"Recently, various geological disasters have been occuring frequently. Some experts predict..."

"Jiang Rui, I can give you child support, but you must take the child!"

"Why should I?! How am I supposed to remarry with this burden?"

Two voices raised in heated argument echoed from the divorce registration office at the civil affairs bureau.

The staff member looked sympathetically at the beautiful five-year old girl standing between the couples feet, looking like a porcelain doll, and sighed softly.

So young, and her parents were divorcing, neither wanting to keep her.

How pitiful....

Wait, that's strange.

Why is she smiling?

Indeed, Qin Yaoyao was in a good mood right now.

Because she had been reborn!

Back to ten years ago, ten days before the apocalypse broke out!

"Qin Shaokai, I'm telling you, if you're not willing to raise this burden, you can forget about getting divorced today, and you can forget about continuing to have fun with those girlfriends of yours!"

"Jiang Rui, don't think I don't know what you've been up to. Didn't you just hook up with some powerful man? You're afraid you won't be able to marry into a wealthy family if you take her with you, right?

Qin Shaokai pointed at Qin Yaoyao, who was standing quietly to the side, and sneered.

"You two, if you haven't decided who will have custody of the child, we cannot process your divorce," the staff member said, unable to watch any longer.

What kind of ridiculous parents were these, saying such things in front of a child?

If they didn't want to raise her, why did they have her in the first place?

With the divorce application rejected, the couple continued arguing as they walked towards the exit.

Qin Yaoyao silently followed behind on her short legs.

Suddenly, a shadow loomed over her.

She looked up and met a pair of eyes filled with disgust.

"Don't follow me, go with your father!"

She glared at Qin Yaoyao in revulsion, snorted coldly, and strode away in her high heels.

Watching the woman's heartless departure, Qin Yaoyao lowered her heads quietly.

Under her thick lashes, a pair of bright eyes held a coldness that didn't match her age.

In her previous life, at the same time, in the same place.

What had she done then?

Oh, right...

Cried...

That's right, in her previous life she had cried until her eyes were swollen

Begging them not to divorce, begging her mother to take her.

But all she got in return was a cold "Your dad will find you lots of new moms" before being pushed away mercilessly.

Her thin body fell onto cold ground.

It was her body that hurt, but it was her heart that shattered.

"What a jinx!" Qin Shaokai kicked the nearby flower bed in frustration.

 "Here's a hundred yuan, take a taxi home yourself."

He irritably pulled out a hundred-yuan note from his wallet and tossed it on the ground.

Then he quickly walked towards his luxury car.

From start to finish, he never looked back at Qin Yaoyao once.

As he was about to get in the car, he answered a phone call.

"Alright, baby wait for me. Of course I love you the most..."

Qin Yaoyao didn't know what else Qin Shaokai said, because the car had already driven away.

All that was left for her was a cloud of dust.

Qin Yaoyao picked up that hundred-yuan note from the ground, her small fingers lightly tapping it.

Watching the rapidly disappearing car, the corners of her lips curved into an ambiguous smile.

How utterly heartless...

What should she do? She really wanted to... tear them apart.

Deep hatred lurked in the depths of Qin Yaoyao's eyes.

In her previous life, after the apocalypse broke out, her "good father" cursed her as a burden every day. She would be scolded and beaten just for asking for a bite to eat.

In the end, he even tricked her, at such a young age into luring away zombies to buy time for him and his mistress to escape!

After she miraculously escaped the zombies' pursuit she fell into a den of cannibals.

There, she met Jiang Rui.

A "good mother" who could watch her own daughter being bled dry with her eyes wide open!

She begged her to save her.

But the woman pretended not to know her, cold to the extreme!

Qin Yaoyao sneered. In this life, she would make all these people pay the price the deserved!

Just then, a sudden pain shot through her head.

Then, an icy cold voice rang out.

[Ding! Super Invincible City Lord System activated!]

[Rewarding newcomer gift package!]

As soon as the voice finished speaking, a tiny six-cube-decimeter space suddenly in Qin Yaoyao's mind.

It was pure white and empty.

Qing Yaoyao frowned.

What was this thing?

[Dear host, this is the system space. The flow of time inside is zero, so it can keep things fresh and preserve their quality.]

