"Cough, cough!"
The woman with delicate features on the bed suddenly coughed violently.
A burning pain spread from her internal organs. Her fair skin flushed, and large drops of cold sweat rolled down her scalp, disappearing onto the sheets without a trace.
An Nuan struggled and writhed in agony, her fingers digging into her leg flesh.
Pain!
Pain? Hadn't she died? How could a dead person feel pain?
An Nuan's eyes snapped open, her consciousness pulled back from a nightmare.
"I'm still alive?"
No, absolutely impossible!
No, absolutely impossible.
She was clearly dead.
Dead in the apocalypse, at the hands of her own relatives!
In the eighth year of the apocalypse, her uncle's family had pushed her outside the safe house.
She had killed countless zombies until her weapons were exhausted and her stamina depleted. Her uncle's family had even gambled on her regenerative abilities.
Those survivors without special abilities bet food, wagering whether she could survive the next zombie onslaught, forcing her to continue fighting zombies outside the safe house.
An Nuan failed.
No matter how strong her regenerative ability, it couldn't withstand the zombies' relentless attacks.
She clearly remembered the pain of her limbs being torn apart, the agony of her internal organs being dug out, and the ugly faces of those people.
At this moment, An Nuan was drenched in cold sweat, a chilling coldness emanating from her eyes.
Hate, she hated them so much!
She longed to kill those people with her own hands!
"Ding ding ding!"
The phone rang, and An Nuan spun around abruptly, fearfully swiping to answer.
A woman's scolding immediately came through.
"Little Godmother, you actually missed the shareholders' meeting today! Do you know what your uncle proposed?"
Hearing the familiar voice, An Nuan's tears instantly gushed out.
"Luoluo? You're alive?"
"What kind of nonsense is that! Am I dead if I'm not alive? Pretty girl, may I live a hundred years!"
An Nuan looked around in confusion. A bedroom with natural wood decor, a floor-to-ceiling glass balcony, a family photo of her parents on the bedside table, plush toys at the foot of the bed...
This was her villa bedroom.
The digital clock on the bedside table displayed August 13, 2040, 10:28 AM.
One month before the outbreak of the apocalypse!
An Nuan rushed into the bathroom, looked at her own face, which was only in her early twenties, and burst into laughter.
"I'm alive, I'm really alive! I've returned to twenty-two!"
"Xiaonuan, are you okay? You don't need to drive yourself crazy over that scumbag, it's not worth it!"
An Nuan suddenly punched the mirror, shattering it. Blood splattered onto the pearls around her neck, unnoticed.
In her previous life, her boyfriend Mo Shu and Luoluo had teamed up to go find food. Luoluo never returned.
And it was she who was supposed to go find food that day, but because she suddenly got her period and her scent was too strong and unsafe.
Luoluo had volunteered to go in her place.
She had always thought Luoluo was unlucky and encountered zombies, but she only learned the truth before her death: Mo Shu, to escape, had broken Luoluo's legs, turning her into a meal for the zombies.
An Nuan also discovered before she died that Mo Shu had always been working for her uncle, initially placed to get her shares.
Later, he became a tool to monitor and restrain her.
"Meow~" A soft little creature rubbed against her feet.
An Nuan's eyes reddened. She picked up a black cat with a dark face from the floor and hugged it tightly, burying her face in its fur.
"Don't worry, I won't forget you!"
In the third year of the apocalypse, the safe house she lived in was breached by zombies, and she was almost bitten.
Juanzi had thrown herself at the zombies, buying time for her and Luoluo to escape.
And Juanzi was torn in half and devoured by the zombies...
An Nuan opened three cans of food from the cat cabinet and gave them all to Juanzi.
She smiled and said, "Luoluo, tell my uncle that I'll sell my shares for one hundred billion. Not a single cent less."
"What?"
"If I don't see the money in half an hour, I'll sell my shares to the public."
"Xiaonuan, you've really gone mad! It's okay for other things, but it's not worth it for Mo Shu, he's tricking you!"
Luoluo was stunned.
While one hundred billion was a lot, An Corporation's business covered a wide range and was very profitable.
An Nuan's shares were worth at least 15 billion, possibly more!
One hundred billion was practically giving it away for free!
An Nuan was certainly not crazy, nor did she want to help that scumbag.
An Corporation was left to her by her grandmother and parents. She personally held 60% of the shares, while her uncle An Dong held 6%.
An Dong's family had always coveted her shares, and An Nuan had been fending them off for years.
This time, she would grant An Dong's wish and sell him the shares at a bargain price!
In her previous life, An Dong had scraped together 10 billion to acquire two major chain supermarkets. This led to him having abundant supplies when the apocalypse began, giving him absolute power.
This time, she would drain An Dong's funds. Let's see how he planned to acquire supermarkets!
"Oh, and there's one more thing you can help me with."
"What?"
"Find two people to break Mo Shu's legs!"
An Nuan hung up the phone, thinking that once she got the money, she needed to prepare for the apocalypse. But first, she needed a few large warehouses.
They had to be close to her for easy access to supplies, and also concealed, to avoid being easily discovered.
Just then, a bead on her neck emitted a dazzling silver light.
As An Nuan raised her hand to shield her eyes from the glare, something like usage instructions entered her mind.
What was this?
Could it be that I've awakened my powers early?
An Nuan opened her eyes again to see a massive cubic space.
Below was a lawn, and above was a wooden roof, just like a drawing she made when she was a child.
Except this roof was gigantic, and there was a transparent material covering the outside, forming a space with the lawn.
She estimated this immense space to be ten times the size of the Bird's Nest stadium. Within the space were countless transparent cubes.
With a thought from An Nuan, the cubes began to move. They could even be enlarged or shrunk at her will, according to her needs.
It was like intelligent warehouse management, and her consciousness was the intelligent computer!
An Nuan tried grabbing a handful of grass and scattering it in the space.
The grass floated motionless in mid-air.
Without any external force, it remained suspended in place.
"Is time frozen here?"
To verify her guess, An Nuan deliberately stayed inside for a long time, even taking a nap.
When she came out.
10:30 AM!
"It really is frozen!"
An Nuan was overjoyed.
With this, her warehouse problem was solved.
She could stock not only grains and rice but also meat, vegetables, and even ready-to-eat meals!
She touched the bead around her neck.
This string of beads was given to her by her grandmother before she died. She said it was a protective charm and should never be taken off.
An Nuan was grateful she had listened to her grandmother's words.
Whether it was rebirth or the space, it was all the power of this bead!
"Ding, 10 billion yuan received."
An Nuan heard her phone announce the incoming message. A cold smile curved her lips.
It had to be said, her uncle was decisive and bold when it came to taking advantage of opportunities!
With one hundred billion, plus her tens of millions in savings, An Nuan could buy to her heart's content.
Before officially starting her preparations, she had one more important thing to do!