Chapter 1

“Little Fool, your father’s butt is so white!” In one instant, Yun Xi had perished alongside a mutated beast. In the next, a coarse, duck-like male voice jolted her back to consciousness. She didn't pay much attention to the words “Little Fool,” but the remark about her father's white buttocks rang loud and clear in her ears. She had never seen whether her father's butt was white or not. After all, her father had long since gone off to feed the mutated beasts with his mistress. And she had personally made sure of it. “Little Fool... Little Fool, your father... what is he doing over there? Why is he fighting with Widow Wang?” The duck-like voice continued to chatter incessantly. Without thinking, Yun Xi swung her hand backward and slapped the speaker. “Shut up!” Her surroundings instantly fell silent. Only then did she notice where she was. She was lying in a patch of grass that reached about half a person's height. Beside her was a young man whose eyes were clear but carried a distinctly simple-minded expression. At that moment, the young man was clutching his head, looking at her with an aggrieved expression. Yun Xi was momentarily dazed. Her head was buzzing... What was going on? Just moments ago, she had been extremely unlucky enough to encounter a high-level mutated beast. In the end, she had been unable to defeat it, so they had perished together. Wasn't she dead? And where was this place? Yun Xi raised her head and looked at the sky. The weather was clear, and the vast blue sky was spotless. A bright red sun hung high above, its rays piercing through the drifting clouds and illuminating the land in every direction. The grass around her was lush and green, while the fresh fragrance of plants filled her nostrils. During the ten years of the apocalypse, dust and sand had blocked out the sunlight, and the air had been thick with pollution. Everywhere was filled with ruins, blood, and the stench of decay. She could no longer remember how long it had been since she had last seen such a beautiful, clear world. Yun Xi lowered her head. The first thing she saw was a pair of thin hands, so bony that they looked like skin stretched over chicken claws. She raised them in front of her eyes and watched her fingers move. The gaps beneath her fingernails were packed with black dirt. She fell into deep thought. These... These weren't her hands. Just as she was still reeling from the shock, countless unfamiliar images suddenly flooded her mind. Yun Xi's head throbbed painfully, as though someone had struck her hard with a hammer. After finally regaining her composure, she tried to sort through the memories that had suddenly appeared in her mind, but there was very little useful information. So, she had actually... transmigrated. She had transmigrated into the body of a thirteen-year-old girl! The original owner was a fool, and her name was also Yun Xi. However, everyone in the village called her Little Fool. She wasn't completely stupid, at least. She could recognize her family members and the villagers. Her intelligence was probably equivalent to that of a five- or six-year-old child. As a result, the information she could obtain from the original owner's memories was pitifully limited. While Yun Xi was lost in thought, a sharp pain in her leg suddenly brought her back to her senses. She found it difficult to breathe, and her vision kept turning dark. Realizing something was wrong, she immediately rolled over and sat up, then rolled up her trouser leg to examine the injury. Her ankle was as thin as a bamboo stick, swollen and bruised with two clearly visible fang marks. Yun Xi's heart jumped, and even her hand trembled. Judging from the wound on her leg, she had been bitten by a venomous snake. No wonder she had somehow transmigrated into this body. It seemed the original owner had been bitten by a poisonous snake and had already died from the venom. Wave after wave of dizziness washed over her. Yun Xi's heart sank. Damn it! Was she going to die all over again just after transmigrating? Thinking about it, she couldn't help feeling regretful. If only her personal storage space had come with her! During the ten years of the apocalypse, civilization had collapsed, and mutated beasts had run rampant. Yun Xi had also awakened a personal spatial ability by accident. Inside her space were the vast supplies she had collected over those ten years, as well as the detoxification pills she had developed herself. Just one detoxification pill would be enough to deal with a mere snakebite. Although she was unwilling to accept it, the venom was spreading quickly and fiercely. She could no longer hold on and collapsed limply onto the ground. In her hazy consciousness, Yun Xi seemed to sense her personal space. Her heart leaped with joy. Without even bothering to check whether it was an illusion, she concentrated her thoughts and tried to retrieve a detoxification pill. The pill appeared solidly in her hand, and the worry weighing on her heart finally eased. If she could live, who would willingly choose death? She had managed to struggle through ten years of the apocalypse. How much more could she endure in a world without world-ending disasters or man-eating mutated beasts? Yun Xi forced herself to endure the discomfort. With trembling hands, she stuffed the detoxification pill into her mouth and swallowed it eagerly. The moment the pill entered her stomach, all her discomfort vanished in an instant. While Yun Xi had been hovering between life and death, the young man beside her hadn't noticed anything unusual. He was still lying in the same spot, staring in confusion at the two people beneath