When a supernatural ice spike pierced Qin Baiyuan's heart, his so-called best friend emptied out the last batch of coal he'd stockpiled.
"The dead don't need it." The man crushed his glasses underfoot, while the mocking laughter of a former close friend sounded behind him.
When Qin Baiyuan opened his eyes again, he had been reborn, back before the apocalyptic deep freeze began.
As in his previous life, a lawyer sent him the inventory of his father's estate:
Mining rights to twenty coal mines, three coal-washing plants, countless warehouses,
and... a trillion yuan in debt!
The whole internet mocked him: #TheMostMiserableCoalHeirInHistory,DesperateToHangOn#
Qin Baiyuan promptly mortgaged the mining areas to an international bank
and signed a contract with a top security firm. "Mr. Qin, your end-of-the-world fortress will be finished tomorrow."
At the same time, he was bound to a shopping System.
It let him sell his goods to people around the world during the apocalypse.
What would he sell? Naturally, the one thing he had in endless supply: coal.
On New Year's Day of the first year of the deep freeze, the temperature plunged below -60°C.
He lounged in his 25°C villa, cooking lamb hot pot, when familiar cries sounded outside the window.
The friend who had killed him in his previous life clung to the bulletproof glass. "Give me some coal!"
Qin Baiyuan swirled his wineglass and chuckled. The briquettes stacked by the wall suddenly turned into blazing fireballs and shot out like cannonballs.
In time, survivors passed the story around by word of mouth:
That mad coal tycoon, who wore sunglasses and drove a heavy truck, could smash a looter's armored vehicle with chunks of coal and turn low-grade coal into a new energy source.
He stood before a burning mine, tossing a lighter from hand to hand, and brought the apocalypse to an end.
#HavingAMineInTheFamilyIsReal,Don'tBelieveMe,ThenDon'tBuyFromMe#
#TheWholeWorldHasToBuyCoalFromMe,BehaveOrThePriceGoesUp#
[The blurb is still being revised. The actual book is the final version.]
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The Dragon and His Keeper Fell in Love
Mythic Arena: Foreign Gods Are Forbidden to Enter
After Pioneering the Wilderness, I Picked Up a Disabled Northeast Tiger Beastman
After the Eastern Dragon Opened a Shop in a Western Fantasy World
After Leaving the Industry, I Became the Underworld’s Top-Tier Star
After Falling in Love with the Black Snake I Raised
After Feeding Tiny People in a Miniature Apocalypse