Midday.

The Director of Linjiang City's Agricultural Department, Former Director, looked at the Weather Tree, marveling with curiosity.

Last time, during the official evaluation of the new agricultural company's results, this director attended the evaluation meeting.

Since "Former" is quite a rare surname, Yang Fan had a deep impression of the director.

Director Chang asked, "The fog on the Weather Tree in the video seemed much less than it is now."

Chairman Huo Xianglin quickly replied, "Yes, back then the fog was not much, but later the fog has been increasing continuously."

At first, the fog was just a faint layer,

but now it has become quite dense, covering most of the Weather Tree.

Director Chang uttered an "Oh" and did not respond to Chairman Huo, instead turned to look at Yang Fan.

This official's tone was very amiable: "Minister Yang, does this mean that the fog in Linjiang City will become larger next?"

Yang Fan nodded: "Exactly!"

He reached out to hold a branch of the Weather Tree and said, "In four hours, the fog in Linjiang City will reach the current state of the Weather Tree."

Director Chang was a bit surprised: "Minister Yang, are you communicating with the Weather Tree?"

Yang Fan nodded: "Yes, this is the information told to me by the Weather Tree."

Director Chang seemed curious, subconsciously extending his right hand, trying to pinch a leaf of the Weather Tree.

People around hurriedly stopped him.

"Director Chang, don't!"

"Director, you can't touch it!"

"This tree will hit people!"

Director Chang retracted his right hand like a shock and smiled awkwardly: "Oh my mind, I actually forgot about this."

He took another look at Yang Fan's right hand, tone a bit envious: "Minister Yang, you truly are extraordinary."

Yang Fan smiled and said: "You overpraise me."

He did not tell the director that even a superpower user who awakened a plant superpower might not be able to touch the Weather Tree.

An agile official changed the topic to ease the superior's awkwardness: "Minister Yang, besides the fog, what else did the Weather Tree predict?"

Yang Fan's expression became a bit stern: "The Weather Tree also told me that after the fog envelops the city, it will be followed by abnormal low temperatures."

He paused, deliberately emphasizing: "The temperature might drop unimaginably low."

Another middle-aged official interjected: "If the temperature drops below zero, shouldn't the fog turn to snow?"

Director Chang said calmly: "This is the Superpower Era, don't talk nonsense like that."

The middle-aged official made a sound of "uh," appearing humble: "Yes, yes, my perspective was too narrow."

Yang Fan watched this scene, a bit emotional about the complexity of human relations.

In this short moment, he witnessed firsthand the hidden tensions among these middle-aged and older individuals.

Chairman Huo tried to ingratiate himself with Director Chang, but Director Chang didn't think much of him.

The middle-aged official wanted to show off a bit, so Director Chang reprimanded him, speaking quite rudely.

Yang Fan truly felt that having exceptional abilities allowed one to live more freely.

Everyone respected you.

Everyone flattered you.

At this time.

Director Chang looked at Yang Fan, with a cautious expression: "Can these low temperatures freeze people to death?"

Yang Fan still holding the leaf, replied: "Ordinary people encountering such low-temperature fog, might become popsicles in no time."

With these words.

Everyone's complexion changed.

Director Chang's face darkened: "In that case, is the fog a kind of meteorological disaster?"

Yang Fan nodded heavily: "Yes, I feel that not only Linjiang City, but the whole world might experience an extreme cold fog disaster."

The surrounding people's expressions all showed some distress.

Director Chang repeated "extreme cold fog disaster," then asked another question: "How long will the extreme cold fog disaster last in Linjiang City?"

Yang Fan did not give an exact number: "As short as one or two days, as long as three or four days."

Director Chang humbly asked for guidance: "Minister Yang, how do you think we should deal with this extreme cold fog disaster?"

Yang Fan without hesitation said: "Urge all city residents to stay indoors and do not go outside unless necessary.

"The government should prepare as many cold-resistance supplies as possible, and deploy personnel to form rescue teams, ready to assist civilians at all times.

"And the power facilities..."

He rattled off over a dozen points, covering various aspects.

Director Chang was full of praise: "These suggestions are excellent."

This director did not stay any longer: "This is a big issue, I must report to the higher-ups immediately!"

Director Chang extended his right hand toward Yang Fan: "Minister Yang, your warning is too important for Linjiang City."

Yang Fan shook the other party's hand: "You overstate!"

He said seriously: "I grew up in Linjiang City; this is my home, it is what I should do."

Director Chang clasped Yang Fan's hand, shaking it vigorously: "We must have a good chat when there is a chance in the future."

Judging from the director's tone, this was not just politeness; he genuinely wanted to have a good talk with Yang Fan.

The female secretary watching this scene, in her heart felt both envy and admiration.

She increasingly felt that with talents like her superior, any random opportunity could easily lead to great success.

Squandering talent?

Does not exist!

Soon after.

Director Chang and his entourage left.

Before leaving.

The director waved repeatedly at Yang Fan.

