1 The Fortune Dice

"The Fortune Dice has found its host. Initiating change in world setting."

Wang Hao stared at this weird dice that he had found in the mud along the road, looking completely confused. "What's going on?"

All of a sudden, the world started spinning before his eyes, and while he was feeling lightheaded, he heard a soulless, metallic voice speak in his mind.

"Changing world setting. Please wait…

"Change in world setting is complete.

"Confirming host's identity. Name: Wang Hao. Gender: Male. Age: 24.

"Features of the Fortune Dice: Can be used every 24 hours. Randomly rolls one of the six fortune attributes: Extremely Unlucky, Unlucky, Normal, Lucky, Extremely Lucky, Divine Luck. Attribute lasts up to 24 hours. P.S. When the dice is not in use, host's fortune will remain at a normal level. The fortune index resets every day at midnight."

…

"Still sleeping, you b*stard?!" Dad yelled loudly outside the door. "It's almost eight – get up right now! Have you forgotten what you need to do today?"

"Okay…" Wang Hao murmured. He stumbled to his feet and scratched his messy hair. "I had such a strange dream last night; somehow, I found a Fortune Dice or something…"

"What do I have to do today…" Wang Hao staggered into the washroom, turned on the tap, and was immediately startled by what he saw!

There was a dice about two x two centimeters in size on the basin in front of him! It looked exactly the same as the Fortune Dice in his dream!

"F*ck, where did this dice come from?!" Wang Hao's eyes widened. He looked at the dice carefully. The longer he looked, the more he believed it was the Fortune Dice from his dream! On the six sides of the dice weren't dots, but words!

Six sides, with "Extremely Unlucky,""Unlucky,""Normal,""Lucky,""Extremely Lucky," and "Divine Luck" written on them!

"No, this doesn't feel right!" Something strange must have happened. There had to be a reason why he had suddenly gotten this dice out of nowhere. Putting aside everything else, Wang Hao went back to his bedroom, turned on the computer, and started searching. "The dice in my dream last night said that the world setting has changed. I wonder if that was real or not…"

Ten minutes later, Wang Hao was completely stunned!

The world basically hadn't changed much, but everything in the entertainment industry had indeed turned upside down!

The popular games were all gone! League of Legends was gone! Dungeon Fighter was gone! World of Warcraft was gone!

All the movies he had watched before were also gone! Ironman, Superman, X-men – they were all gone!

Music… What about the music?!

All the songs he used to listen to were gone. What was left were all unfamiliar songs that he had never heard before.

Novels… The novels were all gone as well!

All the renowned web novels were gone – not even one was left! He had never read any of the novels he was looking at right now. Plus, the hottest novel website now was different, and called "Fengyun"!

Half an hour later, Wang Hao finally looked up and shouted excitedly, "The popular novels are gone! I'm going to be famous, hahahaha!!!"

"What are you yelling about so early in the morning?" Dad roared. "It's the job fair today. Why are you still not getting ready? Do you really want to rely on us forever? Hurry up and go get a job!"

Job fair? Right! There was a job fair today. The original plan was to look for a job there!

"Hao," Mom said, "breakfast is ready in the pot – you finish it off. We'll get going."

"Got it!" Wang Hao replied. They opened the door and left for work.

Locking the door, Wang Hao picked up the Fortune Dice again and observed it closely.

The dice wasn't made of gold or jade, nor plastic. It glowed with a milky fluorescent light, which gave it a heavenly and exquisite appearance. Its slight weight was pleasant and comfortable to hold.

"This is the Fortune Dice. Can it really control my fortune?" Wang Hao played with it for a while, then made a decision. "Whatever, I'll know whether it's real or not after I try it. I guess its power shouldn't be too weak. It even changed the world setting! Wish me luck — let's do it!"

Wang Hao put his hands together with the dice in between, then shook it hard and threw it on the table as he screamed, "Lucky! Very Lucky! Divine Luck!"

"Rattle —" The dice spun on the table and eventually stopped. When Wang Hao took a closer look at the Fortune Dice, he was startled!

On the top side of the Fortune Dice was the word "Unlucky"!

Aaaah! First time I roll the dice and I get an "Unlucky"! How does this make sense?

Wang Hao started sweating and his hands shook. "Unlucky! God, what should I do? Am I going to have bad luck for the whole day? Let's roll the dice one more time! I hope it changes, I really do!" The dream last night seemed to have said that the fortune would last until midnight after the dice was used. So, would he be unlucky all day long?

