Lin Ze stared wide-eyed in disbelief at his brutal older sister.
“Sis, why are you treating me like this? Don’t you know you’ll lose me as a brother if you keep this up?”
“I’m your brother, not that scumbag Ye Ning! You can’t take your breakup out on me!”
“Waaah, I’m going to tell Mom.”
Covering his face in grievance, Lin Ze ran out of the room.
Watching her brother’s retreating back, Lin Ran sprang up from her bed.
It was real!
The sensation and pain from earlier were real.
Although Lin Ze was the unlucky one who got hit, force works both ways – her hand hurt quite badly too.
She had truly been reborn.
“Stupid old sis, I’m telling Mom!”
“She’ll punish you by cutting your allowance!”
Hearing Lin Ze’s exaggerated shouts from the living room, tears suddenly streamed down Lin Ran’s face. Heaven had eyes after all – it had allowed her to be reborn, her brother was still here, her family was still here. It was wonderful.
Wait.
What was the date again?
Lin Ran hurriedly felt around on her bed and finally found her phone under the pillow.
May 21, 2043.
Exactly the day after May 20th. There were still three months until the apocalypse arrived.
She still had time.
Thinking this, Lin Ran’s tears fell like broken strings, pattering down continuously.
She stood up and rushed out of the bedroom.
Lin Ze was sitting angrily in the living room, using two packaged mung bean ice pops to cool his swollen cheeks. He looked utterly ridiculous.
Damn old sis.
Her hands were so strong.
She must have mistaken him for that scumbag.
If she had the ability, she should go beat up the real scumbag. Why hit him instead? So unfair.
Hmph!
He would never speak to her again.
Suddenly, Lin Ze saw Lin Ran rushing out of the bedroom with tears covering her face, and his heart trembled.
Then an uncontrollable anger surged within him.
“Sis, what did that bastard Ye Ning do to you? I’ll go beat him up for you!”
“No, it’s not because of him.”
“Then why are you crying?”
Hearing this answer, Lin Ze felt his face hurt even more.
Lin Ran wiped her tears and sniffled, “I just… just dreamed that you died.”
Lin Ze: “…”
Why did it feel like he was being cursed by his old sister again?
His mind went blank as he asked, “Sis, did you dream that only I died, or did others die too? What about people from our school? Is our principal okay? Is our homeroom teacher still around?”
Lin Ze, a 17-year-old underachieving high school sophomore and simple-minded but physically capable athlete, was most afraid of his homeroom teacher and principal in his life. Was he trying to take them down with him?
Lin Ran blinked, forcing back her tears, and rolled her eyes at her nonsensical brother. “Where are Mom and Dad?”
“Mom and Dad? Sis, have you lost your mind? They’re obviously at the store. The store is so busy on weekends.”
Lin Ran suddenly remembered – that’s right, it was weekend, her parents were both busy at the store.
Lin Ran’s father Lin Yinan was a manager at a financial company, while her mother An Xin ran a medium-sized supermarket. Although the business couldn’t compare to large supermarkets, the foot traffic was still quite heavy on weekends.
Even though her father earned quite a lot as a financial company manager, he would still go to the store on weekends to help her mother.
His classic saying was that a man should take care of his own wife.
Whenever he didn’t have weekend overtime, he would go to the store to help Lin Ran’s mother, leaving the two children to play at home by themselves.
So, only the two siblings remained at home now.
“Don’t you think you should apologize for hitting me?”
Lin Ze accused with his big, watery eyes wide open.
However, Lin Ran didn’t pay attention to Lin Ze’s question because her gaze was firmly captured by the sumptuous breakfast on the table.
Soy milk, fried dough sticks, soup dumplings, tea eggs, and scallion pancakes.
Slurp!
How she had missed these things!
The rich soy milk, the crispy fried dough sticks, the bite-sized soup dumplings and tea eggs, the delightfully fragrant scallion pancakes—it was all incredibly delicious.
Having spent so many years in the apocalypse, she had forgotten how long it had been since she last enjoyed such delicious food.
While eating breakfast, Lin Ran didn’t forget the important matters. She mentally reviewed her plans: there were still three months until the apocalypse. What preparations should she make for the impending doom?
Undoubtedly, the most crucial task was stockpiling supplies.
In her previous life, she had suffered enough from the lack of clothing and food.
If it weren’t for the shortage of cold-resistant items, Xiao Ze wouldn’t have died.
Back then, the sensible Xiao Ze had selflessly given all the warm items to them, claiming that as a sports student, he had a strong physique. But that was in temperatures as low as -40 degrees Celsius.
A minor cold caused by the chill had left him forever in that winter after the apocalypse.
Lin Ze watched Lin Ran enjoying her breakfast so heartily, growing angrier by the minute.
Look at her—so carefree, devouring one soup dumpling after another, munching on fried dough sticks with such relish, completely forgetting to apologize to him.
Most importantly, she had finished his share!
Sob! Sob!
What a hateful sister.
How infuriating!
He would never speak to her again.
He would make her taste the bitterness of losing such an adorable brother.
Fuming, Lin Ze turned and stormed into his room, failing to notice that the moment he entered, Lin Ran suddenly vanished from her spot.
Lin Ran swore she had only burped from eating too much, then felt an overwhelming surge of energy coursing through her body. A familiar energy fluctuation followed, her vision blurred, and when she opened her eyes again, she found herself here.
Before her eyes lay a stretch of lush green grassland, a gently flowing stream not far away, and beyond that, a dense forest.
At this sight, a tidal wave of shock surged in Lin Ran’s heart.
This… was her Dimension?
Had her Spatial ability also returned with her rebirth?
By the end of the first year of the apocalypse, the terrifying Zombie virus had emerged.
Among those not infected, some ordinary people awakened various Superpowers, with the spatial type being one of the rarest.
Individuals with Spatial abilities, capable of storing large quantities of supplies, were highly sought after by major bases and organizations.
Of course, such a rare ability also attracted envy and greed.
For instance, from those terrifying mad scientists.
At this thought, a wave of fury rose in Lin Ran’s heart, making her wish she could kill the scoundrels who had harmed her in her previous life. Then, she noticed purple Lightening beginning to spark all over her body.
Zap! Zap!
Crackle! Pop!
Staring at the Lightning continuously flickering from her fingertips, Lin Ran felt an indescribable excitement.
“My… my Lightning ability has actually returned with me!”