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Ye's ancestral hall is located in the depression of a hill in the suburbs of Beijing.

The entire ancestral hall has a history of hundreds of years, with carved beams and painted buildings, flying eaves and animals, and every place is a trace of history. The Ye family spends millions of dollars on the maintenance of this ancestral hall every year.

Compared with the gorgeous outside, the inside of the ancestral hall is more simple and solemn.

The entire ancestral hall is a standard three-entry courtyard. Inside the first gate is a huge stone tablet with ancestral instructions engraved on it. Behind it is the first courtyard. There are eaves on both sides and a small garden in the middle. , facing the stone tablet is the second gate. In the middle is an open space surrounded by three flower gardens. On both sides are the east and west rooms for the clansmen who guard the ancestral hall. As well as weddings, funerals, birthdays, coming-of-age ceremonies and other major life events are generally held here.In the third door at the back is the room where the ancestral tablets are placed, and only the Ye family members who have entered the Ye family tree can enter.

Half a month has passed since the air crash, and in just half a month, Ye Bai lost three relatives.

The cause of the global air crash is still under investigation. The search and rescue team found the identity bracelet of the Ye family floating on the sea a week ago through positioning. Mrs. Ye was too sad and followed.

Today is the day to deliver the tablet to the shrine. Ning Xiao was wearing a black suit with a white flower pinned to his chest. He stood alone on the veranda of the east wing, looking at the rain curtain under the cornice almost like a bead curtain.

Ye Bai and Ye Weiguo went in with the tablet since the early morning, and he has also been standing since the early morning.

The sky seemed to be gloomy, and the icy rain gradually turned into white snowflakes, which instantly merged with the rain when it fell on the ground.

Blown by the north wind, the fluttering snow whirls and dances in the air, slowly wrapping the world in a silver blanket.

Ning Xiao, who had been standing all morning, finally moved. He stretched out his hand and took the snowflake into his palm, then turned around and handed it to Ye Bai who finally came out of it.

"Look, it's snowing."

Ye Bai held Ning Xiao's hand silently, "Let's go."

His voice was hoarse, Ning Xiao glanced at him.

The eyes are bloodshot, with dark circles under the eyes, the stubble of the beard that has just been shaved is showing again, and there is obvious fatigue between the brows, um, decadent beauty.He silently evaluated in his heart.

The two walked along the veranda to the door, and Ye Bai took a black umbrella from the doorman, opened it and lifted it over the heads of the two, and walked slowly down the mountain road.

Although there are forests around, the wind in the mountains is still strong. Ning Xiao glanced at the snow falling on half of Ye Bai's shoulder, and finally reached out to take the handle of the umbrella, "Let me do it."

Ye Bai was not polite either, he raised his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose, and slowly exhaled, "I've been too busy lately." Taking care of his parents' affairs, receiving visits from people from all walks of life, meeting with lawyers, cleaning up and accepting inheritance, In the handover of official duties, there is also the need to deal with Ye's year-end liquidation, budget for the coming year, and other matters.By the way, 20% of the inheritance of the three deceased Ye family members was donated, and the remaining 80% was inherited by Ye Bai.

Therefore, as soon as Ye Bai's words came out, he himself fell silent first.

On the contrary, Ning Xiao shrugged indifferently, "What is Xiao Bai worried about? If I like something, I will tell you, and you will pay for everything~"

"Okay." Ye Bai knew a little bit about Ning Xiao's character, and knew that the other party really didn't mind.

While the two were talking, they had already reached the foot of the mountain, and when they got into the car, Ye Bai looked at the corner of the eaves exposed on the mountain, and slowly put away the black umbrella.

Besides, those things may not be meaningful anymore after a while.

-

From this day on, there have been more than a dozen snowfalls in succession, big and small, without stopping for a moment.

The outdoor temperature in Beijing has dropped to more than minus 20 degrees, and the whole country is experiencing rare low temperature days. Beijing’s road-sweeping robots have to clean the roads every three hours. The meteorological department has issued an orange warning of low-temperature cold damage. Everyone stays at home Turning on the heater all day and unwilling to go out, many elderly and infirm people did not make it through and just left like that.

Fortunately, half a month later, the snow finally stopped, the ice and snow melted into a gurgling stream, and the temperature slowly rose above [-] degrees. The urban parks were full of flowers and green grass, giving people the illusion that spring had arrived.

It was already the end of December at this time, the breeze was blowing outside, the sun was just right, and most people had joyful smiles on their faces, preparing to welcome the New Year's Eve of the century.

Ning Xiao lay on the sofa, unconsciously fiddled with the hourglass he had given Ye Bai with his fingers, and his eyes fell on the light screen in front of him.

The above is the investigation report on the last air crash.

Because of the accident, he was given a one-month leave (of course he was on standby at any time), and he was given the authority to view the accident file.

Reports indicate that the crash was caused by a large-scale magnetic storm in the stratosphere, but the cause of the storm is still unknown.

magnetic storm……

Ning Xiao turned off the light screen and looked thoughtfully at the spring-like front yard.

After an unknown amount of time, his bracelet suddenly rang, and when he looked down, it was Ye Bai calling.

Ning Xiao answered the phone with some doubts. Ye Bai appeared on the light screen and said directly: "I'll wait for you at the door." Ye Bai's cheeks became thinner, but his complexion was better than half a month ago.

He looked up, looked past the balcony and the open door, and saw the car parked there.

"Where is Xiao Bai going to take me?" He asked while changing his shoes.

"The store." Ye Bai finished speaking concisely, and hung up the communication.

Raising his eyebrows, Ning Xiao went out to get in the car, then looked outside the car, and joked, "Did the sun come out from the west today?"

Ye Bai concentrated on driving and didn't answer the phone.

