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

Mu Jiuyue shook her head: "I'm not going. Although this place is a bit small, it's been tidied up and is much more comfortable than over there."

Old Hou said with a smile, "I guessed you wouldn't go, so I politely declined on your behalf."

After eating and drinking her fill, Mu Jiuyue drank a pot of tea to dispel dampness, then comfortably lay down on the recliner, listening to the rain outside, and drifted off to sleep.

When I woke up, I smelled the fragrance of flowers.

Looking up, I saw that a jasmine plant placed in the corner had bloomed.

Old Hou really has a refined taste.

The phone rang; it was Wei Lie: "Come over here."

"Okay," Mu Jiuyue replied lazily.

Holding an umbrella and braving the rain, I followed the mountain path that Wei Lie had repaired.

As soon as she arrived at the cave entrance, someone came to greet her, took the umbrella from her hand, handed her a towel to wipe the water off her body, and also gave her a thermos cup filled with flower tea.

This is enjoyable.

Feeling completely relaxed, Mu Jiuyue strolled over to find Wei Lie.

Wei Lie was giving instructions to Secretary Cao, while Mu Jiuyue stood at a distance, waiting for him to finish.

To her surprise, Wei Lie saw her and waved to her, saying, "You can listen to it too."

"What's up?" Mu Jiuyue slowly approached and saw Secretary Cao holding a thick sheet of paper: "What's this?"

"A new exchange has opened at the shelter. You can exchange all your supplies for points and make trades there," Wei Lie said. "Secretary Cao and I are checking our supplies to see what we're missing and taking this opportunity to replenish them. Do you need anything else? We can go together. It's more cost-effective to exchange supplies now that we have plenty. Later, when supplies are scarce, the prices won't be the same."

Mu Jiuyue took the list from Secretary Cao, glanced at it briefly, and said, "I basically don't lack anything, since I don't plan to raise a team. But you do need to prepare more. I don't know what you have now or what you're lacking, but if you have time, you can go and take a look."

Secretary Cao said, "We have no shortage of food, water, clothes, shoes, and medicine, but we are lacking some high-tech items, which cannot be bought with money."

"For example?" Mu Jiuyue looked at Secretary Cao.

Secretary Cao thought for a moment and said, "For example, some circuit boards and chips. The chips we have are all from the United States, but we can only buy very few domestically. In terms of technology, the United States is better, but in terms of quality, the domestic ones are better. It would be best if we could stockpile more. The apocalypse won't last forever. The more prepared we are, the stronger our capital will be for rebuilding after the apocalypse. At that time, whether we become a king or a subordinate will depend on our reserves."

Wei Lie said, "In addition, we need to prepare more industrial goods. In September, if the apocalypse is really as cruel as you say, then the industrial goods that are readily available now will become luxuries in the future."

“That’s right.” Mu Jiuyue nodded: “After acid rain, industrial products will be worth a fortune.”

"Secretary Cao, after deducting the supplies we keep for ourselves, how much more can we mobilize to exchange?" Wei Lie asked.

"It's probably..." Secretary Cao gave a number.

“In September, I hope you can come with me. Those things will be stored with you temporarily. Same as always, 10% storage fee.” Wei Lie said to Mu Jiuyue bluntly, “I feel more at ease storing them with you than anywhere else.”

Mu Jiuyue thought for a moment and agreed: "Okay."

The next day.

Mu Jiuyue then went to the shelter by boat with Wei Lie.

When I visited the shelter again, it was much more lively than last time.

Without the high temperatures and with a comfortable temperature, even though the rain was as heavy as the day Yiping asked her father for money, it still couldn't stop people from coming out to make a living.

With so many people in the shelter, there will naturally be a lot of low-level jobs that require manpower to complete.

Therefore, many people are in a hurry, just to eat more.

The exchange is located in the northwest corner of the shelter, not far from the wealthy area.

Wei Lie and Mu Jiuyue went to Villa No. 1 first.

As soon as the people over there saw Wei Lie, they immediately came over to report on the situation that had been unfolding recently.

"The shelter has now housed nearly six million people, mostly the wealthy and powerful. As a result, a power struggle has erupted. The top official in K City wants to control the shelter, but the second-in-command refused, as the shelter director is the second-in-command's man. The two have begun various open and covert struggles. Meanwhile, J's stance is currently ambiguous; they remain under orders from above and are not participating in their power struggle."

"Because the rainstorm was so intense, both granaries were flooded to varying degrees, causing some of the grain to become damp and moldy, resulting in a shortage. Grain was the first commodity traded at this exchange. Because of the rain, there is no longer a shortage of water, so our water sales business has suffered a lot and has completely stopped today. Only a few rich young men will continue to order water from us and throw pool parties."

"As you instructed, the collected supplies consisted mainly of gold, with the rest being rare items. They've all been stored in the basement."

"You've worked hard." Wei Lie patted their shoulders and said, "In a few days, I'll have other people relieve you so you can get some rest."

"Not tired at all, this little bit of work is nothing. President Wei treats us like brothers, so we naturally won't let him down." The other person replied with a smile, "The room is ready. Would you like to go and rest now, or go straight to the exchange?"

Wei Lie turned to look at Mu Jiuyue.

Mu Jiuyue said, "Let's not rest, let's go straight there. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can go back."

“Okay.” Wei Lie readily agreed: “Let’s go to the exchange first.”

As soon as he finished speaking, someone came over: "Do you still sell water? Give me ten tons of bottled water!"

Someone immediately went over and replied, "Sell! Same as always, one kilogram of gold for every ton of water."

"We don't lack water now, so why is it still so expensive!" the other person muttered.

“If you think it’s too expensive, you don’t have to buy it!” the person said. “There’s plenty of water outside, why do you have to take our bottled water?”

"Fine, fine, I'll buy it!" the other party said impatiently. "Ten thousand grams of gold, right? Here are gold bars, weigh them!"

Mu Jiuyue smiled.

It's always like this, no matter when.

Behind the red gates, meat and wine go to waste; on the streets, the frozen dead lie scattered.

Outsiders would fight tooth and nail for a bottle of murky well water, while the wealthy would spend fortunes to buy water, simply for pleasure.

The two went to the exchange and obtained the details of the listed commodity transactions.

Upon seeing this, Wei Lie immediately smiled: "What a coincidence, it turns out we're acquaintances."

Wei Lie handed the detailed list to Mu Jiuyue and said, "Take a look, see what you want, we'll pay for it all together later, and settle the bill separately."

"Okay." Mu Jiuyue didn't stand on ceremony and took it, and sure enough, there was something to be found.