As soon as Lin Qingxue entered this new body, her soul was wracked with sharp pain. According to the system, it was because her original soul was too weak.
Once she completed more missions and her soul grew stronger, she would be able to endure the dimensional turbulence during space transfers.
Note: Every time the female lead enters a new mission world, she adopts the name of the task's original owner. So in this arc, she is referred to as Xie Lingruo.
Since Xie Lingruo knew nothing about this world, she immediately asked the system to transmit the original plot.
The original owner was Xie Lingruo, the only daughter in her generation of the Xie family, currently 22 years old and newly graduated. She was supposed to live a peaceful and wealthy life.
But this world was set to fall into an apocalypse in one month.
The original female lead was named Lin Yiyi, who stole Xie Lingruo's heirloom jade bracelet. After activating it with a drop of blood, she unlocked a space ability when the apocalypse came, and went on to thrive.
The male lead was Xie Lingruo's ex-boyfriend Zhang Wenbin, who not only betrayed her, but after the apocalypse, rejected her for not having powers and used her as a plaything for the team. In the end, she died from group sexual abuse.
No wonder the original soul was filled with hatred. That kind of death was beyond cruel.
One person stole her golden finger (her cheat item), and the other tortured her in the worst possible way. To die in such a disgraceful and brutal way — it was absolutely justified that she wanted revenge.
But still — why did the system give her such a hell-level mission right off the bat?!This was an apocalypse world full of zombies, after all!Wasn't that a bit too ambitious for a total newbie like her?
Xie Lingruo couldn't help but sigh endlessly in her heart.
Just thinking of this, she asked the system,
"What happens if I fail the mission?"
System: "You will be thrown into a punishment plane, where the difficulty is a hundred times higher.If you fail again, you'll be erased. We don't keep failures who lose twice."
So she had no choice but to give it her all, because this world's difficulty was already pushing her limits.A punishment plane? That'd be game over.
Just then, her phone rang.It was from the scumbag Zhang Wenbin.
Without hesitation, she blocked his number. Nothing good would come from his call.
If this weren't still a "peaceful" society, she would've dealt with both of those scumbags already.Still — she could at least make their lives miserable.
She immediately hired someone to gather evidence of Zhang Wenbin and Lin Yiyi meeting in hotels, and had the paparazzi send those photos to everyone they knew.
If she couldn't kill them yet, then she'd ruin their reputations before the apocalypse began.
The original Xie Lingruo was beautiful and rich, but old-fashioned when it came to romance — she refused premarital sex.
Zhang Wenbin was lured in by Lin Yiyi and eventually cheated with her behind Xie Lingruo's back.Xie Lingruo only discovered the affair after the apocalypse broke out, but by then, it was too late.
Luckily, in the current timeline, the heirloom jade bracelet had not yet been stolen.In the original plot, half a month later, Lin Yiyi would attend Xie Lingruo's birthday party, sneak into her room, and steal the bracelet.
Now that Lin Qingxue had taken over, she wouldn't let Lin Yiyi climb over her using this trick.
So, Xie Lingruo immediately opened a wooden box from her drawer and took out the bracelet.
Just as she was about to follow the original plot and prick her finger to activate it with blood, the system interrupted:
"I can help you bind the space with your soul directly — for 10,000 points."
Why didn't it say so earlier?!She had already bitten her finger out of frustration!She was sure the system did that on purpose — deliberately one step too late. She grumbled inwardly.
But in the end, letting the system help was still the better option.Even if it cost points, she gritted her teeth and agreed.
I mean, spending points for a long-term cheat item was a smart deal.She'd be doing missions in many more worlds after this — this investment was worth it.After all, if you're not willing to spend the bait, how will you catch the wolf?
"Ding! 10,000 points have been deducted. Current balance: –110,000 points."(She had previously spent 100,000 to preserve Lin Qingxue's original body.)
As soon as the system helped bind the space, a white space around 20,000 cubic meters appeared in her mind.
But... it was totally different from what Lin Yiyi had in the book!
In the original story, Lin Yiyi's space could hold people, grow crops, and was unlimited in size.
And hers was just... this? Xie Lingruo asked the system, confused.
System: "Because Lin Yiyi is the daughter of fate. You're too unlucky, and your soul dragged down the body. The balance tipped — so this is what you get."
Well, okay...Guess it was her own bad luck.Still, she figured it was better than nothing — no need to be greedy.
Now that she had the space, the next step was to make a proper plan:
How to stockpile supplies
How to train and strengthen her weak body
She had considered telling her older brother Xie Ruofeng about the apocalypse, but he was currently on a top-secret military mission and out of reach.
As for her father — due to a falling-out over her dating that scumbag — they hadn't been in touch for a while.Her mother had passed away from illness several years ago.
So for now, she had to take care of herself first.
Later on, she'd find the right time to reach out.After all, big families don't always have one heart — and if someone leaked the secret of the apocalypse, she'd be the one to suffer.
In the end, keeping the secret to herself was safest.
Because once a secret is shared…It's no longer a secret.