Chapter 5 is so lucky! (Reading in a monotone tone, "This is an S+! S+!"...)

The third and fourth sections of the shop are not yet open. According to the system introduction, one is for practical items and the other is for skill mastery. The system will not provide any further details, so Shi Yao can only figure it out on her own.

Useful items... The first column in the shop is also items, but they are short-term and long-term items, and various duration coupons. Useful items and these coupons are separated. In other words, the items in the third column have no expiration date, and they may not be coupons. Shi Yao thought for a long time but couldn't figure it out, so she simply gave up and decided to wait until she unlocked them to see.

As for the fourth column, "Skill Mastery," it's easy to understand. It probably means directly mastering a certain skill, which sounds quite amazing, and the price must be very high.

Shi Yao initially thought that earning 15 days' worth of life points and 17 points of favorability in one go was a small surplus, but after looking around the shop, she suddenly felt pitifully poor. Shi Yao clenched her purse tightly, didn't buy anything, and decided to continue working hard to earn money.

After exiting the store, the system opened her email, which contained the newbie gift pack rewards she had just received. She temporarily put the beginner exposure voucher and acting buff, two short-term items, back into her inventory and pointed to the lottery draw count to ask the system for help.

"Hey, how do I use these lottery chances? Where's the lottery pool?"

The system immediately responded: "Host, would you like to use your lottery chances now?"

Shi Yao asked in return, "No way?" Does that mean I have to complete some task to unlock the lottery pool?

The system's tone was hesitant: "No, it's just that your luck stat is extremely low right now. If you draw now, you might get something very..."

Shi Yao understood; she was currently unlucky and would most likely only be able to pull trash characters.

But having gotten a free lottery draw that she couldn't use, she was itching to try her luck. After thinking for a while, she asked with a serious face, "System, does your pool have a pity system? How unlucky can you be?"

The system stammered, "There's no such thing as a guaranteed pull. The pool is a mixed bag, with items ranging from D-rank to S++-rank. I can't guarantee what you'll pull."

Shi Yao tried to seduce him: "If there's no guarantee, you can guarantee me one, right? If I'm doing well, then you're doing well too, aren't you?"

The system paused for a moment, then righteously refused: "No, host, I can't do anything against the rules, otherwise the monitors..." It seemed to realize something and quickly stopped talking.

Shi Yao guessed something from its words. It seemed these systems weren't very free after all. She thought to herself, "This leap is too big. It's very unfriendly to unlucky people. Maybe I should wait until my luck stat is higher..."

"Draw it now!" The gambler couldn't stand it. So what if it was a bad bet? It was free anyway, so she would accept it no matter how bad it was.

The system was somewhat helpless. It didn't expect that Shi Yao's decision after agonizing for so long would be to draw now. It actually wanted to hint to the host that there was no need to wait for the luck value to increase. Just wait until there was a short-term luck value up ticket and use it. It would definitely be able to draw something good.

But the host always keeps his word, so never mind.

The system summoned the lottery pool. Shi Yao excitedly rubbed her hands together, silently counted a number, and then pressed the lottery button.

After the prize pool spun for a while, a glittering golden object finally fell out. Shi Yao's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that she wasn't so unlucky after all? Gold usually means good stuff!

The system checked the prize details before she could, and after reading them, it remained silent: "Host, it's an S+ level prize."

Shi Yao's eyes lit up when she heard that it was S+! She was really lucky!

The system had mixed feelings. It was practically a miracle that the host, with only 10 points of luck, had drawn an S+ level prize. However, after reading the details, it couldn't help but fall silent. The lottery pool was indeed absolutely fair; it could let you get lucky, but it would never let you get lucky in the right direction.

"Acting training classroom? What is that?" Shi Yao didn't wait for the system's explanation, so she simply clicked on the prize's description and raised her eyebrows after seeing the name.

It looks like something she doesn't need?

"Host, you're really lucky." The system spoke in an overly calm tone, sounding like it was clapping and saying "Wow, great!" without any expression.

"This prop is indeed an S+ level prop. The owner can enter the space at any time to practice their acting skills. The space contains countless classic blockbusters. The owner can freely choose the movie they want to learn from, watch it, or choose the role they want to play for a direct immersive experience."

Shi Yao roughly understood that this was a portable acting cheat, the most useful of which was the immersive experience function. She casually browsed the built-in movie library and unexpectedly found some very familiar names.

Titanic, Adavan, My Neighbor Totoro, Kill Gale...

It seems like something's right, but something's not quite right either...

It seems that this world and the world she came from before are indeed somewhat interconnected. Apart from those classic movies that look too familiar but have been strangely modified, there are also many movies that she has no recollection of at all, which are probably original movies from this world.

"Host, you drew this item. What does that mean? It means the lottery pool wants you to continue acting! What a great acting cheat! It's such a waste to just let it go like this! This is an S+! It's an S+!" The system's voice sounded heartbroken. If Shi Yao had drawn any other classroom, it wouldn't have felt so sorry. But Shi Yao drew an acting classroom that she couldn't use, and Shi Yao herself had just announced her retirement from the entertainment industry.

Shi Yao felt no regret at all. She knew absolutely nothing about acting. Even if she had a cheat code for acting, she would still have to start from scratch. Rather than going through such a roundabout way, she should focus on sticking to her old profession. She could take on ten more jobs with the time she spent practicing acting. She was not going to pin her hopes on the vague idea of ​​"winning the Best Actress award and becoming a huge star through acting skills".

She carefully read the instructions, and her eyes lit up when she reached the last line: "System, the time flow in this space is one-fifth of that in the outside world!"

Who said she drew a beautiful but useless character? Isn't she still quite useful?

