“By the way, Miss, Xiao Jue also bought a house in Yulong Villa District, and he had it renovated just like ours. Did you tell him about the apocalypse?”
Li Quan asked.
“Mm. I told him that I dreamed the apocalypse would arrive four months later, and then he returned to deal with the affairs of his company.”
Ling Yan told him everything that had happened that day.
“Miss, from what you’ve told me, I feel like this young man is very dangerous. Are you sure you want to keep him by your side?”
Li Quan had never had a good impression of the Xiao family, and after hearing about Xiao Jue’s ruthless methods, he disliked him even more.
“Uncle Li, the apocalypse will be much more terrifying than you imagine. Even if we manage to survive the disasters at the beginning, the zombies that come afterward will be troublesome enough. So relying on just the two of us won’t work.”
Ling Yan felt helpless whenever she thought about what they would have to face in the future.
Although her life had not been very satisfactory during the first few years of her previous life, at least she had never had to experience the apocalypse.
Li Quan fell silent after hearing her words. Miss Ling was right. Relying on just the two of them during the apocalypse was ultimately unrealistic.
Forget it. They could keep that young man by their side for now and observe him. If he ever showed signs of posing a threat to Miss Ling, he would risk his own life to drag Xiao Jue down with him.
Once Li Quan made up his mind, he stopped dwelling on it. He stepped on the accelerator and drove toward the villa.
“Miss, we’re here. Take a look and see if you’re satisfied with the exterior. I had this door custom made by professionals. It’s incredibly sturdy, and even bullets can only leave shallow marks on it.”
After getting out of the car, Li Quan immediately began introducing the villa’s main entrance to her.
Ling Yan was very satisfied with the door. When she saw the high voltage wires surrounding the property, she was even more pleased.
“Uncle Li, you’re amazing. You actually managed to transform the villa into this in such a short time.”
Ling Yan gave him a thumbs up.
Li Quan was delighted by her praise.
“Miss, go inside and take a look. See if there’s anything else you need to add. We still have some time, so we should get everything ready as soon as possible.”
Ling Yan followed him into the villa and was very satisfied with the understated interior.
“Miss, take a look at the basement and see if you’re satisfied with the renovations.”
Li Quan led her toward the basement.
“Wow, Uncle Li, you turned the house into a supermarket!”
Ling Yan looked at the supplies filling the basement, all neatly arranged like merchandise in a supermarket.
“This way, it’ll be easier for you to find things when you need them. I’ve marked every section with signs. Look, this is the snack section, that one is the daily necessities section, and over there is the staple food section…”
Li Quan pointed to the signs above each area and explained them one by one.
“This is amazing. Uncle Li, is the power supply for the frozen food section enough? Once the extreme heat arrives, the entire country will lose electricity and running water.”
Only then did Ling Yan remember that after traveling to so many countries, she had forgotten to buy generators.
“Miss, don’t worry. I’ve prepared solar generators, diesel generators, and manual generators. We won’t have to worry about power outages.”
Li Quan led her to a storage room and showed her.
Ling Yan glanced inside. There were generators of various sizes, and judging by the number of them, they would probably be enough to last ten years or more.
After that, Li Quan took her upstairs to the fitness area.
“The apocalypse requires a strong body. I set aside three hours every day to come here and exercise. Miss, you spent the past few months traveling everywhere to collect supplies and didn’t have time to exercise, so now that you’re back, you should also set aside some time every day to work out.”
“Uncle Li, I’m afraid that won’t work. I spent these past few months collecting supplies overseas, and this month I want to travel around the country and gather everything I might have overlooked. We don’t know when the apocalypse will end, so while the money in our hands is still useful, we should spend it as quickly as possible. As for whatever money we can’t spend, please go to the bank and exchange it for gold bars.”
Ling Yan remembered that money would become nothing more than worthless wastepaper during the apocalypse.
During the apocalypse, even a bag of expired bread could cause people to fight until their heads were bleeding. The currency that everyone had desperately wanted during peaceful times would be treated as nothing more than wastepaper.
Li Quan agreed after hearing her.
“Then I’ll also continue stocking up on supplies while we still have time.”
After they finished inspecting the villa, Li Quan had her sit in the living room to rest while he went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
Ever since Ling Yan had come here, she had been constantly running around outside. Sitting here leisurely now actually felt a little unfamiliar to her.
“Miss, come eat. After you finish, get some proper rest. Look at how thin you’ve become.”
Li Quan placed the dishes on the table.
“Thank you, Uncle Li. Sit down and eat with me.”
Seeing Li Quan preparing to return to the kitchen, Ling Yan called him back.
“Miss, that wouldn’t be appropriate.”
Li Quan refused.
“Uncle Li, you’re the only person I trust most right now. You’re family to me. What’s appropriate or inappropriate about that? From now on, don’t call me Miss either. Just like my father did, call me Yanyan or Yan’er.”
Ling Yan walked over and pushed him down into his seat.
Li Quan’s eyes immediately reddened when he heard her words. Ever since Miss Ling was born, Madam had always been busy with work, so he had practically raised her himself.
After her parents passed away, he had constantly worried about her state of mind, afraid that she might not be able to cope and would follow them in death.
He had always regarded Miss Ling as his own daughter, but hearing her say this now truly warmed his heart.
“Miss… haha, I’m just too used to calling you that. I can’t change it all at once. Yanyan, hurry up and eat. After you’re done, go get some rest.”
Li Quan was so emotional that he could barely speak coherently.
Ling Yan simply nodded at him and began eating.
After dinner, Li Quan would not let her clean up the dishes either, insisting that she go back to her room and rest because there was still a lot to do the next day.
Ling Yan did not stand in the ceremony with him. Once she returned to her room, she went to the bathroom to wash up.
After washing up, she sat on the bed and began studying her space.
She had heard Old Man Jin mention this chip once. Apparently, he had spent his entire fortune obtaining an unknown meteorite from an explorer and used it to create the chip.
When she escaped from the laboratory, she had taken the chip while he was away. However, despite researching it for a long time, she had never been able to figure out its secrets.
Looking at the fog surrounding her, she had also tried putting gold, jade, and antiques inside.
She had learned about this from the novels she had read. Everyone who was reborn would supposedly gain a space, and to make the space larger, they would put these things inside it.
However, even after she put them in, the fog showed no sign of dispersing. For the past four months, she had tried everything she could think of, but she still could not make the space expand.
“Seriously, Heaven, are you giving me a sweet date and then immediately slapping me in the face? Why does everything work for other people, but no matter how much I put into mine, it still won’t expand?”
Ling Yan looked at the gold, silver, and jewelry inside her space and felt extremely unwilling to accept it.
After complaining, Ling Yan began thinking again about how exactly she could expand the space.
The larger the space was during the apocalypse, the more advantageous it would be for her. It would be even better if she could develop farmland inside it.
She remembered that the final research results had shown that the material of the chip did not belong to Earth. What if she boldly assumed that the meteorite had come from outer space?
In interstellar novels, people always used mental power to increase their strength. Why not give it a try?
Once she made up her mind, Ling Yan left the space, sat on the bed, and began concentrating, attacking the invisible barrier surrounding the space with her mental power.
Half an hour passed, but the space showed no change at all. Ling Yan did not give up and continued attacking.
Another hour passed. Just as she was about to reach her limit, the barrier finally began to loosen.
Ling Yan struck while the iron was hot, using every last bit of her mental power before she lost consciousness, then collapsed onto the bed.