Liu Jianguo chose to claim the red envelope, and then discovered that an iron sword and an iron helmet had appeared in his system space. The helmet could completely cover his head and neck, and the iron sword, over a meter long, also looked exceptionally sharp.
Although Liu Jianguo didn't know much about weapon manufacturing, the items sent by the Big Boss looked exquisite at first glance.
Hunger Station: Thank you, Big Boss, I feel much more at ease now.
Hao Leng Hao Leng: Thank you, Big Boss, I really like the chair, and the height is just right.
Lin Miaomiao had already placed a wooden step next to the stove and was now warming herself by the fire while reading the Chat Group messages.
Super Block Man sent a red envelope to Yao Re Si Le.
Super Block Man: @Yao Re Si Le, Xiao Fang, I sent you a few cups of water, check for them.
Yang Yi had just used the transformation table to create a large ice block from small ice cubes, then took out two ice blocks and placed them on the newly built wooden platform. He then surrounded them with wood half-slabs and shattered the ice blocks, getting infinite water.
He originally intended to use an iron bucket to send Xiao Fang a few buckets of water, but Yang Yi suddenly had an idea. He wondered if he could use the transformation table to repair a broken water cup. It turned out he could, which meant there would be much more room for future operations.
Super Block Man: By the way, Miao Miao, I remember you've been in the group for a long time and have also been transmigrated for a while. Would you mind telling us about it?
Hao Leng Hao Leng: Of course, Big Boss.
Lin Miaomiao was curled up in the small room within the renovated underground warehouse, the fire in the stove crackling, casting her elongated shadow on the concrete wall.
She tightened her thick down jacket, her gaze sweeping over the supplies in the small room: several boxes of compressed biscuits, freeze-dried vegetables, and so on, each box tightly sealed with waterproof tape.
Looking at the supplies, she couldn't help but recall the busy months she had spent.
Lin Miaomiao had been transmigrated to the extreme cold apocalypse for several months. As soon as she transmigrated, she was pulled into the Transmigrators' Chat Group. At the time, she was excited for a while, thinking she had just transmigrated and already had a cheat, a wonderful life beckoning her.
However, she soon discovered that there were only two people in the group, and the other person had never responded to her. She hadn't thought about the reason before, but now she wondered if that person had already met with an unfortunate end.
But the Chat Group wasn't entirely unhelpful to her. The group chat detected that the world she transmigrated to was an extreme cold apocalypse, which gave Lin Miaomiao, who discovered her parents had recently passed away and left her an inheritance, an opportunity to prepare supplies in advance.
After searching for guides, she successfully rented the small warehouse she was currently in, located in the central region, with three underground floors and one above ground.
As for why she didn't go to the warmer south, there were several reasons. Firstly, it was already an ice age, so the temperature difference between the south and the central region wasn't that significant; after all, both minus sixty degrees and minus eighty degrees could freeze a person to death.
Unless she went abroad to an equatorial country, it might be better, but Lin Miaomiao had never been abroad and wasn't familiar with that aspect, so she didn't choose that route.
Secondly, winters in the south were inherently not as cold as in the north. Although it's often said that the south is 'magic attack' and the north is 'physical attack,' with their respective arguments.
However, one universally acknowledged point is that temperatures in the north are indeed lower than in the south, which also leads to northern buildings generally having better insulation than southern buildings.
Lin Miaomiao rented this warehouse and then found someone to partition a small room on the lowest floor.
She renovated it to make it more insulated, and also installed a small coal-fired boiler to maintain the temperature, considering ventilation issues by extending and reinforcing the pipes so they wouldn't be buried by heavy snow or blown down by wind.
Afterward, she stored a large amount of supplies in the warehouse, including daily necessities, essential apocalypse survival tools, various medicines, and a large quantity of food.
Then, following a small advertisement for coal mining workers posted on the street, she contacted a small foreman at a coal mine. After giving him a red envelope, she bought a large amount of low-priced coal in batches from the coal production line managed by his cousin.
A portion was kept in the warehouse, and the remaining large portion was piled behind the warehouse, covered with waterproof tarps. By then, she didn't have much money left.
Later, she saw news reports about a major cold snap approaching, urging people to stay warm. Lin Miaomiao realized that the apocalypse in her world was imminent.
During this time, she also tried to notify others, including but not limited to spreading messages online, but most people thought she just wanted to be an internet celebrity and earn money. Only a few followed suit and stored some food at home.
This even led to people contacting her later to promote and sell apocalypse survival rations. She didn't know how effective the rations were, but the price was truly not cheap.
After confirming that the temperature had begun to drop and the apocalypse was about to begin, Lin Miaomiao started taking out loans from various channels.
Then she found people to dig several large pits in the small courtyard where her warehouse was located, built several simple cellars, and bought a large amount of food and supplies to store in the cellars.
Afterward, she also bought some tools and equipment at a high price, thinking that if one day the temperature rose and the world returned to normal, she could get them.
Of course, it was highly likely they would be useless; it was just a keepsake. Anyway, the food she had stored was enough for her to eat for a very, very long time, so long that she couldn't finish it in hundreds of years, if she could live that long.
As for drinking water, Lin Miaomiao didn't store much. After all, in an extreme cold apocalypse, with ice and snow everywhere, how could there be a shortage of drinking water?
During the preparation process, at Lin Miaomiao's request, confidentiality was handled very well. The food she bought was packaged in layers and transported through several transfers. It wasn't because she was selfish; it was just that with the apocalypse coming, if others knew she had stored a large amount of food, the consequences would be hard to imagine.
With everything arranged, Lin Miaomiao continued to remind others to prepare supplies while waiting for the apocalypse to arrive.
Until one day, the world's weather system became chaotic, hurricanes struck, and temperatures plummeted by tens of degrees.
From then on, this planet once again entered the Ice Age, and the extreme cold apocalypse descended.