Chapter 163 Sweet Life
Steven thought, 'No wonder it's a $1 billion shelter; everything inside is still top-notch even ten years later.'
With this array of network facilities, Steven could obtain external information more accurately.
After all, the major news channels in the country only knew how to broadcast entertainment news every day—even though they reported it as serious news.
Steven sat down in a chair and began browsing some information on the international network.
Currently, the intelligence he could obtain was limited to the Starlight City area, so he was very curious about the current situation outside.
After some browsing, Steven found the general situation was pretty much what he had expected.
The extremely cold environment had led to the death of most living creatures.
And the lack of information flow made it impossible to determine the exact number of deaths worldwide.
However, according to the mathematical model from the underground lab at Johns Hopkins University, the world's population of 8.5 billion had now dwindled to around 2 billion.
"In just one month, nearly three-quarters were wiped out. It would be very fortunate if 5% could survive in the future." Steven sighed.
But even in such an environment, humans had to fend off the extreme cold while still engaging in constant fighting and killing.
The extreme cold had brought human production activities to a halt.
They couldn't grow food or extract resources.
This had led to food and energy becoming scarce and limited resources on the planet.
Wars broke out everywhere for these things from individuals to small countries.
Food and energy remained the most maddening things in the apocalypse!
"Luckily, I don't lack these." Steven took a deep breath, immensely grateful for his thorough preparations.
He continued browsing the web and suddenly saw news about "Mutants."
Mutant was a term used by a mysterious website in Star Country to refer to those who had mutated.
It originated from their once wildly popular comics.
Steven immediately sat up straight; this was the kind of intelligence he was eager to obtain.
His own body had mutated, giving him spatial supernatural abilities.
But he knew very little about mutations.
Through online searches, Steven obtained a lot of foreign intelligence about mutants.
First, biological mutations were widespread across the globe.
So far, over a hundred countries had discovered mutated individuals.
These included not only humans but also mutated animals, insects, and plants.
The direction of mutation varied.
Some organisms experienced positive mutations, gaining extraordinary abilities.
Steven saw a girl in the icy snow who created a ball of fire out of thin air by opening her right hand.
However, the fire only burned for two seconds before extinguishing, and the girl fainted.
"In this temperature, awakening a fire is her supernatural ability... honestly, she's a bit unlucky," Steven commented idly.
He then saw other images of mutants online.
Some people's bodies had become huge and twisted, entirely green and somewhat resembling the Hulk from comics.
But their forms were even more distorted, almost losing human shape, making them particularly eerie.
Some Mutants experienced body splitting, where parts of their bodies could be removed and still remain active.
There weren't many images online, and some Mutant intelligence was just rumors.
The ones mentioned could barely be considered positive mutations, resulting in biological evolution.
But some unfortunate people were directly destroyed by gamma radiation.
Instead of gaining powerful abilities, they became grotesquely twisted.
It felt somewhat like creatures that had undergone severe nuclear radiation.
Steven carefully read all the information he could find and memorized it.
So far, the number of mutants worldwide wasn't large, but there were certainly others hiding their abilities like him.
This indicated that the outside world was still very dangerous.
Steven became even more determined to stay in the shelter and not go out.
'I'll go back and bring Elinor here.' He decided.
Steven turned off the computer, got up, and prepared his gear. He planned to go back to Sunshine Community to pick up Elinor.
Over time, he had grown accustomed to Elinor's companionship.
Having a beautiful and sensible woman to live with made life less boring.
Steven finished preparing his gear and opened the heavy metal door of the shelter.
The futuristic design and sound of the door were truly captivating.
Steven stepped outside with a gun in hand.
There were a few footprints on the ground, likely from those three prostitutes.
In the icy snow, with their scant clothing, they probably wouldn't survive long, even if they found shelter.
"Am I being too wasteful?" Steven sighed.
It had to be said that the high-end prostitutes in Starlight City, the so-called socialites, were indeed of high quality.
They were no worse than some movie stars.
Steven had promised Henry to find him a few women skilled in sex to help him relieve his loneliness.
At first, he had considered giving these women to Henry.
But after thinking it over, he decided against it.
After all, such women were too scheming and would stop at nothing to achieve their goals. If they ever seduced Henry, it could cause Steven a lot of trouble.
"Forget it. There's no need to regret it. There will always be more suitable women," Steven said as he walked outside.
He didn't plan to take out the snowmobile here.
After all, snowmobiles were rare in the South, and others might identify him through it.
As he approached the villa near 204 Main Street, he suddenly heard a woman's voice.
"Please wait!" she asked.
Steven paused slightly, stopping because the voice sounded very familiar.
He felt he had definitely heard it somewhere before and quite often.
'Wait?'
'Wait for what?'
'Wait for a husband?'
Steven recalled a classic movie line that had once gone viral online, which he occasionally revisited.
He looked towards the source of the voice, his finger on the trigger.
At the entrance of the villa at 204 Main Street, a figure wrapped in a black down jacket appeared.
Seeing Steven look at her, she moved towards him with joy.
"Please, you must wait. I... I have something to say to you." she said.
Hearing that coquettish voice, Steven confirmed who the person in front of him was.
His eyes showed surprise and delight. "Are you Nora?"
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