Starting the Apocalypse with a Hundred-Billion Mansion: I Won Without Lifting a Finger

Shen Xingdu, a veteran survivor of a catastrophic apocalypse that destroyed civilization, finds herself reborn one month before the disaster strikes. She returns to the moment of her public humiliation at the Shen family mansion, where her biological parents and the fake heiress, Lin Wan’er, have exposed her as a rustic orphan and planned to marry her off to a sadistic fiancé, Gu Yichen, as a political tool. In her previous life, Shen Xingdu endured abuse and was eventually fed to zombies, but this time she possesses foreknowledge of the coming floods, extreme cold, and societal collapse. Rather than seeking reconciliation, she coldly rejects the marriage and the family’s authority, presenting her father, Shen Hongwei, with a termination of parent-child relationship agreement. She demands five hundred million yuan and a luxury penthouse as a buyout, threatening to destroy the Shen Group’s upcoming IPO with scandalous revelations if they refuse. Faced with the prospect of financial ruin, Shen Hongwei agrees, and Shen Xingdu secures her capital and freedom in the same day.

With her inheritance secured, Shen Xingdu activates a unique "All-Things Recycling and Exchange System" bound to a jade pendant she steals from Lin Wan’er. Unlike the simple storage space Lin Wan’er possessed in her past life, Shen Xingdu’s system allows her to recycle trash and waste into Survival Points, which can be used to purchase high-tech items, weapons, and space upgrades. She immediately begins a massive stockpiling operation, purchasing hundreds of tons of rice, flour, oil, and condiments from wholesale markets. She also buys vast quantities of cooked food from fast-food chains, ensuring she has ready-to-eat meals that remain fresh in her time-stopped storage space. Her shopping spree extends to electronics, books, entertainment media, and essential survival gear, including bulletproof glass, titanium alloy wall panels, and bank-vault-grade security doors for her new penthouse fortress.

Shen Xingdu’s preparation is not limited to supplies; she actively dismantles her enemies’ assets before the apocalypse begins. She hacks into the Shen family’s private winery, stripping it of rare wines, smuggled goods, and diesel generators, leaving behind a mocking smiley face. She then targets Shen Group’s logistics warehouses, emptying billions of dollars worth of appliances, textiles, and merchandise under the cover of night. To fund her upgrades, she sells her remaining 2% stake in Shen Group to the family’s corporate rival, Fu Hanshan, along with evidence of tax evasion, causing Shen Hongwei’s business empire to crumble under regulatory audits. She also extorts fifty million yuan from her abusive fiancé, Gu Yichen, by threatening to release incriminating surveillance footage of his criminal activities.

As the apocalypse draws nearer, Shen Xingdu enhances her physical capabilities through gene-serum injections and acquires a powerful combat companion, a honey badger named Tiechui, whom she tames with a system-redeemed pill. She also rescues Qin Feng, a future war god who is currently a wounded bounty hunter, in exchange for a meteorite fragment that upgrades her space to Level 2, unlocking a Spirit Spring for healing and a ranch area for livestock. She fortifies her penthouse into an impenetrable bunker with solar power, air purification, and automated defenses. In the final days before the disaster, she raids the Shen family’s private museum, collecting antiques and gold for Survival Points and a legendary Ming Dynasty sword. With her fortress ready, her supplies abundant, and her enemies stripped of their wealth, Shen Xingdu waits for the torrential rains and extreme cold to descend upon the world, prepared to survive and thrive while those who wronged her face their demise.