Zhang Hongyan had washed and dried all the bed sheets and duvet covers in Xia Qingqing's room a few days ago, and they still smelled of sunshine.
She sat cross-legged on the bed, took out a cup of iced milk tea from the system warehouse, and took a big sip. The cool sensation went straight to the top of her head.
"Phew~, that feels so good," Xia Qingqing said, pressing the milk tea against her slightly flushed face.
Halfway through her milk tea, Xia Qingqing received a video call invitation from Gu Yunshu.
Gu Yunshu raised an eyebrow at Xia Qingqing, whose hair was wrapped up: "Did you just take a shower? Why didn't you dry your hair?"
"It's so hot, I'll blow on it later. Sister Yunshu, what did you want to see me about?" Xia Qingqing put the half-finished milk tea back into the system warehouse so that it would still be cold when she wanted to drink it later.
"I want you to buy me some popsicles. I need 5 boxes of mung bean flavor, 5 boxes of chocolate flavor, and 5 boxes of other flavors."
Xia Qingqing gave an OK sign: "No problem, would you like some iced milk tea?"
Gu Yunshu quickly nodded: "Yes, we've almost finished the ones we stocked up on last time."
The temperature in Xia Qingqing's world is around 30 to 35 degrees Celsius at this time, while the post-apocalyptic world where Gu Yunshu is located is much hotter, already over 40 degrees Celsius. Based on the trend of previous years, it may rise to 60 degrees Celsius this summer.
Especially since Gu Yunshu has fire-type superpowers, her body needs to consume even more water, requiring her to drink at least 3 liters of water a day.
If she hadn't been bound to the interdimensional trading system, she wouldn't be comfortably lying at home enjoying the air conditioning right now. She would most likely be out doing arduous missions, just to exchange for some clean food and water.
Xia Qingqing was a little surprised: "It's already over 40 degrees? It doesn't feel this hot where you are last summer."
What does 40 degrees Celsius mean? It's a temperature that can kill people. In the post-apocalyptic world, the physical attributes of superhumans have been modified, so they probably won't die from the heat, but the extreme heat will still make people feel uncomfortable.
"No, it is indeed going to be exceptionally hot this year," Gu Yunshu said with a serious expression, as if the crisis facing humanity was becoming increasingly severe.
During this time, Gu Yunshu didn't just lie around at the base doing nothing. Although she could earn enough crystal cores to upgrade her ability level, it wasn't enough. She still needed to go out for actual combat every now and then.
Every time she went out, she noticed new changes: as the zombies evolved and became more powerful, their numbers decreased.
She originally thought that with the joint efforts of humanity, everyone would soon be able to overcome the difficulties and gradually return to a peaceful life.
Gu Yunshu wasn't the only one who thought this way; almost all the survivors thought the same way, and this thought sustained them through day after day.
But what if the dangers in the future aren't just zombies? This stark contrast in weather is thought-provoking. She'd heard that the base was already mass-producing heat-resistant suits.
After Xia Qingqing finished her video call with Gu Yunshu, she sent Zhou Wei a message:
Xia Qingqing: [Weiwei, buy me 10 boxes of mung bean popsicles, 10 boxes of chocolate popsicles, and 10 boxes of other flavors. Just pick whatever you like.]
Xia Qingqing: [Also, let's buy 100 cups of milk tea in various flavors.]
After sending the message, Xia Qingqing sent Zhou Wei another gold ingot.
Zhou Wei: [Qingqing, I'm taking an exam. It's my last exam. Summer vacation officially starts tomorrow.]
Zhou Wei: [I'll go to the ice cream wholesale market to buy some for you after my exam. The milk tea might be a little later.]
Xia Qingqing: [No rush, we can buy it tomorrow. Do you want to rest after your exam?]
Zhou Wei: [It's okay, there's an ice cream wholesale market not far from our school, it only takes 20 minutes by taxi.]
Xia Qingqing: [Okay, thanks for your hard work]
Zhou Wei smiled when she saw Xia Qingqing's message. She didn't feel tired at all, and even hoped that there would be more transactions like this. The gold ingot that Xia Qingqing gave her was enough to buy not only 30 boxes of popsicles, but 300 boxes.
The proctor, who was patrolling the exam room, saw Zhou Wei not taking the questions seriously and was just spacing out and grinning foolishly, so he couldn't help but tap on her desk.
Zhou Wei immediately snapped out of her daze, lowered her head somewhat awkwardly, and quickly began to answer the questions seriously.
More than an hour later, the bell rang to signal the end of the exam. After leaving the exam room, Zhou Wei retrieved her phone and then called a ride-hailing car through a ride-hailing app.
When Zhou Wei arrived at the school gate, the ride-hailing car was already waiting there.
Upon arriving at the ice cream wholesale market, Zhou Wei randomly picked a shop and went inside, buying 10 boxes of mung bean flavor and 10 boxes of chocolate flavor as requested by Xia Qingqing.
There are also 10 boxes of Xia Qingqing without specifying a flavor. Zhou Wei picked all the popular ones online, which are of course the more expensive ones.
Seeing the shop owner engrossed in calculating the bill, Zhou Wei said with a smile, "Boss, I bought so many ice creams from you, can you give me a few for free?"
"Sure, beautiful lady, what flavor do you like? I'll pack some loose for you," the shopkeeper said generously.
"Any flavor is fine, boss, you can decide what to pack."
The shopkeeper filled a bag halfway with ice cream, about 20 pieces. Although they were all relatively inexpensive varieties, Zhou Wei was still very happy. Free ice cream shouldn't be so picky.
Because Zhou Wei bought a lot, they could help with delivery. Zhou Wei gave the boss a warehouse address.
Zhou Wei rented this warehouse specifically so that she could have a place to hide when she bought things for Xia Qingqing. In order to prevent people from finding out that the goods in the warehouse were never taken out, she also rented a warehouse that was relatively remote.
Although the owner found it a bit strange to send ice cream to such a remote place, he didn't ask any questions and simply arranged for the store's deliveryman to deliver it.
Zhou Wei went directly to the warehouse with the delivery truck.
"Young man, you can just put the things at the door for me. Someone will come and take care of them in a bit," Zhou Wei said with a smile, noticing the young man's confusion.
The deliveryman nodded, saying it would be easier for him to unload the goods directly at the door.
After unloading the ice cream, the delivery guy drove off. Before leaving, he asked Zhou Wei if she wanted a ride back, as it didn't seem like it was easy to find a car nearby.
"Thank you, someone will come to pick me up later," Zhou Wei said with a smile, thanking the deliveryman.
Seeing that the person had left, Zhou Wei quickly opened the warehouse door, moved the 30 boxes of ice cream from the doorway into the warehouse, and only dared to send the ice cream to Xia Qingqing after it was inside.
Actually, there were no security cameras or other people around the warehouse she rented, but Zhou Wei was always cautious and never left herself any risks.
After finishing processing everything, Zhou Wei locked the warehouse door and went back.
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