Gu Cheng faced her best friend’s concerned words and did not know how to express the complex emotions she felt at that moment. She struggled repeatedly between comforting her best friend and beating her best friend up, and finally let out a deep sigh again. One should show respect to a “thigh” (backer).
Gu Cheng raised her hand and stored the milk tea placed on the car console into her Storage Space. Wang Xin, who had just been teary-eyed, saw this scene and her expression changed from a crying, open-mouthed sobbing face into a shocked “O” shape.
Gu Cheng then took the milk tea out of her Storage Space again and placed it back on the console. Wang Xin’s mouth shifted from “O” to an “ah” shape. After reacting for a moment, she pinched her own arm and gasped in pain.
She stared at Gu Cheng with a blank expression, as if her ability to think had completely shut down. Gu Cheng did not speak and let her slowly digest what had just happened. Generally, when someone faced something that exceeded their understanding, they needed a moment to calm down.
After about a minute, Wang Xin reorganized her thoughts and words.
“Is this the Storage Space described in the book?”
Gu Cheng nodded in agreement.
At this point, Wang Xin gradually began to accept reality.
“My mind is blank right now. I haven’t even enjoyed my good life enough—why is the apocalypse already coming? I haven’t even been in a relationship yet, I haven’t spent all my brother’s money, I don’t want to die.”
Gu Cheng: “……Sister, your mind isn’t blank at all. You’re thinking a lot.”
Whenever something happened, Wang Xin’s first reaction was always to seek help from her Older Brother. She immediately asked Gu Cheng:
“Can I call my brother to tell him? Don’t worry, he will definitely protect us.”
Gu Cheng nodded.
“You can tell him. There are some things we can’t prepare for, but if he has ability and connections, he can prepare more thoroughly.”
Wang Xin took out her phone and tried to organize her words as best as she could. She called her Older Brother.
“Hello, bro, something serious happened. The world is about to end. Hurry and prepare some supplies. Gu Cheng has a Storage Space to store things. You should prepare more and spend all your money, or else it’ll turn into waste paper.”
Gu Cheng: …You call that organizing your words?
The person on the other end of the call probably asked where Wang Xin was. Wang Xin replied:
“I’m at the snack street parking lot near the school.”
After she answered, the other side seemed to say something else. Wang Xin simply replied “I’m here,” then handed the phone to Gu Cheng.
Looking at the phone being passed over, Gu Cheng felt a wave of headache. But at this point, she had no choice but to tremblingly take it.
“Brother?”
A cold, murderous voice came from the other end.
“What did you give my sister? Drugs? Stay where you are. Watch her. If anything happens to my sister, I’ll make you understand what ‘misery’ means.”
After speaking, the call was hung up.
Gu Cheng returned the phone to Wang Xin and felt that life was truly miserable. Even after transmigrating into the apocalypse, she still had to face a hot-tempered brother, a clueless best friend, and her own collapsing sanity.
In contrast, Wang Xin sat beside her, casually drinking milk tea and scrolling on her phone, as if nothing mattered. After all, her Older Brother would handle everything.
Food stall vendors gradually delivered all the ordered items. Gu Cheng, right in front of Wang Xin, stored everything into her Storage Space. Wang Xin went from surprise to numbness and eventually stopped even looking, focusing only on ordering more things on her phone.
Fifteen minutes later, an off-road vehicle stopped nearby. From the passenger seat, a tall man quickly walked over. He was at least 185 cm tall, wearing a shirt and casual trousers. He looked young and extremely handsome, but his face was dark and grim, as if he was here to settle a score.
Gu Cheng briefly appreciated the man’s appearance. However, the handsome man walked closer and completely ignored her side. He directly pulled open the driver’s door with decisive, clean, and powerful movements, then forcefully but carefully pulled Wang Xin out of the car, scanning her up and down anxiously.
The man asked urgently, his voice tense:
“Xinxin, are you okay? Did you eat something strange someone gave you? Brother will take you to the hospital for a check-up. You’ll be fine soon.”
