Chapter 1: Blood Test to Recognize Space

The dim oil lamp flickered in the wind, casting Li Yaqin's thin figure long and thin.

The light, projected onto the mottled earthen wall, resembled a menacing ghost.

Outside, the cold wind, carrying fine snowflakes, lashed against the windowpanes, making a mournful, whimpering sound, like someone sobbing softly.

This sound added an eerie touch to the already tense atmosphere.

Li Yaqin shivered suddenly, gripping the wooden stick tightly in her hand until her knuckles turned white.

She was originally from the 20th century, a newly graduated botanist, eating melons by the roadside after her internship.

While watching the police raid a prostitution ring, she was hit by a sports car that ran a red light.

How awful! One shouldn't be too fond of watching excitement; you might end up becoming part of the excitement yourself.

Upon waking, she sat by the stove, groggily receiving her memories.

Unexpectedly, she had transmigrated into a novel, a period drama titled The Charming Beauty of the 1960s.

The protagonist, Li Yuehua, was a protagonist who rose from humble beginnings as a country bumpkin to a successful woman.

But she had transmigrated into the body of Li Yaqin, the fifth sister who was a scapegoat for the protagonist.

Li Yaqin, the fifth sister with the same name who took the blame for Li Yuehua, was ultimately betrayed, and met a tragic end, was just cannon fodder.

Thinking of Li Yaqin's tragic fate in the novel, she couldn't help but feel a chill. No, she couldn't just sit and wait to die!

Li Yuehua, the woman who climbed to the top by stepping on her flesh and blood.

No one could hurt her! But in this cannibalistic world, how could a weak woman like her protect herself?

No, she couldn't just sit and wait to die; she had to survive!

Li Yuehua had a child out of wedlock. In order to have a better life, she falsely accused her fifth sister, Li Yaqin, of being the one who had the child out of wedlock.

Their parents, who always favored the more cunning Li Yuehua, ignored Li Yaqin completely and even forced her to confess to this fabricated crime.

Li Yaqin became a target of public criticism, a disgraced and despicable person.

She was exiled and imprisoned in a cowshed, forced to care for the child, which ruined her health at a young age.

She eventually died in the cowshed.

The child she raised for her sister didn't recognize her, instead recognizing Li Yuehua as her mother.

Thinking about her own ending in this book, she felt so angry!

Meanwhile, after Li Yuehua went to school, she met the son of a high-ranking official in the factory.

Later, she had a grand marriage and lived a life of wealth, peace, and happiness…

Li Yaqin grew angrier the more she thought about it. If she were the female lead, of course she would be thrilled.

But why was she used as a stepping stone for the female lead?

She remembered the female lead had a cheat ability; she'd snatch it away later.

She also had the essential cheat ability for transmigrating, but it seemed rather useless.

It was just an ordinary space, only 100 square meters, with neither a spiritual spring nor any elixirs.

It could only store things; what use was it in this impoverished era?

At this moment, she felt the space was truly useless; having it was better than not having it.

It was infuriating, and even more frustrating was that in three days, she would be forced to take the blame for the female lead.

A "crack"—the popping sound of burning firewood—startled Li Yaqin from her reverie.

She looked up; the flames in the earthen stove were dancing merrily, illuminating her still somewhat childish face.

She remembered receiving a letter, which led her to become Li Yuehua's scapegoat.

That letter…what did it say?

Could it be correspondence between Li Yuehua and that man?

If so, she was in even greater danger!

Then that letter was crucial. Destroying the evidence would delay the scapegoating.

In this era, premarital pregnancy was condemned and denounced; she had to protect herself.

Tomorrow was the day Li Yuehua's boyfriend, Li Dayong, would reply, marking the first step in her plan.

“Yaqin, what are you standing there for? Is the water boiled yet?”

“Hurry and take it to your brother. That child, all he does is play all day long!”

“He doesn't even wash his face!” Li's mother's shrill voice came from the main room, interrupting Li Yaqin's thoughts.

“Yes, coming!” Li Yaqin quickly replied.

Following her memory, she deftly ladled the boiled water into the wooden basin.

She added some cold water, tested the temperature, and then carried the wooden basin to the main room.

Mother Li was sitting at the eight-immortal table in the main room, sewing clothes by the dim light of an oil lamp.

Seeing Li Yaqin enter with the basin, she said without looking up, "Put it there. I'll wash your brother later."

Li Yaqin obediently placed the basin on the ground and turned back to the kitchen.

She skillfully scooped some cold water from the water vat into another wooden basin, added some hot water, and then carried the basin back to her room.

