Author’s Note: (Don’t Worry, This Book Is Safe!)
I specialize in writing post-apocalyptic novels. Feel free to read with confidence!
This is an apocalypse novel. The female protagonist comes from a wasteland world, so she has a cold and ruthless personality. She is absolutely not the self-sacrificing, overly benevolent type.
This is not a romance novel disguised as an apocalypse story.
If you can’t accept that, feel free to drop the book now! There’s no need to keep reading only to give it a one-star rating later because the heroine is selfish.
A dark, queen-like female protagonist.
At first, the heroine’s charm ability can only affect members of the opposite sex. As she levels up and grows stronger, it will eventually evolve to affect the same sex, entire races, and more.
A powerful female lead! A truly powerful female lead!
“This feels awful…”
In a daze, Xia Qing slowly opened her eyes.
“Xia Qing, Lin Yao! The zombies you killed dropped two crystal cores. One is pink, and the other is white.”
“You’ve both been scratched by zombies. Hurry and swallow the crystal cores! If you fail to undergo the mutation successfully, you’ll turn into zombies!”
Xia Qing frowned slightly.
She had actually transmigrated into another apocalypse.
Her mind was still a little muddled.
In her previous life, the original Xia Qing had awakened a spatial ability. She had stockpiled supplies and eventually fought against powerful alien species.
In the end, the alien species unleashed an overwhelming surge of energy. Everyone within the energy field had died, including Xia Qing and Lin Yao.
Lin Yao…
“I want the white one!”
Lin Yao had already rushed forward and snatched the white crystal core. Without hesitation, she swallowed it.
Memories came flooding back, like a dam suddenly bursting. It took Xia Qing a moment to sort through them, slowing her reaction by half a beat.
However, some of her memories were still hazy.
The spatial crystal core that she had chosen in her previous life had already been absorbed by someone else!
Something was wrong!
In her previous life, Lin Yao had chosen the pink crystal core, while Xia Qing had taken the white one and awakened a spatial ability.
Xia Ran said apologetically, “Qingqing, this pink crystal core is the only one left.”
Originally, Lin Yao had been the one who was supposed to absorb the pink crystal core. But she had suddenly changed her mind and insisted on taking the white one instead, acting as though she couldn’t wait another second.
With that, he handed the pink crystal core to Xia Qing.
“Quick, swallow it!” Xia Ran urged. “Otherwise, the alien virus will spread throughout your body, and you’ll turn into a zombie!”
At that moment, Xia Qing looked down at her arm. Parts of it had already turned black.
If she wanted to survive, she had no choice but to swallow the crystal core. Once she awakened an ability, she would no longer be affected by the virus.
There wasn’t enough time to kill another alien creature and obtain a second crystal core.
Left with no other choice, Xia Qing swallowed the pink crystal core.
According to the fragments of memory she could recall, the pink crystal core was the one Lin Yao had chosen in her previous life. It seemed to awaken some kind of charm ability.
Meanwhile, Lin Yao stood to the side, savoring the energy coursing through her body.
In this life, the spatial ability finally belonged to her!
In her previous life, Xia Qing had relied on her spatial ability to thrive in the apocalypse. She had become incredibly powerful…
She could even survive in the wilderness without relying on any base.
Now, all of that would belong to Lin Yao!
Lin Yao secretly congratulated herself. Xia Qing probably had no idea that the pink crystal core would awaken such a useless ability.
The charm ability allowed its user to exude an irresistible allure and bewitch men.
With that ability, all Xia Qing could do was attach herself to one powerful man after another to survive in the apocalypse…
She would become their possession, catering to their every whim just to stay alive.
Seeing Xia Qing possess a spatial ability, stockpile mountains of supplies, and gather a loyal following of people who would respond to her every call, Lin Yao had gradually become consumed by jealousy.
She envied Xia Qing for having a spatial ability in the apocalypse. If only she had chosen the white crystal core when she first awakened…
But she had forgotten that she had been the one who chose the pink crystal core first.
Back then, she had been attracted to its pretty pink color. Unlike ordinary crystal cores, it had a distinctly different appearance and texture.
She had assumed that such a special crystal core would awaken an even more powerful ability.
Who could have expected it to be so useless?
But now things were different.
