[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-apocalypse-i-have-a-multiplier-system":3,"chapter-apocalypse-i-have-a-multiplier-system-apocalypse-i-have-a-multiplier-system-chapter-482":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Apocalypse: I Have A Multiplier System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1538780,2001,"Chapter 481: 481: Cruel Past","apocalypse-i-have-a-multiplier-system-chapter-482",482,"\u003Cp>Chapter 481: Chapter 481: Cruel Past\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Admiral Ru waited in respectful silence as Elisha continued her soft, rhythmic chanting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pulsing light beneath her slowly dimmed with each passing word, until it finally faded into a gentle glow. Her lips stilled, and the room grew eerily silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He bowed slightly, then said in a firm voice, “Kneel down and greet Elisha.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Queen hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though her pride screamed in protest, the oppressive energy radiating from Elisha’s circle weighed down on her body like an invisible mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her knees buckled slightly. It wasn’t just pressure—it was judgment. A divine reckoning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a reluctant movement, Madam Queen dropped to one knee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elisha, still blindfolded and bleeding from the corners of her eyes, turned her head slightly, as if she could see despite the cloth covering her sightless gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why,” she said, voice soft as a whisper but cutting as a blade, “have you not replied to my messages, Madam Queen?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words sliced through the air. Madam Queen’s breath caught in her throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her heart pounded like war drums in her chest. Sweat beaded along her spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was going to kneel fully—completely collapse—until Admiral Ru stepped forward and opened his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She was kidnapped. We—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t ask you the question,” Elisha interrupted without raising her voice, without even turning toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room went colder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Admiral Ru shut his mouth instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Queen swallowed. “I was kidnapped… by my enemies,” she said hoarsely. “I only recently escaped.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a long silence. Then Elisha tilted her head slightly. “Which enemy?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Boss Su,” Madam Queen answered, her voice low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elisha gave a small nod. “And how is the progress on the P280 solution?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Queen’s brow furrowed. “I… don’t remember anything like a P280 solution in the lab.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Elisha smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah. I see. I said the wrong name by mistake.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wave of tension lifted from Admiral Ru’s shoulders. He gave a small sigh of relief and added,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s lost her identity card, too. We haven’t had time to retrieve the backup.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small ball of blue light formed in her palm. It floated gently toward Madam Queen and hovered before her eyes, scanning her silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, it pulsed once and dropped to the ground with a metallic thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light faded, revealing a square metal chip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Queen reached out and picked it up. It was warm to the touch, vibrating faintly as if holding a fragment of her identity within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as she was slipping it into her pocket, Elisha’s voice cut through again—calm, almost curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you remember how Admiral Ru and you first met me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Queen looked up sharply. “Yes,” she said quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air shimmered. A faint hum echoed in the chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the vision came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Years ago…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jin, are you okay?” a small boy whispered, peeking through a broken wooden door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the dark room, a little girl sat curled up on the floor, her arms wrapped around her knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body was covered in bruises, and one of her eyes was swollen shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m fine,” she whispered back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re lying,” the boy said, stepping inside. “Mom hit you again, didn’t she?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She said I spilled the rice,” Jin murmured. “But I didn’t. I swear I didn’t.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy clenched his fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dad hit me too. Because I couldn’t carry the buckets fast enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their real names were Jiang Jin and Jiang Qin back then. Just two broken kids in a dirty, crumbling house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their parents were cruel. Every day was filled with yelling, beatings, and chores that seemed endless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You wanna run away?” Qin asked one night, while they hid under the kitchen table to escape the shouting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin shook her head. “And go where? No one wants us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin bit his lip. “Then let’s make them pay one day.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin looked up. “You mean… hurt them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No,” he said. “Make the whole world hurt like we do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed, and the two grew up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At 22, they got jobs in the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin worked at a data company, while Qin did night shifts at a tech warehouse. It was boring, soul-killing work. But they needed the money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every month, their parents took all of their salary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All of it,” Jin said bitterly one night, dropping her empty wallet on the floor. “I didn’t even get to buy new shoes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They said they need it for rent and food,” Qin replied, sitting down beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But we pay for everything. They don’t even work.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin’s face darkened. “I tried hiding some cash last month.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What happened?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rolled up his sleeve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin gasped. “They did that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not just that,” Qin said. “They said if we try to keep money from them again… they’ll hurt her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin’s whole body went cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their little sister. She was only ten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The parents always used her as a threat. If Jin or Qin didn’t obey, their sister paid the price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’re monsters,” Jin whispered, tears burning her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin nodded. “I know.