“I’ll take them. Please run the card.”
One hundred and fourteen weapons for 270,000 yuan came out to only a little over 2,000 yuan per weapon.
That was definitely discounted.
Possibly a massive discount.
The old man took the card, operated the POS machine, and handed it back.
“They’re all yours now. We’ll bring out everything from the storage room.”
Zhou Ke hurried after his grandfather to help move the inventory.
Meanwhile, his imagination had already run wild.
In his mind, he was marrying the campus beauty while their child sat happily on his shoulders.
Xu Wanning turned to her three friends, who were still standing there in a daze.
“What are you waiting for? Pick out one weapon each that you like and set it aside. We’ll pack up everything else.”
Song Yunqing blinked.
“Wanning… do we really need this many? One weapon per person should be enough, right? There aren’t that many of us.”
Xu Wanning removed the blue-patterned Tang saber from the wall, along with an identical one decorated with gold patterns.
She slid both into their scabbards.
A cold glint flashed through her eyes.
“Not enough.”
“Before zombies evolve to Level Three, cold weapons are extremely effective.”
“These are consumables.”
“We need a lot of them.”
“And our team won’t stay this small.”
She looked at them seriously.
“Small groups are easy targets in the apocalypse. Larger factions bully and prey on them all the time.”
“We need to build a team of our own.”
Wen Shuyao snapped her fingers.
“So Zhou Ke is one of the people you’ve chosen?”
Xu Wanning nodded.
“Yeah.”
“In my previous life, he became a top-tier metal-element powerhouse.”
“His combat ability was incredible.”
“More importantly, he’s a good person.”
“Our team worked alongside him several times, and he helped us more than once.”
“I trust him.”
Wen Shuyao immediately nodded.
“Then we trust him too.”
Xu Wanning smiled.
“And his grandfather is a rare weaponsmith.”
“If we bring them into the team, he’ll still be able to forge weapons after the apocalypse begins.”
Lu Zhiyu rubbed her chin thoughtfully.
“Wanning, when we get back, make a list of all the future powerhouses you remember.”
“We should start building relationships with them now.”
“If the apocalypse really happens, it’ll make forming alliances much easier.”
Wen Shuyao and Song Yunqing nodded eagerly.
“Good idea.”
Xu Wanning had been thinking the same thing.
Besides Lu Chengyue and his firefighter teammates, they needed to recruit more capable people.
Before long, Zhou Ke and his grandfather returned carrying two large wooden crates.
Together they began packing away the weapons displayed throughout the shop.
After sealing the crates, Zhou Ke rubbed his hands nervously.
“School Beauty, are you heading back to campus afterward?”
“I drove here. I can give you all a ride.”
Xu Wanning shook her head.
“We still have a few other places to visit.”
“If you could just help us move the crates outside, that would be great.”
“We’ve already arranged transportation.”
She actually intended to store everything directly in her spatial inventory.
But now wasn’t the time to reveal her ability.
Zhou Ke looked disappointed.
“Okay.”
Before leaving, Xu Wanning glanced at his grandfather.
“Grandpa Zhou, if you have time, make a few more weapons.”
“You might need them in the future.”
“And if anything dangerous happens, don’t go outside.”
“Someone will come for you.”
They had just purchased nearly every weapon in the shop.
If the apocalypse arrived earlier than expected and they couldn’t return in time to pick up Zhou Ke’s family, having extra weapons might at least help them survive.
Grandpa Zhou’s eyes flickered.
“Alright.”
Ten minutes later, four enormous crates sat in the alley outside the shop.
Xu Wanning checked carefully.
No cameras.
The others checked the surrounding area.
No pedestrians.
The moment they were sure nobody was watching, Xu Wanning stored all four crates inside her spatial inventory.
Then the group quickly headed toward a seed store they had found on the map.
Seeds were cheap.
Normally, buying three to five bags of each variety would have been sufficient.
Once crops matured and produced seeds, they could simply continue planting and growing more.
