Before her appeared an enormous space.
In the middle of a vast stretch of lush green grass flowed a crystal-clear spring.
Looking closely, she could even see a faint glow shimmering within the water.
Her spirit spring?
How had it become like this?
Su Qingran had never awakened a Space-type ability, yet she possessed a spiritual field within her body that could store items.
Her teammates had always believed she was a dual-ability user with both Space and Plant abilities. In truth, only Su Qingran knew that her space was incapable of combat—it could only be used for storage.
True Space-type ability users could freely travel between dimensions and manipulate space itself.
But her space ability was practically useless.
Of course, she had never told anyone that.
She couldn’t afford to be the most useless member of the team.
As for her Plant-type ability?
That was the most useless ability in the apocalypse.
Plant abilities were closely connected to vegetation, but in the apocalypse, not even a blade of grass could grow.
Where was she supposed to find plants to control?
Moreover, farming was impossible in the apocalypse. The climate and temperatures were far too extreme. Nothing could survive.
When Su Qingran first awakened her Plant ability, she had been overjoyed.
Later, she discovered it was completely useless.
Accelerate growth?
The spiritual energy in the apocalypse was so scarce that there wasn’t enough to support the growth of even a single vegetable.
Improve farmland?
The environment had already been ruined beyond repair. Her power alone couldn’t possibly restore it.
There were crystal cores in the apocalypse, but strangely enough, they had no effect whatsoever on her Plant ability.
As a result, no matter how many crystal cores she absorbed, her ability remained stuck at Level Two.
Then there was her storage space.
Back in the apocalypse, it had always been shrouded in gray mist. The spirit spring inside had nearly dried up; it would take a long time just to produce a few drops of spirit water.
But now?
The entire space felt bright and open.
Spiritual energy filled the air.
The spiritual fields before her were clearly capable of growing all kinds of crops.
And the spirit spring nearby—
There was so much water that she could drink it whenever she wanted.
Thinking of this, Su Qingran quickly scooped up a handful of spring water and took a drink.
The moment the spirit water entered her mouth, she felt her previously heavy, sluggish body become noticeably lighter.
Even the stuffy feeling that had been weighing on her chest disappeared instantly.
“It really is spirit spring water!”
Su Qingran couldn’t help but exclaim happily.
At the moment, the spiritual fields were completely empty.
She needed to find some good seeds and start planting as soon as possible.
After wandering around the space for a while, Su Qingran suddenly spotted a black door.
She couldn’t help stopping in her tracks.
For some reason, that door looked strangely familiar.
Before she even realized it, her body had already moved.
The moment she opened the door, she understood why it felt so familiar.
Wasn’t this the very shelter she had built before crossing over?
The reason she had died was because her teammates had become greedy for that shelter and wanted to seize everything inside for themselves.
The shelter consisted of six underground levels.
As Su Qingran explored floor after floor, overwhelming joy surged through her heart.
Everything was there.
Everything was still there!
The massive stockpile she had accumulated—guns, weapons, nutrient solutions, medical serums, emergency medicines, daily necessities, and all sorts of miscellaneous supplies gathered during scavenging missions—remained untouched.
As for food?
Of course there wasn’t any.
The apocalypse simply didn’t have food anymore.
Most people survived on nutrient solutions to sustain themselves.
Rice?
That was an unimaginable luxury.
But now she wasn’t worried.
This ancient world had not been polluted.
With her spiritual fields and spirit spring water, would she really have trouble growing rice?
If anything, it would be harder not to grow crops.
Since her space still existed, then her Plant ability should still be here too, right?
Su Qingran tried to activate her ability.
But her body showed no response at all.
Just as she was about to experiment further, voices came from outside.
“Where is Su Qingran? How can you people fail to keep an eye on a single person? Where did that wretched girl run off to?”
“I’m sorry, Old Madam. I don’t know where Miss Su went either. I’ll go look for her right away.”
“Then hurry up! Su Qingran has some nerve—she actually dared to hit someone from the Pei family! This matter isn’t over!”
Listening to Li Qiuju’s furious tone, anyone who didn’t know better would have thought Wen Yuyan was her biological daughter.
Only after the noise outside died down did Su Qingran leave her space and return to her room.
According to the original owner’s memories, the Pei household could truly be described as dirt poor.
Just look at the room she was staying in now. Aside from a table, a chair, and a wardrobe, there was practically nothing else.
Su Qingran found ancient clothing rather cumbersome and heavy.
In the apocalypse, people usually wore practical clothes that allowed easy movement and made fighting convenient.
Then again, people in ancient times probably didn’t spend their days fighting and killing.
Dressing like this wasn’t necessarily a problem.
While she was lost in thought, a figure suddenly entered the room.
The moment the maid saw Su Qingran, she immediately shouted outside.
“M-Miss Su is here! Miss Su is in her room!”
Several maids and older servants quickly crowded in.
The already tiny room instantly became even more cramped.
“Su Qingran! You’ve become completely outrageous!”
Hearing the maid’s shout, Li Qiuju stormed in as well.
The servants automatically parted to make way for her.
The sight of Su Qingran standing there completely unharmed only made Li Qiuju angrier.
For some reason, her son seemed utterly bewitched by this little vixen.
Time and again, he had actually told her not to cause trouble for Su Qingran.
The more Pei Xingzhou protected her, the less Li Qiuju could tolerate her.
“Su Qingran, this is the Pei household, not yours to rule! How dare you strike my Yuyan! Men, seize her and slap her mouth!”
At Li Qiuju’s vicious command, the servants immediately moved forward to restrain Su Qingran.
Su Qingran let out a cold laugh.
She nimbly dodged their grasp.
Then she reached behind her and pulled out an electric baton.
Without hesitation, she swung it toward the approaching servants.
Crack!
A series of crackling sounds filled the room.
The servants who came into contact with the baton immediately rolled their eyes back and began trembling violently where they stood.
Seeing this, the others instinctively rushed forward to help.
Unfortunately, they ended up getting shocked as well.
“Ahhh!”
The horrifying scene scared Li Qiuju so badly that she screamed and ran for the door.
Perhaps because she was too frightened, she failed to notice the threshold.
She tripped over it and crashed heavily onto the ground.
Seeing that it was enough, Su Qingran switched off the electric baton and returned it to her storage space.
She hadn’t set the voltage very high.
It wasn’t enough to kill anyone.
However, those servants wouldn’t be waking up anytime soon.
In this era, if someone needed killing, it had to be done quietly.
Su Qingran wasn’t stupid enough to murder people openly.
Looking at the pile of servants sprawled across the floor, she clicked her tongue in disgust.
She no longer wanted to spend another night in this place.
Then a thought occurred to her.
Ever since the original owner had moved into the Pei residence, all her food, clothing, and daily expenses had been paid for with her own money.
As a result, she barely had any cash left on her.
And while she possessed the space, she couldn’t remain inside it indefinitely.
So where could she go?
The space wasn’t a place where living beings could stay for long.
At the very least, one couldn’t remain inside for extended periods because time within it was completely frozen.
Aside from crops planted in the spirit fields, everything remained exactly as it was when brought in.
If Su Qingran stayed inside too long, she would gradually become assimilated by the space itself.
In other words, she would eventually become nourishment for it.
Suddenly, as if struck by inspiration, Su Qingran’s eyes lit up.
That’s right!
Her dowry!
That was an enormous fortune.
And all the things still left behind at the Marquis’s estate belonged to her grandfather.
Why should those greedy collateral relatives get to enjoy them?