[{"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-43":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},770944,1022,"Chapter 43: She's Panicking","ice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-chapter-43",43,"\u003Cp>Chapter 43: She's Panicking\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Chen Zhenghao killed the resident of 301, the atmosphere in the entire building became extremely tense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group chat had fallen silent; no one dared to speak anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Zhenghao seemed to realize that everyone had secretly formed a new resident group without him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But such things couldn’t be stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All he could do was threaten and coax the residents in the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The situation is tough now; everyone is just trying to survive. No one wants to kill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If that kid in 301 hadn’t attacked my men first, I wouldn’t have killed him by mistake. I’m not a devil!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I hope we can get along peacefully from now on. If we need some food, please lend us some.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, some people indeed let down their guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some even believed that perhaps the resident of 301 died because he made the first move, as Chen Zhenghao said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This type of behavior is known as Stockholm Syndrome, where victims start to empathize with their abuser when shown any kindness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi continued to watch from the sidelines, neither commenting nor participating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he became more cautious of Chen Zhenghao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although his home was well-fortified and Chen Zhenghao and his few men with a single gun had no chance of breaking in, being extra cautious in an apocalypse was never wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If he really causes trouble, I’ll find an opportunity to kill him,\" Zhang Yi said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This brief peace was shattered the next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite fearing Chen Zhenghao, residents had to go downstairs to break ice for water to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, someone quietly opened their door, intending to sneak down and dig for snow, but they were caught by Chen Zhenghao’s men, who were on the lookout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hungry thugs had already consumed the supplies they had looted on the first day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, they were seeing all the residents as their prey, ready to rob anyone they caught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The new group chat was filled with urgent cries for help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Zhang Yi opened the chat, he was amused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one crying for help was Liu Tiantian, who lived on the seventh floor, right above Chen Zhenghao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That morning, she had tried to sneak downstairs to dig for snow under the cover of darkness but was caught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Living alone, she was an easy target for Chen Zhenghao's men, who were also desperate and frustrated after being cooped up for almost half a month. They were eager to find a woman to relieve their frustrations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Tiantian wasn’t particularly beautiful, but she was young and had a decent figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given the limited choices, they weren’t picky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Chen Zhenghao's men, armed with wrenches and iron rods, came laughing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Tiantian quickly shut her door and, in desperation, turned to her neighbors for help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sob, someone, please save me! They’re breaking down my door. I’ll be killed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"@Uncle You, Uncle You, please save me! Didn’t you serve in the army? They can’t beat you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re brutal. We need to unite!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If something happens to me, you could be next!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Tiantian, crying, sent voice message after voice message to the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she wasn’t so arrogant when she was berating the male residents in the group chat yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncle You replied, \"Miss, this is too sudden. I can’t take on so many of them alone!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncle You, though kind, wasn’t going to throw his life away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Zhenghao had five or six men and a gun, which even an ex-soldier like him couldn’t handle alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they had formed a security team yesterday, there might have been hope to scare them off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Tiantian felt a cold chill at Uncle You's words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She cried, \"You can’t do this! Can’t you protect a single woman? What kind of men are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sob, if I die, I’ll haunt you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some had initially sympathized with her, but her shameless moral coercion sparked anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with the insults she hurled at the male residents yesterday, old and new grudges combined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, we’re all useless. Little princess, you’re so amazing. You don’t need our help!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha, go and fight them off with your punches!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Weren’t you shouting yesterday? Turns out you still need us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You might as well die. Your death would bring happiness to many families!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group chat was filled with laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no sympathy for Liu Tiantian’s plight, only a sense of schadenfreude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her home being robbed, at least the others felt safe for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Tiantian, seeing these cold responses, fell into despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned to the female residents for help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But their replies were equally unhelpful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re all sisters, but we can’t do anything in this situation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hang in there! We support you spiritually.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have to hold on, or they might do something terrible to you if they break in!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, with so many of them, they might really hurt you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some offered perfunctory comfort, while others cruelly scared her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, human emotions didn’t connect universally. Long periods of confinement and the threat of death had twisted many minds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More people joined the chat, but the topic had shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At least take one of them down with you before you die, as a service to the community!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, if your home is raided, you won’t survive anyway. Might as well take one down with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Tiantian, trembling with rage, tried to respond when her door was kicked open with a bang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Zhang Yi's home, he watched the surveillance feed as Liu Tiantian screamed and was dragged out by her legs by Chen Zhenghao's thugs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exercising in this freezing weather? These guys have some serious stamina!\" Zhang Yi commented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made sense, though. In dire times, when people did not know when they might die, biological instincts to reproduce kicked in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi took a bite of his chocolate bar and said to the surveillance screen, \"At this temperature, exposing any skin is life-threatening.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",991,"2026-06-03T02:47:18.755Z","2026-06-03T02:47:23.599Z",1,"novelbin.me","5122c82562159173791c9bb1d556ed5a8f5868842ff4e069bf09595fd7ac0aa1","ice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-chapter-44","ice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-chapter-42",1370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-cover.jpg"]