Chapter 1 Suicheng
Stocking up on the drifting island in the end times
【1】——Awakening and Stockpiling
When the dull thunder came from the sky outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, Shu Fu was standing in front of the tall shelves, taking hot pot bases of different flavors from them.
The rumbling sound attracted the attention of other people in the supermarket. Some people looked out the window and complained: "It thundered yesterday and today, but there was only thunder but no rain. The weather forecast said it would rain today. When will it rain?"
"That's right. This is such a horrible weather. It's already October and the temperature has been high for half a month. It's really hot to death!"
"It's global warming. Last year's winter wasn't that cold and it was short. If it continues like this, there will soon be no winter in Huaguo..."
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On a weekday afternoon, the supermarket was not crowded. The other customers were probably there to enjoy the air conditioning, pushing empty shopping carts through the shelves, all concentrating on chatting. Someone passed by Shu Fu's shopping cart and glanced at her accidentally, unable to help but look sideways.
The shopping cart in this supermarket is particularly large. In addition to the large frame on top, there is also a layer of shelves underneath. The shopping carts of other supermarkets are already filled with various items, and they are placed skillfully, especially in the basket, which is piled very high without falling off.
The other party was too embarrassed to gossip in front of Shu Fu, and only after turning around the shelf did a low voice come from her: "Wow, a little girl buys so many things by herself..."
"It's so hot, but the little girl is still wearing long sleeves and a mask. Is there something wrong with her?"
"Shh, mind your own business, let's go somewhere else and enjoy the air conditioning. I'll treat you to afternoon tea..."
Shu Fu turned a deaf ear to him and skillfully placed the 20 bags of hot pot base in his hand on the pile of items.
In the shopping cart, there are five cartons of toilet paper and tissue paper, three boxes of 24-pack instant noodles, a dozen bags of various sausages and smoked sausages, three boxes of 8-can luncheon meat, several bags of meal replacement energy bars, two boxes of 50-egg fresh eggs, some fresh milk and yogurt, and four cans of milk powder...
This was already the third cart of goods she had purchased at this supermarket. The fruits, vegetables, and various fresh and frozen meats she had bought previously had all been paid for and put into the trunk of the hatchback she rented.
Buying these things in the supermarket is definitely not as cheap as going to the farmers' market or wholesale market, but this supermarket can be considered an affordable supermarket and the things are not too expensive. The most important thing is that it is very close to the community where she lives, only one or two kilometers away in a straight line, which makes it convenient for her to quickly carry the purchased things back.
She pushed the shopping cart all the way to checkout, and when she passed the snack aisle, she bought a lot of beef jerky, pork jerky, duck tongues, cookies, multi-grain pizza, spicy strips, nuts, seaweed rice, chocolate, small breads and cakes, candies and other snacks on the top until there was no more room.
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The neighborhood is an old one, right behind the supermarket, and one has to turn from the main road into a very long two-lane road.
The two sides of the lane are crowded with shops of all sizes, including breakfast snack shops, hardware stores, water stations, noodle shops, small convenience stores, barbecue restaurants, fast food restaurants, milk tea shops, home appliance repair shops, mobile phone shops...
The community has almost no access control, and the barrier is raised all year round. It is very large, with about 20 to 30 residential buildings. Many of them were built at different times, and the building appearance and apartment types are completely different.
The building she rented was close to the wall. It was very long and had no unit doors. It was a fully open building with two staircases. The rightmost west staircase was an external safety staircase, and the other staircase was in the center of the building and was a built-in stairwell.
Her home is on the highest floor - the fifth floor, on the left east side. If she had to climb the stairs to carry all the things in her car back home, she would be exhausted to death.
Fortunately, her destination was just the battery garage at the bottom of the building.