She had been reborn! This time, she could snatch the white crystal core before anyone else!
She was about to awaken a spatial ability!
A spatial ability was practically essential for surviving the apocalypse! This incredible advantage was finally hers!
She could stockpile all kinds of supplies, and countless people would have to beg and grovel before her. Even the man she had relied on in her previous life would have to turn around and plead with her!
With that thought, Lin Yao was already certain of her victory.
As for Xia Qing…
In her previous life, she had humbled herself and begged Xia Qing for help, only to receive a tiny portion of food—as though she were a beggar being sent away.
Xia Qing had even told her that evolving a spatial ability was incredibly difficult.
How utterly smug!
But now the spatial ability belonged to her.
She would make Xia Qing experience all the suffering she had endured in her previous life. Let her learn to please men and spend her days writhing beneath them!
After swallowing the pink crystal core, Xia Qing felt the zombie virus gradually receding from her body. At the same time, she sensed the first signs of her ability awakening.
It seemed she was about to awaken that so-called charm ability.
But this was the apocalypse. What was she supposed to do with a charm ability? Bewitch men?
What a joke…
A man’s voice interrupted the turbulent thoughts of the two women.
“Qingqing, Xiaoyao, what abilities did you two awaken?”
The man was Xia Qing’s older brother, Xia Ran.
He was also Lin Yao’s cousin.
Xia Qing and Lin Yao’s mothers were biological sisters.
When the apocalypse broke out, both women had been attending university in Jiangcheng.
Xia Qing’s older brother was a special police officer. He had specifically come to rescue the two of them.
By the time he found them, both women had been injured by alien creatures and infected. He had taken the remaining crystal cores and let them choose one each.
These strange creatures that had suddenly appeared would drop crystal cores when killed.
Different crystal cores could awaken different abilities.
The special forces had known about this for quite some time. However, the alien outbreak had spread too quickly, and they had only just managed to release the information to the public.
Xia Qing felt that the ability awakening inside her was somewhat unusual, though she couldn’t quite put it into words.
After absorbing the crystal core, Lin Yao had awakened a spatial ability with a capacity of one hundred square meters.
It wasn’t quite as large as she had imagined, but she remembered that abilities could evolve and level up.
Now that she had successfully awakened a spatial ability, she could simply work on upgrading it later.
Besides, she already had a spatial ability. Surely plenty of people would be willing to follow her!
One day, she would become the queen of the apocalypse!
Lin Yao was practically bursting with excitement.
“Brother, I awakened a spatial ability! It has a capacity of one hundred square meters.”
Xia Ran’s eyes lit up, and he looked delighted.
“A spatial ability? That’s wonderful! Spatial abilities are incredibly rare!”
“What about you, Qingqing?”
Xia Qing frowned slightly.
“I’m not really sure.”
Although Xia Qing could feel an ability stirring inside her body, she remembered that the original Xia Qing had awakened a spatial ability in her previous life. Evolving it had been extremely difficult, and she had killed countless alien creatures along the way.
As for the crystal core Lin Yao had awakened with in her previous life, it had been the charm ability. Wasn’t it supposed to be capable of bewitching men?
And judging by Lin Yao’s behavior, she seemed to have been reborn as well.
She had stolen Xia Qing’s ability!
Lin Yao had been reborn!
“Haa…”
“Brother, I’m not sure either.”
Although Xia Ran felt a little disappointed, he understood that with the alien creatures running rampant, only those who awakened abilities would have a means of protecting themselves.
But Xia Qing was his biological younger sister. Whether or not she had awakened an ability, he would make sure she reached the base safely.
Lin Yao secretly sneered.
In the early stages, the charm ability would simply make its user gradually more beautiful, giving her a flawless figure.
After all, she had experienced it herself in her previous life.
Lin Yao was certain that it wouldn’t take long for Xia Qing to realize just how useless this ability was.
She continued sneering inwardly.
Xia Qing, it’s finally your turn to experience the miserable life I went through in my previous life…
Yet on the surface, Lin Yao put on a comforting expression, as though she were trying to reassure her younger cousin.
“We’ve only just absorbed the crystal cores, so perhaps your ability hasn’t fully awakened yet. That pink crystal core was so pretty and obviously special. I’m sure the ability you awaken will be extraordinary, too, little sister.”