Various fitness equipment was also gradually moved into Mingyue Huafu.
Five sets each of treadmills, exercise bikes, rowing machines, dumbbells, spring expanders, and exercise discs were purchased.
These would allow the family to work out at home while “lying flat.”
Electric scooters, bicycles, balance scooters, ice sleds, and RVs—one hundred units of each—were also prepared inside the space.
A hundred of the newest Fruit Apple tablets were delivered to Mingyue Huafu.
Su Yu downloaded many single-player mini-games onto the tablets: Plants vs. Zombies, Angry Piggy, Dancing Line, Factory Maidens, Match-Three games, Sheep A Sheep, etc.
Food-friendly variety shows, classic TV dramas, and movies occupied most of the tablets’ memory.
The bookshelves in Mingyue Huafu were also stuffed with academic books.
Su Yu even downloaded hundreds of apocalypse novels, hoping to learn survival strategies from the protagonists.
By then, she checked the remaining balance in her bank card.
She still had six billion left.
If not used for luxury houses or luxury cars, even such massive spending would take time to run out.
Su Yu immediately allocated two billion to purchase construction materials.
Ten thousand tons each of basic materials for building houses—wood, cement, glass, bricks, paint, tiles, coatings, steel rebar, asphalt concrete, polymer concrete—and so on.
One thousand units of each type of furniture: sofas, mattresses, beds, chandeliers, air conditioners, TVs, tables and chairs, range hoods, dishwashers, robot vacuums, etc.
After surviving the earthquake disaster later on, she might be able to use these materials to build her own base.
With the remaining four billion, Su Yu bought one billion worth of gold and one billion worth of tobacco.
These two items would remain hard currency no matter the era—enough for her family to “scam, cheat, and barter” their way through the apocalypse.
She purchased one billion worth of gasoline, about ten thousand tons.
The remaining 3.7 billion was entirely spent on helicopters and yachts.
Super Puma EC255, AW139, Dolphin N3, Agusta A109P, S76C+, Bell 206LIV, EC145—each of these helicopters was over fifty million, with the Super Puma costing up to 180 million.
Because such expensive items had scarce available stock, and she didn’t have time to wait, Su Yu only bought two of each model.
Total spending: 2 billion.
Sport speedboats, flybridge yachts, waterskiing boats, sailboats, catamarans, pontoon boats—three of each, totaling 1 billion.
A standard submarine—nearly 800 million.
From the few tens of millions left in the card, Su Yu took a few hundred thousand and placed it in a corner of her space.
If the world changed and currency regained value, that money could be placed in the duplication space—letting money literally “make money.”
She stored all the cars in the villa’s garage into her space, leaving only one for daily use.
There were five days left until the extreme weather arrived, so the Su family moved into Mingyue Huafu.
Mingyue Huafu was a fully furnished home; the three of them carried only their personal belongings.
After all, everything else they needed was already inside Su Yu’s space.
The three Su family members and the little Monkey got up very early.
Father Su was exercising on the fitness equipment.
He had been training for years and was in excellent physical condition.
Though he hadn’t received professional martial arts training, dealing with a few punks was no problem at all.
Father Su was also very knowledgeable about weapons—his accuracy was nearly on par with a professional sniper.
Nearby, the little Monkey was lifting dumbbells.
After days of training, the little Monkey could now casually lift a hundred-jin weight.
A delicious aroma drifted from the kitchen.
Steamed buns were puffing hot inside the steamer.
Su Yu was kneading dough; Mama Su was wrapping the buns.
Perhaps because she had spent ten long years with her zombified mother, now whenever Su Yu was free, she loved sticking close to her mom.
The family enjoyed their warmth and peace before the world fell into chaos.
It was eight o’clock.
The scorching sun outside was already blinding.
Even with the air conditioner set as low as 18°C, Su Yu still felt the heat.
The TV was broadcasting the news.
Experts advised:
“With the extreme heat continuing, we recommend directing limited electricity to the nation’s critical development cities.”
Crowds were furious at this suggestion.
The past ten days of heat had slowed the city’s pace dramatically.
Many factories and companies had shifted to night-shift operations.
Construction workers collapsed from heatstroke during the day.
The term “heatstroke syndrome” entered public awareness.
Many who died from the heat had organs that looked as though they had been boiled.
Heat became everyone’s anxiety.
A massive global rainstorm fell.
Even many streets with unfinished drainage systems had accumulated up to ten centimeters of standing water.
Everyone was immersed in the joy brought by this heavy rain.
They all believed that the more-than-ten-day heatwave was finally coming to an end.
But only Su Yu knew that this was merely the last cool moment before the extreme heat arrived.
Su Yu left a few anonymous posts online:
[“The weather has been unpredictable lately. I suggest everyone stock up on supplies.”]
Aside from her parents, Su Yu had no one she needed to worry about.
This anonymous post was perhaps her only contribution to society.
She had no intention of saving the world.
But she could at least “give a hint to those fated to see it.”
Afraid of causing too much of a stir, she deleted the post just a few hours later.
The family was awakened by the sound of ambulances.
Su Yu pulled open the curtains.
Following the sound, she looked outside—
—but she forgot how vicious the sun would be today.
Outside, the world was glowing like molten gold, so bright that Su Yu couldn’t keep her eyes open.
She quickly took a pair of sunglasses out of her space.
Only then could she clearly see the scene outside.
The rainwater that had flooded the streets yesterday had completely dried up, and the white asphalt of the road was so sun-scorched that it reflected harshly.
Five ambulances drove past the entrance of Mingyue Huafu in a row.
They seemed to be heading toward the construction site in the distance.
The neighborhood was eerily quiet.
The wealthy elderly ladies who normally liked to wake up early for walks were nowhere to be seen.
Father Su, who had woken up slightly earlier than her, pulled Su Yu into a WeChat group chat— the owners’ group of Mingyue Huafu.
Messages appeared:
[Heard that five workers at the nearby construction site died from heat.]
[This weather really can kill people.]
[It’s already October and still over 40 degrees.]
[It’s so hot I don’t even want to go out to buy groceries. Please don’t let there be a power outage in this cursed weather.]
[Once again appreciating the greatness of air conditioners.]
[With temperatures continuing to rise, it’s really not safe to go outside. While you can still tolerate it, hurry up and stock up on supplies.]
[Don’t say things like that. Otherwise, you’ll get arrested like that netizen ‘Tropical Forest Rain’ who caused a panic-buying frenzy earlier.]
The group was full of complaints about the heat.
Her phone showed today’s temperature as 40°C.
But having lived through this once already, Su Yu knew the true temperature outside had already reached 45°C.
Starting today, the Su family would have to begin their fully indoor lifestyle.
Fortunately, with abundant supplies, they didn’t need to worry.
Mama Su made shaved ice using the ice crusher.
Breakfast was iced green-bean porridge paired with delicious pickled vegetables.
Only after a few spoonfuls of the chilled porridge did Su Yu feel a trace of coolness.
After breakfast, the family began their exercise routine.
Especially Mama Su—her training needed to be strengthened.
Lunch consisted of garlic vermicelli shrimp, twice-cooked pork, cold cucumber salad, and an entire chilled watermelon.
In the afternoon, Father Su and Mother Su were being affectionate.
Father Su said he needed to “personally guide” Mama Su’s training.
Su Yu simply retreated back to her room.
She took two books from the shelf and began teaching little Monkey basic knowledge, starting from elementary school textbooks.
She also told the little Monkey stories from Journey to the West.