However, some seeds only produced viable harvests once.
After discussing it, the girls decided to buy everything.
Better safe than sorry.
In total, they spent 80,000 yuan.
The purchase filled several large sacks.
The store employees cheerfully carried everything out for them.
Just like before, the goods were delivered to a secluded alley.
As soon as the workers left, Lu Zhiyu and the others blocked the entrances while Xu Wanning quietly stored everything inside her spatial inventory.
Her space ability had returned with her rebirth.
The contents had not.
Still, she had already checked its status.
Her spatial ability was currently C-rank.
The storage area measured approximately four hundred square meters.
Unlike other powers, which gained an extra hour of usage time with each rank increase, spatial abilities worked differently.
Every level doubled the available storage area.
The height remained fixed at one hundred meters.
And spatial abilities could be used continuously without exhausting themselves.
“I wonder if any security cameras caught that.”
As they left the alley, Song Yunqing looked worried.
Xu Wanning patted her shoulder reassuringly.
“It’s fine.”
“Even if someone saw it, most people wouldn’t believe what they were seeing.”
“They’d probably think it was some kind of magic trick.”
“And if somebody does believe it… maybe it’ll encourage them to stockpile food and water.”
She shrugged.
“We can’t just announce that the apocalypse is coming. We’d get arrested.”
It wasn’t that Xu Wanning didn’t want to help others survive.
The timing simply wasn’t right.
Once they had secured enough supplies, they could report what they knew.
At that point, even if they were detained, it wouldn’t matter much.
As long as they stayed alive, they’d eventually be released when the apocalypse arrived.
And by then, their stockpiles would be large enough to carry them safely through the early stages.
If the apocalypse never came?
Even better.
They probably wouldn’t stay locked up for long.
But if they reported everything now, they’d immediately be accused of spreading panic and disrupting public order.
Nothing would be prepared.
And if the apocalypse truly arrived, it would already be too late.
Lu Zhiyu pulled out the supply list Xu Wanning had prepared.
There were still plenty of items left to buy.
“Wanning, what’s next?”
Xu Wanning unlocked her phone.
“A 4S dealership.”
“We need vehicles.”
“Check for one nearby.”
Not having a car was incredibly inconvenient.
All four of them had earned driver’s licenses together.
But since none of them had needed a vehicle before, none had purchased one.
Now they were finally realizing how inconvenient that was.
“Okay.”
Lu Zhiyu glanced curiously at Xu Wanning’s phone.
She didn’t understand why Wanning had opened her phone if she was just going to ask someone else to search.
Xu Wanning wasn’t looking at the map.
Instead, she opened her chat with Lu Chengyue.
More than three hours had passed since they added each other.
It was time to remind him she existed.
[Brother Chengyue, I didn’t damage that helmet, did I?]
The words “Typing…” appeared twice.
Then disappeared.
Xu Wanning couldn’t help smiling.
Such a quick reaction.
His phone was definitely nearby.
Maybe he’d been waiting for her message all along.
Satisfied, she put her phone away.
Twenty minutes later, they arrived outside the dealership.
Only then did Lu Chengyue finally reply.
[No.]
Twenty minutes to produce a single word.
That must have taken some effort.
Xu Wanning immediately replied:
[Then why were you staring at it after we left?]
When they had departed earlier, Lu Chengyue had only walked them to the doorway of the equipment room.
They’d told him to go back inside.
As she turned around one last time, she’d caught him picking up the helmet and quietly staring at it.
This time, Lu Chengyue sent a voice message.
One second long.
Xu Wanning tapped it.
A soft chuckle played through the speaker.
Not loud laughter.
Just a quiet sound escaping from his nose.
There was a hint of helplessness in it.
A touch of embarrassment from having been caught and not wanting to admit it.
Most likely, he’d sent it by accident.
Xu Wanning listened to it five times in a row.
The smile on her lips grew wider and wider.
Her heart itched with anticipation.
She suddenly wanted to see him again as soon as possible.