Zhang Xiao was upset and felt like fate was playing a cruel joke on her.
At this moment, the content on the screen changed again, and many split screens appeared, showing military teams heading to various regions to rescue and evacuate people, accompanied by stirring music that made everyone's blood boil.
Zhang Xiao stared blankly at this scene. In her previous life, she died too young and didn't live to see the army come to her rescue.
Zhang Xiao felt extremely conflicted and didn't want to watch any longer.
But at that moment, a deafening roar, accompanied by the howling of artillery fire, caused Zhang Xiao to look up in surprise. He saw that several teams in the split screens were being attacked by artillery fire.
People gasped in surprise at the sight.
Wei Zi's voice was heavy and regretful: "Unfortunately, the retreat did not go smoothly. Some restless people had already taken advantage of the chaos to start an uprising, seize control of the area, and acquire a large amount of weapons and equipment. They are lying in wait to ambush the army in order to obtain its equipment and supplies, especially military ships."
[Many teams, upon entering local cities, were subjected to various ambushes, some even suffering total annihilation. The flames of war spread from the disaster-stricken areas to the refugee camps, and the apocalypse officially entered a phase of fierce competition among powerful factions.]
[Okay, that's all for today's video. Next time, we'll talk about internal and external troubles, as well as some strange infectious diseases caused by prolonged flooding. If you found this helpful, please give it a like and a flower to support us. See you next time!]
As darkness fell, small screens appeared in front of people, displaying icons for likes, dislikes, and sending flowers.
Some people liked it, some disliked it, and some didn't care at all, getting into heated discussions with those around them.
Zhang Xiao glanced at the small screen and thought it was "playing tricks."
Does someone who can predict the future of the world need mere likes and support?
She was in a bad mood, so she deliberately clicked the down button. A crying face appeared in front of her, and then the screen disappeared.
Zhang Xiao's heart skipped a beat, as if she had lost something, but the screen had already disappeared, and there was nothing she could do to salvage it.
She suppressed her unease and headed toward the nearest store.
Although an unexpected incident occurred, her goal remained unchanged: to fill the space with as many supplies as possible. Before everyone could react, she would buy as much as possible.
"What do you all think about this?"
In a certain place, a military leader looked at the people present.
One of them sighed, "Everything else could be fake, the video could be fabricated, but the military unit numbers that appear at the end of the video are classified and can't be fake. The names of the soldiers that appear also match up."
So either the video is real, or everything in it is a harbinger of the future.
Either it's a leak of military secrets, or it's a very serious problem.
Even if you rule out one possibility, the remaining one, no matter how unacceptable, is still a fact.
Everyone had a somber expression.
So starting tomorrow, their country will be flooded by torrential rains, leaving corpses strewn everywhere, people suffering, and various forces emerging.
What do you mean by a battle for supremacy? Isn't that just a fragmentation of power?
How many years have we lived in peace? I can hardly believe it.
Suddenly, a hot-tempered man said in a loud and impulsive voice, "So what if it's raining? So what if most places are flooded? It's not like it was flooded like that in a single day. The government's slow response was because they didn't expect the rain to continue. Now that we know, why don't we start preparing earlier?"
At that moment, the leader received a phone call. "Yes, yes, understood!"
Everyone else was looking at him.
The leader said, "Upon receiving orders from higher command, we will immediately set off to take over the local cities."
...
Zhang Xiao rushed to the nearest wholesale store as quickly as possible.
The wholesale store isn't very big, but it has a wide variety of goods.
At this moment, a group of people were gathered at the entrance of the wholesale store, all discussing the sky.
Zhang Xiao said, "Boss, I'd like to buy rice, twenty..." She glanced at the people around her and calmly said, "Two bags of rice."
The boss didn't think much of it. Although he was still amazed by the sky screen, he was determined to do business.
"Fifty jin?"
"right."
The boss went to move rice, and someone nearby said, "If it really rains, the price of this rice will go up."
The boss paused.
Zhang Xiao cursed under her breath, knowing this would happen, which was why she didn't dare ask for twenty bags of rice, fearing the shopkeeper wouldn't sell them to her.
The boss looked at Zhang Xiao and asked, "Young lady, are you going to stock up on rice?"
Zhang Xiao calmly said, "Why would I hoard rice? It's impossible for it to rain heavily. I just moved to a new house and ran out of rice, so I came to buy some. Besides, who only hoards two bags of rice?"
She glanced at her phone. "Boss, I'm in a hurry to get to work. Here's what I'll do: I'll add ten yuan to each bag."
The boss was skeptical, but he figured he might as well make money by adding ten yuan to each bag, since he had plenty of rice in his warehouse anyway.
However, he still tentatively suggested, "Even if it doesn't rain, I think prices will still go up. Could you add a little more?"
Zhang Xiao frowned and made a move to leave. "Fine, if you don't want to sell it, I'll buy it somewhere else. The supermarket definitely won't raise the price."
"Hey, no, no, I didn't say I wouldn't sell it. Young people are so impatient."
The shop owner went to move rice, so Zhang Xiao went into the store and took a bucket of cooking oil, two buckets of noodles, several packs of biscuits, instant noodles and other fast food, some seasonings, a few packets of sugar, a lighter, drinking water and some daily necessities—all very ordinary things.
We can't pursue quantity for now; we just want something comprehensive and diverse.
Those who were originally just watching the spectacle, perhaps also worried that prices would rise, also went into the store to buy things. When the owner saw so many people buying, he was torn between not wanting to turn away customers and worrying about selling too cheaply.
Seeing this, Zhang Xiao quickened his pace, paid the bill first, scanned a scooter, and loaded his things onto the scooter himself.
