The World Mutated Overnight

Jiang Guiti thought she was nothing more than an ordinary biology major, perfectly capable of making it to her eight a.m. classes and giving presentations.

Until the day the world fell apart, when she discovered that the "normal" world she had lived in was actually a dream woven by a powerful mutant.

In January 2073, a sudden wave of contamination emerged from Xijing City and quickly swept across the world in a radiation-like pattern. Countless creatures grew tentacles wherever it passed. History would remember it as the "Mutation of All Living Things."

In April 2074, after the nest of the mutant responsible for creating the dream was invaded, Jiang Guiti slowly awoke.

She kept her expression composed, but inwardly she was devastated. So getting one of the province's top scores and earning a place at a prestigious university really had been a dream. Waking up was still a moving experience.

With only her memories of the dream left, Jiang Guiti followed the people who had rescued her back to the human base.

Only to be hit with another shock right away.

What! I look exactly like the long-dead woman the builder of Xijing Base loved?

Jiang Guiti looked up at the sky and sighed. So I've been cast in a body-double story!

*

Yi Beizhou, former air force pilot and current builder of Xijing Base.

Everyone thought that as a man in power, he was calm and self-possessed, deftly managing affairs and maintaining peace and stability at the human base under his command.

No one could see the madness hidden beneath his cool, handsome exterior.

No one knew that once, after completing a flight mission, he had carefully picked out a bouquet, intending to confess his feelings to the person he had treasured in his heart for so long. But on his way there, the apocalypse struck.

The place where his beloved lived was at the center of the contamination zone. It was impossible to get close, and no one survived.

The road had no end. The person he loved was someone he would never see again.

Blue baby's breath scattered across the ground. He fell to his knees, heartbroken and consumed by grief.

[A seemingly sweet, gentle, catlike beauty who is actually a cool-headed, clever, and skilled actress, occasionally sharp-tongued biology researcher heroine]

[A seemingly calm, reserved paragon of morality who is actually an intensely possessive, controlling former air force pilot and current apocalypse-base builder hero]

[Reading Notes]

1. The heroine is the woman he loved. The hero thought she was dead. There is no body-double plot, though some supporting characters misunderstand.

2. They were mutually in love before the apocalypse, and reunite and fall in love again afterward.

3. Both leads are adults when they start dating. Both are sexually inexperienced. Happy ending.

4. This is an entirely fictional setting. Please do not draw parallels to real-world places or events.

5. Please forgive any errors in the scientific and technical details.

6. Also titled "Mutation of All Living Things"

-- Coming soon: "Saving the Stars Through Foresight After My Inner Thoughts Are Exposed" --

Luo Tan transmigrates into a sci-fi novel she's read.

In the world of the novel, technology is highly advanced and people live in peace and comfort. In short, it's a perfect place to lie flat and wait to die.

Then a System appears in her mind.

The System tells her that the world has a bug, disasters are occurring one after another, and her mission is to fix them.

Luo Tan is furious: I start out in a slum, with no rice in the pot, and you want me to fix bugs?

So she lies flat.

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Less than five minutes into lying flat, Luo Tan nervously flips to chapter one, deciding to see what the first bug is.

[Some street thugs on Chishui Street get into a brawl and accidentally step on a manhole cover. It falls in and wakes a sleeping space monster, which breathes fire and engulfs all of Chishui Street?]

What kind of nonsense is this? It's definitely a bug!

The city maintenance worker looks up in shock. Have they discovered the shoddy manhole cover?

In the sky, hovercars stop one after another, and countless drivers stick their heads out. Where's the monster?

Outside, the gang leader, who was throwing punches in the brawl, twists his ankle and stares at the manhole cover beside him in shock. Did I do this?

Half an hour later, the area around the manhole cover is sealed off and thoroughly protected.

Luo Tan: Huh, the bug disappeared? It really is a bug-filled world. Even the System is full of bugs!

Just as everyone outside is about to breathe a sigh of relief, they hear that familiar inner voice:

[Let's see what the next bug is!]

Everyone faints.

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Before long, Luo Tan notices that mysterious lost items keep appearing outside her front door.

First, a bag of rice.

Then, a box of fruit.

And after that, a box of precious gems worth a fortune.

She carries the pile of stuff from door to door, asking everyone. Each neighbor shakes their head and says it isn't theirs.

Luo Tan taps the System's cybernetic head. This place in the stars is pretty great. Supplies just keep spawning everywhere.

Her neighbors secretly shake their heads in fond sympathy.

The goddess lives such a frugal life. Everyone should do their part to help!

Theme: Life is more precious than anything