The system seemed somewhat bewildered but impressed: "Ah, right, the time flow rate in an S+ level classroom is one-fifth of that outside, an S level is one-third, an A level is one-half, and if you, host, are to draw an S++ level classroom in the future, its flow rate will be one-eighth."

Shi Yao's eyes lit up as she listened. What did the difference in time flow between space and the outside world mean? It meant she could save a lot of time! As a hard worker, she often felt that there wasn't enough time and wished there were forty-eight hours in a day. She never expected that this would directly exceed her wish.

"One-fifth is enough, more than enough." Shi Yao was in a great mood and had already begun planning how to arrange her time in the future.

Although it seems that the only place she can use the space right now is for... sleeping, every little bit of time saved is a little bit of time saved.

After all, she only has... nineteen days left to live!

After happily putting away all the props, Shi Yao finally had time to observe her current situation.

It was a very ordinary one-bedroom apartment, decorated in the most basic bare-bones style. There was not much furniture in the room, except for the bed she was lying on at the moment, there was only a small sofa chair, a washing machine, a pair of tables and chairs, and a wardrobe.

She lived in the living room of the house, with a tiny bathroom in the entryway, but no kitchen.

Shi Yao got up, frowned, and searched for a long time, only to find that the only commonly used appliances were a kettle and a hair dryer, and there was no induction cooker.

It seems the original owner never cooked.

Although it's normal for celebrities not to cook, judging from the original owner's situation, it doesn't seem like she has an assistant to take care of her, and she doesn't always have work. Does that mean she can only stay in this small rented room and eat takeout?

That's really too bad.

Shi Yao quickly tidied herself up, changed into a neat tracksuit, casually tied her hair into a high ponytail, put on a baseball cap and a mask, and prepared to go out shopping.

When she went outside, she discovered that the building didn't even have an elevator. Luckily, she lived on the fourth floor; any higher and her frail body simply wouldn't have been able to climb.

Downstairs in the courtyard, retired elderly men and women were playing cards at a table. The whole neighborhood was dusty and gloomy, with fallen leaves everywhere. It seemed there were no cleaners around.

Fortunately, there was a security booth at the entrance of the community, which relieved Shi Yao from the dilemma of "whether this is a community or a self-built building". However, after leaving the community, she fell into a new despair.

This place is so remote that there's only a small shop at the entrance, and not even a chain supermarket!

How did the original owner manage to find such a remote and dilapidated neighborhood in such a vast capital city?

Shi Yao hadn't eaten anything since waking up, and she had been busy with Fang Xuran's matter for two hours. She was starving, so she randomly picked out two packs of instant noodles and a bucket of water from the convenience store.

After paying the bill, Shi Yao had walked less than fifty meters when she was already panting heavily. She bent over and gasped for breath for a long time before finally deciding to carry the 5L bottle of water back and exchange it for a 1.5L bottle under the shopkeeper's questioning gaze.

"No, Commander, I have to say, your numerical settings are just too outrageous. How can a grown woman like me not even be able to lift five liters of water? Is that even possible?"

Even though the water was replaced with 1.5L, Shi Yao was still a little tired after carrying it for a long time. She was afraid that she would faint on the roadside due to exhaustion, so she simply shut her mouth and rushed towards the apartment building in one go. The security guard at the door looked at her with a puzzled look as she walked quickly.

I didn't feel it when I came down, but when I went upstairs, the fourth floor seemed as long as a ladder to heaven. I was panting like a broken bellows. I finally saw the sign for the fourth floor and breathed a sigh of relief, but when I straightened up, I almost fell over again.

Shi Yao: ...

Ignoring the dirt, she simply sat down at the top of the stairs and rested for several minutes until she was sure she had fully regained her strength before getting up to open the door again.

After setting up the kettle and washing the bowls and cups, Shi Yao poured herself a glass of mineral water and drank it all in one gulp.

"Let's make a deal, System. Could you raise my health value just a little bit? Just a little bit, as long as it doesn't affect my daily life and work." Shi Yao regained her strength and started to bargain with the system. She knew that her little system was very stubborn but soft-hearted. As long as she talked to it nicely, it would basically agree.

"I know I can't break the rules, but look at my life, it's almost over. I can't let the mission be delayed, right? Look at my current health. Even if I don't retire from the industry and continue acting, wouldn't it affect my work if I fainted from exhaustion while filming?"

Seeing that the system was starting to waver, Shi Yao pressed on, "I don't need you to give me a lot, just make sure it doesn't affect my normal work. Just make my stamina the same as a normal woman's, okay, little system? I know you're the best."

The system, as expected, couldn't resist the persistent pleading and finally agreed with a haughty air: "I only added it because I didn't want to delay the task, it wasn't some deliberate violation, you can't push your luck any further!"

Your health score has increased by 20. Your current health score is 27, which doesn't look very healthy. We hope you continue to work hard and live a good life.

Shi Yao had learned to skillfully ignore the sarcastic comment that followed every time the system announced the attribute values, and sincerely said to the system, "Only you are so good to me. Don't worry, I will definitely fulfill your dream."

Unbeknownst to her, the system's face flushed red.

It curled up into a small, inconspicuous corner of Shi Yao's mind, its cheeks flushed as it thought: She likes me so much, maybe... I should add a little more for her?

He then shook his head violently and slapped himself.

You are an outstanding graduate of the Class of 1823, how can you break the rules again and again!

Shi Yao heard a crisp sound suddenly in her head and asked in confusion, "What's wrong, Tong?"

"No, it's nothing!"

It will never tell its host that it almost got tempted.

A note from the author:

System: What can I do? She calls me "Little Commander," she even acts all cute and affectionate towards me, and she says I'm the best!