The voice seemed to know her doubts.

"So you're saying, whatever goes in comes out exactly the same?"

[Mm-hmm, the host is so smart!]

Isn't this just like those space abilities?

In her previous life, people with space abilities were treasured members of every team.

A space that could preserve quality like this was something you couldn't find in even one out of a hundred space ability users.

However...

"What can you fit in this tiny space?"

Qin Yaoyao curled her lips in disdain.

It was barely the size of a shoebox. Having it was almost like not having it at all.

You couldn't even fit more than a few bags of instant noodles!

[Ding! System task triggered! From now on, if the host fills the original space volume to 99%, the space will double in size. Time limit 7days, starting now!

If you can expand the ground area of the space to 1 square kilometer within seven days, there will be rich rewards!]

Qin Yaoyao's eyes suddenly widened.

Was it really that magical?

She walked over to the flower bed Qin Shaokai had kicked earlier, skeptical.

Placing her hand on one of the potted flowers, she focused her mind, and the flower quickly disappeared.

A potted flower appeared in her mental space.

Her eyes flickered, and she immediately absorbed another potted flower.

[Ding! Space is full. Rewarding six cubic decimeters!]

The space in her mind really did double in size!

"Is there an upper limit to how many times the space can double?"]

[Answering the host: there is no limit.]

Qin Yaoyao smiled.

In that case, she wouldn't hold back.

As long as hoarding doesn't kill her, she'd hoard to death!

Qin Yaoyao took out the hundred-yuan note again and curled her lips.

It was time to give her "good father" a big surprise.

She stood by the roadside and hailed a taxi.

As soon as the car stooped, she reached for the door handle.

But...

It wouldn't budge!

Qin Yaoyao:......

She glanced at her small arms and short legs with extreme dissatisfaction.

Thus really was like working hard for ten years only to go back to square one.

It seemed she would need to find time to retrain her body.

After adjusting yo her body, Qin Yaoyao finally managed to open the foor with effort

She sat in the back seat.

The driver was a middle-aged man.

Seeing only Qin Yaoyao get in the car, he turned his head in confusion.

"Little girl, why are you alone? Where are your mom and dad?"

"Them? They're all dead," Qin Yaoyao squinted her eyes sweetly.

The innocent smile made the driver uncle suddenly freeze

He bever expected such an answer.

But to lose her parents at such a young age and still be so strong and optimistic, what a good child.

Perhaps she was too young to understand what death meant.

His voice softened involuntarily.

"Then... little girl, where do you want to go? Uncle will take you there."

"Yunsheng Department Store."

This was a large supermarket owned by Qin Shaokai, with four floors full of supplies.

How could she bot empty it out to repay her "good father"...

1:00 AM.

The lights in the entire supermarket went out.

The last remaining staff member locked the final door and left.

No one noticed the tiny figure that quietly emerged from a colorful laundry basket in the darkness.

Qin Yaoyao let out a big yawn and stretched.

Hiding and sleeping there for several hours made her back sore.

She rubbed her waist...

Well, she didn't actually have a waist yet...

But that wasn't the point.

The point was...

Qin Yaoyao scanned the fully stocked shelves around her, her round eyes gleaming.

Supplies here I come!

[Ding! The item is too large. Please choose another one, host.]

[Friendly reminder: Haste makes waste. Small can be good too.]

Qin Yaoyao:.......

Looking at the dozen large round container piled up at her feet, she frowned and reluctantly put them down.

This area was full of daily necessities.

She decided to start collecting smaller items first.

After gathering just a few stacks of toothbrushes, the system chimed with a notification.

[Ding! Space is full. Rewarded 12 cubic decimeter!]

Now there's a total of 24 cubic decimeters!

Seeing the expanded space, Qin Yaoyao's enthusiasm was fully ignited.

Keep packing!

Toothbrushes, towels, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, hand cream, hair masks, storage bags, cling wrap.

Sanitary pads, toilet paper, mops, brooms, kettles, laundry powder, laundry detergent, quilts, cotton hangers, toilet cleaner, scrubbing pads, trash cans, combs, hair dryers.

Mosquito nets, bedding, pillowcases, pots and pans, and so on.

