Only the batch of grain she had ordered was left, and it would arrive in a few days.
However, her money still wasn’t fully spent.
Her own savings had already been completely used up.
The five million yuan she had gotten back from the Lin family had cost her three million.
But then, after selling her house, she received another three million-plus. Adding it up, she actually had over five million again.
On top of that, the fund shares she later sold brought in another five million.
Over ten million yuan in total—Xia Sisi needed to spend it all quickly, because the apocalypse was about to begin.
She didn’t intend to use all of it for stockpiling supplies. After all, in the early days of the apocalypse, she would still need a second round of resource gathering.
At that time, she might be able to obtain even more than she could now.
However, something she didn’t expect was that the apocalypse seemed to be… coming early.
Xia Sisi remembered it very clearly.
At the beginning of the apocalypse, there had been about ten days of rain all over the world.
At that time, the rain was not yet acidic, nor was it heavy, so people could still go out normally.
But after those ten days, the rain suddenly intensified and became acidic.
People who went out without umbrellas would return home with red patches on their faces.
Those who had stronger reactions even developed ulcerations on their hands.
News outlets began reporting that due to environmental pollution, rainwater had become toxic, warning citizens to carry umbrellas or wear raincoats when going out and to avoid exposing their skin.
But what no one expected was that after about five days of acid rain, the acidity suddenly increased again.
Even umbrellas would be corroded with holes after being exposed for just ten minutes.
After that, even vehicles and buildings outside began to be eroded by the acid rain.
People were completely unable to go out, and social order began to collapse.
The true apocalypse had arrived.
Xia Sisi requested leave from school, claiming she was ill and unable to attend classes.
At the same time, she once again sorted through her money and supplies.
Over the past month, she had already stockpiled more than enough food and daily necessities.
It could even be said that everything in her spatial storage was more than enough for a lifetime.
With Dahei included, she could even support both of them comfortably.
However, the shelves and water storage barrels she had ordered were all out of stock and would only arrive the next day.
Once she received the water barrels, she needed to store a large amount of clean water. Otherwise, when the acid rain arrived, most water sources in the world would be polluted, and clean water would become one of the most fought-over resources.
Next—transportation.
Xia Sisi had taken a liking to two RVs and two heavy-duty off-road vehicles.
But the pickup would only be available on Friday—three days away.
Time was now extremely tight. She had no idea when the apocalypse would truly arrive, and she couldn’t afford to wait even a single day.
She quickly called the dealership, and to her surprise, they said the vehicles had just arrived and she could pick them up immediately.
Xia Sisi and Dahei rushed over at full speed to collect the vehicles, then went straight to the gas station and filled them up.
Of course, she did it herself—while filling the tanks, she secretly stored all the fuel into her spatial storage.
She had been doing this for over a month already, running to several gas stations every day and storing multiple large tanks of fuel.
Now she had enough fuel in her space to last several years.
As for firewood and coal for the stoves, she had also stockpiled them into a small mountain over the past month.
At least enough to survive the extreme cold period safely.
The next day, Xia Sisi quickly received the water barrels and shelving units she had ordered.
The boss apologized repeatedly for the delay and for making her come out in the rain.
Before she left, he even gave her some extra small barrels, saying they were made of anti-corrosion material and might be useful for her work.
When Xia Sisi saw them, her eyes lit up—she suddenly had an idea.
The boss gave her about twenty water barrels, and she bought another fifty.
She wasn’t sure whether these barrels could store acid rain.
But Xia Sisi knew a secret about the apocalypse.
In the early stages, most people avoided acid rain.
However, after the natural disaster ended, many people developed mutations and gained special abilities.
Without exception, all of them had once been exposed to acid rain.
Those who never experienced acid rain showed no signs of mutation at all.
Although even in her previous life she never discovered the exact reason before she died, she wondered—
If she could preserve some acid rain, would it be possible… to help some people who were not supposed to awaken abilities gain powers?
After getting the barrels, Xia Sisi immediately went to a nearby reservoir.
It was already getting dark, and seeing no one around, she jumped straight into the water.
As she swam, she focused on filling all the barrels in her space with water.
Soon, she felt a whirlpool forming around her.
The center of the vortex was Xia Sisi herself.
The surrounding water continuously flowed into the pendant on her chest.
However, after more than half an hour of soaking, the whirlpool was still there—the barrels were nowhere near full.
Xia Sisi was already exhausted and could barely keep swimming.
She had no choice but to move to a shallower area and continue.
In the end, she even fell asleep in the water.
When she opened her eyes again, it was already deep in the middle of the night.
She wasn’t sure if it was just her imagination, but it felt like the entire reservoir had actually dropped by half.
Summer Sisi was completely stunned.
The area she was in was very remote, with no surveillance cameras around. Seeing that no one was nearby, she quickly got out of the water, changed into dry clothes, and drove home.
Only when she was back in the car did she realize she had been in the reservoir for over five hours.
She frowned helplessly—why was her spatial water collection so slow?
While waiting at a red light, she checked her space to see if the water buckets were full.
But what she saw completely shocked her…
Why were all the buckets empty?
Every single one of them had not a drop of water inside.
The light turned green, so she had no choice but to stop checking and drive home first.
When she arrived, Big Black was still sulking, its face long and displeased as it looked at her.
Summer Sisi hurriedly took it out to handle its needs.
Watching it happily run around on the grass, she quickly entered her space, trying to figure out where all her water had gone.
After all, water resources were extremely important and precious.
What she didn’t expect was that…
There was now a river inside her space.
It started beside the small house, flowed through the farmland, and stretched endlessly into the distance—so far that she couldn’t see where it ended.
It disappeared straight into the thick black mist.
“…I… wow…”
Summer Sisi was completely stunned.
After finishing, Big Black came back and sat beside her, tilting its large head as if asking: what are you thinking about?
Seeing that everything was fine with Big Black, she lost the mood to continue walking it and quickly returned home.
Once home, she let go of the leash and immediately entered her space again.