That night, deep into the night.
"Boom—!!"
In Ye Chen's apartment, an emergency news report was being broadcast on TV.
The screen shook violently, with towering flames and piercing sirens in the background.
The beautiful anchorwoman from Magic City TV was reporting live in an extremely urgent and shocked tone:
"News just received by this station! Warehouse No. 7 in the Xinghai Warehouse District, located in the eastern suburbs of our city, has experienced a violent explosion of unknown cause, triggering a massive fire!"
"Currently, the fire is still spreading, and the fire department is urgently fighting it. The extent of property damage is unknown..."
Ye Chen stared at the familiar scene on the TV screen, the towering flames, and for three seconds, he was completely stunned.
Then, an extreme euphoria swept over his entire body!
"Hahahahahaha!"
He suddenly jumped up from the sofa, excitedly waving his fists, and let out a roar like a madman!
"It came true!!"
"Everything I said! It's all true! Hahahaha!"
The satisfaction of his prophecy coming true made his blood boil!
After all, this proved that his rebirth had not caused a so-called butterfly effect!
Nothing had changed; everything that was destined to come would come!
He immediately grabbed his phone, took a photo of the TV news screen with a "click," and sent a message to Shen Ning霜.
"Miss Shen, I told you, this is just an insignificant beginning."
"The doomsday bell has rung. You still have one last chance to make the right choice."
After sending the message, he contentedly tossed his phone aside and once again looked out the window.
He seemed to already see Shen Ning霜's shocked, regretful, and finally coming to him for refuge after receiving the message.
He seemed to already see the day he would rule the world... The next day, at the Ye family villa, in the dining room.
Unlike the usual dullness, today it seemed unusually warm.
Ye Chen personally cooked a lavish meal of four dishes and one soup, and even, for the first time ever, opened a bottle of Maotai for his father, Ye Jianguo.
The atmosphere was so warm that even Father Ye and Mother Ye felt a little unaccustomed to it... "Xiao Chen, are you... happy about something today?"
His mother, Liu Yun, couldn't help but ask.
Ye Chen put down his chopsticks, smiled mysteriously, and pulled out an exquisite briefcase from behind him.
From it, he took out a "Fund Income Report" and placed it in front of his parents.
The report was full of professional financial terms and complex charts, but the nine-figure profit highlighted in red at the bottom was enough to explain everything.
"Dad, this is a project I invested in some time ago, using my own savings."
On Ye Chen's face was the confidence of success, "I was lucky and earned my first pot of gold."
"Nine figures?!" Ye Jianguo exclaimed, looking at the string of numbers.
He had worked in industry his whole life, toiling hard, and barely managed to save that much... His son actually earned it in a few days?
"This is just the beginning."
Ye Chen struck while the iron was hot, taking out two gilded cards with luxurious cruise ship patterns, "Dad, Mom, you've worked hard for me your whole lives; it's time for you to enjoy yourselves."
"I've booked a tour group for you, the best cruise ship. You go and have fun for a week first."
"If we both go, what about the company?" Liu Yun was both happy and worried.
"Don't worry about the company's affairs."
Ye Chen said confidently, "With me here, what are you afraid of?"
Every word he spoke painted a beautiful blueprint of "the son making a name for himself and the Ye family about to soar."
Looking at his spirited son and hearing the words "With me here," all of Ye Jianguo and Liu Yun's doubts turned into pride and relief.
"Good! Very good! My son has really grown up and become successful!" Ye Jianguo excitedly patted Ye Chen's shoulder...
But when Ye Chen returned to his room, the warm smile on his face instantly vanished, leaving only the coldness of relief.
The so-called fund report and earnings were just lies he casually concocted... He didn't have that ability, and even if he did, he had no capital left; it had all been spent on hoarding supplies.
He painstakingly wove this lie to get his parents to go out, so he could mortgage the family company and RV for cash, and then better begin his doomsday preparations!
Thinking of this, he dialed a number.
"Hello, it's me. The cruise itinerary is confirmed. Make sure they can't contact home from the cruise. Money is not an issue."
After hanging up the phone, his eyes became incredibly deep.
"Dad, Mom, I'm sorry."
"When you return, your son will become the god of the new world."
He firmly believed that he was protecting his loved ones in the gentlest and most dignified way.
If his parents knew, they would definitely try to stop him with all their might, so he could only do this... keeping them completely unaware!
As soon as his parents boarded the cruise, Ye Chen immediately began selling off family assets and mortgaging them for cash in his parents' name... to carry out his great "doomsday infrastructure" project.
He didn't choose to reinforce the villa; in his opinion, that wasn't enough!
So, through a black market channel, he spent a huge sum of money to buy an underground fortress located in the distant suburbs of Magic City, converted from an old-era air defense project.
A military-grade underground fortress—this was the perfect doomsday shelter!
The moment he got the key, he felt like the king of this world.
"Here! Install three layers of blast doors for me!"
"Line all the inner walls with lead plates! Yes, the radiation-proof kind!"
"Independent air circulation system and water purification system, use the top-tier ones! Money is not an issue!"
In the underground fortress, Ye Chen, like an overseer on a caffeine high, gesticulated at the construction team.
Truckloads of supplies were transported from his previous apartment into the underground fortress warehouse.
Generators, solar panels, and large quantities of diesel and gasoline were stored.
Watching his "doomsday empire" take shape bit by bit, Ye Chen was immersed in an unparalleled sense of satisfaction and security.
He firmly believed that when doomsday arrived and everyone else wailed in despair, he, Ye Chen, would sit in this fortress and become the god of the new world.