycle, wasn’t it?
She opened her phone, glancing at the day’s news on the screen—
【Top holographic simulation game World of Fate officially launches today at 8 a.m.!】
As expected, she had returned to the first day of the game’s launch.
Bai Yue Ling was stuck in a loop.
Every time she died, she would return to this day, repeating endlessly.
This was her tenth time living through it.
“In other words, I’ve already died nine times… No, strictly speaking, ten.”
In truth, she wasn’t originally from this world.
She had a previous life.
Back then, she wasn’t she,—she should’ve been he,—living on a place called Earth, as a seasoned otaku shut-in.
One night at midnight, while heading to a convenience store, he was unexpectedly struck by a black luxury car and killed, reincarnating into Blue Star, a world strikingly similar to Earth.
Unlike Earth, Blue Star’s population consisted entirely of women, all as beautiful and captivating as anime girls—a veritable paradise for Bai Yue Ling.
She grew up happily, reaching 16 years old, and discovered World of Fate, a game.
Seeing its trailer filled with dashing swordplay, magic, enchanting elves, beastkin maids, and succubi, she splurged on a second thought, purchasing a gaming pod without hesitation.
Little did she know, this would mark the start of her nightmare…
She had died nine times, each ending the same way—overpowered by the “big sisters in a heated clash, leaving her toes curled up in defeat.
The first time, she flirted with players and NPCs alike in the game, juggling multiple romantic entanglements, and, embodying the ultimate playgirl.
When her schemes unraveled, a dozen big sisters punished her until she collapsed in defeat.
The second time, she continued her playgirl ways but acted more cautiously.
Still, she failed.
The third time, she reformed, choosing a pure monogamous love path, and romancing only one person.
Yet, in a yuri tavern, her pure love interest overpowered her.
The fourth time, she swore off romance entirely, focusing solely on the game.
But a lustful big sister passing by kidnapped her and overpowered her.
The fifth time, she quit the game altogether.
Thinking this would keep her safe, she was shocked when, months later, several big sisters broke into her home, using in-game skills to overpower her in the real world.
Yes, in the real world, they used game skills.
From that moment, Bai Yue Ling realized World of Fate was more than just a game—it was a real, tangible world.
The key to survival must be hidden within World of Fate.
Starting from the sixth cycle, Bai Yue Ling shifted to a proactive approach.
If you’re going to kill me no matter what, I might as well strike first and take you down!
This plan worked initially, allowing her to dominate the big sisters.
But in the end, her actions drew even more hatred, leading to faster defeats.
Thus, she died in the seventh, eighth, and ninth cycles, still unable to find a way to survive.
Now, she was in her tenth cycle.
“Waaahhh! How… How am I supposed to survive?!”
Bai Yue Ling knelt on her bed, her face pale, eyes unfocused, weakly tugging at her long silver hair.
What had she done wrong?
Was it because she’d been a bit too much of a playgirl that she deserved to be bullied until she collapsed?
All she wanted was to live.
A simple wish—to survive—and yet she couldn’t achieve it.
Why did those big sisters have to torment her so?
“Sob… I hate big sisters… Damn those awful big sisters…”
The silver-haired, well-endowed girl sat despondently, staring at the snow-white gaming pod by her bed.
World of Fate was about to go online.
Despite her despair, to survive, she had no choice but to dive back into this mysterious game and find a way to avoid being overpowered by the big sisters.
“No, I can’t let myself wallow like this. I have to pull myself together!”
Bai Yue Ling sprang to her feet.
She refused to accept defeat.
She would defy this doomed fate of curling her toes in defeat!
Clenching her pink fists and gritting her silver teeth, clad only in her underwear and white stockings, Bai Yue Ling climbed into the gaming pod.
【Connection successful. Welcome to World of Fate. Entering character creation interface…】
“I want revenge! Revenge against the big sisters!
“I’ll stand atop their heads and return every ounce of pain they’ve inflicted on me!
“Xueyu, Jin Litui, Liming Huaji, Ying Ye… and all those wretched big sisters, just you wait.
“This time, I’ll make you all bow at my feet!”
Tftc!