With three superpowers at his fingertips, he could dominate the 1970s.

After resting for a while, Jiang Zhiyu arrived at her quiet little courtyard.

Those people are still being held here—Su Xu, Su Dong, and a woman. Instead of dealing with them, she dragged Su Ran out.

Su Ran was suspended from an old locust tree in the space by vines.

She wasn't afraid of her seeing the space. Because she didn't intend for her to leave alive.

Thinking of her parents' injuries and the two bloodied figures lying on the straw in the warehouse, Jiang Zhiyu felt an unvented anger in her heart.

"Snapped!"

The vines, accompanied by the sound of the wind, fell on Su Ran, tearing her skin and causing her flesh to bleed.

"ah--!"

Su Ran was startled awake by the sudden pain and looked around blankly.

Then, she froze.

She found herself in a place that seemed like paradise—birds sang and flowers bloomed all around, the air filled with the fragrance of fruit trees, a scene that shouldn't exist in this season. Not far away was a small courtyard with blue bricks and gray tiles, and several fruit trees planted in the courtyard, their branches laden with bright red fruit.

This is completely illogical.

Looking up again, she found herself hanging from a tree by a vine, unable to move.

Jiang Zhiyu used vines to roll up a stool and sat down leisurely.

Su Ran looked up and saw a scene she would never forget: sitting before her was a woman of unparalleled beauty. Holding a verdant vine, her expression aloof, she looked down at her.

Even though Su Ran was well-traveled and had seen many celebrities and internet personalities in his previous life, he was still stunned by this face.

This woman... is so beautiful, with a very aggressive kind of beauty.

She's a hundred times more beautiful than any celebrity in the entertainment industry.

But the pain in her body reminded her that the injuries she sustained were inflicted by this woman.

"Who are you?"

Despite the pain, Su Ran asked.

"I don't remember ever offending you... Why did you tie me up?"

Jiang Zhiyu did not answer his question.

"Snapped!"

Another vine was swung up.

"ah--!"

Su Ran screamed in pain as she was hit.

Why?

She questioned him angrily.

Why?

Jiang Zhiyu's voice was as cold as ice. She lashed her a few more times with the whip.

"You ask me why?"

She stood up, walked to Su Ran, lifted her chin with a vine, and whispered in her ear:

"My name is Jiang Zhiyu. Now you know?"

Su Ran's pupils suddenly contracted.

"It's you—!"

She screamed, her voice distorted.

"You stole my jade pendant! Didn't you?!"

She struggled frantically, as if she wanted to pounce on Jiang Zhiyu and tear her apart.

"Weren't you dead? How could you not be dead?!"

Jiang Zhiyu gave a cold laugh.

She released her grip, letting Su Ran struggle violently.

"It seems you know quite a lot."

Su Ran suddenly screamed again:

"You're not Jiang Zhiyu! You're a time traveler too! No, that's not right..."

She looked at the vine in Jiang Zhiyu's hand, then at the surrounding environment, and the fear in her eyes grew stronger.

"You have superpowers!"

Jiang Zhiyu casually picked a fruit from a nearby tree and took a bite. Then she circled around Su Ran.

The juice is sweet and has a pleasant aroma.

"You know quite a lot."

Her voice was soft.

"He also knows about superpowers."

Su Ran stared intently at her, her eyes almost popping out of their sockets.

Jiang Zhiyu looked at his insane appearance and a cold smile curled at the corner of her lips.

"Let me think..."

She paced slowly, seemingly deep in thought.

"So, you're also a time traveler? You know about superpowers... You also came from the apocalypse?"

Su Ran's pupils contracted sharply upon hearing the words "apocalypse".

"What...what did you say?"

Her voice was trembling.

"The end of the world? What end of the world?"

Jiang Zhiyu stopped and turned to look at her.

"Don't you already know?"

Su Ran's face turned deathly pale instantly.

She...she didn't come from the apocalypse.

She was just an ordinary working-class woman in the 21st century, working from nine to five every day, toiling away to pay off her mortgage and car loan.

She has never experienced the apocalypse.

But this woman...

"Are you just an ordinary person in the 21st century?"

Jiang Zhiyu gleaned the answer from his reaction.

"Then let me rephrase my question."

She walked back to Su Ran and looked down at him.

"How did you know about me? And how did you know about that jade pendant?"

Su Ran suddenly started shaking her head frantically, as if she had gone mad.

"Impossible...this is impossible..."

She muttered to herself, as if trying to convince herself.

"I'm the protagonist! I transmigrated here, I know everything! I should be the protagonist of this world!"

She suddenly looked up, staring intently at Jiang Zhiyu, her eyes filled with madness and resentment.

"That jade pendant should be mine! It's mine!"

Jiang Zhiyu's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Transmigrating into a book?"

She suddenly spoke.

Su Ran shuddered, as if she had been struck by something.

"Looks like I was right."

Jiang Zhiyu gave a cold laugh.

"You're a transmigrator. You know how this world's plot unfolds, which is why you're so fixated on that jade pendant."

She stood up and circled around Su Ran again.

"So, you want the Spirit Spring Space."

Upon hearing the words "Spiritual Spring Space," Su Ran's eyes lit up briefly before dimming again.

She shook her head as if she had lost her mind:

"They're all mine...all of these are mine..."

She suddenly screamed like a madwoman:

"It was you! You stole my jade pendant! I know everything in the book! It's clearly written in the book that even if you hadn't traveled through time, it wasn't your family's turn to open this jade pendant!"

Jiang Zhiyu stopped in her tracks.

"Oh?"

She raised an eyebrow.

"So, there's some other hidden story here?"

Su Ran turned her face away and stopped talking.

Her eyes were filled with anger and resentment—that was rightfully hers! Jiang Zhiyu had stolen everything that should have been hers!

Jiang Zhiyu looked at her silent expression and a cold smile curled at the corner of her lips.

"Not going to talk?"

She raised her hand and swung another vine up.

"Snapped!"

"ah--!"

Su Ran was beaten until her skin was torn and her screams echoed through the valley.

"I'll ask again."

Jiang Zhiyu's voice was as cold as ice.

"Who ultimately made a deal with that jade pendant?"

Su Ran gritted her teeth and stared intently at Jiang Zhiyu.

Her eyes were filled with hatred.

You're dreaming!

She screamed.

"I'd rather die than tell you!"

Jiang Zhiyu looked at her frantic state and shook her head indifferently.

"OK."

She gathered up the vines and turned to walk back to the courtyard.

"Since you don't want to talk about it, then forget it."

Su Ran was stunned.

She had thought Jiang Zhiyu would continue to interrogate her, would torture her with even more cruel methods. But... she just left like that?

"you……"

I'm hungry.

Jiang Zhiyu said without turning her head.

"Let's eat something first."

She walked into the courtyard, took out a bowl of steaming noodles from her spatial storage, and slowly ate it with a few side dishes.

Su Ran was hanging from a tree, watching her leisurely eat noodles, her wounds burning with pain.

This woman...

She gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with hatred.

She will not give in.

Even if she dies, she won't tell her anything!

After finishing her noodles and drinking a cup of spiritual spring water, Jiang Zhiyu stood up leisurely.

"Seventeen,"

She asked herself.

"I see, she really is a transmigrator?"

"Yes, host, you're planning to let her go?" Seventeen asked doubtfully. Her host wasn't someone who was so easy to talk to!

"How could that be? It's more fun to play slowly!"

Jiang Zhiyu glanced at Su Ran hanging from the tree, a cold glint flashing in her eyes.

"A transmigrator...interesting."