Natural Disasters Strikes: I stockpiled like crazy! - Chapter 24

Chapter 24: Come on! Hurt each other more!
He really had a soft spot for his nephew.

“But such a good boy, it makes me want to kidnap him.” With Lin Yicheng around, the days in disasters will not be so lonely.

Nanzhi chuckled at her whimsical thoughts as she strode towards the bathroom. With an uncle like Lin Weihao, it would not be easy.

Meanwhile, in Unit 2105, Xiao Lizi only was able to enter her unit. Closing the door, she tried to call her brother, but Xiao Cao didn’t accept her call at all and only sent her a text.

“Xiao Lizi, you bitch! You didn’t help me at all and only stand at the side! You really are my good sister!”

She only just received a contract with the Jade Dragon; if Xiao Cao spread her scandalous photos around, the contract will be revoked. She can’t allow that to happen!

…..

Nanzhi stopped in front of a mirror, and as she leaned closer, she noticed that her skin had become much whiter than before. Those freckles on her face had also become faint, almost gone.

She hadn’t used any personal care items on the road and only took a daily bath. Could this also be one of the benefits of crops of the Virtual Farm?

Come to think of it, in the early days of stockpiling, she would be easily exhausted from driving all around. Nanzhi had to take supplements but after a month ago, she was able to go on without sleeping for a day.

If that was really the case, she wonder what sort of benefits the Mutated Salacca would bring?

Nanzhi thought and went to scan the interior of the house.

Because of the renovation, she hadn’t had the opportunity to properly decorate the house. She will be living here for at least six months; better make it cozy.

Nanzhi spent the rest of the day cleaning and moving old furniture. In the fridge, she found more boxes of chocolates. Nanzhi opened them and decided to make something special for Lin Yicheng.

When she was finished, she sat on the sofa and opened the Taobao app, spending the rest of the day ordering exercising equipment, 5, 000 boxes of personal care and sanitary kits, which include wipes, sanitary pads, and sunscreen, 50 electronic devices, memory cards, and extra energy banks. She wanted to download movies and games. At least they can fill up the loneliness.

An online banner of a shop promoting their educational books caught Nanzhi’s attention.

During the great flood, a lot of bookstores and libraries were flooded; only a few remained, and when the snowstorm hit, in place of firewood, books were burned to provide warmth.

When bases wanted to rebuild civilization, crucial books eventually became scarce and it was hard to find them.

Lu Nanzhi placed an order and ordered a set of each of their books, spending half a million yuan. The bookstores gave rims of bond papers and scented stationery as freebies.

Closing the app, her fingers accidentally clicked on the news article.

“Dozens of freshwater reservoirs spread across Gail City, Basalt City, and other northern parts of the C Country were drained down to a quarter. The management of the reservoirs is still conducting an investigation as to what might be the cause of these collective phenomena.”

Nanzhi reread the article a dozen times.

Is the news writer drunk?

She went to H Country and not C Country!

Her state of confusion was similar to Lin Weihao.

Nanzhi quickly scrolled and found out the news writer was sober and it was only her misunderstanding.

“We received reports that not only C Country experienced the decrease in water in their reservoirs.”

That doesn’t make sense unless she had to sleepwalk herself to C Country?

Nanzhi scrolled and tried to find information about it but could not find any.

What the heck happened in C Country?

At night, she tossed and turned, thinking about it until she tired herself to sleep.

In the morning, Nanzhi waited for Lin Yicheng, but not a shadow of his or Lin Weihao’s came to visit her house that day.

Xiao Lizi also got tired of waiting for the handsome man that used to visit 2103, but she was partly happy about it, thinking the one in 2103 must have been abandoned!

Nanzhi stared at the bunnies, swan, ladybug, turtle, and bears carved from fruits and coated with a layer of chocolate inside the box before deciding to call it a day.

For the following days, there was still no sign of the Lin Yicheng; she busied herself with online shopping and unboxing….ahem….tearing the cement bags.

From the three large trucks worth of cement bags, she obtained hundreds of handguns, rifles, parts of RPC launchers and machine guns, magazines, smoke grenades, incendiary grenades, and thousands of ammo cans filled with different calibers of bullets.

Some of them had tracking numbers.

Judging from the amount, Nanzhi knew this was not an ordinary smuggling transaction.

…..

At the same time, Lu Ren and his cronies were also captured by Lu Chenyu after two days of hiding, and what awaited them was the cold underground basement of the Lu family and Lu Chenyu’s wrath.

“Lu Ren, you’ve really grown wings, trying to escape from me! Because of you, I need to compensate Zhou Enlai three times the amount! I totally lost billions due to your stupidity! Even turning you into a corpse would quench my anger!”

His relationship with Zhou Enlai had been strained, and the possibility of winning the court case against his ambitious sister is now close to null.

Lu Meiying might really emerge victorious in this battle, and the fact that his men still couldn’t find that brat angered him even more.

Nothing ever goes as his plan!

“Ahh!”

The cold and musty walls contained their screams of Lu Ren and his cronies and it was their turn to beg for their lives.

“Boss Lu! Please allow me to redeem myself! I will find the culprit and made him kneel to you!”

“Ahh!”

Lu Chenyu snickered. To him, Lu Ren and his men were merely hunting dogs and if they lose usefulness, they can be discarded.

No matter how Lu Ren begged, the whip came falling onto his back. His screams intensified.

Hours later, Lu Chenyu left the underground floor with his clothes thoroughly soaked with blood. An assistant came in and lit a cigarette for him before whispering something in his ears.

Lu Chenyu burst out laughing.

Jade City, Synergy Company Main Headquarters, 30th Floor, Chairman’s Office.

Lu Meiying was going over the reports for the day when her personal phone rang.

