Chapter 17
Chen Nan hated cockroaches more than anything else in her life, and was most afraid of rats and snakes. But after transmigrating, she encountered both of them at once.
The reason she was so afraid of rats was because she had watched a movie with her roommate and was terrified by the scene where a person fell into a sewer and was trampled by thousands of rats, instantly turning into a skeleton.
Thinking about it carefully, she could slowly recall the ending of Jiang Nan, the cannon fodder female supporting character in the original novel, seemingly because Jiang Nan's ending in the novel was practically a carbon copy of that plot in the movie. Under such circumstances, how could she possibly forget Jiang Nan's terrifying ending?
In the original work, the female protagonist pays attention to the female supporting character and deliberately gets close to her, seemingly because the other woman and her sister entered the headquarters of the Superpower Institute on the same day, which can be considered as the same day that the real anomaly occurred.
However, her own sister did not survive; she was shot dead by her husband.
Jiang Nan, who entered the prison on the same day as her sister, survived, which unconsciously reminded the female protagonist of her sister.
So in the beginning, the female lead deliberately got close to the female supporting character and treated her like a good friend and younger sister.
But like most villainous female supporting characters in novels, no matter how good the female lead is to her, this best friend will eventually become an enemy friend, constantly betraying and framing the female lead for fame, fortune, and the male lead's things.
In the original novel, the reason the female supporting character subtly targeted and framed the female lead was because of the exceptionally handsome undercover male lead from Sunflower Star. At the time, that undercover male lead really did seem incredibly handsome and alluring. He was beautiful and alluring, the president was righteous and powerful, and her official boyfriend seemed to be the loyal and steady type.
In the original story, it seems the charming and handsome undercover male lead, in order to make the female lead jealous, subtly seduced a female supporting character who worked in the same guard unit. He was just playing around and flirting casually, but the female supporting character took it seriously. Actually, if it were an ordinary girl, being teased would just be teased, she might get a little angry and embarrassed, and that would be the end of it.
However, the female supporting character happens to be a rare lightning-powered individual. This ability was possessed by the first person with such an ability after the empire's collapse, and this individual eventually became the first president and grand marshal of the empire after its collapse. In addition, this ability is indeed rare and powerful, so the entire empire naturally holds this ability in high regard.
Moreover, Jiang Nan also has a guardian with special abilities.
So after being bullied, she used her special status as a guardian to constantly target the undercover male lead and the popular female lead at work.
Later, when everyone went out on a mission, she continued to harass and target the female lead in that dangerous place. Then, the handsome sunflower prince who came to Earth as an undercover agent made no attempt to hide his anger. In a fit of rage, he directly pushed the persistent female supporting character off the helicopter they were sitting in.
At that time, they were outside the safe zone. That world was no longer just inhabited by cockroach monsters. Outside the safe zone, all animals had mutated. There were rat monsters, cat monsters, dog monsters—to put it more simply, there were mutated giant rats, mutated giant wildcats, mutated giant dogs, mutated giant mosquitoes, and so on.
To put it more clearly, everything outside has mutated. A person bitten by an animal will almost certainly inherit the genes of that animal.
At that time, there were monsters that were half-human and half-dog, terrifying beings that were half-human and half-cat, and cockroach monsters covered with black wings and black scales.
Of all these monsters, the cockroach monster was probably the first to appear, while cats and dogs were likely the most common outside. Therefore, later in the novel, the most frequently appearing monsters outside are said to be cockroach monsters, along with cat-faced and dog-faced monsters.
At that time, many safe zones outside the country had fallen. The undercover male protagonist and the popular female protagonist were ordered to go to another safe zone to pick up a particularly important genius scientist, which is why they risked leaving the capital's safe zone.
Just as they were picking people up, the female lead and the supporting female lead started arguing in the helicopter.
It seems that the female lead couldn't win an argument with the sharp-tongued female supporting character, and her eyes immediately welled up with tears.
At that time, the female lead's loyal husband was piloting a helicopter, and the undercover male lead, sitting next to the female supporting character, was also angry and jealous. His anger seemed to stem from an earlier incident where the female lead's husband had an accident and almost couldn't board the plane. In that dangerous situation, the female lead actually jumped off the plane herself to pick him up.
Anyway, because of this incident, the undercover prince from Sunflower Planet was truly angry. Then, when the female supporting character provoked her again on the plane, mocking her for being impulsive and disregarding the bigger picture, and when the strong and kind female lead's eyes reddened from her scolding, the suddenly silent undercover male lead abruptly raised his hand and shoved the vicious female supporting character, who was sitting by the plane door, off the plane.
At that time, their helicopter had lost half of its door due to the various zombie monsters they had encountered earlier.
Then, with a push from the male lead, the villainous female supporting character, who had been arguing and trying her best to fasten her seatbelt, finally became a true cannon fodder female supporting character.
At that time, their helicopter wasn't flying very high, so as soon as the cannon fodder female supporting character was pushed off, the female lead looked down and saw the supporting character crash heavily to the ground. Instantly, her body was covered in many mutated rats the size of footballs, which quickly disappeared again in the blink of an eye. Afterwards, all that remained on the ground was a patch of bright red, a fresh skeleton, and some shredded pieces of clothing.
Ultimately, the female lead seemed to hold a grudge against the undercover male lead for several days because of his ruthlessness. Later, it seems this charming and charismatic undercover male lead used a little bit of self-inflicted suffering to persuade her to forgive him. Only then did the female lead forgive him and gently warn him not to harm other people's lives so easily.
No matter how rare the cannon fodder female supporting character's superpower is, or how powerful her guardian is.
In the end, she was forced to "sacrifice" herself. Like the dozen or so other superhumans who perished on this trip, she became a small name on the grand tombstone of the Imperial Martyrs' Cemetery.
At that time, it seemed that only the guardian of the cannon fodder female supporting character came over and stood in front of her tombstone for a short while.
After that, the other side went outside the protective shield to continue fighting the even more powerful Sunflower aliens there.
Then, a few months later, it seems the other person was killed.
When the later Grand Marshal of the Empire sacrificed himself, the President who ceded the position to him seemed to have turned white-haired overnight.
At that time, the popular female lead seemed particularly heartbroken, as if she truly felt sorry for the seemingly powerful and great First President of the Empire who ultimately lost all his closest brothers.
Once you understand that Jiang Nan in the novel actually changed her surname to her real father's after gaining superpowers, everything suddenly makes sense.
She actually remembered the plot points that Chen Nan thought she must have forgotten, as well as those unimportant plot points that she shouldn't have remembered but had just glanced at.
Chen Nan felt that all of this was related to her current superpowers.
After all, since becoming a superhuman, her hearing, motor skills, sense of smell, memory, and other abilities have all improved to varying degrees.
It is said that this is a common situation among people with superpowers in this area, so Chen Nan had not paid much attention to it before.
But now it seems that it may have unearthed things deep in her memory that she had seen before but did not remember, which has truly amplified her riot.
"But what's the use of being so powerful? You can still get killed easily."
After thinking for a very long time, Chen Nan sat on the sofa in the small living room and talked to herself.
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