He immediately rolled the dice again. The dice made a few turns, and again showed "Unlucky"!

"Seriously?" Wang Hao rolled the dice a few more times, but he still got "Unlucky" every single time!

"I can't believe it!" Wang Hao placed the dice gently on the table with the "Divine Luck" side on top. "Now, let's see how you…"

He hadn't even finished the sentence, when the dice moved and rolled over by itself.

Wang Hao's eyes popped out. "Holy crap!"

This time, what appeared on the top side of the dice was still that word —

"Unlucky."

He felt so bad right away!!!

Unlucky… How unlucky could today be…

"I still don't believe it. Even if I'm going to be unlucky, how bad can it be?" Wang Hao sat in front of his computer and murmured, "Fine, I'll just stay at home and surf the Internet today…"

"Snap —" the monitor turned black. There was a power outage…

Wang Hao was speechless.

Damn, I don't believe it. I'm going out!

He entered the elevator, and "bang"! It was stuck after it went down two floors…

Damn!

It was all dark inside the elevator. Wang Hao was totally speechless. Come on! Do you really have to go so far?

He immediately called property management. Fortunately, they arrived shortly after the call. After such a mess, Wang Hao got out of the building 20 minutes later.

"I'm finally out!" Wang Hao sighed. That hadn't been easy at all!

He stopped and thought about what to do next. "Today's an unlucky day; it's going to be difficult. I have to find a safe place to get through the day. Now that I've transmigrated, I can't waste this golden opportunity. I have to check exactly what this world is like… Let's go to the Internet café!"

This was the safest solution Wang Hao could think of at the moment.

Well, there had to be a limit to the bad luck, right? Plus, what was the fastest way to gather information about this world after transmigrating? By surfing the Internet!

So, Wang Hao found an Internet café, registered his ID at the counter, and looked for a computer…

"Snap!" He encountered… a blackout again…

What the hell!

Wang Hao said furiously, "Is it really that bad? A blackout at home, getting stuck in the elevator, and now a blackout again at the Internet café? I don't believe you can keep the power off for the whole day! I'll play with you today. I'll wait right here!"

He waited for about half an hour, and the monitor turned on again!

"Hahahaha! That's what I'm talking about," Wang Hao said happily. "Looks like this bad luck isn't that bad after all…"

"Crack —" There was a crackle from the monitor, and then, Wang Hao smelled something burning…

I'll just use another computer!

The technician swiftly came over to help, and Wang Hao also switched seats; it should be fine this time. However, the mouse didn't work — he changed seats again! The next computer couldn't turn on — he tried another one!

The technician raged at him. "Bro, are you the Prince of Bad Luck? Why is it that every computer you use breaks down? You're here to cause trouble, aren't you?"

"You think I want this to happen?" Wang Hao said frustratedly. "How is it my fault that your computers aren't working?"

"You must be here to make trouble!" The technician dragged Wang Hao to the counter. "We'll check the security footage to see if you've tampered with the computers!"

The owner of the Internet café went through the security footage for quite a while. Wang Hao shrugged and said, "See, I haven't done anything!"

"Holy sh*t!" The technician said despondently, "Try another computer…"

Another one!

Finally, the sixth computer worked, the keyboard and mouse functioned fine, and the network connection was also smooth! Yes! This was a huge victory!

And "snap," the power went out again!

Wang Hao was speechless.

The technician was speechless.

The owner begged desperately, "You're my bro, I won't charge you anything. I'll give you double your money back, so can you please just leave? Make trouble in another café, I'm begging you! My small business here can't take this sort of torture!"

Wang Hao said, "…This really has nothing to do with me!"

The owner gave Wang Hao 50 yuan and yelled, "Get out of here!"

F*ck, fine!

I can use my phone to search for information, right?!

Wang Hao took out his phone angrily — there was no signal!

What the f*ck!

"I don't believe you can cut off the signal everywhere in the world!" Wang Hao said in a foul temper. "I'm going to play with my phone in the park!"

Let's get out of here!

There was a park near his house which shouldn't be too busy in the morning. Wang Hao went to the park and skulked around like a thief, even hiding himself whenever he saw someone.

He didn't encounter any trouble this time. Successfully finding an unoccupied corner to sit in, he took out his phone once again. "Finally, there's a signal, hahahaha…"

"Beep, beep… Attention! Less than 10% of battery remaining!"

Damn it! I forgot to charge it this morning!