The name of her son appeared on the screen. Lu Meiying immediately answered the call, but instead of hearing her beloved son’s voice, it was Lu Chenyu.

She had a bad premonition.

“Heh, Sister, was the chairman’s seat very comfortable?”

“Lu Chengyu! What did you do to my son?”

If Nanzhi were to know about this. She likely be happy and say: Come on, hurt each other more!

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Chapter 25: The twist she didn’t see coming
Because the properties were in auspicious locations, it was not difficult to sell them.

In just four days, all the properties were sold and garnered 1.7 billion yuan.

Her mind was still bothered by the second water thief, but no matter how deep she dug, not a trickle of clue about her or his identity surfaced.

[Time until disaster: 11 days: 4 hours: 21 minutes]

Setting that matter aside, she started her shopping spree once again, buying food, water, medicine, miscellaneous items, and generators for Lin Weihao, Lin Yicheng, and his family.

The billboards that were promoting restaurant, automotive sales, banks, insurance, wireless phone companies, and movies before were now replaced by insulated clothes, medical kits, portable water purification devices, and generators.

And there’s even a billboard infomercial on how to provide first aid treatment to a victim of heatstroke!

Nanzhi was startled. She wanted to clap her hand.

Whoever puts those up must have some precognitive ability!

Heat stroke and dehydration were the main causes of the deaths during the heat wave.

At the entrance of every supermarket, Nanzhi saw a commotion and thought there was an accident.

But it was actually just the stalls selling boxes of canned goods, packs of noodles, boxes of self-heating rice, grains, oil, and boxes of distilled water, thermos, electric blankets, heating, and cooling pads for 50% to 70% discounts.

In the hardware and electronic shops were portable generators, hand crack charges, rechargeable and hand-crack fans, and batteries for 30% to 50% off.

Stores that sell camping paraphernalia were also featuring free waterproof lighters, fire starters, matches, rain gear, and purification tablets for every 100 yuan purchase.

She passed by the largest textile market and clothing shops and found them conducting promotional sales too.

For every winter clothes or winter fabrics, they’re selling out of light-colored cotton fabric and breathable linen at a marked-down price of 53%.

Drugstores and pharmacies also joined the craze and gave out free ‘Heat Stress Kits’ and ‘Emergency Ice Packs’ if the customers listened to their 30-minute educational video about surviving the summer heat and managed to answer their question correctly.

All the major feeds and hot searches in the online media apps were swamped by celebrities like Helen Wu and Mu Fanjing promoting a particular brand of solar panels, battery-operated bladeless fans, and so on.

“Hello Cuties, Xiao Lizi here! I’ve come across this adorable portable water filter straw with a boonie bears design! It purifies water in an instant without much hassle, and you can take it wherever you go.”

Nanzhi only recognized that the girl from before was named Xiao Lizi and a entertainment star.

Scrolling, she also famous mukbang and outdoor bloggers posted survival videos of themselves.

“This is called Prickly Pear and is a cactus variant that is edible! It can survive long periods of droughts and thrive in full sun!”

“If you ever get lost in the forest under the extreme sunny weather, look for caves, but beware of animal predators like bears and snakes!”

Even the most famous survival expert, Cho Jin, who rarely posts, shared his tips on how to find water during a drought.

It was the end of November right now, and people were preparing for the winter holidays that will start next week.

But what they didn’t know was that the one that welcomed them was a long period of drought.

The commentary barrage in the chat section was filled with fans supporting their idols.

Nanzhi eventually came to know the cause of the hype.

All TV networks had posted a survival contest about ‘How to Beat the Heat’ with a pool prize of 50 million yuan.

This didn’t happen in her past life.

If she remembered it correctly, at this time, it should be Helen Wu’s award-winning drama that was being profusely promoted.

She didn’t know if this was just a total coincidence, but the timing couldn’t be more perfect.

Nanzhi didn’t fish in opportunistic waters and left the discounted goods to the people. She aimed for the stocks in the factories.

Days passed like flowing water. Lu Nanzhi spent the money until there’s only a 100, 000 yuan left.

Lin Yicheng still didn’t come. The weather still showed no signs of the impending calamity, and the crisp wind circulating in the city only became much colder.

Nanzhi wanted to send the supplies anonymously, but she didn’t know their address. The only thing she knew was that the Pearl City Base was located inside the military base.

She tried going once but couldn’t even pass the first blockade.

Her only shot now was during the buffer time in between disasters where the base was officially opened.

[Time until disaster: 10 days: 8 hours: 09 minutes]

[Time until disaster: 8 days: 6 hours: 12 minutes]

[Time until disaster: 7 days: 11 hours: 56 minutes]

….

[Time until disaster: 11 hours: 56 minutes]

Less than a day before the heat wave started, Nanzhi was in her kitchen cooking.

Because the balcony was opened, Nanzhi heard the sounds of an engine coming from outside the building.

She went to check out and found out it was three moving trucks unloading stuff.

As she was cooking, Nanzhi didn’t stay long and entered her house. The TV in the living room was playing the live broadcast of the news channel.

Halfway, Nanzhi halted in her steps.

“Synergy Company’s incumbent Chairwoman Lu Meiying will step down from her seat two days later after only less than two months of occupying her office due to health reasons. It is speculated that her brother Lu Chenyu is going to take over the position.”

Lu Nanzhi rubbed her chin, seemingly surprised by the outcome. “Lu Chenyu actually managed to get the upper hand in the end.” Regardless, with the natural disaster coming, his reign would not last long.

Just before she could change the channel, another news story struck her attention, shaking her to the core.

“The meteorological station in the capital detected a tropical depression, only 1,400 kilometers from the east of our country as of 3 pm today. Several parts of the country will experience scattered rainfall in the evening.”

A cold wave washed over her, tingling at the nape of her neck like icy fingers.