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

Less than three minutes after Li Guodong hung up the phone, the interrogation room door was suddenly pushed open.

"Comrade Su Ran, please come with us."

Li Guodong had quickly adjusted his demeanor. At this moment, he was no longer the stern interrogator, but more like an old steward protecting a family heirloom.

The way he looked at Su Ran even carried a hint of... nervousness?

Su Ran stood up and stretched her stiff neck. "Where are we going? Aren't we going directly to see the commander?"

"Before we meet with the leader, we need to go to Institute 01."

Li Guodong lowered his voice, his tone carrying an undeniable urgency.

"Regarding your abilities, videos and psychological tests alone are not enough; we also need a scientist of sufficient stature to endorse you."

……

Yujiao, Institute of Physics No. 01.

This is one of the most mysterious research institutions in the entire Great Xia Dynasty, located 300 meters underground and protected against nuclear explosions.

They usually study highly sophisticated topics such as controlled nuclear fusion and quantum entanglement.

Today, the entire Level 1 laboratory of the research institute was emptied, just to accommodate one person.

In the center of the laboratory stood an old man with messy hair like a bird's nest, wearing a white lab coat.

Wei Jianguo, a pillar of the physics community in China, a frequent Nobel Prize nominee, has a temper that is even tougher than his academic achievements.

"This is utter nonsense! Completely blundering!"

Wei Jianguo waved his tablet computer and spat at Li Guodong:

"Old Li, are you getting dementia? What's the point of this video you showed me? Making an armored vehicle disappear? You should see that kind of magic in a circus. What are you doing here? My particle collider consumes hundreds of thousands of kilowatts of electricity per second; it's not for you to play house with your kids!"

Li Guodong wiped the spittle off his face, not angry, but simply pushed Su Ran forward.

"Mr. Wei, why don't you test it yourself and you'll know?"

Wei Jianguo pushed up his thick glasses, which were as thick as the bottom of a beer bottle, and looked Su Ran up and down suspiciously, exhaling through his nostrils:

"This kid? He doesn't even look as strong as my grandson."

Wei Jianguo snorted coldly and pointed to a glass of freshly boiled water on the lab table.

"So you have a hidden space? Fine, take this glass of water. Let me make this clear: if you dare try any of those 'hidden space' tricks in front of me, I'll smash your head with calipers!"

Su Ran looked at the steaming water and smiled helplessly.

"Mr. Wei, one cup of water is too little; we won't see any effect."

"Enough talk, let's get to it!"

Su Ran shrugged, her fingers touching the side of the cup.

[Target locked: A glass of water]

Completeness: 100%

[Containment Begins]

Swish.

The water glass vanished into thin air.

Wei Jianguo's pupils instantly contracted to the size of pinpoints.

"How could this happen?"

He lunged at the lab bench, waving his hands wildly in the air, and even grabbed the infrared thermal imager next to him and scanned the open space haphazardly.

There was no reaction from the heat source.

There is no optical refraction.

It means complete and utter disappearance.

"This...this is impossible..."

Wei Jianguo muttered to himself, then suddenly turned and glared at Su Ran, his eyes blazing with murderous intent: "Where is it? Give it to me! Now!"

With a thought, Su Ran noticed the water glass reappearing on the table.

The steam continued to rise, and even the water droplets on the cup slid down in the exact same spot as before they disappeared.

The old man was stunned. He looked at the clock on the wall and then at the thermometer in his hand.

Wei Jianguo suddenly looked up, his eyes filled with terror, as if he had seen an alien.

"Kid, take it again! This time, take it out again in ten minutes!"

Su Ran did as instructed.

Ten minutes felt like an eternity to the researchers present.

Everyone stared at the empty tabletop, even holding their breath.

Seeing Wei Jianguo's face growing paler and paler, Li Guodong knew things were getting serious.

"put!"

Wei Jianguo roared.

A water glass appears.

Steaming hot, still piping hot.

Wei Jianguo grabbed the water glass, ignoring the heat, and inserted a high-precision thermometer directly into it.

"98.5 degrees..."

"It took ten minutes for the cup to disappear and reappear. In an environment with a room temperature of 24 degrees Celsius, this open cup will cool down by at least 10 degrees Celsius in ten minutes."

"Why...is the temperature completely unchanged?"

A deathly silence.

Wei Jianguo dropped the notebook in his hand with a "thud" to the ground, as if his soul had been ripped out.

"No thermal radiation...no energy exchange..."

"Has the increase in entropy... stopped?"

"This is unscientific...this is fucking unscientific!! Newton, Einstein, Maxwell...all their theories have failed!!"

The old academician clutched his hair and let out a devastating wail.

This kind of mind-blowing blow is worse than death for a physicist who has dedicated his life to his work.

Looking at the distraught expert team, Su Ran silently complained in his heart: What is this? If I told you that top-level superhuman powerhouses in the late post-apocalyptic world could withstand nuclear bombs with their bare hands, wouldn't you all have a stroke on the spot?

"Mr. Wei, please calm down."

Su Ran kindly handed over a tissue. "My space doesn't follow the laws of physics. No matter how long you're inside, you'll come out exactly the same as the moment you put it in. Hot is hot, and cold is cold."

Li Guodong listened with his eyes shining.

He doesn't understand entropy increase, but he understands logistics!

Having this capability means there's no need for cold storage! No need for preservatives! No need to worry about expiration!

"Strategic value, nuclear-level strategic value!"

Li Guodong was so excited that his hands were shaking.

"Test again! Keep testing!"

Wei Jianguo was, after all, a top scientist. After a three-minute breakdown, reason regained its footing, replaced by an almost manic thirst for knowledge.

"Since time has stopped, what about the living things? The mice! Quick, bring the mice!"

A researcher immediately brought over a cage containing a lively little white mouse.

Su Ran shook his head: "Elder Wei, living things won't work. My space rejects all life forms with independent consciousness."

"I don't believe it! Let's try it! We need experimental data!" Wei Jianguo insisted.

Su Ran sighed and placed her hand on the cage.

"receive."

Nothing happens.

The cage remained motionless, and the white mouse continued to eat sunflower seeds inside, even giving Su Ran a curious look with its beady black eyes.

"really……"

Wei Jianguo quickly took notes, "There exists some kind of recognition mechanism at the level of laws. What about plants? Bacteria?"

The next half hour was practically Su Ran's personal acrobatic show.

A cactus? I've put it inside.

A petri dish of influenza virus? It's been collected.

A fish that was just slaughtered, its nerves still throbbing? It's taken inside.

A live fish? We can't bring it in.

The final conclusion has been reached.

Wei Jianguo held a thick stack of reports, his hands still trembling, but his eyes were already frighteningly bright.

"Old Li, the report is out."

"First, the physical rules within the space fail, and time is in a relatively static state, possessing perfect preservation, temperature control, and anti-corrosion functions."

"Second, we cannot accommodate live animals and humans with complex nervous systems, except for plants and microorganisms."

"Third, it consumes Su Ran's own mental energy, which has a fatigue threshold."

"Fourth, Scope of Collection..."

Wei Jianguo looked out the window at the large water tank used for testing. Su Ran hadn't actually touched it, but in less than three seconds, three hundred tons of water disappeared instantly.

"As long as there is physical contact or mental contact, it can be collected. There is currently no upper limit."

Li Guodong took a deep breath, took the folder, looked solemnly at Wei Jianguo, and then at Su Ran.

"Old Wei, although this is very unscientific, even very mystical."

"But I must say, if there really is an apocalypse..."

"This kid is the Noah's Ark we've been looking for."