Novels like The Mysterious Countdown
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- 101 The Apocalypse's Keeper of Books: The Last Great Encyclopedia 末世守书人：最后的大百科 [Apocalypse + survival + saving civilization + zombie mutations + solo protagonist + map-based adventure] A gritty, realistic wasteland survival story. Confronting human weaknesses and battling the environment will be the hope of redeeming ourselves and our species! In a wasteland ravaged by apocalyptic mutations, a spreading virus caused genetic mutations in humanity. Most people became mindless, bloodthirsty de-evolved savages who roamed about slaughtering others. Civilization had crumbled, or 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 After a Zombie Bites Me, I Become a Scumbag 被丧尸咬后，我做起了渣男 (A very important note: this book has no supernatural powers, no System, no ridiculous comedy, and no goody-two-shoes.) The apocalypse arrives and society collapses. An ordinary young man is bitten by a zombie, but turns misfortune into fortune. Watch him grow step by step, using his lock-picking skills to make a way through mountains and build bridges over rivers, roaming the wasteland as if no one else were there. (The novel incorporates real-world details, place names, and terminology, but it 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Doomsday Rebirth: The Higher-Dimensional Virus 末日重生之高维病毒 [Revenge + stockpiling supplies + killing zombies + safe house + ruthless action + natural disasters + seizing opportunities] The protagonist, Ye Xiu, is betrayed by his friends and returns to the time before the apocalypse begins. As someone reborn, he has the advantage at every turn in this life. He stockpiles supplies, builds an apocalyptic home, and seizes elemental marks, among other things. His treacherous girlfriend and his backstabbing friends know nothing about any of it. Ye Xiu also ta 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Apocalypse: The Rise of Technological Powers 末世：科技异能崛起 Synopsis: [Apocalypse + rebirth + System + technology + supernatural abilities + spatial storage + survival + disasters + scheming protagonist + ensemble cast + mecha + mobile fortress] The world is enveloped by an endless, unknown energy. An unknown disaster swept across Earth, bringing unprecedented devastation. Countless humans and other living things mutated in the disaster: grotesque zombies, powerful ability users, rampaging mutant plants, ferocious mutant animals, and even tiny microorg 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Apocalypse Crisis: Infinite Plunder 末世危机之无限掠夺 [Apocalypse crisis + ruthless + no heroine + zombies + supernatural powers + all races!] Jiang Chen awakens the power to plunder without realizing it, then dies a tragic death and unexpectedly is reborn before the apocalypse. This time, he is determined to change his fate and rise above millions. The apocalypse: a game created by beings who call themselves gods! But give those gods health bars, and he'll kill them all the same. The Shadow King, the Earth Guardian, the Poison Doctor Queen, and th 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Apocalypse: The Female War God Is Pregnant. Who Did This? 末世：女战神怀孕了，这是谁干的 [Apocalypse + Hoarding + More Children, More Blessings] The base assigns him a wife, and Lin Chuang, a reborn man, unexpectedly awakens a reproduction-type Sequence ability. As long as he spends food, he can strengthen his descendants! In the end, he leads a host of descendants with Sequence abilities to dominate the apocalypse! 1.2kReads—Score17114d adds
- 107 In the Apocalypse, Getting Attacked by Zombies Makes Me Stronger! 人在末世，被丧尸攻击就变强！ [Apocalypse + Rebirth + System + Stockpiling + Decisive and Ruthless + No Saintly Heroics!] Yang Dingtian wakes up to find that he has transmigrated to a world where the apocalypse has just begun! The apocalypse breaks out, and zombies run rampant. But Yang Dingtian awakens a System that makes him stronger whenever a zombie attacks him! "Ding! Host attacked by a regular zombie. Strength +1!" "Ding! Host attacked by a Level 1 zombie. Speed +5!" "Ding! Host attacked by a Level 7 Zombie King..." Wa 144Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Thirty Days at the Convenience Store 便利店30天 The most realistic story of surviving the apocalypse: how can ordinary people make it through the end of the world? No golden finger, no conventional tropes. Follow Xiao Cheng, a convenience store clerk, and experience the apocalypse from a fresh perspective. Xiao Cheng, Uncle Qin, Wu Zhe, and the others are trapped in a tiny convenience store, short on food and clothing and beset by troubles within and dangers without. Can they rely on their own strength to escape alive? 109Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 109 The Cold Silence of Doomsday 末日冷清 She dreams about the apocalypse in class, never expecting it to actually arrive. Mutations begin on the very first day. Will the beautiful heroine Huang Yiyi become a god while staying true to herself, or join the zombies and conquer the world? Watch her roam freely and fight across the apocalypse. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Biochemical Apocalypse: Six Survivors' Desperate Fight to Live 生化末世，六人众绝路求生 [Ensemble cast, biohazard apocalypse, no one reborn, no golden finger, no System, no supernatural powers] An intensely realistic apocalypse novel, all about the thrill! A graduate, a prisoner, a doctor, an amnesiac girl, a crack shot, and a special forces soldier. Six strangers from different backgrounds who have never met share one goal in the apocalypse: to survive. Through an ensemble-cast perspective, this book takes you along on six protagonists' different journeys to survive the apocalypse 82Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 111 In the Apocalypse, A-Man’s Busy Raising an Army to Conquer the World and Become a Hero 末世阿瞒忙爆兵，称霸全球逞英雄 [From the Start + System + Transmigration + Lighthearted + Comedic + History + Wild Imagination] As someone who came back from the apocalypse, getting beaten up by a few petty thieves right from the start is just embarrassing! An apocalypse System! So powerful! But... why does everything need to be unlocked? This! This! This! And unlocking things actually requires completing apocalypse missions! These missions! Capture a city to earn rewards. The bigger the city and the larger its population, th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Apocalypse Tokyo: Starting as a Private 末世东京，从列兵开始 [Apocalypse + No Female Lead + Fairly Hard-Edged + No Superpowers + Army Corps + No Mindless Plotting + Decisive and Ruthless + Famous Anti-Japanese Generals] “I don’t love killing people, because the ones I kill are beasts.” “Why get angry at beasts? If they won’t behave, just slaughter them.” After the apocalypse begins, Qi Polu awakens a Military Rank System while on a business trip in Edo, Japan. From the start, he obtains individual combat gear and summons an armored infantry squad to take 100Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Apocalypse: I Play the Villain 末世：我在末世当反派 [System] [Survival] [No Superpowers] [Awaken the Villain System in the Apocalypse!] I have to follow the script: reject people begging for help in front of everyone, forcibly “recruit” survivors, monopolize every resource, and establish absolute rule. Everyone thinks I’m a demon who would eat them alive. But they don’t know the truth. I want to be a good person, but the System won’t let me. So I’ll play the villain: I’ll keep acting until everyone thinks I’m the bad guy, and until even the Syste 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Apocalypse: The Road of the Dead 末世：尸途之路 [Realistic Zombie Fiction + Zombies + Apocalypse + No Superpowers + No System + No Golden Finger + The Protagonist Isn't All-Powerful + He Gets Hurt Too + He Won't Die + Don't Be Fooled by the Title + Please, I'll Get on My Knees if You Don't Read It + Realistic, Walking Dead-like Style + Best Savored Slowly + Slow-Paced] Don't fall for the superpower cliches! The real apocalypse doesn't pull its punches. No System, no superpowers, just zombies tearing into people and struggles over human nature 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 The Walking Dead: The Leader 行尸走肉：领袖 [The Walking Dead] [The-Walking-Dead] Ye Qian transmigrates into the world of his favorite TV show, The Walking Dead. He remembers Shane and Rick, brothers who turned against each other; T-Dog, who will die horribly in the prison; Merle, who sacrifices himself to save his brother Daryl; Beth, shot dead in the hospital; Glenn and Abraham, shot in the head after the Saviors surround them in the Alexandria woods; gentle Jessie, who never gets to be with Rick; Carl, bitten after saving some kid; and 21Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 116 Taking My Divine Physique into the Corpse Brother World 带着神体闯尸兄 Luo Yun is eating at home when he hears a voice in his mind telling him that the time has come. Before he can react, he is forced to transmigrate to the Zombie Brother world, and this is only the beginning… 274Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 