Apocalypse: After Being Reborn, I Stocked Up on All Supplies

When Liu Lei and his team finished up and left, it was already twelve noon.

The main assembly of the Apple Cabin and installation of photovoltaic solar panels took too long.

After assembling and debugging, they had to wait for the cleaners to clean inside and out several times, and then carried out acceptance checks for various facilities and electrical equipment.

Fortunately, the jet-powered suits, waterless planting machines, and ice makers were all delivered during this time frame.

They were just stored in another warehouse a short distance away.

After all the supplies had been checked and everyone had left, Jiang Yan stored everything in her Space.

There were still some time before the bank reopened in the afternoon, and she was hungry, so she simply took out a portion of sour and spicy noodle salad with beef tendon and a cup of chilled coconut juice sago soup from the Space for a quick meal.

This extremely refreshing noodle salad with beef tendon was a find from some old brand shop tucked away in a forgotten corner, and was second to none in flavor.

The proprietress was not as pretentious as the chubby sister from the rice noodle shop.

She readily accepted Jiang Yan's order for three thousand portions, and even threw in fifty free roujiamo and three thousand cups of sour plum drink.

After eating, Jiang Yan sat lonely on a small stool for a while to rest.

She didn't choose to go into the Space.

Inside the Space, it was always temperature-controlled and very comfortable, but the temperature difference was too great compared to the outside.

She was going to be out and about for the afternoon and was afraid she wouldn't be able to cope with the outdoor heat, not to mention the sudden changes from cold to hot could easily make her sick.

Around the time she estimated the banks would open, Jiang Yan took out a brand-new Harley motorcycle from the Space and rode at breakneck speed towards the bank.

This motorcycle didn't have a license plate, it could even be considered a smuggled item.

After all, she bought it abroad and then threw it directly into the Space.

She was of course aware that driving an unlicensed vehicle could result in a temporary impoundment of the vehicle and a 200 yuan fine.

However, compared to competing with the apocalypse for time, such a penalty was insignificant.

And at that moment, the traffic police probably didn't have the energy to care.

In the Space was a second-hand light truck with a license plate, but under today's circumstances, it was obviously not convenient to use; unlike the motorcycle where, in an unmanned alley with no surveillance, it could simply be touched and stored away directly.

After the bank and buying gold bars, she also experienced some delays.

Moreover, due to people's panic and desire for safe assets, the price of gold had increased from over eight hundred a gram yesterday to over two thousand a gram today.

And the price was still soaring.

Normally, those gold bars cost just over six hundred.

Even jewelry stores were now crowded with people.

After all, gold was everyone's first choice for a safe-haven asset.

However, Jiang Yan's mother was once a super VIP at a renowned jewelry group's Anming branch, so naturally, Jiang Yan didn't buy from the counter.

She went straight to the company's gold processing plant.

Behind most well-known jewelry brands in the market is actually one group company.

These companies have gold processing plants in only a few cities.

Anming happened to be one of them.

After purchasing the gold, Jiang Yan went to the bank vault to retrieve the jewelry her mother had stored for her, then rode back to Shallow Bay.

On the way back, she didn't forget to listen to the local news via her Bluetooth headset.

The outside temperature had already reached fifty degrees Celsius, and the heat waves in the air were visibly scorching.

The ground temperature must have been even higher, literally scalding.

She could even feel through the motorcycle's tires that the asphalt road had become a bit sticky and soft.

Along the way, gas stations, shopping malls, and pharmacies, and so on, all saw long lines.

From time to time, she saw a few people who had fainted in the middle of the road.

Those heading to the malls were either stocking up on supplies or sneaking out with their families against the "one person per household" security measure to enjoy the air conditioning and avoid the heat.

The entrance to the malls also had additional security, but it was impossible to stop the sweaty crowd desperate to fight their way inside to cool off.

Subway stations were also packed with people trying to escape the heat.

In fact, early this morning, apart from some essential service units and special industries, most companies had been officially requested to close and work from home, yet many people still went to their offices voluntarily.

It wasn't due to a strong sense of professionalism.

It was because the climate in Anming City was pleasant, and people typically didn't have the habit or need to install air conditioners in their homes, but the office buildings were mandated to have central air conditioning.

However, even more people, especially the middle-aged, were risking the scorching heat and the danger of giant blood-sucking mosquito attacks, struggling against the weight to secure supplies for their families.

Additionally, the news mentioned a new discovery.

The giant blood-sucking mosquitoes usually start to swarm from five-thirty in the afternoon and continue until seven the next morning.

As for the reason, even the experts did not explain.

They just advised people who went out to make sure to get home before five o'clock.

Despite this, there were still occasional attacks by blood mosquitoes on the streets.

However, the number of incidents was relatively fewer.

There were also quite a few car rear-end collisions or spontaneous combustion due to a lack of water in the radiator.

Fires broke out in some high-rise buildings and old residential areas.

The billowing smoke that arose was eerie.

Even some remotely located shops selling refrigerators and freezers had already experienced vandalism and looting.

All in all, the whole world was a chaotic mess at a glance.

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Shallow Bay.

Zhou Guangfu helped his father into the house and after ensuring he was alright and had regained his composure, he grabbed the electric scooter keys and hurried out the door.

Since the mask incident, their household had developed the practice of stocking at least a month's supply of rice, flour, and cooking oil.

He Chunmei also made pickles and cured meat sausages every year.

But he still needed to stock up on supplies in case of emergency.

Especially since the fever-reducing medicine for the children was nearly finished.

Additionally, he needed to buy Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride Tablets, Aspirin Enteric Coated Capsules, and other medicines for the treatment and prevention of heatstroke.

With both Chinese and Western medical clinics overrun, they could only rely on taking medicine for a temporary solution.

Fortunately, his elderly mother, though frail, was still using a towel to wipe down his granddaughter's body, providing her with physical cooling.

And his grandson was doing the same for himself at a basin.

There was no need to go to the bathroom; the water coming out of the tap was already hot.

To prevent blood-sucking mosquitoes from flying in, all the windows in the house were sealed shut, and not even the mosquito screens dared to be opened.

Their home was on the top floor with bitter cold in the winter and scorching heat in the summer. The entire place was sweltering like a steamer, twenty-four hours a day from day to night.

They did put a lot of bottled water in the freezer, but the amount of ice water was too small to make much of a difference.

He Chunmei didn't tell her husband about her plan to gather a crowd to "assault" apartment 3201.

In the homeowners' group chat, only one person from each household was present, so Zhou Guangfu was naturally unaware of the messages she sent.

Soon, about twenty people gathered in the public area on the 32nd floor.