On the taxi ride to the Dream Love Jewelry Store, Su Mu began to think about how he would survive well in the apocalypse that would arrive in a month.
He was in fairly good condition himself. His parents had died in a car accident two years earlier, leaving him a 130-square-meter house in Danfeng Bailu, an upscale residential community in Shanghai. Over the years he had worked, plus the compensation and savings from his parents, he had about 1.2 million yuan in his hands.
In fact, Su Mu's savings should have been much higher than this, but in the past two years, he had spent three to four hundred thousand yuan in pursuing his goddess, Yan Qingshu.
Yet, let alone getting a kiss, he hadn't even held her hand once!
Just thinking about this, Su Mu felt like slapping himself twice! Over a million yuan was quite a comfortable amount in peacetime, but with the apocalypse approaching, with only this little money in his hands, he couldn't hoard many supplies, let alone build a doomsday fortress, which required massive amounts of materials!
From his memories of his past life, to meet the construction conditions for a Level 1 Doomsday Fortress, at least 1 billion US dollars was needed!
Moreover, with the ability to prepare in advance, Su Mu also hoped that his future life would be of a certain quality. Diet, entertainment, and exercise all had to be balanced; otherwise, his spirit would definitely collapse over time!
Of course, some weapons and equipment were also necessary. Otherwise, how could he protect his own safety and take revenge on those bastards?
Thinking of those Japanese beasts, Su Mu smiled cruelly, already having a rough plan in mind.
It was just dusk, and the Xiafei Road Commercial Street was bustling with activity, but Su Mu had no mood to enjoy it. He got off the taxi and headed straight for the Dream Love Jewelry Store.
"Hey, Qingshu, isn't that your number one admirer, Su Mu?"
A youthful and beautiful girl quietly tugged at her companion's clothes. "What is a big man like him doing coming to a jewelry store alone?"
The girl next to her, with a graceful figure, exquisite makeup, and an LV bag slung over her arm, froze. "I don't know either!" This woman was exactly Yan Qingshu, who had killed Su Mu in his past life, and the other was her best friend, Xie Baiwei.
The two had taken the afternoon off and made an appointment to go shopping, never expecting to run into Su Mu.
"What's the use of guessing?"
Xie Baiwei, full of interest, pulled her into the Dream Love Jewelry Store. "Come on, let's go in and see what's going on."
The Dream Love Jewelry Store was large, decorated magnificently, with the first-floor hall alone covering hundreds of square meters, and all kinds of jewelry and accessories filling the counters.
Su Mu didn't notice the two of them at all. After entering, he went straight to a separate display stand in the center of the hall.
Seeing that the jade pendant emitting a warm glow under the glass cover was still there, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
In his past life, he had managed to survive the snow disaster, but was bitten by a mutated wolf dog while going out to look for supplies. He fled to the Dream Love Jewelry Store, and it was when the blood from his wound accidentally stained this jade pendant that he had bound the system!
"Beauty, wrap this pendant up for me!"
Su Mu snapped his right hand and called over the jewelry saleswoman standing not far away.
The saleswoman's eyes lit up. She hadn't expected this slightly chubby customer to pick out a piece of jewelry without even asking the price. The commission from this sale alone would be ten to twenty thousand yuan!
"Sir, this water-drop-shaped natural fully green jade pendant is a rare treasure, priced at 360,000 yuan. Are you sure you want to buy it?"
"Of course I do!"
Su Mu frowned. He was afraid of night-long dreams, so he urged repeatedly, "Hurry up and wrap it for me!"
"Yes, sir!"
The saleswoman, delighted, quickly packaged the jade pendant and handed it to Su Mu. "Please pay at the counter!"
Su Mu chose to pay with a credit card linked to his phone. He had been using credit cards since college and had cards from several major banks.
Thanks to his good credit, his authorized limits were quite high. Combining the limits of several cards, buying this jade pendant posed no pressure at all!
The catastrophe would strike in a month or so. By then, heavy snow would seal off the city, and money would gradually become more worthless than waste paper. If he didn't spend it now, when would he?
Seeing Su Mu buy such a beautiful jade pendant without even blinking an eye, Yan Qingshu and Xie Baiwei were dumbfounded.
"The saleswoman just said this pendant costs 360,000 yuan, and he bought it without even haggling!"
Xie Baiwei murmured, "Simple and straightforward—is this how rich people shop?" She cast a somewhat jealous glance at Yan Qingshu. "Qingshu, you're really lucky. This admirer of yours turns out to be a hidden rich second-generation!"
