Fleeing Famine: I Opened a Supermarket in My Space at the End of the World

"Fleeing the Famine: I Built a Spatial Supermarket in the Apocalypse"

In the final years of a feudal dynasty, a devastating famine swept across the land like a demon. The Yellow River flooded, the north suffered a severe drought, and locust plagues struck the south in quick succession, dragging the people into an endless abyss. The corrupt court did nothing in the face of disaster, while taxes and levies only grew heavier. The people were left to suffer and began fleeing in search of a chance to survive.

The protagonist, Lin Yu, was born into an ordinary farming family. His parents died when he was young, and he depended on his grandfather. But the merciless famine took his grandfather’s life and shattered his peaceful existence, forcing him to join the refugees. Yet Lin Yu was not one to sit back and wait for death. By a stroke of luck, he acquired a mysterious space, an invisible “supermarket” that could store vast quantities of supplies. Time flowed differently inside, allowing crops to grow at astonishing speeds, and it also held precious ancient books on medicine and martial arts.

The journey was fraught with danger. Hunger was a constant companion, disease spread unchecked, and ruthless bandits prowled like wolves, robbing refugees of their meager possessions and food. Lin Yu used his mysterious space to produce lifesaving provisions at crucial moments and rescue refugees on the verge of starving to death. He applied the medical knowledge he learned from the space’s ancient books to cure countless sick people, and relied on the martial arts manuals it provided to lead everyone in a desperate fight against the bandits. Through hardship and danger, Lin Yu gradually became a leader the refugees could trust.

Along the way, Lin Yu met Su Yao, a refined young lady from a prominent family. Though she was born into wealth, a family disaster had left her wandering with the refugees. Kind, clever, and well-read, she and Lin Yu...