Sunshine Returns

Seeing the sun shine upon the earth once more, the survivors were ecstatic, believing that the nightmare was about to end.

However, it didn't take long for people to realize that the sun was no longer as bright and warm as before.

Even standing under the sun, they couldn't feel much warmth.

Those living on the first floor, without eaves to block the snow, soon found that their doors wouldn't budge.

The relentless blizzard had added more than half a meter of snow to the entire city of Sha.

Those with windows could only climb out and clear the snow from their doorsteps, while those without windows had to find a way down from the second floor.

But this was not a problem for Lin Shi.

When designing the safe house, he had learned from his past life and had an inward-opening door installed.

No matter how thick the snow piled up outside, the door could still be opened, though it required regular snow clearance to avoid being buried.

At this moment, the door of the safe house was opened, and Lin Shi and the Demon King stepped out.

The Demon King's injuries had healed, the once bloody wounds now a set of pinkish scars.

The fur that had been shaved off had grown back, and in just a few days, a layer of fluff had covered his body.

However, it was still not enough to withstand the outdoor temperature, so he wore the ugly clothes that Lin Shi had personally modified.

Lin Shi, on the other hand, was dressed in waterproof and cold-resistant windbreaker, with a set of thermal underwear and a constant-temperature high-collar sweater underneath.

His shoes were anti-slip snow boots, his hands were in insulated and waterproof gloves, his head was covered with a windproof hat, and even his face was protected by a windproof mask.

Finally, he put on a pair of ski goggles to prevent his eyes from being hurt by the reflection of sunlight off the snow.

He was fully armed.

Lin Shi took out a pair of skiing equipment from his space, put on the skis, and after preparing, he said to the Demon King, who was already eager to go: "Let's go! Don't run too fast and pay attention to the turns!"

Upon hearing the word "go," the Demon King immediately took off, running wildly in the snow like a horse that had broken free from its reins.

Lin Shi smiled helplessly and chased after him.

Soon, the man and the dog were down the mountain.

After descending the mountain, Lin Shi put away his skis and walked towards the city with the Demon King, taking deep and shallow steps.

There were also many people on the road, dressed in bulky clothes, clearly having put on everything they could from their homes.

Compared to Lin Shi, they were dressed quite lightly.

But who was more insulated could be seen from the people's purple lips, red faces, and hands exposed to the cold.

A young man, dressed in warm clothing, saw Lin Shi's attire and called out enviously: "Hey, big brother with the dog!" Seeing that Lin Shi seemed not to hear, the young man trotted over, tripped on the snow, and fell into it, but quickly got up and ran towards Lin Shi.

It wasn't until he was caught up that Lin Shi stopped, turned around, and looked at the young man, whose face was flushed from the cold with a cold gaze.

"My name is Qian Liangliang, what's your honorable name, big brother?" Qian Liangliang brushed the snow off his body and looked at Lin Shi with a flattering smile.

Lin Shi said, "Get to the point."

Qian Liangliang looked at Lin Shi's attire, his eyes full of undisguised envy: "I just wanted to ask, where did you buy this set? I also want to buy one."

"In the city mall," Lin Shi replied concisely and walked away.

"Hey, hey, hey? Big brother, don't leave yet!" Qian Liangliang followed, asking as he walked: "How much can I get a set for? Do you have any extra at home, could you lend me one?"

Lin Shi frowned and glanced coldly at Qian Liangliang: "Buy your own, stop following me, or I won't be polite to you!"

The Demon King also stopped and stared at Qian Liangliang with unfriendly eyes, making a threatening growl.

Qian Liangliang looked at the Demon King with fear, whose size was larger than any dog he had ever seen:

"...Alright, alright.

Goodbye, big brother."

After Lin Shi walked away, Qian Liangliang spat at Lin Shi's back:

"Ptui! A man relying on a dog's power! What's so great about that!"

At this moment, a middle-aged man wearing a down jacket passed by Qian Liangliang's side.

Qian Liangliang immediately stepped forward:

"Excuse me, sir, about the jacket you're wearing..."

"Get lost!"

...

A few days ago, when he came out, there were still some shops operating despite the power outage.

Today, there are none at all.

After experiencing the nightmare-like drastic changes of these days, people finally realized that if they don't desperately collect food and cold-weather supplies, they won't be able to survive.

There are many people on the road armed with various tools and weapons, smashing into shops.

Some groups swarmed into clothing and food stores to loot.

Others directly snatched supplies from others' hands.

There were even people committing murder in the streets.

Social order has completely collapsed.

Lin Shi, accompanied by the Demon King, walked to the entrance of a gold shop.

The purpose of his outing this time was to collect gold to upgrade his long-unupgraded Treasure Pot.

The origin of the Treasure Pot is mysterious and unfathomable; it can predict the coming of the apocalypse and knows terms like "origin power" and "origin beasts" that no one had heard of in the past life.

It mysteriously seems to know everything.

It can duplicate and store items, features unheard of and unseen before.

It can even—reincarnate people.

Perhaps after upgrading the Treasure Pot to a certain level, he might receive some unexpected surprises.

Therefore, Lin Shi never forgot about upgrading the Treasure Pot.

Lin Shi signaled the Demon King to step back a bit, and he took out a hammer he had prepared in advance and struck the tempered glass of the gold shop with a heavy blow!

With Lin Shi's current strength, one hammer blow caused the tempered glass to shatter into countless small particles.

After a few more hammer blows, the entire piece of glass fell down with a "crash," scattering glass shards all over the floor.

Inside the store, it was quiet, with no piercing alarm sounds, no screaming shop assistants.

Letting the Demon King keep watch outside, Lin Shi walked directly into the gold shop, smashing open each counter and collecting the gold, silver, platinum, rose gold, diamonds.

Anything valuable was put into his backpack.

Then he stored most of it into his backpack's space.

The entire process took less than half an hour.

He didn't directly use space to collect the gold from the counters.

It was because if the people who came later saw the counters intact and the gold gone, it would increase the risk of exposing his possession of the Treasure Pot.

After collecting from one shop, he then took the Demon King to the next gold shop.

Before the apocalypse, Lin Shi had visited the city district and knew there were many gold shops there.

Along the way, Lin Shi raided eight gold shops in a row, including three large ones.

The gold, silver, and jewels he collected were worth at least hundreds of millions before the apocalypse.

There were many shops and shopping malls in the city district, and there were also many people here to seize supplies.

Some people saw Lin Shi breaking into the gold shop to loot gold and silver jewelry and wanted to get a share, but they were deterred by the Demon King guarding outside.

Others saw Lin Shi looting these non-edible, non-wearable gold and silver, secretly laughing at Lin Shi's foolishness.

At noon, Lin Shi and the Demon King were having a meal in a gold shop that he had already looted clean.

He used his backpack as a cover and took out some beef patties he had prepared in advance from his space, and they shared and ate them.

Although there was no one else in the shop, he still had to be careful.

The lessons from his past life told him to never let his guard down.

While the man and the dog were enjoying their meal, footsteps sounded at the entrance of this gold shop.