After Picking Up a Big Shot, I Take On the Apocalypse Again

Li Ge was a top-tier ice ability user and the second-in-command of the Central Base in a post-apocalyptic world dominated by zombies. After five years of survival, she secured the crystal core of the Zombie Emperor, only to be betrayed by the two people she trusted most: Shen Yuyan, the base leader she had admired for years, and Bai Sui, a fragile girl Li Ge had once saved. Bai Sui, who harbored romantic feelings for Shen Yuyan, orchestrated Li Ge’s death to remove the only obstacle to their relationship. Cornered and exhausted, Li Ge was hunted by lightning and fire. Just as she faced certain death, the Zombie Emperor, whom she had just killed, used his last strength to push her out of the flames. She was then captured by her own defected squad and burned alive. Upon dying, Li Ge woke up in a university classroom, realizing she had been reborn five minutes before the apocalypse began. The date was September 30th, and she was no longer the powerful ice user but an ordinary student named Li Ge with no abilities.

Understanding the gravity of her second chance, Li Ge immediately acted to secure her safety. She grabbed a fire axe and retreated to the school rooftop, knowing that the zombie virus would erupt at 10:00 AM. As chaos engulfed the campus, she avoided the initial panic and focused on her primary goal: finding Xi Zhou. In her previous life, Xi Zhou had been the bloodthirsty Zombie Emperor who ruled the undead, yet he was also the only being who had shown her kindness in her final moments. Li Ge discovered that Xi Zhou was a popular singer on campus, currently preparing for a concert. She located him as he was fleeing zombies alongside Bai Sui and their manager, Sun Hengrui. Despite her deep-seated hatred for Bai Sui, Li Ge recognized that Xi Zhou was still human and vulnerable. She intervened to save him from a fall into a zombie horde, revealing that he had awakened a fire ability. The group escaped into the school gymnasium, which was being held hostage by a ruthless middle-aged man named Zhao, a metal-type ability user who had seized control through violence.

Trapped in the gym, Li Ge observed Xi Zhou’s growing bond with Bai Sui, which mirrored the dynamics of her past life. She attempted to warn Xi Zhou about the dangers of his naivety, teaching him how to control his fire ability. When Zhao’s group forced survivors to venture out for supplies, Li Ge and Xi Zhou planned an escape. However, during their attempt to flee the campus, Xi Zhou was scratched by a zombie. As he hung from the back of their escape truck, Bai Sui, fearing he would turn, cut his leg free, causing him to fall into the horde. Li Ge, enraged by Bai Sui’s cruelty, slapped her and jumped from the moving truck to retrieve Xi Zhou’s body. She dragged his mangled corpse to a secluded restaurant, where he underwent a painful transformation. Instead of dying, Xi Zhou emerged as a powerful zombie who retained his human consciousness and gained a spatial storage ability.

Now allied with the future Zombie Emperor, Li Ge began to reshape their fate. Xi Zhou, bitter and traumatized by the betrayal of his friends, initially struggled with his new nature but ultimately accepted Li Ge’s guidance. Together, they raided a commercial complex, where Xi Zhou used his spatial powers to accumulate vast supplies of food, medicine, and clothing. Their journey was interrupted by Luo Xiaoran, a fan of Xi Zhou, who convinced him to return to the gym to rescue her friends. Li Ge accompanied him, witnessing the brutal consequences of Zhao’s tyranny. As they navigated this new world, Li Ge remained focused on her revenge against Bai Sui and Shen Yuyan, while also ensuring that Xi Zhou did not succumb to the same path of isolation and darkness that had defined his previous life. The story sets the stage for a retribution where the betrayed and the monster team up to dismantle the foundations of the base that once destroyed them.