I became a farmer in the apocalypse.

A red rain fell from the sky, and every rain since then has been like poison sprinkled on the earth.

Unknown elements brought by rainwater caused mutations in plants and animals, and humanity faced an unprecedented catastrophe, falling from the top of the food chain to the bottom. Animals that were once insignificant are now the predators at the top.

This is the tenth year since the natural disaster, and also the first day of Jiang Li's transmigration.

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Ninth Security Zone.

Weaving factory.

"He looks all respectable, but he's a complete scoundrel!"

"Xiao Li! You've been with him for six years, and you finally bought a house in the safe zone, and then he breaks up with you. Isn't that like kicking someone after they've served their purpose?"

Amidst the muffled clatter of the loom, Li Chunfang's shrill voice was exceptionally penetrating.

The girl listening to her just calmly rolled up the rough cloth in her hands, saying, "The points for buying the house all came from his family."

"So what if his family bought the house? That doesn't mean they'll break up with you just because they did!"

"I've wasted six years of your life for no reason. What girl's youth isn't youth?"

Li Chunfang was both anxious and angry. "In my opinion, there's a high chance he's cheating on her."

"Do you remember when I told you last time that I saw him and a woman getting all tangled up and acting all ambiguous...?"

Listening to Aunt Li's rambling, Jiang Li remained silent and did not respond.

A few minutes later, she rolled up the cloth, pulled the brake rope to stop the machine, stood up straight, and said, "Aunt Li, I have to go."

"Walk?"

Li Chunfang looked at her with a puzzled expression. "Leaving get off work so early today? Why not work a little longer? You used to always like to work overtime, always thinking about earning more points..."

"I'm quitting here. I just told the factory manager I'm leaving," Jiang Li said.

Li Chunfang suddenly stopped what she was doing. "Aren't you going to work here anymore?"

"It's not easy for ordinary people to find a job in the safe zone. There are tons of people vying for jobs in the weaving factory. What are you going to do without this job? How are you going to live?"

The "ordinary people" that Li Chunfang refers to are those who have not evolved.

In the aftermath of the catastrophe, the environment prompted a segment of the human population to spontaneously evolve. Officially, these evolutions were broadly categorized into strength evolution, speed evolution, and brain evolution, collectively known as Evolvers, who comprised less than five percent of the human population.

Jiang Li is just an ordinary person; she is not an evolved being.

The survival environment for ordinary people in the safe zone is extremely difficult, and evolved individuals are given priority in any position.

"I bought a piece of land outside the safe zone; I'm going to farm it," Jiang Li said.

"Farming?"

Li Chunfang was speechless.

"Are you crazy? Why would you leave the safe zone to go farming? It's too dangerous out there! That's all mutated animal territory. You're a girl, not an evolved being, how are you supposed to farm?"

Jiang Li unbuttoned her clothes and took off her outer work uniform. "There are also patrol teams patrolling the fields regularly. If we're careful, nothing will happen."

She picked up the clothes and turned to walk towards the changing room.

Behind her, Li Chunfang said worriedly, "How can the patrol team watch over you every second? Do you know why so many land deeds can't be sold? It's because nine out of ten of those who left the safe zone died out there!"

"Xiao Li, you need to think this through. Staying in the safe zone may not make you rich and powerful, but at least your safety and life are guaranteed..."

Jiang Li knew this principle all too well.

But she didn't like her current job. She started to feel desperate after only half a day. The production line worked three shifts, with repetitive mechanical movements. The points she earned were barely enough for rent and food, and there seemed to be no end in sight.

By the way, she just transmigrated here this morning. Before transmigrating, she was a retired special forces soldier in her original world.

The original owner, the woman who was betrayed after being used, couldn't bear the blow of being dumped and committed suicide by cutting her wrists early on. When she transmigrated, the original owner's blood was everywhere, causing her to feel dizzy due to anemia.

Jiang Li wasn't sure whether the original owner committed suicide because she loved that man, or because she was unwilling to accept that she was about to enjoy a good life with a house, only to find out in the end that she had been used to benefit someone else...

But in any case, suicide is a sign of cowardice; at least, "suicide" was never an option in her choices.

After coming out of the changing room, Jiang Li handed the gate card to Li Chunfang. "I've taken all my things. Could you please give this to the team leader for me? Aunt Li, thank you for taking care of me during this time. I'll bring back some vegetables for you to try when I grow them."

Li Chunfang had no hope of ever eating the vegetables grown by Jiang Li.

"I'm just thankful that you're alive."

She had a relative who died from farming; his body was devoured by mutated beasts until not even bones remained. Li Chunfang found farming to be a terrifying thing.

About 500 meters away from the weaving factory is the house Jiang Li rented.

Land in the safe zone is scarce, and houses are built densely, with less than two meters between buildings, leaving no room for natural light or ventilation.

Jiang Li entered the building, which was over fifty stories high, and took the rickety elevator to the thirty-second floor.

Pushing open one of the doors reveals six partitioned rooms separated by plasterboard.

The room was less than ten square meters. Standing in the corridor, you could clearly hear children crying, men coughing, and women yelling coming from each room...

All of this made Jiang Li feel suffocated.

In her original world, she was quite wealthy, lived alone in a 500-square-meter villa, and after retiring, she built the most popular resort farm in the entire capital city.

In short, after transmigrating, she felt like she had fallen from heaven to hell. She no longer had a big villa, and her favorite farm was gone too.

Squeezed into a cubicle, they can't even afford a single leaf of vegetable.

In this world, houses are far too expensive; even a house within the safe zone is unaffordable for an ordinary person, no matter how hard they work their entire life.

Take Jiang Li for example, she earns 2400 points in a month.

A pound of coarse grain at the grain station can be sold for 50 points. 20 pounds of staple grain to meet the survival needs of a month would cost 1000 points, while the cheapest low-rent housing in the safe zone costs 1200 points per month.

Food and rent cost 2200, and the remaining 200 points are barely enough to buy a few cold medicines.

As Jiang Li inserted the key into the lock, the door to the next room was pushed open from the inside.

Wang Jianjun came out, saw Jiang Li, and his gaze immediately fell on her.

"Oh, Xiao Li's back?"

Jiang Li frowned but didn't say anything.

Wang Jianjun: "I heard you broke up with your boyfriend?"

Jiang Li twisted the doorknob, trying to go inside.

Wang Jianjun turned to the side, touched her wrist, and whispered in Jiang Li's ear in a sticky voice:

"Since that guy surnamed Xu doesn't want you anymore, how about you be with me?"

Jiang Li looked at the dark hand that the other person was reaching out to.

"Together with you? Are you an evolved being?"

Wang Jianjun chuckled, "I'm a Level 1 Speed ​​Evolver, you'll be with me—"

Before he could finish speaking, a fist came flying at him.

Wang Jianjun felt as if something had exploded in his brain in an instant, and everything went black before his eyes, and he fainted.

Looking at the unconscious man lying on the ground, Jiang Li understood what was going on.

So this is what Level 1 Evolvers in this world are like; they're not that different from ordinary people.