Lu Ziye tossed his spiky silver-white hair and grinned with outrageous arrogance.
"Honestly, guys, I've never won so much as five yuan on a lottery ticket in my entire life. But today... I feel incredible luck calling to me from beyond!"
"This is the fucking exclusive cheat made for me, the protagonist!"
The veteran players were all practically squirming with excitement.
Before the draw, not one of the fifty-five believed he would be the unlucky bastard who failed to win!
Every one of them believed he was the sole chosen one with plot armor in this Wasteland novel!
"Let the number-one pro crack open the champagne first!"
Lu Ziye eagerly opened the "Lucky Prize Wheel" tab on his system panel.
A huge, ethereal wheel glowing with faint blue light materialized before him.
Above the pointer, the [Grand prize: Evil God's Fear Statue], marked with a little Golem icon, shone with mouthwatering golden light!
"The Great Supreme Lord, heed my command! Lord of Ashes, bless me! Here comes my luck! Give me a win! Win! Win!"
Eyes closed, Lu Ziye frantically recited the names of every god he could think of, raised his hand, and slammed it down on the pointer!
"Bzzzt!"
The wheel began spinning rapidly, its blue light tracing circles of afterimages before Lu Ziye.
After five full seconds, the wheel gradually slowed.
The pointer drifted past [Ash Coins ×100], then [Fine Ash Greatsword], and looked set to stop squarely on that dazzling [Grand prize]!
Lu Ziye's heart leaped into his throat, and his eyes nearly popped out of his head.
"I'm going to win! I'm going to win!"
"I'm the chosen one, the one and only..."
Click!
As though cursed, the pointer gave a comically tiny nudge forward when it was just half a millimeter short of the