Chapter 841: After Binding the Childbirth System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 842: Global Evolution (2)

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

At two in the afternoon, the door rang right on time.

It was delivery staff, also employees from the nearby mall; after all, Shen Yao had the money ability — as long as she was willing to spend, nothing was impossible.

The transported items were all placed into the spare rooms and the kitchen refrigerator; because it was a long-term cooperative relationship, and not only did Shen Yao buy an especially large amount this time, other floors had even more exaggerated existences, so the staff weren't surprised at all.

Smiling as she saw them off, Shen Yao turned to look at her three daughters who were already dressed; Shen Chengyi was staring helplessly at Shen Chengyu, who was acting coquettish and shaking her head — the training mentioned this morning had arrived in a flash.

Shen Chengyu: ……

Finding her pleading ineffective, Shen Chengyu could only seek outside help, especially from her birth mother and Shen Chengning; she talked her lips raw but just didn't want to get sunburned and tired.

Shen Yao waved her hand. "Listen to your sister," she said — her words didn't count.

Shen Chengning expressed that learning archery wasn't bad at all; they could even learn more knowledge — after all, their family had never lacked any purchasable or unpurchasable weapons and tools from childhood on.

(Of course, thanks to strict state control, there were no handguns with bullets here.)

Three against one, Shen Chengyu lost completely, and could only let Shen Chengning drag her along to follow Shen Chengyi's steps; the three sisters had no choice but to head out under the scorching sun.

Of course

After the three sisters left, Shen Yao also left home afterward, driving toward the surrounding large malls to shop.

"Host, this is your preparation?"

The System watched its own host spend money without blinking; things like gold and silver — if she took a fancy she bought them, if she didn't she'd still reluctantly pocket them.

Although Shen Yao had already achieved financial freedom, some assets were dead assets; liquidating them all cleanly in a short time wasn't easy, so Shen Yao could only prioritize disposing of what she could dispose of, then hurry to swap those expenditures into items that could be preserved and had transaction function.

Things like gold and silver — usable in any era — she'd buy more and stash them away for backup.

Having patronized several large malls in Yang City in succession, Shen Yao bought until she was more or less done, then reluctantly stopped.

Purchasing like hers wasn't uncommon or rare for salesclerks; at most they'd mutter behind her back that there sure were a lot of rich people — such idle gossip wouldn't bring Shen Yao any trouble at all.

After buying those, Shen Yao next bought some camping and wilderness tools, all purchased to the best standard, and also taking family into account — at least one set per person.

Having bought sporadically and returned home, she happened to see Shen Chengyi and the other two already back.

The three sisters in pajamas sat on the sofa roughhousing; Shen Chengyu was the most exaggerated — seeing Shen Yao enter, Shen Chengyu hurried over and reached out to catch her. "Mom, we ran into something strange today; those landscape trees in the Yang City suburbs — they're growing really fast."

Compared to Shen Chengyi and Shen Chengning, Shen Chengyu fell short in careful observation.

Now even Shen Chengyu had actively noticed these plant changes; clearly the situation outside was not optimistic.

Shen Chengyi walked up to Shen Yao and still suggested stockpiling more grain and daily necessities, and that this matter also needed to be told to the property management company; Shengjun Community's landscaping was done very well — these trees, though ornamental, given the special circumstances, should still be cut down some.

Shen Yao gave an "mm" and nodded. "I'll say it in the group chat."

The community was upscale and had many elderly and children; if plants happened to hurt these hard-to-target crowds, there'd be plenty of wrangling with the property management company.

Sure enough

Not even a night later, Shen Yao saw small and medium harvesters working in the community.

The three Shen Chengyi sisters unusually didn't get up; in Shen Yao's view this wasn't common — compared to Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning's occasional lying-in behavior, Shen Chengyi, who had known from birth, had been extremely self-disciplined from childhood on; she could be called a very standard self-disciplined person — for today's situation to appear was still directly related to the space Shen Yao and the System spoke of yesterday.

The System was hiding beside Shen Yao complaining: "Host's several kids are too hard to handle; even Shen Chengyu will pursue the root and ask to the bottom."

Originally the System still wanted to exaggerate and boast in front of the kids; it didn't expect Shen Chengyi and the other two not only didn't buy it but even had a bit of Shen Yao's flavor, reverse-wringing the System's information dry.

