Every time she passed a gas station, Tang Li would refuel her car. Her small car used gasoline, and the supermarket's small truck used diesel.
After refueling, she would pump the gasoline and diesel into clean plastic bottles and store them in her space.
After three days, she had stored over 1,000 liters of gasoline and over 1,000 liters of diesel.
On July 19th and July 20th, Tang Li rented cars every morning.
On the first day, she rented an RV. On the second day, she rented an off-road vehicle. Then, she found a secluded spot, put the car into her space, and replicated it.
The protective suits, portable toilets, assault boats, solar panels, mobile power supplies, lithium batteries, and other items Tang Li had purchased online were also delivered in the past two days.
On the afternoon of July 19th, Tang Li drove out again in the supermarket's small truck.
She first went to the chemical department in City A and bought 10 canisters of hydrogen, storing them in her space.
Her home's natural gas water heater and wall-mounted furnace could use hydrogen, but not liquefied petroleum gas. Bottled natural gas was also rather demanding, so hydrogen was the only alternative.
Next, she went to buy a canister of liquefied petroleum gas and a gas stove, storing both in her space.
Finally, she went to a coal yard, bought a ton of anthracite, and a carbon heater.
In the evening, she bought a top-of-the-line laptop and a mobile phone, along with several high-capacity batteries and power banks. Once fully charged, they would ensure her usage during the apocalypse.
She also bought many USB drives and downloaded various high-quality movies, TV shows, and novels, storing them in her space to serve as spiritual sustenance and comfort her soul in the apocalypse.
On the afternoon of July 20th, Tang Li went shopping at the mall again.
She collected a set of all the clothes that fit her into her space.
She had originally intended to buy them, but then realized she could directly put the clothes into her space from the fitting room and replicate them, saving herself any money.
However, considering she might gain or lose weight in the future, and that she could stock new clothes to sell, she spent money to buy many summer and winter clothes in various sizes for both men and women.
Next, she bought many shoes, socks, and underwear of various styles and sizes, as well as many different thermal underwear and down jackets, storing them in her space.
Seeing a mother and baby store, Tang Li went in and bought a set of infant formula for all stages, as well as various mother and baby products. Although she didn't expect to have a baby during the apocalypse, she prepared for the unexpected.
Seeing a jewelry store, Tang Li went in and bought a lot of gold and platinum jewelry, as well as gold bars. Gold was a hard currency in any era, and the apocalypse was no exception.
After preparing all the items she might need, Tang Li discovered she still had 3.2 million yuan left in her account!
Tang Li couldn't help but sigh, finding it truly difficult to spend all her money in just four days!
The crucial point was that the items she bought needed to be essential for the apocalypse, stored in her space, and since she could replicate them, she didn't need to store too much of each item, so as not to waste the space's capacity.
Her space also needed to store a lot of water and food, which seemed worthless now but would be in extremely short supply during the apocalypse.
If she stored them carelessly, she might not have enough of the most critical supplies.
If she spent money carelessly and didn't store the purchased items in her space, it would be meaningless.
Even if they weren't drowned in the flood, they would be confiscated by the government after the flood...
"Wait! Confiscated by the government?"
"Right! How could I forget about that?"
Just as Tang Li was struggling with how to spend the money she had, she suddenly thought of something very important in the early stages of the apocalypse:
Material distribution coupons!
After the catastrophe occurred, the current currency system collapsed, and people couldn't buy things even with money.
In such a situation, the government would issue "material distribution coupons" as temporary currency.
At the same time, local governments would confiscate excess private materials for unified distribution and management, preventing individuals from hoarding large amounts of resources and ensuring that most people could receive supplies, thus maximizing the number of survivors.
For those whose materials were confiscated, they would receive material distribution coupons of equivalent value as compensation, which could be used to exchange for housing, food, and medicine from the government within limits.
Most importantly, they could be exchanged for protective suits, transportation, and even various weapons and ammunition produced by research institutes!
Since the unit for material distribution coupons was "fen," they were also called "points."
Points could be converted into paper material distribution coupons of corresponding denominations or stored in accounts linked to personal identification cards.
In her previous life, although Tang Li's supermarket supplies were gone, her parents' inherited properties remained.
In addition to the property she was currently living in, other properties were confiscated by the government to resettle other homeless people.
The compensation she received was material distribution coupons.
Even though the confiscated houses later turned into ruins during an earthquake, the government still recognized these material distribution coupons.
It was through these material distribution coupons that she survived in the City A shelter later on.
However, after the tsunami, the City A shelter collapsed.
The shelters established by various local governments and their temporary currency, "material distribution coupons," also collapsed when their allocable resources ran out.
Before Tang Li was reborn, she hadn't used points for two years.
She had only heard that points were still in use in the three major underground cities, but they no longer recognized each other, nor did they recognize the points from various shelters and survivor bases.
Therefore, when she was first reborn, Tang Li had forgotten about this matter.
But it wasn't too late to remember it now.
In this life, she was determined to exchange for as many points as possible and then, while the points from different regions were still mutually recognized, choose an underground city to reside in.
"After the catastrophe, the materials that can be confiscated by the government are nothing more than those that can save lives."
"Housing that can shelter from wind and rain, food that can fill stomachs, medicine that can treat illnesses and save lives, and clothing and bedding that can keep out the cold..."
"I only need to prepare these things in advance, and then I can wait to be confiscated and receive points!"
It was now July 20th, 3:00 PM.
With less than 24 hours remaining until the catastrophe began, Tang Li quickly took action.
She was very familiar with City A and knew which areas were at higher elevations and would not be flooded.
Therefore, she specifically chose properties in these higher-elevation areas, and the procedures had to be completed today.
In the end, Tang Li only managed to buy a villa built on high ground, in a relatively remote location.
The villa owner was probably in urgent need of money. The villa, originally priced at 4 million yuan, was bought by Tang Li for only 3.2 million yuan, and the owner agreed.
Tang Li did not ask why the owner was in urgent need of money, nor did she kindly tell the owner that this villa could be exchanged for a lot of points in the apocalypse.
The owner was in a hurry for money, and she was in a hurry to buy the house. They each got what they needed, and there was no reason to feel embarrassed.
Soon, the villa was transferred to Tang Li's name, and Tang Li went to the bank to transfer the remaining 3.2 million yuan from her account to the seller.
The villa was large and beautiful.
Most importantly, it was a detached villa, with few people around, located at a high elevation with good drainage, so it would not be flooded.
If she had bought this villa a few days earlier, Tang Li would have wanted to live in it.
Unfortunately, the catastrophe was less than a day away, and Tang Li couldn't possibly move into an unfamiliar place without any preparation.
Moreover, such a large villa could house many people after the catastrophe, and the contribution points she could exchange would be several times more than her current residence.
Therefore, Tang Li did not move in.
After buying the villa, Tang Li had a few thousand yuan left for personal expenses, which would be useless after today.
The day was still young, so Tang Li used this money to rent another warehouse, also located in a high-elevation area that would not be flooded.
Its location was somewhat remote, in the suburbs, and usually, no one wanted to rent it. But this did not prevent Tang Li from using this warehouse to store supplies.
Tang Li inspected the warehouse and, after confirming it would not accumulate water, rented it for six months.
After the warehouse owner left, Tang Li replicated various supplies inside.
There was rice, biscuits, and instant noodles to fill stomachs, first-aid kits to save lives, and large cotton quilts and cotton-padded clothes to keep out the cold.
These desperately needed supplies after the catastrophe, when confiscated, would earn Tang Li a large sum of points!
To prevent the warehouse from leaking, these supplies were placed elevated and covered with a waterproof cloth to ensure they would not get wet.