In the Apocalypse, Hoarding Supplies with the System's Hundredfold Critical Hits

Compared to Li Ming's forceful suppression, which quelled an impending riot at the cost of two lives, the market on the Renaissance Society's side was in complete chaos.

The Renaissance Society's internal divisions regarding whether to use forceful suppression for such matters resulted in their hesitation, leading to their direct-sale stores being completely looted by hundreds of angry people, leaving nothing behind.

This also resulted in the deaths of 5 staff members and injuries to 15 others. The external crowd, rushing in a frenzy, caused a severe stampede.

The stampede alone resulted in 16 deaths and over 30 injuries. It can be said that the Renaissance Society paid a heavy price for their indecision.

Upon receiving this news, Li Ming immediately abandoned any plans for further cooperation with the Renaissance Society. Such organizations are suitable for transactions but definitely not for cooperation.

The leaders of this organization do not understand the principle of 'hesitation breeds disaster!'

The leadership within the organization has significant issues. They possess great force but do not know how to use it.

In the apocalypse, force gives rise to new order. In chaotic times, strict laws are ultimately correct.

In contrast, Li Ming's side shot two troublemakers, directly restoring order and ensuring everyone continued to abide by the rules. It can be said that, besides firing 9 bullets in three bursts, no other price was paid.

They protected their supplies, restored order, and prevented a large-scale stampede. Compared to the Renaissance Society's handling, the difference is clear.

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Soon, these five days passed, marking the official end of the final five-day buffer period before the extreme cold disaster. The extreme cold would officially descend.

Old Zhang and Captain Wu had received information from Li Ming's side long ago, and their preparations for various supplies were relatively sufficient. Therefore, they had made preparations for cold protection in advance.

The time came to January 6, 2026, according to the solar calendar. Old Zhang and his family were sleeping as usual. When he woke up, Old Zhang vaguely heard the noise beside his ear. It turned out that the walkie-talkie was ringing.

He opened his eyes and quickly felt a piercing coldness on his face, which was frozen icy cold.

Upon inhaling, the cold air stimulated him to cough involuntarily.

He turned on the flashlight and saw his family shivering under the blankets.

"Old Zhang, Old Zhang, respond if you receive! Respond if you receive!" Captain Wu's voice came from the walkie-talkie, sounding very urgent.

"Captain Wu, this is Old Zhang, I.....re.....receive!" Old Zhang was shivering in the blanket, his mouth involuntarily emitting white vapor as he spoke, his teeth chattering from the cold.

"Old Zhang, quickly turn on the electric heater in the house, or your family will be in danger! Hurry, quick!" Captain Wu shouted.

Old Zhang quickly found the thick clothes and winter wear he had prepared and put them on. Then, he took out the storage battery he bought from Li Ming, connected the transformer, converted it to alternating current, and turned on the electric heater. He quickly grabbed a few more thick blankets and covered his family.

"Husband, it's too cold!" Old Zhang's wife slowly recovered.

"Get up quickly, I'll go see how our son is!" After saying this, Old Zhang quickly opened the door to another bedroom. His son was also awake from the cold, shivering.

"Son, how are you?" Old Zhang asked anxiously.

"Dad.....Dad, it's so cold!" His son, a middle school student, was trembling all over.

Old Zhang quickly grabbed an electric heater, plugged it into the socket, and the heater started working.

He took another thick blanket and covered his son. After a while, his son finally came back to life.

"Dad, what's going on? It's too cold!"

"Quickly put on thick clothes. The extreme cold disaster has arrived. Let me check the temperature!" After saying this, Old Zhang left the bedroom. At this time, he noticed that he could see very clear puffs of breath in the living room.

Although the electric heater had already started working, there was no electric heater in the living room, and the temperature could not be raised for a while because his house was a three-bedroom apartment of more than 100 square meters. These two electric heaters were only in the bedrooms, not in the living room.

Old Zhang looked at the thermometer on the wall. This glance startled him, and he involuntarily opened his mouth to breathe.

He coughed continuously due to the stimulation of inhaling too much cold air.

"Cough cough cough......."

After about a minute, Old Zhang's coughing stopped. The temperature in the living room was actually minus 20 degrees Celsius!

As a native southerner, Old Zhang had never experienced what minus twenty degrees Celsius was like in the southern regions, but at this time, the air in the entire living room was like a knife, and Old Zhang didn't dare to take a deep breath at all.

At this time, he quickly took out a pair of thick gloves and put them on. After a while, he finally recovered.

He opened the curtains and looked outside, only to see heavy snow falling!

Old Zhang was in no mood to admire this once-in-a-century snow scene in the Maljia area, but instead felt more worried.

Soon, Old Zhang's wife and son got up with great difficulty. Each of them wore a thermal underwear, plus various wool sweaters and cardigans, and directly wore a military coat outside, with their hands constantly put to their mouths to exhale.

Soon, the family of three quickly ignited the prepared coal briquette stove, then put in the honeycomb coal, and the family of three warmed themselves around the stove while boiling the water frozen into ice in the house into hot water.

Old Zhang tremblingly took out three packets of instant noodle seasoning, plus a one-pound bag of noodles.

With a pained expression, he poured the seasoning into a basin, and after the water boiled, he poured the boiling water into the basin with the seasoning, and then poured the cooked noodles into the basin.

Old Zhang once again found a bottle of chili oil, and used a small spoon to scoop three large spoonfuls from it and put it into the noodle soup.

Then, the family of three began to eat noodles around the stove. The steaming noodles, along with the noodle soup and chili oil, were sent into their mouths. As the hot noodle soup went down, stimulated by the spiciness, the chill on the family's bodies was finally dispelled a lot.

Don't look at this hot noodle soup as simple, but in this extreme cold state, this sip of hot soup can save a person.

This seemingly ordinary hot noodle meal that Old Zhang ate was actually eating into his savings, and he couldn't help but feel fortunate in his heart.

Fortunately, he had listened to Li Ming's advice and bought a lot of supplies, including a lot of instant noodles and various canned goods, as well as various rice, flour, grain, oil, and seasonings.

Now that his family of three can eat hot noodle soup around the stove, this life is simply too comfortable.......