She grabbed whatever she saw like a bandit on a rampage.

In the end she didn't even spare the shelves.

In less than an hour, she had cleared out the entire family necessities section.

After ransacking the daily necessities area, she moved in to adjacent electronic section.

Refrigerators, water dispensers, exhaust fans, air conditioner, electric fans, dehumidifiers, air coolers, humidifiers.

Washing machines, irons, vacuum cleaners, robot vacuums, induction cookers, microwaves, ovens, rice cookers.

Electric blankets, televisions, projectors, camcorders, phones, computers, speakers, and so on.

She collected all kinds of electronics!

To Qin Yaoyao's surprise, there were even drones here, twenty-five of them!

These would be incredibly useful in the post-apocalyptic world!

"Gurgle~"

Suddenly, Qin Yaoyao's stomach growled.

She realized she hadn't even eaten dinner yet.

Perfect timing to head to the snack section and fill her belly first.

She was only five years old and still growing, after all!

Qin Yaoyao went to the second floor where milk was displayed on the entrance shelves.

She grabbed a carton of pure milk, inserted the straw, and sipped while looking for other food.

In the post-apocalyptic world, food would be scarce, with few chances to eat one's fill.

Though Qin Yaoyao didn't exactly wolf down her food, her eating manner was far from elegant.

After a series of quick maneuvers, she continued her looting spree while sucking on a plain lollipop.

All kinds of milk: pure milk, yogurt, high-calcium milk, fresh milk, skimmed milk, easy-to-digest milk....

Whether individual cartons or entire boxes, she took them all!

She needed to supplement her nutrition to grow taller now.

Various breads, cookies, potato chips, spicy snacks, candies, jerky, nuts, pickled chicken feet....

Of course, instant noodles, self-heating hotpots, and self-heating rice meals were indispensable.

She had barely eaten any of these things in her previous life.

In this life, she was determined to eat her fill!

After collecting the snacks, she went to the mother and baby section.

Since she needed to grow, milk powder was essential.

She stocked up on milk powder for all age groups!

Calcium supplements, zinc supplements, iron supplements, probiotics, and other nutritional supplements - she wanted them all!

Before she knew it, Qin Yaoyao had collected half of the supermarket's inventory into her space.

Qin Yaoyao then moved to the condiments section.

Table salt, soy sauce, MSG, chicken bouillon, vinegar, Sichuan peppercorns, chili peppers, hotpot bases, and more- she took everything!

She didn't overlook the rice stacked nearby either.

There were about fifty bags of rice, in 10, 20, 30, 50 and 100- pound sizes, as well as some loose rice.

In total, it was about a ton.

Next to it was the fruit and vegetable section.

However, there weren't many items left, and they weren't particularly fresh.

Still, Qin Yaoyao didn't mind and took everything.

In the post-apocalyptic world these would be luxuries that many couldn't afford to eat.

As her space continued to expand, Qin Yaoyao stopped collecting items one by one and began taking entire shelves at a time.

Finally, she reached the fresh and frozen food section, where she ruthlessly lifted entire refrigerators, power cords and all.

The contents of the fridges were real treasures.

Frozen chicken, duck, beef, pork, meatballs, dumplings, buns shrimp, various flavored tangyuan, all kinds of seafood, and ice cream in every variety....

After clearing out the first and second floors, Qin Yaoyao went to the third floor and collected all the shoes and clothing.

The fourth floor contained home textiles, cosmetics, sporting goods and children's toys.

Qin Yaoyao took everything.

Most egregiously, after ransacking the entire building she wasn't satisfied and even dismantled the cash registers, surveillance cameras, street lamps, railings, and doors.

Anything that could be taken apart didn't escape her grasp.

She had initially wanted to tear up the floor too, but considering her small frame, she figured she'd probably wear herself out before finishing the job, so she had let it go.

However, her dismantling spree let to ab unexpected discovery.

She found multiple warehouses, with almost every floor having one.

Naturally, all of these items ended up in her space.

She didn't even leave behind the small carts for hauling goods or the discarded cardboard boxes.

Over the course of the night, Qin Yaoyao's space expanded countless times, reaching a total of 20,000,000 cubic decimeters, or 20,000 cubic meters.

