Natural Disaster Strikes: I Stockpiled Billions and Carved My Way Through the Apocalypse

Secretary Cao nodded: "President Wei agrees. He hopes to maintain a united front with Miss Mu. Tonight, we will completely close the road from the foot of the mountain to the summit. If Miss Mu needs to go out, she can use our other secret passage."

Mu Jiuyue nodded knowingly: "You guys are really fast. However, I won't be going out until the heatwave ends. By the way, tell Wei Lie that the heatwave and drought will last for three months, and less than a month has passed so far. After three months, there will be an unprecedented rainstorm, as if the sky has opened up. So, you can start preparing for dehumidification. The mountains here are quite high, so they probably won't be flooded, but we'll probably have to rely on boats or kayaks to get around."

"Understood, thank you." Secretary Cao smiled and nodded. "If Miss Mu has any other needs, please feel free to ask, and we will do our best to help."

"Okay." Mu Jiuyue didn't stand on ceremony with him.

After Secretary Cao left, Old Hou came over, wiping his hands, and said with a worried look, "Will things really be as difficult as you say?"

"Worse than that."

Old Hou was silent for a moment, then said, "Then I'll cook more food to prepare, in case we need to flee one day and it's inconvenient to cook on the road, and it'll easily attract attention."

After saying that, he asked Mu Jiuyue for a batch of fresh vegetables, meat, and eggs, and went into the kitchen to get to work.

At night, a loud explosion at the foot of the mountain completely severed the road leading from the foot of the mountain to the top.

Wei Lie's men all gathered in the cave next door and began their recuperation.

Wei Lie also invited Lao Hou and Mu Jiuyue to have dinner with them.

Mu Jiuyue went, but Lao Hou didn't go. However, he sent Mu Jiuyue with a large box of vegetables.

When Mu Jiuyue went over to take a look, wow, what a group of good guys!

Wei Lie's subordinates were all young and strong men, all of them male.

The youngest is seventeen and the oldest is only thirty; they are all in the age group where they are most energetic, capable, and have the most strength.

Wei Lie must have been specially selected, otherwise they wouldn't be so neatly arranged.

A hundred strong young men standing there exuded a special aura.

If Mu Jiuyue hadn't returned from the apocalypse, she probably would have been too intimidated by the aura of this group to even walk.

Mu Jiuyue smiled and waved to them, then turned to Wei Lie with a relaxed expression and said, "If you use these people well, they will become a force to be reckoned with. At that time, every warlord will have to give you some face."

Wei Lie chuckled softly: "And what about you?"

"I have to beg you to take us with you when you're escaping for your life," Mu Jiuyue shrugged and replied.

"Hahahaha." Wei Lie laughed heartily and invited Mu Jiuyue to take a seat.

The others, ten people per table, divided into ten tables, and devoured their food in a whirlwind not far away.

Wei Lie poured Mu Jiuyue a glass of wine and said, "Just received news. Two hundred thousand people died in K City this week. Ninety percent died from the heat, and ten percent died from water shortage."

Mu Jiuyue picked up her wine glass and drank it all in one gulp: "This is just the beginning. The real death is yet to come."

The words fell.

Then we heard an alarm.

"What's that noise?" Mu Jiuyue asked.

"It's a wildfire alarm." Wei Lie put down his wine glass and turned to look at Secretary Cao.

Secretary Cao quickly checked the situation and returned to report, saying, "Monitoring on the 13th shows that a wildfire has broken out on a nearby hilltop. It's about 700 meters away from us."

Wei Lie nodded: "It's Hill 422."

Wei Lie took the tablet, pointed to a map, and showed it to Mu Jiuyue.

Mu Jiuyue took a look.

Oops.

That's awesome.

Wei Lie created aerial views of all the nearby hills and labeled each one with its name.

Some are named according to the locals' names, while others, which have no names, are named according to their altitude, such as xxx Highlands.

“I’ve had all the vegetation cleared from Hill 325 and Hill 221. As long as there’s no vegetation on those two hills, it won’t start a wildfire and won’t affect our area,” Wei Lie explained. “Hill 422 is a bit far away, so even if it catches fire, it won’t have much of an impact on us.”

"Mr. Wei, you've prepared everything perfectly." Mu Jiuyue handed the tablet back to Wei Lie and joked, "You didn't install cameras on every single hill nearby, did you?"

Wei Lie smiled but remained silent.

Mu Jiuyue gave him a thumbs up.

This sense of security is amazing.

While they were enjoying their leisurely meal, wildfires were raging all over the world.

Countries with many trees and mountains are particularly vulnerable.

Wildfires, wildfires everywhere.

The area was already experiencing high temperatures and drought, and with this fire, the air felt distorted by the heat.

Mu Jiuyue returned to her apartment and turned on her phone.

The residents' group chat was filled with cries of despair.

A user in the group (4-1-103) wrote: "What should I do? There are four people in my family, and two have already died from the heat. My wife is also about to faint. I've made so many calls for help, but I haven't been able to get through to any of them. Are they going to abandon us?"

In the group chat, 7-4-202 wrote: "Making a call is useless; the ambulances are simply too busy. Instead of complaining here, you should take advantage of the darkness and get the person to the hospital quickly; there might still be hope."

A user in group 4-1-103 wrote: "I don't have a car. Does anyone in our group have a car? Could you please take us to the hospital? I'm willing to pay three times the cost."

The group was silent; no one spoke.

It's not that we don't want to earn the fare, it's just that nobody dares to go out.

During the day, some people, not believing in superstition, wanted to go out and explore.

Before he could even leave the community gate, he collapsed to the ground.

When people went to lift it up after dark, they found that their faces had been scalded by the hot ground.

Nobody wants to die.

The weather is no longer suitable for going out.

The person seeking help, seeing that no one stepped forward, became so angry that they started cursing in the group chat.

The more this happens, the less likely anyone is to step forward.

At that moment, someone in the group suddenly asked, "Did any of you see my husband a few days ago? It seems he went to see a girl named Mu Jiuyue. Does anyone know this Mu Jiuyue?"

The previously quiet group chat instantly came alive because of that sentence.

Many people have come forward, asking: "Who is your husband? Why are you seeing that young girl?"

"Never mind that! Just tell me, who saw it?" the man replied arrogantly. "You're not planning to protect that shameless little slut, are you?"

This woman started tagging Mu Jiuyue: "You little slut surnamed Mu, come out here! My husband went to see you the night before last, give him back to me!"

Mu Jiuyue looked at the message on her phone and immediately smiled.

It's been a long time since anyone has dared to provoke her; she actually misses it.

Mu Jiuyue replied to the message: "Who is your husband?"

"Don't play dumb with me!" The man perked up as soon as Mu Jiuyue appeared. "If you're so desperate for a man, go sell yourself! Clinging to my husband like that, what kind of nonsense is this? You orphan, you deserve to be..."

Mu Jiuyue became increasingly impatient as the other person's insults grew more and more vulgar.

They directly posted a screenshot of a video showing a group of men bending over and picking a lock.

"The husband you're talking about, is it them?" Mu Jiuyue dropped a bombshell: "If they are the ones you're looking for, then you'll have to ask the King of Hell for them."