“Sell fifty thousand yuan worth of supplies in two days? Isn’t that just pushing me to expose myself?”
Wen Xi sat up straight abruptly, and upon seeing the consequences, she was even more shocked.
If her supernatural item couldn’t be upgraded, it would be equivalent to being sentenced to death in the apocalypse!
This was an even bigger disaster!
“I can’t worry about that much; I have to complete the side mission first.”
Wen Xi calmed down and cleared her thoughts.
“With the black rain and the ice age, the best things to sell now are warm items. But in this sweltering weather, I doubt anyone will place an order rashly.
“Not to mention there’s Fu Ruoyao in the group keeping an eye on me. She’s useless for good things, but for bad things… that’s right, she’s top-tier at causing trouble, so I’ll let her ruin my plans.”
Wen Xi’s heart stirred, and she picked up her phone to change her status note.
In her previous life, her supernatural item was [Sun Warmer Pad], which worked by allowing any item she touched to generate heat continuously for one hour.
This was the supernatural item she understood best, and it was also suitable for the warmth requirements of the early stages of the apocalypse, with enough demand to satisfy the side mission.
It just needed a little embellishment.
She had encountered official lie-detection items; as long as one truly possessed or had possessed the item, it wasn’t a lie.
[Wen Xi (Sun Warmer Pad)]: “My supernatural item is a warmer pad; I can produce warm items, such as cotton quilts and warmer pads. Anyone in need can contact me to purchase.”
As expected.
Fu Ruoyao immediately took the bait and spoke, so fast that it seemed like she had been staring at Wen Xi the whole time.
[Fu Ruoyao (Invincible Villa)]: “Selling warm items in such hot weather? Are you crazy with poverty?!”
[Wen Xi (Sun Warmer Pad)]: “Oh, that’s right, I’m poor. A young lady like you is unlike us proletarians; you don’t have to rely on culture to turn things around, knowing how to be prepared for a rainy day.”
[Fu Ruoyao (Invincible Villa)]: “Are you calling me uncultured?!”
What else could it be?
Wen Xi sneered.
If it were usual, she wouldn’t care, as the entire Fu family were scoundrels; the more she tangled with them, the more energetic they became.
But now, she had to rely on Fu Ruoyao’s mischief to grab the group’s attention.
She wanted everyone to know she was selling warm items.
[Wen Xi (Sun Warmer Pad)]: “Didn’t the system warn about the black rain and the ice age? Since it’s an ice age, it likely refers to the black rain freezing into ice at low temperatures, and it will stay frozen for a long time.”
Once this was said, quite a few people responded:
“True, true, there was such a warning. If it comes true, the temperature should plummet next! If it drops, warm things are indeed very important!”
“Better to believe it than not! But I have a quilt at home; I can just take it out. No need to buy.”
“Hiss, that makes sense, but we are very far south. Although it is humid and cold in winter, it rarely freezes.”
[Wen Xi (Sun Warmer Pad)]: “Precisely because it’s the south, we don’t have central heating and can only rely on air conditioning. But our infrastructure isn’t strong enough; if the temperature drops too low, it’s very likely to lose power. Without a household diesel generator, we won’t be able to survive.”
Wen Xi wasn’t exaggerating.
The temperature would start to drop tonight, and by tomorrow morning, it would freeze the entire city, making even a thick cotton quilt feel bone-chillingly cold. That was not to mention that their city basically had spring all year round; very few people had prepared thick cotton quilts or heating devices like electric heaters.
Once the temperature became low enough to cause a city-wide power outage, leaving them unable to use air conditioning, a large number of people would die.
Furthermore, because of the extreme low temperature, the black rain would freeze before it hit the ground, turning into long, sharp hail that would fall, which was extremely dangerous.
[Wen Xi (Sun Warmer Pad)]: “And I don’t think it will just be freezing at a few degrees below zero; the temperature might even drop to minus eighty degrees Celsius. After all, if it’s to be called an apocalypse, it has to be colder than the North.”
[Fu Ruoyao (Invincible Villa)]: “Minus eighty degrees! You’re being too exaggerated! The coldest it gets in winter here is minus ten degrees. You’re pulling out all the stops just to sell your quilts, aren’t you?”
