Chapter 2: Going out to shop and renovating the house

There were few cars on the highway, and Shanran sped back as fast as she could, taking a half-hour nap at a gas station along the way. She finally arrived home on the morning of the third day, which was the fourth day of her fever.

Along the way up the mountain, Ran didn't rest. She first contacted Xie Qingheng on the Second Continent, but was told that Xie Qingheng and his father were both in a coma with fever. Finally, she contacted one of Xie Qingheng's assistants who did not have a fever and asked him to transport a batch of weapons over.

Guns are banned in the Third Continent, but the enforcement is not very strict. Shan Ran contacted the black market, but was told that things were a bit chaotic recently and she would have to wait a week to pick up the goods. So she contacted Xie Qingheng instead.

The assistant replied that it would take about three days to transport the goods to the Zone 1 dock.

Xie Qingheng was Shan Ran's childhood sweetheart. When Shan Ran was 12 years old, her parents died in an accident, and the group's shares were divided up by the Shan family. Her assets were almost all taken away.

Thanks to the Xie family's intervention, young Shanran managed to retain some of her assets, including this villa located on the Third Continent.

After living in the Xie family's house for two years, Shan Ran left the Second Continent and came here, and has now been living alone for six years.

At this moment, there were many packages piled up outside the villa gate, all of which were supplies that Shan Ran had purchased online when she first regained consciousness.

Today is the fourth day, and more people are experiencing fever and falling into a coma, while the first group of people with fevers will gradually regain consciousness.

Then they will accidentally discover that they have superpowers; some will panic, while others will be overjoyed.

In another day or two, people gradually adapted to their superpowers. Some believed they were the chosen ones, the protagonists of the world; some believed it was a sign of the end times; and some believed it was punishment from heaven for the powerful families who had oppressed and exploited the Third Continent for too long.

Various opinions are rampant, and the atmosphere is in uproar everywhere.

Let alone a couple of days, there are hardly any supplies available to buy online now.

After searching for a long time, Shan Ran finally bought some supplies at several times the price. After placing the order, she also brought Meng Xin to the guest room on the basement floor before starting to unpack the packages.

Just then, the doorbell rang.

There were several construction teams outside.

This was something Shanran arranged on her way home.

The Shan Ran family's property covers an area of ​​over 1,000 square meters. The villa itself has a floor area of ​​300 square meters, with three floors above ground and two below. The overall style is minimalist, with clean and airy, square layouts. The large floor-to-ceiling windows are very beautiful, but they would be extremely devastating in the apocalypse.

She first had the workers knock down all the floor-to-ceiling windows and build walls around them, leaving only ordinary windows for ventilation and lighting. These windows were also to have iron railings installed outside.

The main gate itself is a thick, double-leaf steel plate bulletproof door, which can be preserved.

The rooftop is covered with a full floor of photovoltaic panels, and two large energy storage devices are placed in the basement.

Afterwards, the yard wall was heightened and thickened, and barbed wire mesh was added to it.

A deep pit was dug around the courtyard wall, and a ring of steel bars was driven into the pit, sharpened to a point, with the point facing upwards.

Anyone who dares to jump will die.

A steel plate that can be automatically or manually raised is installed at the gate to allow vehicles to enter and exit.

The workers stared silently at the simple house drawings that Shan Ran had created. No, this wasn't a house; it was a fortress.

Their eyelids twitched, and they glanced cautiously at the homeowner in front of them, but didn't say anything more.

There's been a lot of apocalyptic talk these past few days, and the world is gradually becoming chaotic. It's normal for wealthy people to take extra precautions.

Although this young girl's protective measures were unusually thorough...

But if the money is high, everything is negotiable.

Several construction teams worked together quickly and efficiently. Shan Ran supervised the work for a while before preparing to go out to buy supplies.

Before setting off, Shan Ran came to Meng Xinye's bedside.

First, I fed him water using a syringe without a needle, and then I changed the gauze on his head.

Meng Xinye's white T-shirt was stained with blood, so Shan Ran took it off and used a wet towel to wipe it clean for him.

He looked like a young college student. Shan Ran thought he would be skinny, but he turned out to be quite well-built. When the towel brushed against his upper body, Shan Ran gave him a quick pinch.

It feels good.

Shan Ran has no heavy moral burden. With such an awesome superpower, it would be a waste and a disservice to refrain from using the tools in front of her to upgrade.

They are also targets.

To avoid being sniped, you have to transform yourself from a target into a powerful gun.

Besides, she doesn't use just any tool; it has to be handy, good-looking, practical, loyal, and have a good figure...

She squatted by the bed, looking at the handsome face sleeping soundly in front of her.

Perhaps because of the fever, the red mole at the corner of Meng Xin's eye was even more vibrant, making her look like a frail Sleeping Beauty.

Let's try using Sleeping Beauty now.

Shanran pressed her lips to his, hesitated for a moment, and then extended her tongue forward.

After stirring it a few times, Shanran withdrew and then examined her own body.

Nothing has changed.

As expected, the other party did not awaken, so she could not obtain superpowers.

We can only wait until Meng Xin wakes up too.

She then drove away.

The noise from the construction attracted the attention of other residents in the villa area, who came over to take a look. After a short while, they quickly ran home, preparing to follow Shan Ran's example and reinforce their own protective measures.

Nearly half of the residents in the villa area where Shan Ran lives come from the Second Continent. Some travel between the two continents for business, while others come for vacation on their days off.

The richer you are, the more you cherish your life.

The three continents are distributed in a fan shape, with the first continent having the smallest area at the top, followed by the second and third continents.

