Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies

Zhang Yi and Baili Changqing chatted for a while. It was nothing more than asking about the recent situation in Blizzard City and telling him some stories about Star Island.

Originally, such matters were top secret, but since Zhang Yi wanted to talk about them, Zhu Zheng wouldn’t quibble with him over such minor details.

After listening, Baili Changqing felt a wave of lingering fear.

”Thank goodness you didn’t take me with you back then. Otherwise, I’m afraid I would have become cannon fodder already.”

Baili Changqing downed a glass of wine in one gulp and said bitterly.

He never thought that he, a deputy captain, would end up becoming a marginal figure in a battle.

Zhang Yi comforted him, ”A battle of this level is the first of its kind since the apocalypse. There won’t be many like it. Staying in the Jiangnan Region is enough for you to be a dominant force.”

After chatting idly with Baili Changqing for a while, Zhang Yi left the bar, planning to return to Blizzard City.

It wasn’t that he didn’t value the friendship of old comrades, but as he grew stronger and stronger, the distance between him and some of the people around him also increased.

His friendship with Baili Changqing was forged on the battlefield.

It wasn’t like the bond with his shelter companions who had weathered hardships and braved many storms together.

Therefore, as the gap between Baili Changqing and him widened, the distance between the two inevitably increased.

It was like former colleagues who had worked together. No matter how good their relationship was, as one got promoted or left the job, distance would slowly appear.

Zhang Yi didn’t have time for sentimental melancholy. He had long been accustomed to the joys and sorrows, the meetings and partings between people.

Just before he left, Baili Changqing suddenly called out to him.

”Zhang Yi... Captain.”

Zhang Yi turned to look at him, still holding the Huangwan cigarette Baili Changqing had offered him.

”Hmm? Is there something else?”

Baili Changqing hesitated for a moment before slowly saying, ”Can you... not withdraw from the Celestial Hound Squad?”

”I know our current strength can only hold you back. But if the squad is disbanded, we don’t know where we’ll be assigned.”

”But as long as you don’t say anything, Commander Zhu, out of respect for you, will keep our unit intact.”

Zhang Yi raised an eyebrow, then said lightly, ”Then keep it.”

Whether to keep it or not was a trivial matter to him.

At most, he’d just be a hands-off boss.

Baili Changqing was overjoyed. ”Thank you, Captain!”

Unconsciously, a thick barrier had already formed between them.

Zhang Yi left the bar, exhaled a long plume of white smoke, then threw the cigarette butt on the ground and crushed it under his foot.

A special car was waiting for him outside, and the driver came over to open the door.

Zhang Yi got in the car and said flatly, ”To the subway station.”

Then he dialed Fatty Xu’s communicator. ”Had enough fun? Or do you want to stay a couple more days?”

From the other end of the communicator came Fatty Xu’s weak, listless voice.

”No, Boss, take me with you! A few days later and I’m afraid I’d be done for here.”

This time, to win Zhang Yi over, Zhu Zheng had truly spared no expense. The girls sent were the best in Blizzard City, usually only serving the city’s upper class.

This time, Fatty Xu was thoroughly exhausted, and thoroughly delighted.

Zhang Yi took a deep breath, cursed ”damn fatty” in his heart, then said irritably, ”Get your ass to the subway station, now!”

After he left, the bar door quickly opened, and several people scrambled to pick up the cigarette butt Zhang Yi had thrown away.

Zhang Yi arrived at the subway station, where someone was already waiting, holding the items prepared for him by the region.

Not long after, Fatty Xu arrived, panting heavily.

His legs kept trembling, weak and unsteady, and his lips were somewhat pale.

Zhang Yi rubbed his forehead. ”You should at least show some restraint! Be careful you don’t lose your life over this.”

Fatty Xu retorted stubbornly, ”How can you talk about restraint when it comes to an otaku’s business? Relaxation, it’s called relaxation.”

Zhang Yi gave him a glare, then boarded the special train.

On the way back, he thought to himself: I must improve the strength of my family members as soon as possible! This world is starting to become more and more dangerous.

...

Inside the shelter.

Yang Siya and Zhou Haimei were preparing dinner in the kitchen.

Yang Siya was in a very cheerful mood today, humming a tune while cooking.

Seeing her rosy complexion and excellent vitality, Zhou Haimei nudged her with her elbow and teased:

”Looks like you’ve been well nourished!”

Yang Siya pursed her lips, looking quite smug. ”Of course! Our Zhang Yi is young and vigorous.”

Zhou Haimei said defiantly, ”Our Guang isn’t bad either!”

The two bantered and laughed, not noticing a dark, blackish thing crawling towards the trash can under the kitchen counter.

Yang Siya and Zhou Haimei were playfully jostling each other when Yang Siya inadvertently glanced down and saw the thing. She immediately jumped on the spot in fright.

”Ah!!”

Zhou Haimei looked closely. Lying on the floor was a creature that could make any woman turn pale with fright—a cockroach!

And not an ordinary cockroach either. That thing, pitch black all over, gleaming with a brown oily sheen, with disgusting antennae, was actually as big as an adult’s palm!

She immediately hugged Yang Siya and also screamed in alarm.

Zhou Ke’er, hearing their shouts, hurried over. When she saw the thing, her face also showed an expression of disgust and surprise.

However, being a doctor who had been in operating rooms, she was quite brave. She immediately grabbed a magazine and smashed it down on the floor!

True to being a doctor, her strike was steady, accurate, and ruthless, hitting the cockroach in one go.

Yang Siya and Zhou Haimei huddled together in a corner of the kitchen, terrified.

”Is it dead? Is it dead?”

Before she finished speaking, the cockroach’s huge head emerged from under the magazine.

Zhou Ke’er, suppressing the nausea in her heart, walked over and stomped on it hard several times.

”This time it’s definitely dead!”

Zhou Ke’er patted her chest, which was still trembling, and let out a long sigh of relief.

But before her words faded, a buzzing sound suddenly reached her ears.

That cockroach crawled out from under the tattered magazine, then flapped its wings and flew straight at Zhou Ke’er’s face!

Even the brave Zhou Ke’er was so frightened that her body froze stiff.

At the critical moment, a flash of blade light swept past Zhou Ke’er’s eyes.

”Clang!”

The cockroach’s body was directly sliced in two, then fell to the ground.

It turned out Liang Yue, hearing their screams, had rushed over with her sword.

The two severed sections of the corpse on the floor were still writhing, disgusting green liquid flowing from its body, almost making the several women present vomit.

Liang Yue walked over and stabbed her sword into its head. The cockroach struggled a few more times before slowly stopping its movements.

The three women, Yang Siya and the others, all ran behind her. Though still shaken, women love to join in the excitement. They curiously peeked out with both eyes from behind Liang Yue to look at the huge cockroach on the ground.

”This thing... how did it grow so big?”

”Could it be mutated!”

”It must be. I stomped on it so hard just now, and it was completely fine.”

Author’s Note