Apocalyptic Reincarnation: Start with a 30-million Bonus

Mid-December, it started snowing.

The temperature dropped to minus 30 degrees Celsius, and at night it even dipped below minus 40 degrees.

At minus 30 degrees, the snow is absolutely crystalline and absolutely cruel; every breath taken outdoors tastes of winter.

The piercing cold winds and the freezing of droplets signify the peak of frigidity.

Typically, Southerners have never experienced such intense cold, the kind that chills to the bone.

You see, in environments below normal body temperature, wild winds at minus 40 degrees or damp clothing can quickly strip away body heat. Usually, even a freezer isn’t lower than minus twenty degrees!

The wind outside slices like a knife. If you spit outside, it starts to freeze midway and hits the ground as a chunk of ice.

At minus 30 degrees, you can throw water and it turns to ice. Attempting to lick metal at minus 30 degrees could cost you your tongue.

At minus 30 degrees, apples and pears exposed to the air swiftly turn into ice balls.

Such extreme low outdoor temperatures deter many from venturing outside.

For Southerners, such temperatures are nothing short of a disaster.

At this time in previous years, encountering a warmer winter, many would still be running around outside in short sleeves.

Snowflakes drift outside the house, and in less than half an hour, everything is enveloped in a vast expanse of white.

Li Yu stands in front of the window, watching the snowfall. The double-pane glass blocks out the wintry elements.

The indoor heater continues to emit warmth.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~

Despite the barrier of the window, the faint sound of the wind from outside can still be heard.

However, those inside are oblivious to the bitter cold outside; the indoor temperature remains over 20 degrees Celsius, and Li Yu slowly settles on the sofa.

In the room, four people sit at the table playing cards: Yutong, Yang Xiaozhu, Lai Xiyue, and Li Yuan.

Li Yu rubs his temples, feeling a headache coming on—three women already play a drama, and now with four seated together, he’d rather leave and watch the snowstorm from the balcony.

”Brother, do you want to come play?” Li Yuan walks over and asks.

Li Yu waves his hand to indicate no and then rubs his temples again; his sister really worries him too much, always inviting these others over for who knows what, well aware that Yang Xiaozhu harbors ill intentions towards him, and then there’s the way Lai Xiyue looks at him, even a fool could see what’s going on.

”Wow! It’s snowing! Brother, why didn’t you tell me!” Li Yuan shouts.

Hearing Li Yuan’s voice, the other girls also hurriedly run over.

”Wow! The snow is so beautiful!”

”I think I’ve never seen such heavy snow.”

”I’ve never seen snow…” Li Yuan says.

They all stand together on the large balcony, watching the snow.

”Let’s go up to the rooftop to see it,” Li Yu suggests, seeing everyone’s fascination with the snow.

Seeing Li Yuan rushing excitedly to run upstairs, he quickly adds, ”But make sure to put on your coats, it’s minus several tens of degrees outside, it’s no joke.”

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On the rooftop, everyone watches the swirling snowflakes, and the entire base is shrouded in a white expanse, as if transformed into a white world.

Snow falls and lands on people’s hands; Li Yuan takes off her gloves and reaches out to touch the snow, it’s chillingly cold.

”Xiaoyuan, please put your gloves back on, it’s minus several tens of degrees, your skin could easily get frostbitten,” Yutong beside her quickly says.

”Sss~” Li Yuan inhales sharply. It is indeed quite cold.

She hurriedly puts her gloves back on and then stuffs them into her pockets.

Under the blizzard, everything draped in silvery white, was especially enchanting.

Everyone stayed outside for less than ten minutes before they couldn’t stand it anymore and hurriedly returned indoors.

Green ant wine, a small red clay stove,

The evening approaches with snow in the air, who wouldn’t drink a cup?

Snowy days are most suitable for a little drink.

Li Yu took out a bottle of sealed osmanthus wine and some snacks like peanuts from his private storage.

The five of them sipped drinks in the room.

Because of the snow, everyone was seeing such heavy snow for the first time, and the novelty from earlier had not yet subsided.

Osmanthus wine wasn’t very strong, only about ten degrees, so everyone moved a small table to the balcony and sat on the carpet with legs crossed.

Everyone found the most comfortable position, occasionally chatting and toasting.

It was very comfortable, yet there was an indescribable touch of emotion and comfort.

Ancients said: Admire flowers in spring, gaze at the moon in autumn, enjoy cool breezes in summer and listen to the snow in winter.

Winter doesn’t have the spring’s singing birds and fragrant flowers, nor the plentiful fruits of autumn, nor the cooling breezes of summer, but it has snow, it has plums.

The atmosphere was unexpectedly harmonious and joyful.

Li Yu was not a very emotionally intelligent person; there were things he could see clearly, but many things he could not, and he found thinking about such matters tiresome.

So often, he would just go with the flow, following his inner feelings.

”Brother Yu, do you have any dreams?” Yang Xiaozhu, with her cheeks flushed from drinking, asked.

This question suddenly made Li Yu’s heart tremble, dreams indeed.

He really did not know. The passionate youth was no more. The end-time years were the most meager years of his life, all actions and thoughts were about how to survive.

Each day was like a cow battered by a hammer, where dreams struggled with reality.

Dreams?

Maybe for the past him, this moment right now was his original dream.

Now’s life was indeed once his dream.

”My dream is to protect the base well, so that everyone can live peacefully,” Li Yu said with a smile.

”That’s great,” Yang Xiaozhu, her face still flush, then glanced at Li Yu, then at Yutong, and said, ”Do you know what my dream is?”

Li Yu looked at the calm Yutong, raised his eyebrows, and said, ”To protect the planet?”

”...” Yang Xiaozhu suddenly couldn’t connect her emotions, and the words she wanted to say were stifled.

But her feelings of grievance quickly surfaced, her eyes turning red as she looked at Li Yu. She could never understand why, even though she met Li Yu first, why was it so.

Next to her, Yutong sighed, but she couldn’t make any statement, so she picked up her glass and took a sip.

Li Yuan, seeing the situation, quickly suggests, ”Let’s go watch a movie, that ’I Am Legend’ we started last time, I haven’t finished it!”

Hearing this, Li Yu, as if clutching a lifeline, raised both hands in agreement, saying, ”Yeah, let’s go watch the movie. Let’s go.”

Sitting next to Yang Xiaozhu, Lai Xiyue, saw her expression and understood Yang Xiaozhu’s feelings best, but she was not as bold as Yang Xiaozhu who dared to express herself.

And her, she didn’t even dare to express her thoughts.

Youyou sighed, actually, it’s quite nice like this, at least she can see him every day, she was already very content.

The blizzard still raged outside, everything was a whited-out blur, but inside was warm and cozy.

Making everyone lazily lie on the sofa, the comfortable feeling filling everyone with joy.