To put it in perspective, if we consider a villa with five floors, each floor being 120 square meters and 3 meters high, her space would be equivalent to about 10 such villas.

Now, the supplies Qin Yaoyao had collected occupied half of that space.

Looking at the empty building, with nothing left but walls and floors, Qin Yaoyao stretched contentedly and left in high spirits.

Meanwhile....

Qin Shaokai, embracing his lover, was sleeping soundly when he was suddenly awakened by an urgent ringing.

"What's the matter?" he asked, putting the phone to his ear.

His eyes were still half-closed, his voice lazy, looking as if he hadn't fully woken up.

"What did you say?!"

Suddenly, he sat bolt upright, shouting.

"How could everything just disappear? Are you sure you're not seeing things?!"

"What about the surveillance footage? Check the cameras!"

"What do you mean even the cameras are gone?!"

"Call the police! Do it right now!"

"I'm on my way!"

"Shaokai, what's wrong?"

A pure yet alluring woman embraced Qin Shaokai from behind, her voice somewhat bewitching.

Qin Shaokai pried her hands off, grabbing his clothes from beside the bed and putting them on.

"Jiajia, something's happened at the supermarket. I need to go there now."

With that, he hurriedly left.

"Little one, do you live in East Ridge Villa?"

"Yes, Uncle."

"Oh, I see. Hehe."

The taxi driver's eyes narrowed slightly.

East Ridge Villa was a luxury neighborhood.

Only the rich and powerful lived there!

He glanced in the rearview mirror, meeting Qin Yaoyao's innocent little face.

A calculating look flashed in this eyes.

Such a good opportunity couldn't be missed!

This look was caught by Qin Yaoyao sitting in the back seat.

The corner of her lips slowly curved upward.

"Uncle, did you take a wrong turn?"

"No this way is closer."

Qin Yaoyao let out an "Oh" and said nothing more.

The whole journey was exceptionally quiet.

This was, of course, to the driver's liking.

He drove the car directly back to his own home.

"Uncle, where are you taking me?"

"To Uncle's house. I just called your father, and he said he'll come pick you up later."

"Oh, I see. Alright then, Uncle, do you have toys at your house?"

"Yes, I do."

"That's great!"

Seeing Qin Yaoyao's innocent and adorable smile, the driver inwardly laughed.

Children were indeed so easy to fool!

But a few minutes later, he wished he could slap himself to death!

Heavens above, why was he so stupid to bring a wolf into his home?

This little pipsqueak had been pretending all along!

At soon as they entered the house, she revealed her brutal nature.

Using the excuse of being tired, she asked him to carry her, but in the blink of an eye, she somehow produced a fruit knife from nowhere, pointed it at his throat, and forced him to hand over his phone, bank card, and PIN. She even made him tie himself up!

Who the hell was the kidnapper here?!

Qin Yaoyao rummaged through drawers and cabinets, found a thicker strip of cloth, tied the driver's hands in a tight knot, and fastened him to the bathroom's water pipe.

She then casually grabbed a smelly rag and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Mmph... mmph ... mmph..."

The driver widened his eyes trying to get Qin Yaoyao to release him.

Qin Yaoyao leaned against the doorframe, wagging her little finger.

"No can do. If you do bad things, you must ve punished. Stay here like a good boy. If you've lucky, you'll just starve to death. If you've unlucky, you'll get bitten in a few days, and then you'll be completely free. Isn't that exciting?"

Qin Yaoyao squinted her eyes and smiled, her innocent smile somehow looking utterly evil.

The drive racked his brains for a while but still couldn't figure out what she meant.

Then he heard a "bang" as the bathroom door closed.

Qin Yaoyao came to the living room, sat on the sofa, abd took out the driver's phone. She opened the Meituan app on it.

She had often seen the housekeeper at home order takeout before and had learned how to do it long ago.

She found several stores specializing in children's nutritional meals and ordered thirty sets each meal from them.

All in all, it totaled 1,500 meals.

Then, she ordered a hundred family- sized buckets of fried chicken, a hundred roast ducks and a hundred steaks.

She also ordered various Sichuan dishes like boiled sliced pork, mapo tufo, spicy fish, and kung pao chicken, five portions of each.

