In July 2032, in Gaul, the country of Earth, today is the 60th day of Joan of Arc's resurrection, and early in the morning, the girl lies in front of the window and looks at the scenery outside.

Their current location is Paris, where she once left a legend in her homestay, so it was interesting to come here and see it.

"It's a little cold! It's summer in the Northern Hemisphere, so why does it feel like autumn? Joan of Arc pondered, feeling very strange, she turned on the news through her personal assistance module, and saw the East Galaxy Company's own cosmic disaster prediction channel.

"Huh?" She said puzzledly, "The activity of the sun has continued to weaken in the past year, and mankind is about to usher in a new Xiaoice age." ”

She thought about what kind of change this would bring to them, and while helping her master order breakfast, after a while, Cao Chuan also woke up.

Seeing the breakfast in front of him, he thought to himself: "It is indeed happy to have a mental model, but I can't sink because of this, I must make more mental models!" “

At this time, seeing Joan of Arc watching the channel, Cao Chuan looked sideways and found that the report was from his own company, "Xiaoice River Period?" There's something unsettling about it... However, modern humans are not so afraid of such disasters. “

The Xiaoice Age was a cosmic catastrophe that resulted in a large attenuation of solar activity, resulting in less heat radiating to the Earth's surface, which in turn changed the climate, dropped average temperatures, and produced more cold weather, hence the emergence of ice ages.

The closest time they last had the Xiaoice River was in the 17th century, when the land of the Night Rabbit Country was because of the Xiaoice period, food production declined, famine continued, coupled with internal contradictions, external barbarian threats, and tossed a huge Ming Empire to death, and many novels he read used this as the background, resulting in him being quite familiar with this history.

But don't forget that it is modern times, science and technology are so advanced, human beings are not afraid of disasters of this level at all, and the earth's own soil will consume more heating costs at most, because solar activity has plummeted, the solar wind has also decreased, and the universe has become like a calm lake.

"Well, unless the Xiaoice period is more bad, such as a drop of 30 degrees Celsius, the problem will be big, and it can even be said to be the end of the earth... But how could there be such a coincidence? ”

Cao Chuan felt that although he had accidentally guessed the occurrence of some things, he definitely didn't believe that he was a broom star, and if he said anything bad, bad things would happen, and he didn't deliberately take it to heart.

The Earth's climate is still getting cold day by day.

"Isn't the master wearing more clothes?" Early in the morning, they rode in an electric car to the famous Vincennes Zoo on the outskirts of Paris.

"Our bodies don't have to be afraid of this cold, right?" Cao Chuan said with a smile.

"yes." Joan of Arc felt her warm body, even if it was 5 degrees Celsius outside, she was still wearing a thin uniform, and if she didn't know her, she would think that Cao Chuan was abusing the child.

Aside from the two genetically adjusted, for ordinary people, the cold brought by the Xiaoice River period has become a little difficult, and in less than a day, many homeless people have been reported to freeze to death on the streets, urban electricity consumption continues to rise, and the circuit system has been damaged in many places.

"Animals don't seem to move much!" Joan of Arc looked at the Przewalski's horse huddled in a corner not far away, a rare creature that was supposed to live in mountainous and subtropical regions and was therefore sensitive to changes in temperature.

From time to time, the surrounding visitors booed, and seemed to be not very satisfied with the animals' performance, and did not see anything new.

After a while, even the caretaker couldn't stand it anymore, or received a notice from above, opened the door of the room, and let the sluggish wild horse hide in the warmer room, full of apologies to the visitors.

Seeing this scene, no one had the heart to look at it anymore, and they dispersed, most of them left the zoo in a hurry, and only a very few people still lingered in the same place, hoping that a miracle would happen.

Cao Chuan and Joan of Arc also chose to go back, and on the way Joan of Arc kept saying: "It seems that the Xiaoice River period is not as simple as imagined." ”

Suddenly, a new news story aired on a huge screen on the side of the road, the latest news from the East Galaxy Cosmic Disaster Prediction Channel.

"After in-depth investigation by scientists, the existence of the Xiaoice period has been confirmed, and its more precise information is as follows - it will last for more than 15 years, covering the entire solar system, and the average temperature of the earth will drop by 10 degrees Celsius, causing the reextension of the ice sheet of the North and South Poles, causing the vegetation dividing line to shrink in the direction of the equator."

"However, for space migrants, the Xiaoice period is a good sign, the quality of communication between the universe will be better than ever, the frequency of solar wind will drop by more than 80%, and the spacecraft will no longer have to worry about being interfered with by the solar wind and destroying electronic equipment and other troubles."

"Good publicity!" After reading it, Cao Chuan commented, "Could it be that the researchers in charge of running the channel have opened their minds?" What would come up with such a great idea? ”

In Cao Chuan's eyes, this time the East Galaxy Company did perform well, first of all, it was broadcast in front of all countries to show their influence and strength; Secondly, the publication of specific disaster data and the encouragement of people to become space migrants are definitely a model of making a fortune in disasters.

This is, Nana sent a notice that several leaders from the Europa 13 alliance were looking forward to seeing her.

"What's the matter?"

"It should be a matter of the Xiaoice period. Master, how are you doing on Earth? ”

"It's not bad..."Cao Chuan peeked at Nana's mood, did she care about herself? He Nunu mouthed: "Xiaoice River Period?" Well, it doesn't matter if they meet us, if they do turn to us, as long as they come up with a suitable exchange of benefits, what can't we talk about? ”

An hour later, at the Élysée Palace in Paris, a special networking conference took place.