In this post-apocalyptic world, I unexpectedly became a star galaxy master.

The next morning, the housekeeping staff knocked on the door.

After Hongtang sensed something in the space, she quickly came out and opened the door.

"Madam, we regret to inform you that due to weather conditions and water and electricity shortages, we have been notified that the hotel will be closed today. Therefore, you will need to check out early. Here is a refund for your room. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause."

The customer service representative handed Hongtang several pink banknotes, but she did not take them.

It's been extremely hot for over a week, and this hotel has managed to stay in this heatwave for so long, which is quite impressive, considering she found such a place to stay yesterday.

"You want me to check out now? This is too sudden. I'm just passing through on a business trip and have nowhere to go. Could you please postpone my check-out time?"

It's only 8 a.m. now. If you were out all day, you'd be dried out by the sun.

Although Hongtang has a spatial dimension, she can't rely on it for everything. Moreover, since social order still exists, she should try to act in accordance with the behavioral norms of a social being.

"I'm so sorry, but this is an order from our superiors, and we have to obey it. However, you can stay in the hotel's first-floor lounge area until sunset. We can provide you with a free lunch. Please cooperate and leave the hotel or go to the first-floor lounge area before 9 o'clock." After saying this, the customer service representative handed the banknotes to Hongtang.

Hongtang raised an eyebrow. It seemed some important figure was going to take over this place. In that case, she didn't need to make things difficult for the hotel; they had already done quite well given the current situation.

She reached out and took the banknotes. "Okay, I'll pack my things first, and then I'll go to the first-floor rest area." Unexpectedly, she got a few more commemorative coins.

After the customer service representative left, Hongtang quickly washed up and went downstairs with her laptop bag. Actually, she didn't have much to pack; she had slept in her online space last night.

HaGe charged all sorts of energy-saving devices last night, so it's exhausted and still sleeping. Hongtang gave it some energy water and even gave it a bath. It's sleeping soundly now.

However, the energy water didn't have any "cleansing and rejuvenating" effects; neither the person nor the cat had any impurities eliminated from their bodies. Hongtang only felt that she was more energetic than before.

Moreover, since the energy spring appeared, the taps in the Little White Building now flow with energy water. Hongtang is a little reluctant to use it, and will use the water from the water tower that she previously stored unless absolutely necessary.

Even if it is used, for example, a folding bathtub is used for bathing and washing hair, and only domestic products without any chemical ingredients are used for bath soap and shampoo, so that the bath water can also irrigate the plants in the space.

Sister: Host, there's absolutely no need for that. The energy water here is enough for you until the entire interstellar space is destroyed.

Hongtang found a corner in the first-floor rest area and started working on her laptop.

The area around Beishan Villas is the best refuge in the apocalypse, both in terms of location and safety. She doesn't plan to live in the villa area; it will be troublesome if there are too many people there in the future, and it might even be requisitioned by the authorities, as can be seen from the hotel's actions today.

But deep in the forest behind, there is a hidden rocky hill that she discovered when she was camping in the wild, where she slept at night.

So she plans to build herself a temporary "stone house" there.

She has construction robots, so construction isn't a problem; the problem is she doesn't have architectural blueprints. The reason she's staying at the hotel is to use the network to find reference materials. Besides, it'll be easier to do things at night.

The hotel provided a free lunch of a cup of instant noodles at noon.

Although... but, it's already quite extravagant.

Hongtang didn't mind and ate it all, leaving not a drop of the instant noodle soup.

HaGe didn't eat lunch either! He didn't eat breakfast either, and I forgot to feed him again. Hongtang sighed.

In today's consciousness space, Brother Ha has already woken up and is happily playing a "hunting" game in the fishpond.

Great, this kid is very easy to take care of.

Ha Ge: I'm redeeming yesterday's reward. I "discharged" over 200 times yesterday, and my body is completely drained. I need to replenish myself today.

