[{"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-29":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},770930,1022,"Chapter 29: The Tenth Day","ice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-chapter-29",29,"\u003Cp>Chapter 29: The Tenth Day\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wealthy heir Xu Hao’s outrageous offer instantly set the group chat ablaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? 2,000 yuan for a pack of instant noodles? Did I hear that right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, don’t drive up prices like this! I’m really scared now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some trembled as they spoke, \"The snowstorm will pass, right? There’s no need to do this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shaky voice message revealed the sender's inner panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People hadn't completely given up hope. Each morning, they hoped to see the snow stop, the sunrise, and life return to normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the high-priced food transactions between Xie Limei and Xu Hao deeply shook their fragile minds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone tried to stay calm, saying, \"Are you kidding? 2,000 yuan for a pack of noodles? Do you really think it’s the end of the world? Hahaha!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi read the message and chuckled, shaking his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A zombie apocalypse?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don't compare such trivialities to this ice age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zombies, though terrifying, could still be fought by humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But against the forces of nature, humanity was as fragile as insects before the universe's might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They still didn’t realize the true scale of the disaster they were facing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Hao arrogantly said in the group, \"Don't worry about it! I have money, and I'm willing to spend it for peace of mind. If you want to sell, private message me. If not, forget it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Hao tried to appear indifferent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zhang Yi saw through his facade—he was terrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, he wouldn't offer such an exorbitant price for a pack of noodles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t hard to understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Xu Hao was wealthy, with assets worth billions, in this apocalypse, he couldn’t even order takeout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wealth didn’t equate to stupidity. Realizing the crisis's severity, Xu Hao began to buy supplies at high prices from his neighbors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Limei, the mother, was desperate, \"How can you do this? We have no food left. Buying food is a matter of life and death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Hao replied bluntly, \"I’m not competing with you. I just offered a higher price, and it's up to them to decide who to sell to. It's none of your business.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xu Hao ignore her, Xie Limei cried in the group, \"Please help us. My daughter is only eight months old. Without food, I can't feed her, and we’ll both starve!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group remained silent to Xie Limei's pleas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the moment when humanity's selfish nature was most apparent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Hao's offer of 2,000 yuan per pack of noodles was too tempting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Limei could only offer half that price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Tianhai City, the average salary was about 5,000 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would sell their hard-earned supplies cheaply?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many privately messaged Xu Hao, negotiating transactions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Limei realized what was happening and continued to cry for help in the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no one responded, not even a word of comfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People feared that showing sympathy would lead Xie Limei to latch onto them for help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This helpless mother sobbed uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking care of herself was already difficult, let alone caring for an eight-month-old baby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi remembered Xie Limei from his previous life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His impression of her was vague, as she always appeared as a weak, pitiful mother, earning sympathy and surviving by exchanging supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But strangely, both she and her daughter survived well into the apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi's eyes flashed with insight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This woman wasn’t as simple as she seemed. Beneath the soft exterior was a cunning survivor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She likely benefited from his death, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi understood that in an apocalypse, excessive compassion was a death sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he watched Xie Limei with cold indifference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too many would die in the apocalypse; he only cared about his own survival. Others' lives or deaths didn’t matter to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Xie Limei’s cries eventually had some effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncle You, the security guard, softened and agreed to give her some food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Limei thanked him profusely, claiming she’d remember his kindness forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through his surveillance, Zhang Yi saw Xu Hao successfully buy supplies\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a vast amount, but enough for him and his girlfriend to survive a few weeks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi sneered, \"This is the last warmth money can buy in the apocalypse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, people would realize that money was worthless and only supplies mattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, many would regret selling their supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Hao had indeed set a harmful precedent in the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given that many residents in the 25-unit complex were friends or colleagues, Xu Hao’s high-priced purchases affected everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he used real money to set high prices for supplies, everyone realized how scarce supplies were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People clung even tighter to what they had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the start of the snowstorm, some still shared or traded supplies with neighbors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, they were more miserly than Scrooge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even best friends were refused food with various excuses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tenth day of the ice age had arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Fang Yuqing and Lin Cainin's home, supplies were nearly gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once picky eaters of gourmet food, they now fought over a pack of instant noodles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The food they bought earlier and what Zhou Peng, the simp, brought over was almost finished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this rate, they’d starve within a week.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two sat on the sofa, wrapped in blankets, their faces pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the coffee table lay an opened pack of compressed biscuits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Cainin looked at the biscuits and said to Fang Yuqing, \"Yuqing, this is our last pack of compressed biscuits.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pain filled Fang Yuqing's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, she would never touch such coarse food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, she ate every bit, even crumbs that fell to the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>",930,"2026-06-03T02:47:18.755Z","2026-06-03T02:47:23.599Z",1,"novelbin.me","659db9dddc8ff86da28f9c8245d35e191048aac01e8abeffd02f6490b9f7e4e2","ice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-chapter-30","ice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-chapter-28",1370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-cover.jpg"]