Buying out the supermarket, of course, the sooner the better. Su You chose to go negotiate the price this afternoon.

But before that, she first drove to the suburban warehouse to store the goods delivered by the supermarket into her base space.

As soon as she put the 400,000 yuan worth of goods inside, the system prompt sounded:

【Detected new materials in the base】

【Items: large quantities of meat, eggs, dairy, clothes, shoes, hats, etc.】

【Appraised Value: 400,000 yuan】

【100x Rebate: 40,000,000 yuan】

Immediately, her phone popped up with a notification of 40 million yuan being credited into her bank card.

When counting the seven zeros after the “4,” Su You always felt it was unreal. The money came too easily, as if some grand prize had fallen straight from the heavens. Her head felt a little dizzy.

When she had received her first ten million, she hadn’t been so shocked—just happy that she could shop without restraint.

But now, with 40 million in hand, she could even buy out such a large supermarket chain outright.

Standing in the empty warehouse, Su You took a while to calm herself.

At that moment, the system’s voice rang in her mind again:
“Congratulations, Host. You have met the upgrade conditions for Lv3.”

【Base Upgrade: Lv2 → Lv3】

【Space Modules: Warehouse Space (10,000㎡), Rest Area (10,000㎡), Trade Area (10,000㎡)】

【New Features Unlocked】

【Space Clipping: Real-world buildings can be directly clipped into the base’s warehouse, rest area, or trade area】

【Space Overlap: Base space can overlap with real-world space, enabling Space Gate Mode】

【Base Residency Capacity: 100 people】

At the same time, the system panel before her eyes shifted.

In the azure-blue modules, besides the warehouse and rest area, a new trade area lit up.

And she could feel that with just a single thought, the nearby warehouses could be clipped directly into her base’s warehouse space.

Su You quickly restrained her impulse.

No, these warehouses all belonged to someone.

The world order hadn’t collapsed yet—she couldn’t act recklessly, or it would draw attention and bring unnecessary trouble.

As for her own suburban warehouse, it still had its uses in the real world, so she couldn’t move it for now either.

A moment later, her gaze fell on the long-awaited Space Overlap function.

Space Gate Mode?
Could it really be what she thought it was?

Su You focused her mental power, connecting her suburban warehouse with the base warehouse.

The moment the two spaces overlapped, she instinctively closed her eyes.

Her mind felt as though struck by a comet.

Yet the sensation was strange—she could clearly feel two entirely separate spaces merging together, overlapping, yet not interfering with each other.

When she opened her eyes again, the difference was immediate.

The real warehouse seemed to be shrouded in an invisible rule, faintly glowing with a soft halo.

The real-world space and the base space had been linked by a mysterious force, existing on the same plane, yet still giving off a palpable sense of dissonance.

In the real warehouse, air flowed and the lamps glowed with dazzling bright light. But at the same time, in the base warehouse, time and space seemed frozen—motionless, unchanging.

She realized that this overlap covered only a tiny part of the 10,000㎡ base warehouse—just enough to connect it with the real space. That’s why she couldn’t see the stockpiled goods here.

But after walking forward through about thirty square meters of the overlapped zone, she could see the vast, empty base warehouse again—nearly ten thousand square meters, neatly stacked with all the supplies she had stored.

Even the doors at the edges of the warehouse, connecting to other base modules, were clearly visible.

Su You walked to the edge, opened the gray-black side door, and as she expected, it still led to the base—the black passage connecting the warehouse, rest area, and trade area.

She retraced her steps, returning once again to the empty real warehouse.

The overhead lights clearly illuminated every corner.

Outwardly, she looked calm, but her racing heartbeat reminded her just how powerful this function was.

Her base could be carried with her. Now, with Space Overlap, she could anchor it to any real-world location.

Without a marker, as long as she had been there before, she could establish a connection channel—almost like the legendary ability of spatial teleportation!

Ordinary people entering the warehouse wouldn’t notice anything strange; they’d still think it was just about thirty square meters.

To confirm, she asked the system, and received a definite answer:

【Without the Host’s authorization, others are blocked by a space barrier and cannot perceive the base’s true appearance.】

Only then did Su You relax.

She also noticed the newly unlocked 100-person base residency capacity.

The system had mentioned this before—it was unlocked at Lv3.

The explanation followed:
【Base Residency Capacity unlocked. The host may invite specific individuals. After the apocalypse begins, active rescues can be conducted. Increasing the number of residents will grant system points, which can be exchanged for items in the System Store.】

System Store?

Just as Su You was about to ask, the system spoke again, anticipating her thoughts:
【The System Store will unlock at a later level. It is not suitable to explain more now.】

So that was why it didn’t appear on her panel yet. The time wasn’t right.

But her plan from yesterday to build a doomsday website to recruit members seemed perfectly aligned with this.

Once it was ready, she could issue base residency invitations and recruit future residents.

Whether people believed her now didn’t matter. Once the apocalypse struck, those with crisis awareness would sense the danger first. As conditions worsened, more would apply to join—and the demand might even exceed her base’s capacity.

After all, in her hands was a base comparable to the legendary Noah’s Ark.

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Su You walked out of the warehouse, ready to drive back to the city, when just then, a man on an electric scooter rode up the slope.

He waved from afar. As he stopped nearby, Su You realized he was greeting her.

“You’re Su You, right?”

The square-faced man looked serious, but his tone was light. “I saw someone at the warehouse door from afar, and it really was you. I’m your Brother Sun—your Sister Min should have mentioned me to you.”

Su You rolled down the car window, quickly recalling his image from memory, and smiled.
“So it’s Brother Sun. I wasn’t around today—thank you for watching over the warehouse for me.”

Sun Liancheng waved a big hand. “It was nothing. If your Sister Min asks me to keep an eye on things, I’d better do it—or I’ll get scolded when I get back.”

He made a funny, helpless gesture, and Su You laughed as well.

Then, lowering his voice, Sun Liancheng glanced around to make sure no one else was nearby before whispering:

“Su You, is what you told your Sister Min really true?”