She couldn't help but think that there was a large section of barbed wire outside the tunnel, much of which had collapsed and become abandoned!

Seeing this, it was entirely feasible to repair those barbed wires and restore their electricity.

This would significantly enhance the defensive capabilities of her shelter!

This was a task she could definitely handle!

At this moment, another thought came to her mind.

"Super Lord System activated!"

"Please reinforce the original base. The system will reward based on the reinforcement level! Countdown: 15 days!"

Li Chenxi: "!!!"

Just as she was taken aback by the new mission, she heard the system prompt.

"Ding—Detected one base guard dog. Rewarding: Dog combat power increased by one hundred times! Physical fitness increased by one hundred times!"

Li Chenxi was amazed as she watched Xia Tian's body start to change.

His physique doubled in strength, his claws grew longer and sharper, shedding the signs of aging that had come with his old age, and in their place was a fearsome, imposing beast.

"Woof woof woof!"

Li Chenxi: "!!!"

Building materials market.

Li Chenxi had a small car left by her mother before she passed away, ensuring she had transportation.

She was about to start crazily reinforcing her base!

She found a wire factory and ordered two thousand square meters of blade wire, circular barbed wire.

This type of razor wire could be wrapped around existing barbed wire with minimal effort and produced excellent results.

The price per meter was around seven yuan, and Li Chenxi spent a total of fourteen thousand yuan.

As the quantity was not small, the boss sent one of their own large trucks to follow Li Chenxi and deliver the goods. She took them to an empty lot on the outskirts.

"I'll call for a pickup later."

"Alright."

She didn't want to reveal the location of her base. Fortunately, it was already dark, so she unloaded the goods in an empty area and stored them in her space one by one with Xia Tian's help.

Today, her space had expanded to 289 cubic meters, while her own furniture only took up a few cubic meters of space, leaving more than enough room to store the barbed wire, with plenty of space left over.

After emptying the goods, she drove back with Xia Tian to her residence.

On the way back, she thought about renting another warehouse.

Half an hour later, Li Chenxi returned to the air raid shelter.

Once back, she began reinforcing along a stretch of old barbed wire.

She worked tirelessly, meter by meter, with Xia Tian occasionally bringing her tools.

The two of them worked from dusk till dawn.

Finally, they reinforced the entire two thousand meters of existing barbed wire.

She couldn't wait to hear about the rewards for this reinforcement.

Just as she finished the last bit of reinforcement, she heard a voice in her mind.

"Detected barbed wire reinforcement. Reward—Defense effectiveness increased by one hundred times!"

As the reward descended, Li Chenxi watched in astonishment as the barbed wire she had just reinforced visibly thickened, densified, and became sharper.

Every blade on the blade wire she bought glinted with a chilling light, and the sharp spikes grew even longer!

The relatively thin old barbed wire gate had now been upgraded to a steel lifting gate!

She pushed hard against the wire mesh, and it didn't move at all!

She had discovered earlier when she was reinforcing it that this barbed wire could effectively block people from entering, but if someone drove through or if a large number of zombies rushed in, it would definitely not work.

Now, even if thousands of zombies attacked at once, they wouldn't be able to break through her barbed wire!

Li Chenxi was extremely satisfied.

She couldn't wait to go buy other things to continue reinforcing.

But at this moment, something more important reminded her.

"Goo goo—"

"Woof woof!"

She was hungry, and Xia Tian was circling her, looking very hungry.

"You're hungry too."

"Woof!" Xia Tian whimpered twice.

The two of them had only eaten a bit yesterday and had been busy all day without starting to formally purchase supplies!

Li Chenxi remembered that she still had some food in her space.

Thinking of the steamed buns she had cleared out of the house yesterday, she thought for a moment, and a bag of piping hot soup dumplings appeared in her hands.

Still warm?

Li Chenxi couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief and took the refrigerator out.

After opening the refrigerator, she was surprised to find that even if there was no electricity, it was still cold!

"Even without electricity, it remains unchanged!"

This meant that the space reward given to her by the system was a sealed space with no heat dissipation!

Whatever was put in would remain as it was when taken out!

Li Chenxi was overjoyed. This also meant that she could hoard supplies indefinitely without worrying about expiration issues!

When it was time to hoard food later, she could do so boldly and confidently!

"Here, it's three hundred a month with a one-month deposit!"

