The three-day time jump was like just a nap for them. When Li Yao was awakened, she immediately opened her eyes.
Following the instructions of the production team, Li Yao stepped out of the spaceship.
She looked around in shock—no matter how she looked, this was the Earth before the apocalypse.
Following the production team’s hints, she found the identity assigned to her by them, even including a driver’s license.
Zhou Chengxing said, “Li Yao, the current Earth time is August 13, 2023. Your teammates are Ning Xinyue and Yan Yuansi. There are 48 days until October 1. Before the apocalypse begins, remember to reunite with your teammates.”
“Also, you must spend the next ten years as a team, otherwise it’s considered a violation,” Zhou Chengxing added.
He introduced other rules, and finally said, “You have three days to decide what you want. Each person can only choose three items. On the fourth day, the Capital Star will deliver what you requested. The production team will leave Earth by the seventh day.”
After speaking, seeing that Li Yao had no other questions, he quickly flew the spaceship away.
At this moment, Li Yao’s expression cracked.
She died in the apocalypse, was reborn in the star system, hadn’t even enjoyed it, then participated in a variety show, and now she was sent back to Earth to experience the apocalypse again. Fine, fine, fate was really playing with her.
During the five years she was studied at the research institute, she had seen all sorts of storms and disasters; there were few things that could stir her emotions now.
But right now, for Li Yao, it was like the sky was falling—she couldn’t hold back.
Li Yao: “What?!”
What kind of joke was the goddess of fate playing on her?
[Comment: Li Yao’s expression is so real.]
[LOL, really, if it were me, that’d probably be my expression too, though not as pretty.]
[I’m dying laughing, Li Yao’s expression seems to say, ‘Director, are you messing with me?’]
[No way, who said Li Yao is a wooden plank? Look at her expression, so vivid.]
Li Yao didn’t expect the director to send her back to Earth, so she rolled her eyes.
[Help, Li Yao is so rude!]
[Someone said my brother may be dim, but he’s really pure-hearted. Seeing Li Yao like this, I feel sorry for my brother later.]
[Heard she’s a diva. Don’t bully our sis, okay?]
Li Yao’s “black-red” path meant she had more haters than fans and wasn’t very popular.
She looked at the accommodation assigned by the production team. Fortunately, the director wasn’t cruel—they gave her a place to stay, cash, and a phone.
Using the phone’s navigation, Li Yao arrived at the hotel. After checking in, she lay on the bed.
She comfortably closed her eyes. In her previous life, she either slept on cold experiment tables or the floor.
In the star system, she lived in treatment pods or hospital beds.
Now she was sleeping on a bed—a bed on Earth. Her mind churned.
This was Earth before the apocalypse, giving her a huge sense of security.
She fell asleep like this, and while she slept, the superpower in her soul continued merging with her body.
[Comment: She just falls asleep? Definitely a pretty face, knows nothing.]
[Why would Director Zhou pick someone like this? No one else in the entertainment industry?]
[Though she’s a famous pretty face in the industry, her looks are truly unmatched.]
[Exactly, look at her fair, smooth skin. The sunlight on her face makes me want to lick it.]
At this moment, Li Yao’s comment section had both haters and fans.
Li Yao slept until nightfall. When she woke, she felt she wasn’t suitable to go out. Having lived through the apocalypse for so long, she couldn’t help but act at the slightest disturbance.
But now it wasn’t the apocalypse—she couldn’t just act out, or she’d end up in jail, making everything difficult.
Today, the director seemed to say that whatever she wanted, if she just asked, they could get it for her.
She knew from being hospitalized that the star system had storage spaces. Ordinary storage spaces were just empty lots to pile stuff; better ones had a room inside that met daily needs; the best could grow crops and keep live animals.
She ordered takeout. While waiting for dinner, Li Yao started searching online about how to survive apocalypse disasters.
She ate a simple dinner. Suddenly, her live-streaming equipment lost its invisibility and hovered around her food.
The equipment was a costly setup by Zhou Chengxing. It could analyze food flavor and simulate taste through the star system data.
[Comment: What’s this?]
[I looked it up; on Earth, it’s called roast duck. The pancake wraps the duck. Supposed to be delicious.]
[This girl eats well on her first day here.]
[Stop, most other live streams I saw were still looking for places to live.]
After filming Li Yao’s food, the equipment went invisible again.
Li Yao slowly took a bite. Mmm~ delicious.
This flavor, she had dreamed of for years. Now that she tasted it, she almost wanted to cry.
She held back. Streaming live, if she cried, how embarrassing. Besides, a steel-willed woman never cries.
After finishing, she quickly skimmed two apocalypse novels and copied two pages from them.
[Comment: What is Li Yao planning now?]
[Leaving, leaving. I don’t want to see this pretty face acting dumb. I hate stupidity.]
[Don’t understand why the production team chose Li Yao. Better watch our brother.]
Li Yao thought for a while and contacted the production team directly.
Director Zhou Chengxing didn’t expect Li Yao to be the first to contact him.
“Director, I need a huge sum of money, legal and reasonable on Earth. I also want a high-level storage space, big enough to plant and keep poultry. Finally, I want a melee weapon at least 60 cm long.”
Zhou Chengxing thought the three requests were simple. Looking at Li Yao’s pretty face, pretty people got special treatment from him. “Is that all? Want to think it over seriously?”
Li Yao shook her head. “No. Since I’m living on Earth and can’t expose my identity, this is enough.”
Zhou Chengxing nodded. She had memorized the production team’s rule book.
He said, “You’re the first to make requests. Someone will prepare your items and send them tomorrow.”
“Thank you, Director,” Li Yao said politely.
Zhou Chengxing stroked his chin. This Li Yao was interesting; he’d observe her more to see what she planned.
Besides accommodation, everyone had 5,000 credits for activities over these days. She didn’t want to go out, so she stayed in the hotel, watching TV and organizing her supplies.
“Mountains overlapping, gold shining~” Such a good atmosphere was perfect for an episode of “Huan Huan.”
She glanced at it from time to time, then continued organizing her supplies.
The streaming equipment diligently synchronized the drama to the star network.
When the assistant director found Zhou Chengxing, Zhou was already engrossed in “The Story of Huan Huan.”
“Director Zhou, Li Yao’s items are ready.”
Zhou glanced: “Funds increased from 400 million to 1 billion, storage space is the largest, disguised to look worthless, doubled in size. I want to see what she’s going to do.”
The assistant hesitated, “Isn’t that too much?”
Zhou shook his head. “No. Others will definitely ask for more expensive stuff than Li Yao. Besides, look at Li Yao—aside from losing composure when she first got to Earth, when has she ever shown emotion?”