Ice Apocalypse: Shameless and Unstoppable

Dad was just about to explain when I grabbed him. "Uncle Adam, don't say that. I'm doing a good deed by helping Aunt Leanne see her partner for who he really is! Big blessings await me at the end."

Uncle Adam gritted his teeth at Dad. "How sharp-tongued. Thomas, we're done for good! Even if your family starves or begs me, I won't give you a helping hand! Erin, let's go!"

My cousin, Erin Stewart, glanced disdainfully at me, wiping the stains off her body. "Tsk, I didn't want to come to this crappy place in the first place. It reeks of poverty. Dad, let's go. We'll enjoy life with my stable job. Let them regret holding onto this crappy supermarket!"

Watching their retreating backs, I smiled and waved. "Take care! By the way, Uncle Adam, even if we're severing ties, remember to transfer the 5,000 dollars to my dad. Otherwise, I'll post this matter in the family group chat and pin it at the top!"

Uncle Adam staggered a little and almost fell. He ran away without turning around.

[Ding. Uncle Adam's blood pressure surged. Rage points +100! Reward: 20 pounds of fresh beef!]

Twenty pounds? Although not much, it was enough to last for a while in an apocalyptic world without fresh fruits and vegetables.

I was deep in thought when my parents looked at the mess on the ground and sighed. "Alissa, he's... your uncle, after all.. We won't be able to be on good terms with him anymore."

After tonight, there would only be the living and the dead in this world. What did relatives matter?

I wiped the smile from my face, my expression turning serious. "Mom, relatives like them are better off gone. I have inside information that a cold wave will break out tonight. It's very dangerous. We need to seal off the supermarket now. No one is allowed to open the door."

My parents were skeptical, but seeing my confident demeanor and considering my assertiveness over the years, they eventually nodded.

While my parents were putting things away, I walked to the supermarket entrance and silently recited, "Use the safe house conversion card."

The ordinary roller shutter instantly transformed into a titanium alloy explosion-proof door. All the window glass silently became bulletproof glass, and the walls were fitted with top-of-the-line thermal and sound insulation layers.

After doing all this, I glanced at the clock on the wall.

Midnight.

The joyful festive music suddenly stopped, replaced by a bone-chilling howling wind. The temperature plummeted in just ten minutes, from 41 degrees Fahrenheit to -58, and it continued to drop. Heavy snow, mixed with a strange virus, fell relentlessly.

In my past life, having stayed at my house to play poker after dinner, Uncle Adam's family conveniently escaped the cold on the way home and even took over my parents' warmest bedroom, forcing them to squeeze in with me.

In this life, they were currently on their way home after a falling out over Christmas Eve dinner.

I sat in the 79-degree Fahrenheit supermarket, chomping down on a roasted chicken drumstick from the system storage.

Wrapped in blankets, my parents stared out at the terrifying blizzard, still shaken. "Thank goodness we listened to Alissa and didn't go out. How did the weather suddenly change?"

Just then, the family group chat notifications went off like crazy.

Uncle Adam sent a voice message, saying, "Thomas, my car broke down on the road. I'm freezing to death! Where's your delivery van? Come pick us up!"

Erin typed: [Uncle Thomas, my hands are freezing! Hurry up! We're calling the police if you don't come soon!]

Hearing Uncle Adam's trembling voice and the howling wind, I scoffed. Did they not sever ties with us? Now that they were in trouble, they were looking for help from our family. Did my family have no pride? It was one thing that we tolerated their bullying all the time, but it was so dangerous right now. Did they want us to swallow our pride and rescue them?

Holding down the voice message button, I replied lazily, "Oh, Uncle Adam, what a pity. I wasn't capable enough to pass the driving test, and my dad is drunk, so he can't drive now."