"Brother Ha, I've put your cat food, canned food, and meat in your room. It'll be enough for you for a month. Go eat whenever you're hungry, and remember to ask Daddy to refill it if you run out." Anyway, the cat food won't spoil in the space.

In fact, Hongtang had arranged a separate room for HaGe next to her own bedroom in the space, but it always sneaked into her room to sleep, so she just let it be.

Hongtang is free-range for Ha Ge. Ha Ge is a tabby cat by nature, with a wild streak, and shouldn't be restrained by his instincts.

Continue working. The basic structure of the stone house is complete. It needs to be able to cope with the current extreme heat and also prepare for the extreme cold in the future. Ventilation and heating are key.

Fortunately, I somehow managed to stock up on a few fresh air systems and garbage disposers, so I have some to use.

For the interior decoration, Hongtang didn't plan to make it too complicated; she just wanted something comfortable and simple. She didn't intend to stay here for too long, at most about six months. By then, the extreme cold would have arrived, and the authorities would provide rescue; she wanted to go to the rescue zone.

Although she doesn't like crowds and trouble, she doesn't want to stay away from them either.

She develops a sense of detachment and panic when she is away from people for a long time.

Living among people for too long can also cause her to feel disgusted and irritable.

It's a contradiction. But it actually happened to Hongtang, and she even saw a psychologist because of it. She was later advised to do more outdoor exercise, which helped her.

Perhaps her whole life is destined to be a constant struggle between two different lifestyles.

Hongtang sighed and continued working, organizing the materials needed for construction. Pipes, glass, stoves, wood—basically, everything was in place.

As for the interior design, let's keep it simple and go for an outdoor camping style. Just set up a tent; as long as it's well-ventilated, provides warmth, and can dispose of trash, that's fine. That way, if someone notices it later, it'll be easy to explain, and we won't feel bad about using too many materials.

After consulting numerous materials on air-raid shelters, cave dwellings, mountain cave guesthouses, and wilderness survival housing, Hongtang finalized the plan.

After tidying up her computer, she closed her eyes and took a nap on the sofa while waiting for the sun to set, actually communicating with her younger sister.

"Little sister, how many dimensional coins do we have now?"

Hongtang felt that they really needed to get a complete set of Xixier's extreme cold-weather camping gear. They also needed to prepare a spare set of that polar cold-weather suit; the previous one was white, but this time they wanted an orange-red one to match her skin tone. They also needed to prepare two sets for Ha Ge, and it would be best if Xixier could custom-make one for him.

[Host, you currently have 10,000 dimensional coins.]

Then you can buy it. I remember the whole set cost 7000 million before.

[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have successfully advanced to Level 4 Merchant! Insufficient goods. Please replenish your stock.]

The transparent personal information panel reappeared in front of Hongtang.

Name: Hongtang

Age: 26

Location: Interstellar Dimension

Merchant Level: 4 (4/10)

Number of transactions: 1 (1/10 million)

Quantity: 1 item (!/!)

Number of negative reviews: 0 (0/3)

Dimensional Coins: Ten Thousand

Equipment: 1 Space Item, 1 Automatic Delivery Robot, 1 Upgrade Gift Pack

*Note: Each upgrade resets the transaction count to zero.

Hongtang waited a while, and seeing no system notification sound, asked, "Sister, that upgrade gift pack was a reward for leveling up to level 3, right? Is there no random reward this time?"

[Host, because your sister was abandoned by the 'main system,' you will no longer receive rewards after advancing your merchant level. However, all previous rewards and equipment will be retained.]

My little sister's voice was a little tearful, her two pigtails were sticking up and down by her ears, and her tearful, pitiful little face was so endearing.

"Sister, please help me order another set of extreme cold weather clothing from Xixier, in orange-red, and a complete set of camping gear. Her previous quote for all of these was 7000 million."

[Host, you still have a 1 million installment payment to make on the infrastructure robots.]

Hongtang: "......"