[{"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-54":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},770955,1022,"Chapter 54: Zhou Ke'er","ice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-chapter-54",54,"\u003Cp>Chapter 54: Zhou Ke'er\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did Zhang Yi react to the messages from the female residents?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply treated them as entertaining little stories and didn’t bother to reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some daring ones even sent him private selfies, but Zhang Yi glanced at them without much interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These women were overly confident. A few looked decent, but most were average.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike professional influencers who knew how to pose, these women had little appeal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Testing men with this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What men could resist such a test?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the male residents, it was even more straightforward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most disgusting was a gay man whose requests Zhang Yi didn’t even want to discuss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After scrolling through the messages, Zhang Yi felt bored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He placed his phone on a stand in front of him, waiting for some more creative ideas to pop up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he lay on the sofa, drinking red wine and eating foie gras, admiring the beautiful snow outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half a month had passed, and the snow hadn’t stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire city was covered in snow. According to Zhang Yi’s memory, after a month, everything below the west building would be buried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How long it would snow, he wasn’t sure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had no reason to go outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People ventured out searching for survival, but now no one knew where they could survive—except Zhang Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lazily mused to himself, “Staying home every day is boring. Maybe I should go out for a bit?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once most people in the building died, he could go out and explore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi remembered he had several snowmobiles in his warehouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were meant to be delivered to a nearby city for use at an artificial snow park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, even if the snow outside was ten meters deep, he had a way out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Though I can't leave now, with this method, I can go out safely later.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling tempted, Zhang Yi considered it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staying home all the time could get boring; going out to relax might be nice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had state-level cold-resistant clothing and snowmobiles, so he wasn’t afraid of minus sixty or seventy degrees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi continued to scroll through the neighbors’ messages out of boredom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, one caught his attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Ke’er’s message wasn’t about pleading or sending private photos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She calmly proposed a trade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Zhang, our food and medicine are running low. I hope you can provide some help. In return, I can offer medical assistance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhou Ke’er?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi quickly recalled her appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was a doctor at Tianhai City’s First People’s Hospital, 26 years old, tall and slender, about 175 cm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What impressed Zhang Yi most was not her cool, ascetic beauty but her impressive figure with a 36D bust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially in winter, when she wore black sweaters, her figure was hard to ignore in the elevator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No wonder she’s a doctor. Very rational. Not begging for charity, but proposing a trade.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi appreciated Zhou Ke’er’s approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the apocalypse, only valuable people deserved to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Ke’er showed her value through her medical skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without certain abilities, she couldn’t have worked at Tianhai City’s top hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the apocalypse, medical skills were crucial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Zhang Yi had prepared many medicines and studied this area, he wasn’t arrogant enough to think he could handle all diseases.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having a doctor around would significantly enhance his chances of survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Zhang Yi had assessed Zhou Ke’er’s character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his previous life, she died after giving food to Xie Limei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether out of complete despair or genuine kindness, Zhang Yi saw a glimmer of humanity in her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adjusting his posture, Zhang Yi pondered aloud, “Maybe I should keep her around to take care of me and my little brothers?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“While I’m living comfortably, my brothers aren’t doing so well. That’s a problem.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi was a young man with needs. In a world where morals and laws had collapsed, people didn’t need to suppress their desires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi suddenly laughed, slapping the armrest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m tempted, but unfortunately, I’m very afraid of dying. Although Zhou Ke’er is a good candidate, without complete control over her, I can’t let her in.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s wait and see!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Survivors will appear eventually. With my resources, finding good doctors and women won’t be hard.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi was pragmatic, a man who had died once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He replied to Zhou Ke’er, “I’m healthy now and don’t need a doctor. But I do have plenty of medicine and food.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you want to trade, offer something useful to me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how beautiful or talented she was, Zhang Yi wouldn’t let her take advantage of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never made a losing deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long silence, Zhou Ke’er replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can it be an advance payment? I... I really can’t hold on any longer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her tone carried hesitation and shame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clear that, without other options, she wouldn’t easily plead with a man she barely knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After pondering, Zhang Yi responded, “I can give you food and medicine. But you have to do me a favor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What favor?” Zhou Ke’er asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi said, “The neighbors are likely to attack me. If you find out their plans, inform me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi knew the desperate neighbors would come for his supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he wasn’t afraid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spent a fortune building his steel fortress, choosing various features personally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The goal was to withstand such an assault!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His home was like a war bunker, albeit with less firepower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even armed soldiers couldn’t breach his house without heavy weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone these half-dead neighbors, starving and freezing for half a month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He proposed this condition to give Zhou Ke’er an excuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, having an inside informant added an extra layer of security, allowing him to prepare in advance.\u003C\u002Fp>",954,"2026-06-03T02:47:19.035Z","2026-06-03T02:47:23.879Z",1,"novelbin.me","288fff839c67681ca026d5254f4fecc49b46427ecd8a0f72a1ac1b791ded62c5","ice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-chapter-55","ice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-chapter-53",1370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-cover.jpg"]