In the apocalypse, I hoarded goods and handed over my storage space to the government.

Time: Day 18 of the apocalypse countdown.

I don't know how much time passed.

Su Ran woke up amidst a violent jolt.

He felt as if he had been taken apart and put back together, his head feeling as heavy as if it were filled with lead.

"He's awake? He's awake! Chief, he's awake!"

I heard excited shouts from my ear.

Su Ran opened her eyes with difficulty, and what she saw was the narrow cabin ceiling of the helicopter.

An IV drip was hanging next to him, with the needle stuck in the back of his hand.

Li Guodong's stubble-covered face came closer, his eyes even more bloodshot than Su Ran's.

"You little brat...you scared the hell out of me."

Li Guodong let out a sigh of relief and handed over a thermos. "You were unconscious for twenty-four hours. If it weren't for the fact that your brain waves were still relatively stable, I would have been prepared to atone for my sins with my death."

Su Ran tried to sit up, but found that she had no strength at all.

"Don't move."

Li Guodong held him down, saying, "The doctor said you have severe mental exhaustion and need to rest."

"What's the date?"

Su Ran opened her mouth, her voice hoarse as if she had swallowed two handfuls of sand.

June 27th.

Li Guodong said in a deep voice, "There are still eighteen days until the date you mentioned."

Eighteen days.

Su Ran closed her eyes and sensed the space of consciousness.

The enormous "Luan Bird" was silently floating in the void, surrounded by supplies piled up like mountains.

This time, the risk was worth it.

"Where are Old Zhang and the others?"

"They've all been moved. According to your plan, the core team has all evacuated to the 'Ark' base in the Northwest."

Li Guodong's expression was complicated. "That kid named Lu Yuan refuses to leave no matter what. He insists on following you and says he wants to watch you release that big guy."

Su Ran chuckled lightly: "Let him go; she's his future wife."

He struggled to lean back in his chair and looked out through the porthole.

The helicopter's rotor blades sliced ​​through the cold winds of the Kunlun Mountains.

This is the ancestral home of the Chinese dragon veins and the origin of all mountains.

Outside the porthole, a miracle in the history of human engineering is unfolding on what was once a desolate Gobi Desert.

Tens of thousands of excavators and bulldozers, like industrious worker ants, are working frantically in the winding mountains.

The dust storm was forcefully suppressed by the windbreak nets, and the beams of searchlights pierced the night sky like sieves.

"This was originally the site of a nuclear arsenal left over from the 'Third Front Construction' in the 60s. Now it has been selected as the site for the first phase of the Peach Blossom Spring Project, and 11 such giant security zones have also been started at the same time."

Li Guodong pointed to a massive fissure in the mountain below, his tone brimming with undisguised pride: "After the first phase of the 'Peach Blossom Spring' project started, the engineering corps worked in shifts around the clock, hollowing out the entire mountain. In terms of defense, even if a ten-million-ton hydrogen bomb exploded overhead, the people inside could still keep playing cards."

Su Ran nodded.

In my past life, this was indeed one of the strongholds that the survivors held onto the longest.

Unfortunately, there were no supplies or production lines at that time; this place was just a sturdy tomb.

As the helicopter began its descent, the cliff face ahead suddenly split open, revealing a huge opening large enough to accommodate two Boeing 747s flying side by side.

Upon entering the cave, a bright and spacious view suddenly appeared.

This is a giant cavern comparable to an underground city.

The dome is hundreds of meters high, and tens of thousands of high-lumen industrial and mining lamps illuminate the place as if it were daytime.

But the problem is obvious—it's empty.

It's so damn empty.

Apart from the basic ventilation ducts and the concrete walls still being poured, this super fortress, which can accommodate millions of people, currently looks like an unfinished house.

……

Half an hour later, 600 meters underground.

The air here is somewhat thin, mixed with the smell of undried cement and the smell of gunpowder from explosions.

This is a suffocatingly large underground cavity, over 300 meters high and large enough to fit half a county town.

This is a top-secret refuge formed by the incredible craftsmanship of nature over millions of years, combined with the reckless expansion by human blasting.

