Chapter 2 – Reward

Lin Yu drove straight to Qingquan Mountain.

Her parents had died in a car accident last year. Aside from the property at Qingquan Mountain, they had left her two apartments in the city and a large payout from accident insurance.

Thinking of her parents made Lin Yu a little sad. The only comfort was that they hadn’t experienced the apocalypse—they had passed away as ordinary people.

【Beep— Host Lin Yu has arrived at the farm location. The Apocalypse Farm has been placed. Please name the farm.】

The sudden system voice snapped Lin Yu out of her thoughts. After a moment, she decided to keep the original name. She would call it Qingquan Farm.

【Safe Zone and Beginner’s Gift Pack issued. Please accept.】

The transparent panel instantly popped up with the option to claim.

She chose to accept.

【Congratulations, Host has received: Safe Zone, 5 Farmlands, Random Seeds ×1, Gold Coins ×1000.】

Immediately, five neat, weedless black plots of farmland appeared outside the villa’s walls.

Staring at the system panel, Lin Yu fell into thought.

Why did this farm system feel so much like that QQ Farm game she played back in primary school?

Then, a golden, jelly-like orb appeared in her hand.

She pinched it curiously. This was the Safe Zone the system mentioned?

Just as she wondered if the system was scamming her, the glowing panel flickered.

【Host, walk around the villa once to include it in the Safe Zone.】

She quickly circled the villa. A clear “ding” rang, and the villa along with the five black plots outside were covered in a golden protective shield.

【Congratulations, Host. Safe Zone activated. Host’s total assets meet requirements to unlock the Farm Shop. After unlocking, you may receive missions. Would you like to spend 1000 gold coins to unlock the shop?】

Unlock!

After unlocking, a glowing shop icon appeared on the panel.

She clicked in and saw all the seeds were still greyed out and unavailable.

【Shop unlocked.】

【Current Mission:

1. Plant 5 plots of farmland (0/5)
2. Harvest 10 jin of rice (0/10)】

【Mission Reward: Storage Warehouse Activation】

A Storage Warehouse was basically the same as a space ability!

Lin Yu had already planned to hoard supplies. With a system warehouse, she wouldn’t need to worry about storage anymore.

She quickly took out the random seed reward. Opening the box, she found a strawberry seedling. Planting it immediately updated her mission progress to (1/5).

Once planted, the strawberry seedling was gone. But since the system never said seeds had to be bought from the shop, Lin Yu planned to use real-world seeds. After planting, she prepared to drive to the farmers’ market and wholesale market, collecting supplies along the way.

The city apartments would be useless once the apocalypse came.

After leaving Qingquan Mountain, she halved the listing prices of her two properties in Linchuan’s city center and put them on the market through an agency.

Checking her finances, she still had over seven million yuan. Besides system seeds, food and water were essential.

Worried she might overlook something while stockpiling, Lin Yu drafted a detailed supply list.

Aside from necessities like food, clothing, housing, and transport, weapons were also a must.

Hot weapons were restricted, so she had to settle for cold weapons.

Cutting her waist-length hair short, Lin Yu rented a remote warehouse as a temporary storage site before her system space was unlocked. Then she began her buying spree.

At the biggest grain and oil wholesale shop, she bought ten thousand jin each of rice and flour, five hundred barrels of cooking oil, and one thousand jin of various sugars.

Instant meals, instant noodles, snail noodles, self-heating hotpots, five-grain fish noodles, sour-spicy noodles, compressed biscuits, and countless snacks filled her list.

After doomsday, industrial production would collapse. If she wanted these, she had to prepare now.

Next, she went to a seed company and bought a wide range of vegetable, fruit, and grain seeds. Seeds could last, so she bought some of every variety.

She also purchased hundreds of water storage tanks, generators, solar panels, clothes for all seasons, daily necessities like soap, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, toothbrushes, facial cleansers, laundry detergent, and skincare.

For sanitary pads, tissues, and wet wipes, she bought a lifetime’s worth.

Since farming was inevitable with the system, she also bought full sets of farming tools.

After checking her list, the only thing left were cold weapons. She returned to the warehouse to wait for deliveries.

When the first batch of supplies from the grain shop arrived, night had already fallen. After locking the warehouse, she drove her Hummer full of supplies back home.

Near Qingquan Mountain, she saw golden light radiating from the mountain, strikingly bright in the night.

Earlier, she had scouted the area. Few people lived there. With six days until doomsday and the Safe Zone’s protective properties, she wasn’t worried even if someone saw the shield.

Once home, Lin Yu unloaded the car, moving all the food and supplies into the villa’s first-floor storage.

By the time she finished, it was past midnight. Her stomach growled in protest, so she pulled out two self-heating hotpots.

The aroma hit her nose, and she almost cried from relief.

After filling her stomach, the system chimed in her ear.

【Beep— Crop detected mature. Please harvest immediately.】

Lin Yu’s eyes widened in disbelief.

It hadn’t even been a full day since she planted the strawberry seedling!

On the black soil, the tiny seedling had grown twenty centimeters tall. One plant alone had produced over twenty ripe strawberries, each one twice the size of market varieties.

She bit into one—sweet juice exploded in her mouth.

Delicious!

Better than any strawberry she had ever tasted!

Overjoyed, she harvested them all.

Thinking of the seeds she had bought earlier, her heart burned with excitement. If strawberries grew this fast, the others wouldn’t be much different.

Vegetables, grains, fruits—she had plenty. But first, she decided to complete the system’s task.

After planting all five farmlands, the mission was finally complete.

【Mission: Plant 5 plots of farmland (5/5) Completed. Reward: Gold Coins ×50. Storage Warehouse Activated.】

【Current Mission: Harvest 10 jin of rice (0/10)】

Opening the panel, she saw a new Storage Warehouse icon.

Testing it, she placed her harvested strawberries inside—they vanished into the system warehouse. To take them out, she only had to think of the amount, and the strawberries reappeared.

Too convenient.

Back inside the villa, she tested further. The warehouse could store not only system crops but also real-world items she bought. Lin Yu grinned ear to ear.

The next morning, she went to the warehouse. After the suppliers delivered goods, she waited until no one was around and then stored everything into her system warehouse.

Time flew by. On the fifth day of her rebirth, only two days remained until the apocalypse.

By now, Lin Yu had completed the second mission—harvesting ten jin of rice—and received 100 gold coins.

The system issued a new task—

Kill 100 zombies, collect 10 zombie crystal cores.

The past two days, Lin Yu had been busy filling water tanks at home and familiarizing herself with routes to car dealerships and cold weapon shops. She had maxed out all her money, credit cards, and online credit lines. With nothing left, she could only prepare routes in advance and collect resources once the apocalypse began.

During this time, Bai Yanyan had called repeatedly, asking if she had gone to Yun Province. Lin Yu brushed her off each time.

Remembering the tragedies of her last life, Lin Yu pressed her lips tightly together.

Through unofficial channels, she purchased several SIM cards. Plugging them into spare phones, she posted pre-written messages on major social platforms—