Every day was filled with the routine of collecting meals, and Li Yao had been busy for three months. Now, things were finally a bit less hectic. Only dinners, large banquets, and buffets remained to be delivered, so Li Yao decided to find a suitable place for herself to temporarily stay and get through the initial period of drought and floods.
First, coastal areas are excluded. Tsunamis would submerge cities, and densely populated areas would have more problems and troubles during disasters. For example, if you really encounter someone who is dying and needs help, you will be condemned by everyone if you don't help, and people will think you are a saint if you do help. Everyone wants a piece of your flesh and blood. Therefore, Li Yao made up her mind to stay away from crowds, out of sight, out of mind. If she really encountered someone, she would use a spatial absorption technique to send them all to enjoy bliss.
But it couldn't be too barren either, since there were still several months left, and she could still buy some ready-made meals or daily necessities. In the end, Li Yao chose City Y in Province N, a province located in the bend of the Yellow River, a city with the Tianshan Mountains as a natural barrier. One step ahead was the vast desert, and one step back was a city with relatively complete facilities.
Li Yao had the system filter all available houses for sale in Y City. She didn't plan to buy a villa; she intended to expand her spiritual spring space when she had time, as she would usually live in the space anyway, so a villa was meaningless. In the end, Li Yao chose a small county town, a 30-minute drive from the city center. Li Yao could teleport to the city center if she wanted to, but the Yellow River was only 3 kilometers away from this county town, and on the other side of the Yellow River was an endless expanse of Gobi Desert. The nearest village in the county town was also 5 kilometers away.
The county town has a hospital, a large supermarket, and a large factory, which is 2 kilometers away from the nearest residential area. Y City has developed a new ecosystem that uses lakes to sustain the city, so there are more than 20 large lakes throughout the urban area, but the county town's lakes are more than 5 kilometers away from the residential area chosen by Li Yao.
Li Yao finally bought a 96-square-meter three-bedroom, two-living-room apartment in a community in the south of S County for just over 200,000 yuan. The entire community is located at the southernmost part of the county, with four gates on all four sides and four-lane main roads on all four sides. The community is generally rectangular. Li Yao lives at the southernmost part of the community, and her building is the second to last one from the south gate.
What Li Yao valued most about this community was that it had a large elderly population. Since most of the new buildings were built in the north of the county, the south of the county consisted of 5-10 year old communities with only 5 floors. However, because there were few residents, the buildings did not look very old, and the distance between the buildings was 10 meters. Li Yao chose a third-floor apartment. After all, she would be staying there for several months, and she did not want to settle for less. The third floor would not be disturbed by passersby, and she would not have to climb too many stairs, which was just right.
When this community was built, the developer wasn't so ruthless, so the common area of 96 square meters was 0.5, which is just the distance from the entrance to the building, and nothing else. It was okay for Li Yao to live alone. The owner was taken away by his son to enjoy life in another city, so he sold the house. He didn't move some of the furniture, so Li Yao kept it all. Most of it was solid wood, which she could use as firewood in the future.
The house still had radiator heating, which Li Yao had never seen before; it was quite unusual. The water heater and stove were both powered by natural gas. The door was an old-fashioned security door, the kind with a 2cm outer edge at the door frame, like a cap embedded in the frame, making it generally difficult to pry open. Li Yao didn't replace it, but instead replaced it with a more secure mechanical lock and a video doorbell. Inside the security door was an alloy grille door; half of the door was a panel, and from Li Yao's shoulder upwards, there were 2cm intervals between the bars.
After booking the house and changing the locks, Li Yao returned to the villa.
Li Yao took everything from the villa, including the basement's media room, karaoke equipment, pool table, gym equipment, and all the kitchen utensils. She even emptied her own bedroom, leaving nothing behind—the blackout curtains that the original Li Yao had specifically bought for her; Li Yao loved them. She also took the dining table, tableware, the money tree, and the flowers in the garden. She also took the entire villa's security system and cameras, which she eventually sold through a professional manager. She didn't want the government to contact her again when they built the base. Li Yao didn't sell the office building; she kept it as a warehouse. She still had over 3 billion yuan unspent. It proved that if you don't buy cars, houses, or luxury goods, money really does last.
After packing up, Li Yao instantly teleported to the Northwest. She had the house insulated and spent an extra 5000 yuan on renovations, which were completed in a week. The windows already had security bars, but Li Yao replaced them with alloy bars, making them more secure. She also installed extremely fine alloy mesh drains, and replaced all the windows with bulletproof one-way glass. Li Yao repainted the house with the most expensive formaldehyde-free paint, avoiding an overly luxurious look, as she might leave at any time but didn't want anyone to end up occupying the house. Therefore, she used the best paint and protective materials, and the interior decoration was minimalist.
Li Yao slept in the master bedroom. One of the other two bedrooms was used for storage, and the other was used as a gym. Li Yao installed soundproofing panels in the gym room. The living room faced the sun and contained a 50-inch TV, a sofa, and a marble coffee table.
Li Yao did all of these things along with the renovation. For example, she even aged the guardrails so that they looked consistent with the style of the whole community and didn't look out of place.
Li Yao's building has seven units in total, and she lives in unit 3. The people above and below her are all working professionals, but Li Yao hasn't encountered any of them. She only heard from the system during information gathering that the family across the hall is a couple in their thirties with a five-year-old boy. On the first floor, there's an elderly couple and a middle-aged couple who don't live with their children. On the second floor, only a middle-aged couple lives, and they don't have children. On the fourth floor, there's only one household, a couple with a daughter in middle school. The fifth floor is empty.
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