Chapter 247: Giant Creatures 5

Perry Yates bought three full boxes of mosquito repellent spray, cooling lotions, Beast Repelling Powder, realgar powder, and medicated oils.

In addition, she also got the latest "Insect Buster," a product that emitted a scent detestable to insects but was odorless to humans. Simply carrying one could keep ninety-nine percent of all insects at bay.

The Insect Buster came in the form of an incense tablet. To use it, you just had to light it and place it in a special portable container.

One Insect Buster tablet lasted for about a day.

Of course, that was under normal circumstances.

Perry Yates bought five boxes of them.

Next were the livestock-grade mosquito coils. Each one was a full 1.2 meters long, potent, fast-acting, and perfect for outdoor use. She got three boxes of those as well.

Besides repellents, she also bought a supply of masks, hats, clothes, spare shoes and socks, and underwear.

Knowing what awaited them, Perry Yates and Amber Sheridan prioritized sturdy, durable fabrics when choosing clothes. They selected high-topped boots and leather gloves, making sure every opening could be tightly secured, leaving no opportunity for insects to get in.

After all, in a forest, seemingly insignificant insects could sometimes be far more dangerous than wild beasts.

The second day of the game passed in a frenzy of stockpiling.

During this time, the pair noticed many other players also buying supplies. However, not everyone was as well-prepared as Perry, nor could everyone silently "borrow" money from a bank vault.

Therefore, to acquire more supplies, these players went down two paths. One was to pinch every penny, find a part-time job that paid daily and included room and board, and gather supplies while working.

The other was to drop all pretenses, become outlaws, and simply start robbing people.

「The third day of the game.」

The two of them first went to a pharmacy.

Perry Yates had a healing Skill, so she didn’t need many medical supplies and only bought a few common medicines for appearances. Amber Sheridan, on the other hand, acted as if he wanted to buy out the entire pharmacy.

Before they left, he even bought two hazmat suits as spares.

After leaving the pharmacy, they passed a fruit shop, and Perry Yates walked right in.

As soon as she entered, the aroma of a dozen different ripe fruits washed over her—a scent completely different from the cloying sweetness of chocolate.

Moreover, perhaps due to the environment here, the fruits were much larger than those on Cerulea.

Seeing this, Perry went on a spree, buying some of all her favorite fruits.

Mangoes, loquats, yumberries, lychees, blueberries, longans, pineapples, Hami melons, King Jade grapes, and honey peaches.

Perry Yates nearly cleaned out the entire fruit shop.

Of course, Amber Sheridan was the one paying.

After leaving the address for the warehouse Amber Sheridan had rented, the two left the fruit shop.

They hadn’t gone far when they saw a middle-aged man selling huge watermelons out of a truck, shouting, "One yuan for five jin!" How was that any different from giving them away?

She decisively bought his entire stock.

After paying, she had them delivered to the warehouse as well.

While Perry Yates was focused on fruit, Amber Sheridan clearly preferred meat.

"Perry, can I ask you for a favor?"

After placing an order for a large batch of high-grade pork, beef, and mutton from a meat packing plant, Amber Sheridan looked at Perry Yates with a coaxing expression.

"What is it?"

"When the meat arrives, could you process it for me? The usual deal—we split it fifty-fifty. How about it?"

Hearing this, Perry Yates agreed after a moment’s thought. After all, Amber Sheridan had been footing the bill for the past two days. Performing Ascension on some meat was a trivial matter for her.

"Fine."

Amber Sheridan’s excitement was palpable when Perry agreed. "It’s a shame we can’t use spatial items. Otherwise..."

’Otherwise, I could buy up all the meat in this entire city. No, not just the meat.’

After a busy day, they arrived at the pre-rented warehouse in the afternoon. The items they had purchased were already being delivered in batches.

They each stored their own purchases in their system backpacks.

Most of Perry’s purchases were fruit, filling three large dumpsters. The watermelons alone filled two more.

That made for five dumpsters in total.

Looking at the gaps between the watermelons, Perry thought, ’I can still squeeze some more stuff in there.’

「The fourth day of the game.」

"Hello, we’re planning a cross-country trip. Could you recommend an RV?"

That morning, at ten o’clock, Perry Yates and her companion arrived at the city’s largest car dealership.

Amber Sheridan’s objective was crystal clear: he was here to buy an RV.

Perry Yates had been to this place before when she bought her own car, so she was very familiar with it.

Speaking of RVs, several were parked on display in the first-floor showroom, and there was even a promotion going on.

Perry’s eyes had lit up when she’d seen these RVs back then. Even though she didn’t know much about cars, the young saleswoman’s explanation had been incredibly detailed, and her voice was very pleasant to listen to.

If Perry hadn’t been short on cash at the time, she probably would have made an impulse purchase, swayed by the saleswoman’s gentle persuasion.

A single RV cost over ten million, and the money she’d had on hand wouldn’t have even covered a fraction of it.

Just then, a saleswoman approached them with a smile and asked softly, "Hello, do you have any specific requirements for an RV?"

Amber Sheridan replied with a serious expression, "We’re leaving immediately, so ideally, we need something we can drive off the lot today. It needs to have excellent performance, be fully-featured, capable of handling harsh environments, equipped with solar panels, and have a large interior capacity. That’s all for now."

The saleswoman’s eyes lit up when she heard they needed to drive it off the lot today. "Based on your requirements, we have an RV that would be a perfect fit."

The saleswoman then led the two of them to an off-road RV.

"This off-road RV is 12.3 meters long, 3 meters wide, and 4 meters tall. It’s divided into two levels, an upper and a lower.

The upper level is the sleeping area, but it can also be used for luggage if you have fewer people or a lot of bags. The ground floor is the living area. As you enter, you’re in the living room, which can comfortably fit four or five people. The table is retractable; if you lower it and combine it with the seating, it becomes a bed.

Further in is the kitchen, which is fully equipped. It has an induction cooktop, a sink, a dishwasher, a refrigerator—everything you could need.

Beyond that is the bathroom, with separate wet and dry areas. The toilet is a smart toilet, and the black water tank has a large capacity. There’s also a shower, and its water tank is separate from the main water supply, so you’ll definitely have enough."

The saleswoman continued, rattling off a long list of the RV’s performance features, which made Perry Yates start to yawn.

She had been quite interested in the RV at first, but the longer the saleswoman talked, the more impatient she became. ’Why is she taking so long to explain something that could be summed up in a few sentences?’ Perry wondered.