117 My Secret Hideout Is in a Psychiatric Hospital 我的秘密基地在一座精神病院 Wencai grew up in the psychiatric hospital where his parents worked. When his classmates learned he lived in a psychiatric hospital, they grew distant and ostracized him, leaving him insecure and sensitive. By chance, Uncle Liu, a patient at the hospital, took Wencai into the “Microscopic City” hidden underground and gave him a new identity: the Arbiter, Uncle Liu's successor, though not yet officially appointed. Meanwhile, the global environment and climate kept deteriorating, making it increa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 The Apocalypse Overlord Plays by No Rules 末世枭雄不讲道理 "I'll be dead in three months." Xiao Lang was twenty-six. Before the apocalypse, his girlfriend had dumped him, and both his parents were dead. After it began, he scraped by for two months, wanting nothing but to wait for death. Then a group of cripples attacked him, leaving him on the brink of death. When he woke up, there was a new voice in his head: "I am Cao Mengde. Today, I have come back to life." From that moment on, the cowardly Xiao Lang was dead. Someone else was alive in his place —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Apocalypse: Infinite Exchange 末世之无限兑换 Chen Rui struggled through ten years of the apocalypse. His life had never gone his way, yet in his sleep, an alien chip struck him on the head and somehow sent him back ten years, reborn. 9Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 120 Lone Journey Without End 无期独行 [Apocalypse + Zombies + No Female Lead + Mentally Unstable + Ruthless] You have more than yourself. I have only me. Bai Chen transmigrated! On his very first day, the apocalypse broke out! After the apocalypse began, Bai Chen's System vanished as soon as it bound itself to him. With only the knife the System had given him, he had to make his way through the ruins. In the two years since the apocalypse began, he lost a great deal and gained a mental illness, setting out on a solitary path with no 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 A Deadly New Beginning 致命新生 [Cultivation + technology + planetary civilization + biological evolution] The protagonist is Xu Ye. After an unexpected event triggers a global mutation on Blue Star, living creatures begin cultivating until they become as powerful as the beings in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, while humanity gradually rises to prominence! The veil over Blue Star's technological civilization is also slowly lifted. This is an explosive collision between technology and flesh, and the opportunity to guide civ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 Do You Daydream Too? 你也会做白日梦吗 As the apocalypse loomed, humanity chose to travel among the stars. By good fortune, they discovered a planet suitable for human habitation, named Descent. But the apocalyptic crisis had greatly reduced the human population, so to lessen the dangers of space exploration, humanity created versatile "puppet" robots equipped with human emotions. They were sent to this unknown world to explore and establish a base for humanity. After many years of development, the puppets founded a large settlement —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Frozen Apocalypse: I Tear Apart the Throne of the Abyss 冰封末世：手撕寒渊王座 > A meteor impact forms a celestial curtain that blocks out the sunlight, plunging the entire world into an endless ice age. > After struggling for ten years in an apocalyptic world where temperatures fell below minus eighty degrees, Lin Mo is reborn, returning to thirty days before the disaster with the only SS-rank ability, the “Absolute Zero Core.” > While everyone else worries about food, his underground bunker has already switched on climate control. While others fight over a little fuel, h 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Saving the World After the Lunar Corpse Calamity 从月尸灾变开始拯救世界 [Zombies + post-disaster world + powerful leads + supernatural abilities + wild plot] “Twenty years ago, thirteen enormous pillars descended from the sky and crashed into thirteen cities, killing nearly two hundred million people. People called this disaster from beyond the heavens the ‘Heavenly Pillar Catastrophe.’ Knowing nothing about the pillars, humanity began exploring them. … … Five years ago, people with supernatural abilities began appearing all over the world. To this day, there are —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 World Tree: The End Draws Near 世界之树：终焉降临 World Tree + Doomsday Survival + Mild Superpowers + No System + Not a Saint In short, the world was destroyed... and the story began... What kind of story will it be? Let me tell you, little by little... 