Zhou You originally thought his life would be utterly ordinary.

An ordinary birth, an ordinary upbringing, ordinary studies… and then an utterly ordinary death from a terminal illness.

Until he came across an equally plain-looking black book.

From then on, “ordinary” stepped into the realm of the “extraordinary.”

The inescapable Building No. 4, the eerie old street, the Flesh Abomination singing the Ascension Opera, indescribable resurrected beings…

Each script is a profound nightmare, yet every nightmare is also a chance at survival…

The candlelight flares, illuminating a tiny temple. The grotesque descends, and the curtain of the story rises once more.

—So then, welcome to the Grotesque Game!

Yu Qunqing opened his eyes and found himself reborn in his own residential complex, covering over 10,000 square meters.

It had been three months since the natural disaster struck. The neighbors had all fled, monsters swarmed outside, and in three days, a terrifying rainstorm, followed by a long drought, would arrive.

But then another voice echoed in Yu Qunqing's mind:

"Ding Dong! Congratulations on restarting your casual game system."

"We've downloaded the match-3 home renovation game 'Mediterranean Housekeeper Love Elimination'."

Complete a level to earn a hexagram, which can be used to repair the first-floor fence and defend against mutated monsters.

Two hexagrams activate the elevator and travel to a new area.

"We need plants to embellish the community flower beds! Spend your hexagrams to decorate the community flower beds! Choose one of 'Fiery Red Azalea', 'Charming Blue Rose', or 'Vibrant Baby's Breath'!"

Thus, in the apocalypse, a fortress with sufficient water and electricity, an impenetrable (and beautiful!) structure, was built.

Outside the community, a group of seriously injured survivors approached, their support supported. As they gazed at the pleasant warmth and vibrant flowers of the residential complex, hope for survival finally ignited in their hearts.

Later, Yu Qunqing singled out his friends from his past life among the survivors. They were now weak and vulnerable to oppression.

And none of the tragedies of this life would befall them.

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Reading Tips:

*Main storyline: adventure and renovation, set in a completely fictional city

*Descriptions of the team and ordinary people

*Yu Qunqing and She Lulang, a long-lasting love story, a double rebirth

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[Dimensional Space + No CP + Supply Hoarding + All Kinds of Natural Disasters]

Floods + Typhoons + Extreme Heat + Drought + Locusts + Tornadoes + Smog + Eternal Night + Freezing Cold...

“When all things flourish in summer, fullness is found in the small.”

It all began with floodwaters surging backward into the city. On her way home from work, Xia Xiaoman was trapped in a jam-packed subway car.

By the time she resurfaced, the city had become a vast ocean — and the apocalypse had officially begun.

No supplies?

Underwater zero-dollar shopping — it all comes down to lung capacity.

No veggies?

The innate farming gene of Xia Nation citizens awakens on the spot.

No meat to stew?

Time to try your luck with some beginner-level hunting tricks.

Scavenge supplies. Stockpile food.

Drought and extreme heat? No worries — her personal space has enough stored water to make a lake.

Eternal night and bone-chilling cold? Fire pots, coal bricks, and thick cotton coats — she's got it all.

Earthquakes, plagues, tornadoes — one trial after another, and she gets through them all...

Under the weight of disasters, human hearts grow darker.

And when she looks back, everything is already in ruins.

If one day, the sun disappeared and the world was shrouded in darkness, what kind of world would it be like? The earth, in the midst of a great transformation, fell into darkness. From then on, there was no sunlight, no starry sky, only endless cold and darkness. From then on, mankind entered an age of darkness and blood...