She died at the delivery ward—bitten, bloodied, and slipping away as a mechanical voice promised a second chance. When Lin Jiao opens her eyes again she is eighteen, barefoot on a spring-plowed field in 1973, clutching the reins of a runaway plow and wearing someone else's life. The catch: a stubborn, bossy “Doomsday Rescue” system has bonded to her. It offers a space that grows food, tasks that delay an approaching apocalypse, and brutal daily goals—complete or the countdown eats away at reality. Every completed task buys time. Every failure brings darker consequences. Meanwhile, village politics, jealous rivals, and a promised marriage to a scar-faced ex-soldier named Zhao Chuan threaten the fragile safety she’s building. Lin Jiao must hustle: harvest herbs, rig traps, barter for supplies, and learn how to use a system that rewards cunning as much as compassion. She came back with modern medical skill and a cold, clinical survival instinct. He came back brooding, hiding secrets under a scar. In a world where one saved life can postpone doomsday for a day, their uneasy alliance will become the village’s best gamble—if enemies don’t drag them under first. Time is literal here; she must master the space, the system, and the people before the clock runs out.

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