The garage is not big, only about 7 or 8 square meters, with a height of about 2 meters. It has no windows and cannot be used for living. It is used to park residents' electric vehicles, bicycles, express delivery boxes, etc. Because she had signed a two-year lease before, the landlord saw that she was single and a young girl, so he gave her the key to the garage when she rented the house.
She backed the car directly to the battery garage, got out, opened the door, and quickly transferred the large shopping bags in the car into the battery garage.
Normally she doesn't do much exercise, and would never stand if she could sit, and would never sit if she could lie down. After quickly moving a truckload of supplies, she was hot, tired, and out of breath, sweating profusely, and her waist could hardly be straightened.
But Shu Fu did not stop to rest. She locked the door of the small garage and got in the car again. This time, her destination was closer, to the rice and grain store near the community. She usually consumed very little rice, flour, grain and oil, but these were staple foods, took up little space, and a little bit could fill her stomach.
In addition to rice, flour, grain and oil, the rice and grain shop also sells a variety of coarse grains and seasonings, with a very complete variety.
In order to expand the trunk space, she had already lowered the backrest of the hatchback forward. Now the trunk and the rear seats were connected, which was very large. She told the clerk what she wanted to buy and asked him to help her put it in the car.
Listening to the list, the clerk looked at her a few more times, but she was wrapped so tightly that he couldn't see anything, and there were a lot of weird people these days, so business was more important than gossip.
20 bags of 20-jin rice, 5 bags of 20-jin flour, noodles, millet, oats, black rice, coix seed, and corn crumbs. These cereals were all packed in small bags or bottles, each weighing about 1 to 2 kilograms. She took 5 to 10 pieces of each.
Salad oil is also a must-have, and it comes in 4L barrels. She took fifteen barrels.
She asked the other party to prepare three large cardboard boxes of seasonings such as salt, chicken powder, sugar, soy sauce, pepper and chili powder. She was not a good cook, but when she thought about the taste of boiled vegetables without salad oil and seasonings, she had to buy them.
While the clerk was helping her load things into the car, she was not idle either. She took out her mobile phone and continued to place takeout orders from several large supermarkets nearby, purchasing through multiple channels without wasting a minute.
She didn't even choose one-day or half-day delivery, but directly chose immediate delivery.
Take-out orders can be delivered directly to your door, and are suitable for purchasing whole boxes of things that do not require too much selection, such as bottled water, beverages, boxed milk, coffee, underwear and towels, toothpaste and toothbrushes, shampoo and shower gel, laundry detergent, alcohol disinfectant, paper towels and other cleaning products, as well as sanitary napkins that girls need most.
When she placed an order for bottled water at the supermarket, she soon discovered that the overweight shipping fee was too expensive. She remembered that there was a water station on this street, so she canceled the bottled water she bought at the supermarket and used the shipping space for other beverages and milk.
After the rice and grain store finished loading the goods, she checked out with her phone and stopped by the water station on her way back to the community.
Because the distance was short and she placed a large order, the other party was willing to deliver it for free. Shu Fu left the address of the battery garage. The other party had a car that could deliver it to her door, but it was definitely impossible for him to climb the stairs and carry it upstairs for her.
For convenience, she chose the latter between the 19L large barrel and the 5L small barrel. The latter comes in a box of four barrels, which is easier to stack.
Compared with other supplies, clean drinking water is the most important. She did not save money. She estimated the size of the battery garage and asked for 30 boxes of water. Each box has 4 barrels. If she only uses it to replenish water and saves some, her allocation is one barrel per week, and 30 boxes can last for a long time.
Of course, one bucket a week is definitely tight, but in special circumstances, it is enough.
Although the amount of water she needs is large, the destination community is not only inhabited by residents. Although the community is old, it is in a good location. Many small companies, small offices, live broadcasts and food delivery companies rent houses here.
So the other party didn't ask much and just thought she was a girl running errands for some company.
The water would have to wait for a truck to deliver it, which would probably take more than an hour. During this time, she ran to the pharmacy diagonally opposite.