"This pendant is probably specially bought for you!"
As Yan Qingshu's roommate, Xie Baiwei knew that Su Mu had been pursuing Yan Qingshu for two years.
Yet Yan Qingshu had always been stringing Su Mu along, neither rejecting nor accepting him.
She would occasionally ask him to send her some expensive little gifts, but never let him take advantage!
Because Yan Qingshu had always thought: with her looks, figure, knowledge of how to live and enjoy life, and her many skills, she could definitely marry a high-quality rich second-generation and live a wealthy life as a young mistress!
It was just that her education was not high—she was only a small clerk in Hongwan Co., Ltd., a Japanese-funded company—and she rarely had access to upper-class people in daily life.
Thus, she was reluctant to give up Su Mu, who owned a house in Shanghai, and kept him as her top backup!
The first rule of dealing with backups: no promises, no initiative, no rejection, no responsibility!
Yan Qingshu had always handled this perfectly!
However, seeing Su Mu spend a huge sum of money at Dream Love Jewelry Store today, buying a jade pendant without haggling, she couldn't help but doubt her previous judgment.
But to show off to her best friend, Yan Qingshu still smiled complacently, "Probably!"
"This Su Mu lives up to his name—dull and honest, nicknamed 'Wood'."
"Besides me, I've never heard of him having a crush on anyone else in the company!"
She pulled at the clothes on her chest to expose a little more. "Just wait and see, this pendant must be for me!"
"He usually dresses quite plainly. I didn't expect him to be so rich, and even willing to buy me such an expensive gift!"
Yan Qingshu decided to "bump into" Su Mu accidentally and casually ask for the jade pendant.
That way, even if Su Mu was really a low-key tycoon, he wouldn't take a dislike to her, thinking she was a gold digger, and would continue to be her admirer!
Su Mu was about to leave after paying when Yan Qingshu, wearing high heels and carrying a whiff of perfume, walked over gracefully.
Pretending to bump into him by chance, she smiled and greeted Su Mu, "Hey, Wood, what a coincidence!"
"Aren't you working today? How come you have time toJewelry shop?"
Su Mu turned his head and saw that it was the chief enemy who had betrayed and killed him. His eyes immediately turned cold, exuding nakedKilling Idea!
Since the apocalypse would come soon, why not kill her right now?
Yan Qingshu's smile froze. Even in the middle of summer, she suddenly felt a chill in her heart!
She couldn't help taking a small step back and asked nervously, "Su Mu, you... what's wrong with you?"
Su Mu quickly reined in his gaze and said indifferently, "Nothing. I just suddenly thought of something, that's all!"
He suddenly changed his mind. Letting this vicious woman die so easily would be too cheap for her!
It would be better to let her experience the despair of the apocalypse first, then slowly torture her to death!
Moreover, the most crucial thing now was to quickly bind the system and build a safe refuge, so that he could live comfortably in the apocalypse!
Thinking of this, a cruel smile curled up at the corner of Su Mu's mouth!
Seeing Su Mu's cold attitude towards her, Yan Qingshu was stunned, and Xie Baiwei beside her was also full of disbelief.
What was wrong with this admirer today? Usually, even a slight smile from her would make him happy for a long time.
Now that she had taken the initiative to greet him, why wasn't he looking grateful?
Yan Qingshu suppressed her doubts and put on a surprised look.
"Wow, this pendant is so beautiful. Did you buy it for me?"
"No!"
Su Mu replied coldly, then turned and left, leaving Yan Qingshu dumbfounded.
He was eager to test if the jade pendant still worked and had no time to chat with this gold digger!
After leaving the jewelry store, Su Mu looked around, turned into a quiet, uninhabited corner, bit his right index finger with his teeth, and smeared blood on the pendant.
[Ding: Congratulations to the host for activating the Doomsday Fortress System!]
As the blood stained it, the jade pendant instantly turned into a stream of light and merged into Su Mu's forehead.
It left a faint mark in the center of his forehead, like Erlang Shen's third eye!
At that moment, a mechanical voice appeared in Su Mu's mind.
[Ding: The host has activated the Doomsday Fortress System and received the "Infinite Space" reward.]
[Infinite Space: The space is infinitely large, with no passage of time, and all things remain uncorrupted. Whatever is put in will be exactly the same when taken out. Currently, 10,000 cubic meters of usage rights are available.]
[Current Task: Own an independent house of over 500 square meters as the base of the doomsday fortress. Reward: Obtain all usage rights of the Infinite Space!]