Xia Sisi suddenly jerked awake, struggling fiercely, and picking up an object next to her, she hurled it outward.
The image of being hung and bled filled her mind, causing a surge of panic.
But the scene before her eyes left her somewhat bewildered.
Incredibly, this was the bathroom of her home before the apocalypse had arrived!
The apocalypse had arrived ten years ago, and Xia Sisi had already left City H long ago. How could she be back in the bathroom of her old home?
"Turn around and leave, when you've got nothing to say..."
Following the direction of the song, she saw a mobile phone placed beside the sink. A couple picture of her and Lin Yi was on the pink phone case.
Didn’t her phone become unusable a long time ago? Wasn't she... currently being bled and eaten by someone?
The terror of being cut and bled, each drop of blood slipping through her fingers, and the despair as life continued to ebb away, were still lingering in her heart.
And that jerk Lin Yi! These days, just seeing his face made Xia Sisi feel sick!
In disbelief, she picked up the phone, her hands trembling.
The date displayed on the screen is January 26th, 5023. The apocalypse wouldn't begin for another three full months.
Could she have... been reborn?
It took her a while to remember how to operate a mobile phone.
Silencing the music on the phone, Xia Sisi stood before the mirror, staring at her own reflection.
Her shoulder-length, raven hair was dazzling, as were her slightly upturned almond-shaped eyes, her proud nose, and her delicate face. From top to to bottom, except for a scar she got when she scrapped her thigh while riding a bike at the age of ten, there wasn't a single blemish.
After the apocalypse, in order to avoid unwanted attention from men, Xia Sisi took matters into her own hands and shaved her head. But in a world without order, those men were like rabid dogs.
In the end, left with no other options, Xia Sisi even disfigured her own face. Three curved scars started from her chin and reached up to her brows. The pain was bone-deep!
Suddenly, an idea came to her. She put on her clothes and began to search.
Swiftly, she found the ring that she had left on the vanity.
It was an antique ring. A fine piece of jade was inlaid on the aged silver. The color was sun-green, about the size of a pigeon's egg.
It was a gift from Lin Yi.
However, before that, it was a token of friendship from Xia Sisi’s grandfather to the Lin family. This originally belonged to the Xia family!
Hurriedly, Xia Sisi slit her finger with the fruit knife nearby, letting her blood drip onto the ring. The originally green surface of the ring absorbed the drops of blood, turning from green to a brilliant red.
In Xia Sisi's mind, a spatial realm suddenly appeared. It was about the size of three basketball courts, and the edges were filled with thick white fog.
Xia Sisi tried to use her mind to store the cup on the table inside the space. As expected, the cup disappeared from the table, and a tiny cup with a smiling face appeared in a corner of the spatial realm within her mind.
A smile crept upon her lips. In her past life, Xia Sisi had discovered that the ring Lin Yi wanted to take away had a spatial realm inside. However, he never used this convenience to help Xia Sisi in any way. He even abandoned her to bleed out in the end!
At this moment, her phone rang again. Seeing the two characters "Lin Yi" displayed on it, Xia Sisi's brows furrowed heavily. Having been reborn, Xia Sisi no longer wanted to have any connection with this scumbag.
Without wasting words, she sent a breakup text, blocked his number, and did it all in one fell swoop!
About the spatial ring in Xia Sisi's possession… She dressed herself up and rushed straight to a jewelry workshop near the antiques market. In her previous life, Xia Sisi had crafted a necklace from a jade stone here.
"I'm looking for your Master Chen to make a piece of jewelry for me. I'm in a hurry and cost is no object."
Walking into the shop, Xia Sisi voiced her request directly.
The ring was not easy to keep safe. It could be said that this space was a necessary guarantee for Xia Sisi's survival in the post-apocalyptic world. Master Chen was the best craftsman here, his jewelry was sturdy, durable, and aesthetically pleasing.
After inspecting Xia Sisi's ring for some time, Master Chen asked incredulously, "This jadeite ring of yours... It's quite a vintage piece, and this red jadeite is extremely valuable. Are you sure you want to dismantle it and turn it into a necklace?"
Xia Sisi nodded. Yes, she wanted to turn it into a necklace, a rather unique one. One that would never be affected by vigorous activities in the apocalypse and wouldn't be easily noticed by others.
Seeing Xia Sisi's firm stance, Master Chen detached the jadeite from the ring right away. Using the hardest platinum, he made a shell that could be opened. On top of the platinum shell, he added several chains per Xia Sisi's instructions.
These chains would loop around Xia Sisi's neck and chest, ensuring that the pendant would be in close contact with her skin. It would never fly out during motions like running or jumping and would not be easily grab by others. Of course, all of the chains were made with the sturdiest snake bone links, nearly seamless, and not easy to snap.
Xia Sisi paid more money, and Master Chen said it would take approximately five hours.
During this time, Xia Sisi wandered around a nearby antique market. Spotting a shop labelled "Antique Calligraphy and Paintings Shop," she headed straight in.
Inside the shop was a young man with hair dyed in bright orange, a stark contrast to the antique setting.
"Miss, what would you like to purchase?"
Without saying a word, Xia Sisi walked up to a landscape painting that took up half the wall. She knocked on the wall. "Dong dong dong," the hollow sound echoed.
"I want what's inside here."
The young man was startled, his mouth twitching, "Miss, I don't know what you're talking about."
Without wasting time chattering, Xia Sisi scanned their QR code for payment, transferring 20,000 yuan.
"A friend recommended your place, saying you have some good stuff here. Don't worry, you can see my ID. If anything happens here because of me, you can have your brother kill me," said Xia Sisi while she handed over her ID to the young man.
Xia Sisi's series of actions stunned the young man. But he still took her ID.
"Twenty-two years old? I thought you were a minor," the young man said, surprised.
Rolling her eyes, Xia Sisi thought to herself that her baby face indeed led to some misunderstandings.
After appraising her for quite a while, the young man decisively said, "Alright!"
He closed the shop door, drew the curtain, and after pressing somewhere unknown, a wall was quickly opened.
The young man didn't know where he had pressed, but as the whole wall started revolving, it revealed a small room filled with cold weapons hidden behind!
"Wow, even cooler than what my friend described."
That friend was someone Xia Sisi knew from the post-apocalyptic world.
She had heard that during their scavenging for resources, they had found this room of "good stuff," and its discovery had caused a sensation in the base at the time.
"How much for all these things? I'll take them all," Xia Sisi said with a grin, looking at the young man.
An hour later, Xia Sisi watched happily as the young man loaded four large boxes of cold weapons into the trunk and back seat.
After the young man left, Xia Sisi took out a Tibetan knife inlaid with rubies from one of the boxes.
Exceedingly sharp, the blade gleamed with traces of icy radiance. Upon closer inspection, one could find green lines on the blade—quite distinctive indeed.
This knife was the one that Xia Sisi often used in her past life, purchased at a high price from a friend.
Her main reason for coming here today was to find this knife.
Once, she came across a young Tibetan man who stated that this knife was a good find. She had also asked the young man just now. He told her that this knife was left by his father, with an unknown origin.
With this knife, and other cold weapons in the space ring, her chances of survival in the apocalypse have increased by a fraction.