Jiang Youwei locked the warehouse door and drove a minivan to the largest water plant in the area. She ordered five thousand one‑ton water buckets and five thousand two‑ton water tanks, paying the manager extra to fill the buckets with direct drinking water and the tanks with tap water. After leaving the water plant, she visited department supermarkets and bought sixty boxes of mineral water and twenty boxes of instant noodles. She stored all the supplies in her portable infinite static space, which could keep items fresh indefinitely but could not store living creatures. Over the next months, she continued stocking up: she contacted noodle manufacturers for bulk orders, visited many restaurants to order hundreds of portions of signature dishes to be packed, and hired two cooks from a domestic service center named Sister Wang and Sister Li. They were tasked with cooking a variety of dishes every day and teaching her culinary skills; she paid them a high salary and stored all the food they prepared in her space.Jiang Youwei also went to a clothing factory and placed orders for tens of thousands of pieces of simple‑style clothing in adult and children sizes, paying a deposit of twenty million yuan. She then bought five black SUVs and two RVs from a large dealership, bargaining to get six thousand liters of gasoline included. After driving the cars to a location without surveillance cameras, she stored them in her space. During the following weeks, she rented a place in a wholesale market and hired people to source goods, purchasing large quantities of vegetables and fruits from orchards and greenhouses across the country. By the end of April, her supplies had become immense, far exceeding the inventory of the world’s largest department supermarket. The weather grew increasingly hot, and the news reported global high temperatures with no rainfall.As the temperature broke 40 degrees Celsius, Jiang Youwei paid her cooks their wages and gave them a bonus, reminding them to stay safe. She then hired a renovation master to install heat‑insulating glass, anti‑theft bars, and heat‑insulating curtains in her apartment. She bought two helicopters and a yacht, taking crash courses to learn how to operate them. Her skin became tanned from outdoor training. While checking her phone, she saw messages in her building’s group chat where neighbors speculated about the apocalypse and discussed stocking up. She received a friend request from her cousin Jiang Wei, who invited her to move into their countryside villas that had been stocked with food. Jiang Youwei suspected they were after her money. She declined the offer.She registered for a flight to Saudi Arabia to buy fuel privately, as domestic purchases required complicated certificates. On the plane, she noticed a burly man with calluses on his hand, likely a frequent user of firearms. In Saudi Arabia, she met an informant and arranged for a large quantity of fuel from a private oil field. She also used a contact to buy pistols and a sniper rifle from a mysterious person named Tony, paying a deposit and planning to complete the transaction in two days. During her wait, she explored local streets and collected various foods and novel items into her space.On the day of the transaction, Jiang Youwei withdrew cash and went to a coffee shop, disguising herself with dark makeup and a wig. The excerpt ends with her waiting for the deal, having prepared extensively for the coming apocalypse that would bring extreme heat followed by other disasters. Her preparation covers food, water, clothing, vehicles, fuel, weapons, and survival skills, all gathered through careful planning and use of her infinite storage space. She remains alone, distrustful of relatives who had not cared for her before, and focused solely on her own survival in the face of global collapse.
