Inside the cramped, cold, dilapidated wooden hut, the atmosphere instantly became incredibly ambiguous, yet filled with a deadly sense of danger.
Rong Chen’s deathly pale yet breathtakingly handsome face was only inches away from Qiao Yu’s.
His warm breath gently brushed against Qiao Yu’s ear, carrying a faint scent of blood that was strangely alluring.
“Wife, how did we… sleep at night before?”
The question exploded in Qiao Yu’s mind like a bomb.
Her heart skipped a beat, and a layer of cold sweat instantly broke out across her back.
Even after losing his memory, this Devil King had not forgotten to test her!
If she answered even one word incorrectly, he would probably notice the flaw immediately and snap her neck without mercy.
Qiao Yu’s mind began racing as her eyes darted around.
“Cough, cough… cough, cough, cough!”
The next second, she suddenly started coughing violently while clutching her chest like a broken bellows.
She coughed so hard that it sounded as though she were about to cough up her lungs. Taking advantage of the moment, she shrank backward and put some dangerous distance between herself and Rong Chen.
Qiao Yu furrowed her brows slightly, her eyes filled with a pitiful and sorrowful expression. She looked exactly like a frail Lin Daiyu brought to life.
“Oh, hubby, you… you can’t look at me like that.”
Clutching her chest, she breathed weakly, her delicate voice carrying a hint of a sob.
“Actually… there’s something I’ve been hiding from you. I never dared to tell you.”
Rong Chen narrowed his deep crimson eyes slightly and watched her performance with an expression that was half amused and half mocking.
He said nothing, simply waiting for her to continue.
Qiao Yu pretended to wipe away tears that did not exist from the corners of her eyes.
“Just now, when I pulled you out of the river, I suffered severe internal injuries.”
“That old Chinese medicine doctor who happened to pass by said that I injured my heart, lungs, and the eight extraordinary meridians.”
“The doctor repeatedly warned me that with my condition, I absolutely cannot sleep with anyone for the next three years.”
Qiao Yu spoke with such conviction that she even managed to add a trace of regret and sorrow to her expression.
“Hubby, I’m sorry. To save you, I can only ask you to live a celibate life for the next three years.”
“If you despise me and want to find another woman… sob, sob, sob, I’ll accept it!”
She lowered her head, her shoulders trembling as though she had suffered an unbearable injustice.
The dilapidated wooden hut was so quiet that even a pin dropping could be heard.
Only Qiao Yu’s somewhat exaggerated sobs echoed through the room.
Looking at the woman before him, who had completely thrown herself into her performance, the corner of Rong Chen’s mouth twitched coldly despite himself.
Internal injuries? An old Chinese medicine doctor?
In this riverside wilderness filled with zombies and scattered corpses, where had she found an old Chinese medicine doctor to take her pulse?
This woman was full of nonsense and lies, and she did not even bother to think them through beforehand.
Yet somehow, these incredibly clumsy lies, combined with her completely righteous expression, actually brought a strange sense of calm to Rong Chen’s originally violent and chaotic mental sea.
He let out a cold laugh, too lazy to expose her.
“Is that so? What a pity.”
Rong Chen’s voice returned to its usual hoarse coldness.
He withdrew his body and leaned back against the cold, hard wooden wall.
The energy brought by the spiritual spring water was rapidly repairing his damaged organs.
A powerful wave of exhaustion surged over him like a tide. He truly needed to rest and recover as quickly as possible.
As for whatever game this woman who was constantly lying intended to play, he had plenty of time to watch her slowly.
Rong Chen slowly closed his crimson eyes, and his breathing gradually became steady.
He paid no further attention to Qiao Yu, who was still pretending to wipe away her tears beside him.
Qiao Yu secretly studied him through the gaps between her fingers for quite some time.
Only after confirming that this Devil King had genuinely fallen asleep rather than pretending to sleep and waiting for her to let her guard down did she finally breathe a long sigh of relief and collapse onto the floor.
