Lin Ze ruffled his explosive hair and replied naively, “I know! My sister told me this morning that the apocalypse is coming, so we went online together and took out about a million in loans, then went to the market to stock up on a bunch of supplies.”
“Mom, Dad, don’t worry. My sister and I have it all planned out. We’ll make sure our family survives the apocalypse just fine.”
“The most important thing now is for you to hand over all your money. We should sell the supermarket as soon as possible, and it’d be best to sell the house too… Ow, ow, ow, ow!”
“Dad, why are you twisting my ear?”
“You little brat! Instead of stopping your sister, you joined in her craziness. What kind of brother are you?” Lin Ba was furious.
“Just wait till I beat some sense into you, you little rascal!”
Lin Ba was so angry his hair stood on end. The more he looked at his son, the more convinced he became that this good-for-nothing had led his daughter astray.
Otherwise, why would she suddenly start talking about the end of the world?
Lin Ma chimed in, “That’s right, teach him a lesson! You brat, why didn’t you call us earlier when you noticed your sister wasn’t acting right? And you even joined in her nonsense! What if something happened to our Ranran?”
Lin Ze felt utterly wronged and shouted at Lin Ran, “Sis, save me! Your dear brother is being wronged! This is as unjust as snow in June—I’m more wronged than Dou E!”
“Stop howling and shut your mouth!”
Lin Ba, standing at 1.85 meters, swung his palm—large as a fan—toward Lin Ze.
Lin Ran facepalmed internally. Well, her parents really did think she’d lost her mind.
It seemed she had to resort to her last resort.
Lin Ran took her mother’s hand and walked over to Lin Ze and her father. Then, she silently thought, Enter.
And then—
Everyone felt their vision blur, and the scene before them changed.
“Ranran, wh-where are we? Honey, am I seeing things?” Lin Ma rubbed her eyes and said.
Lin Ba grabbed his wife’s hand, a bit scared, and said, “Wife, I think I’m seeing things too. Otherwise, why would I see grassland, trees, and a stream? Ranran, Xiao Ze, come over here quickly. I think we’ve run into a ghost wall.”
Lin Ba trembled as he walked over, stretching out his arms to hug Lin Ran and the others as tightly as he could.
Lin Ze didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “Everyone, calm down. See, this is what happens when you’re inexperienced and easily shocked. It’s all because you lack knowledge. If only you’d read more online literature in your free time, you wouldn’t be so clueless now.”
Lin Ba was confused. “What does online literature have to do with this? Would reading it make the ghost wall disappear?”
Lin Ze said proudly, “Tsk, tsk, tsk. If you’d read even one apocalyptic novel, you’d know this is a Dimension—my sister’s Dimension.”
Lin Ba and Lin Ma said in unison, “Dimension? What’s that?”
Lin Ran explained, “This is my Dimension. I can store things here, and anything placed inside will never spoil. This land can also be used for planting, and what we grow can improve our physical condition.”
Hearing this, Lin Ma became excited. “I know this! Isn’t this like those storage pouches they talk about in fantasy TV shows? Do things like this really exist in the world?”
“This thing is perfect for running my supermarket. No more worrying about vegetables and meat going bad overnight!”
“But Ranran, how do you have this?”
“Mom, Dad, because the apocalypse is truly coming. One year into the apocalypse, perhaps to adapt to this disaster-ridden world, many people awakened superpowers, such as space ability, or my lightning ability.”
Purple lightning reappeared on Lin Ran’s ring finger.
The dancing purple lightning made Lin Ba and Lin Ma’s hearts race with fear.
The couple exchanged a glance—this time they truly believed their daughter wasn’t speaking nonsense.
Lin Ze, covering his reddened and pinched ear, complained aggrievedly: “I told you we weren’t lying.”
Ignoring Lin Ze, Lin Ba pressed Lin Ran: “But Ranran, how did you know the apocalypse is coming?”
Lin Ran let out a soft sigh: “Because I’ve been reborn.”
“I struggled to survive for six years in the apocalypse, but unfortunately still couldn’t escape natural and man-made disasters. Just when I thought I had died, I never expected to open my eyes and return here.”
“Now there are only three months left before the apocalypse arrives. Mom, Dad, we must urgently stock up on supplies and plan for the future.”
Lin Ma hadn’t read any rebirth novels, but she understood the meaning of rebirth—wasn’t this returning from death?
Had her daughter died once before?
Lin Ma felt a pang of heartache, pulling Lin Ran into her embrace: “Ranran, my poor child, you’ve suffered. How did you die? What about us? Didn’t your dad, Xiao Ze and I protect you?”
Lin Ran’s eyes reddened as she gazed deeply at her mother, finding comfort: “Because all of you died too.”
Lin Ma’s heart instantly clenched, suddenly understanding deeply the cruelty of the approaching apocalypse.
Lin Ran slowly repeated to everyone what she had told Lin Ze earlier. When she described how Lin Ze died in the extreme cold, Lin Ba and Lin Ma nearly broke down in tears.
“Son, you’ve grown up. Dad underestimated you.”
Lin Ba patted Lin Ze’s shoulder and sighed.
Lin Ma also affectionately stroked Lin Ze’s explosive hairstyle: “Son, you’re mom’s pride.”
Lin Ze sniffled, forcing a smile: “Mom, Dad, don’t worry. This time I definitely won’t freeze to death. Tomorrow we’ll go buy electric blankets, heating pads, down jackets, and thermal clothing.”
“Good, tomorrow Mom will sell the supermarket and use the money to buy winter clothes for our Xiao Ze.”
Lin Ba said: “When Monday comes, I’ll sell all the stocks for cash. We only have three months—we need to prepare quickly. Ranran, continue, we’ll listen carefully to make plans.”
Lin Ran nodded and continued describing the apocalypse. By the time she finished, the whole family felt heavy-hearted.
Although Lin Ran had omitted some details when describing her solitary survival in the apocalypse, when she mentioned how she ultimately perished together with evil people, the family couldn’t help but choke up.
Lin Ma held Lin Ran close: “Good child, it’s over now. It’s all over.”