Bloody Kyoto

The poplar trees lining both sides of the official road are lush and green, their branches swaying gracefully in the spring breeze.

Standing under the shade of a tree by the roadside was an ordinary middle-aged woman dressed as a peasant woman, but upon closer inspection, one would find that she had a pair of eyes as deep as an ancient well.

She gazed silently at the end of the road, while some customers in the tea shop nearby wondered what she was looking at.

He then shouted loudly, "Auntie, instead of doing your business and serving tea, what are you standing by the roadside looking at?"

Before the woman could react, someone chimed in, "What do you mean by 'watching over something good'? She's definitely waiting for her husband."

After this man mentioned it, everyone felt that what he said must be true. After all, these merchants had traveled this road many times, but they had never seen this old woman's husband; she had always been alone.

The woman walked slowly back to the teahouse, not refuting their speculations. In her eyes, whatever they speculated about was none of her business.

"Auntie, has your husband gone out to do business, work, or take the imperial examination?" someone asked curiously.

The old woman smiled and replied perfunctorily, "I'm going to the capital to take the imperial examination."

Despite the speculation, the tea drinkers in the tea shop were all surprised when they heard the confirmed answer.

Those who could travel to the capital to take the imperial examinations must have been successful candidates in the provincial examinations. It's hard to believe that this lady is actually a successful candidate in the provincial examinations.

Suddenly, the customers in the tea shop looked at the middle-aged woman with a sense of awe.

But soon someone noticed something was wrong. He had been traveling this route for two years, but he had never seen the old lady's husband. Could it be that he hadn't come back after taking the exam for two years?

"Madam, may I ask when your husband came to the capital?"

A hint of helplessness flashed across the middle-aged woman's eyes. She had no husband who had gone to the capital to take the imperial examinations; she was just giving perfunctory answers to their questions.

I shouldn't have lied; one lie requires many more to cover it up.

She continued making things up, saying, "He came to Beijing ten years ago."

After he finished speaking, the entire tea shop fell silent. Ten years had passed, and the old woman's husband had either died or married someone better and abandoned her.

In either case, the old lady is so pitiful!

Some kind-hearted people wanted to help the old lady, but then they thought that they couldn't really help her at all.

If the old lady's husband were to die, they would not have the ability to bring him back to life or reverse time.

If they had climbed the social ladder, their status as merchants would be no match for those who had done so.

Finally, when these guests left, each of them left a small piece of silver on the table.

The middle-aged woman looked at the loose silver pieces with a smile in her eyes; they were truly a lovely group of people.

She called out to their retreating figures, "Next time you come back, remember to bring plenty of tea. Because of your generosity, I've decided to go to the capital to find my husband, and I'm closing the shop."

Those who were leaving stopped and looked back when they heard this. Some were worried, while others thought it was a good thing. No matter what her husband's situation was, finding out was better than waiting indefinitely.

As darkness fell completely, the middle-aged woman approached the tables and chairs of the teahouse, looked around, and then gently waved her hand, causing all the tables and chairs to disappear from their original positions.

As she turned back, she stopped and waved down five benches so that they could rest if they got tired.

This is a tea shop; besides tea, it only sells tea eggs and nothing else.

The reason she only sells these two items is that she doesn't open the tea shop to make money, but simply to pass the time.

In addition, she was a bit lazy, so she only sold simple items. As long as she prepared them in advance, customers could just take them when they arrived. It was much easier than selling noodles, which required cooking them fresh.

Upon arriving at the kitchen, she waved her hand, and the pot of boiling water vanished, along with the teacups and teapot.

At this point, the thatched hut was empty.

She vanished from her spot in a flash, reappearing in a paradise-like place.

She walked to a large willow tree, under which was a large vat filled with crystal-clear water.

There was a stone platform next to it, on which was placed a water ladle and a cup. The cup contained a toothbrush and toothpaste, and next to it was a bottle of facial cleanser and a wooden basin.

A rope was strung across the willow tree, with a towel hanging from it.

She picked up the water ladle from the stone platform, scooped a ladleful of water from the vat, and put it into the wooden basin.

With wet hands, I squeezed some facial cleanser onto my face, rubbed it in, washed it off, and dried it with a towel.

Looking up, there was no longer any middle-aged woman or elderly woman; instead, there was only a beautiful young girl.

She walked into a modern light steel villa, went to her room, opened her desk drawer, and took out a stack of letters.

I pulled out the top sheet, unfolded it, and looked at the date at the bottom. It was already half a year ago.

Originally, it was supposed to be one letter a month, so why has it been so long since I received a letter this time?

She felt very uneasy. Had something happened to Yunxia?

Her name is Li Nanle, a transmigrator from the apocalypse. She was accompanied by Huo Yunxia, ​​her life partner for nine years in the apocalypse.