There were also some breakfast items like steamed buns, mantou, youtiao, and soy milk, with at least a hundred of each.

She wanted to buy more, but the screen showed insufficient balance.

All the money this driver had amounted to only about 100,00 yuan.

While waiting for the food, Qin Yaoyao lazily scanned the entire house, and then the corners of her lips curled up slightly.

The TV, gone!

The coffee table, gone!

The wardrobe, gone!

...

In less than half an hour, except for some stinky socks, smelly clothes, and the sofa, everything else had been looted clean by Qin Yaoyao.

She had just sat down to rest for a moment when there was a knock at the door.

The takeout had arrived!

Two hours later.

Qin Yaoyao put the last sofa into her space before finally stepping out with her short legs leisurely closing the door behind her.

She hailed another taxi.

This time, without incident, she safely returned, she saw the housekeeper Zhang Fen lying comfortably in the sofa with her phone in hand.

Sounds of "One Bamboo, Two String, Kong, Kong on Flower" could be heard from the phone.

Although Qin Shaokai and Jiang Rui didn't care much for Qin Yaoyao, they weren't short on money and had hired a housekeeper to take care of her.

However, that was the extent of it.

Their neglect and frequent absences from home had made the housekeeper's attitude increasingly arrogant.

Sometimes she wouldn't even cook, just giving the young Qin Yaoyao instant noodles to eat.

Qin Yaoyao's frail physique was half due to this housekeeper's efforts'.

Meanwhile, she treated the villa as her own home, sleeping in as late as she wanted, then spending her day nestled on the sofa playing mahjong on her phone.

Sometimes when Qin Yaoyao disturbed or annoyed her, she would scold and punished her angrily.

But she was clever and never left any evidence.

"You little brat, where did you run off to last night?"

Seeing Qin Yaoyao, she sprang up from the sofa, walked over in few steps, and grabbed Qin Yaoyao's ear.

"Ow, ow, ow, please don't hit me, I won't dare to do it again, wuwuwu~ It hurts so much ~"

Qin Yaoyao cried and shouted as if she was being severely beaten.

Zhang Fen frowned and let go of her hand.

She hadn't used much force at all, and in the past when she pulled her ear like this, Qin Yaoyao didn't make a sound.

What was going on now?

She gave Qin Yaoyao a strange look

"Ding dong~"

Just then, the doorbell rang.

Zhang Fen went to open the door and was instantly shocked.

Three police officers were standing at the door!

"Officers, who are you looking for?" she asked, dumfounded.

"Hello, we received a report of child abuse at this address."

Child abuse?

Zhang Fen was stunned. Who?

Suddenly, she realized something and turned to look at Qin Yaoyao.

She saw that Qin Yaoyao, who had been fine just moments ago, now had her big round eyes brimming with tears, on the verge of falling, looking extremely pitiful.

One of the female officers, her maternal instincts kicking in, quickly walked over with a tissue to wipe her tears.

"Little one, don't cry. Who bullied you? Tell auntie, and I'll arrest them."

"Wuwuwu~"

Qin Yaoyao suddenly burst into loud sobs, pointing her little finger at Zhang Fen.

"Police auntie, she hit me, it hurts so much wuwuwu~"

Zhang Fen:!!

She panicked immediately and hurriedly denied it.

"Eh, officers, I've never hit her before. She's just making things up. How can you believe what a child says?"

"Why can't we believe what a child says? Haven't you heard that children speak the truth? Be honest, did you abuse her or not?"

"I really didn't."

As soon as Zhang Fen finished speaking, Qin Yaoyao pitifully held out the back of her hand to the female officers.

There was a black bruise on it.

This was actually from when she accidentally hurt herself while dismantling a light from the supermarket wall.

When the female officers saw it, she became furious.

"You still say it wasn't you? Look at what you've done to this child! Such an adorable little girl, how could you bear to hurt her!"

"No, it really wasn't me..."

Zhang Fen was at a loss for words, her brows knotted tightly.

"What's this?"

Suddenly, another officers bent down and picked up a small silver object from the ground.

"Doesn't this look like a voice recorder?"

"Quick, let's hear what's on it."

Soon, Qin Yaoyao's pitiful cries of pain were heard from the device.

Zhang Fen: !!!