“Solar power bank, stab-proof vest, wilderness survival kit, sleeping bag, tent, compressed biscuits, salt, small hand-cranked generator, six small drones, pepper spray, repellent, anti-inflammatory medicine, two sets each of spring and winter clothing, one pair of spare thick-soled boots, one box of socks, iron water bottle…”
Checking the items in his backpack against the list one more time, and confirming everything was in order, Feng Xue then put on a waterproof bag containing a first-aid kit, anti-inflammatory medicine, and waterproof matches, before finally shouldering his heavy pack and leaving the house again.
“Accident insurance OK, medical assistance contract OK, yesterday’s money already credited to the account, automatic payments all fine…”
As he walked, Feng Xue scrolled through various apps on his phone, confirming everything was in order, and then began to act according to his original plan.
At three in the morning in winter, it was the darkest time of day. Even the flickering lights of the city had dimmed. Walking alone on such a dim street, Feng Xue felt no fear at all.
Scanning a shared bicycle, Feng Xue headed towards his carefully investigated target.
The highway at dawn was eerily quiet, and the sound of the bicycle beneath him was monotonous.
Feng Xue silently calculated the time, looking at the gradually flickering green light at the end of his vision, a smile slowly forming on his lips.
At the intersection, the green light flickered, and as the red light came on, Feng Xue gradually stopped.
Time passed by minute by minute, the red and green lights alternated several times, but Feng Xue remained quietly waiting by the roadside.
“Buzz, buzz, buzz…”
His phone vibrated with a low hum. Feng Xue knew the time had come. He silently turned off the alarm, got back on the bicycle, and began to circle the intersection.
Before his final check of the number above his head, the golden lock was closed, and Feng Xue quickly adjusted his mindset.
Suddenly, the ground seemed to vibrate slightly, and a light appeared to shine from far down the road.
“Five, four, three, two…”
Looking at the red light that had already come on, Feng Xue turned his bicycle and shot straight into the intersection.
The next moment, a massive hundred-ton semi-trailer appeared in his vision, and accompanied by a sensation that was difficult to describe as either painful or not painful, the world before Feng Xue’s eyes began to spin wildly.
…
Darkness and dim yellow light flickered alternately. Feng Xue only felt a dizzying sensation, and the next moment, his vision suddenly cleared. His sight fixed, and he found himself lying face down on a completely unfamiliar wasteland.
“Hahahahaha! I succeeded!”
Feng Xue didn’t even bother to check his surroundings before he couldn't help but let out a wild laugh, startling a cacophony of unpleasant bird calls. Only then did he realize it was not the time to be triumphant.
He quickly covered his mouth, interrupting the almost uncontrollable ecstasy. Although the number above his head was still 3285 (slept for one day), he knew that his fate, from this moment on, was different!
Wait, wait, something seems off?
Feng Xue suddenly frowned, and then he noticed that in the over-the-shoulder view, below his locked lifespan, there was an additional line of small text above his head—
【great fortune】
As his consciousness focused, a string of information also entered his mind:
【When struck head-on by a vehicle weighing over 100t, Transmigrate to another world.】
“Good heavens! I’m calling it good heavens!”
Seeing the lock also present before 【great fortune】, Feng Xue immediately realized that this 【over-the-shoulder view】 was far more complex than he had imagined.
He tried to lock great fortune, and the lock before his lifespan immediately sprang open, just as it had when he previously tested locking other people’s lifespans.
“It seems this great fortune can also be locked? But if it’s locked, does it become inevitable, or does it become inevitably not triggered? Also, I previously thought only one item could be locked per project, but now it seems that no matter how many projects there are, only one can be locked? Although it doesn’t make much difference.”
Feng Xue narrowed his eyes, somewhat hesitant. After all, he had only locked lifespan so far, and the effect of locking lifespan was that lifespan would not be affected by factors other than time. Therefore, the specific effect of this lock still required more experimentation.
Exiting the over-the-shoulder view, Feng Xue narrowed his eyes, and as his attention focused, tiny numbers unfolded in his vision. The small grasses and old trees on the wasteland, or the birds hidden in the tree canopy, all revealed their lifespans in his sight.
But…
There was no 【great fortune】.
“Speaking of which, the guy I saw in the hospital, who was hit by a fully insured semi-trailer and became a vegetable, and whose lifespan kept increasing, didn’t have this entry above his head, did he? Or is it that only I have it? Or must I see it with my own eyes?”
Yes, the fundamental reason why Feng Xue was crazy enough to Transmigrate by getting hit by a hundred-ton king was the two examples he found when he first Transmigrated—
One of them was a “lucky guy” he saw in the inpatient department, who was hit by a fully insured semi-trailer and became a vegetable. He was the only human Feng Xue had ever seen with a lifespan exceeding six digits since his Transmigration.
And by the time Feng Xue saw him for the second time, the number above his head had even tripled.
If the existence of this person merely made Feng Xue suspect that the other party had soul Transmigrated, then the corpse he later found when he was searching through various car accident videos to verify his conjecture, a corpse that was missing most of its body but still had a five-digit lifespan above its head, completely confirmed this conjecture.
As for why he didn’t immediately choose to hit the great fortune after realizing this, the reason is actually very simple—
Transmigration is not inevitable.
He had found tens of thousands of tragic car accident videos, but among them, those suspected of Transmigration were no more than a handful. With such a low probability, Feng Xue could hardly gamble his life until the last moment.
Fortunately, the Golden Finger’s characteristic of locking lifespan gave him an idea—just like his ant experiment, as long as lifespan is locked, no matter the injury or illness, it will not affect the increase or decrease of lifespan.
Although non-fatal injuries would still occur, would an exemption be triggered if he faced a situation where death was inevitable?
For this, Feng Xue specifically investigated information on nearby large construction sites, tracked the routes of muck trucks and transport vehicles, and made such a plan.
As for playing mahjong…
Because Feng Xue was not sure if he would succeed on the first try.
After all, the ant thrown into the fire crawled out unharmed. Conversely, he might also survive unharmed in a life-or-death situation.
And once this happens, not to mention the problem of failed Transmigration, first of all, he would most likely be advised as a suicide, which would waste at least a few days or ten days, and with his sixty-day lifespan, he couldn't try many times.
More importantly, even if he successfully Transmigrated, his lifespan might not immediately increase, and finding a way to extend his life in just one or two months after Transmigration might not be easier than in this world, which is already confirmed to be influenced by supernatural powers.
“But I succeeded in just one try… If it’s not because I’m particularly lucky… Is it because in that world, the probability of surviving unharmed after being hit by a hundred-ton king is lower than Transmigration?”