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 With a Survival Simulator, I Turned Around and Slaughtered My Way Through the Apocalypse 凭借生存模拟器，我反手杀穿末世 [Apocalypse + corruption + decisive and ruthless + no bleeding-heart heroine + superpowers + System + evolution] A sudden red fog envelops Blue Star. A month later, the apocalypse begins. Seventy percent of humanity turns into zombies, plants and animals mutate into terrifying creatures, and society collapses, bringing humanity to the brink of extinction. A delivery guy awakens a simulation System from the start. After running simulations millions of times, he discovers he has already carved a p —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 The Tenth Book by Mr. Weird Pea 怪味豆公子第10本书 [Invincible + apocalyptic zombies + infinite storage space + no goody-two-shoes + decisive, ruthless protagonist] After fighting for four years in his previous life, he died challenging the ultimate boss. Reborn with his combat power, items, and skills intact, he starts with an eighth-tier trump card and gets to choose his System. His space contains the countless supplies he collected in his previous life, making him an instant billionaire after the authorities appraise them. The protagonist is 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Apocalypse: No Escape from Catastrophe 末世：浩劫难逃 A comet passed by Earth, grazing it and triggering a series of disasters. Mountains collapsed, the earth split apart, tsunamis and earthquakes struck, and every country was affected. Not one escaped unscathed. Just as the nations worked hard to deal with the destruction and began to see results, they discovered that this disaster was only the beginning... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 The Apocalypse: I Awakened Two Special Abilities from the Start! 末世，开局觉醒双异能！ [No System + Ruthless and decisive + Not a do-gooder + Rebirth power fantasy!] After ten years surviving alone in the apocalypse, he’s reborn! From the start, he awakens two special abilities! The most amazing, beautiful healer from his previous life… Mine! The strongest heavily armored warrior from his previous life… Mine! Enemy: You can have the resources, take the beauty too. Just spare my life, okay?! Gao Ren: Fool, if you’re dead, all of that belongs to me anyway! 1Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 130 Apocalyptic Evolution Frenzy: I Am the God! 末世进化狂潮：我就是神！ [Apocalypse + Strong Female Lead + Satisfying Power Fantasy + Spatial Ability + Ruthless and Decisive + Evolving Superpowers + The One True God!] [Those who speak my true name shall find eternal life through reincarnation!] When the old order collapses, a new one rises from the ruins. I will ascend to the very peak and proclaim: I am God! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Stockpiling Supplies for the Apocalypse, Building a Shelter Against Natural Disasters 末世囤物资，天灾建庇护所 I seek neither dominion over the Misty Realm nor supremacy in the Carefree World, for both would bring me shame. When the apocalypse arrives, with no golden finger, no pocket dimension, and no superpowers, how will you protect your family? Will you instead carve out a quiet refuge for yourself, or prepare to vie for dominion over the world? If you still don't know what to do, then come see how our protagonist starts out as a hoarder! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 The Last Light of the Apocalypse: The Galaxy Falls 末世余晖：星河坠落 [Decisive and ruthless ➕ No saintly do-gooder ➕ Evolution ➕ Superpowers] A colossal meteor crashes down from the sky. Bizarre, terrifying monsters keep appearing. The old civilization collapses, and a new order rises. After the apocalypse, how will you find your own path and face the unknown dangers and challenges? A poem celebrating humanity’s brilliance and an ode to hope, set against dark corners and ever-present terror. Lin Tian uncovers the truth behind this apocalypse. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Earth Has Not Been Fully Occupied 地球未被完全占领 My new work is out! Head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you enjoy it. