In the apocalypse, I hoarded goods and handed over my storage space to the government.

Time: Day 15 of the apocalypse countdown.

Location: Gui'an New Area, deep in the mountains of Guizhou Province.

At five o'clock in the morning, the sky began to lighten with the first hint of dawn.

The special plane landed in Gui'an New Area, which is surrounded by mountains.

This is the world's largest data heart.

Tencent, Baidu... almost all the internet giants have their core data centers located here.

This place not only stores the social records and payment information of 1.4 billion people, but also the most crucial industrial blueprints, scientific research data, and AI algorithm models.

This is a digitalized Great Xia.

"Advisor Su, this job is not easy. This thing is huge, and it's still running, so it generates a lot of heat."

The accompanying engineer looked at the server rooms covering the entire mountainside and felt uneasy. "Once the power is cut off and the cooling system is removed, the servers will overheat and burn out within ten minutes."

Su Ran stood on the mountaintop, looking down at the "Data Valley" that shimmered with blue light.

His vision was already blurry, and the ringing in his ears was so sharp it sounded like an alarm.

But he laughed, a laugh that was unrestrained and uninhibited.

"In my space, there's no need for heat dissipation."

Su Ran's voice was hoarse, yet it exuded absolute confidence: "Because there, there are no physical rules."

The space is absolutely still.

The electricity will not be cut off, the heat will not dissipate, and even the transition of electrons will freeze the moment they enter space.

It's 1 at this moment, and it's still 1 the next moment.

"Open the door."

As several heavy, airtight doors opened, a wave of heat rushed out.

Su Ran took a deep breath; the dry, hot air, filled with the smell of ozone, made him feel incredibly at ease.

In a previous life, the moment the internet crashed, humanity truly fell back into the Stone Age.

There was no navigation, no communication, and no information retrieval.

The survivors, who possessed a complete set of industrial equipment, were at a loss because they could not find a simple steelmaking formula.

"This kind of stupid thing must never happen again."

Su Ran stretched out her hands, as if embracing this blue ocean of data.

He will not only take away the physical objects, but also the "soul code" of this country.

"Get the hell in here!!!"

boom!!!

It was not a physical explosion, but a nuclear explosion on a spiritual level.

Blood gushed from Su Ran's seven orifices at the same time, and he instantly became a blood-soaked figure.

But in his mind, the huge server rooms, the fiber optic cables, and the precise temperature control centers were as if they had been grabbed by the hand of a god and forcibly separated from the real world!

in the real world.

The once brightly lit valley was instantly plunged into deathly darkness.

It's not a power outage.

The entire data center base vanished into thin air!

Only a few huge, bare valleys remained, with exposed yellowish-brown rocks.

This moment.

The entire network of the Great Xia experienced a momentary lag.

Although the backup line took over immediately, the feeling of emptiness spread to every corner along the network cable.

"Thump."

Su Ran fell straight to the ground, completely losing consciousness.

But in the last second before he lost consciousness, a triumphant, maniacal smile remained on his lips.

It became.

"Su Ran! Su Ran!"

Li Guodong yelled anxiously, pinching the philtrum and administering glucose, "Team doctor! A cardiac stimulant! Quickly!!!"

……

At the same time.

Ten thousand meters above the ground, a Keyhole-class optical reconnaissance satellite belonging to the U.S. NRO (National Reconnaissance Office) passed right over Gui'an New Area.

NRO Headquarters, Virginia.

Tom, the intelligence analyst in charge of monitoring the Great Xia region, had just taken a sip of coffee when his gaze casually swept across the screen.

next second.

"puff!"

The scalding hot coffee sprayed all over the screen.

Tom stared wide-eyed at the latest satellite cloud image.

The keyboard in my hands was being pounded away, zooming in, sharpening, and zooming in again.

"My God..."

He grabbed the red emergency phone with trembling hands, his voice hoarse with extreme terror.

"Sir! Something terrible has happened!"

"The Great Xia... the Great Xia's Forbidden City is empty! The National Library is empty! Now even their largest data center... is gone!"

"It wasn't destroyed! It vanished! As if God erased it with an eraser!"

"What the hell are they doing?! Are they trying to escape Earth?!"

This top-priority urgent intelligence was sent to the White House within ten seconds via fiber optic cable.

……

The series of actions taken by Da Xia not only confused and unsettled the domestic population, but also caused a complete uproar in the international community.

Western media headlines have shifted from "Great Xia is preparing for war" to "Great Xia is going crazy."

The Times' front-page headline: "That ancient Eastern country is wreaking havoc on itself!"

The New York Times: "The Forbidden City is empty! They even pried up the floor tiles! Are they trying to escape Earth?"

Various conspiracy theories have spread widely.

Some say that Daxia has unearthed a prehistoric civilization, some say that they are preparing crustal weapons, and some even say that Daxia has long been controlled by aliens.

at the same time.

Across the ocean, at the White House.

The atmosphere in the presidential office was as oppressive as the sea before a storm.

At the oval desk, the Secretary of Defense, the CIA Director, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff all stood with grim faces, clutching the latest satellite intelligence report in their hands.

"Can anyone give me a scientifically logical explanation? Even a made-up one will do!"

The president slammed a report to the floor and then slammed his hands heavily on his desk.

"Half a month! A full half a month! Their factories shut down, schools closed, ports were blocked! Tens of thousands of pieces of heavy equipment disappeared in the mountains!"

"The most outrageous thing is that our spy satellites captured images of their data center base, which looked like it had been ghosted—it was completely erased from the map! All that's left is a crater!"

"Is this even science? Is this a David Copperfield magic show?!"

The CIA director wiped the cold sweat from his brow, his voice trembling: "Mr. President, we...we can't explain it. All we know is that Great Xia is building a shelter."

He opened the electronic map, which was covered with red dots.

"Mr. President, according to heat source analysis, they are carrying out a massive underground project. The amount of excavation is enough to build a nuclear bunker that can house the entire American population."

"Furthermore, they are frantically hoarding supplies. The global market for food, rare metals, and medical equipment has been swept clean by their high-priced orders."

The president slumped in his chair, a flicker of fear in his eyes.

This is not the fear of political maneuvering, but an instinctive tremor at the unknown.

"Are they... going to start a war?"

When a large neighbor suddenly starts frantically digging tunnels, stockpiling food, and hiding heavy industry deep in the mountains, any normal person's first reaction would be...

He is preparing for the battle.

"There is only one explanation."

The defense minister looked as somber as if attending a funeral. "They're building a doomsday defense system. They believe World War III is imminent."

"Or... they know something we don't."

The moment those words were spoken, the temperature in the entire office plummeted to freezing. Everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

The president took a deep breath and suddenly grabbed the red hotline phone on the table.

His hands were trembling slightly.

"Connect to Jade City."

"I'm going to ask them right now, what exactly are they trying to do! Are they trying to drag the whole world down with them?!"