Aishwarya was a bit taken by Neil's request of collecting gold.

Although gold used to be a very valuable metal it was now worth less than dirt,after all in this world there was no economic system in place that could give something like gold its value,in this world the only value that mattered to people was the intrinsic value.

At first she thought that Neil would prioritize getting advanced technology like the fighting technology since she Neil mentioned that his plantation wasn't all that technologically advanced and in this world no such thing as laws remain only the strongest fist had the right to live and thus she thought that his first priority would be to increase his fighting capability.

Although she was confused Neil was still the boss and whatever order she had to follow.

Aishwarya started to think hard about the best place she would find gold.She thought about trying to trade a little bit of food that he had left for gold at the trading posts but she quickly realised that no one will have gold to trade since no cared for it and if she would post a task for it, it would take a very long time.

After some time Aishwarya came to the conclusion that she would go the ruins of the commercial area of the city to see if any banks or shops still had gold.

The commercial area was a very prosperous area but that fact it was prosperous become one of the main reason it fell so fast since population density was so high that the mutant spread probably the fastest their, to this day it had a large number despite many attempts to clear the area for habitation.

As she approached the the once bustling area that now looked like ancient ruins she couldn't help but think about the time when this a place filled with people instead of the zombie infested hellhole it was now.

She saw a tall building with was probably the office of some huge company but now only the word "BANK" was barely visible.As she got inside the building a zombie started charging towards her probably aroused by the noise she was making.

After hours of fighting Aishwarya laid down covered in blood with hundreds of zombie lying all around her,to anyone who would she this scene for the first time it would be horrifying but at this point Aishwarya was used to it and it was just a part of daily life, even after years of experience Aishwarya still came close to losing her life,she was tired of it all living a life of miserable existence where you have to put your life on the line for a little bit of food.

This was probably the reason why she agreed to Neil's proposal so easily maybe it was his naivety or the sheer amount of food he had or the innocent way he looked at her,she didn't know maybe it was all or maybe it was none of those reasons,whatever the reason the fact was that she knew that it was probably the best chance she had at getting a better life and even if he wasn't she could just kill him and run away with all the food he had.

After some time searching Aishwarya came across a large locker,since the locker looked to be of decent quality it contained at least something valuable to those people inside.Aishwarya tried opening the locker but it was sealed tight,after trying for some time Aishwarya got really frustrated and took a pure fusion mini grenade out of her bag and put charge at minimum.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM.

A large explosion took place and the locker door flew open,Aishwarya went inside and found that there was a lot of gold inside the vault,she realised that she possibly couldn't take all of it so she took out her Nanostructured anti-gravity bag and put at least 20 kgs of gold,some diamonds and some sort of shiny crystal that had a pinkish shade.

After collecting all the material she started going back to the mansion,on her journey the thought of food that Neil would bring with him made her salivate.

As Neil pressed the button he returned to his shabby room,he looked at corner of his room and on the clock the time was 5:00 A.M. After being in an apocalyptic world for a long time Neil's senses were overwhelmed by the fresh air in his room, thinking about thus Neil couldn't help but laugh the air which he would have described as extremely polluted a week age now felt to him like fresh air.

Neil was probably too excited from all the possible ways in which his life will change from now on.
Tired Neil set up an alarm for 10:00 A.M. and went to sleep.

After waking up Neil went to the bank to withdraw his money so he could buy the provisions he would need in the other world.

As Neil approached the counter the country lady gave him a disdainful look, realising that he had walked out of the house without even bathing and wearing the same shabby clothes he had been wearing for two days,Neil become really embarrassed.

He approached the lady and said "I would like to close my account."

The lady took Neil's passbook and took a look at it,he had balance of 30,000 which he had saved through a lot of struggle while working.

Since he very small customer and his account barely had any money,the lady just asked him the reason for closing his account noted his answer and then begin the procedure for closure of account,after some time Neil walked out of the bank with all of the 30,000 he had in his account.

After this Neil made a list of all the things he would need to take to the other world.

The list ended up being surprisingly long, thinking that he did not had a car to get the things from a physical store and the things he wanted to buy were very cheap Neil decided to shop online.He opened the Best Price site and placed his order for all provisions like canned food,instant ramen,beverages,energy drinks etc and placed a order.

After some experimentations Neil realized that he could store fresh vegetables in his storage and they would remain fresh.

Excited by this Neil went to the market below his building and picked all the fruits and vegetables he could afford.

At around 7:00 P.M. delivery from best price arrived,after Neil paid for it he collected all the provisions he had bought and stored them in his storage dimension.

Looking at the intergalactic watch he realized that the battery was merely 2%,after thinking hard about it Neil Decided to take the risk and insert the charging wire in the port, all of the the watch started sucking energy there was a huge drain of electricity but after 5 mins the battery powered to a 100%.

At last Neil looked at his wallet there was just 2,000 RS left in his wallet,he felt melancholic thinking about how hard he had worked his entire life but now he was in his house with his last 2,000 RS,but he felt hope that now his life will change and he will never end up in this state ever again.

Neil tossed the cable and his wallet in his storage and and pressed the transfer button feeling both excited and scared.

Neil arrived outside of the mansion just where he left from.

He walked and saw Aishwarya munching on the instant noodles raw.

He chuckled to himself knowing that this was just the beginning to his knew life.

Authors Notes-

1)Passbook-It is book given by the bank and it records every transaction every conducted from that bank account.It acts like a bank statement.

2)Best Price is a Walmart owned subsidiary in India and its just like Indian Walmart.

3)RS is the symbol for Indian Rupee like the RMB or the USD