There are two pharmacies nearby. Except for some special medicines such as amoxicillin, cephalexin and other antibiotics that are subject to purchase restrictions, she tries to buy as much as possible.
She appropriately prepared eight to ten boxes of cold and fever medicine, anti-inflammatory medicine, and gastrointestinal medicine for treating diarrhea. Even if she could not use so many of these medicines herself, they would be very useful in the future.
In addition, she bought a lot of health care products for vitamin supplements, including vitamin B, calcium and magnesium tablets, vitamin A, vitamin E, and vitamin C effervescent tablets for drinking in water. These can maintain the healthy functioning of the human body and are very useful when certain foods are lacking.
There are also outdoor first aid kits for sale here. The contents are more than what is in her current first aid box at home, including various basic medicines, bandages, tourniquets, disinfectant alcohol cotton, heating patches, whistling scissors, self-generating flashlights, safety hammers, multi-function knives, first aid manuals...
There are a total of 39 categories and more than 130 components, all in small packages, so the entire first aid kit is not big but fully functional and not expensive, costing more than 100 yuan each, and she bought five.
Finally, she saw the drinking water effervescent disinfectant tablets, which can sterilize and deodorize water. Even if she was uncomfortable drinking it directly, she could purify the water and use it as domestic water.
A bottle of disinfectant tablets contains 120 tablets and costs just over 20 yuan. A box contains 100 bottles and there will be discounts if you buy more.
She checked the balance on her card and bought two boxes, one at each pharmacy, for a total of two boxes, spending 4,000 yuan. Together with other medicines and first aid kits, this consumed almost one twentieth of her savings balance.
Although the medicines cost a lot, except for two boxes of water purification tablets, the other medicines did not take up much space. The trunk could only fit two more boxes. She piled the remaining medicines on the passenger seat and in the space in front.
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When Shu Fu returned to the battery garage with a full truck of supplies, another muffled thunder rolled across the sky above her head.
The bright sun in the sky disappeared at some point, the sky became overcast, clouds began to gather, and the air seemed even more sultry.
It looks like things are going to change.
She only looked at it for a moment and continued unloading the goods into the garage.
The small garage floor was filled with several batches of purchased supplies. She thought about the boxed water, drinks, daily necessities and other supplies that would be delivered to her door in the future. She ignored her aching back and reached out to close the door, turned on the light inside, then stretched out her left hand to pull open the sleeve of her sun protection clothing.
On her fair wrist, she wore a bracelet that was one finger wide.
The bracelet is made of matte silver and feels warm to the touch. It looks like a whole piece without a clasp or any decorative patterns. It looks quite low-key, just an ordinary bracelet, but it fits tightly to her wrist, fitting perfectly. It looks like it cannot be taken off, and no one knows how it was put on.
Seeing the bracelet, Shu Fu sighed, stretched out his hand and tapped the bracelet, holding it for two or three seconds while his mind moved slightly. The surface of the bracelet suddenly lit up like a touch screen, with two icons, one in the shape of a bottle and the other in the shape of a backpack.
She clicked on the backpack icon, and the bracelet changed instantly. The silver frosted metal particles split into metal particles, which slowly flowed along her wrist, towards the back of her hand and fingers like water, and finally wrapped around her entire hand, forming a glove on her hand.
The process was very fast, from the time she clicked on the backpack icon to the time the gloves took shape, it took less than two seconds.
The gloves are made of soft metal and connected to the bracelet, which still has a matte texture, so it doesn't look too abrupt. As long as others don't see the bracelet spreading out of the gloves, others will just think she is wearing silver-gray gloves.
If it weren't for this scene that violated current scientific standards, she would not have spent so much money on purchasing supplies today.
Following her thoughts, all the items touched by the gloves disappeared into the air. At the same moment, Shu Fu clearly "saw" the disappeared supplies appearing one by one in the invisible space of the bracelet backpack.
