After getting into their car, Shu Liangjun and his group were immediately confronted by Shu Hanyan’s sharp questions. “Dad, why did you agree to buy those shares from that b****? Those shares were supposed to belong to our family!”

“Yeah, honey, why did you agree so easily to that?” Wang Shuhong also complained.

“Heh, you women are all so shortsighted,” Shu Liangjun replied impatiently. “I’m buying the shares from that orphan. Whether the money stays with us or not doesn’t matter. Once we pay her, we can always take them back. The real issue would be if she sells them to Xinyue, then we’d be in trouble.”

Shu Liangjun didn’t care at all about Shu Xin, picking up his phone and contacting his assistant to start gathering the funds. After all, 10 billion was not a small amount, and it wouldn’t be easy to come up with.

After hearing his explanation, Wang Shuhong and Shu Hanyan’s expressions softened, and they stopped arguing.

Especially Shu Hanyan, who felt exhilarated at the thought of becoming the eldest lady of the Shu family.

In the past, Shu Xin was the family’s jewel, and despite their similar ages, Shu Hanyan had always been overshadowed by her. Whenever Shu Xin appeared, she was always ignored, and all the attention was stolen by her. She hated it. If it weren’t for Shu Xin’s better family background, she felt she was far better than her.

Now that Shu Xin’s parents were dead, once her father secured those shares from Shu Xin, she would be able to step on Shu Xin and make her crawl back like a stray dog begging for pity.

Once they all left, Shu Xin slowly exhaled, her body collapsing onto the couch. She stared blankly at the ceiling, her mind completely empty.

Shu Xin felt extremely frustrated. How did she end up in this book? Is it even necessary to have a reason for crossing over now? Was it that random?

Can you imagine how it feels to go from being snuggled in your warm blanket reading a novel one second, to being in this strange place the next, surrounded by unfamiliar people? That sense of panic and social anxiety is overwhelming.

She wasn’t even given any time to prepare! If it weren’t for her quick thinking, she would’ve been surrounded by these wolves and tigers right after crossing over, and they’d have torn her apart without leaving a bone behind.

She hated it. She hated that she read an apocalypse survival novel right before sleeping. Why did she choose that specific genre to satisfy her midnight hoarding habit?

If she had read a book about the entertainment industry or ancient times, even a cultivation novel, anything would have been better than an apocalypse!

This apocalypse novel not only had terrifying natural disasters but also grotesque zombies, where one mistake could cost her life. The more she thought about it, the more frustrated she became.

Life is tough, and the fairy sighs.

The only thing that comforted her was the timing of her crossing over. She successfully kept the jade pendant space, which was like a golden key, and preserved the massive inheritance left by her parents.

Shu Xin reviewed the plot she had read and realized that the original body was also quite miserable. She was just a minor character who was brushed over with a single sentence in the book. If the original body hadn’t provided the female protagonist with the biggest space ability, she might not even have had a name.

In the book, the original body had not agreed to break the engagement at first but was later forced to do so by the Bai family. The Bai family had not returned the engagement token her grandfather had given them, giving it to Bai Zhengchu instead to please the female protagonist. Bai Zhengchu even became the third male lead with that token.

Now, there was still one year until the apocalypse began. She could use that time to prepare herself so she could survive longer and more comfortably during the apocalypse.

Facing reality, Shu Xin stood up, casually putting on the jade pendant she had retrieved from the Bai family and walked toward the kitchen. Something like this, which was akin to a cheat in an apocalypse novel, was something she needed to keep for herself.

Who knew what accidents could happen? If someone else took advantage of it, she’d regret it forever.

She grabbed a fruit knife she usually used and made a cut on the index finger of her right hand. Blood immediately began flowing out, and she pressed her finger against the jade pendant, internally complaining about this blood-binding recognition.

Her blood slowly seeped into the white jade, and the jade began to glow red, growing brighter and more intense. Shu Xin felt a wave of fatigue wash over her, and before she knew it, she fainted onto the sofa.

When Shu Xin woke up again, the sky had already turned completely dark.

She blinked a few times, propped up her sore neck from the awkward position, and slowly sat up. She fumbled for the light switch, and once she turned on the lights, she sat down again and focused on the newly revealed space in her mind.

“Eh? This space is completely different from what the book described the female protagonist’s space to be like,” Shu Xin mumbled. After clearly seeing what was inside, she sucked in a breath, her voice betraying her astonishment.

“Hiss~ this… this is…”

Because the jade space was the most important cheat of the book, the author had described it in great detail. Shu Xin remembered the main points: a grayish space, the size of almost ten football fields, time stood still, and no living things could be stored.

However, the space before her was divided into three large sections, each with a bright label explaining its purpose.

The first area was likely the one the female protagonist saw, where time stood still, and anything placed inside would remain the same when taken out.

The second area consisted of a large field and a mountain, where living things could be kept, and plants could be grown on the mountain.

The last area truly shocked Shu Xin. Instead of being empty, it contained something resembling a model of a building, like one you would see in a real estate office.

Compared to the first two areas, this one was almost negligible, as it appeared to only take up about one cubic meter of space.

But what was written on it made Shu Xin lose her calm.

End-of-the-world High-tech Safe Base: Equipped with safety shields, complete defensive and living systems, it would be her own sanctuary in the apocalypse, and ownership could be obtained once conditions were met.

Shu Xin tried to calm her trembling hands and suppress her excitement as she continued reading the conditions to unlock it.

Unlock conditions: Provide activation energy (0/1,000,000).

Warm reminder: Zombie crystal cores can provide the necessary energy.

The vast energy requirement was like a bucket of ice water thrown over her head, pulling her immediately back into reality.

If she remembered correctly, the original body had no special abilities after the zombies appeared. Like the original body, she had been pampered and sheltered, unable to even carry heavy things.

She wasn’t like other transmigrators who could do martial arts, fight, or had ancient skills. Her greatest strengths might be her good looks and clarity of mind. If being able to act cute and sell sweetness counted, she could add that to the list.

However, none of these would help her fight zombies. Shu Xin felt incredibly uncomfortable, like someone had given her a glimpse of a big pie but told her she couldn’t eat it. It was frustrating.

Suddenly, an idea struck her. What if she could recruit someone from the book to help her? If she could get that person on her side, what was there to worry about?