Ming Jiu

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Ming Jiu (明玖)
Alias(es)	Xiao Jiu 10 20
Gender	Female 2
Age	23 2
Place of Origin	Golden Crow System—Blue Star 2
Affiliation	Farm System host 2
Occupation/Role	Reborn survivor; protagonist 1 2
Status	Alive; returned to the period before the blizzard through rebirth 1 2
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Farm Level 0	2	Begins her second life with no farmland, no system currency, and one occupied backpack slot out of five.
Spatial device activated	12	Activates the jade mountain ornament with blood and establishes a mental link to its internal space; the process causes severe mental strain.
Spiritual domain discovered	13	Gains basic range perception through spiritual power, but has not activated the domain and is not yet an ability user.
Spatial fusion	14	Authorizes the Farm System to fuse with her personally owned space.
Farm Level 1	19	Reaches Level 1, gaining additional farmland and an expanded system warehouse; her profile lists 105 farmland plots and a 1,100 m² warehouse.
Farm Level 2	45	Reaches Level 2, gaining another planting plot and expanded storage; her profile lists 106 farmland plots and a 1,200 m² warehouse.

Background

Previous Life

Ming Jiu lived through the natural disasters as a minor figure in a male-oriented post-apocalyptic harem novel. She only bonded with the Farm System during the second year of the disasters, when her weak mental strength allowed her to access only its basic farming functions. 1 2 9

Her cousin, Zuo Junhao, possessed a space cheat originating from Ming Jiu’s family: a jade-carved rockery ornament he had taken as a child. After becoming suspicious of her, he apologized and slit her throat, killing her within minutes. 1

At her death, the System exhausted her accumulated currency, reclaimed her modified farmland, supplies, and all but her initial backpack slots, then used the resulting energy to send her back in time. 2

Rebirth

Ming Jiu awakens on January 23, seven years before her death and roughly half a month before the coming blizzard. Her immediate priorities are surviving the apocalypse, protecting her younger sister Ming Rong, and reclaiming the jade ornament from Zuo Junhao. 1 2

She rapidly converts accessible family wealth into gold and system currency, even mortgaging family properties for a loan paid in gold. This yields 6,316 gold coins, on top of the currency already in her account. 5

Before traveling to City B, she uses the System to investigate Zuo Junhao’s preparations. It identifies seven supply depots and confirms that their purchases were funded through misappropriated money; Ming Jiu later has evidence sent anonymously to the group’s directors. 7 18

At the Zuo Family villa, Ming Jiu locates and steals the jade ornament from Zuo Zhenrong’s study. She successfully activates it, discovering that its space is far larger and more functional than the novel had described. 10 11 12

Appearance

Ming Jiu initially has long, curly hair, but cuts it to shoulder length shortly before the blizzard because it is easier to maintain. 32 34

• Often dresses inconspicuously while carrying out preparations, such as in a tracksuit and thin down jacket. 4
• Deliberately presents herself as pale, timid, and withdrawn when dealing with the Zuo Family in order to conceal her intentions. 10 11
• Keeps her hair at a practical length that can be tied up without frequent maintenance. 34

Personality

Ming Jiu describes herself as selfish, but her actions consistently prioritize Ming Rong’s survival, health, and future. She refuses to leave her sister behind or conceal major life-changing preparations from her. 1 26 43

Practical and highly risk-conscious, she treats wealth, housing, surveillance, supply chains, and personal relationships as survival problems to be solved. She is willing to borrow from underworld figures, exploit legal vulnerabilities, stockpile aggressively, and use anonymous reports against enemies. 5 7 18 39

Her previous life made her distrustful of authorities and wary of appearing unusually well supplied. She prefers to stay unnoticed, act harmless in public, and remove threats before they can become dangerous. 6 17

Abilities & Skills

Farm System

Ming Jiu’s Farm System is an interstellar system under the Interstellar Supreme Council. It chose her as its most compatible host and remains bound to her unless she dies. 9 18

• Provides interfaces for farmland, orchard, ranch, processing plant, shop, mine, backpacks, and a system warehouse. 2
• Converts real-world gold into system currency at a rate of ten grams of gold per gold coin. 2
• Allows her to plant, harvest, and sell crops for currency; crops grown in her space are of unusually high quality. 17 19
• Offers costly items including genetic optimization potions, ability activation potions, modifications, and training courses. 2 16 45
• Requires level milestones to unlock the orchard, processing plant, and breeding farm. 45

Spiritual Domain and Spatial Storage

Ming Jiu possesses unusually strong mental power, allowing her to maintain a deeper connection with the jade space than Zuo Junhao could. Unlike him, she does not need to carry the ornament after forming a mental link with it. 12

• Can perform basic range perception through spiritual power. 13
• Can store and retrieve objects from the space with little noticeable spiritual-power cost. 13
• Has access to one percent of a 20,000 km² grassland-and-river space, equivalent to approximately 200 km². 13
• Can directly draw drinkable river water that meets the highest drinking-water standard of her world. 13
• Contains a metal warehouse with frozen time and no gravity following its fusion with the System. 16
• Cannot yet use an awakened psychic ability; excessive energy use may damage her unstrengthened body. 13

System-Assisted Investigation

The System can conduct information gathering and paid technical operations on Ming Jiu’s behalf. 3 6

• Detects, traces, and destroys surveillance equipment. 3
• Alters surveillance footage within limits. 3 11
• Investigates people, property ownership, supply caches, and financial wrongdoing. 6 7 32
• Handles commissioned tasks such as compiling supply inventories, locating manufacturers, and sending evidence anonymously. 18

Resource Management

Ming Jiu is skilled at turning pre-apocalypse money, property, and commercial access into survival resources.

