Chapter 67

With only 7 days left until the apocalypse, Su Jing immediately opened the management backend of "The World's Number One Store" in her study on the second floor of the villa—

On the light blue product page, under the "Pills" category, there were 1656 Qi Gathering Pills, 1472 Healing Pills, and 789 Body Strengthening Pills remaining. She quickly operated her fingertips to set all pill products to "unavailable," and at the same time posted a light gray announcement on the store's homepage: "Due to the approaching apocalypse, the remaining pill inventory is for personal use only and sales are temporarily suspended. The resumption time is to be determined."

After removing the items from the shelves, she opened the "Cultivation Resource Zone" in her space and left enough pills for her own use: 500 Qi Gathering Pills (for daily cultivation assistance), 300 Healing Pills (for emergency treatment), and 200 Body Strengthening Pills (for maintaining physical fitness). The rest of her retail inventory was transferred to the "Emergency Reserve Zone."

Stored separately from the previous spare pills, the system panel popped up a message: [Pill sales have stopped. Current personal use and emergency reserves are sufficient to support the needs of the early stages of the apocalypse].

"Next, it's time to thoroughly inventory all the supplies." Su Jing took a deep breath and sank her consciousness into the system space—

The space has now expanded to 200 cubic meters, and the division of areas has become increasingly clear. The areas for people's livelihood, energy, weapons, cultivation resources, and precious metals are all well-organized, and each type of material is labeled with its quantity and purpose.

On the shelves of the residential area, in addition to the 50 million yuan worth of supplies that Su Jing had stockpiled at the wholesale market in the early days (including rice, flour, cooking oil, compressed biscuits, bottled water, etc.), there were also supplies exchanged through the system from other countries: 2,500 tons of rice and flour were neatly stacked on the moisture-proof shelves, each bag weighing 50 kilograms and labeled "produced in 2025, shelf life of 3 years".

2,500 tons of meat and seafood are stored in the expanded freezing area, with beef, pork, frozen shrimp, and ribbonfish categorized separately and frozen at a stable temperature of -18°C to ensure freshness; there are even 1,000 tons of frozen mutton exchanged from Russia, specifically for replenishing energy during extremely cold weather.

The energy zone has ample reserves: of the 25,000 tons of energy materials, 5,000 tons of diesel and 3,000 tons of gasoline are stored in sealed oil tanks, neatly arranged on metal supports.

10,000 energy crystals (85% energy density) are packed in a pressure-resistant sealed box, next to which are 5,000 newly added "enhanced energy crystals" (exchanged with points from the system shop, with an energy density of 90%).

The 20 solar panels in the villa's yard have been inspected and repaired, and the 100 backup batteries (100kWh capacity) have been fully charged. The system indicates that "the current energy reserves can support the operation of the villa and robots for one year, and can support eight months under extreme weather conditions."

All 40 laser guns in the weapons area have been maintained. Each gun is equipped with 10 boxes of ordinary energy bullets and 5 boxes of enhanced energy bullets (just purchased with 50,000 of the 176,400 points, totaling 100 enhanced energy bullet cores, compatible with all laser guns).

1,000 Molotov cocktails and 500 smoke bombs were neatly stacked in an explosion-proof box; there were even 20 sets of "low-temperature protective suits" (resistant to -60℃) that Su Jing had specially exchanged, which were stacked in the "emergency equipment area" next to the weapons area for use when going out in the apocalypse.

After organizing the supplies in the space, Su Jing went downstairs to the yard to inspect the fortifications—the trenches surrounding the villa had been reinforced to a depth of 2 meters and a width of 1.5 meters, with three layers of thickened steel plates added to the outside, and fireproof cotton filled between the steel plates, which could not only withstand impacts but also insulate against the cold.

The programs for the two patrol robots have been updated, and the patrol route has been adjusted from one circle per hour to one circle every 30 minutes. A new "low temperature warning" function has been added, which automatically activates the anti-freeze mode when the temperature is below -10℃.

The villa's doors and windows were also fitted with insulation film, and the glass was replaced with double-glazed vacuum glass to ensure that the indoor temperature can be maintained above 15°C in extreme weather conditions.

"The angle of the solar panels needs to be adjusted again." Su Jing looked up at the solar panel array on the west side of the yard. The sun's altitude angle was now lower than before. She entered instructions into the control panel.

The solar panel slowly rotates to adjust to the optimal absorption angle, and the panel displays "The current daily power generation is estimated at 8.5 kWh. In cold weather, the power generation will drop to 6 kWh, which can meet basic electricity needs."

Just after adjusting the solar panels, the living room TV suddenly turned on automatically—it was a temporary broadcast from the Ministry of Emergency Management of China. A familiar blue background appeared on the screen, but Old Zhou's figure had not yet appeared. However, pale red warning text was already scrolling below: "Only 6 days left until the end of the world. The Ministry of Emergency Management will issue an 'emergency notice' tomorrow. All citizens are requested to pay attention, prepare warm clothing supplies in advance, and wait for official shelter guidance."

Su Jing walked to the TV and looked at the scrolling text. She knew in her heart that this meant the authorities were about to launch a nationwide evacuation plan. Those people who had previously been skeptical of the doomsday warning would soon fall into panic and hoard goods.

She turned and walked towards the kitchen, taking out a bag of frozen lamb from her spatial storage, preparing for a high-calorie diet to prepare for the extremely cold weather.

Preparations for the apocalypse have entered the final stage. Supplies, defenses, and personal cultivation (mid-stage of Qi Refining Level 2) are all ready. All that remains is to await official instructions to ensure everything is foolproof before the extreme cold arrives.

The setting sun outside the window gradually sank behind the mountains. The patrol robot in the yard continued its rhythmic movement, its red scanning eyes beeping softly as they scanned the reinforced steel plates. The solar panels gleamed gently in the afterglow. Su Jing looked at the frozen lamb on the kitchen counter, the indigo aura swirling around her fingertips flickering gently—