The Doomsday Cage

A ruthless, villainous top x a loyal, devoted, beautiful homemaker bottom A meteor fell, a virus broke out, and the apocalypse arrived. Chu Chuan had cultivated under his master since childhood and was seen by outsiders as a "charlatan." Then the apocalypse came, and he became everyone's lifeline. But he was a maverick with no savior complex, and from beginning to end, he remained a cold, detached observer. "When you're alive, you have to take care of yourself first." Early on: "If it's been less than 24 hours since the infection, you can save them?" "You can really turn zombies back into people!?" "You're not joking, are you? I think you just want to scam us out of our crystals!" Chu Chuan ignored every doubt. Saving people had never been his goal. It was meaningless to him, and he had nothing to prove to them. Later on: "Urgent bounty mission! Report Master Chu's location!" "Boss Chu, help!! A zombie got me!!" "I don't want to turn into a zombie. You can have all my crystals! Please save me!" Chu Chuan remained impassive, unmoved by other people's pleas. He paid no attention to their attempts to guilt him into helping. ★★★★★ [Top's Perspective] His master told Chu Chuan that his time was nearly up, then handed him the "sect treasure," which he hadn't even bothered to clear off the street stall. "Chuan, the age of cultivators will arrive in three months. You must do your best to survive. No matter what happens, don't give up easily." Following his master's instructions, Chu Chuan began preparing for the apocalypse. By a stroke of luck, he unlocked the sealed "sect treasure" and gained the perfect tool for storing supplies: a spatial ring. So he could focus on cultivation after the apocalypse arrived, Chu Chuan used those three months to return to his old line of work. While making money, he stockpiled large quantities of supplies. Airplanes, yachts, everything went into his ring. Still, people always had their doubts. His biological parents: "Waaah! Chuan, how did you become like this? If you're having trouble, tell Mom and Dad. Don't go around scamming people like this." His older brother: "Xiao Chuan, it's not right to lie." Customer No. 1: "He thinks I'm an idiot! He actually said he could wake my father up if I paid enough. My father has been bedridden for eight years!" Customer No. 2: "You say you can protect me? Are you crazy? Do you know who's trying to kill me? They're famous assassins from overseas! Are you even an adult? Stay out of this." Customer No. 3: "What did you say, the apocalypse? Are you sure you're in your right mind? How about I take you to my private hospital for a checkup?" In the face of their doubts, Chu Chuan proved them wrong with his strength. ★★★★★ [Bottom's Perspective] Mu Zhilin was the top student at Imperial University, excelling at everything he studied. He raked in scholarships and grants, and should have had a bright future ahead of him. But with his mother constantly ill and his father a hopeless alcoholic, he had no choice but to work every spare moment, day and night. One day, at the invitation of a friend with money to burn, he agreed to tutor his friend's younger brother, who had just returned home. That was when he met Chu Chuan in person for the first time. A very cold person. Chu Chuan turned down his tutoring, saying he had other plans and wouldn't be applying to Imperial University. He also told Mu Zhilin that the apocalypse was coming. Mu Zhilin assumed it was just an excuse to avoid studying. He never expected the apocalypse to arrive three months later. Unprepared, he and his younger sister were trapped in a hotel. Chu Chuan appeared. He was in a volatile state, his eyes bloodshot, like a zombie on the verge of mutation. Everyone was afraid he would turn at any moment, but he said he needed someone and would trade food for them. Mu Zhilin was pushed forward to make the deal with him. Two loaves of bread, and he was traded to Chu Chuan. After that, he became the "cultivation furnace" Chu Chuan used to practice. ★★★★★ [Everyone's Perspective] In public. "Have you heard? Mu Zhilin is Chu Chuan's kept man!" "Mu Zhilin? The top student at Imperial University!?" "The world is going to hell! People have no shame!" "Even the former top student has fallen so low in the apocalypse." In private. "Damn! Mu Zhilin is still so fair-skinned!" "Mu Zhilin gets to eat rice! And fresh vegetables!" "I just saw Chu Chuan give him an apple!" "That's nothing. I once saw Chu Chuan give him a tangerine." "Holy crap! I'm so jealous!" "I wonder if Chu Chuan's looking for anyone else. I could do it too!" "Me too!!" The top's cultivation method is unusual. Absorbing too much zombie energy will make him lose control and go berserk, so he needs a "cultivation furnace" to share and purify it. A ruthless, villainous top x a loyal, devoted, beautiful homemaker bottom Reader's Guide: 1. Top's perspective, both are sexually inexperienced, and they dote on each other. 2. The top is the strongest fighter around, and he keeps cultivating and getting stronger. 3. The bottom is both talented and beautiful, the apocalypse's strongest support and comrade. 4. The couple follows a "marriage first, love later" progression. 5. Extreme top fans and bottom fans, please don't read. 6. There is a childbearing plotline for the secondary couple (for plot reasons). 7. Humanity vs. zombies, with humanity losing. Theme: When you're alive, you have to take care of yourself first.