At this moment, apart from a few newly poured load-bearing columns, the place is so desolate that it's unsettling.

"Old Li! You brought him here?"

A burly man wearing a camouflage vest and covered in mud and grime strode over.

He was Zhao Jianjun, the chief engineer of the project, carrying two bars and four stars on his shoulders, but at this moment he was so anxious that his mouth was covered in blisters.

"Old Li, I've finally been waiting for this person!"

The old general's name was Zhao Jianjun, the commander-in-chief of the "Peach Blossom Spring" base, and he was also known for his fiery temper.

"To be honest, even a skilled cook can't cook without rice! Look at this place, it's all empty! Where are the production lines? Where are the machine tools? Where are the raw materials?"

There are still eighteen days until that red rainstorm. Are we supposed to send the soldiers out with entrenching tools to swat it?

"I've brought the person to you."

Li Guodong pointed to Su Ran, "This is Consultant Su."

Zhao Jianjun was stunned for a moment, looking at the sickly young man in front of him, his brows furrowing instantly.

Is this even possible? With that build, he probably couldn't even lift a brick.

Su Ran didn't speak, but listened quietly.

He could understand Zhao Jianjun's anger; in conventional understanding, this was indeed an impossible task.

"Lu Yuan."

Su Ran suddenly spoke.

Lu Yuan, who had been following behind like a quail, suddenly looked up and exclaimed, "Yes, yes!"

"If it were you, and you were given all the equipment and energy, how long would it take you to get this place up and running?"

Looking at the vast space, Lu Yuan's timidity vanished, replaced by the fervor unique to tech geeks.

His mind raced, and his fingers traced lines in the air:

"If... if it were an existing production line like 'Dragon's Nest,' plus the reactor from that nuclear power plant... as long as the location is accurate, give me three days! I can connect the wiring and get it running!"

Anyone can brag!

Zhao Jianjun glared at Lu Yuan, annoyed. "Where's the equipment? Did it fall from the sky?"

Su Ran smiled.

He unscrewed the thermos, took a sip of goji berry water, and moistened his dry, cracked throat.

"Clear the area."

Su Ran's voice wasn't loud, but it echoed in the empty cave, "Evacuate all personnel from area A to area F to give me enough space. Also, prepare the foundation bearing system; there will be... a slight tremor."

Zhao Jianjun was about to say something when Li Guodong grabbed him.

"Old Zhao, stop talking nonsense! Listen to him!"

Li Guodong's expression turned serious. "Execute the order!"

Ten minutes later, the core area was cleared.

Su Ran stood alone on that vast concrete ground that resembled a wasteland.

The searchlight focused on him, casting an extremely long shadow.

Everyone stood on the distant viewing platform, holding their breath.

Su Ran closed her eyes, her consciousness sinking into that boundless space.

There, quietly floated the "treasures" he had amassed over the past two weeks, scouring most of the Great Xia.

"Come out."

Su Ran suddenly opened her eyes and pressed one hand lightly against the ground.

"boom--!!!"

There was no warning, no process.

The air was compressed violently in that instant, producing a deafening explosion!

A visible shockwave swept outwards from Su Ran, forcing those in the distance to squint.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Jianjun felt that his materialistic worldview had collapsed.

The once empty factory in Area A was instantly filled with a 1.5-kilometer-long steel dragon!

"Dragon's Nest in Area A, in position!"

Su Ran waved to the left.

Swish!

The J-20 final assembly line, stretching for one kilometer, along with hundreds of precision robotic arms and unassembled fighter jet parts, instantly filled the entire left-side cavity.

"Block B Thunderbolt Warehouse, take your positions!"

On the right, countless missile racks and ammunition boxes, neatly stacked, appeared out of thin air like dominoes, instantly filling the armory area.

"This...this is fucking..."

Zhao Jianjun gripped the railing tightly, his knuckles white, his eyes practically bulging out of their sockets. "What kind of black technology is this?! Quantum teleportation?! Or some kind of magical airplane that can conjure up images?!"