Rebirth in the Apocalypse: My Ex-Girlfriend's Guide to Winning Me Over

"Aaaaah—I'll fight you to the death!"

"The base has been breached! Run!"

"Hold on, the Cold Flame Demoness is coming soon!"

The screams and chewing sounds of zombies, along with the roars and cries of despair from everyone, filled our ears.

Zuo You lay on the ground, barely alive, blood constantly seeping from her mouth. The strong smell of blood filled her nostrils. Just as she was about to raise her hand to wipe the blood off her face, she discovered that both of her hands had vanished.

Her internal organs were being brutally devoured by two zombies.

My brain clearly perceived the excruciating pain of wanting to die but being unable to—it was just too painful!

Just die already!

This was a death process that filled her with despair.

My only wish is for a peaceful and stable life in the next world, like the life and death of the world before the end of time, just like the blue planet before the end of the world.

Just as she was dying, a mysterious light flashed before her eyes, and she vaguely heard a faint female voice in her mind, a voice that was cold and aloof.

"Alas, I must still use this life to sever my karmic ties with the Zuo family."

She felt her body enveloped by a mysterious force, her consciousness gradually blurred, until she finally lost all feeling.

......

Zuo You felt extremely comfortable and warm all over. She lazily stretched her limbs and slowly opened her eyes.

The unfamiliar surroundings sent chills down her spine, and a sense of dread washed over her.

He quickly rolled off the bed, squatted by the bedside, and stared warily into the room with sharp eyes.

The morning light shone through the gaps in the gauze curtains, revealing a neat and clean bedroom with solid pink wallpaper, a light blue leather double bed, and a white wardrobe.

A dark glint gradually appeared in Zuo You's eyes.

I reached for the light switch by the bedside, and with a "click," the light came on.

This is the bedroom before the apocalypse!

I stared blankly at the photos on the bedside table for a moment before I came to my senses.

I can hardly believe it; the scene before me is so real.

Take a deep breath to calm yourself down, stand up and draw back the curtains.

The neighbor was washing clothes on a washboard in the yard, and a little boy was riding a children's bicycle nearby, laughing and joking.

There are no zombies, no mutated beasts, and no cannibalistic monsters.

I reached for my phone on the bedside table and glanced at the time; it showed February 22, 2222.

"Snapped."

Zuo You slapped herself, and the burning sensation on her face made her certain that she had been reborn!

I was reborn a month before the apocalypse.

"Ugh--"

He let out a long sigh, his eyes somewhat lost...

How did you get back?!

Can't I be reborn into a better family and start a new life?

Why must we go through that filthy, devastated, dark apocalypse again, a world devoid of order and human rights?

She clearly remembers that the end of the world suddenly arrived on March 22.

It's as if Earth has been reset...

The four natural phenomena of polar night, polar day, extreme heat, and extreme cold are sweeping the globe, causing zombie outbreaks, mutations in plants and animals, and frequent natural disasters.

Among humans, enhanced individuals and those with superpowers were born.

Enhanced individuals refer to those who have awakened enhancements to specific parts of their bodies, such as strength, speed, hearing, and eyesight.

Ability users refer to those who have awakened elemental abilities, such as: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, ice, light, darkness, as well as some rarer spatial and mental abilities, etc.

These people are collectively referred to as: Awakened Ones.

Overnight, the strong were revered, and the weak were left barely clinging to life...

The ugliness of human nature is fully revealed in the end times; there is no kindness, only ferocity, including herself.

Zuo You is a toxic woman!

A month after the apocalypse, she unexpectedly awakened at a rapid pace and became an enhanced being.

She survived for five years by scavenging at the T City base, during which time she joined three scavenging teams. In the end, she was the only one left in each team.

Finally, the nickname "Black Widow" spread throughout the base, and no scavenging team was willing to recruit her anymore.

A few days later, she too died in the zombie siege...

Taking a deep breath, her cold eyes were like knives. She had survived five years of carnage; if she couldn't avoid it, then so be it.

Perhaps this time, I can live a different life.

......

The sound of running water was heard in the bathroom.

After taking a shower, Zuo You wiped the steam from the mirror, revealing her delicate face.

