When Xia He returned to Tianchi Yipin on her snowmobile, it was already 7 o'clock. People were already leaving the community one after another. Although the villa area and the apartment area are the same community, the management is completely different, both in terms of property staff and community management system.

In the villa area, the first floor and basement are now frozen over. The villas are all detached four-story houses with courtyards, so only the second and third floors are usable.

As soon as Xia He arrived at the gate of the community, she saw a group of people surrounding the people dressed in property management uniforms and making a scene, demanding that the property management find a solution. They said that the water and electricity had been cut off for a day, and today was the second day, but no one had come to fix it yet.

"Are you property management companies just sitting around doing nothing? We pay so much in property management fees every year, and this is the kind of service we get? There's not even a backup power supply," a slender, fur-clad lady said sarcastically.

The property management staff said, “Ms. Liang, it’s not that we don’t want to solve this, but we can’t contact any official personnel right now, not even via satellite phone. The backup power supply is located in the basement, but it’s already flooded. We can’t do anything about it now. And look, it’s like this everywhere. We can’t even see any official personnel.”

Xia He had no time to care about any of that right now, and sped towards her building on her snowmobile.

Along the way, I received many envious glances.

Xia He wasn't the type to compromise herself. She brought out the snowmobile to show off for the sake of future travel convenience. Besides, the people who could live in Tianchi Yipin were all wealthy and powerful, and there were quite a few capable people among them. Therefore, Xia He wasn't worried that others wouldn't have such travel equipment.

After parking the snowmobile downstairs, he took out a backpack from under the seat and put it on his back. In fact, he escaped from the space the moment he opened the seat.

We can't go out empty-handed; we have to bring something to make it look like we've come back empty-handed.

As they entered the emergency exit and reached the fifth floor, they ran into Wang Qian coming out of Dr. Qian's house. Wang Qian asked Xia He, "Girl, did you go out to buy anything? Where can we buy things now? My husband and I are currently living under someone else's roof, and we can't keep eating at other people's houses. Please tell me where we can buy something so my husband and I can go out and buy some things."

Xia He didn't want to talk to her, but then she thought about Dr. Qian and Dr. Shen that she had seen yesterday, so she said, "Many supermarkets on the street are selling it now, but they only accept cash. You can go out and take a look."

Then he ignored her and continued walking upstairs. When he reached the 15th floor, he ran into Lou Dongmei on the 20th floor. Lou Dongmei, with her plump body, was already panting after walking down just 5 floors. When she saw Xia He carrying a bag upstairs, she looked at Xia He with a scrutinizing gaze.

"Did you go out to buy things? You ate all the things you bought before, you can really eat a lot." Lou Dongmei said sarcastically.

Xia He didn't tolerate this kind of person and retorted, "Yeah, I eat a lot but I don't gain weight, unlike you, who gains weight even from drinking water."

Lou Dongmei's flabby face trembled with anger. Xia He ignored her and continued climbing the stairs. When she reached the 32nd floor, she saw Manager Wang from the property management office in front of her door. Xia He's face darkened as she asked, "Manager Wang, what can I do for you?"

"Ms. Xia, it's like this. Because the network communication equipment is not working right now, and we've encountered such abnormally cold weather, many people in the community have died. Today, I'm counting the number of people in each building to confirm how many people have perished in this weather."

It's only July, the season for wearing short sleeves and shorts, but the sudden extreme cold caught many people off guard, and many didn't even have warm clothes.

"I live alone and I'm doing just fine. If there's nothing else, you can leave."

Xia He didn't care what Manager Wang thought. She opened the fire escape door, then opened the steel door she had installed, and went home.

In this apocalyptic world, who cares about social interactions? The best thing is to avoid meeting people who could harm you.