She called it the bracelet backpack space, but this name was not because the space was classified and stackable like the backpack grid in the game, but purely because of the backpack-shaped icon that appeared on the bracelet.
In fact, this space is integrated. She can sense its size, which is about 150 cubic meters. Time stands still inside.
It wasn’t very big, but it was big enough to hold all the supplies she needed.
You need to wear gloves to put things in, but you don't need to wear gloves to take things out. You can take them out in a second with just a thought.
This space bracelet suddenly appeared on her wrist after she regained consciousness this morning.
The feeling of awakening was abrupt and strange, just like a piece of dusty glass in her brain was suddenly washed clean by water. She remembered that she was not from this world at all!
She has been in this world for several years, but she lost the memory of her native world in the past few years. She inherited the background and memory of her "original body" and completely regarded herself as a native here, studying hard and living a peaceful life.
She came here when she first came to this city to attend college. Her "original" parents in her hometown died unexpectedly and left her a house.
In order to get rid of the clingy relatives who coveted her house, she sold her house and moved here to settle down.
She used to live in a dormitory, and the money from selling the house was enough for her tuition and living expenses. Now that she has just graduated and found a job, she chose the latter between buying a house with a loan and renting one - and it is because of this that she now has enough money to buy supplies.
The original "her" in this world was also called Shu Fu. She was sure that she had not traveled into the body of her "original body" because she was now exactly the way she looked in her native world. After all, it was her own body and there was no way she could get the details wrong, such as the mole on the inside of her elbow and the small scar at the base of her ear.
But the "she" in my memory seems to look similar to her - of course, as she has grown older and her dressing style has changed over the years, her figure and temperament are slightly different.
She didn't know where "she" had gone. The development ecology of the two worlds was similar, and the two "Shu Fu" looked similar, but their ages and experiences were very different.
As she was lying on the bed analyzing whether she had entered a parallel world, she noticed a matte silver bracelet on her wrist. Before she went to bed last night, her wrist was empty.
She touched the bracelet and accidentally unlocked it, then touched the "bottle" shaped icon, and then a familiar glass bottle appeared in her hand.
The glass bottle is only the size of a palm, like a mini version of an ordinary wine bottle, but the bottle body is colorless and transparent, the bottle mouth is sealed, and there is a pool of azure blue water inside, which looks like the color of the sea.
There was a small raft floating on the water, and there seemed to be a flat-roofed cabin on the raft.
When she shook the bottle, the blue water moved, but the raft always floated steadily on the water and would not sink.
This is like a drifting bottle decoration that can be easily bought on Taobao. She tried to unscrew the cork but failed. A line of words appeared on the bottle:
[The "Unsinkable Drifting Island House" has not yet been activated. ]
Looking at this line of words, she felt like being struck by lightning.
"The unsinkable floating island house" - this is clearly the setting in the cartoon she wrote!
Good news, she’s the screenwriter and she just finished writing the entire story outline!
Bad news, this is a post-apocalyptic disaster survival adventure cartoon...
The author has something to say:
——The following is for the new baby——
1. I started writing apocalyptic stories in July 2021. My original intention was because I couldn’t find any apocalyptic stories or TV series I could read, and I was in serious literary shortage.
2. I decided to write about the hoarding apocalypse because I couldn’t accept the situation where there were only biscuits, instant noodles, a few tons of salt, and dozens of tons of rice. I felt that even if the apocalypse came, my daughters still had to live comfortably.
3. I write romance novels because I don't understand why the heroine, who is obviously very capable, blushes and becomes indifferent when she sees a man. My daughters are independent, calm and rational in both modern and apocalyptic novels, and family and friendship come first. If a man wants to be in a high position, he can only be a loyal dog in body and mind, and he has no right and will not influence any decision of the heroine!
4. The quality of the articles is extremely excellent, and there is never any watered-down or bad ending, as evidenced by all the completed articles.
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