Global Freeze: Constructing the Doomsday Safe Haven

Pain, excruciating pain! The unbearable agony consumes every inch of Dr. Emily Clarke's being. It's not just a feeling; it's the harsh reality she's living through. Right now, she's being torn apart by the greed of friends and neighbors she once trusted and helped. In this post-apocalyptic world of scarce resources, they don't even consider the help Emily offered them before. Instead, they raise their knives against her. As she fades away, she faintly sees her once idealized goddess, Fang Yuqing, standing at the back of the crowd, pleading pitifully, "I was the one who asked her to open the door. You have to leave me a piece of meat for soup!" It was this woman who tricked Emily into opening the door, only to betray and kill her. Emily stares at her, her eyes filled with hatred and regret. If anyone is to blame, it's herself for being too naive, too kind, to become prey to others in this apocalypse. How she wishes she could start over. Next time, she won't be lenient to anyone, she'll only live for herself. Emily soon blacks out, losing consciousness. Yet, in the next moment, she suddenly opens her eyes and sits up from the sofa. The hellish scene she just experienced, the terrifying pain, is still vivid in her mind. Emily gasps for air, quickly drenched in sweat from head to toe. "What's going on? Wasn't I killed by those beastly neighbors?" After coming to her senses, Emily begins to assess everything around her. This place is familiar; it's her own house. But the comfortable temperature in the air surprises her. Because in December 2050, Earth was hit by the shockwave of a supernova explosion 500,000 light-years away, triggering a global Ice Age. Global temperatures plummeted, with daily temperatures in Tianhai City, where Emily lives, hovering around minus sixty to seventy degrees Celsius, with blizzards engulfing the city for a month. It's said that in the northern part of China, the temperature even dropped to over minus one hundred degrees Celsius, burying the earth in ice and snow. Mass extinction of various species occurred, with over ninety-five percent of humans dying in this disaster. Emily gets up and fetches a bottle of water from the refrigerator, drinking down half of it. Although the refrigerated water is very cold, for her now, this kind of water is simply nectar. During the apocalypse, the only way people could get water was to go out, risking death by freezing at minus sixty or seventy degrees Celsius, to dig snow to melt into water. Such work easily led to death from freezing. After drinking the water, Emily opens her phone to check the time: "November 12th." There's still a whole month before the apocalypse arrives. "It seems like I've been reborn." Emily takes a deep breath, quickly understanding what's happened. That month's experience couldn't have been a dream, especially the excruciating pain from being dismembered, it was too real. Emily lifts her head, feeling immensely grateful for surviving the calamity. At the same time, a flash of intense fierceness crosses her eyes. She remembers clearly those who killed her before. This time, she must live well, and she won't show any mercy to those animals. But in the next moment, Emily begins to consider how to prepare for the apocalypse. Her parents died early, and she inherited a 120-square-meter house in Tianhai City, along with over two million in savings, which would be considered relatively affluent in normal times. But when the apocalypse arrives, there will be a huge shortage of resources worldwide. With only this amount of money in hand, it won't last long. After all, to survive alone requires a vast amount of resources. Emily doesn't just want to live; she must also have a certain quality of life. Food, entertainment, all must be taken care of, otherwise, her mental state will collapse over time. Just then, a ray of white light suddenly appears before Emily's eyes. She feels like her eyes are playing tricks on her and reaches out to rub them. At this moment, a strange idea suddenly pops into her mind. It seems that this ray of white light is part of her, and information about the white light appears in her mind. Emily's mind moves, and her consciousness instantly enters the white light. As a result, she finds herself in a vast and boundless white space. The area inside is immeasurable, with vast expanses of whiteness. "This is... an alternate space?" "It seems that after my rebirth, I have gained some special abilities." Emily is instantly delighted. It seems that the gamma rays have given her special abilities. With this enormous space, storing resources for the apocalypse would be much more convenient. However, Emily wants to know how much this space can hold and whether there are any restrictions on the objects it can collect. Her consciousness immediately returns to her room, and she begins to try placing things from her home into the space. Starting with cups and basins, they go in easily. Emily starts trying to stuff large household appliances into it. TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, computers, air conditioners, vacuum cleaners. The white space accepts everything indiscriminately. Moreover, with just a thought, Emily can take things out of the space. Emily is overjoyed. "With this enormous space, I can store a massive amount of resources!" She licks her lips, and a bold plan forms in her mind. Emily works as a manager at the Walmart South China warehouse. As the world's largest supermarket, Walmart has everything. It has three giant warehouses in China's central, southern, and northern regions. The goods stored in these three warehouses can supply the consumption of several cities with tens of millions of people for a week. In other words, if Emily empties one of the warehouses and moves everything into her space. Then she could use up all those supplies for not just one lifetime, but even for ten lifetimes! The crucial point is, Walmart's warehouses don't have low-quality goods. Whether it's food, daily necessities, or luxury goods, they're all top brands. The quality is very reliable. If Emily can empty a Walmart warehouse, no matter what happens in the future, whether it's the apocalypse or not, she'll live a happier life than a god! As the warehouse manager, Emily is extremely familiar with every shelf and monitoring device in the warehouse. Emptying the warehouse wouldn't be difficult for her. After making up her mind, Emily feels much relieved. "Gurgle~" Just then, Emily's stomach protests. She rubs her stomach and looks at the takeout on the table. Without hesitation, she picks up the takeout and throws it into the trash. "In one more month, it'll be the apocalypse, and many delicious things need to be eaten quickly, otherwise, there won't be a chance later." What's the use of money anyway? After the end of the world, money will be worthless, so why not spend it all now instead of wasting it later? Emily turns around and prepares to find a Michelin three-star restaurant to enjoy a good meal.