The apocalypse began with a rain, initially a normal downpour, but it was followed by gales, hailstones, and acid rain. The extreme weather brought societal functions to a near standstill.
Then, the temperature plummeted, reaching as low as minus fifty degrees Celsius.
There was no snowfall; it was direct freezing!
Many people died from the extreme cold.
Before the bodies could even be cleared, the temperature abruptly rose to forty-two degrees Celsius. The city was filled with the stench of decay, and viruses spread rapidly among the living.
In less than a month, species began to mutate.
The amount of edible food dwindled, and later, it was just two compressed biscuits every two days.
An Nuan's most immediate desire now was to eat.
To eat voraciously!
An Nuan first called the hotels she frequented.
She ordered 10 portions of braised pork, 10 portions of sweet and sour pork ribs, 10 portions of Peking duck, 10 portions of lamb spine hot pot, 300 portions of oil-braised prawns, 300 portions of steamed prawns, 500 portions of all-flavor prawn balls, and 500 portions of grilled lamb skewers, meat tendons, beef fat, and shrimp.
300 portions of grilled leeks, eggplant, and stinky tofu, and 200 portions of enoki mushrooms, cucumbers, and chili peppers.
Stir-fried clams, grilled gluten, fried crispy dumplings, grilled hot dogs, grilled pig trotters, braised turtle with bull penis, spicy crab pot…
Fatty intestine and taro chicken, chuan chuan hot pot, pickled fish…
Stir-fried noodles, beef noodles, steamed buns, large steamed dumplings…
After ordering 100 portions of each item, An Nuan also added 100 portions of milk tea.
She decided to order takeout every day and store her favorite foods in her space.
An Nuan was starving.
She was starving in spirit.
Eight years in the apocalypse, and she had barely had a full meal!
She just wanted to experience the pain of eating until she threw up, and then throwing up and eating again.
An Nuan did not anticipate that such a large order would completely overwhelm the owner and the delivery drivers.
She had monopolized all the food delivery in the entire district. All the delivery drivers rushed to An Nuan's home, and drivers from external areas were also mobilized for support.
This indirectly led to others being unable to get food.
It also resurrected many struggling businesses, who treated her like a treasured ancestor.
After throwing up twice, An Nuan was simply too full.
She decided to do something practical first.
An Nuan inventoried her fixed assets, starting with her designer bags.
Useless, good for nothing but looking pretty. She sold them all, getting 200,000 for spending money.
Next were her three limited-edition sports cars.
The most useless of the useless!
Their chassis were too low, fast but not durable.
A few zombies could flip them over instantly.
An Nuan decided to sell them through a car enthusiast group, first exchanging one for a Mercedes-Benz G-Class SUV and then adding 2 million yuan for a Cadillac Escalade.
Considering the terrain, she also needed off-road capability, so she decisively bought a Wrangler.
With her outdoor driving taken care of, An Nuan considered her living situation and spent 800,000 yuan on a multi-functional outdoor camping RV.
"Meow~"
Juanzi jumped over and nudged her phone.
The screen switched to the electric scooter page.
An Nuan hugged it and gave it a kiss!
"That's right. There are times when large vehicles can't be used. You're so smart, my darling!"
An Nuan didn't want to deal with charging, so she ordered one hundred electric scooters.
With transportation sorted, came the issue of accommodation.
Apartment buildings wouldn't do; those flimsy wooden doors couldn't withstand zombies, let alone the claws of mutated dogs.
She immediately listed them for sale and sold them all within two hours at half the market price.
Villas were also unsafe. Anton and Moshu knew the area too well, and being in the city center, they were bound to be targeted.
An Nuan decisively sold her villa at a low price and swiftly purchased one in the suburbs.
The yard covered 100 square meters, the house 200 square meters, with three floors above ground and two underground, totaling five levels.
Due to the location and poor marketing, occupancy was extremely low, making it seem like a ghost town.
Even at a low price of 3 million yuan per day, no one bought it.
An Nuan bought five units, fencing off her living area to keep out unwanted visitors.
An Nuan spent a day designing the renovations.
First, the exterior walls were reinforced with bulletproof steel plates, then covered with frosted matte tiles, all treated with a special coating.
They were resistant to wear, fire, and acid.
This way, acid rain and axes or saws would pose no threat to her home!
Next were the doors and windows. An Nuan called in a favor from a friend and paid 30 million yuan for the best top-of-the-line bulletproof glass to replace all her windows.
Even the window frames were replaced with steel from safe doors, welded shut.
The main door was made of vault materials; as long as she didn't open it, not even a mosquito could fly in!
With the upper defenses complete, the two underground levels couldn't be left empty.
The first underground level was divided in half to create a cold storage room. Below the cold storage, a hidden door led to another room, which in turn led to a suite.
It had a refrigerator, television, washing machine – everything, like a small apartment.
Inside the small apartment, there were three hidden doors leading outside.
As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows. If her fortress were breached, she would still have places to hide and escape.
The entire house's air filtration and temperature control systems utilized the best and most advanced technology, ensuring she wouldn't suffocate even if she lived there for 100 years.
With the house's environment renovated, the power issue was also resolved.
After the design was finalized, she sent the blueprints and a deposit to a German team.
Because she demanded they work quickly and complete the job within a month, she offered a 10 million yuan deposit, with another 20 million yuan to be paid upon completion.
The design team immediately formed a group and headed to China overnight.
Money truly makes the world go round!
An Nuan hired an international design team because, with the outbreak of the apocalypse, transportation had ceased.
She didn't believe they would fly from abroad to seize her house!
After the house renovation was completed, the next issue was energy.
First, power.
A week after the disaster, the power grid failed.
Without electricity, there was no heating or cooling. The freezing temperatures might not kill her, but the heat certainly would!
An Nuan bought 10 diesel generators and 20 high-capacity lithium batteries.
She removed all the plants from the rooftop and replaced them with solar panels, and then installed an arched retractable canopy.
During the extreme cold, she would rely on the diesel generators, and during the high temperatures, she would use the solar panels for electricity.
When she needed to be concealed, she could deploy the retractable canopy, forming a natural arched roof that would make it difficult for anyone, even using drones, to observe her situation.
After resolving the power issue, An Nuan, still not at ease, specifically bought smokeless heaters and converted her bed into a heated brick platform.
Once all these orders were placed via phone and internet, An Nuan had to leverage her connections to procure fuel.
"Hello, Brother Chao, your grandfather is a high-ranking official, right? Get me 10,000 tons of 98 octane gasoline. Deliver it in barrels to my old villa. I'll pay 400 yuan per ton!"
"Hello, Sister Chen, what's the current price of the diesel your husband has? I'll buy it for 150 yuan, 10,000 tons."
"Uncle Zhao, you have a gas station, right? Get me 10,000 tons. Five days? Okay, okay, I won't treat Uncle Zhao unfairly!"
An Nuan offered prices slightly higher than the market rate. This wasn't foolishness; it was shrewdness.