Apocalypse Survival: Starting with Potato Cultivation!

Qiao Xuejun transmigrated into a post-apocalyptic novel as the female lead of the same name, an agricultural master with a six-year master’s degree. The system informed her that the apocalypse would begin in ten days, and stockpiling grain could be exchanged for a shelter. In her current body, her parents died in a car accident when she was ten, leaving 1.2 million yuan in compensation, but that money was used by her paternal grandparents to fund their only grandson Qiao Yaozu’s education and lifestyle. The original host was forced out to work after nine years of compulsory education, sending most of her wages home while the family continued to exploit her. On the eve of the apocalypse, the Qiao family elders called her back under the pretense of missing her, but actually wanted her to buy thirty thousand jin of rotten, unsellable Holland 15 potatoes at an inflated price of one hundred fifty thousand yuan to bail out Qiao Yaozu, who failed to sell them during a live stream.Qiao Xuejun immediately saw through their scheme and confronted them about the stolen compensation. When the old couple refused to acknowledge the one point two million, she used her knowledge of the potato variety to calculate its true value and forced them to sell her all thirty thousand jin for only twenty thousand yuan. The confrontation escalated when Qiao Yaozu’s careless words during an ongoing live stream—discussing how to trick his sister and planning to profit from her bride price later—leaked online, causing his reputation to collapse. The public turned against him, and viewers demanded refunds. Panicked, Qiao Yaozu called Qiao Xuejun and threatened her not to expose him further. Qiao Xuejun revealed she had recorded the conversation and leveraged the recording to reclaim part of her family’s stolen compensation.She demanded six hundred thousand yuan of the original one point two million. Qiao Yaozu had only one hundred fifty thousand in cash, so she accepted a partial payment and took a large portion of his remaining unsold inventory as collateral. She acquired the entire stock of three thousand boxes of dehydrated vegetables, which were shelf‑stable for ten years, and five hundred boxes of imported Snickers bars that were too sweet for the domestic market but perfect for emergency rations. She also loaded all his other snack items, totaling one hundred thousand yuan in goods. Her immediate goal was to stockpile enough grain to exchange for at least a medium shelter—she calculated that twenty thousand jin would suffice—and the potatoes alone already exceeded that requirement.After securing the food supplies, Qiao Xuejun hurried to the building materials market to prepare for the coming energy shortage. Her first purchase was a solar photovoltaic power generation system she intended to supplement with a fuel generator. She evaluated different photovoltaic panels, and despite the salesman trying to sell her an expensive model, she used her prior experience setting up such systems to make informed choices. The narrative shows her methodically buying enough equipment to power her shelter, particularly to run air conditioning once the extreme temperatures hit.The story establishes a clear conflict line between Qiao Xuejun and the Qiao family, who represent a patriarchal, exploitative mindset. Their devotion to the male heir and contempt for the granddaughter are central to their greed and manipulation. Qiao Xuejun overturns the submission expected of her by using both her agricultural expertise and the system’s information to take control. Her goal is not revenge but survival: she knows the apocalypse will wipe out normal society, and money, live streams, and family pressures will become meaningless. Her ultimate objective is to secure a self-sufficient shelter, gather enough food and power to last through the disaster, and break free from a family that sees her only as a resource. By the end of the available text, she has seized critical supplies, neutralized the immediate threat from Qiao Yaozu, and begun the logistical work of setting up her base, all while the ten‑day countdown to the apocalypse continues.