Brain storage area…………
“Feng Chuxiao—”
“Coming, coming!”
A girl with a dusty face and a sweet smile bounced out of the bookstore, lightly stepping over the zombies at her feet, and came to her companion.
“Chuxiao, you went to collect those old books again?”
“Heh heh, they don’t take up space. Sister Tingting, what are we collecting?” Feng Chuxiao asked ingratiatingly.
Meng Tingting glared at her and pointed to the two shops next to them, saying irritably, “What else can we collect? Food and drinks… and clothes.”
Feng Chuxiao quickly activated her space ability and collected all the clean and uncontaminated items Meng Tingting mentioned into her space. However, when Meng Tingting wasn’t paying attention, she slipped into the jewelry store again, planning to collect some gold, silver, and jewels.
It had taken them a lot of effort to find this place that hadn’t been visited by other survivors, and they had painstakingly killed all the zombies nearby. Therefore, she wanted to take away everything she could.
Although these gold, silver, and jewels were useless in this apocalypse, what if she transmigrated like the female protagonist in a novel one day? Wouldn’t they be useful then?
“I want to collect more. Heh heh, if I transmigrate to a peaceful era in a parallel world with my space, won’t I be rich!”
Just as she was daydreaming, someone grabbed her ear.
“Feng Chuxiao, I think you’ve become obsessed with reading novels. What are you thinking about all day? If you want these things that you can’t eat or wear, aren’t you afraid of starving or freezing to death in this apocalypse?”
“It would be good to die, then I can transmigrate.” Feng Chuxiao replied readily.
Meng Tingting let go of her ear and sighed. She was truly hopeless. People died and that was it, how could they transmigrate? She also admired the first person who coined the term "transmigration," how did they have such a wild imagination?
Another companion, while vigilantly observing their surroundings and guarding against any sudden zombie appearances, joked with Meng Tingting, “Before the apocalypse, I also read a few novels like that. In the hands of many writers, transmigration was as common as cabbage in peacetime.
And the reason I was able to remain so calm after the apocalypse and meet up with you all is thanks to the few apocalypse novels I read. Novels are Chuxiao’s spiritual food, so just indulge her fantasy.”
Feng Chuxiao nodded vigorously, echoing, “Brother Tong is so right. I never fantasized about transmigration before, it was only after the apocalypse that I had this idea, because I’ve read about so many people who lived through the apocalypse and died, only to transmigrate to a parallel world.”
“Then aren’t you afraid of transmigrating to an apocalyptic parallel world?” Meng Tingting poured cold water on her again.
Brother Tong gave Feng Chuxiao a sympathetic look. It was truly impossible to empathize with someone who had never read novels.
“Chuxiao, with your gentle nature, if you transmigrate into a villain’s home, you’ll be bullied. You should be as domineering as Tingting and as cunning as A Yan, then you can be invincible.” Brother Tong said earnestly.
Feng Chuxiao nodded with mock seriousness, “Mhm, mhm.”
She decided that from today onwards, she would learn from these two sisters and become a cunning and domineering woman!
A Yan and her husband exchanged a speechless glance as they looked at Feng Chuxiao. They didn’t say anything. In this apocalypse where life could be lost at any moment, they all liked Chuxiao’s optimistic attitude, so everyone doted on her like a younger sister.
Feng Chuxiao collected everything usable from the nearby shops, and then they began to retreat.
The reason the five of them dared to team up to search for supplies was that each of them possessed powerful offensive special abilities. Even Feng Chuxiao, who was the weakest, had a speed ability in addition to her space ability, allowing her to escape if she couldn’t kill a zombie.
A Hummer carried the five people towards the survivor base. They had been out for several days, and the supplies they collected this time were enough for them to live for a long time, so they wouldn’t be going out again for at least a month.
Halfway there, they encountered other teams searching for supplies, but they didn’t interact with each other, instead maintaining a defensive stance.
This phenomenon was normal, because apart from tightly-knit teams, no one else could be trusted.
As night fell, Feng Chuxiao and her companions found a place sheltered from the wind to stop and prepare to eat and rest.
After Feng Chuxiao took out the food and drinking water, she sat aside and started reading a novel. This time, she was reading an era novel. After reading the synopsis, she discovered it was an era novel disguised as a true and false daughter story, and the true daughter’s name was also Feng Chuxiao.
However, she was just a minor character, and the female lead was the false daughter. She said to her companions in surprise, “Oh my, the true daughter in this book has the same name as me! The author really knows how to pick names, hehe…”
Brother Tong was stretching his limbs; he had been driving all day and was a bit tired. Hearing Feng Chuxiao’s words, he walked over and said, “Is there really such a coincidence? Let me see.”
He sat beside Feng Chuxiao, and they started reading together. However, after only a few pages, they sensed danger approaching. Feng Chuxiao shouted, “Scatter!”
Hearing Feng Chuxiao’s shout, Meng Tingting and the couple A Yan scattered without even looking up. Feng Chuxiao also grabbed Brother Tong and sped away, followed by the sound of explosions behind them…
“Damn it! Which bastard ambushed us? They’re trying to kill us!”
As soon as Brother Tong finished speaking, another cannonball was fired towards them.
“Chuxiao, let go!” Brother Tong shouted.
Chuxiao’s speed ability was at a very high level; she could escape on her own, so Brother Tong didn’t want to drag her down.
Feng Chuxiao was not the type to abandon her companion and flee. She kept holding onto Brother Tong, not letting go. Brother Tong’s combat ability was very powerful, but his escape speed was not as fast as hers.
Moreover, they were facing cannonballs traveling at approximately two thousand meters per second, leaving no time to use their combat abilities, so they could only flee.
Faintly, she heard Sister Tingting’s voice, and A Yan calling her name. But before she could respond, a sharp pain spread from her back to her chest. She threw away the book in her hand and Brother Tong, knowing that she was truly going to die this time, and in such an ugly manner…
She just didn’t know which damn person was bombarding them? Would Sister Tingting and the couple A Yan help her get revenge?
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Zhang Village Brigade, Wangjia Village, Qinghe Commune.
By the clear, shallow stream lay a thin figure. Her eyes were tightly closed, her face pale, and her breathing weak. Her small, tattered clothes couldn’t cover her calves and arms, and her neatly braided pigtails were somewhat dry and yellow.
A small flying insect landed on the girl’s nose, hopping around wantonly. It felt good, soft, and slightly warm. It thought it might have found a new resting spot.
Suddenly, the motionless girl quickly raised her hand and accurately slapped the insect. The insect, which hadn’t even finished its contemplation, met its demise.
“My face hurts so much!”
The girl frowned and opened her eyes. Without thinking, she pulled out a mirror from her space, wanting to see if her face was swollen from the slap. But when she saw the person in the mirror clearly, she was so startled that she threw the mirror away.
Fantasy and reality were indeed different. Wanting to transmigrate and actually transmigrating were not so easy to adapt to.
Feng Chuxiao picked up the mirror from the ground and examined it carefully. After a long while, she broke into a smile, and then burst into laughter: “I transmigrated! I really transmigrated!”
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