System: ……

As a Silly White Sweet System, is it this easy to fool?

Yes.

The System is just this gullible — previously deceived in all sorts of ways by the host, now deceived in all sorts of ways by the host's kids; by the time it reacted, the relevant information had already been coaxed out seven-seven-eight-eight.

Shen Yao: ……

Shen Yao looked at the System jumping its feet in anxious anger and thought: it really doesn't learn from experience.

"Being cautious has no harm; besides, anyone with normal IQ would be suspicious — giving benefits for no reason, and not a silly white sweet."

The System thought: ordinary people aren't like that; hearing chaos is coming they'd only panic, then rejoice in their luck, thinking they're some Chosen One, then go all out stockpiling.

"Alright, enough of that — everything arranged?" In the mood to ramble seven-pull-eight-pull with her here; looks like Shen Chengyi's side has no issues.

The System gave an "mm" and nodded, expressing that it was an All-Knowing Artificial Intelligence — a mere few kids, where were they its opponent? Although it paid some internal information as price, it still arranged the space clearly and plainly.

Shen Yao: ……

Too lazy to expose the System's disguise, Shen Yao turned and left from the balcony.

Behind her rose messy, disordered footsteps; although the owner of the footsteps was trying hard to suppress them, the rapid breathing and heartbeat still betrayed her.

"Mom"

Shen Chengning looked flustered, to the extent that her first act after getting up was to try — and after confirming she really had a space not considered large, she hurried out to find Shen Yao, the one who could give her the most security.

After Shen Chengning came Shen Chengyu; the last to appear was Shen Chengyi.

Each of the three possessed a 30-cubic-meter space; inside, time was frozen, living things could not be stored.

After the three displayed their abilities, Shen Yao likewise exposed her space: "Perhaps such an ability can indeed be anticipated — the situation ahead will become very terrible."

Shen Chengyi and the other two: ……

Worthy of kids who had seen quite a few storms; after the initial panic, they next began discussing countermeasures.

The System had been wheedled out of quite a few words; the most important was the time chaos would start — three days later, in the afternoon; they had to make use of the obtained spaces before trouble broke out, best to have all needed supplies fully stockpiled, to cope with the coming chaotic world.

Directly placing orders for delivery and going out to purchase proceeded simultaneously; however, not many supplies came via delivery orders, and they were also afraid of problems after chaos erupted.

Don't underestimate modern people's observation ability; perhaps in peaceful times such large-volume purchasing wouldn't attract anything, but come chaotic times, people would pay attention.

Shengjun Community was high-end, but there were many people here, including many successful entrepreneurs — to grow a business big and strong, complete law-abidingness couldn't achieve it; there were bound to be inside stories here, even involving power-money transactions or power-sex transactions.

Shen Yao and her mother and daughter four drove out in the family's black SUV, but since they wanted to stockpile a lot of supplies, the four simply rented a cargo-hauling vehicle from a rental company.

When shopping, the four avoided crowded supermarkets and large wholesale markets, instead choosing medium-sized stores to buy in batches.

"Mom, where next?" Shen Chengyu watched the space slowly filling up, her eyes bright as she looked at Shen Yao.

The four mother and daughter had been out for nearly a day; not to mention their spending, just the variety of purchased goods was too numerous to count. Since thirty cubic meters of space was neither big nor small, and considering they might separate later, Shen Yao simply divided the purchased supplies into four portions. Besides her own space having a larger area and holding more, everything else was split equally.

"Go to the Development Zone. It's farther from the city center, so we can keep buying daily necessities. Besides, there's less foot traffic there and not much greenery. Once all plants and animals evolve in three days, the safety of Shengjun Community will drop significantly, so they definitely need to leave before evolution."

The Development Zone was Shen Yao's chosen temporary foothold after repeated adjustments.

Because this was the suburban area of Yang City, going outward could directly exit the province, and the area around the Development Zone was mostly factories and farmland with few residents. They chose to settle here; if the situation changed or the situation moved very fast later, they could leave at the fastest speed.

Three days, and evolution was irreversible; the whole world evolved together, so nowhere would be safe no matter where they ran. Shen Yao could only choose a relatively better place and wait for the state to control the situation.

