“You’re already a Level 2 metal-type ability user, right? Making a long blade shouldn’t be difficult for you.”
Recalling the plot, she boldly spoke up, immediately causing an uproar.
“Qin Ze advanced to Level 2?”
Someone exclaimed in shock.
This time, Qin Ze’s face darkened completely. His cold, sharp gaze landed on Nan Fei.
It was true that abilities could level up—but he had never expected the first person to notice would be Nan Fei, the so-called useless girl with no powers.
More importantly, she had just said it out loud.
He had intended to hide his strength, but denying it now would only make him lose credibility. So instead of refuting it, he shifted the focus to Nan Fei’s terms.
“Forging weapons with abilities isn’t easy. I can’t make a long blade.”
Nan Fei’s real goal wasn’t a long blade anyway. She shook her head.
“You want two-thirds of the chocolate. What would I even do with a blade that’s too short? I might as well keep the chocolate and find a weapon myself.”
“What’s the shortest length you’ll accept?” Qin Ze asked, seeing that she seemed serious.
“Thirty centimeters,” Nan Fei said, naming a length slightly longer than expected.
“Deal.”
Qin Ze nodded.
With the agreement settled, Nan Fei poured the chocolate onto the table and divided it into three portions. She put one portion back into her bag, then pointed at the rest.
“You’ll get it after the knife is done.”
After that, as if oblivious to the others’ longing stares, she casually took out a piece of chocolate from her bag, unwrapped it, and popped it into her mouth.
The overly sweet chocolate melted on her tongue. She frowned slightly as she slowly swallowed it.
While waiting for Qin Ze to finish forging the blade, Nan Fei began to think about her current situation.
Being transmigrated into an apocalypse novel was both good and bad.
The good part was that she knew the plot and had a general idea of how things would unfold.
The bad part was that the original owner of this body had a miserable ending—one she needed to change.
The female lead of this apocalypse novel was named Yun Jiaoyue, the daughter of the Yun family head and his first love.
He had deceived Yun Jiaoyue’s mother, getting her pregnant before marriage. But just as she was full of joy, he turned around and married a wealthy, well-matched heiress.
Devastated but afraid of his power, Yun Jiaoyue’s mother left in sorrow and gave birth to her in a small county town.
Yun Jiaoyue was clever and sensible, helping her mother run a small food stall from a young age.
When her mother fell gravely ill, Yun Jiaoyue ignored her objections and spent all their savings on treatment.
But terminal illness isn’t so easily cured.
The money was gone, yet her mother’s condition didn’t improve.
On her deathbed, for Yun Jiaoyue’s sake, her mother called the Yun family head.
She had expected rejection—but to her surprise, he agreed.
After bringing Yun Jiaoyue back, he provided her with a good living environment but gave her little attention.
Remembering the hardships her mother endured, Yun Jiaoyue harbored resentment toward this scumbag father.
She intended to leave the Yun family as soon as possible and avoid further entanglement.
But the day before the apocalypse, she had a prophetic dream.
In the dream, she would be manipulated by the Yun family, willingly becoming their tool in the apocalypse, only to be discarded and killed once she lost her value.
So she left the Yun household overnight, moved into a villa in the outskirts, and demanded a large sum of money from her father to stockpile supplies.
On the night the apocalypse began, she successfully awakened an ice-type ability and bonded with the jade bracelet space her mother left behind, giving her a crucial advantage in the dangerous new world.
As she grew stronger, she encountered several powerful men along the way. All of them were drawn to her resilient personality, gathering around her—even if their feelings were never returned, they were willing.
As for the original host, Nan Fei, she was merely a foolish supporting character who created obstacles in Yun Jiaoyue’s journey.
Nan Fei was the young lady of the Nan family, born to her father’s second wife after his first wife died in childbirth.
Although she was technically born after the second marriage, everyone knew she and Nan Xiao—the child left behind by the first wife—were born almost at the same time.
But due to the Nan family’s status in C City, no one dared to speak of it.
Nan Fei’s mother doted on her excessively, and as a result, Nan Fei grew up spoiled and willful.
On the day the apocalypse broke out, Nan Fei’s mother tried to force her and her fiancé Qin Ze to spend time together to build their relationship.
Neither of them wanted to, so they each brought friends along—turning what should have been a date into a group gathering.
To avoid Qin Ze and pass the time, Nan Fei dragged everyone to the rooftop to watch a movie.
Just minutes after the movie began, the apocalypse arrived, trapping them inside.
Fortunately, none of them mutated.
As the second male lead, Qin Ze quickly awakened his ability and led everyone out of the mall with minimal danger.
While resting, they encountered the female lead’s group.
Nan Fei’s brother, Nan Xiao, happened to be there as well.
Nan Xiao worked in the Nan family business and usually sat at a desk, but he loved fitness and was in good physical condition. When the apocalypse began and the base was first established, his parents pushed him out, citing his wind-type ability and speed, ordering him to quickly bring Nan Fei back.
Since he knew where she had gone, it wasn’t too hard to find her. And although Nan Fei was spoiled, she had a decent relationship with Nan Xiao, so he didn’t resist risking himself in a dangerous place like a shopping mall to find his half-sister.
In the city center, due to traffic congestion, he got out of the car and sprinted using his ability. He met Yun Jiaoyue along the way, who was also heading there for supplies, so they agreed to travel together.
But Qin Ze had already rescued Nan Fei first, so Nan Xiao was extremely grateful.
Ironically, Nan Fei herself treated Qin Ze coldly, as if they had some deep grudge.
Nan Xiao had to apologize to Qin Ze countless times on her behalf.
But Nan Fei only escalated things. After arriving at the base and learning that her father was a high-ranking official, she publicly tried to block Qin Ze from entering.
This action successfully made everyone dislike her.
Even Nan Xiao stopped indulging her and, for the first time, spoke harshly to her.
Of course, Qin Ze still entered the base, but Nan Fei’s actions negatively affected the Nan family’s authority.
Her father punished her by confining her indoors.
Just a few days later, she secretly ran out and went to cause trouble for Qin Ze again.
By then, Qin Ze had already agreed to join the female lead’s team.
Yun Jiaoyue was protective of her people. After repeated provocations, she lost patience. To avoid putting Nan Xiao in a difficult position, she didn’t let him handle it—instead, she personally taught Nan Fei a lesson when she caused trouble again.
Since Yun Jiaoyue was powerful and highly sought after by various factions in the base, even Nan Fei’s father couldn’t intervene.
He could only regret not raising his daughter properly and sent Nan Xiao with gifts to apologize to Yun Jiaoyue on behalf of the family.
Nan Fei, with her delicate skin, lay bedridden for over ten days, yet still couldn’t swallow her anger.
In the end, she revealed to the research institute that one of Yun Jiaoyue’s teammates had a mutated wood-type ability.
The institute captured that team member and tortured him nearly to death.
By the time Yun Jiaoyue found him, he was already ruined.