“My goodness, staying with this lunatic is a hundred times more thrilling than bungee jumping.”
Qiao Yu patted her still-racing chest and felt completely drained.
However, it was still not time to rest.
The crisis had not been completely resolved, and the night in the Apocalypse was filled with danger at every turn.
This original body was far too delicate, barely strong enough to carry anything or do any physical work.
If she wanted to survive in this cannibalistic Apocalypse while also dealing with this obsessive hubby who could lose control at any moment, she had to figure out everything about her cheat ability as quickly as possible!
Qiao Yu took a deep breath and focused her mind.
“Enter the space.”
With a single thought, the dilapidated wooden hut before her disappeared.
In its place was the fresh and pleasant Level-One Green Oasis Space.
Fresh, pure air rushed toward her and instantly washed away the stench of decay and blood that had clung to her from outside.
Qiao Yu greedily took several deep breaths and felt as though she had come back to life.
She walked to the hundred-square-meter patch of black soil in the center of the space, crouched down, and grabbed a handful of earth.
The soil was moist and loose, so fertile that it seemed as though oil could be squeezed from it.
“Such good land shouldn’t be left empty. That would be a complete waste!”
With farming practically carved into her bones, Qiao Yu simply could not stand seeing such good soil lying unused.
She suddenly remembered that while she had been scrambling around in the shallows by the river earlier, she seemed to have felt several things inside a battered backpack that had been washed ashore.
Qiao Yu quickly reached into the pockets of her soaking-wet clothes and rummaged around.
Sure enough!
She pulled out two packets of seeds tightly wrapped in waterproof plastic bags.
Under the soft light of the space, she took a closer look.
Several large words were printed on the packaging: Chinese Cabbage Seeds.
“Wonderful! There really is a way out of every desperate situation!”
Qiao Yu was so excited that she nearly jumped for joy.
In the Apocalypse, fresh vegetables were even more valuable than gold and had become a hard currency.
In the later stages, forget about eating a bite of cabbage. Even a single withered leaf would be enough to make people fight desperately over it.
Once she decided to do something, Qiao Yu acted immediately.
She rolled up her sleeves and used her hands to dig shallow holes one after another in the loose black soil.
She carefully and evenly scattered the two packets of cabbage seeds into them, then gently covered them with a thin layer of soil.
After planting the seeds, she ran to the blue stone spring beside them.
Using both hands, she scooped up the clear, sweet spiritual spring water and poured handful after handful over the newly planted soil.
The moment the spiritual spring water seeped into the earth, a miraculous scene unfolded.
On the previously level black soil, tiny green sprouts began emerging at a speed visible to the naked eye.
They unfurled their delicate leaves and radiated vigorous vitality.
Qiao Yu stared at the scene before her in utter shock, her mouth hanging open.
At just the right moment, the system’s cold electronic voice sounded in her mind.
【Ding! The host has been detected performing a planting operation.】
【The black soil in the space possesses an accelerated growth attribute. Combined with irrigation using spiritual spring water, the growth cycle of crops will be greatly shortened.】
【Current crop: Chinese cabbage. Estimated time to maturity: 12 hours!】
“Twelve hours?!”
Qiao Yu cried out in surprise, her eyes filled with ecstatic delight.
Under normal circumstances, Chinese cabbage required several months to grow.
Here, it only needed half a day!
What did this mean?
It meant that as long as she had enough seeds, she could continuously produce fresh vegetables inside the space.
This was practically a super cheat for surviving the Apocalypse!
“I’m rich! I’m rich! From now on, I’m a little landowner even in the Apocalypse!”
As Qiao Yu looked at the lush green seedlings, she seemed to see countless supplies waving at her.
Just as she was immersed in the joy of farming, the system spoke again.
