A cold sensation spread across Su Wan’s cheek, startling her.
She suddenly opened her eyes.
What greeted her eyes was a magnificent yet dust-laden crystal chandelier, emitting a faint glow that illuminated the room’s luxurious but decaying state.
The air was thick with a strong perfume scent, mixed with a faint, nauseating, rust-like stench.
This wasn’t her rental apartment.
Su Wan propped herself up, and the silky bedding slipped from her shoulders, revealing her fair and delicate skin.
She looked down, her gaze falling on her excessively slender wrist, where a diamond-studded bracelet was dazzlingly bright.
This body felt both strange and familiar.
Su Wan stumbled out of bed, the cold floor making her soles retract.
Barefoot, she walked across the soft yet cold carpet towards the large full-length mirror on the wall.
The person in the mirror had a face of striking, almost aggressive, beauty.
Her eyes, slightly upturned at the corners, held an innate haughtiness, and her full red lips were now somewhat pale from blood loss.
Her head suddenly throbbed, and a sharp pain exploded along her nerve endings.
Countless jumbled images, sounds, and emotional fragments forcibly squeezed into her mind.
Another “Su Wan’s” life flashed by like a revolving lantern.
Luxurious banquets, a cold, desolate base, terrifying zombies lunging, and a man’s cold, disgusted profile…
Isn’t this… isn’t this the melodramatic apocalyptic novel she stayed up all night complaining about?!
In the book, the character with the same name as her, relying on her family background, was arrogant and overbearing, forcibly taking the spatial jade pendant that rightfully belonged to the female lead.
Not only that, she also repeatedly tormented the down-on-his-luck male lead, trampling him underfoot and humiliating him with crude and foolish methods.
How did the book describe her ending again?
It seemed she was manipulated by the enraged male lead and thrown into a horde of zombies, where she was literally gnawed until not a single bone remained intact.
The image was too horrific for Su Wan to dwell on, and her stomach churned.
She remembered how she had angrily pounded her bed last night, pointing at her phone screen and declaring, “Idiot! What an idiot! If it were me, starting with such top-tier resources, wouldn’t I just walk sideways?”
“With Father Su’s protection, what if it’s the apocalypse? But she went and offended both the male and female leads! She even imprisoned the male lead and argued with her father, refusing to go with him? Then the apocalypse came…”
She had also said things like, “This supporting character’s brain was kicked by a donkey,” and “The author forcibly lowered her intelligence,” and so on.
And what was the result?
She woke up and became that Su Wan! And at a time when everything had already happened.
Did Heaven just enjoy playing these kinds of pranks?
Su Wan pinched her arm hard, and the clear pain that followed made her thoroughly despair.
She really transmigrated.
And she transmigrated into this villainous supporting character who was destined to die horribly within a few chapters.
Thinking of the tragic state of the apocalypse described in the novel, and then the original owner’s troublesome personality and her impending tragic fate, Su Wan felt her vision dim.
A death trap from the start, who wouldn’t be flustered with this script?
No, she couldn’t just sit there and wait for death.
Stealing the jade pendant? Humiliating the male lead?
She had already done it all!
She had transmigrated into this villainous supporting character who was doomed to die within the first few chapters.
“Knock knock knock—”
A sudden knocking sound broke the silence.
A sharp female voice came from behind the door, tinged with a hint of cautious flattery.
“Miss, are you awake?”
“Zhang Ma asked me to ask what you would like for breakfast?”
Zhang Ma?
Su Wan quickly searched her mind for this name.
This was one of the original owner’s household servants and one of the first people in the novel to betray the original owner and join another faction.
Her current time point was one month after the apocalypse had just broken out.
The original owner, relying on her family’s power and influence, had kept herself confined in this luxurious villa, dreaming that the world would soon return to normal.
She didn’t even know that the outside world had already completely fallen.
The villa’s defense system could last for a while, but food and water were rapidly being consumed.
More importantly, according to the plot in the book, tonight, the male lead, whom the original owner had imprisoned in the basement and tormented in every way, would awaken his lightning ability and break free.
And the original owner’s death was also imminent.
No, she couldn’t just sit there and wait for death.
Su Wan took a deep breath; she had to change her fate before the male lead awakened.
At least, she had to survive first.
“Got it.”
Su Wan imitated the arrogant, impatient tone of the original owner from her memory, but her voice trembled slightly, almost imperceptibly, due to her nervousness.
“Tell her to prepare something light.”
The footsteps outside the door paused, seemingly surprised by her “gentleness,” but then quickly moved away in response.
“Yes, Miss.”
The footsteps faded into the distance.
She surveyed the luxurious but lifeless bedroom.
The soft large bed, the exquisite dressing table, the walk-in closet filled with designer clothes…
All of this felt like a beautiful cage.
And outside, was a man-eating apocalypse.
Her only advantage now was knowing the plot’s direction.
She knew where the supplies were, who the future powerhouses were, and, more importantly, who the hidden snakes by her side were.
Su Wan walked to the window and cautiously pulled back a corner of the heavy curtains.
The morning sunlight wasn’t dazzling; instead, it carried a strange, hazy grayness.
The lawn outside the villa was still neatly trimmed, but the distant city skyline was shrouded in a deathly gray mist, with some swaying dark figures vaguely visible.
Those were zombies.
What to do?
Find the female lead and cling to her golden thigh?
No, that female lead wasn’t a kind person either; the original owner had stolen her spatial jade pendant and even tried to kill her.
Actively seeking her out would be tantamount to suicide.
As for the male lead… thinking of what the original owner had done to him, Su Wan felt her scalp tingle.
Go to the basement now and beg for his mercy?
She would probably just have her neck twisted by him immediately.
First, find the spatial jade pendant hidden by the original owner! That was her greatest reliance for survival in this apocalypse.
Su Wan closed her eyes, trying to recall the details from the book.
Where did the original owner hide the jade pendant?
It seemed to be… in a very concealed jewelry box.
She suddenly turned, her gaze sweeping across the room, finally settling on the dressing table filled with various jewels and accessories.
That was it.
She walked over quickly, her fingers brushing against the cold jewelry.
Her movements were fast, even a bit rough, completely unlike a pampered young lady.
One by one, the jewelry boxes were opened, and their contents were carelessly pushed aside.
Finally, in an inconspicuous corner, she found a dark red velvet box.
The box was small and plain in design, inconspicuous among the pile of lavish jewelry.
Su Wan’s heart skipped a beat.
Her fingertips trembled slightly as she opened the box.
Inside lay a warm, lustrous jade pendant, ancient in shape, with intricate patterns carved on it, and a faint shimmering glow.
She found it.
This was it.
Su Wan clutched the jade pendant in her palm, the cool touch of the jade stone calming her chaotic thoughts slightly.
Next, was the blood recognition.
Her gaze roamed, finally landing on the silver letter opener on the dressing table.
Without the slightest hesitation, Su Wan picked up the small knife and firmly cut her fingertip.
Bright red blood beads instantly welled up, accompanied by a sting of pain.
She dripped the blood onto the jade pendant.