• Negotiates loans and gold payments without showing fear despite dealing with underworld lenders. 5
• Uses storage bins, warehouses, vehicles, and her spatial storage to move supplies while minimizing evidence. 6 43
• Purchases supplies directly from factories, prioritizing quantity, durability, repairability, and alternative charging methods. 39
• Plans housing and stockpiles around future safe-base boundaries, natural disasters, and Ming Rong’s medical needs. 19 20 26

Equipment, Assets & Companions

• Jade mountain ornament — The spatial device originally taken by Zuo Junhao; Ming Jiu steals, activates, and mentally binds it. 11 12
• Gene Optimization Potion — Purchased for 14,220 gold coins using a discount coupon; it requires three days of intense exercise and substantial nutritional support to use safely. 16
• Modified 1000-8 all-terrain vehicle — System-modified with an interstellar energy box, silent mode, and enhanced camouflage. 28
• Dragonview Court Unit 2501 — One of Ming Jiu and Ming Rong’s City B homes. 27 29
• Hillside villa in Yunjing Scenic Area — Purchased partly for Ming Rong’s recuperation and as a potential refuge from extreme heat. 26 27
• Old Master Zuo’s inheritance — Includes a Fifth Ring courtyard house, ten million yuan, and a safe-deposit box. 14
• Black Girl — A dog cared for by Ming Jiu and Ming Rong. 41 44
• Black Rice — A black cat cared for alongside Black Girl. 41 44

Relationships

• Ming Rong — Younger sister and Ming Jiu’s foremost priority. Ming Jiu’s rebirth preparations, housing choices, stockpiling, and pursuit of strength are centered on protecting her. 1 26 43
• Farm System (“Sis System”) — Her system companion and the force responsible for sending her back in time. Ming Jiu trusts it enough to authorize fusion with her spatial space, though she remains cautious about its origins. 2 14 18
• Zuo Junhao — Cousin and killer from her previous life. Ming Jiu reclaims the spatial device that enabled his rise and works to expose his illegal stockpiling. 1 7 11
• Zuo Zhenrong — Paternal uncle and chairman of the Zuo Family conglomerate. He provides contact information regarding Old Master Zuo’s will and offers help, but Ming Jiu doubts his sincerity. 10 11
• Old Master Zuo — Deceased grandfather who secretly left Ming Jiu assets through a trust institution. 14 19
• Zuo Junxin — Cousin whose threats toward Ming Rong provoke Ming Jiu into openly retaliating; she has anger regulation disorder and mania. 21 22
• Chu Lanning — Zuo Junhao’s fiancée and Ming Jiu’s future cousin-in-law. Ming Jiu suspects she may also have been reborn and monitors her preparations and interest in Zuo Junhao’s space. 32 33 35
• Sister Bai — Real-estate agent who helps Ming Jiu acquire housing and handles property arrangements efficiently. 26 30
• Black Brother — Underworld lender who accepts Ming Jiu’s properties as collateral and provides her loan in gold. 5

Major Arcs

Reclaiming the “Golden Finger”

Ming Jiu returns to the past determined to take back the ornament that was originally hers before Zuo Junhao can use it. She infiltrates the Zuo Family villa during Zuo Zhenrong’s birthday banquet, steals the ornament from the study, and activates its spatial function through blood and mental power. 1 10 11 12

Weakening Zuo Junhao Before the Apocalypse

Using System intelligence, Ming Jiu identifies Zuo Junhao’s seven supply depots and the misappropriated funds behind them. Rather than confront him directly, she obtains evidence and anonymously sends it to the group’s directors, intending to keep the Zuo Family occupied and vulnerable. 7 18 20

Establishing Safe Homes in City B

After learning of Old Master Zuo’s inheritance, Ming Jiu secures City B property and chooses a remote hillside villa suited to Ming Rong’s recuperation and the future climate disasters. She also purchases and furnishes Apartment 2501 at Dragonview Court. 20 26 27 29

Stockpiling for the Blizzard

Ming Jiu purchases food, medicine, lighting, tools, building materials, fitness equipment, mobile homes, fuel, and pet supplies. She relies on factory-direct orders, spatial storage, and carefully planned deliveries to complete preparations before the Spring Festival and blizzard. 39 41 43 44

Monitoring the Chu Family

After discovering that Chu Lanning owns nearby apartments and villas while quietly stockpiling supplies, Ming Jiu suspects another reborn person is operating close to her. She chooses observation over immediate exposure, while preparing contingencies involving both Chu Lanning and Zuo Junhao. 32 33 35 46