Bao Taozi sat up straight and said quietly, “Something’s happened. Something big. The apocalypse is coming.”
The apocalypse is coming? Oh, the apocalypse is coming. Qi Heng laughed. “Taotao, don’t joke around with your uncle! Tell me what’s really going on! Did something happen? Don’t be scared, I’m here for you!”
Noticing that Bao Taozi wasn’t reacting, Qi Heng turned to look at her, puzzled.
He found her staring at him with a completely serious expression, and his heart skipped.
“This… this can’t be real, can it?!”
He immediately lowered his voice. “How do you know this?!”
“Uncle, never mind how I know. I’ll prove it to you, take me to your office.” There were cameras everywhere here.
Qi Heng nodded solemnly and hurried to the front desk to pay the bill.
On the way to the office, his mind was still in a daze. If it was real, what would happen during the apocalypse? Was there even a chance of survival? Why would Taotao know about this?
At the office, Qi Heng didn’t even have time to respond to the receptionist’s greeting before pulling Bao Taozi into his office.
“Taotao, you said you’d prove it, how?”
Bao Taozi held out her hand and told him to watch her water cup carefully. In an instant, the cup vanished!
Qi Heng’s eyes went wide, and he felt like he couldn’t breathe. Was this real? Was he dreaming?
A moment later, the cup reappeared on the desk.
Now Qi Heng couldn’t stay calm at all. What kind of ability was this?
“Uncle Qi, this is a space ability I’ve awakened. I had a dream, I dreamed of the apocalypse. People collectively passed out, and some unfortunate ones turned into zombies! A small portion of humanity awakened all sorts of abilities, and this is one of them. The dream felt so real that after I woke up, I tried it, and found I really did have this power! So the apocalypse is very likely real.” Bao Taozi paused, waiting for Qi Heng to process before continuing. “According to the warning in the dream, the apocalypse is only a month away, so we need to use this time to liquidate assets and stockpile supplies!”
After a long while, Qi Heng finally composed himself, and lowered his head dejectedly.
If it was true, even if he survived, how could he protect Bao Tao in such chaotic times, relying only on a head full of useless legal statutes?
Bao Taozi guessed what Qi Heng was thinking and sighed. “Uncle Qi, you’re the only one in this city I can rely on. Even to go find my grandparents, I wouldn’t dare go alone, you have to stay with me! Even right now, I need your help, help me liquidate my assets.”
She knew Qi Heng was probably thinking he didn’t want to be a burden to her, but she’d promised to make sure he lived well.
Hearing this, Qi Heng realized Bao Taozi was trying to comfort him, and warmth filled his heart. He straightened up. “Don’t worry, Taotao. Uncle Qi will definitely protect you! Whether the apocalypse comes or not, I’ll listen to whatever you say!” He pushed up his glasses, stood, walked to the safe, opened it, and took out the gold bars inside.
“These are gold bars I bought as an investment, twenty-five in total. Put them in your space so they’re easy to carry. And this, this is my bank card, with ten million on it. Let’s divide the work, you handle procuring supplies for the two of us, and I’ll handle liquidating the assets.”
Bao Taozi nodded happily, as long as there was action, that was good!
“Don’t worry, Uncle Qi! Leave it to me!”
Twenty-five gold bars added up to roughly five million, so that made fifteen million total. She currently had thirty million usable on hand, enough to stockpile quite a lot of supplies.
With that settled, she said goodbye and left, while Qi Heng also threw himself busily into work.
From reading the novel, she knew that time stood still inside the space, so she could stockpile cooked food. Thinking of this, she headed to the Chinese restaurant the original body loved most, surely the food would be good.
At the restaurant, she had the waiter call the owner directly.
“Boss, my company’s having a big team-building event, we need a lot of food, for five days straight. Can you handle that?”
The owner rushed over, beaming so wide his eyes disappeared. “Of course, of course!”
Bao Taozi picked up the menu, scanned it, and saw nothing she disliked. “One of everything!”
“Got it!” The owner asked carefully, “We usually take half the deposit upfront, is that alright?”
Bao Taozi swiped her card without hesitation. The Chinese food came to 20,000 total, calculated for ten tables’ worth, and the owner happily rounded down the change.
With the Chinese food ordered, next up was obviously milk tea!
How could she keep going without milk tea! Life would lose all its motivation!
She went to the milk tea shop next door and ordered ten of every single milk tea, fruit tea, and coffee on the menu, then told the staff to deliver that amount to the villa address for five days straight.
The milk tea shop staff nodded repeatedly in agreement.
This round cost Bao Taozi 25,000.
Next was buying survival necessities. According to the novel, in the third month after the apocalypse, global temperatures would spike, with surface temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius. And after the heat came an epic-level cold snap!
The most basic cold-weather gear and heat-insulating suits needed to be prepared! Ten sets each for herself and Lawyer Qi, plus more for her maternal relatives, just in case, she’d prepare 100 adult sets and 50 children’s sets.
Wearing a mask, sunglasses, and a hat, she took a taxi to an outdoor gear store and ordered 320 sets of clothing, ten large tents, ten small tents, and various other outdoor necessities.
That came to 300,000 total, the biggest single expense so far!
Considering her space, and based on years of reading novels, Bao Taozi figured it would eventually unlock farmland, so she should stock up on seeds in advance.
She then went to a seed shop, a grain shop, a fruit shop, a vegetable shop, and a meat shop, spending 100,000 stockpiling seeds, vegetables, fruit, and meat.
It was already dark by the time she got home. Bao Taozi collapsed onto the bed, exhausted.
She took out her phone and sent Qi Heng a message listing everything she’d stockpiled, two heads were definitely more thorough than one.
Sure enough, Qi Heng immediately spotted the gaps: no seasonings, no weapons, and no animals!
Ah! How could she forget something this important! Bao Taozi smacked her forehead, she’d have to go again tomorrow, and she also needed to properly reinforce the villa.
“The Apocalypse Hotel Construction System has been activated. Host, please confirm.”
Hm?! A second golden finger! It’s here, it’s here, it’s arrived with a whole system attached!
She never imagined she’d get a proper transmigration golden finger after all, she’d thought the space was her only cheat!
Which meant, she now had both the biggest cheat in this world, and her own personal transmigration bonus cheat on top of it!