Before they time-traveled, they were the same age; after they time-traveled, they were eight years apart.

She transmigrated into the body of the younger sister, Liu Xiaomei, who was eight years old, while Yunxia transmigrated into the body of the older sister, Liu Damei, who was sixteen years old.

At that time, it was during a famine, and because they had no food or water, she and Yunxia's original bodies were sold by their parents to others to be eaten.

Since they had superpowers, they naturally killed people and escaped from the pot.

Because the original owner of the body was sold by her parents, neither of them went to find the parents of the body after they were freed.

Instead, taking advantage of the famine and the incomplete household registration information, she settled down in a small town called Anzhen in the south.

Huo Yunxia used her original name from her previous life, while Li Nanle, being too young to have a separate account, was registered under the name Huo Lele in Yunxia's account.

From then on, the two lived a comfortable life in this ancient world. Even in years of famine, it was a thousand times better than the end of the world. Moreover, both of them had special abilities, so they lived a very comfortable life.

Two years later, Yunxia met a handsome but poor scholar.

This scholar, named Gu Yanji, was incredibly handsome. Although he wore patched clothes, his demeanor exuded elegance and nobility, making people easily overlook the patches on his clothes.

His father died early, leaving him with only a widowed mother and no relatives. Like Li Nanle and Huo Yunxia, ​​he had come here as a refugee from famine.

With modern ideas and the ability to support her family, Huo Yunxia naturally wouldn't look down on Gu Yanji's family background.

As the saying goes, "It's easy for a woman to pursue a man," and after several shameless attempts and even offering herself up, Huo Yunxia finally won the heart of the handsome man, and the two happily married.

Huo Yunxia possesses mutated powers and healing abilities, making hunting in the mountains a breeze for her.

From then on, Huo Yunxia took on the responsibility of supporting the family and taking care of her mother-in-law, while Gu Yanji could focus on his studies.

As the saying goes, every effort brings reward. In the second year of their marriage, they had double happiness: Huo Yunxia gave birth to a son named Gu Huaxia, and Gu Yanji also passed the imperial examination and became a scholar.

Because the year of famine had just passed, the imperial court had purged a large number of corrupt officials and urgently needed fresh blood, so the court held a special imperial examination.

Subsequently, Gu Yanji passed the imperial examination again and became a Juren (a successful candidate in the provincial-level imperial examination).

The following year, it was another special imperial examination, and Gu Yanji took his family to the capital and won the top scholar title.

Since Li Nanle separated from Huo Yunxia that time, they had never seen each other again. For seven years, all they had was a letter every month.

Li Nanle was very worried. She put the letter away and took out a household registration book from the drawer. The name on it was Li Nanle, which was her real name.

This household registration was a new one she obtained at great expense four years after Yunxia went to Beijing. At the time, she thought it was just in case, but she didn't know what it was for.

For some reason, she put the household registration book back into the drawer.

I carefully drew a pockmarked face on myself, and after finishing, I looked at myself in the mirror again and again.

Hmm, it's easier to get to Beijing with this face.

Arriving at the livestock shed, they led out a black donkey, harnessed it to a small cart, and then took it out of the space.

"Little darling, just keep going along this road."

She didn't pull the rope to urge the donkey on; she just said that softly, and the black donkey snorted and walked forward on its own.

She lay on the cart, gazing at the starry sky. Today was April 1st, and there were stars but no moon.

Huh? She belatedly realized that today was April Fool's Day!

Choosing this day to set off seems a bit inappropriate.

But never mind, since we've already set off, let nature take its course.

On the pitch-black official road, apart from the clattering of donkey hooves and the turning of cart wheels, there was no other sound.

As they passed through a canyon, Li Nanle, who was lying down, twitched his ears. In the middle of the night, there were still quite a few people lying in ambush on this mountain!

A chill ran down her spine. Although she possessed wood-based abilities and a spatial ability, she didn't know how her wood-based abilities worked.

Having lived in ancient times for so many years, she has practiced diligently, but she just hasn't leveled up as quickly as she did in the apocalypse.

Even now, it only has two levels, and its main purpose is to listen to the voice of plants. Of course, it can also control plants to kill people.

However, you can only control one plant, and the plant you can control can only be a plant grown from a seed that you cultivated yourself.

She can handle one or two people, but not more.

Having reached halfway through the canyon without any further movement, she felt relieved; these people were clearly not after her.

She was no longer afraid that they would suddenly make a move, since it looked like they were about to escalate the situation.

We would never alert the enemy for the sake of just one person like her.

Mountain top

A man in black, who was lying behind a rock, gossiped to the person next to him, "Why would someone travel alone in the middle of the night?"

Because it was dark, they couldn't see who was below. If they had known it was a single woman, they would have been shocked.

