Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies

Chapter 1077: Bipolar Reversal

Zhang Yi simply smiled at Zhu Zheng’s tactics.

His defensive mindset was extremely strong; even now, he remained constantly vigilant.

Naturally, he wouldn’t accept the sugar-coated bullets Zhu Zheng was sending his way.

Fortunately, he had brought Fatty Xu along this time, so he could let him handle the ’digestion’.

Soon after, others also came over to congratulate Zhang Yi on his successful promotion to Epsilon.

They were all familiar faces, like Deng Shentong, Linghu Feixue, and a group of Celestial Hound Squad members including Baili Changqing.

Linghu Feixue was still holding a grudge over Zhang Yi hiding the truth and didn’t give him a very pleasant look.

Zhang Yi couldn’t be bothered with her either. He turned his head and warmly greeted Deng Shentong.

”Old Deng, why didn’t your uncle come? Come to think of it, I haven’t seen him in a long time. I was actually thinking of paying him a visit later!”

Upon hearing this, Deng Shentong gave Zhang Yi a deep look, then casually stole a glance at Zhu Zheng.

Sure enough, Zhu Zheng’s expression underwent a subtle change.

As the current supreme commander of Blizzard City, he naturally didn’t want Zhang Yi getting too close to other factions.

And Zhang Yi deliberately mentioning Deng Yuanbo in front of so many people was also a way of giving Zhu Zheng a little warning.

Everyone understood each other’s thoughts perfectly well.

It’s just that you have to understand certain rules of the game, otherwise people won’t take you seriously.

Deng Shentong said to Zhang Yi with a beaming smile, ”My uncle has been talking about you too, saying you’re a once-in-a-generation genius. The Jiangnan Region is fortunate to have you!”

Lan Xincheng walked over at this moment, interrupting their conversation.

He gave Zhang Yi a slight bow and said with an ingratiating smile, ”Captain Chaos, you must be tired from your long journey. It’s freezing outside. How about heading to the tea room at the Command Center for some rest?”

Zhang Yi’s purpose in coming here was also to find Zhu Zheng and Zhu Yu.

However, there were too many people here, and he didn’t spot anyone resembling Zhu Yu near Zhu Zheng.

Zhang Yi nodded. ”That sounds good.”

He pointed at Fatty Xu, who was surrounded by a group of beauties, and said, ”This friend of mine came with me. He’s a bit rough around the edges, so let’s not have him disturb the leadership. Just find him a place to rest!”

Fatty Xu was currently grinning from ear to ear with a silly smile.

”Hehe, I’m done for, I’m surrounded by beauties!”

With a single glance from Zhu Zheng, someone immediately came over to await orders.

Zhu Zheng said, ”Arrange a good place for this Mr. Xu. Let him rest well, comfortably.”

His subordinate understood and immediately went to invite Fatty Xu and those young ladies to leave by car.

Meanwhile, Zhang Yi and Zhu Zheng took Zhu Zheng’s private car to the new Operations Command Center.

Once in the car, Zhang Yi asked, ”What about your goddaughter?”

Zhu Zheng replied, ”Her condition is still unstable. She spends most of her time in the laboratory.”

Zhang Yi said with a meaningful smile, ”The most cutting-edge technology in all of Blizzard City is on her, right?”

Zhu Zheng, of course, caught the sarcasm in Zhang Yi’s words.

This was Zhang Yi mocking him for giving the best resources to Zhu Yu while being stingy with Zhang Yi.

He smiled bitterly. ”We did indeed have a plan to create an Epsilon. Zhang Yi, you know that among the Six Major Regions of Huaxu Kingdom, the strength of our Jiangnan Region is relatively low.”

”Before you came along, we might even have been the weakest.”

”There was no other way. The central plains region has always been the heartland for economic and agricultural development. In the past, we faced no external threats and had no need to develop military power.”

”But now, the situation has changed abruptly, something no one could have predicted.”

He looked at Zhang Yi. ”I still need to have my own core team, don’t you agree?”

Zhang Yi raised an eyebrow, unmoved by Zhu Zheng’s tale of woe.

”Yes, you’re right.”

This indifferent tone made Zhu Zheng feel rather helpless.

”I admit, the supply of resources to you back then was indeed restricted. But that also had to do with you. You were always operating outside of Blizzard City. How could I feel confident about pouring all our resources into cultivating you?”

Zhang Yi was growing somewhat impatient.

These old-timers always loved lecturing the younger generation with a paternalistic air.

Zhu Zheng thought he was good at psychological manipulation, but he didn’t realize that Zhang Yi’s generation of young people didn’t like being lectured.

”You have your rules, and I have my ideas. So discussing this is pointless. I don’t need to understand your difficulties, do I?”

Zhu Zheng’s breath hitched.

In the past, who would dare speak to him like that?

But now, Zhang Yi’s wings had hardened. He already had the capital to speak to Zhu Zheng as an equal, and Zhu Zheng could do nothing about it.

He thought for a moment, then tapped on the smart device on his wrist. A list appeared before Zhang Yi.

”Alright then, I’ll switch to a method you prefer. Zhang Yi, the supplies on this list represent my sincerity.”

”I hope you can let bygones be bygones and continue to support me in the future.”

When Zhang Yi saw the list, his gaze immediately became focused.

With just a quick scan, he realized it was indeed a display of immense sincerity!

Food, daily necessities, weapons and equipment, medicine... all sorts of supplies were there.

He casually scrolled, and there was a long list below.

The unit for each item wasn’t KG, but T!

Zhang Yi thought to himself: This old geezer is quite sensible this time. The sincerity shown is quite substantial.

He roughly estimated that these supplies would account for at least 20% of Blizzard City’s total reserves.

This time, Zhu Zheng was definitely making a huge sacrifice.

Well, strictly speaking, it was Blizzard City making the huge sacrifice.

Zhang Yi was actually quite satisfied internally, but on the surface, he remained expressionless.

”These things... I’m actually not lacking them.”

Zhang Yi said nonchalantly.

He already had most of the common supplies in his possession.

However, he indeed didn’t have some of the special medicines and large-scale weapon systems listed.

But he had to say it this way to negotiate what came next.

Hearing Zhang Yi’s words, Zhu Zheng couldn’t help but twitch at the corner of his eye.

He had shown such great sincerity, and Zhang Yi was still not satisfied?

Suppressing his temper, he looked at Zhang Yi and said, ”It’s true that you now have the ability to acquire many supplies, but some things are only available through the military. You can’t get them from anywhere else.”

A smile played on Zhang Yi’s lips. ”You’re right. Some things do need to be obtained from you. However, this list doesn’t contain what I want to see.”

Hearing this, Zhu Zheng actually felt somewhat relieved internally.

It was good if Zhang Yi had clear demands. The worst was someone with no desires or needs.

”Go ahead, what do you want?”

Zhang Yi patted his own thigh and said leisurely, ”I want to enhance the overall combat power of Tianhai City! So I need you to provide the technology and drugs for training superhumans.”

”Also, I need access to your most cutting-edge weapons technology. The kind that can convert superhuman energy into weapons... Well, I don’t really know what that thing is. But I know you definitely have it.”

Author’s Note