“Ru Jiao, if you want someone to blame, blame your own bad luck!”
After delivering those cruel words, the coldhearted woman shoved Ru Jiao off the balcony. The zombies howling below had been waiting impatiently, and the moment Ru Jiao fell, they swarmed toward her.
Ru Jiao had never imagined that the woman she had trusted wholeheartedly as a “good friend” before the apocalypse, the so-called “dear sister” who had always looked after her in the safe zone, would actually trick her into going on a mission and deliberately push her into a horde of zombies!
Hate! Hate! Hate!
The grotesque zombies roared as they tore into her flesh. Even though she knew there was no way to change her fate, she still forced her eyes open and glared desperately at that woman!
Seeing that Ru Jiao was still struggling and stubbornly resisting zombification, the coldhearted woman let out a disdainful snort and fired several shots at her limbs.
Ru Jiao’s eyes were bloodshot. She wanted to scream in fury, but her consciousness was gradually fading. With her body torn apart by the zombies, all she could manage was a faint, hoarse sound. Just as her consciousness was slipping away and she was about to turn into a zombie, the woman gave her no chance at all. She fired one final shot straight into Ru Jiao’s forehead!
“Tian Ling’er, if there is another life, I will make you wish you were dead!”
Unwilling to accept her fate, Ru Jiao closed her eyes. She only felt a flash of white light before opening them again to find a familiar ceiling above her!
What was this?!
Ru Jiao immediately sat up, but suddenly her vision went black. A flood of memories appeared in her mind, causing an unbearable headache. She had no choice but to lie back down and slowly absorb the unfamiliar memories.
An hour later, the woman lying on the bed slowly sat up. Ru Jiao clenched her teeth and bit down hard on her lower lip.
Her miserable fate in her previous life had actually been because she was nothing more than cannon fodder on the female protagonist’s path to power!
It turned out that after being reborn, Ru Jiao had gained the memories of a novel titled Apocalypse Queen. The protagonist was none other than Tian Ling’er, the very woman who had thrown her into the zombie horde!
Tian Ling’er had originally been an assassin in the underworld of Blue Star in the twentieth century. She had died during a mission, only to be reborn inside an apocalypse novel she had once read out of boredom.
The body she had transmigrated into also belonged to a woman named Tian Ling’er, who was the female protagonist’s best friend in the novel. In the original story, the two of them eventually managed to secure a place for themselves in the apocalypse.
However, when Tian Ling’er had read the novel, she had thought that the original Tian Ling’er was far too innocent and simple-minded, while the female protagonist was too indecisive. If she had been in the story, she would have seized the female protagonist’s golden finger for herself and avoided all those hardships!
As luck would have it, Tian Ling’er had transmigrated into the novel quite early, two months before the apocalypse began. Since she was familiar with the various plot developments and the special abilities possessed by the characters, she had started making plans well in advance.
Among those plans was stealing the spatial jade bangle that Ru Jiao’s deceased parents had left her!
That spatial jade bangle was the most important reason Tian Ling’er had managed to thrive in the apocalypse. It was also because of this very bangle that Ru Jiao finally understood why she had died so tragically in the jaws of zombies.
The spatial jade bangle had originally been a family heirloom passed down to her by her parents. Yet that vicious woman had deliberately plotted to steal it from her. To eliminate any future complications, she had arranged Ru Jiao’s death in advance. That way, there would be no evidence left behind. Even if others had their suspicions, they would have no way of investigating the truth!
Lying on the bed, Ru Jiao felt her hatred growing stronger by the second.
She picked up her phone. The date was June 20, 2022. Tian Ling’er had been reborn only three days ago, and she would steal Ru Jiao’s jade bangle tomorrow through her carefully arranged scheme. The apocalypse was still two months away.
After calming herself down, Ru Jiao sat up.
In this life, she would protect the jade bangle at all costs and make that woman pay for everything she had done!
However, Tian Ling’er was ruthless, and her abilities in every area were equally outstanding. After all, she had been a top assassin in her previous life.
In her previous life, Ru Jiao had fallen into Tian Ling’er’s trap when the latter visited her home. Without her noticing, Tian Ling’er had secretly switched the jade bangle.
The jade bangle left behind by Ru Jiao’s parents had been an exquisite, top-quality piece worth at least four million if sold at auction. Yet that vicious woman had actually replaced it with an ordinary jade bangle worth only tens of thousands!