After checking her, he led Wang Xin toward the back seat of the off-road vehicle.
Only then did Gu Cheng realize that this handsome man was Wang Che, Wang Xin’s Older Brother.
Wang Che then walked toward her side, opened her car door coldly, and pulled Gu Cheng out without the slightest trace of the earlier gentleness.
“Follow me,” he said flatly.
Looking at the dark-faced man dragging her, Gu Cheng immediately shouted:
“Wang Xin! Help me! Your brother misunderstood! He’s going to kill me! Hurry up and explain!”
But before she could finish speaking, she was also thrown into the back seat.
Wang Che got into the passenger seat and turned back to warn her:
“Watch over Xinxin.”
Only then did Wang Xin finally react. Her brother had misunderstood everything. She quickly explained:
“Bro, I’m fine—no, I mean I have something to tell you, just calm down first.”
Wang Che replied gently:
“Mm, we’re just taking you for a check-up. Don’t be afraid.”
Gu Cheng watched as Wang Xin desperately tried to explain, but everything that came out of her mouth was useless nonsense. She felt like her brain was about to grow from frustration. Was this best friend even reliable?
“Brother, Wang Xin didn’t eat anything wrong, she didn’t take drugs. What was said on the phone is all true. I can explain.”
Before she could finish, Wang Che interrupted her. His expression grew even darker, and the surrounding temperature seemed to drop.
He spoke to the driver:
“Drive to the hospital. Both of them are on drugs.”
Gu Cheng could no longer care about anything else. If they reached the hospital, there would be even less chance to explain.
The car had already started moving a few meters.
“Look,” Gu Cheng said urgently.
She knew there was no time to explain properly, so she directly manifested a cup of milk tea in her hand.
The car suddenly braked hard.
Gu Cheng lurched forward, almost spilling the milk tea. Wang Che reached out and caught it.
The three people in the car fell into silence.
Two were processing what they had just seen. Gu Cheng was waiting for their reaction.
Only Wang Xin, who had been caught off guard by the sudden brake, choked on her milk tea and started coughing.
Gu Cheng hurriedly said:
“Be quiet. Hold it in and let them process it.”
Because his sister was being spoken to, Wang Che instinctively turned his gaze toward Gu Cheng.
Gu Cheng immediately caught the warning look and quickly forced a smile, taking out tissues to carefully wipe Wang Xin’s mouth.
“Heh heh, Xinxin, wipe your mouth. Drink carefully.”
In just a few seconds, the two people in the front seat exchanged looks and fully processed what they had seen. As expected of Big Boss-level people, their comprehension speed was far faster than ordinary people.
Wang Che turned around and finally looked at Gu Cheng seriously.
“Explain.”
Gu Cheng glanced at the driver’s seat. Wang Che immediately responded:
“One of us. Very reliable. Speak directly.”
Gu Cheng suddenly recalled the plot where the Big Boss was eventually betrayed by a companion.
She asked cautiously:
“What is this little Older Brother’s name?”
Wang Che replied coldly:
“Be serious. Don’t bring your bar tricks here. His name is Fu Zhe, from Capital City. Absolutely reliable.”
Gu Cheng recalled the plot. Fu Zhe, from Capital City—descendant of a powerful political family. His elders, father, and uncles all held high positions. In the later stages, he became one of the key figures in the Capital City Base.
He was not the traitor.
Only then did Gu Cheng feel reassured and began speaking.
“What I just showed was my Storage Space. It can store items but not living beings. It has unlimited space. This morning before I woke up, I had a dream about the apocalypse. In two weeks, extreme weather will arrive—first extreme heat, then acid rain that will cause some people to mutate into zombies, while others will awaken abilities. After the acid rain, there will be extreme cold. But everything depends on real conditions. I only used the Storage Space to prove that the dream might be real. The extreme weather in the dream cannot be fully verified.”