The four drove to the Development Zone. The variety of goods purchased was the same as in the city center, but since space was running out, their shopping stopped too. After all, no one knew what they'd encounter later, so they had to keep some reserves.

"Wow, this house," Shen Chengyu touched her chin, looking around at the bare surroundings with only a few half-dead big-leaf trees, thinking her mom was truly amazing—did their family really have this much property?

Shen Yao raised an eyebrow. "Just one of them. I liked the location when I bought it, thinking demolition would come."

As it turned out, demolition had been going on for years with no news at all, still in the state of various rumors.

Shaking her head speechlessly, Shen Yao said that even if she cheated, she couldn't make money in every industry. Properties like the one before her were stalled projects.

"Someone has already cleaned inside. Rest here today, go home tomorrow. Pack up the things, and we'll come back again."

After Shen Yao finished speaking, Shen Chengyu cheered, tossed off her backpack, and happily circled the small villa that was no more than two and a half stories high.

Why say that? Because the villa wasn't large, and the people who bought it back then were those with spare money who liked investing. This place hadn't been developed for a long time. Though idle it was a bit of a chicken rib, occasionally coming to stay and relax could offer a different experience.

Shen Chengning closely followed Shen Chengyu's steps, leaving only Shen Yao and Shen Chengyi waiting in place.

Unlike the lively Shen Chengyu, Shen Chengyi was always steady and calm. She walked up to Shen Yao and lightly furrowed her brow; obviously she still had some questions.

Shen Yao smiled and patted Shen Chengyi's shoulder. "Don't be so nervous. We've made our own preparations. Leave the rest to time."

"I'm worried that order will fall into chaos," Shen Chengyi knew too well what a chaotic world was.

People bound by laws and rules looked like gentle sheep, but once that moral bottom line was torn, they would instantly turn into wolves and viciously tear apart everything before them.

Shen Chengyi really liked the world before her and didn't want it to become unrecognizable.

Shen Yao understood Shen Chengyi's worry very well, but as an ordinary person who wasn't quite ordinary, the fate of tens of millions wasn't something they could bear. Some things were predestined long ago, and they were powerless to change them.

Shen Chengyi was in a heavy mood, and even when sleeping at night she would recall things from her previous life.

Though a long time had passed, when those vivid faces appeared before her, she still couldn't hold herself together.

Bright but not dazzling light streamed through the window onto the room's floor, and also woke the protagonist lying in bed.

Shen Chengyi opened her eyes, rested for a while, and only then discovered she already had a new life.

Her previous life had been too painful and tragic, and Shen Chengyi found it unforgettable to this day.

Throwing off the quilt and getting up from the bed, Shen Chengyi strolled to the living room. Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning had long been chattering around Shen Yao. These two had slept very well yesterday, unlike Shen Chengyi, who was haunted by memories of her previous life.

"Eldest Sister"

"Eldest Sister"

Shen Chengyu waved at Shen Chengyi. Seeing Shen Chengyi not move, she hurriedly ran over to pull her.

"What are you spacing out for? Mom made your favorite fish today," Shen Chengyu pointed to the main dish at the center of the table, chattering that she had smelled it long ago. Since Shen Chengyi hadn't come downstairs, she had no choice but to endure.

Shen Chengning hid to one side and spoiled the fun. "Wasn't it you who already ate half a fish? You're not as hungry as when you got up?"

Shen Yao knew her own daughter well. She had divided the fish into two portions early, ensuring Shen Chengyi's food ration for this morning.

Shen Chengyu:...

"What nonsense? I just wanted to taste it for Eldest Sister," Shen Chengyu turned and smiled at Shen Chengyi. "Mom's cooking hasn't declined from back then. Eldest Sister, try it quickly."

As the words landed, Shen Chengyi had already been pushed by Shen Chengyu to the side of the dining table. Shen Yao came out of the kitchen, holding the just-stewed corn pork rib soup.

"Quick, try it, how is it?"

After breakfast they would leave here and return to the city center. Shengjun Community still had a batch of supplies that needed to be recovered.

Driving back to the city center, they returned the rented car to the rental company. The four mother and daughter stayed at Shengjun Community until the afternoon, then restarted the black SUV and returned to their new home in the Development Zone.