In one hour, Ashira completely dismantled her house! Except for the walls that couldn't be moved, everything else that could be moved was dismantled!
All the floorboards were lifted, the windows and front door were all removed, and even the tiles that couldn't be taken whole were smashed and taken away!
[Beep—Countdown remaining 3 seconds!]
Listening to the countdown, Ashira suddenly remembered something, rushed to the entrance, stepped on the railing, and hooked the small light bulb in the hallway.
[Beep—Detected one 10-watt small light bulb, value ₱40!]
[Time's up!]
[Total gain ₱236 billion cubic meters!]
Only then did Ashira say to Storm with satisfaction. "Storm! Let's go!"
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Not long after she left...
Michael family brought his pregnant fiancée to the new house.
"Babe, this is our new home, downtown in a school district, over a hundred square meters! One elevator serves two households, and the unit next door is still empty, so we can use the entire hallway! The lighting is also good, it's the best layout in this complex! It's only a hundred meters from your workplace!" He proudly said to his fiancée.
"If you want to move in directly, you can! There are also furniture and appliances!"
A large group of people went up to the 3rd floor.
When they reached the unit on the east side, they were all dumbfounded.
This, this, this...
The entire house was not just bare walls; there wasn't even a front door or windows! What was even more infuriating was that she didn't even leave the light bulb in the hallway!
When Michael's fiancée saw this, she turned around and left saying, "Hmph! You expect my family to pay for the renovation of this bare shell of a house? I'm telling you, I won't marry until this house is renovated! And my name must be added!"
Michael's grandmother was so angry that she almost passed out. She wanted to call Ashira and ask her what on earth she had done!
Although they didn't fancy the things inside and planned to buy new furniture and renovate, she shouldn't have dismantled it into a bare shell!
They could have just bought some new furniture; the floorboards and everything Ashira's mother had laid were quite good!
However, they could no longer contact Ashira.
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At this moment...
Ashira was in front of a tunnel air-raid shelter in the suburbs of An City.
This air-raid shelter was built in a tunnel. Originally, a road through the mountain was planned here, but later the project was abandoned due to insufficient funds and a government decision to reroute. This tunnel was then repurposed. After the project stopped, the government designated this place as an air-raid shelter.
"What are you renting an air-raid shelter for?" The agent who brought her here asked as a matter of routine.
"Starting a business, growing mushrooms." Ash just casually said.
It was only in her previous life that she learned there were three types of air-raid shelters. The first type was ordinary air-raid shelters located under shopping malls, residential building parking lots, and underground hospitals in the City center.
Those locations were convenient and well-equipped, allowing for rapid evacuation, but in the Zombie apocalypse, they were completely useless!
On the contrary, they were the first places to fall because they gathered a large number of people!
Then there were tunnel-type air-raid shelters and professional national defense structures.
Professional national defense structures played a significant role in the later stages of the apocalypse; many stable large Bases were built relying on professional national defense structures, but Ashira couldn't possibly rent a professional national defense structure!
This tunnel-type air-raid shelter was perfect for her! It was secluded, far from crowds, large enough, and had a complete ventilation system and a large iron door. This was exactly what Ash needed!
Moreover, this type of air-raid shelter was easy to rent and the price was very low. The air-raid shelter Ash rented cost only ₱16,000 a year, with a minimum lease of 20 years! She paid 3 years' rent upfront.
₱48,000 was enough to secure this air-raid shelter, which was as large as five basketball courts!
When the agent heard Ashira say she wanted to start a business, he looked at her like she was a complete fool, almost about to burst into laughter. There really were too many fools; they only looked at the cheap price and didn't consider how remote the location was! It would be inconvenient for her to transport things later!
Truly, out of 10 businesses, 9 and a half are run by idiots!
But he wouldn't remind Ashira; it was a good thing someone was taking over. He collected the money, signed the contract, took a ₱500 service fee, and left immediately. Ash watched the agent leave with a smile on his face, not saying a word either.
She looked at the departing agent indifferently; she would never tell him her real purpose, not a single word.
After 10 years of struggling in the apocalypse, the first thing she learned was not to predict disaster to foolish people, because foolish people themselves were the disaster!
After seeing the person off, Ash took Storm into the air-raid shelter. She inspected the place thoroughly and was pleasantly surprised to find that besides a complete original ventilation system, there was also a well dug by the previous tenant and a wire!
Ash tasted the water quality of the well; it was surface area of mountain spring water! It was not connected to the City's piped Tap Water
After the water treatment plant was polluted in the later stages, tap water was completely unusable! This well could provide her with usable water!
And then there was the wire. Although this wire wasn't powered, it meant that circuits had been laid here!
As long as she bought power generation equipment, she could make this place operational!
At this moment, she couldn't help but think that a large section outside this tunnel had barbed wire, but a lot of it was abandoned and collapsed!
Given this, it was entirely possible to repair those barbed wire fences and electrify them. The defensive capability of her air raid shelter could increase by a large margin! This job was feasible!
At this moment, a voice echoed in her mind again.
[SUPER LORD SYSTEM ACTIVATED!]
[Please reinforce the original Base.
The system will grant rewards based on the degree of reinforcement! Countdown 19 days!]
Ashira's eyes lit up.
Just as she was slightly startled by the new mission, she heard the system prompt.
[Ding—Detected one Base war dog, rewarding war dog combat power increase by a hundredfold!
Physical quality increase by a hundredfold!]
Ash looked in surprise as Storm's body began to change.
Her physique doubled in strength, her claws and teeth became longer and incredibly sharp, and the old age she showed due to her age completely faded, replaced by the intimidating aura of a fierce beast.
"Woof woof woof!"
"Wow~" Ashira exclaimed.
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At Building material market.
Ashira had a small car left by her mother before she passed away, so transportation was easy. She was going to start reinforcing her Base like crazy!
She found a barbed wire factory and ordered two thousand square meters of razor wire, circular barbed wire.
These steel barbed wire circles could just be wrapped around the existing barbed wire, requiring little work and being extremely effective. At a price of ₱57 per meter, Ashira spent ₱114,000 in one click.
The quantity was not small, so the owner of the market sent his own large truck to follow Ashira for delivery. Ash took them to the edge of the suburbs and had them unload it on an empty plot by the roadside.
"I'll call a vehicle to pick it up later."
"Okay."
She didn't want to expose the Base's location. Fortunately, it was already dark. After the goods were unloaded on an empty plot, Ash had Storms help her keep watch. Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one in the remote suburbs, she stored them one by one in her space.
Today, her space gained 2,360 cubic meters. Her furniture only occupied a few cubic meters, so the rest was completely sufficient to store these barbed wire fences. The space was very ample.
After clearing out the items, she drove back to her station with Storm.
On the way, she thought that she still needed to rent another warehouse.