Even a fool could see, Director Chang very much wanted to befriend Minister Yang.

Chairman Huo immediately came over: "Minister Yang, for safety's sake, during the extreme cold fog disaster, just rest at home."

Yang Fan was momentarily stunned.

Is this considered forced leave?

Chairman Huo looked at Ling Shuiling again and chuckled, "Secretary Ling, please send Minister Yang back later."

The female secretary responded, "Alright, Chairman Huo."

Chairman Huo didn't forget to ask, "Minister Yang, do you have supplies prepared at home? If not, I can have someone prepare some for you."

Yang Fan did not stand on ceremony; he wouldn't mind having extra supplies, "That would be very helpful, thank you to the company."

Chairman Huo smiled broadly, "It's my pleasure!"

*

An hour later.

The fog enveloped the entire Linjiang City.

Yang Fan stood at his doorstep, watching a small truck stop in front of the villa.

The back of the truck opened, and several fully packed boxes immediately caught his eye.

These were the reserve supplies from the Celestial Star Company.

A deputy minister from the company's logistics department personally brought two employees to busy themselves with transporting the supplies.

These days, purchasing supplies as an individual comes with various restrictions.

But companies like Celestial Star, with key support, find it much easier to purchase supplies.

Ten minutes later.

All the supplies were moved into the villa's storage room.

The deputy minister gave a nod, and the small truck slowly started up, heading towards the gate of the residential area.

Yang Fan watched the red taillights disappear into the fog and looked up at the sky.

Using the sensing power of the Frost Superpower, he knew that Cold Qi had appeared in the sky and began to descend slowly.

Yang Fan murmured to himself, "Fog that could bring cold, which decree from the Primordial World is this?"

The entire Canglan Star was affected by the extreme cold fog disaster; it was surely the work of a primordial decree.

He sensed carefully for a while, then shook his head, "Forget it, my current ability can't comprehend such a decree."

"Woof!"

Wangzai found his master's behavior strange and barked from behind.

Yang Fan turned back and instructed, "Wangzai, use the vacuum cleaner to clean the storage room, there was quite a bit of dust settling just now."

"Woof!"

The dog butler responded.

Though it was merely a Great Xia dog, it could still use a vacuum cleaner.

The vacuum cleaner's operation lever had a protective cover installed.

Wangzai just had to tilt his head to bite the cover, conveniently dragging the vacuum cleaner around.

Yang Fan, having nothing to do, entered the game room, turned on the computer, and prepared to start another game.

*

At the same time.

City Hall.

The urgently established disaster response command center was already bustling.

The top officials from various departments were all gathered here.

The Former Director was naturally among them.

At this moment.

A voice sounded, "According to data from the meteorological department, the temperature of the cloud layer is rapidly dropping, having already fallen below freezing."

The highest-ranking official of Linjiang City, Chang Chao, nodded, "It seems the Weather Tree's prediction of the extreme cold fog disaster is indeed true."

Director Chang couldn't help but sigh, "A tree predicting a disaster, this world is becoming increasingly unfamiliar to me."

The Former Director said, "This is a shift never seen before in Canglan Star's history; humanity must adapt."

Director Chang nodded, "Yes, failing to adapt means only one path."

A few seconds later.

Another message arrived.

This time the news came from the Capital City.

With such a major event in Linjiang City, it must be reported to the higher-ups, and now the Great Xia leadership was very concerned about this matter.

"The national intelligence department reports that yesterday evening, local time, a strange incident occurred in one of the countries on the Hei Continent.

"All villagers in several remote villages suddenly froze into hard ice overnight, with more than three thousand fatalities.

"Villagers from nearby villages reported seeing the fog covering several mountain peaks that night.

"Intelligence personnel believe this is most likely the extreme cold fog disaster."

The Former Director immediately said, "This must be the extreme cold fog disaster."

Other officials chimed in.

"I think so too."

"It's exactly what the people from Celestial Star Company described."

"Hei Continent is so far, yet such events occurred, it seems Celestial Star Company wasn't making things up; this is a global weather catastrophe."

Director Chang turned to look at the Former Director and asked, "The young man you mentioned who cultivated the Weather Tree, his name is Yang Fan, right?"

The Former Director replied, "Yes."

Director Chang smiled and said, "His name sounds ordinary, but this person is far from ordinary, he's a talented individual."

He paused and continued, "Alright then, let's invite Yang Fan to become a senior advisor to City Hall and offer him an advisor stipend."

Clearly.

Yang Fan's name had firmly ingrained itself in the mind of the highest official of Linjiang City.

The secretary beside asked, "According to what level should we grant?"

According to protocol, these stipends typically have five levels.

The lowest level one is 1000 yuan per month, increasing 500 yuan progressively, with the highest level five at 3000 yuan.

Though the amount isn't much, it symbolizes a mark of honor.

Director Chang unhesitatingly said, "Yang Fan has made such a substantial contribution, certainly level five!"

The secretary replied, "I'll handle this matter later."

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