After two days, Lin Yu actually planted a small garden for his sister. Although it was oddly shaped, Lin Anran seemed to be in a very happy mood.
"Sister, look at the garden your little brother built for you. No need to thank me too much, it's just what I should do."
"Get out of the way, you brat! Half of the credit is actually mine. If I hadn't dug this hole for you, who knows how long you could have kept this up, hmph!"
Lin's father looked at his wife and daughter with a fawning expression: "Right? Wife~".
"Yes! Yes! Honey, you're amazing!"
Lin Yu: "?!! Sis! If you're on my side, don't you think I'm amazing?"
Lin Anran stroked her chin: "Mmm~ Dad, you've worked hard!"
"Sister!" Lin Yu's head drooped.
"But my brother is also very capable, I like him a lot."
Lin Yu's eyes sparkled. "See? I'm really amazing, that's what my sister said."
"By the way, the college entrance exam is tomorrow, right?"
Lin's mother ate seedless watermelon while scrolling through videos on her phone.
"Look, the temperature is so high that more and more people are suffering from heatstroke, and the hospital beds are full."
Lin Anran watched the video. Such obvious signs, yet no one paid attention until the apocalypse broke out and people looted the supermarket, but it was too late to save it.
Lin's father took Lin Yu into the kitchen to cook. Although Lin Anran had all kinds of delicious food in her space, her father refused with righteous indignation.
Since the apocalypse hasn't happened yet, we should still enjoy the pleasure of cooking and the aroma of cooking.
Lin's mother was happy to be free, so she pulled Lin Anran to watch TV.
[News Report: The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has just issued a red alert for high temperatures.]
[News Announcement: The National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao) begins today. Parents are advised to find shady spots to wait.]
[News Report: Temperatures in W City have reached 45 degrees Celsius, and five people have died from heatstroke.]
[News Report: City H...]
As news reports began to appear, Lin's mother, who had never experienced the cruelty of the apocalypse, couldn't help but feel nervous.
"Mom! There's no humanity in this apocalypse. If we want to survive, we have to face these challenges!"
Lin Anran held her mother's hand and gently comforted her. She knew that with the arrival of the apocalypse, her parents and Xiaoyu would not be able to end it quickly, but there was no other way. The apocalypse waits for no one, and they had to force themselves to accept it.
"Come eat! Today I made braised prawns..."
Two days passed quickly, the college entrance examination was over, the temperature had reached 48 degrees Celsius, and the country required a national holiday, with all students and workers to stop working and studying.
In the empty city, perhaps only teenagers who have just finished their college entrance exams are enjoying themselves.
Everyone went home and stayed home for three days and three nights, but the temperature did not decrease but increased, reaching as high as 52 degrees Celsius or even higher.
In every corner of the city and in the countryside, loudspeakers are urging people to stay home.
"Due to the recent sudden rise in temperature, there have been several cases of heatstroke in the city. Residents are advised to take precautions, minimize outdoor activities, and avoid unnecessary outings..."
Those who were oblivious to their fate are now lying in hospitals, and it wasn't until power outages began in various cities that people realized the seriousness of the situation.
"Smack!"
Lin Yu: "!!! The power's out! Sis."
Lin's father: "What's all the fuss about? There's a generator, isn't there? Just use it. Besides, aren't you a lightning elementalist? What's the big deal!"
"They weren't prepared, were they?"
The moment the power went out, Lin Anran had already taken out a generator from her spatial storage. The generator started, and the fortress quickly resumed operation.
They seemed unconcerned about wasting electricity, with the temperature set to the lowest setting and all appliances running.
Lin's parents quickly drew all the curtains in the fortress. With the apocalypse approaching, all protective measures and monitoring were activated.
Lin Anran went up to the tenth floor, where the surveillance cameras in the room kept flashing. She smiled slightly. These 100 surveillance cameras were not installed for nothing. They could keep track of the dynamics within dozens of miles.
There were no abnormalities for the time being, but she couldn't let her guard down; she would automatically sound an alarm whenever anything unusual was detected.
Inside the fortress, the lights were on. Just in case, Lin's father led Lin Yu around the fortress. From up close, it looked like an old building where no one lived, but from a distance, it looked like a haunted house.
They returned to the fortress with peace of mind, and Lin Yu added an even stronger lightning bolt to the power grid.
Lin's father nodded inwardly, thinking to himself, "He's truly worthy of being my son."
Lin Anran took out four large watermelons from her spatial storage, and each of them took a large spoon and started eating.
The news on TV kept coming, mostly reassuring people not to panic, that the country was there for them, and that they must trust the country.
However, many places are currently without power, except for wealthy areas, so people are unable to receive messages from the government.
The weather was too hot, there was no electricity, and no supplies, leading to riots in many areas.
In the early stages of the riots, the government was able to distribute supplies to everyone. However, in less than a week, people began to panic, smashing banks, looting supermarkets, and causing widespread social unrest.
Lin Yu was so shocked he couldn't close his mouth. "That's terrifying! Sis, how did we survive back then?"
Lin's parents held their breath and turned to look at their precious daughter.
Lin Anran smiled faintly, but her gaze turned cold in an instant. "At first, we lived a little more comfortably than others because we had a supermarket. Later, when it got too hot, we moved to the underground parking lot with the other residents. There were so many people there, and everyone was crammed together."
“Until Shen Sirou and Song Chi came to our door, I took them in despite my family’s concerns. But they repaid kindness with enmity and had been planning to steal our supplies all along.”
"After our supplies were looted, we only had a little food left to exchange for the right to live in the stairwell upstairs. Later..."
She spoke of it casually, but the other three had tears in their eyes; they couldn't understand Ranran's feelings.
Lin Anran stood up. "It's time to go home. Some people need to pay back the interest they owe."
"Ranran, I'll go with you!" Lin's father stood up.
Lin Yu: "Me too! Me too! Sis, you can't do without me as a thug!"
"Dad, you and Mom stay home and guard our fortress. Xiaoyu will come with me."
"Okay! Don't worry, Mom and Dad, I will definitely protect my sister."
Lin Anran clenched her fists. "I'm back!"
In June of 4035, the apocalypse officially began.
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