Stockpiling in the Apocalypse: Supplies Forging a Legend of Survival

Power outages are bound to happen.

Not only will there be power outages, but also water stoppages.

Liu Ruoyan remembered that in her previous life, power and water rationing began in mid-September.

During the day, electricity was only supplied for four hours during the hottest time at noon.

Water was supplied for two hours each in the early morning and in the evening.

Even under such circumstances, it was only because they lived in a relatively high-end community where the power lines had been newly replaced.

In some old communities, there were countless incidents of power lines catching fire and transformers exploding.

There were also places where fires broke out due to aging power lines caused by the extremely hot weather, resulting in considerable casualties.

However, Liu Ruoyan didn't mention these things.

Whether she said it or not, it couldn't change anything. The problem with the power lines couldn't be solved just by her saying a word.

She could only hope that the people in charge would notice this problem earlier and take countermeasures in advance.

After schools were closed, the students were the happiest.

They could eat, drink, and play at home every day without any pressure.

The only thing that made them unhappy was that it was too hot during the day and they couldn't go out to play.

Because they couldn't go out during the day, the community would become lively after it got dark.

The laughter, shouts, and screams of the children could still be heard clearly by Liu Ruoyan even though she lived on the 18th floor.

Liu Ruoyan didn't find it annoying. Instead, she hoped that such sounds could always exist.

Because it meant that the apocalypse hadn't arrived yet. Although people's lives had been affected to some extent, at least the order was still there.

But Liu Ruoyan also knew that this situation probably wouldn't last too long.

With a deep sigh, Liu Ruoyan drove to the shopping mall.

There were a lot of people in the shopping mall. After all, there was air conditioning in the mall, and it was free. It would be a waste not to take advantage of it.

Liu Ruoyan pushed the shopping cart and walked slowly. She didn't go to the grain and oil section but went to the snack section instead, and swept all kinds of snacks, nuts, and dried fruits she liked into the shopping cart.

These things didn't fill you up. Even if Liu Ruoyan bought more of them, it wouldn't be considered excessive collection of others' survival resources.

It wasn't until the shopping cart was full that Liu Ruoyan pushed the cart to the cashier.

The freezers were placed here, and there were a dazzling array of ice creams inside. Liu Ruoyan picked two flavors she liked and paid for them together.

When Liu Ruoyan was pushing the cart to go out, she heard an aunt talking about her.

"These young girls nowadays are as thin as beanpoles. They don't eat properly and just know to eat snacks all day long! How can their bodies bear it after a long time!"

Hearing this, Liu Ruoyan just laughed it off.

She would never go back and tell that aunt that although her arms looked thin, she could easily break a thick wooden stick with her hands.

In the blink of an eye, a few days passed, and the weather got hotter every day.

Now every household has big windows that don't insulate heat at all.

During the day, it was so hot from the sun that it was impossible to sleep peacefully.

So soon, someone installed heat-insulating curtains outside their windows.

Liu Ruoyan had already prepared heat-insulating curtains long ago, but she didn't want to be the first one to do it.

After seeing that several families in the community had installed heat-insulating curtains outside their windows, Liu Ruoyan also installed them on her own windows.

At the same time, she also installed solar power storage panels.

If she remembered correctly, in a few more days, power supply would be restricted to specific times.

By installing the solar power storage panels in advance, she wouldn't be caught off guard when the time came.

Although Liu Ruoyan was adapting to the outside temperature every day, she had never thought of really exposing herself to the high temperature all day long.

That would be asking for trouble.

She bought so many supplies so that she could live better in the apocalypse, not to suffer with the supplies in the apocalypse.

A few days after Liu Ruoyan installed the solar power storage panels, the power went out in their community.

Before that, the power had gone out in the nearby communities.

Liu Ruoyan also saw in the community group that some people were very lucky.

It had only been two days, and now it was their community's turn.

The power outage happened at noon, and the temperature outside had already reached 60 degrees.

Even with the thick heat-insulating curtains hanging, after the power had been out for more than ten minutes, the room was still as hot as a steamer.

Liu Ruoyan connected the solar power storage panels, pulled an extension cord into the bedroom, and took out the air-conditioning fan from the space.

There was a ice storage compartment at the back and bottom of the air-conditioning fan. When ice was put into it and the power was turned on, the wind blowing out carried a slight chill.

The temperature that one air-conditioning fan could lower was not much. Liu Ruoyan took out two more and placed them in three different directions to blow towards the bed.

In this way, sitting on the bed with ice mats and cool mats, she felt much cooler.

There was a movable table beside the bed, and an iPad on the table was playing a TV drama.

Liu Ruoyan took out half of a chilled watermelon and ate it spoon by spoon.

The watermelon was collected by Liu Ruoyan from the farm. It had just been picked, was full of water, and tasted sweet.

There were still tens of thousands of such watermelons in Liu Ruoyan's space.

Taking another spoonful of watermelon and putting it into her mouth, Liu Ruoyan narrowed her eyes happily.

At this time in her previous life, her apartment was as hot as a steamer.

Even though she was wearing the least amount of clothes, lying on the cool mat, and constantly fanning herself, she was still dizzy and hot-headed.

Compared with her previous life, this was like living a heavenly life now.

Liu Ruoyan had bought many iPads. Each one was full of various variety shows, TV dramas, novels, music, and movies that had been downloaded.

In addition, there were also a few iPads that were full of single-player mini-games that she could play when she was bored.

She also bought a lot of paper books, including works by famous people, novels, picture books, and various professional knowledge.

Liu Ruoyan didn't care whether she would read them or not. She just bought them and put them in the space first.

After eating the watermelon for a while, Liu Ruoyan opened the community owners' group again.

The messages in the group had exploded, and almost every one of them had the word "hot".

Looking at these messages, Liu Ruoyan remained silent.

Her ability was limited, and she couldn't help others. She could only do her best to let herself live well.

This power outage didn't end until 8 o'clock in the evening.

At the same time, the notice of restricted power supply was also sent out.

Many people were complaining and objecting, but it was of no use.

Those with quick minds had already started looking for connections and contacts to buy generators or solar power storage panels.

After the restricted power supply, those who could originally work from home could no longer work.

Without work, naturally there was no income.

Those with savings could still live on their old savings, but there was also a part of people who were live from paycheck to paycheck, and they were now in a tight spot.

There was no income, but the consumption had increased significantly.

Because the weather was getting hotter and hotter, it didn't rain, and the talk of the apocalypse was getting stronger and stronger, the prices of such supplies were also rising rapidly.

Previously, when Liu Ruoyan went to the supermarket to buy a cart of snacks, it only cost her more than a thousand yuan.

But now it already costs two thousand yuan.

This was just for snacks. The prices of rice, flour, grain and oil, fruits and vegetables, ice creams, and cold drinks had already doubled or tripled.