[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies":3,"chapter-ice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-ice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-chapter-13":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},770914,1022,"Chapter 13: The Ice Age Arrives","ice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-chapter-13",13,"\u003Cp>Chapter 13: The Ice Age Arrives\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi emptied the entire South China Walmart warehouse!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Goods worth tens of billions entered his interdimensional space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feigning ignorance, he immediately reported the theft to Walmart’s senior management.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>News of the theft quickly spread throughout Walmart’s South China division.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large group of senior executives, shocked, rushed to the scene and reported the incident to the police.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tom Watson, the general manager of the South China warehouse, turned pale upon seeing the empty warehouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, my God! How will I explain this to headquarters?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, Walmart’s headquarters in the United States had already issued orders, demanding the rapid transfer of all supplies back to the country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, everything was ruined!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, Zhang Yi wasn’t worried about being exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was too unbelievable that goods worth tens of billions disappeared from an entire warehouse in just two hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the police investigated thoroughly, they wouldn’t uncover the truth quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Walmart was a foreign company, not a state-owned enterprise, so the investigation wouldn’t have been as rigorous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nonetheless, Zhang Yi pretended to be nervous and scared, cooperating with the police investigation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a night of questioning, Zhang Yi was released.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The police were also skeptical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite the internal cameras being disabled, the absence of evidence of vehicles around the warehouse perplexed the case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either the goods vanished into thin air, or Walmart orchestrated an inside job.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically, the latter seemed more plausible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without supernatural phenomena, it was impossible to explain how millions of cubic meters of goods disappeared in two hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Zhang Yi and other ordinary employees were somewhat suspicious, the theft's inexplicable nature diverted the main focus away from them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Walmart was a foreign company without significant domestic political connections, the police investigation wasn’t highly efficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Concerned about international implications, the investigation was sluggish and could take months to resolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi was temporarily forbidden to leave Tianhai City and had to cooperate with both the police and Walmart’s internal investigations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After returning home, Zhang Yi looked through the blinds of his floor-to-ceiling windows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was December 10th, just two days before the Ice Age's arrival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From now on, he only needed to stay home and wait, ensuring a comfortable future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi felt very secure with the billions' worth of supplies in his interdimensional space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lay in his bedroom, exhausted from the night's events and interrogation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi slept until evening. Upon waking and turning on the TV, he saw news about the Walmart South China warehouse theft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the theft's massive and mysterious nature, all major news outlets nationwide covered it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Such a large warehouse, emptied in a few hours—it must be an inside job!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It must be an inside job, likely orchestrated by Walmart’s management to claim insurance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s millions of cubic meters of goods, impossible to transport in one night, even with large trucks.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi smiled faintly. The truth would remain unknown until the apocalypse struck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the next two days, Zhang Yi stayed home, not venturing out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew the world had little time left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To ensure his safety, he wouldn’t leave his room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this period, the police and Walmart’s headquarters investigators summoned him again for questioning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They suspected Zhang Yi’s behavior that night but lacked evidence and had too little time for a thorough investigation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, some acquaintances messaged Zhang Yi, asking about the incident, but he brushed them off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, December 12th arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gamma-ray burst hit Earth at 2 AM, lasting only a moment but devastatingly affecting the planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hours before, Zhang Yi sealed his room completely, lighting the fireplace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With energy supplies dwindling soon, air conditioning and heating would fail. Only primitive heating methods would work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At 2 AM, sitting on his sofa by the large floor-to-ceiling window, holding a beer, Zhang Yi intently watched the outside world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a flash of white light appeared at the horizon, turning the night as bright as dusk for a brief moment before darkness returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most people were asleep and didn’t notice this fleeting change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zhang Yi, understanding its significance, felt a chill down his spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a large gulp of beer, the refreshing Budweiser calming his nerves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throwing a few more logs into the fireplace, Zhang Yi turned on the TV, watching programs while awaiting the world’s transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minutes later, snow began to fall densely outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Initially, the flakes were small, but within two minutes, they turned into large, heavy snowflakes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind howled outside, and the snowstorm grew terrifying in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The city was quickly enveloped in a sudden blizzard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was nature’s power, changing without warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi felt a twinge of anxiety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite his well-prepared safe house, his previous experience of the Ice Age apocalypse made him uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would this 8-million-yuan safe house withstand the impending extreme cold?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, as the fireplace blazed, the indoor temperature became very warm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's almost uncomfortably hot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thermometer read 32.6°C.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking outside, the snow was rapidly burying the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi felt more at ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reduced the amount of firewood, as the high temperature was uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stayed awake to observe the unfolding changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rest could come later; there was no need to work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than half an hour, the balcony was covered in thick snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi checked his phone, finding the internet abuzz with news of the sudden temperature drop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People on the Internet lamented the early onset of winter, unprepared for the severe cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn, this weather! It’s already minus ten degrees!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The roads will be ice-covered tomorrow. How will we get to work?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people, however, were pleased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With all this snow, we won’t have to go to work tomorrow, haha!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially those in southern regions, who are excitedly sharing selfies with the snow they rarely see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi shook his head. This was just the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snow would continue for at least three months, with temperatures plummeting further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, their joy in the snow would vanish.\u003C\u002Fp>",1003,"2026-06-03T02:47:18.755Z","2026-06-03T02:47:23.599Z",1,"novelbin.me","44e812b7b279ba43bfa5229cc9280c706d7233b6e0c7fb6a54567b1807ef81f6","ice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-chapter-14","ice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-chapter-12",1370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-cover.jpg"]