A month ago, Lin Mo was transported to another world.

At the time, he and nine others appeared in a separate dimension. A cartoonish black rabbit was floating in the air there.

That’s right.

Nine others.

For quite a few readers, group transmigration is a major dealbreaker.

But the Black Rabbit, which called itself a “god,” said the world they were about to enter was complicated and full of hardships, so having more people around meant they could look out for one another.

Since it was a god, everyone just laughed it off on the surface. Lin Mo, though, didn’t have any problem with it.

The god gave them cheat abilities. Lin Mo’s was pretty ordinary: a passive skill called “Adored by All.” But, well, he didn’t have any problem with that either.

Lin Mo. A kind boy with a peaceful, even-tempered nature.

Next came entering the world they’d been transported to… And sure enough, the moment they landed, one of their companions tried to kill them and steal their stuff.

He was subdued by everyone almost immediately, though.

After that, conflict broke out within the group of transmigrators. Some thought it was better to strike out on their own, and they clashed with those who wanted to keep the group together. Lin Mo supported both the lone-wolf camp’s views and the team camp’s ideals.

Basically, he didn’t want to fight or argue. As long as everyone could be happy, that was good enough.

In the end, three people left the group.

Later, everyone found all three of their bodies. Each one had died a gruesome death.

No one wanted to go off alone after that.

Lin Mo was quite happy about it. After all, life here was different from the one he’d left behind. He’d quickly become friends with the others, who’d been transported to this world too.

…

Now, one month later.

This morning, the three core members among the seven remaining people who had systems discussed things carefully and in detail, then decided to take on the missions their systems had issued.

The Show-Off System: Zhao Liaoran. The Hoarding System: Huang Hao. The Kill System: Bai Xiaomei.

Their cheat abilities were the best ones, and could help everyone survive better in this world—or at least, that was what the Black Rabbit God had said.

If they worked together properly, they could complete all three missions in one go: Zhao Liaoran’s, “After reaching Big Goldfish Supermarket, show off to the violent gang occupying it for fifteen minutes within the next five hours”; Bai Xiaomei’s, “After reaching Big Goldfish Supermarket, hold your ground for five hours, until you’ve driven off every zombie that comes to attack”; and Huang Hao’s, “Fill half an XXL woven sack with food from Big Goldfish Supermarket, then bring it back to the base where you stayed last night.”

Lin Mo had a few minor reservations, but the other six companions were so excited that he didn’t want to spoil everyone’s mood.

And so—

Here they were.

Zhao Liaoran was the first to step in front of the gang, ready to run a hand through his hair. A homemade gunshot blew his head apart.

Bai Xiaomei had wet herself. Lin Mo thought it was time to retreat, but when he tried to pull her along, she was completely limp and couldn’t move even half a step.

Trust your companions.

Lin Mo knew he had to trust his companions.

But the others weren’t doing any better than Bai Xiaomei. Since coming to this world, they’d seen corpses, fled from zombies, hidden from mutated monsters, and even fought off wild dogs together. But facing other people—and watching a companion get killed right in front of them—was a first for every one of them…

The gang was closing in. Lin Mo realized that the lives of the friends he’d worked so hard to make were now all resting on his shoulders. The pressure was immense.

Should he run?

Or take a gamble?

Facing the savage gang, most of them wild-haired, rough-looking women with tattoos, Lin Mo made his decision.

He raised the short knife his friends had redeemed from their systems and given him, then let it slip from his fingers. It fell to the ground.

“I’m sorry. Please, I’m begging you. Don’t hurt me or my friends!”

The Black Rabbit God had said it gave him a cheat ability called “Adored by All.”

Lin Mo had always been sweet-faced. He was a man, so he shouldn’t describe himself that way—but he really was a handsome young man with a face that sweet.

Put the two together, and add the fact that this was a Matriarchal Apocalypse… There was no point putting up a futile resistance. Since the criminals here were mostly women, all he had to do was use “Adored by All” to make the ones in charge fall for him. Then everyone could live…

Lin Mo had bet wrong.

Most of the female bandits were letting their greedy eyes roam over him. But the gang’s leader—a scar-faced woman with wild red hair—kept her expression cold.

After they’d tied up Lin Mo and the others, who were completely helpless to resist, the gang leader spoke in a cold voice, delivering her cruel, vicious words:

“Leave him.” The gang leader pointed at Lin Mo with a look of disgust.

“Once we’ve killed everyone else, drag him inside and have your fun. When you’ve finally played him to death, we’ll cut up his meat and hang it out to dry too.”

Wrong.

A miscalculation.

Defeat—

Right before Lin Mo’s eyes, the first companion’s head was forced back. A rough knife, so rusty it looked as if it might crumble, slashed across his throat.

Blood gushed out.

His companion struggled on the filthy, broken-tile floor, limbs jerking and flailing as he tried again and again to push himself up. He looked just like a chicken thrashing in the mud after its throat had been cut.

The man was thirty-four, divorced, with a five-year-old child living with his ex-wife. He’d once been a project manager at a major publicly listed company. After he was laid off, he worked as a truck driver, dreaming that one day he could remarry his ex-wife and piece their broken family of three back together.

And now… everything he’d ever had was gone.

“N-no… No, no… I’ve had enough…”

Bai Xiaomei, mud smeared all over her backside, trembled uncontrollably.

This strong girl had never cried since coming to this world. This was her first time—and probably her last.

…

“In an hour, we’ll execute the next one in front of all of them.”

The gang leader glared at them with almond-shaped eyes, her wolfish gaze sweeping over each of Lin Mo’s companions. “They’re all weaklings, but they’re dressed pretty well… Strip them all after we kill them! That slutty little bitch over there—once you’re done having your fun, make him take us to find supplies… Heh. If we find anything good, we’ll let him live…”

Lin Mo could feel the gazes around him growing hotter and hotter.

(So this really is… the truth of the world.)

(Instead of keeping five useless people alive, it’d be easier to kill them all and keep only me as a stud.)

(I was the one who got it wrong…)

…

【Guh-heh-heh… Lin Mo. Are you thinking the cheat ability you got is the most useless one?】

【But actually—out of all nine of you, I’m the nicest to you!】

【The world you’re headed to is a “Matriarchal World,” ruled by beautiful girls who might be a little pushy, but are good girls at heart.】

【You have “Adored by All.” As long as you earnestly ask them for something, your wish is sure to come true!】

A lie.

Lin Mo stared ahead, etching the bodies of Zhao Liaoran, whose head had been blown apart, and Feng Jun, whose throat had been cut, deep into his memory.

Every word had been a lie.

Back then, while that god pretended to speak to them in a casual, easygoing tone, spouting those damn lies and bullshit—it had been smiling behind those cartoon rabbit eyes.

It was the same smile Lin Mo had seen before, back in the world he’d left behind, in the eyes of the most vile, despicable, utterly rotten scumbags he’d ever met.

That so-called god hadn’t led them to this world out of kindness, as it claimed…

And the cheat abilities it had given them weren’t meant to help them become overpowered protagonists, as it claimed…

All of it was nothing but the Black Rabbit’s vicious lies.