"Of course we have, otherwise what are we doing here?" another man in black said coldly.

The man in black who had been questioning him was speechless. Yes, they were waiting here for that person to pass by so they could kill him.

Li Nanle lay on the cart as they exited the canyon. It was nearly dawn, and the sky in the distance was beginning to lighten.

After walking for a while, she called out, "Little darling, stop now. It's time for breakfast."

Xiao Guai obediently stopped, and Li Nanle jumped off the cart, touched Xiao Guai's back, and then entered the space with the donkey and the cart.

There was no darkness in the space, and the temperature was constant; as soon as you entered, you felt comfortable.

After giving Xiao Guai some soaked soybeans and grass, Li Nanle went to the kitchen of the light steel villa.

I took three old steamed buns and a cooked corn cob from the warehouse and put them on the steamer to steam.

I made myself another cup of soy milk and added three full spoonfuls of sugar.

Then they went out to harvest the ripe crops.

This space isn't a superpower; it's something Li Nanle already had before the apocalypse.

She has parents, but they divorced when she was very young and each started their own families. Her grandfather raised her single-handedly.

When she was fifteen, her grandfather passed away, and life became very difficult for her after he was gone.

Her parents never intended to give her a penny of living expenses, and she stubbornly refused to ask for it, not wanting to live like a beggar.

In order to survive and not give up her studies, she worked at the night market in the evenings to earn her living expenses.

The following year, on Qingming Festival, she went to pay respects at her grandfather's grave. While kowtowing, she hit her head so hard that she broke it.

Unexpectedly, there was a jade pendant embedded in the soil where she kowtowed, and the blood that flowed out fell on the jade pendant, and then she gained a space.

Although she had to study and earn money and didn't have time to read novels, it was only this year. Before, when her grandfather was alive, she had plenty of time to read novels.

Therefore, she knew this was a space.

Overjoyed, she ran around her grandfather's grave several times, knowing that it must have been a gift from him to her because he saw how hard she had been.

Through this incident, she went from being an atheist to a theist.

The space contains land, a stream, a small hill, and a wooden warehouse.

However, everything was barren; there was no grain in the fields, no fruit on the mountains, no fish in the water, and no goods in the warehouses.

It was a desolate place, without even a blade of grass.

She wanted to plant crops, fruit trees, and fish fry in the space, but all of this required money, which she didn't have.

Finally, she put all her belongings into her spatial storage and rented out the house.

With the first money she received from renting out the property, she used it to buy seeds and fish fry. As for fruit trees, she didn't have enough money for the time being.

Then began a routine of going to school during the day, farming in the virtual world at night, and selling vegetables early the next morning to earn a living.

This continued day after day, year after year, until I graduated from university.

During this time, her space grew much larger; the stream became a river, the mound became a hill, and her small vegetable garden grew six times larger.

As for the warehouse, it hasn't changed; it's always been infinitely large.

She knew that as long as she planted more, her space could keep growing.

After graduating from university, she didn't look for a job, but instead continued farming without stopping.

After the space became larger again, she set aside a piece of land on the mountain to raise livestock.

And so, she made a lot of money by constantly planting and selling, and thought that her good days of doing nothing were about to begin.

As a result, the end times arrived without warning.

It was a morning, the clock showed 10 o'clock, but it was still dark.

No one was in a hurry; they were just curious, thinking that it would probably be dawn soon.

But no one expected that the day would never dawn again.

In the endless darkness, without the sun, not only do plants need light, but people do too.

Many creatures that have been deprived of light for a long time die silently.

People became anxious, crime increased, and everyone felt insecure.

Food began to become scarce, and humans not only experienced hunger, but their bodies also began to change.

As superpowered individuals gradually emerged, the social order of humanity completely collapsed, transforming into a world where the strong were respected.

Fortunately, Li Nanle also possessed wood-type abilities, which gave her a sliver of survival space in this violent and bloody night.

The despair doesn't stop there; human bodies have changed, and animals have been changed in the same way.

From then on, humans and animals began an endless struggle.

The struggle is for food, for territory, and for dominance.

And this food is the other person.

Humans need animals to satisfy their hunger, and animals also need humans to satisfy their hunger.

Whenever you are defeated, you will become food for the enemy.

Li Nanle met Huo Wuxia during a battle in this world where everyone was on guard.

Surprisingly, she and her partner became each other's most trusted and reliable partners.

The space has been continuously upgraded, and now it can be controlled with just a thought.

After collecting all the ripe ingredients, Li Nanle returned to the kitchen.

The steamed buns and corn had been heated up, and she brought them to the table, picked up a book from the table, and ate while reading.

In her previous life, because she possessed a spatial ability, she collected several large libraries after the apocalypse.