Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies

No one expected that they would encounter the Columbus Ocean Navy forces as soon as they arrived at Star Island!

Cadillus’s entrance was far too spectacular.

In the ocean, his method of commanding all living beings with [Absolute Authority] was simply game-breaking.

Especially in group battles, where he alone could rival an entire massive fleet!

This was something even Xuanwu couldn’t hope to match.

Perhaps one-on-one he wouldn’t fear Cadillus, but his group combat abilities fell far short of Cadillus’s.

Currently, Cadillus took the lead, with dozens of warships following behind him.

Clearly, the Columbus Ocean Navy had come prepared this time.

It was as if they had known all along that we would come.

Li Tianyang’s face turned somewhat pale - the mission difficulty had instantly increased by several levels!

Although they had prepared for the possibility of being discovered by the Columbus Ocean Navy eventually,

they believed they could at least seize the initiative.

Now, all advantages were gone.

”What exactly is going on! Why would the Columbus Ocean Navy appear here!”

Li Tianyang’s eyes were bloodshot.

An officer approached him and said, ”This time it’s not just the Columbus Ocean Navy! We’ve detected that their fleet includes warships from Neon Pirates, New Rohan, and Malaya!”

”This time they’ve formed a combined fleet, waiting right here for our arrival!”

Upon hearing this, the atmosphere grew even more oppressive.

Deng Shentong said with a dark expression, frowning, ”How could this be? Could it be... we have a mole among us?”

An East Sea Region officer shook his head.

”That’s absolutely impossible! Xuanwu has been equipped with a signal jammer. Even if there were a mole in this operation, they couldn’t transmit any signals out.”

Li Tianyang suddenly turned his head, staring intently at the people from Jiangnan Region, especially Zhang Yi.

”Did you leak the information?”

Zhang Yi’s hand rested on Lele’s soft fur, too lazy to bother with him.

Situ Xin, with his hands behind his back, said leisurely, ”Minister Li, don’t get so worked up. Do you really think we would do something so foolish?”

Li Tianyang had spoken in anger, venting frustration.

Actually, he knew that Jiangnan Region wouldn’t do such a thing.

If the Divine Source fell into East Sea Region’s hands, they could still obtain substantial resources.

But if it fell into the Columbus Ocean Navy’s hands, they would get nothing and would only suffer losses to their own interests.

Setting aside lofty ideals, purely from the perspective of self-interest, Jiangnan Region people wouldn’t do something so stupid.

At this moment, Qinglong shared his thoughts.

”I have a theory - perhaps they already had a general idea of the Divine Source’s location through various signs and intelligence fragments.”

”They just couldn’t pinpoint the exact location of the Divine Source. But they knew we would definitely deploy forces to search for it.”

”Therefore, they’ve been stationing forces in the surrounding sea areas all along. When we appeared, they probably detected us and followed us here.”

Zhuque, the female captain among the Four Spirits, looked at the distant enemy forces on the sea surface and offered her perspective.

”It’s also possible this is related to that Epsilon-level [Lord of the Ocean].”

The intelligence East Sea Region had about the Lord of the Ocean was limited.

After all, Xuanwu had never fought Cadillus to the death, so naturally they didn’t know if he was hiding any trump cards.

Situ Xin said, ”What’s done is done. We can only respond to their moves as they come. We don’t dare lightly start a war, and they similarly have their reservations. Perhaps we should first see what their attitude is?”

Li Tianyang, with a dark expression, slowly nodded.

This time they had gathered the elite forces of two major regions, while the other side had assembled superhuman forces from multiple countries.

If a real fight broke out, who knew how many would die?

Regardless of victory or defeat, casualties would be heavy, causing a sharp decrease in combat power for their respective regions.

This wasn’t the outcome they wanted to see.

The massive sea beast tide drew closer and closer. Those deep-sea leviathans, each like small mountains, radiated terrifying pressure.

They were twisted, powerful, bizarre - mutated into ugly, grotesque forms, with some even unrecognizable as to what kind of creature they had mutated from.

Their ferocious appearances and piercing howls made many soldiers from both regions tense up.

If fighting really broke out, how would they deal with so many sea monsters?

Probably Cadillus alone could eliminate half of them!

Anyone below squad leader level would be completely helpless against such a lineup.

This was also a key reason why Cadillus’s superhuman ability index was set at 18,000 points.

He was a genuine war machine - a single person equivalent to a large modern fleet!

The sea beast tide and the combined fleet from Columbus Ocean and other countries stopped about six or seven nautical miles away on the sea surface.

They didn’t launch an attack.

Meanwhile, Li Tianyang’s side received a communication request.

”From the Columbus Ocean Navy.”

Hearing this, Li Tianyang’s expression darkened, but he still turned and walked toward Xuanwu’s interior.

Situ Xin, as the second-in-command for this operation, naturally followed along.

The communication lasted quite a while - a full half hour or more.

Zhang Yi, completely unconcerned, leaned against Lele’s massive body to rest.

As if none of this had anything to do with him.

The others had no way of knowing the negotiation results and could only wait here.

But compared to Zhang Yi, everyone else felt somewhat nervous to varying degrees.

After all, the current situation could escalate into combat at any moment.

Watching Zhang Yi slacking off, Qinglong couldn’t help but approach and ask:

”How can you be so carefree? At a time like this, aren’t you afraid fighting might break out?”

Zhang Yi gave him a reassuring gesture: ”It’s fine. Running away is what I’m best at!”

The moment these words left his mouth, Qinglong’s expression instantly froze.

Deng Shentong and the other Jiangnan Region superhumans showed embarrassed expressions, each turning their faces away as if to say they didn’t know Zhang Yi.

Meanwhile, the East Sea Region superhumans couldn’t hold back their laughter.

The number one expert of Jiangnan Region, a master codenamed Chaos - they had thought he would be some tough character.

Who would have thought he was someone who only thought about how to escape when arriving on the battlefield?

It was truly laughable.

”Are all the people Jiangnan Region sends like this?”

”Ah, they’ve probably been staying in comfortable places for too long.”

”When there are no tigers in the mountains, the monkey proclaims himself king. If he were in our region, he’d probably only qualify as an ordinary fleet commander. He wouldn’t even make it into the Four Spirits!”

”Absolutely! Every one of our Four Spirits Fleet members is a battle-hardened, first-class elite!”

Facing the discussions around him, Zhang Yi remained completely unbothered.

He never had any interest in being some hero anyway, so why bother seeking others’ admiration?

That stuff couldn’t put food on the table, so it wasn’t much use to him.

Author’s Note