This was the original owner's room, the smallest and most dilapidated room in the entire Li family home.

Besides a simple bed made of wooden planks, the only other thing in the room was a broken cabinet with a chipped corner.

The bed was covered with old, patched cotton quilts, emitting a musty smell.

Closing her eyes, the plot of the original book flooded her mind like a tidal wave. She was, in fact, just a tool to deliver a spatial artifact!

The original owner of this body had accidentally found a bead while running a high fever, and was later tricked into giving it away by Li Yuehua. That bead was the key to the spatial artifact!

The thought of handing over such a precious treasure to someone else made Li Yaqin's heart ache as if pricked by needles.

She quickly reached under her pillow and pulled out the bead.

The original owner had found this bead a few days earlier while digging for mugwort in the fields when she had a cold.

She had picked it up because she thought it was round and cute.

Quickly pushing open and closing the wooden door, Li Yaqin's gaze was fixed on the bead, about the thickness of her little finger and about two centimeters long, on the bedside table.

She grabbed the bead, clutched it tightly in her hand, strode out of the room, closed the door, and ran to the bathroom.

Without a knife, Li Yaqin dared not cut her skin with the surrounding stones, fearing infection.

She steeled herself and focused on a vein on the back of her hand.

"Hiss..." She bit down hard with her canines! It really hurt! Luckily, it was winter, and the cold had a natural numbing effect on her hand.

Blood gushed out, and Li Yaqin quickly pressed the bead to the wound. A faint suction force came from the bead.

The blood continued to flow, and the massive blood loss made Li Yaqin's vision blur.

This body was already malnourished and riddled with wounds; if this continued, she feared…

She dared not think further, and could only stare intently at the bead, praying for a quick response.

The blood stripped the bead of its black surface, revealing its true form: a vibrant emerald green, emitting a faint medicinal fragrance.

Finally, just as Li Yaqin was about to faint, she felt a warmth between her brows. A powerful suction force appeared out of nowhere, drawing the bead, which had turned golden, into it.

Immediately afterward, a warm current rose from her stomach, rapidly spreading throughout her body, pulling Li Yaqin back from the brink of collapse.

Where the warmth passed, it was as if withered trees were reborn; her battered body was being rapidly repaired.

The wounds and frostbite on her hands had all disappeared, only the original dark skin hadn't had time to change.

Li Yaqin looked down at the back of her hand; where the bite wound had been, a bright red cinnabar mark had appeared.

She focused her senses and discovered that within this cinnabar mark lay a vast space of fifty thousand cubic meters!

Not only had the space increased in size.

Li Yaqin also discovered that she could collect anything at will within a 100-meter radius, completely ignoring spatial distance!

Moreover, this space also had a preservation function, making it practically a portable super warehouse!

In a corner of the space, a palm-sized white jade bottle floated quietly.

The jade bottle contained several compartments, holding ninety Beauty Pills, sixty Fertility Pills, sixty-six Divine Weapon Pills, and most importantly, ninety Infertility Pills.

The Beauty Pills could bring a person's body to its optimal state, while the Fertility Pills, taken after intercourse, would result in pregnancy.

The children born would have extremely high intelligence and would develop a dependence on their mother.

The Divine Weapon Pills granted a person a special genitalia; regardless of gender, whoever had intercourse with them would be marked and only interested in that person.

The Infertility Pills, as the name suggests, were pills that rendered a person infertile. They were colorless and odorless; only by taking one Fertility Pill could one conceive.

Two pills, even a fertility pill wouldn't work.

However, all the pills in the jade bottle, regardless of type, have the effect of regulating the body.

With such a powerful cheat, Li Yaqin finally saw a glimmer of hope in this desperate situation.

Wait, this space can collect items at will within a 100-meter radius, ignoring distance!

This is simply a magic weapon for getting rich!

With this, what do I have to worry about?

Li Yaqin seemed to see a glittering golden road unfolding before her.

She must make good use of this space to get rich!

Everyone for themselves!

Especially in this cannibalistic era, to survive, one cannot be soft-hearted.

Morality and morality are all bullshit in the face of life and death!

Anyway, Li Yaqin wasn't some saint. She would become stronger when faced with stronger opponents. Without some means, how could she survive in this world?

A glint of ruthlessness flashed in Li Yaqin's eyes. Now that she was here, she was determined to change the tragic ending in the book!

She wanted to live a good life, with meat at every meal, new clothes every day, and never have to be subservient to anyone again!

Next, how should she dispose of that letter?

She needed to think things through carefully, to ensure everything went smoothly, to change her fate!