The group was divided, with messages flying everywhere.
“The goddess is right! I’ve seen people boasting about their own wares, but I’ve never seen anyone trying to harm their compatriots in the face of an apocalypse crisis. You must be crazy for money!”
“In such sweltering weather, you’re talking about a massive temperature drop, even minus seventy degrees Celsius? The smart AI in my home has become a moron from the heat already!”
“But I think what she said makes some sense. May I ask how much it costs? Also, how will you deliver it to me?”
Wen Xi was just about to reply when a new message popped up on the screen.
[Fu Zhishan (None)]: “Forget it, forget it. I won’t hide it from everyone anymore. Actually, this Wen Xi is my daughter, my child from my ex-wife!”
[Fu Zhishan (None)]: “My ex-wife had a mental illness, and she inherited it too. She always fantasizes about being a victim, and as for her character… I caught her wasting money luxuriously at a high-end restaurant yesterday and gave her a little education. Everyone guess what happened?”
[Fu Zhishan (None)]: “She slapped Yaoyao right in the face! She cursed me, her father, and even wanted to sever our father-daughter relationship!”
Fu Zhishan…
Wen Xi raised an eyebrow and continued to watch them perform their act.
[Fu Ruoyao (Invincible Villa)]: “Yes, Wen Xi is my sister. Although I didn’t want to expose it, seeing her scam everyone like this, I have no choice. It’s not that I don’t want to acknowledge her, but sister Wen Xi is indeed very…”
[Fu Ruoyao (Invincible Villa)]: “And everyone think about it carefully. The black rain is still falling. According to her, it will be even more dangerous later. How would she deliver the quilts? She probably just wants to take the money and run… I’m just guessing!”
Someone in the group immediately chimed in:
“So that’s how it is! Are young girls nowadays so bad? I was almost fooled just now! How can the hearts of two sisters with the same father be so different?”
“I guess she’s just jealous of her own sister! She wants to steal the spotlight from Yaoyao! She’s making up lies on purpose!”
These people really were singing in harmony.
The “dead” person in charge was also interesting.
They said anyone who spouted nonsense three times would be kicked out, but the rules were actually ineffective against the strong.
The rules themselves were a very snobbish thing.
[Wen Xi (Sun Warmer Pad)]: “I have already warned you. After the temperature drops, the price will double. I treat everyone fairly.”
The mission time was two days, not two hours.
She still had time, and she could still stand on the moral high ground of “I told you so! I can’t help it if you wrong me” and reasonably earn another profit!
Wen Xi exited the group chat and started looking for data.
The group continued.
[Fu Zhishan (None)]: “Being arrogant and ignorant at home is one thing, but to dare to threaten others and embarrass yourself here!”
[Fu Zhishan (None)]: “I should have listened to others and let you study less and get married early so you could be disciplined to be more sensible!”
[Fu Ruoyao (Invincible Villa)]: “Sigh, although I’m a girl too, I feel that sister won’t amount to much. She’d better go get married.”
The next second.
Wen Xi, who had been silent, sent several messages in a row.
[Wen Xi (Sun Warmer Pad)]: [Shared: Three Characteristics of a Mentally Challenged Middle-Aged Man]
[Wen Xi (Sun Warmer Pad)]: [Shared: Guide to Bitches Who Think They Are Me]
[Wen Xi (Sun Warmer Pad)]: [Shared: The Performance of a Petty Person Jealous and Jumping Around]
…
[Wen Xi (Sun Warmer Pad)] poked [Fu Ruoyao (Invincible Villa)].
At this moment, silence was louder than words.
“Pfft!”
The people who were lurking and watching emerged one after another, and stickers of people laughing out loud drowned the screen.
The internet loved watching the show, throwing stones at the strong when they were down, slandering and attacking good people, and pointing and sneering at the weak.
Everyone was a weather vane; who could you really dominate?
Wen Xi was just enjoying it when a friend request suddenly popped up in the background.
[Reason for application]: Hello, I would like to order 600 thickened cotton quilts, 600 sets of cotton-padded jackets and trousers, and 40 electric heaters. Thank you.
Wen Xi: “??!!!!”
Dude, what did you say?!