What Does the Apocalypse Even Mean?

When the apocalypse arrives, humanity gains no supernatural abilities, no storage spaces, and no System.

With a lifetime's worth of experience in endless worlds, Qiao Meng sensibly starts stockpiling supplies before disaster strikes: rice, flour, canned food, medicine, water, lighters, fire starters. She even scouts out shelters, calmly waiting for the apocalypse.

Although Qiao Meng goes about everything sneakily, someone still catches on.

"When my neighbor stocks food, I stock guns. My neighbor becomes my pantry."

When the guy next door comes over with a kitchen knife, chanting his slogan and trying to rob her, Qiao Meng pulls out the compound bow and chainsaw she's prepared in advance. "I stock food and guns. Come on over and you'll become my pantry."

She's not about to let anyone rob her.

During the group's struggle to survive, the power grid completely fails and lighting becomes a problem. Everyone contributes kerosene lamps, alcohol lamps, and firewood. Qiao Meng brings out a pedal-powered generator and several truckloads of diesel, then politely asks, "I heard we're short on electricity?"

When the water station is overrun and the supply is cut off, water becomes a problem. Everyone collects dirty, contaminated river water and prepares to boil it for drinking. Qiao Meng calmly sets out a water filter and several hundred water-purification tablets. "Add a bit of this. It'll help."

When a teammate on a foraging run is injured and prepares to tough it out while waiting for medical help and looking for wild herbs, Qiao Meng holds a box of penicillin in her left hand and a packet of Banlangen in her right. "Which do you prefer?"

A toolbox, an emergency medical kit: Qiao Meng has prepared for everything. She has everything you'd need, and knows how to use it all.

She even knows how to care for a sow after giving birth.

Teammates: Wasn't this supposed to be hell-level survival? Qiao the Hoarder, how many more surprises are you hiding from us?

Theme: Prepare for trouble in times of peace. Only by preparing thoroughly can we face disaster calmly when it really comes.