"Dear customer, today is our store's anniversary celebration. For every purchase over ten thousand yuan, you'll receive a free earthquake emergency rescue kit. Here are your complimentary gifts, please take them."
Nadine opened the rescue kit and found it stocked with a gas mask, fire blanket, basic medical kit, hand-cranked radio, rescue rope, multi-functional axe, multi-functional folding knife, multi-functional folding shovel, multi-functional flashlight, a bag of emergency rations, a bag of emergency drinking water, cut-resistant gloves, fire starter, water bladder, emergency candles, matches, fever patches, reflective vest, raincoat, warming patches, glow sticks, compressed towels, and face masks.
Impressed by the comprehensive contents, Nadine was immediately interested. "Do you sell these emergency rescue kits?"
"Of course!" the shop assistant replied promptly. "Besides the earthquake emergency rescue kit, we also have fire rescue kits and flood emergency rescue kits. Which one would you like?"
"Give me twenty of each!" Nadine felt like a tycoon at that moment, with the only thought being to buy, buy, buy.
Buying extra supplies would bring her extra peace of mind in the apocalypse.
Meanwhile, news of a big spender at the mall had spread to the ears of various shop owners. By the time Nadine reached the third floor, many shop assistants approached her with promotional materials.
"Do you need skiing equipment? Our store has the most complete range of skiing gear. Would you like to take a look?"
"Dear customer, do you need winter clothing? We have an eight percent discount on all items today, and we guarantee satisfaction with the quality."
Seeing the pamphlets advertising winter clothing, Nadine's interest was piqued. "Can they withstand temperatures as low as minus sixty or seventy degrees?"
The shop assistants were taken aback. "Ma'am, we're in the south, and people wear short sleeves in winter here."
Unfazed, Nadine replied, "I'm about to travel to the Arctic."
Seeing that she wasn't joking, the shop assistant immediately contacted the manager and, surprisingly, they did have such clothing.
"We do have arctic winter gear, as well as mummy sleeping bags that can withstand temperatures as low as minus seventy-five degrees. However, they are currently at our headquarters. If you're interested, we can arrange for express delivery to your address within three days."
Without hesitation, Nadine ordered ten sets.
She then browsed through the fourth floor, loading up on ice picks, crampons, ice axes, snow stakes, snowshoes, snowboards, down jackets, windproof jackets, wool pants, helmets, gloves, mountaineering boots, thermal hats, windproof goggles, all stacked into boxes and carted away.
In total, she spent seventy-eight thousand yuan. Including her earlier expenses on a certain e-commerce platform, in less than a day, Nadine had spent over a million and two hundred thousand yuan.
With less than five hundred thousand yuan left in her account, Nadine felt an indescribable satisfaction at the supplies she had acquired.
Having experienced the apocalypse in her past life, she constantly felt anxious. Only seeing more and more materials accumulating in her space could calm her down.
Nadine declined the stores' offer for home delivery and loaded everything onto her own vehicle.
Whether it was her imagination or not, she felt that since her rebirth, her strength had increased significantly.
Boxes weighing over a hundred pounds each were effortlessly lifted by her.
Once the van was full, she drove to a secluded area, stashed everything into her space, made a round trip, then returned to haul more goods.
After several trips back and forth, she finally finished loading everything.
Before leaving, Nadine noticed a contour map at the mall entrance and realized that she had forgotten to buy something important.
That something was maps! After the apocalypse, all base stations were destroyed, and the satellite signals were uncalibrated, resulting in significant deviations. Even if one had a cellphone, the navigation system wouldn't work.
Therefore, maps and compasses became the only tools for navigation.
World maps, national maps, city maps—she bought stacks of them and stored them all in her space.
With dimensions of 100x100x100, each space was equivalent to one cubic meter.
At first glance, it seemed quite large.
However, Nadine neatly organized everything in her mind, making sure not to waste even a fraction of space.
...
After leaving the outdoor equipment mall, the sky began to darken.
Checking the time, she realized it was already past five, and her stomach began to rumble with hunger.
People who had experienced the apocalypse couldn't bear hunger.
Nadine drove straight to the nearest KFC.
Located in the suburbs, this KFC wasn't too crowded. She ordered a family bucket and found a corner to start eating.
As she ate, she opened the KFC app on her phone, selected "in-store pickup," and began placing orders.
Family bucket, original recipe chicken, popcorn chicken, BBQ chicken wings, spicy chicken wings, fries, Portuguese egg tarts, spicy chicken leg burger, crispy chicken leg burger, Beijing chicken roll, double beef burger, crispy chicken leg rice, strawberry sundae, chocolate sundae—she ordered fifty servings of each item on the menu.
The staff who received the order were unfazed by it and promptly began preparing the food.
They were used to it, as many companies and organizations often ordered their food for employee meals.
After KFC, Nadine opened a food delivery app and started ordering her favorite dishes.
Setting the delivery address to the KFC, she began browsing through various restaurants.
No matter what she craved, it seemed like there was nothing she couldn't order on the platform. If something was unavailable, there was always a solution.
Favorite coffee shop: 100 cups of espresso, 100 cups of latte, 100 cups of mocha, 100 cups of Americano, 100 cups of cappuccino, 100 cups of mocha frappe, 100 cups of caramel frappe.
Favorite dessert shop: 100 servings of tiramisu cake, 100 servings of French macarons, 100 servings of rich triple chocolate cake, 100 servings of French eclairs, 100 servings of grilled French ham and egg sandwich, 100 servings of slow-cooked ham and cheese ciabatta, 100 servings of tuna panini, 100 servings of double cheese and ham toast, 100 servings of Caesar chicken wrap.
Favorite bubble tea shop: 100 cups of mango pomelo sago, 100 cups of Uncle's milk tea, 100 cups of original milk tea, 100 cups of fresh coconut green bean milk, 100 cups of coconut durian, 100 cups of brulee cream puff, 100 cups of jasmine cloud milk tea, 100 cups of passion fruit duet, 100 cups of grass jelly with pudding.
Seeing a tempting braised meat shop, she ordered: 100 servings of roast goose, 100 servings of roast duck, 100 servings of white-cut chicken, 100 servings of saltwater duck, 100 servings of beef in sauce, 100 servings of pig head meat, 100 servings of pig trotters.
This tea restaurant was nice, she ordered: 100 servings of Hong Kong-style steamed rice rolls with barbecue pork, 100 servings of fresh shrimp rice rolls, 100 servings of Chaozhou beef balls, 100 servings of soy sauce marinated chicken feet, 100 servings of soup dumplings, 100 servings of crystal shrimp dumplings, 100 servings of shrimp wonton, 100 servings of barbecue pork buns.
This duck neck shop was her favorite, she ordered: duck necks, duck wings, duck frames, chicken feet, lotus root slices, kelp knots, fifty pounds each.
She just couldn't seem to stop.