Her wet, dark hair fell over her shoulders. She had a classic oval face, a high and straight nose, and very lively features, especially her eyebrows and eyes. Her eyes were slightly upturned at the corners, and her eye bags were full. At first glance, she looked very innocent, but upon closer inspection, she exuded a charming allure.

"It's so beautiful, it's mesmerizing."

Zuo You raised an eyebrow and smiled, boasting lightly.

In the early days of the apocalypse, she was disfigured, with three long claw marks on her face, from the corner of her eye to the corner of her lip, from being scratched by a mutated white tiger.

The team was searching a village when the white tiger appeared out of nowhere, and everyone else died in its jaws.

Apart from her and her ex-boyfriend He Ze.

To cover He Heze's escape, she chose to stay behind, but because of her disfigurement, she was rejected by the man and broke up with him.

Hate?

I used to hate, but now I feel nothing.

The two did not have any deep-seated hatred, and He Heze even protected her for a while in the early stages.

Even in peacetime, being disfigured and dumped is a plausible reason, let alone in the apocalypse.

Most importantly, He Heze died a few days later. What's the point of arguing with a dead man?

Having learned from her mistakes, Zuo You deeply understood the laws of the apocalypse: to survive if possible.

During those five years in the apocalypse, not too many bad things happened, except for not having enough to eat and not being able to sleep well.

She had made enemies and incurred grudges with people, mostly due to survival issues. Those people had also unfortunately died before her.

The disfigurement caused by the apocalypse saved her a lot of trouble; for at least five years, no one coveted her appearance.

That pretty face is too eye-catching.

Upon careful consideration, the incident brought her more benefits than harm.

Zuo You couldn't help but sigh, "At 23, I haven't experienced the apocalypse yet, it's really pleasing to the eye."

"Ok?"

The person in the mirror has a light blue phoenix mark on their left chest.

She furrowed her brows slightly, her cool fingertips lightly touching the mark, and suddenly a vast space, about the size of 10 football fields, appeared in her mind.

The entire space was gloomy and gray, the ground was dry and cracked, and not a blade of grass grew, making it very desolate and bleak.

Rebirth with a cheat code seems to be an ironclad rule.

This space just looks a bit perfunctory.

Fortunately, it's quite large; the space is probably big enough to fit several aircraft carriers.

She quickly accepted what was happening before her and tried silently repeating "get out" in her mind.

My gaze returned to the mirror.

Zuo You then realized that the small blue bead she had worn around her neck for over ten years, the material of which she didn't know but which felt like jade, had disappeared.

This little bead was given to her by her father-in-law, who said it was an old item passed down from his ancestors.

Recalling the words he heard in his mind before he died, he guessed that this thing was what gave him a second chance at life.

She smiled, her red lips curving upwards.

It doesn't matter if you don't understand the meaning behind this statement; what matters most is the tangible benefits you receive.

She held two hair ties between her lips, casually tied them into a bun, and walked into the living room.

With only a month left until the apocalypse, her thoughts were somewhat chaotic, and she needed to sort out the priorities.

I picked up my water glass to drink, and the glass instantly froze in my hand.

Zuo You stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

Ice-type superpower!

Where did this superpower come from?

The apocalypse hasn't even arrived yet, how come I've already awakened superpowers!

After a brief moment of thought, she attributed the ability to the small bead; although there was no evidence, at least there was a theory.

With a thought, he stored the cup in his spatial storage.

I poured myself another glass of water, relaxed a bit, and gulped it down in one go.

My control over my superpowers isn't very good yet; I need to practice more.

"Wang Wang-"

Suddenly, two dog barks were heard.

Zuo You abruptly put down her water glass, rushed to the balcony, looked down at the guard dog, her eyes stinging with tears, and waved to it, calling out, "Erdan."

It was an ugly, short-beaked black dog, or rather, a mix of a black dog and a golden retriever.

Its body was black and yellow, with two erect ears. It looked up at Zuo You, stuck out its tongue, and barked twice, as if saying, "Human, come down and play with me."

Zuo You wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with her fingertips, rushed downstairs, pinched its short snout hard, and after a long while choked out, "Er Dan, long time no see... This time, we must both live well."