A Big Shot Builds an Oasis by Hand to Survive in the Desert

Yu Ying transmigrated from the era before the apocalypse to a great cultivation sect five hundred years ago. When she opened her eyes in an abandoned, empty city, she assumed she'd transmigrated back to the apocalypse.

Bishui City lies deep in the desert. Abandoned for over a decade, it is scorching hot, deserted, and devoid of animals.

A desert survival reality show invited Yu Ying, a C-list celebrity despised across the internet. Netizens were strongly against it.

At first, her haters eagerly waited for Yu Ying to quit the show. Then they saw this:

Yu Ying brought fresh water down from a snowy mountain to restore an oasis, scattered spirit seeds to bring plants to life, and turned the scorching city into a place of eternal spring.

One day, Yu Ying lounged beneath a grapevine, holding a freshly picked, bright red watermelon.

Netizens were skeptical: …Are you really in the desert?

Yu Ying created an artificial sea in the heart of the desert and raised all kinds of seafood.

One day, Yu Ying hauled a fish trap brimming with seafood out of a desert sea that stretched beyond the horizon. Sea bass, salmon, grouper, and giant lobsters, all in abundance.

Netizens were dumbfounded: …Wait, Yu Ying, you're farming seafood in the desert?

Yu Ying turned the desert back into forest. The abandoned city was surrounded by lush green mountains and clear waters, drawing countless extinct animals. Life couldn't have been better.

One day, Yu Ying stood with one foot on a giant desert lizard, a fierce yet affectionate falcon perched on her shoulder. Behind her, the wolf king led a pack of desert wolves like the most loyal hunting dogs, while she watched thousands of birds arrive to settle in the verdant desert wetlands.

Netizens were stunned: …Huh? Sister Ying is the queen of the animals in the desert?

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The original heroine woke up to discover that they were living in a desert survival novel. They faced death time and time again, living lives that were practically hell.

Meanwhile, Yu Ying, the female side character who had left the group, found a powerful expert in the desert. She gave him their only bottle of mineral water, then followed him to a life of luxury.

After learning the original plot, the original heroine initially decided to stick close to Yu Ying and save the powerful expert ahead of time.

But later, the original heroine, the original hero, and the other guests followed Yu Ying around, eating so well in the spirit-rich desert that they gained three times their weight. Their life was so comfortable it felt like a vacation.

The original heroine wept bitterly: I really am the worst! Why did I rush to save some stupid powerful expert? I should've stuck with Sister Ying and enjoyed the good life. I'll be Sister Ying's most loyal subordinate!

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While surveying the desert, Lu Yan's GPS failed. He was running out of water and about to be roasted into a dried corpse.

A beautiful young woman came over the yellow sand, carrying a jug of melted snow from the mountain, like a flying goddess in a Dunhuang mural.

Lu Yan thought she was a hallucination brought on by his impending death, until the girl leaned down and coaxed him by the ear: "Want a drink? Then become my most loyal servant."

Lu Yan: "???"

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At last, Yu Ying reached great heights in her cultivation. One day, she sensed a large crowd approaching the city.

Thinking zombies were besieging the city, Yu Ying rode the wind into the air. She flew out of Bishui City and then

Countless netizens went wild, shouting: "Sister Ying, please teach us how to cultivate immortality!"

Yu Ying looked at the countless fans and bustling metropolis outside the city and fell silent: …What happened to the apocalypse?!

[Original version: 2022.10.28. Revised version: 2024.7.2. Screenshots saved.]

Theme: Live life well.