This planet is much larger than Earth, where Yamazaki originally lived, and has a larger ocean area. The straight-line distance from the first continent to the third continent is very long, so transportation between the two usually passes through the strait of the second continent.

The First Continent boasts the most advanced economy and technology, and firmly controls the world's resources. Their class system is clearly defined, dividing everyone into several classes.

Among them, the seven families, namely the three major and four minor ones, are the highest-ranking people, with the three major families being the top of the high-ranking.

They each occupied seven regions, plus a central administrative district, dividing the First Continent into eight regions.

They jointly nominated seven people from outside the established families to serve as CEOs, but the cabinet below them was entirely composed of "their own people," making them essentially puppet CEOs.

The three districts of the Second Continent are governed by three major clans, assisted by four minor clans, while the Third Continent is directly governed by the Second Continent.

These are all things that Shanran learned from the background information in the book.

In fact, the Third Continent's network is closed, and ordinary people cannot access it unless they have special access or are authorized.

It's like a one-way "wall".

Some people here don't even know that top-tier families exist.

Many people are struggling to make a living, and just surviving is already difficult enough. They don't have time to care about who the people above them are.

Shan Ran frowned. Being from China, what he hated most was the sordid caste system of a certain neighboring East Asian "great power".

The first chapter of the book hints that the female protagonist, Rong Shuyao, is the long-lost heiress of a top-tier family.

Although she hadn't finished the book, Shanran could guess that there would definitely be a plot involving recognizing one's ancestors later on. Even in the apocalypse, the powerful families remained standing.

Shan Ran tapped her fingers lightly on the steering wheel, wondering if Rong Shuyao's identity and background would affect her subsequent assassination efforts.

If it really has an impact, then we might as well eliminate them all.

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Most of the shops on the street were closed, especially those near residential areas, which had long been emptied out.

Shan Ran drove directly to a large shopping mall. The area is expensive and sparsely populated, so you need to drive to get there. Recently, fewer and fewer people dare to drive out, so there are still quite a lot of items left in this shopping mall.

After Shan Ran went inside, he started buying up all the goods.

Grains, oils, seasonings, and meats.

Dried sausages, cured meats, and other similar foods do not need to be stored in a freezer as long as the temperature is low.

Ready-to-eat braised dishes, easy-to-store biscuits, bagged bread, canned goods, and some snacks.

There's a type of rock-hard bread with a shelf life of up to a year, and it was completely sold out in one go.

While shopping, Shan Ran thought to herself, "If only I had a spatial ability. It's said that some people's spaces don't have time flow, so food looks the same when it's put in and taken out."

Unfortunately, she didn't have any, so she could only buy less of those roast chickens, roast ducks, hamburgers, sandwiches, and other foods with a shelf life of less than a week.

Shan Ran doesn't usually drink alcohol, but she still bought some as a backup.

After that came various daily necessities.

Finally, I bought dozens of sets of men's and women's clothing, including work pants, work shoes, fitted vests and long-sleeved shirts, windbreakers, casual wear, thermal underwear and thick down jackets for cooling down.

The men's clothing was purchased based on Meng Xinye's size.

Consider it payment for what I will receive as a tool.

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The supermarket has temporarily suspended delivery services, but the few remaining employees still helped move the goods onto the dyeing truck.

Shan Ran drives the largest vehicle in the family. It is a very tall heavy-duty RV with a seamless, one-piece construction. The materials are very thick, bulletproof, and freeze-proof, and there is a 20,000-pound winch at the rear.

When Xie Qingheng bought it, he joked that even if zombies came, he wouldn't be afraid to drive this car.

Now this big vehicle has finally come in handy, proving that Xie Qingheng has a knack for jinxing things.

After buying all these things, it was already dark. The car was full, so Shanran didn't linger and went straight home.

The construction team is still working. Several large lights have been erected around the area at night. Shan Ran's deadline is too tight, so they have to work in shifts to finish the job.

Shan Ran drove the car into the garage and then carried the supplies to the basement little by little.

The elevator was right next to the garage, so it was quite convenient for her to carry the load.

Around 10 p.m., the night shift workers came to hand over their duties.

All the floor-to-ceiling windows have been knocked down, and the construction debris is all gathered in a corner of the yard, ready to be transported out tomorrow morning.

Part of the brick wall on the first floor has already been built.

They are very efficient at their work.

A group of workers gathered together for a chat during a break between shifts.

"The villa owners over there came to see me this afternoon, but I was busy, so I introduced my nephew to work for them."

“You still have people you can introduce to others. Everyone around me who doesn’t have a fever is going crazy with excitement. I don’t know where the rumors came from, but a lot of people are coming to me wanting to renovate their houses.”

“Look at this homeowner. He went out in the afternoon and came back in the evening carrying so much stuff. He probably emptied a supermarket.”

"You guys should hurry up and stock up on things too, stock up on a lot of food. Something's really wrong lately. My wife went to the market near our house, and yesterday there were still some things left, but today she was a little late, and everything was gone, completely gone!"

"Fortunately, the homeowner was quick to pay, and the wages were several times higher than before, and it was settled on the same day. I'm going to tell my whole family to get up early and go shopping."

"Does she know something inside? I heard that many of the homeowners here are from the Second Continent, so they must be more well-informed than we are here."

"It's definitely different. I've heard that the food is better, the housing is better, the wages are higher, and the air is better on the Second Continent. Maybe no one there gets a fever or sick."

"Alright, stop overthinking. Go back and rest, stock up on supplies, we need to come back for our shift tomorrow at noon."

"I know."

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