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, at work, Jin’s manager yelled at her for making a mistake in an Excel sheet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re useless,” he barked. “Can’t believe I hired a dumb girl like you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She clenched her fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was tired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tired of being stepped on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A year later… Jin was twenty-three. Qin was the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One rainy morning, Jin came home from a night shift at work. His shirt was soaked, and he was shivering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped inside the broken-down house and was about to head to the kitchen when he heard loud voices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t cry! You’re lucky we even found someone who’ll marry you!” their mother screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You should be thankful! One hundred thousand yuan! That money will save this family!” their father yelled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on?” he whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he saw her, Qin. She was on the floor, her hair messy, cheeks red from crying. Her hands were trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jin!” she cried out. “They’re selling me! They want me to marry an old man!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin dropped his umbrella and rushed over. “What?! What are you talking about?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin clung to his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s eighty! He smells weird and his teeth are fake. I saw him! They said he gave them a bride price… a lot of money…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their father stepped forward and smacked Jin in the face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stay out of it! She’s not your property!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s my sister!” Jin shouted back. “You can’t do this!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their mother grabbed a broomstick. “One more word from you and I’ll break your legs!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin was sobbing now. “Please, Jin… don’t let them do this…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I won’t,” he said, wrapping an arm around her. “I swear I won’t.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then… they dragged Qin away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“JIN!!!” she screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He chased them, but his father pulled out a knife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You want your sister to die too?! You want your ten-year-old sister’s blood on your hands?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That made Jin stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their mother smirked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah. We locked her in the closet. You try anything… we throw her into the river.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No… please…” Jin begged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned and ran to the closet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was locked. “Mei Mei!” he shouted. “Are you okay?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pounded on the door. “Talk to me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ripped the closet open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His heart shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, lying limp on the closet floor, was their little sister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Face pale. Lips blue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin screamed. “NOOOOO!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He picked her up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wake up! Please wake up! Mei Mei! I’m sorry! I should’ve been faster! I’m sorry…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tears fell from his eyes like rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she didn’t move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His little sister was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Qin… was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two days later, Jin walked into a police station, eyes red and face swollen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want to file a complaint,” he said to the officer. “My parents murdered my sister. They sold my other sister to an old man. Please help me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The officer looked at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Get in line,” he said, tossing a paper at Jin. “Lots of people have complaints. What proof do you have?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I—! I have her body! I can show you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, his parents showed up with lawyers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Expensive suits. Shiny shoes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had used all the money Jin and his sisters had worked for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They bribed the cops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your son is mentally unstable,” the lawyer told the judge. “He made everything up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The judge nodded slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Case dismissed. Arrest Jiang Jin for making a false report.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin stared in horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No. NO!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was no use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was dragged away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A week later…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin stood outside the jail, waiting. Her face was tired. Her eyes were dull. She had bruises on her arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Jin came out, he looked at her and felt pain all over again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qin…” he whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tried to smile. It came out broken\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>. “I… ran away from the old man. He couldn’t… catch me. I had help.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin hugged her tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We lost Mei Mei,” he said. “And they got away with it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin nodded. “I know.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They sat on a bench that night, under a flickering streetlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The city didn’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world didn’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I hate it all,” Jin whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I hate it too,” Qin said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want them to pay. All of them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s burn it all down,” she said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin didn’t laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>",1566,"2026-06-06T06:36:35.983Z",1,"novelbin.me","9f9ca4e3f9a50f635c68d4af1094c39dc3c2d41db7082a12796dbab0e244a9ef","apocalypse-i-have-a-multiplier-system-chapter-483","apocalypse-i-have-a-multiplier-system-chapter-481",661,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fapocalypse-i-have-a-multiplier-system-cover.jpg"]