Mo Fei, an executive chef at the Yate Grand Hotel, wakes up in the body of a single mother who shares her name after suffering an acute myocardial infarction. The original owner had raised twin eight-year-old children, Mo Jianian and Mo Jiayue, alone after being disowned by her family for becoming pregnant out of wedlock. The mother had worked exhausting day and night jobs, including selling fried rice at a night market, until her body gave out. Upon transmigration, Mo Fei discovers she is in a slightly different version of her world, confirmed when searches for her former hotel and name yield no relevant results. She also finds a mysterious iron wok in the kitchen that can cook without fire and bears the inscription Divine Wok.
That night, a disembodied male voice informs Mo Fei that she is a chosen test subject in a world entering a period of rapid biological evolution. The voice warns of impending drastic environmental changes, frequent natural disasters, and a new era of flourishing life forms, stating that survival conditions will be extremely harsh. Shortly after, Mo Fei is drawn into a twenty-cubic-meter portable space attached to the wok. She discovers the space can store items indefinitely while preserving freshness and temperature. A system message identifies her as Test Subject No. 001 and notes that the space is upgradable.
Realizing the gravity of the warning, Mo Fei immediately begins preparing for the coming catastrophe. She checks the original owner’s bank account, which holds only one hundred thousand yuan, and decides to sell the family’s forty-square-meter apartment. A real estate agent estimates the property is worth over one point two million yuan. Mo Fei also rents a remote storefront to serve as a delivery point for bulk supplies, ensuring no one will suspect her of hoarding. She places massive wholesale orders for rice, flour, cooking oil, noodles, canned goods, vegetables, meat, and seeds, spending nearly all her available cash and credit. She also purchases medical supplies, tools, and daily necessities.
After selling the apartment for one point three five million yuan, Mo Fei rents a spacious penthouse in a secure residential complex and moves her family there. She continues to stockpile supplies, filling her portable space which upgrades to Level 2, expanding its capacity to two hundred cubic meters. To generate additional income, she decides to sell ice rice and mung bean soup at the night market, utilizing her culinary skills and the wok’s ability to enhance food flavor. The children, initially worried about the move and their mother’s sudden changes, adapt quickly to their new home and enjoy the better meals. Mo Fei also reconnects with her maternal grandmother through a secret WeChat account, exchanging messages that hint at a potential family reconciliation. As she continues to prepare for the unknown future, Mo Fei balances her role as a mother, a business owner, and a survivor in a world on the brink of transformation.