Remembering what Tian Ling’er had thought after obtaining the bangle in the original novel, Ru Jiao recalled her inner monologue:
“Anyway, in the original story, Ru Jiao’s spatial jade bangle was exposed shortly after the apocalypse began and was quickly stolen by someone. She ended up dying because of it. By taking this troublesome thing away from her in advance, I’m actually doing her a favor.”
What a hypocritical woman!
In this life, Ru Jiao would make her own preparations before Tian Ling’er became familiar with this world and her new body.
With that thought, Ru Jiao hurriedly got out of bed. There wasn’t much time left before the apocalypse, and she needed to start preparing as soon as possible.
Ru Jiao opened the locked compartment inside her bedroom wardrobe and took out the emerald-green jade bangle stored there. Without the slightest hesitation, she used a pair of scissors to cut her index finger. The moment her blood dripped onto the jade bangle, it was instantly absorbed.
Her figure swayed, and in the next instant, she had entered the space!
However, what surprised her was that this space was far better than the one described in the novel, the one the female protagonist had obtained!
Not only was it twice the size of the female protagonist’s original space, but it also contained a spiritual spring!
Overjoyed, Ru Jiao couldn’t help bursting into tears.
It turned out that she had sensed a consciousness lingering inside the space, which explained everything.
If the person who acknowledged the space through blood was a descendant of the Ru family, all its benefits would be revealed. However, if the person was not a member of the Ru family, the space would conceal its advantages. The spiritual spring would not appear, and the person would not even be able to enter the space!
Ru Jiao was overwhelmed with excitement. She looked around and carefully examined the interior.
There was a three-story wooden house, with a spring beside it measuring five meters wide and six meters deep. The entire space covered an area roughly equivalent to two football fields, with a height of approximately twenty meters. It was more than enough for her to stockpile all the supplies she would need to survive the apocalypse!
After familiarizing herself with the space, Ru Jiao hurriedly left.
Unlike the novel, where Tian Ling’er had obtained the jade bangle and it had remained in the form of a bracelet, Ru Jiao’s bangle had transformed because she was a descendant of the Ru family. It had become a dark green mole on her left wrist, making it impossible for anyone to notice anything unusual.
That was perfect. Still, she needed to buy another jade bangle and keep it as a replacement, just in case.
Having made up her mind, Ru Jiao immediately got to work.
It was now twelve noon. By tomorrow, once that woman had become familiar with this world and her new body, she would come knocking on Ru Jiao’s door.
Tian Ling’er was highly skilled in combat and had countless tricks up her sleeve. At this stage, Ru Jiao was no match for her, so the best thing to do was stay as far away from her as possible!
She would move out today and sell this house!
Having the space made it much easier for Ru Jiao to pack up her belongings. She stored all her clothes inside, along with various sentimental keepsakes. She also put away all the food, seasonings, and other supplies stored in the house.
As for the large furniture, she left everything where it was so that it could be sold along with the property.
Ru Jiao worked quickly. In less than an hour, she had finished packing.
She took out her identification documents, placed them in her bag, and searched online for a real estate agent to list the house for sale while locking the door behind her.
After putting the house on the market, Ru Jiao booked a hotel room in the city center.
She still had one hundred thousand yuan in her bank account, which she had saved from working over the past few years.
The house had been left to her by her parents. It was a spacious three-bedroom apartment with an excellent location near the city center. There was a subway station not far from the entrance, and hospitals and schools were all nearby. Under normal circumstances, it could easily fetch three million yuan.
However, she was in a hurry to sell it. Therefore, she told the real estate agent that she was willing to lower the price reasonably, as long as she could receive the money by tomorrow. The sooner, the better!
After taking care of the house, Ru Jiao drove her secondhand Chery straight to several clinics in the city center. Using her medical insurance card, she bought large quantities of commonly used medicines for colds, inflammation, and fever. She continued purchasing until she had exhausted the entire balance on her medical insurance card.
Next, she found an empty factory building for rent in the suburbs. The rent was five thousand yuan per month, and she rented it for one month.
While sitting in her car, she placed a huge online order for instant food, along with entire boxes of milk, bottled water, various candies, and chocolates.
She contacted the sellers and requested expedited delivery to the factory building. After spending nearly twenty thousand yuan on these supplies, she finally stopped ordering.
By the time she finished everything, it was already two in the afternoon.
She hadn’t eaten or drunk anything since waking up, and her stomach was now growling loudly. She found a noodle shop by the roadside and ordered a bowl of beef noodles.
When the steaming bowl arrived, Ru Jiao immediately picked up her chopsticks and began eating.
She had spent two years in the apocalypse, but those two years had felt like an entire lifetime. It had been so long since she had last eaten a proper hot meal.