【Ding! The host has completed the hidden stage mission: Successfully calming the Villain’s anger for the first time and feeding him.】
【The Villain’s vital signs have stabilized. Current corruption value decreased by 1%.】
【Calculating mission rewards…】
Qiao Yu froze for a moment before immediately becoming ecstatic.
This lousy system actually knew how to beat her with a stick and then give her a sweet treat!
【Congratulations, host! You have received the following rewards: One Physical Enhancement Potion! One Random Blind Box!】
As the system’s voice faded, a glass vial glowing with an eerie blue light and a small, perfectly square black box covered in mysterious patterns suddenly appeared in Qiao Yu’s hands.
Her attention was immediately drawn to the glowing blue Physical Enhancement Potion.
For her current frail and powerless state, this was exactly the help she desperately needed.
The original body had been in terrible physical condition. Forget fighting zombies, she would become breathless after running just a few steps.
If she did not improve her physical strength quickly, then even with the space, she would eventually be torn apart by the monsters outside.
Without the slightest hesitation, Qiao Yu pulled the stopper from the vial.
She tilted her head back and drank the glowing blue liquid in one gulp.
The liquid tasted slightly sweet as it slid down her throat into her stomach. Immediately afterward, an intense burning sensation erupted!
“Hiss!”
It hurts!
It felt as though she had swallowed a ball of blazing fire, with flames rushing wildly through every part of her body.
Her muscles began twitching uncontrollably, while her bones gave off faint cracking sounds.
This was an extremely domineering process of bodily transformation, forcibly tearing apart and rebuilding her cells.
Qiao Yu was in so much pain that she collapsed onto the black soil, biting her lip tightly to keep herself from making a sound.
Large amounts of black filth and impurities were expelled from her body through her pores.
This inhuman torture continued for a full five minutes.
When the burning sensation finally receded like a retreating tide, Qiao Yu gasped heavily and struggled to her feet.
To her amazement, her limbs, which had previously been sore and weak, were now filled with explosive strength!
Although her figure remained slender and well-proportioned on the outside, without turning into some muscular powerhouse, her skin had become firmer and the pallor of her face had been replaced by a healthy flush.
Qiao Yu tried throwing a punch.
“Whoosh!”
Her fist tore through the air, actually producing a faint sonic boom!
She felt as though she had endless strength coursing through her entire body.
Forget dragging that deadweight Rong Chen around. If there were a cow standing in front of her right now, she felt that she could kill it with a single punch!
“This feels amazing! This is the confidence you need to survive the Apocalypse!”
Qiao Yu excitedly looked at her hands, confidence shining in her eyes.
The enhancement potion had directly pushed her physical abilities beyond the limits of an ordinary person and brought her to the level of an elementary strength-type superpower user!
Her sense of security instantly soared.
She glanced at the unopened black blind box on the ground.
Since the enhancement potion was this incredible, there had to be something good inside the blind box as well.
Qiao Yu had just reached out to pick up the box when she suddenly frowned.
Her enhanced body had also made her hearing several times more sensitive.
She immediately caught a sound coming from outside the space, from the direction of the dilapidated wooden hut.
A horrifying noise sent a chill down her spine.
Qiao Yu’s alarm bells instantly went off, and she immediately withdrew her consciousness from the space.
Her vision returned to the dim wooden hut.
In the corner, Rong Chen was still lying there with his eyes closed, seemingly unaware of the sounds outside.
But the noise beyond the wooden hut had now become crystal clear.
“Hrr… hrr…”
It was the muddy growl unique to zombies, coming from deep within their throats.
And judging by the sound, there was definitely more than one!
A thick stench of decay seeped through the cracks in the wooden hut.
The next second.
“Bang!”
With a tremendous impact, the already rickety wooden door was slammed by an enormous force.
The entire hut shook violently.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
The frenzied impacts continued one after another, accompanied by the grating sound of claws scraping against wood.
The fragile wooden door was instantly torn open with several cracks by sharp claws, sending countless rotten splinters flying into the hut!