Chapter 1 System
There were roars coming from the distant forests. Chen Qian dragged her tired body along the mountain road. She didn't know if the corn she had accidentally discovered earlier was ripe. She wiped the sweat from her face. The sun had been getting hotter recently.
Taking advantage of the hottest time of the day, Chen Qian seized the opportunity to collect all the sweet potatoes. Most mutants are resting when the heat is high, and once the temperature cools down, they will come out and prepare to forage for food.
As the sun gradually set and the roars of animals echoed, Chen Qian carried a sack of sweet potatoes and walked along the rugged mountain road. As human presence became increasingly rare, various plants grew recklessly, and the original asphalt road was destroyed to the point where there was little left.
Chen Qian discovered this shelter in the mountains by accident. After leaving the base, she moved northward, carefully avoiding the zombies wandering on the road.
Fortunately, it has been the end of the world for how many years? Anyway, it has been a long time since the beginning of the end of the world, and only one in ten people are left. The zombies, lacking food (humans), have begun to kill each other, and their movements have gradually slowed down, which has left humans with a breathing space.
Chen Qian, who had already arrived home, pushed open the gate and carefully observed the yard. Finding no signs of any living creature breaking in, she closed the door and fastened it with a crossbar.
She turned on the charcoal fire, simmered the sweet potatoes over it, and paired it with the wild vegetable soup left over from lunch. This was her meal.
Drinking the warm soup, she let out a long sigh, as if all the fatigue of the day was relieved.
Listening to the various fights taking place in the night, Chen Qian thought that she had actually survived another day.
If I had known that this life would be so dangerous, I would have died in the first life when the bus fell into the river.
But sometimes I think it is better to live a miserable life than to die a good death, because not everyone is lucky enough to live again.
The sweet potatoes are not very sweet, after all, they are not artificially cultivated varieties, and there are long roots inside, but they can still fill your stomach.
You have to know that in the first few years of the apocalypse, she followed the large army and went through untold hardships to reach the legendary first base. Although she did have a period of time that made her feel at ease at the beginning, it was a pity that humans always put most of their energy into killing each other, and in the fifth year, the base was breached due to internal strife.
Since then, Chen Qian has lived a homeless life. She also learned to chop up zombies with a machete, and when she was forced to do so, she also raised her knife to her peers. After all, she didn't want to be called a two-legged sheep by others.
She was even forced to sell her young and tender body and lived a life of dependence on others.
Unfortunately, in the end times, people gather and separate unpredictably. Often, the man who shared a bed with you the day before joins the ranks of zombies the next day.
Gradually, Chen Qian began to become numb. She had deceived her peers and had also been deceived by them.
Finally, she became a recluse and got used to living alone, and thus she settled down in this small mountain village.
Before going to bed at night, she was still thinking about going to the valley tomorrow. If the corn was ripe, she would collect it as soon as possible because winter was coming.
The next day, Chen Qian woke up from her dream and suddenly felt that the atmosphere was particularly strange. Why was it so quiet around her?
She got up quietly, held her breath, tiptoed to the yard and looked out through the crack in the door.
Haha, she took a deep breath inwardly, where did these large groups of zombies come from, and how come they just happened to pass by here.
Leaning tightly against the wall, listening to the low growls of the zombies outside, Chen Qian didn't dare to breathe.
She tiptoed back to her room and sat quietly beside the bed, waiting for the group of zombies to pass by.
It had been two days, and the zombies probably hadn't eaten for a long time, so they were staggering. But finally the majority of them had passed, and there were still a few small groups passing by the gate one after another.
For fear of disturbing the corpse, Chen Qian had been sitting there for two days without eating or drinking. Fortunately, all this will soon be over.
Suddenly, a huge beast roar exploded in her ears. Before she could react, there was a huge earthquake and the whole house collapsed.
Chen Qian, who was so hungry that she felt weak, felt a black screen before her eyes. She vaguely thought, if I had known that my death would be so miserable, I would rather die a full death...
"Beep, abnormal coordinates detected, do you want to bind? Beep, target's vital signs are abnormal, forcibly binding, binding in progress, 20%...45%...87%...98%...100%, binding successful, host's body is about to be destroyed, space jump..."
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"Hmm... am I dead again?" Chen Qian had a splitting headache and felt her body was light and floating.
"Ding - Hello host, I am system 003." Suddenly, the system's voice rang, scaring Chen Qian.
"Who are you……"
"Hello host, I am the exploration system from planet M13, codenamed 003." The system's clear voice sounded.
"Planet M13? Exploration system?"
"Yes. The system selects the host to explore civilizations in different time and space."
"Then why did you tie me up?" Chen Qian was a little confused.
"The system was accidentally caught in the chaos of time and space while performing a space-time jump and got lost, which led to an emergency landing on this planet." The system's voice seemed to pause.
"Because the host's thought fluctuations are out of place in that time and space, they are very eye-catching, which helps the system lock on to the target. But when the host is tied, the body will die, so the only way is to force the host to jump through time and space."
"What kind of time and space is this? It can't be as dangerous as the previous apocalypse, right?" Chen Qian asked hurriedly.
"No, there is a tortuous love story in this time and space that passed through different dimensions and was projected into the mind of a writer in another dimension, which gave rise to a novel "Sweet Second Marriage in 1970". The host's thought fluctuation frequency matches that of the original wife Lin Xiang, so 003 can bring the host to this world."
"So my mission now is to help you explore civilization? How do I explore?"
"Host, don't worry. Just live your life in the current time and space. 003 will record the data you collect."
"But as a small price to pay for borrowing your body, you need to satisfy your partner's little wishes."
Hearing this, Chen Qian smiled and said, "I know there is no such thing as a free meal. So what was the original owner's wish?"
"The original owner hoped to live a good life and honor his parents."
"Also, remember not to let others discover your identity as an outsider, and try to integrate into the current world. The host will be assimilated by the original owner when the memory merges, which will help the host integrate into the original owner's family without being discovered."
"In addition, according to interstellar law, the system cannot interfere with the progress of other civilizations. Therefore, when performing tasks, 003 can only play a supporting role. Please rely on your own strength to complete the task."
003's voice became serious. "If the host needs help, you can call 003 in your mind. 003 will provide assistance to the host within the scope of his authority."
"Okay." Chen Qian asked, "Then can you pass on Lin Xiang's previous memories to me?"
"Sure, 003 will also send the synopsis of "Sweet Second Marriage in 1970s" to the host."
As she spoke, Chen Qian's mind was like a movie playing, projecting the original 20 years of memory. At the end of the memory, a book emerged in her mind.
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