Before leaving the school, Jiang Ci took out the camera she had prepared long ago and photographed the entire campus.
After taking out her supply list for a look, she drove the van to the rental agency first and exchanged it for a truck.
The truck's destination was the seed market.
There was no soil in Jiang Ci's space, so she couldn't grow anything there.
Actually, even if she could, she didn't want to.
Still, she wanted to stockpile some seeds.
In her previous life, she had died three years into the natural disasters.
In this life, what if the disasters ended one day and civilization recovered?
When that time came, she would donate all the seeds anonymously.
Even if they never came in handy, that was fine. She had plenty of money, after all, and could spare the cost of some seeds.
She knew absolutely nothing about seeds, so she asked the owner to give her a fertilizer sack's worth of every variety.
The owner and his employees loaded sack after sack of seeds onto the truck.
She suddenly remembered hearing someone say that the seeds farmers saved themselves were better.
After settling the bill with the owner, she drove out to the countryside.
Along the way, she found a deserted spot and put the entire truckload of seeds into her space.
When she reached a village, she found the village chief and asked for help, then bought up another batch of seeds the villagers had saved.
After she finished buying seeds.
Jiang Ci drove for a long time before finally finding a large slaughterhouse.
She found the owner and placed orders for pigs, chickens, cattle, sheep, ducks, and rabbits.
She wanted them in bulk. However much stock the owner could bring in, she would take that much slaughtered meat.
She would start with a month's worth.
She would come to pick it up every two days.
Jiang Ci hauled away all the stock the slaughterhouse currently had.
On the way, she stopped for a bowl of wontons, ate a fresh pork pie, and bought a cup of milk tea.
Looking at the milk tea in her hand, Jiang Ci quickly took out her supply list and a pen and added it to the list.
How could she go without milk tea after the natural disasters struck?
The renovation company called to tell her they would arrive at her home in half an hour.
She hurried to the rental agency, exchanged the truck for the van, and drove home.
She had just arrived when the renovation crew showed up too.
Jiang Ci asked the workers to replace all the glass in her home with bulletproof glass, then add a security door.
The workers looked Jiang Ci up and down several times.
She was a delicate, pretty young woman who didn't look dangerous at all, nothing like a criminal.
She looked more like a wealthy young lady.
Perhaps her family was so rich that she feared being kidnapped.
Surely she couldn't have persecutory delusions?
She looked like a perfectly normal young woman, not someone who was ill.
Never mind. As long as they made money, that was enough. The more they knew about wealthy families' affairs, the more danger they would be in.
With that thought, their perspective broadened at once.
The crew threw themselves into removing and replacing the glass and installing the security door.
Jiang Ci had already explained everything clearly over the phone last night, so they had sent plenty of workers. They were all professionals and worked quickly.
They finished replacing all the doors and windows in a single afternoon.
Jiang Ci paid the remaining balance. After the workers left, she carefully inspected the bulletproof glass and security door again.
Sure enough, her sense of security went through the roof.
It was already dark outside, and she had no intention of going out again.
She sat down at the dining table and spread her supply list across it.
There were still many supplies she hadn't bought.
She went over everything she needed to buy once more.
Of the four basic necessities-clothing, food, housing, and transportation-she hadn't dealt with clothing yet. As for food, she had only bought ready-to-eat meals. She still needed all kinds of vegetables, meat, snacks, fruit, and so on.
For housing, she had the house in her space and the one she currently lived in. If the houses all collapsed later on, she would deal with that when the time came.
For transportation, she had an RV with dual slide-outs, a Hummer, a helicopter, and a yacht, all modified. Those would be enough.
She just needed to note down gasoline and diesel. She planned to get fuel abroad.
For clothing and food, Jiang Ci would go to other provinces. She had already done all her research and would buy in bulk at the country's largest wholesale markets.
She would buy at one place, then move on to the next. Nobody would know her, and she would leave as soon as she finished shopping.
Medicine was what people lacked most during the natural disasters, so she needed to stockpile more of it.
Buying it in large quantities wouldn't be easy.
She picked up her phone and scrolled through her entire contact list, then went through her messaging app from beginning to end.
She actually found a pleasant surprise.
Someone in her messaging app had the screen name "Pharmaceutical Representative."
She couldn't remember when she had added this person. It had been three years, after all.
In any case, she would find out by asking.
Jiang Ci sent the person a message.
[Hello, are you a pharmaceutical representative?]
The reply came instantly.
[Yes. May I ask who you are?]
Jiang Ci quickly tapped out a reply on her phone.
[I want to buy medicine in bulk. Can you supply it?]
[Yes. Which medicines, and how much?]
[Yunnan Baiyao, erythromycin ointment, ibuprofen, amoxicillin, antibiotics, ascorbic acid, tetanus shots, rabies vaccines, insulin, fast-acting heart pills, 75% ethanol, bandages, gauze, medical paper tape, and other common medical supplies.]
[No problem. How much do you want?]
[50,000 units of each.]
The other person's status kept showing that he was typing. Only after a long while did he reply.
[Are you messing with me?]
Jiang Ci: ...
[I'm serious!]
He didn't respond.
Jiang Ci typed forcefully!
[How about this: bring 50 units of each first. Tomorrow morning at ten, we'll meet at Linjiang Car Rental Agency. Payment on delivery.]
She hadn't even mentioned that she was afraid he would scam her too!
He finally replied.
[All right.]
Jiang Ci put down her phone. Tomorrow, she would find out whether he was a scammer.
Once the medicine was sorted out, she would still need weapons.
Although she had studied taekwondo at the youth activity center since childhood and was now a ninth-degree black belt.
Two fists were no match for four hands!
She had been a good fighter in her previous life too, but a mob had still caught her in the end.
Part of the reason was that prolonged malnutrition had left her as thin as a skeleton, unable to use her full strength.
But the bigger reason was simply that there had been too many of them. With their human-wave tactics, even at her peak, she still wouldn't have been able to beat them.
So she needed to prepare enough weapons for herself!
How could flesh and blood possibly move faster than a bullet?
But guns were banned in her country, so she planned to get weapons abroad too.
The twenty-first FIFA World Cup had been held in Qatar, and she had gone there to watch the matches in person.
She had met a rich guy there, and she and her friends had even stayed at his house for two days.
Not only did he keep lions and tigers as pets, but he also had a large collection of guns and ammunition in his collection room.
He didn't seem like an ordinary rich guy.
She hadn't paid it any mind at the time, thinking it had nothing to do with her. Now, though, she could go and make an arms deal with him.
After celebrating Ms. Wen Qianyue's birthday with her, she would head abroad to the Middle East.
For weapons and gasoline, nowhere could beat the Middle East.
Besides those, there were various other important items, such as bulletproof vests, stab-resistant clothing, radiation-protection suits, inflatable boats, skis, and so on.
Jiang Ci rubbed her forehead. There were still so many things to buy.
Only after organizing her supply list and getting a clear idea of what to do did Jiang Ci feel a little more at ease.
After showering, she leaned back against the bed and opened Honor of Kings. She played several rounds before finally putting down her phone, slipping under the covers, and going to sleep.