a crooked tree. “Little... Little Fool, your father... he's fighting with Widow Wang again.” Yun Xi followed his gaze. Beneath the crooked tree, a man and a woman were entangled in each other's arms, making all sorts of indecent noises. “Chunlan, how about giving me a son?” “Brother Fugui, you... you're so annoying!” The woman panted repeatedly before speaking in a coquettish voice. “If I give you a son, what will happen to that shrew of yours at home?” “That damn woman! Her belly is full of money-losing daughters. She's deliberately trying to make sure the Yun family has no descendants!” The man's breathing was heavy as he eagerly groped her without restraint. “Chunlan, my sweet Lan'er! Give me a son!” The woman let out a soft, coquettish hum. “Brother Fugui, I don't have a proper title or status. I don't want to be with you like this.” “My darling, as long as you give me a son, I'll divorce that stinking woman immediately.” “Really? Brother Fugui, you're so good to me!” Looking at the clothes scattered all over the ground and the two naked bodies entangled in the grass, Yun Xi felt that her eyes were being assaulted. Seriously, weren't they afraid of getting pricked by the grass? According to the original owner's limited memories, neither of these two people was any good. Yun Fugui looked down on his foolish daughter. On ordinary days, he either beat or scolded the original owner, never once showing her a kind expression. Widow Wang also frequently took advantage of opportunities when no one was around to pinch and hit the original owner, calling her an idiot. Yun Xi sneered and rolled her eyes. Then she leaned closer to the young man and whispered: “Aji, I'm going to help my father collect his clothes. Don't make a sound.” After spending ten years in the apocalypse, her heart had long since hardened like iron. She never let anyone get away with offending her. If she had been softhearted, she would never have survived in that cannibalistic world. Since these two had given her a reason to retaliate, how could she possibly let the opportunity pass? Otherwise, how could she answer for all the beatings the original owner had suffered over the years? The young man's name was Xiao Ji. He was the son of the village chief of Linxi Village. Just like the original owner, he was also a fool. Upon hearing her words, the young man immediately covered his mouth, blinked his clear, innocent eyes, and nodded repeatedly. Yun Xi crawled out of the grass and quietly approached the spot. She picked up the clothes scattered on the ground one by one. The two people beneath the tree were so engrossed in each other that they had no idea what was happening around them. They would never have dreamed that their clothes would suddenly grow legs and walk away! Yun Xi held the clothes, her face full of disgust. Returning to the grass, she tossed them into the young man's arms. “Aji, hold these! Come on, let's go down the mountain.” The young man didn't understand why she looked so disgusted. Grinning happily, he hugged the clothes and followed closely behind her. Linxi Village was situated at the foot of Panlong Ridge, with a small stream winding around the base of the mountain. At this time of day, most of the village women and older wives gathered beside the stream to wash clothes and vegetables. When they saw the two village fools coming down from the mountain, the women immediately began teasing them. “Oh my! Silly Ji, Little Fool, where have you two been playing?” “Hahaha... These two little fools have been playing together since childhood. When they grow up, they might as well become husband and wife. What a perfect match!” “Exactly! The village chief's family won't have to worry about their son finding a wife, and the Yun family won't have to worry about their daughter being unable to marry!” One sharp-eyed older woman noticed the clothes in the young man's arms. They looked rather familiar. Her heart skipped a beat. Raising the wooden laundry beater in her hand, she called out loudly: “Silly Ji, whose clothes are you carrying?” The young man tightened his hold on the clothes and answered honestly: “They... belong to Little Fool's father... and Widow Wang. The two of them were... fighting naked on the mountain. Little Fool... was afraid her father's clothes would get lost, so she told me... to carry them.” “What?!” The women by the stream were so excited that their entire bodies trembled, and their eyes lit up. Those washing clothes immediately dropped them. Those washing vegetables abandoned their baskets. “Silly Ji, where were they fighting? Quick, take us there to have a look!” Granny Zhou, the village's biggest gossip, wiped her hands on her skirt and hurried over to Yun Xi with surprising agility. Her usually hunched back even straightened considerably. “That's right! I'm going too! Yun Fugui and Widow Wang are fighting. We should at least go and break them up!” “Silly Ji, Little Fool, hurry up and lead the way! There's no one around up there. We must make sure they don't hurt each other!” The women abandoned their chores and surrounded Yun Xi and the young man. Their enthusiasm was practically as intense as if they were rushing to collect silver. Yun Xi was speechless and rolled her eyes inwardly. Going to break up a fight? Did they think they could fool an idiot? They were obviously going to catch them in the act and enjoy the spectacle! The young man actually fell for their words. He grabbed Yun Xi's hand and started leading her back up the mountain. “Okay... I'll show you the way!” Yun Xi silently rolled her eyes at the sky. Well, the two of them really were fools now, weren't they?