An unused house in the outskirts.

Li Chenxi stood there with Xia Tian, facing a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties.

There were plenty of idle houses along the rural roadsides. These were old farmhouses, and now most people had moved to the city. The rural houses were mostly empty, some with decent locations, and they were all posted for rent.

Li Chenxi found a relatively large and conveniently located farmhouse along the main road outside her air raid shelter.

She intended to use this place as a transit station to store goods. She would transfer them there using the system's space, keeping it hidden and making it convenient for her to come and go for purchases.

Unlike yesterday when unloading goods by the roadside attracted too much attention.

"Four hundred, no deposit. I'll rent it for a month as a warehouse!" Li Chenxi bargained with the landlord.

"That won't do."

"Then I'll go elsewhere."

The landlord immediately stopped her, "Alright, alright, four hundred it is. But you can't damage my place, and you must leave on time when the lease ends!"

"No problem!" Li Chenxi handed over four hundred and got the keys.

She would definitely move out when the lease expired because she wouldn't even wait until that day.

Similarly, if she had paid a deposit, she wouldn't have been able to get it back.

It was better to spend this extra hundred than lose two hundred.

Negotiating the air raid shelter rent wasn't easy; she had to save money here!

After successfully renting the warehouse, she started purchasing supplies.

First up was food.

She divided the purchases among ten shops, buying four hundred bags of fifty-kilogram rice from each.

First, she stocked up one hundred tons of rice!

One hundred tons of rice wasn't much. Normal specialized grain wholesale stations could provide that amount.

And one hundred tons of rice would fit into a space measuring just 5 meters in length, width, and height each!

Her space could handle it! Transporting it was also feasible!

Li Chenxi spent over four hundred thousand yuan on all this rice, enough to last her several lifetimes!

In addition, she stocked up on one thousand cases of various flavored instant noodles—Japanese tonkotsu, braised beef, seafood board noodles, spicy beef, dry noodles... basically every flavor available on the market!

Instant noodles were a luxury in the apocalypse!

They were convenient to prepare, tasted good, and provided essential nutrients. They were the best food after the apocalypse!

The prices of instant noodles ranged from fifty to over a hundred yuan per case.

The most common case, 24 packs of braised beef noodles, cost 54 yuan. The more expensive Japanese tonkotsu cost around a hundred yuan for thirty packs.

On average, she spent over seventy yuan per case. A thousand cases of instant noodles cost her seventy thousand yuan in total.

Could she buy instant noodles without buying sausage?

Li Chenxi bought two hundred cases of her favorite spicy crispy corn sausage and ordered another hundred cases of Wujiang pickles.

These two items cost less than thirty thousand yuan.

After ordering the most basic foods, Li Chenxi's gaze turned to self-heating rice and pre-made meal kits.

These were very convenient; when she wanted to eat, she just needed to heat them up.

She went to various brand stores and bought one case of every dish in their store.

One case of Taiwanese braised pork, one case of home-style tofu, one case of Brazilian barbecue, one case of sweet and sour pork, one case of mushroom and slippery chicken, one case of minced meat and eggplant, one case of Kung Pao chicken, one case of curry chicken chunks...

The average price of meal kits was around seven to eight yuan per bag. Li Chenxi bought over twenty thousand bags from more than ten stores, totaling around a hundred and fifty thousand yuan.

This amount was basically enough for her to eat a bag per meal for the rest of her life without worrying about food!

After stocking up on these basic foods, Li Chenxi finally felt a bit of security.

Adequate grain storage was essential for preparing for other things.

And today alone, she had unknowingly spent nearly seven hundred thousand yuan!

She had over three hundred thousand yuan in savings from before. Half of it was from rent over the years, and now she had sold the house for two million yuan, leaving her with one hundred and seventy thousand yuan.

And that was before she started preparing other things.

Money spent quickly when you didn't hold back.

At this point, Li Chenxi's eyes darkened. She spread out her hands, and a bright red property deed appeared in front of her.

She calmly searched the internet for a local private financial lending company's phone number and dialed it.

"Hello, I'd like to mortgage my property for a loan."

"Sure, come to my office tomorrow at ten for a face-to-face discussion!"

Li Chenxi hung up the phone. She was going to mortgage her property again.

Heh, there's a score to settle here, and it must be repaid double!

Get ready for the big gift she's about to receive!

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