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 43Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 134 A Paradise on Earth 人间乐土 [Not a Power Fantasy + No System + Plot-Driven + Survival and Growth + Scheming and Power Plays + Viral Monsters + Love, Hate, and Friendship] In Year One of the Virus Era, the R virus swept across the globe in half a month. Mutated sea eagles blotted out the sky, and carrier-sized giant whales trampled seaports. Only Huaxia held the line. Yu Hao, a boy from Shanghai, once believed his country would keep him safe. Then he watched a news anchor torn apart by an infected person on a live broadcast 3Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 135 The Nuclear Winter Era 核冬纪元 Apocalypse + No System + Not Reborn + No Saintly Protagonist The law of the jungle is far more evident between people than between beasts. In the early years of the two-thousandth year of the Blue Star era, an earthquake measuring 7.6 struck an island nation, awakening the Sakura Sacred Mountain, dormant for three hundred years. The world's largest active volcano, Sakura, began erupting for years on end. Its ash blotted out the sky and plunged the island nation into desperation. To survive, the 93Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 136 Academy of the Undead: Lost in the Apocalypse 尸起学院：末日迷途 [Realistic apocalypse + absurdist style, intense and harrowing! Not a power fantasy!] Follow the story of a young aspiring warlord as he outwits other survivors in the apocalypse and ultimately finds redemption. Liu Chen was an ordinary vocational school student. But a sudden zombie virus changed his peaceful life. What happens when more than twenty people are trapped in a classroom with barely any food or supplies? After escaping the school through a horde of the living dead, where can they go? 63Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 137 Doomsday Zombie Mutation 末日尸变 Luo Sen was an ordinary middle school student until one day, when a zombie virus broke out and social order collapsed. In the darkness of human nature that followed, he began a new way of life. While everyone else struggles to survive, he roams the world with a special ability, living more freely than ever. He fears nothing, except zombies who don't know how to read! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 A Wish Upon a Meteor Shower 流星雨的愿望 [Apocalypse][No Romance][System][Decisive and Ruthless][No Self-Sacrifice] New Year's Eve marks both the end of one year and the beginning of another. On a day when families gather, strange phenomena appeared in the sky. A red moon hung overhead, its crimson light covering the heavens. People took it as an auspicious sign that the sun and stars were shining brightly. Little did they know that the Apocalypse was quietly descending amid their laughter and cheerful chatter. The arrival of the Sprin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Apocalypse Delivery Station: Today's Package Is Hope 末日快递站：今天派送希望包 In 2077, nuclear winter blankets the world. The surface has become a zone of mutations, and humanity cowers in underground cities. Lin Shen is an orphan with an unusual gift: empathic touch. A mysterious mechanical pocket watch forces him to become a courier in the apocalypse. Every package is tied to the dying obsession of someone on the brink of death, and touching it reveals a bloody past. A mechanical dog that sheds tears holds a scientist’s final data; a singing mutant flower bud contains —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 The Pearl Returns on New Year's Day 元日珠还 (No transmigration, no rebirth, no System, no brainless plot, one female lead. Read at your own discretion.) One day, most of humanity suddenly turned into mindless zombies, left with nothing but bloodthirsty instincts and a desire to kill. A small number of survivors born with antibodies escaped infection in the early days of the outbreak. As time passed, the survivors joined forces, gradually wiping out the zombies and restoring some order to the cities. But then the survivors discovered that —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Apocalypse Rebirth: I Am the Emperor 末世重生：我为帝王 [Sci-fi + Apocalypse] Returning to the first day of the apocalypse, Wu Fan swears he’ll put an end to every regret. Along the way, he encounters mutants he never met in his previous life and takes care of the enemies who stand in his way. But when he once again comes face-to-face with the culprit behind his death, he realizes things aren’t so simple. —Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 142 Corpse Brother: I Get Stronger by Eating 尸兄：变强从吃开始 Long Yan had only ever watched the Corpse Brother anime. Five years before the Corpse Brother crisis erupted, he transmigrated into the world of Corpse Brother. With hit songs and web novels from the future, he quickly rose to become a globally famous entertainment star. As a resident of H City, one day he suddenly saw a news report. “The Corpse Brother? H City? No way!” The bottle of mineral water in Long Yan’s hand suddenly dropped to the ground. “No way… Well, I’ll be damned.” 6Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 143 Apocalypse: I Became the Bane of the Demon Emperor 末世：我成了妖皇克星 In the apocalypse, an awkward demon cultivator practiced Daoist techniques and accidentally became the first purple-robed demon Daoist in history. No System + Not Invincible + Room to Grow Power has the same source. One thought makes you a god; one thought makes you a demon. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Apocalypse: The Dawn Era 末世：曦纪元 In 2034, gray fog blotted out the sky, and blood rain fell. The zombie outbreak began! Fortuitous encounters, secret realms, mysterious roulette wheels, towers, and treasure chests appeared. Gods, demons, angels, and foreign races emerged one after another. Blue Star split apart as continents from other worlds crashed into it, forming a new world called "Xixing." Reborn into a second life, Mu Qiu wanted only to grow stronger and take control of his own fate. He rejected a god's offer to become 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Eternal Peace in the Apocalypse 末日永宁 Zhang Yongning is a top-notch auto mechanic. A miserable wage earner, he gets sent on a business trip to a franchise store even over the New Year holiday… only for the franchisee to stand him up. Zhang Yongning takes a break and gives himself a holiday, signing up for a cruise around the South China Sea. Then a “spore virus” breaks out worldwide… Well, there goes his way home. The virus infects almost every land-dwelling mammal… Faced with an overwhelming catastrophe, how will the survivors man 4Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 146 Walking in the Darkness 行走于黑暗 When the end times arrive and everything familiar turns to ash, when the world becomes a wasteland, resources run out and technology regresses, people go hungry and danger lurks everywhere, forcing them to walk through darkness, will you have the courage to rebuild a home amid the ruins, end corruption and darkness, and welcome a brighter future? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Robot War: Valkyrie 机器人战争一女武神 Humans were the first intelligent life on Earth. Our magnificent instinct to explore and seek adventure gave rise to the advanced human civilization we have today! But we have weaknesses, or rather, traits we have yet to evolve beyond: shortsightedness, selfishness, and laziness... Humans will certainly not be the last intelligent life on this planet. Our recklessness gave rise to the more advanced MI intelligent robot race. In the future, who will win or lose, who will live or die? It remains t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Doomsday Survival: On the Road Among the Dead 末日生存之人在尸途 Walking corpses, wild beasts, combat; Survival, off-roading, the journey home; Gunfire, gear, vehicles; For the best reading experience, brothers, a friendly reminder: This is a realistic apocalypse novel. Readers under sixteen should read with a family member present! It’s grounded in common sense, has no saintly self-sacrifice, features lots of women, and has no female lead. If you like stories about stockpiling goods in a supermarket space, turn right and head out. Remember to close the door 178Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 149 Surviving the Cataclysm 惊变生存 After five years of service, I, Liu Mingkai, had finally reached the day of my discharge, only for disaster to erupt uncontrollably on the very last day. When my former comrade contacted me, he gave me the wrong address, leading him into the worst-hit area! Unable to reach him, should I go stop him from entering the disaster zone, or put my own safety ahead of our friendship? 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Apocalypse Cataclysm: From the Start, I Stockpiled a Hundred Billion in Supplies Like Crazy 末世灾变，开局我嘎嘎囤百亿物质 [Apocalypse + Reborn + Spatial Ability + Superpowers + Stockpiling Supplies + Decisive and Ruthless, Never a Saint + Building a Faction] Humanity is about to face a world-shattering dark catastrophe! Planetary impacts, extreme cold and heat, magnitude-ten earthquakes, super tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, ghost fog, zombies, mutated creatures: disaster after disaster arrives without warning. When the apocalypse begins, Ye Xuan uses a mysterious space to return to before the catastrophe. He decides 7Reads—Score—14d adds
