Surviving the Apocalypse with my Multiplier System novel Chapter 31

Rayne arrived at the water filtration store. Although it was labeled a "small business," the store itself was very large, displaying all sorts of water tanks and filtration systems.

Rayne walked through the aisles looking for the smaller items first. She marveled at how many different types of water purification tablets there were, not to mention other items!

She quickly got down to business, discreetly adding one of every type to her system, replacing the missing item along the way.

After storing all of the tablets, Rayne moved on to the next section. The display shelves were filled with different kinds of water bottles and pitchers with built-in filters. Once again, she bent over slightly and used her trench coat as cover, then began to store one of everything that was on display.

She continued throughout the store until she had stored every water filter, purification tablet, and water container that was available. The only things she didn’t add were the jumbo water tanks the size of a small house, but she didn’t mind skipping those.

Along the back corner of the store was a small variety of rainwater collection barrels. These barrels were designed to work independently, without the use of a complex water collection system.

Unfortunately, they were rather large, about the size of Rayne, so she wasn’t able to store them discreetly. After thinking for a while, she decided that she would buy one of the barrels. She picked out one of the smaller ones, knowing it would fit in the back of her new SUV, and went to find an employee.

The employee was very efficient, quickly loading the rainwater collection barrel into Rayne’s SUV. After paying, Rayne went on her way, trying to decide whether she should go home or stop by the supermarket first.

"Since I’m out and about already, I’ll stop by the supermarket and stock up on as much as I can. That way, I can cook different foods in my spare time until the apocalypse comes," she said to herself and drove towards the top supermarket in the area.

As Rayne pulled into the parking lot of the high-end supermarket, she noticed that all of the cars parked here were luxury vehicles.

"Seems like this place really is as expensive as they say. Only the rich can afford to shop here."

Rayne parked her car and entered the store. When she entered, she realized how different a luxury supermarket was from a normal one.

Everything was clean and organized; all of the fruits and vegetables were the best of the best with no pesticides or chemicals. The prices also reflected their "luxury" status, with a small head of cabbage selling for almost $10!

Rayne felt that even with her new billionaire status, this store was too expensive! She calmed herself with the existence of her system, or else she would go broke shopping here today.

She began in the vast vegetable section. There were vegetables from all over the world on display, and all of them looked perfectly ripe. Walking over to where the cucumbers lay, Rayne pretended to pick a few up and inspect them while secretly stashing one in her system.

She walked around the entire section, repeating this process, making sure to store multiple of every vegetable. Before long, her system gained many new vegetables: tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, potatoes, carrots, asparagus, radishes, kale, lettuce, cabbage, spinach, avocados, etc.

She stored every variety of every vegetable available, some she’d never seen before.

To prevent suspicion, Rayne walked around with a shopping cart and occasionally placed a vegetable inside.

Rayne continued to the fruit section, adding apples, oranges, limes, lemons, kiwis, bananas, guava, pomegranates, melons, grapes, pears, peaches, etc.

She had stored over twenty different kinds of apples alone!

Walking past the produce department, Rayne spotted a small stand with beautiful fresh cut flowers. Although they would not serve much purpose in the apocalypse, she still wanted to store them in her system. Flowers had the ability to improve one’s mood, and that feature alone made them important.