"No, I'm not selling anymore! The shop already has other customers, I'm not selling!"
The boss answered a phone call and immediately changed his attitude, starting to drive the customers away.
Zhang Xiao hung the last bag on the handlebars, hugged it to her chest, and quickly rode away. The boss called after her, but she didn't turn around.
She drove into a secluded alley, checked that there was no one around and no surveillance cameras, then put everything into her spatial storage before finally breathing a sigh of relief.
She rode her electric bike to other places to buy things, but most of the shops were not selling anything. The supermarket was still open, but it was full of people rushing to buy things.
She went to take a look, but was scared away by the long queue at the checkout, so she had to look for retail stores everywhere.
After walking through several streets, I bought some food and daily necessities, as well as some fruits, vegetables, medicine, clothes, shoes and socks, and also packed some rice, milk tea and snacks.
Although I bought very little from each shop, little by little, the space has accumulated quite a lot of things.
But this was far from the massive stockpiling that Zhang Xiao had imagined.
"Damn the sky, even if it appeared a few hours later, I wouldn't have to go around buying things little by little like a hamster."
After much pleading and persuasion, Zhang Xiao finally managed to sell a few flashlights and a few packs of batteries to a shop owner. Frustrated, she tried to swipe her credit card, only to find it had been frozen.
Zhang Xiao?
The shopkeeper glanced at it and said, "Your credit cards are unusable, right? The previous person had the same problem. It seems like all your credit cards have been frozen."
Zhang Xiao changed to another card, and the same thing happened.
The boss had an "I knew it" look on his face. "If the apocalypse really comes, will you be able to pay back the money you borrowed from the bank? Of course they'll freeze it. Just wait, if it really rains heavily tomorrow, electronic payments definitely won't work, and the store will definitely only accept cash... or maybe not, even cash might not be accepted."
"Don't you have any cash? If not, I'm not selling this to you."
Zhang Xiao quickly replied, "I have cash."
She took out a few red bills, put the flashlight in her bag, and as soon as she stepped out the door, the boss closed the door behind her.
Those who were too late could only bang on the roller shutter door, but the owner inside wouldn't open it, only saying that they were closed for the day.
Zhang Xiao looked around and saw that the shops on the street were closing one after another.
Only shops like paint stores, tile stores, appliance stores, and mobile phone stores remained open. These shops were more worried about heavy rain tomorrow, which would leave their stock stuck in their hands, and they were eager to sell as much as possible.
But people aren't stupid; they wouldn't buy these things at this time. As a result, these shops were very deserted, and the shop owners were so anxious they were stamping their feet.
Am I really destined to have to squeeze into the supermarket?
After thinking for a while, Zhang Xiao went to the bank. He went to several banks before he was able to withdraw the money from his card, because the bank's cash had already been withdrawn by people who realized the importance of cash.
Zhang Xiao wanted to curse Tianmu again.
Suddenly I received a call from Zhao Wu.
"Xiaoxiao, my parents, my younger sister, and I have arrived at the restaurant. When will you arrive?"
Zhang Xiao choked for a moment, feeling that everyone in the entire city was on the move, how could this idiot still be in the mood to eat?
Zhang Xiao asked, "Didn't you see the sky?"
"You saw it? It was a trailer for some movie, right? Technology is pretty advanced these days, they can even project it into the sky. Xiaoxiao, you don't really believe there's going to be an apocalypse, do you? Only someone out of their mind would believe that! Come on over, we've been waiting for you. We went to so many places before we found this one open restaurant. It's Japanese food, all imported ingredients, and the reviews are amazing."
Zhang Xiao sneered, "Eat! How about I eat you to death!"
However, since they weren't home, I decided to go back and pack my things, and also take some of the things from Zhao Wu's room, since I had bought a lot of those things myself.
She originally looked down on those things, but now that her stockpiling plan has been thwarted, even a small loss is still a gain.
She told Zhao Wu and the others to eat first while she rushed back to her apartment.
First, go back to your own home and move all your blankets, clothes, computer, books, knives, tissues, small appliances, food stored in the kitchen, and frozen and refrigerated food from the refrigerator into the space.
Then he took the spare key and drove into Zhao Wu's house.
As soon as she entered, she saw that the coffee table and sofa were full of snacks, as well as braised duck, roast chicken, fruit and other things. Some of them were bought by herself, and some were bought by others. She put all the snacks she hadn't tried into her storage space without any hesitation.
Then they also emptied the kitchen and refrigerator.
Zhao Wu's kitchen was almost empty; he usually ate at his own place. However, his refrigerator was quite full of food, mostly frozen dumplings and steamed buns, since he couldn't fit everything there.
Take them all with you.
After a thorough search, Zhang Xiao was satisfied and finally dragged two large suitcases out the door.
This was mainly to deceive people; after all, the things in the room couldn't just disappear into thin air, so they had to make it look like something was going on.
Neither apartment door was closed. The apartment building was full of a mixed bunch of people and there were no security cameras. With the doors wide open, it wouldn't be long before someone emptied everything inside, leaving Zhao Wu's family with nothing.
Zhang Xiao found a hotel to stay in, settled in, and went downstairs for dinner. He then saw some military vehicles on the road outside.
She overheard the conversations around her and learned that the army had entered the city; this was just the vanguard, and the main force was yet to come.
Moreover, it's not just sea cities; coastal and low-altitude cities are all under military control!
It's only been a few hours since the canopy appeared, that's incredibly fast!
Zhang Xiao felt a mix of emotions, unsure whether she should be happy or not.
With the army arriving, the city will likely not be as chaotic as it was in my previous life, but my zero-dollar purchase plan and my revenge plan are probably really going to fall through.