Stockpiling in the Apocalypse: Supplies Forging a Legend of Survival

On the way back, Liu Ruoyan deliberately observed the pedestrians coming and going around and found that, as expected, many people were indeed carrying big and small bags in their hands.

Judging from the volume and shape, they did look like winter clothes or quilts.

It seemed that many people had already got the news of the significant temperature drop and started to prepare in advance.

Liu Ruoyan wasn't surprised that the base could predict the big temperature drop.

There must be many advanced devices in the world that she didn't know about, and there must also be many outstanding talents that she wasn't aware of.

Predicting the extreme cold in advance and getting the people to start preparing would surely result in fewer deaths when the temperature really dropped.

Previously, Liu Ruoyan had been hesitating about whether to spread the news of the approaching extreme cold. Now that everyone had already got the news without her having to say anything, it also made Liu Ruoyan feel a lot more relaxed.

When she got home, Liu Ruoyan was sweating all over again and quickly went to take a bath.

During this period of time, besides cooking food, Liu Ruoyan would also boil a lot of hot water every day and keep it ready.

Anyway, she had solar power generation herself, so she didn't need to worry about the electricity bill.

The boiled hot water was put into the space bucket by bucket, and all of these were prepared for when the extreme cold came.

Not only that, Liu Ruoyan was also considering going out of the base once and bringing back a charcoal-burning stove.

The stove was of course stored in her space, but if she wanted to use it openly after the extreme cold arrived, she had to figure out a way to take it out first.

Thinking like this, Liu Ruoyan drove out of the base after it got dark the next night.

Liu Ruoyan had been in the base for more than two months. Except for going out once when she first arrived, this was the second time she had left the base.

When she drove to the entrance of the base, she saw that there was still a long line of vehicles outside the base.

Anyone with some capabilities would try to get to the base after knowing of its existence.

After all, life outside the base was really tough.

Liu Ruoyan didn't look much. After driving away, she didn't go to a very far place but just found a deserted place to park the car.

The trunk of the car had been emptied by Liu Ruoyan. Putting down a stove only took up half of the space.

Looking at the stove, Liu Ruoyan somehow thought of Zhang Yuan.

After only hesitating for a moment, she took out another stove.

This kind of stove was 60 centimeters tall. The stove body and its four legs at the bottom were silver-white, and the stove plate on top was made of black cast iron.

The stove plate was a square with a side length of 60 centimeters. There was a stove eye in the middle and a smoke exhaust port beside it.

This was a simple and practical model that Liu Ruoyan finally chose after comparing various fancy stoves.

The fancier they were, the more likely they were to have various problems.

On the contrary, the simpler ones were more convenient and durable to use.

Liu Ruoyan put all the accessories on the passenger seat, and the remaining space in the car was filled with boxes of charcoal one by one.

Not only inside the car, but even on the roof of the car, Liu Ruoyan piled up boxes filled with charcoal.

After loading everything, Liu Ruoyan drove directly back to the base.

Just as she parked the car downstairs and before she got out of the car, she saw Zhang Yuan walking over from not far away.

When Liu Ruoyan got out of the car, Zhang Yuan had already arrived in front of her.

Zhang Yuan took a look at the roof of the car and was a bit puzzled. "What are you doing?"

"You said the temperature was going to drop, so I got two stoves and some charcoal back."

"Some?"

There were boxes piled up one meter high on the roof of the car, but Liu Ruoyan said it was just some?

Even using "a lot" to describe it wouldn't be an exaggeration, okay?

"Yes, some." Liu Ruoyan said affirmatively again. "By the way, have you prepared a stove?"

"No. I only prepared some winter clothes."

"I have two. I can give you one."

"Then let's move these things upstairs together! Let's start moving now! There are so many things. I hope we can move them all upstairs before dawn!

By the way, I have other weapons over there. You can choose one."

Hearing Zhang Yuan's words, Liu Ruoyan gave Zhang Yuan an approving look.

It had to be said that Zhang Yuan was really quick on the uptake. His mind worked really fast!

Although Zhang Yuan was a bit talkative and sometimes a bit too familiar with people too quickly, he had a good sense of distance and propriety and was not at all annoying.

He was a nice neighbor!

The two of them first moved the charcoal on the roof of the car.

A box of charcoal weighed fifty catties. Liu Ruoyan could carry two boxes to the sixth floor at a time without blushing or panting, and Zhang Yuan was the same.

After moving the charcoal on the roof of the car, Liu Ruoyan then opened the car door.

Seeing that the inside of the car was also stuffed full of boxes, Zhang Yuan looked at Liu Ruoyan with admiration in his eyes.

Being able to get so much charcoal was really something!

When moving the charcoal, the two of them could each carry their own, but the stoves could only be carried by the two of them together.

Liu Ruoyan only took out two stoves, but she took out four sets of accessories. Each of them got two sets.

In case there were any problems in the future, there would be replacements available.

There was no difficulty in installing this stove.

Just select a suitable position to place the stove, install the chimney, and lead the chimney to the outside.

Liu Ruoyan planned to install it all at once. After all, it wouldn't be long before the extreme cold arrived.

If it was installed now, it could be used directly when the time came.

Before going out, Liu Ruoyan had already tidied up her bedroom.

Things that shouldn't be there were all put into the space.

Now, when carrying the stove into the bedroom with Zhang Yuan, Liu Ruoyan had nothing to worry about.

The bedroom was originally only a little over ten square meters. A bed already took up one-third of the space. Now with such a stove placed in it, the room seemed even smaller.

But Liu Ruoyan didn't mind at all.

The smaller the room, the better. When the stove was burning, the temperature in the room could be higher.

Liu Ruoyan had moved the bed in advance and left the space by the window. The stove was placed by the window, but there was still a meter away from the curtain.

The stove was placed in the middle, not touching anything on all four sides, so as to avoid accidents.

After placing the stove and installing the chimney, the next step was to make a hole in the wall.

Liu Ruoyan went to another bedroom and came back with a hole-making tool.

Zhang Yuan didn't ask any extra questions. He took the tool, climbed up the ladder, made a hole in the right place, and put the chimney in.

After installing it on this side, the two of them went to Zhang Yuan's place.

This was also the first time Liu Ruoyan had entered Zhang Yuan's bedroom.

Zhang Yuan's bedroom was much simpler than Liu Ruoyan's. He didn't lay the floor or put up wall stickers. He just put a bed in the room, and there was also a table. The rest of the place was piled up with big and small boxes.

Liu Ruoyan didn't look much at those boxes. She just asked Zhang Yuan where he wanted to place the stove.

Zhang Yuan also lived in a small bedroom, and there were many things in the room. There was really no extra space to place the stove.

"Wait for me a moment. I'll move these to another room first."

It wasn't that Liu Ruoyan was unwilling to help, but these things belonged to Zhang Yuan. If Zhang Yuan didn't ask for help, it wasn't appropriate for her to do so.