The Cat I Picked Up Is a Big Shot in the Apocalypse

An Chen was reborn from the fifth year of the apocalypse. He'd thought he was playing the role of a disposable character in a cliché apocalypse story.

He never expected that, while he was so hungry he could barely afford food, he'd be hunted by an ability user hailed by the base as the hope of the entire world.

And in an even more melodramatic twist, this hero of humanity was the ex-boyfriend he'd dumped for two-timing him.

His ex-boyfriend pressed an ice blade against his chin. His phoenix eyes brimmed with pain that seemed almost sincere. “I'm sorry, but I was reborn from ten years in the future. In ten years, you'll become the one responsible for destroying the world. I have to snuff out that spark before it catches fire.”

An Chen stared at him for a long moment, then couldn't help offering a friendly greeting. “Dude, are you sick in the head?”

His ex-boyfriend lowered his eyes, the edge of the ice blade flashing.

When he opened his eyes again, he was reborn.

After being reborn, An Chen stood inside the spacious apartment he'd inherited and looked at the bank card in his hand. It had once held tens of millions, but the money had become worthless when the apocalypse came. His expressionless face broke into a harmless, guileless smile.

So getting a cheat after being reborn is a thing? Who says I can't do it too?

An Chen avoided the same old path he'd followed before, and in doing so, stumbled into some unexpected rewards.

One day, on his way home after ordering supplies, he heard a faint, weak meowing.

He parted the bushes and found a skinny little black kitten.

An Chen: Found a cat, everyone! It wants to come home with me!

A month later, the apocalypse began, just as he remembered.

But then he suddenly realized that the cat he'd picked up seemed a little strange...

What kind of kitten drags an S-rank mutant beast home in the middle of the night to show off?!

Top's POV: I adopted a human. He's so weak, and a body like his won't survive in the merciless world to come.

I want to carry him back to my den and take good care of him, but he's so naughty and keeps running into dangerous places.

What can I do? He's my own two-legged pet, so of course I'll spoil him.

P.S. Each of them thinks they're the one raising the other, and each thinks they're the one spoiling the other.

Theme: Never give up hope of survival. Be brave and keep striving.