The first rays of the sun shine through a bright cloudy sky onto my closed eyelids as i slowly woke up. For a moment I just stare at the blue waves as the spark of life inside of me tried to get all my engines going. The wind flowing through me as i felt the sea breeze. The sounds of waves crashing against the hard sand of the beach tickled my ears, teasing me with the knowledge that for the first time in 10 years, i felt out of control.

Nothing could wake me out of my stupor as my mind tinkered, thinking of what happened to me. I was just imagining different scenarios of how i got here, when i heard the familiar ‘Ting!’

A blue text box appeared in front of me, further confusing me.

Welcome earthlings to planet delta prime 25. For those who maybe wondering what’s going on here and why you are suddenly at the beach. Let me explain it to you. All of you earthlings have been abducted from your planet and been transported here to participate the next World Survival Games! For this World Survival Games, we have chosen the inhabitants of planet Earth to be the participants. Now for those wondering what the World Survival Games are about, I won’t be telling you. If you live long enough, perhaps you will find out. :D

Now to explain why you are at a beach. You are there to play the preliminary rounds for the World Survival Games. Nope! This isn’t even the first round, Hahahaha! This preliminary rounds are to cull most of the weak and useless people, We can’t have them ruining our fun with their uselessness, can we?

Now for the rules of this game, All of you earthlings have been divided into groups of 1000. 1000 of you are on each island. All the islands will fall into the ocean in 36 hours. Meaning that all of you will die! However, we can’t just let all of you die before the games even begin,can we? So in the middle of each island, there is an Arc. Yeah, like Noah’s ark! So to survive, you just need to the center of the island and board the arc. Easy right? Nope! There are traps and monsters along the way.

“But how can we pitiful humans fight and survive against such monsters?” you may ask. To help with that each of you will be given a lucky chest. Inside it will be the key to your survival. Some will be a magic skill while some will be items. So make full use of it.

I just stared at blue text box in front of me dumbfound at the situation as i tried to process all this information. This was huge! For many, they will now be panicking about the situation. However, i was absolutely esactatic.

Finally there’s something in this world that can raise my curiosity! The fact that a blue text box can just appear in front of me tells me that this was no joke. Everywhere i move, the text box would always be in my vision. If i wanted to touch it, it becomes material. If i wanted it to disappear, it disappeared from my vision.

This is incredible! This beaks everything i know about science and physics!

As i got closer into believing that all of this was not a joke and everything was real, i got more pumped and excited. This was the answer to all my prayers! HAHAHAHA! My heartbeat rose as my frozen heart thawed from my burning passion. I always felt that life was a such a bore. But finally, there’s a challenge!

I willed the blue text box to disappear and then looked at the golden chest in front of me. It was the lucky chest. Inside it was going to be key to my survival. I slowly opened the chest. As i opened it bright golden light spue out from the chest, blinding me with it’s majestic glory. After the lightshow subsided, i finally saw my prize.

It was a red dice.

Confused as to how a dice cube was going to help me survive, i picked it up. As i held it in my palm, a blue text box appear in front of me.

Dice of Infinite Fates : Able to change the probability of something happening. The higher the number you roll, the better the chance. Rolling 1 will cause a bad situation while rolling 6 will cause an amazing situation to occur.

Cooldown : 3 hours

This is amazing! This dice is absolutely bonkers!

Being a professional gambler and swindler, i knew a thing or two about chances and probability. Being able to increase the likelihood of something happening was godly powerful. I had thought i would get something like a gun or a knife, but never would i have imagined that i would receive such an amazing item.

Wasting no time, i flicked the red dice with my thumb while saying “the chances of me running into monsters and traps.” The dice flipped upwards from my hand, twirling in midair as it turn back down towards my hand due to gravity. As it was coming back down towards my palm, red light shined as red energy surrounded the dice. Black lightning crackled lightly around the sphere of red energy as the dice kept turning. The dazzling ling light show continued on till the dice reach my hand, stopping at 5.

The display of magic confounded me.

“If i got such a powerful item, i wonder what others will get, i will have to be careful” I pondered as the golden chest disappeared just after i rolled the dice.

Just as i was about to leave the area to head to the center, i realised two problems. Firstly i had no way of defending myself from the monsters. Although i had increased the chances of me not running into monsters and traps, it was not 100%. Meaning that i would eventually run into monsters.

The second problem was that i had no idea where the direction of the center was.

Thus i began to remedy those problems. I gathered some thick branches,rocks and strong fibers from nearby trees. I used one sharp rock to cut and separate the end of the branch into four parts. After separating it into four ends, i place a small sharp rock in the middle of the four ends. Using the strong fibers i got from trees, i tied the the four ends to the rock, holding it in place.

After finishing the makeshift spear to protect myself with, i looked around to find a vantage point to find the arc. I saw a tall palm tree to my left near the jungle and immediately head towards it. Using the leftover fibers, i tied them around the tree and each end of the finer onto each of my arms. Using the power of friction, i climbed up using the fibers.

When i got near the top and could see over the treeline, i looked around. What i saw shook me,an extremely large and tall tree the size of a skyscraper towered over everything. The sheer size and majesty pressured me, making me feel as weak as an insect.

After a few seconds, i got free from my stupor and reminded myself “I am Lawrance eizan, I will not be bullied by a lowly plant!”

I noticed that In the middle of the tree was a large cruise ship. The tree was wrapped around the ship, holding it in place. The tree was about 5 km away from where i was.

Looks like i found the arc. Should have known that the large silhouette in the distance was going to be the center.

After finding the direction i should head towards, i climbed back down. As i was climbing down, i turned to face the ocean. I could see that tide rising up and down and far into the distance i could see a large storm heading our way. The side of the beach, the water level rose slowly.

After i got back down from the tree, i picked up my spear and headed towards the direction of the large tree. Even from below the the tree lines, i could make out the silhouette of the large tree in the distance.

I cautiously made my way towards the center, checking left and right every few seconds. My hands gripped tightly around my makeshift spear, ready to strike at any impending danger.

After a few hours, i heard a scream and a growl. It got louder and louder, as it it was coming towards me. I quickly turned to my left and climbed up the tree, hiding myself in the branches and leaves.

“Anyone help! Please help me and my son!” I heard a man screamed.

I stayed hidden in the tree, not moving an inch. I was not stupid enough to help another person, when i don’t even know what’s happening to him. Even if i knew what was going on, i would still not move if it does not have any benefits.

I waited there as the cries for help got louder and louder until i finally saw him. The man was a middle age man in business attire. On his back was a young boy around the age of 4, he looked to be unconscious. The man was carrying the boy as he ran from a pack of wolves.

Or what i believed were wolves, the monsters were shaped like a wolf, but with cloudy black smoke around them. They had bright red menacing eyes that sent shivers down my spine.

“Someone please help me! Please help me and my son!” the man screamed in desperation as the wolves got closer.

Stupid idiot. Don’t you know that screaming will just attract more wolves.

I watch as he ran and ran until he got encircled by the wolves. The man was sweating profusely as he shot bluish energy at the wolves. I presumed that the ball of blue energy he was shooting from his hands was his magic skill. He kept killing any wolf that got near him but the eventually the numbers started to overwhelmed him.

This is why i hate morons, if he had just fought in the beginning and not scream like an idiot, he could have had a chance to survive.

One of the wolves got near enough to him and landed a decisive blow to his back while he wasn’t looking, ending the man’s life. The child was already dead long ago in the fight. With the death of their prey, the shadow wolves started to devour them, biting into the flesh and feasting on them.