Ice Age Apocalypse: I've Stockpiled Billions of Resources

If it weren't for seeing Lin Luo buy so many supplies, Tian Xiaoyu would never have bought so many supplies.

Given her workaholic nature, she wouldn't care about the Ice Age apocalypse at all; at most, she would buy seven days' worth of food.

It's absolutely impossible for Tian Xiaoyu to prepare so many supplies.

Today, unlike before, she didn't cook four dishes and a soup and put them on the table.

Tian Xiaoyu only cooked a packet of instant noodles to eat, not because she didn't have enough food stored.

Instead, she wanted to conserve food, as the Ice Age apocalypse was of unknown duration.

If Tian Xiaoyu wants to live longer, she needs to know how to conserve food and energy.

People who become workaholics generally have much stronger self-discipline than the average person.

This is fully demonstrated in Tian Xiaoyu.

Seeing that the Ice Age hadn't ended today, she knew that Lin Luo's actions were necessary.

To survive in a glacial apocalypse, the first thing is to withstand the cold, and the second is food.

The outside temperature has dropped to minus 100 degrees Celsius. Generally speaking, as long as you stay at home, you can barely withstand this temperature.

Maintaining indoor temperature is largely due to the availability of electricity.

Electric blankets, air conditioners, and other heat-generating appliances all require electricity to operate.

If this glacial apocalypse continues, it's clear that the power supply will eventually become unsustainable.

Tian Xiaoyu felt that the power outage might not happen tomorrow, but it might happen today.

Her estimate is that the power will likely go out in the next couple of days and won't last long.

The official announcement at the time only stated that the battery capacity would last for seven days.

Today is the eighth day, and it seems the authorities are finding it difficult to hold on any longer.

Tian Xiaoyu had also anticipated the power outage and had prepared a portable battery in advance.

Although her battery wasn't as good as Lin Luo's, a full charge was enough to last her two or three days.

Tian Xiaoyu had also figured out how to conserve electricity after the power outage.

She prepared to move the supplies into the room and plug the electric blanket into the battery.

This is why Tian Xiaoyu is confident that the battery can last for several days after a power outage.

"I didn't prepare enough batteries. If I had prepared batteries like Lin Luo's to store electrical energy, it should have lasted a long time."

Tian Xiaoyu sighed.

The thought of how to charge the battery after it runs out is another major headache for her.

Tian Xiaoyu was in too much of a rush when she made the purchases, and only bought a solar panel and a bicycle power generator.

Solar panels are quite convenient to use; they can generate electricity as long as there is sunlight.

However, there is only one solar panel, so the amount of electricity it can generate is not much.

Furthermore, in the Ice Age, it often snows, and the sun is rarely out.

A bicycle exercise generator sounds perfect; you can exercise on it and generate electricity at the same time, creating something that combines exercise and energy conservation.

In reality, this thing is useless; the electricity generated by the self-generating generator is practically useless outside of the Ice Age.

The time it takes you to exercise for an hour might just be enough to fully charge a mobile phone.

In a post-apocalyptic world, this would be even less useful, since you can generate electricity and heat through movement, preventing yourself from feeling cold.

However, one point cannot be ignored: if you want to have enough energy for exercise, you must replenish your body with food.

The human body is often like a machine; it cannot function without sufficient energy.

If Tian Xiaoyu exercises for two or three hours, it means she needs to eat two or three more bowls of rice than usual.

One's food reserves are limited, and the faster they are depleted, the faster one will die.

Tian Xiaoyu felt that she had been out of her mind to buy this goods.

How could she have imagined that she was in an ice age apocalypse, and actually wanted to train hard?

We're already struggling to save food, how can we bear to eat more?

Tian Xiaoyu felt that her savings plan was correct, and she could see that from Lin Luo.

Lin Luo, who usually indulges in lavish meals of meat and seafood, has switched to simple, everyday dishes like braised chicken and grilled fish.

Tian Xiaoyu felt that compared to Lin Luo, she was like a poor person meeting a tycoon.

If even a wealthy man like Lin Luo is so frugal, then Tian Xiaoyu, a poor farmer, must be even more frugal.

Tian Xiaoyu wondered what she needed to do before the power went out.

She quickly thought of hot water and rice; she had fifty kilograms of rice at home.

This rice cannot be eaten raw; it must be cooked before consumption.

While there's still electricity and the rice cooker is working properly, Tian Xiaoyu decided to cook more rice.

Even if the rice is cooked and then cooled, it won't bother you.

She wasn't worried at all about the rice going bad.

Food can be well preserved in a refrigerator at a temperature of minus ten degrees Celsius.

Not to mention that the outside temperature is now minus 100 degrees Celsius, which can extend the shelf life of food significantly.

Tian Xiaoyu felt like she might starve to death; the cooked rice might not even have gone bad.

Cooking rice is also quite difficult now, unlike before.

Due to the extremely low temperature, water does not exist as a liquid, but rather as a solid.

It's impossible to wash the rice directly; you can only put the unwashed rice into the rice cooker.

Then Tian Xiaoyu added a large block of ice, placed a steamer on top, and put an iron bowl inside.

The iron bowl contains ice cubes, which can be melted into water by the high temperature generated by the rice cooker.

Although the Ice Age meant that people didn't consume much water, it was still necessary to drink a glass of water every day.

Tian Xiaoyu felt thirsty, so she licked it with her tongue.

But after trying it once, she immediately gave up.

Putting aside the question of whether it can quench thirst, the sheer coldness of the ice cubes is unbearable even for the tongue.

The human tongue is quite fragile and easily injured.

Tian Xiaoyu only licked the ice cube with her tongue, and her tongue was numb for a long time.

It took a day for Tian Xiaoyu to regain consciousness.

She wouldn't resort to this method to quench her thirst unless she was truly forced to.

If someone is about to die of thirst, Tian Xiaoyu believes that many people would resort to this method.

After all, it's better to have a frozen tongue than to die of thirst, and I believe many people would know how to choose.

Tian Xiaoyu didn't want this to happen, and one way she could was to keep the water temperature as high as possible.

Her electric blanket was always on, and there were several bottles of mineral water inside.

Only by doing this can Tian Xiaoyu drink water whenever she wants.

"I hope this electricity lasts a little longer so I can cook more rice and get more hot water."

Tian Xiaoyu prayed silently in her heart.

By the time she finished doing all that, the instant noodles had gotten a little cold.

Tian Xiaoyu placed it on the gas stove and heated it slightly.

The gas supply at home is running low, and the natural gas pipeline has been shut off.

Tian Xiaoyu didn't waste much; she cooked it briefly and then took it out.

She sat down at the dining table again, opened her phone, and scrolled to the photos Lin Luo had just posted.

Tian Xiaoyu planned to eat while looking at the pictures, so that she would feel more involved.

The instant noodles she ate were spicy beef noodles, which were very high in chili peppers.

Tian Xiaoyu looked at the pictures and ate with great relish, as if she were eating grilled fish and stewed chicken herself.