For the past half month, he has been immersed in his business affairs. At noon, he happened to hear employees talking about the New Year's Eve before he suddenly remembered that today is the last day of the 21st century, and tomorrow will be the next century.

Therefore, although today is a working day, he still gave the company employees a holiday early.

But what Ye Bai didn't expect was that even though today is a working day, there are just as many scary people in the hypermarket.

Looking at the queues of cars that had to line up even to enter the parking lot, Ning Xiao shook his head manually while holding his chin, leaned forward and entered an address on the navigation, "Go here, there are definitely few people."

Ye Bai glanced at him, turned the steering wheel and left the team.

"Don't worry, you are right to listen to your brother." Ning Xiao put his hands behind his head and closed his eyes.

After driving for an hour, the two finally arrived at their destination.

This place already belongs to the outer suburbs, and there is only one road leading directly to it, and if it is farther away, you can go directly to Linshi by taking the expressway.There are green fields on both sides of the road, and several continuous mountains can be seen in the distance.

But in such a place that can be said to be deserted, there is actually a circular four-story hypermarket.

Under Ye Bai's strange eyes, Ning Xiao got out of the car, "This is invested by my brother. There are 48 chain stores across the country, 3D printing and construction, and they are completely completed in [-] days. They are managed by robots and fully automatic. Shopping, open tomorrow in a low-key manner! Xiaobai is the first customer, you can take whatever you want, and it will be free for you.”

"..." Ye Bai looked at the deserted fields around him, and was silent for a moment, "All 48 are located in this kind of place?"

"That's right~" Ning Xiao walked around the door, and opened the door of the store with an identity bracelet, "It's specially made for those fat sheep who don't like crowded and noisy~ How about it, have a personality."

"As long as you're happy." Ye Bai left the sentence and walked into the store first.

Ning Xiao stood at the door and gave a 'tsk' sound, looked up at the blue sky, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and walked slowly inside.

The first floor of the store is the living utensils area and a small pharmacy, the second floor is the ingredients and snacks area, the third floor is the clothing area, and the fourth floor is the home appliance area.

The two went directly to the second floor. Although it was the ingredients area, Ning Xiao also knew that this area could not expect traffic, so most of them were dried fish and bacon and frozen products that could be stored for a long time. Of course, there were also long-lasting fruits and vegetables.

Ye Bai pushed the shopping cart in the front and was slowly picking, while Ning Xiao in the back wandered around empty-handed. There were only the two of them in the huge store, so how could you relax?

After Ning Xiao went to the third floor to fill up a new shopping cart, it was evening.

More than a dozen bags of things were finally collected by Ye Bai into the villa in space. After experimenting, they found that putting the items in the villa in reality will also appear in the villa in space, and vice versa.

It's like filling up the kitchen and double-opening large refrigerator in the villa in the space now, and they will be able to find all the things they put in the kitchen and refrigerator when they get home.

-

It was almost five o'clock when I got home, Ye Bai went into the kitchen to prepare dinner, Ning Xiao washed a fresh apple, and ate it without peeling the skin.

"Well, it's so sweet." He said, turning the gnawed apple to the back, and handing it to Ye Bai's mouth, "Try it."

Ye Bai stared at the apple for a second, then turned his head to look at Ning Xiao who was still chewing, and then bit down on Ning Xiao's hand.

"Sweet." Seeing that Ye Bai had eaten, Ning Xiao withdrew his hand with a smile, continued to nibble on the apple without minding it at all, turned and walked towards the living room, "I won't bother the chef."

Ye Bai glanced at his back, lowered his head and continued to work on the matter in hand.

In the living room, Ning Xiao gnawed on the apple in twos and threes, and accurately threw the core into the trash can in the distance as if shooting a basketball. Then he took a tissue and wiped his mouth while opening the balcony door and walking to the balcony.

I don't know if it's his illusion, but the sky seems to be a little purple.

With his control over the light, he can be sure that it is not pure purple light.

A gust of wind blew, Ning Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly, and suddenly felt a little stuffy.

He checked the real-time temperature in Beijing, and it is now 25 degrees.

Something is wrong, he thought to himself.The temperature at noon was only about [-] degrees, how could it rise so much in the evening, and looking at the trend, the temperature is still rising.

He was wondering, and suddenly felt an astonishing energy approaching, but before he could react, a gust of warm wind had already blown by quickly.

bang bang bang——

All the electronic equipment emitted blue smoke at the same time, and all went on strike.

"What's wrong?" Ye Bai came out of the kitchen wiping his hands.

"Electromagnetic pulse storm..." Ning Xiao murmured while looking at the disappearing signal grid on the bracelet. Such a powerful electromagnetic storm may have paralyzed the order of the entire Beijing city, including surrounding cities.

Without the function of the indoor thermostat, you can clearly feel that the surrounding temperature is rising.

Thirty degrees is definitely there.

"Stay at home, I don't know when I will recover." Ning Xiao unbuttoned his shirt, closed the balcony door, walked back to the house and took an apple to chew on, "The outside world is too dangerous."

The signal disappeared and the electronic equipment failed. It is indeed better to stay indoors. Ye Bai frowned and looked at the sky outside. He sent a regular message to Ye Weiguo and a few of his confidants. Once the signal is restored, the message will be sent to them on the bracelet.

The author has something to say: Information that can now be spoiled:

1. Papa Ye, Mama Ye, Nai Ye, go away and bow.Ning Xiao is not eligible to enter the room where the tablet is placed.Shrine (kan)

2. The last days in this chapter have already appeared, abnormal temperature, electromagnetic storm, air turning purple and so on.

3. For all unscientific things, please remember that this is a fictional setting, and it is normal to be unscientificˊ_>ˋ.