lody Sumrs smiled and replied, "Hasn’t the Sutton family’s retribution already arrived? In my last life, Ethan Sutton’s father ignored my objections and insisted on forcing us together, all because he coveted my Lancaster family bloodline..."
Mr. Sutton was obsessed with uniting powerful bloodlines through marriage, but he truly looked down on lody Sumrs.
He knew that Ethan Sutton bullied and humiliated lody Sumrs, but he never put a stop to it, simply allowing his son to do as he pleased.
’He valued bloodlines so much, yet the Sutton family’s own line has now been severed,’ lody Sumrs thought with a cold snort. She continued aloud, "For him, that must be the greatest revenge imaginable... And Joanne White is no pushover, either. Let them torture each other!"
’I can’t be bothered to waste any more ti on such worthless people.’
Just then, her phone suddenly chid.
Picking up her phone, she saw it was a weather news alert. The headline read:
[BLIZZARD WARNING! MAJOR TEMPERATURE DROP! EXTRE COLD HAS ARRIVED!]
The three consecutive exclamation marks underscored the severity of the situation.
lody Sumrs tapped on the notification. The alert read:
[Over today and tomorrow, Anworth is expected to see over 100 centiters of snowfall in a single day, with temperatures dropping by 10 to 20 degrees.]
[An extre cold front has arrived. All residents are advised to make preparations to stay warm. Please refrain from going outdoors unless absolutely necessary.]
[If you must go out, please dress warmly to avoid frostbite.]
After reading the news, lody Sumrs thought, ’The great freeze is finally here. Everything is happening exactly as it did in my last life.’
Starting tomorrow, the entire planet would experience its first drastic drop in temperature.
The average temperature in Anworth would plumt from negative twenty degrees to negative forty. No one would be able to last more than a few minutes outside.
But this drastic plunge was just the beginning. Over the next few months, the outdoor temperature would continue to fall, eventually reaching negative seventy or eighty degrees...
By then, Terra’s average temperature would be even lower than that of the Borean Pole. That was the true arctic apocalypse.
******
Because of the warning about heavy snow and a drop in temperature, the Sumrs family had turned up the floor heating by a few degrees before bed last night.
lody Sumrs also turned on her electric blanket, which caused her to kick off her covers several tis throughout the night from the heat.
When she woke up the next day, her sheets were covered in sweat.
lody Sumrs turned off the electric blanket, stretched, and habitually reached to open the window for so fresh air.
However, the mont she opened the window, a bone-chilling gust of wind instantly blasted into the room, and she couldn’t help but shiver violently.
A second later, a stinging pain spread across her face, as if she were being pricked by countless fine needles. The temperature outside was simply too low; her exposed skin began to hurt the instant it t the air.
She hastily shut the window and threw a plush robe over her shoulders.
Peering through the window, lody Sumrs saw that the world outside had beco a vast expanse of white. Overnight, the snow had already piled up to over a ter deep.
During breakfast, Colin Sumrs popped an egg yolk shumai into his mouth and lanted as he chewed, "I wanted to go out and take a look today. Who would’ve thought I’d get downstairs only to find the building entrance completely blocked by the snow..."
Hearing this, Grace Sutton chided him, "It’s freezing out there! What are you thinking, running around? The supply distribution point is closed. Aren’t you afraid sothing will happen to you if you go out in this weather?"
Colin Sumrs scratched his head and replied, "Didn’t I tell you all before? Soone anonymously donated a large batch of coal to our residential complex. Grant said yesterday that if the municipal heating still isn’t on today, we’ll start up our own. I want to go over to the boiler room and see what’s happening!"
lody Sumrs knew he was talking about the coal she had donated. She looked up and asked, "Uncle, what are Manager Grant’s plans?"
Colin Sumrs replied, "Manager Grant said that as long as we’re careful with it, that batch of coal is enough to last our complex for over half a month. By then, the municipal heating should be back on."
lody Sumrs nodded. Anworth didn’t have any coal mines, so municipal heating resources were limited. In her previous life, the heating hadn’t co on until a month after the first major temperature drop.
Now, with this coal, The tropolis Residences could make it through this difficult month.
After breakfast, Colin Sumrs and Winnie Sumrs were still determined to go to the boiler room and et up with Manager Grant. Grace Sutton couldn’t stop them, so she had no choice but to let them go.
The two of them bundled up in thick coats, hats, and gloves, leaving not a sliver of skin exposed. Then, they grabbed a shovel and headed out the door.
The snow outside was over a ter deep now, so they had to clear a path as they went.
After seeing her mother and uncle off, lody Sumrs returned to her room, locked the door, and entered the Arcadian Space.
No matter how cold the weather was in the real world, the temperature in the Arcadian Space was always comfortable and pleasant.
The crisp chirping of birds echoed from the distant woods. Gentle sunlight filtered through the dense leaves, casting dappled shadows on the ground. On the lawn, Leopard was sunbathing contentedly, its round belly turned toward the sky.
lody Sumrs went to the livestock farm first. She had been so busy with other things lately that she hadn’t had ti to tend to the chickens and ducks.
In her absence, the chicks and ducklings had multiplied at an astonishing rate. Their numbers had increased severalfold, and both pens were bustling with life.
Drinking daily from the Arcadian Stream and eating specially formulated feed, every single chicken and duck had grown plump. Their feathers were smooth and glossy, a clear sign of their excellent health.
lody Sumrs skillfully tied her long hair into a neat ponytail, rolled up her sleeves, and bent down to start catching the chickens and ducks that were ready for processing.
Albus stood guard nearby, helping to move the chickens and ducks lody selected into the Arcadian processing plant for automated butchering.
After a morning of hard work, the girl and her cat had successfully processed over 300 chickens and 300 ducks.
The at from the freshly butchered poultry was exceptionally tender, its layer of fat glistening with a rich sheen. Leopard had been drooling hungrily nearby for so ti.
lody Sumrs tossed it a few of the birds. It imdiately began to feast, crunching happily on the at and bones with audible CRUNCHes.
lody Sumrs stroked Leopard’s furry head, then took out her phone, logged into the Arcadia Store, and began listing the poultry for sale.
[Whole Chicken, fully cleaned. Price: 8,000. Grain-fed, freshly prepared. Includes giblets and heart.]
[Whole Duck, fully cleaned. Price: 8,000. Grain-fed, freshly prepared. Includes intestines, heart, stomach, and gizzard.]
The mont the items were listed, lody Sumrs’s phone began to chi incessantly. DING! DING! DING! The 600-plus chickens and ducks were instantly snapped up by custors who had flocked to her store.
With the blizzard raging, temperatures plumting, and roads buried in snow, even the companies specializing in indoor agriculture couldn’t make deliveries.
Many people were beginning to worry if their stockpiled supplies would be enough, uncertain if they could last until the blizzard ended.
So, when they saw lody Sumrs list her chickens and ducks, they imdiately rushed to buy them.
Many people bought ten or twenty at a ti. One order was for a stunning 50 chickens and 50 ducks—one hundred birds in total. Both lody Sumrs and Albus were gobsmacked. ’Even if they ate one every single day, that would take over three months to get through!’
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