Su Zicheng's face contorted in pain as he curled up in a chair, clutching his groin and sweating profusely. "Lu Sheng, you bitch!"

Snap!

Lu Sheng slapped Su Zicheng hard across the face, her delicate pointed ankle boots landing on Su Zicheng's knees as she leaned down and stared at him coldly.

"I don't care if you borrow money from online loan sharks or become a prostitute, as long as I don't see the money by tomorrow morning, I'm capable of anything."

After saying that, Lu Sheng stripped Su Zicheng down to only his vest and underwear, then turned and left gracefully.

She bought all these clothes; she didn't leave a single one for that bastard.

Lu Sheng wasn't worried about Su Zicheng; she knew this scumbag too well.

Su Zicheng's biggest dream is to become a professional player and earn a multi-million dollar annual salary. He is very confident in himself and firmly believes that as long as he can become a professional player, he will soon become a star player.

After winning the championship, several teams extended offers to him, and Su Zicheng was just one step away from realizing his dream.

To save his career with a mere 520,000 yuan, Su Zicheng would definitely have to make the painful decision.

After leaving the venue, Lu Sheng immediately took a taxi home.

Lu Sheng's parents died in a car accident four years ago, leaving behind only this old, dilapidated three-bedroom apartment.

As Lu Sheng climbed the familiar old steps to the seventh floor and inserted the key, a cold voice suddenly flashed through his mind.

[The Doomsday Paradise system has been successfully activated.]

[An old residential building has been detected. The system space module has been activated.]

Lu Sheng's breath hitched, and a detached farmhouse appeared vaguely in front of him.

The courtyard is surrounded by old brick walls, with two plots of land neatly planned on the left and right sides, and a large maroon brick house sitting in the middle of the courtyard.

Just like playing a first-person perspective game, Lu Sheng can advance and change the perspective simply by controlling his thoughts.

She... gained a spatial ability?!

To test the space's functionality, Lu Sheng rushed in and grabbed an ice cream to test it out.

Through experiments, Lu Sheng confirmed that he could use his mind to store and retrieve items in space, and that time could be stopped inside the brick house, which had a preservation function.

Before Lu Sheng could even explore the other functions, he was interrupted by a meow.

"Meow meow."

"That bitch isn't back yet, does she want me to starve to death?"

"Meow meow."

Amidst the babyish meows, there was also a faint, indistinct young male voice.

Lu Sheng was stunned for a moment, then her eyes welled up with tears. How could she have almost forgotten that it was only ten days before the apocalypse, and Zhuangzhuang was still alive!

Zhuangzhuang is a golden shaded mixed breed that Lu Sheng bought for 800 yuan at a cat farm in Northeast China. After his parents passed away, Zhuangzhuang became Lu Sheng's only family.

During those three darkest years, Lu Sheng and Sun Tiantian spent many nights cuddling the thin and frail Zhuangzhuang to get through the long nights.

However, Lu Sheng, who has no superpowers or martial arts skills, can't even protect himself, let alone Zhuangzhuang.

In the second year of the apocalypse, Zhuangzhuang was skinned alive and stewed into soup by a bunch of bastards!

After a brief moment of emotional turmoil, Lu Sheng quickly calmed down.

Besides the cat's meow, she clearly also heard a young man's voice.

Did someone break into the room?

The old neighborhood has poor security, relying on two security guards who don't even have six teeth combined to keep things in order. There have been several burglaries.

Lu Sheng took a kitchen knife from the kitchen, quietly approached the room from which the sound was coming, and pushed the door open a crack.

The room was empty except for Zhuangzhuang, who was lying lazily on the windowsill, diligently licking his little bell.

Seemingly sensing the movement, Zhuangzhuang raised his round head and met Lu Sheng's gaze.

What are you looking at?

"Didn't you say you'd buy me an egg pancake this morning? Did you spend all your money on that pretty boy?"

A clear and distinct Northeastern accent came from Zhuangzhuang's chubby little mouth.

Although Lu Sheng found it hard to accept that her adorable kitten, which she had raised for four years, had suddenly started speaking Northeastern dialect, it all seemed quite natural when she thought about how she had just unlocked the system.

"Zhuangzhuang...I miss you so much..."

Lu Sheng put down the kitchen knife, rushed over and hugged Zhuangzhuang tightly, affectionately rubbing his chin against Zhuangzhuang's head.

Zhuangzhuang flailed its four kitten paws, struggling and complaining in disgust.

"She does nothing but useless things all day long. She spends all her money on that scumbag boyfriend and won't even buy me cat food."

"Don't worry, there will be plenty of cat food from now on," Lu Sheng promised without hesitation.

Upon discovering that Lu Sheng could actually understand him, Zhuangzhuang's cat brain short-circuited for a moment, its bright blue cat eyes narrowed into slits in fear, and then it cursed and gave Lu Sheng a good beating with its meow punches.

"You bastard Lu Sheng, you took me to the pet hospital to have my eggs removed after you got your part-time pay yesterday. If I hadn't run fast, I'd be an old man by now!"

Lu Sheng tried hard to recall. In her previous life, before the apocalypse, she did plan to have Zhuangzhuang sterilized, but she gave up because she had spent all the money on Su Zicheng's plane ticket to try out for training.

Feeling guilty, Lu Sheng quickly opened a treasured can of cat food. "Don't worry, I'll definitely make you a healthy male cat in the future."

[Ding—Pet detected. Pet system successfully activated. Basic pet enhancement reward.]

The system's cold notification tone made Lu Sheng shudder.

A heavy can of cat food suddenly appeared in Lu Sheng's hand. Lu Sheng picked it up and looked at it; four large characters were engraved on the bottom of the can.

Basic reinforcement.

Lu Sheng was already used to the system's simple and direct approach. He grabbed Zhuangzhuang by the back of the neck and shoved the can of food into his mouth.

The moment Lu Sheng finished the canned food, he felt that Zhuangzhuang in his hand had become much heavier.

Upon closer inspection, Zhuangzhuang's robust appearance had transformed into a perfectly sized blue-gold shaded leather jacket!

With its short, sturdy, and powerful limbs, thick, smooth fur, and round, thick tail, this breed would easily fetch tens of thousands of yuan at a pet store. It's a complete transformation from the previous mixed-breed cat with its narrow face and thin tail!

[Subsequent hosts can unlock more pet skills and upgrade their pets.]

Lu Sheng was secretly delighted; it seemed that this system was more useful than she had imagined.

[Ding—The host's activity points have reached 5, unlocking the daily check-in system.]

A check-in calendar page suddenly appeared in Lu Sheng's mind.

Lu Sheng carefully studied the system and finally understood its sign-in function.

It turns out that the Doomsday Paradise system she was bound to was a strict anti-slacking system, requiring her to perform actual activities every day to earn activity points and complete the daily check-in.

As the check-in time increases, the system will reward the host with a gift pack every once in a while to encourage the host.

While there are no penalties for slacking off, you won't be able to claim high-level reward items if you don't sign in for enough days.

In short, if Lu Sheng wants to thrive in the apocalypse by relying on system rewards, he needs to engage in meaningful activities every day to unlock more activity points.