Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies

In an instant, the gazes of everyone present fell upon Zhang Yi and Li Changgong.

Qin Qigong and Shang Daowen narrowed their eyes, lost in thought.

As hosts, they certainly did not want to see representatives from the Northwest Region and the Jiangnan Region come to blows.

But at this moment, they genuinely needed Li Changgong’s support.

Qin Qigong slowly began to speak, ”Regarding this matter, I respect the opinion of Mr. Chaos from the Jiangnan Region. As long as he does not agree, no one in Shengjing can force him to do anything he doesn’t want to do!”

Qin Qigong’s words held no hesitation whatsoever.

He was, after all, the supreme commander stationed in the central region of the Huaxu Kingdom, the highest authority of the First Administrative Region!

The people of the Huaxu Kingdom placed the utmost importance on face. The more noble one’s status and position, the more they cared about it.

No matter what, Qin Qigong could not abandon this fundamental principle.

However, Zhang Yi’s eyes were fixed on Li Changgong. Their gazes clashed in mid-air, and the atmosphere was thick with the smell of gunpowder.

Li Changgong’s gaze was sharp, arrogant, and domineering, radiating an overbearing attitude.

He wasn’t deliberately putting on such an act; it was simply his nature.

As a born leader and commander, his imperiousness was innate—a status inherited through his bloodline.

Zhang Yi was in no hurry to speak.

Although his heart was already blazing with rage at this moment, he understood clearly that the more intense the situation, the more he needed to maintain his composure.

The slightest misstep could land him in someone else’s trap.

A matter can be tolerated once, even twice, but not a third time.

Li Changgong was forcing Zhang Yi to take a stand.

This was already the third time today. If Zhang Yi backed down again, even if a fight didn’t break out, from now on he would become a laughingstock, a coward, in everyone’s mouths.

And Li Changgong would achieve victory without fighting, stepping on Zhang Yi’s head to gain illustrious fame!

After all, it had only been half a year since Zhang Yi made a name for himself on Star Island, making the name Chaos known throughout the East Sea region.

Yet Li Changgong’s reputation in the outside world wasn’t particularly great.

If Zhang Yi retreated, it would be equivalent to using all his hard work up to now to pave the way for Li Changgong’s glory.

This was an overt scheme.

Fight, and he’d fall right into the trap Li Changgong had laid.

Don’t fight, and Li Changgong still comes out ahead, no losses.

Zhang Yi slowly set down the wine glass in his hand.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Zhang Yi looked at Li Changgong with a contemptuous gaze and said slowly:

”You say we should fight, so we fight? Li Changgong, you think far too highly of yourself!”

”What do you think you are? Have you had too much of the northwest wind and sand? Did your brain short-circuit just because people call you ’King of the Northwest’ a couple of times?”

A cold glint flashed in Li Changgong’s eyes. ”Heh, are you only good at sharp words? If you don’t dare to fight, just say you’re scared. I definitely won’t make things difficult for you!”

”After all,” he raised the wine glass in his hand, swirling the sixty-year-old Maotai inside, ”I, Li Changgong, also disdain to bother with timid mice!”

Zhang Yi gave a faint smile.

He tapped the table in front of him with his right hand.

”What a coincidence, I also despise men with no backbone.”

”Since you’re begging me to fight you, I can satisfy your humble request. But I don’t play games with children. If we’re going to fight, we must add some stakes to it!”

Zhang Yi suddenly turned fierce, his eyes sharp as if he wanted to devour someone.

”We’re both Epsilons. Since we’re deciding a winner, we can’t hold back!”

”So I want to bet my life against yours! The winner lives, the loser dies!”

His eyes stared straight at Li Changgong.

This sudden, enormous wager startled everyone greatly.

Zhang Yi was going straight for a life-or-death gamble right from the start. This, this... this was equivalent to flipping the table over directly!

Pagyi Gesang from the Southwest Region was already using a handkerchief to wipe his sweat. Zhuque’s face also paled slightly as she looked uneasily at Li Changgong.

Li Changgong’s expression indeed changed slightly.

Bet their lives?

Although he believed he had Zhang Yi completely figured out, if it escalated to betting their lives, that was a completely different concept.

A spar was a spar; a life-or-death fight was something else entirely.

They were both Epsilons. If they fought to the death, it meant no holding back, doing everything possible to kill the other to end it!

Even if he won, he couldn’t guarantee he wouldn’t be severely injured by Zhang Yi.

The desperate counterattack of an Epsilon-level powerhouse fighting without regard for their own life was no joke!

Han Shanzuo looked at Zhang Yi and couldn’t help but give him a thumbs-up.

”Good lad, you’ve got real guts! This brother admires you!”

Qin Qigong quickly stepped forward to mediate.

”Chaos, Gouchen, both of you calm down!”

”Right now, the world is in great turmoil. The Huaxu Kingdom needs pillars like you to support it. Any casualty among you would be a tremendous loss for the Huaxu Kingdom!”

”A dispute of pride should end with a mere demonstration. You absolutely must not fight to the death!”

Zhang Yi threw his head back and laughed heartily.

As he laughed, he looked at Li Changgong with the most mocking gaze possible.

”What’s wrong, Commander Li? Are you scared now?”

He slammed the table. ”Weren’t you acting all high and mighty just a moment ago?”

Li Changgong growled, ”Zhang Yi! Are you determined to seek your own death? Your power level is only 13,000 points. What makes you think you can fight me to the death?”

Zhang Yi sprawled back in his chair and, right in front of everyone, actually propped both his feet up on the table, his soles pointed directly at Li Changgong.

At a time like this, with all pretense stripped away, he no longer cared about his image.

He was just a nobody from Tianhai City.

Li Changgong came from a military family, a favored son of heaven.

For Zhang Yi to still worry about image and face with him would be the height of foolishness.

”If I can take you down with me, I won’t have lost! You are, after all, the commander of the Northwest Region!”

”Even if I can’t kill you, believe me, I’ll make you suffer wounds you’ll never forget for the rest of your life!”

Zhang Yi’s eyes were filled with fierce determination, the very picture of a desperado.

Even Li Changgong was momentarily intimidated by Zhang Yi’s imposing manner.

He didn’t dare to bet his life against Zhang Yi.

Because the fame, power, wealth, beautiful women... almost everything he possessed was far greater than that of this mere warehouse manager from Tianhai City.

He couldn’t afford to lose. Even a pyrrhic victory, he felt, wouldn’t be worth it.

”You’re just a madman!”

Li Changgong angrily pointed at Zhang Yi and shouted, his face flushed red. This supreme commander of the Northwest Region was, after all, still young and had lost his composure.

Qin Qigong chuckled inwardly: Still too young, can’t keep his cool.

Right at that moment, Zhang Yi suddenly crossed his arms and switched to a lazy expression.

”Just a little scare and you’re already afraid. With courage like that, what is there left for me to say to you?”

Zhang Yi’s sudden change of expression made everyone present breathe a sigh of relief, while also finding it somewhat hard to suppress their amusement.

Zhang Yi’s tactics were utterly shameless.

Among all the people present, only he could play this game.

Because only he had no status or background, just a small figure from the bottom rungs of society. So he had nothing to fear and few attachments.

He dared to go straight for a life-or-death bet. None of the others could be so decisive and ruthless.

And those barely-suppressed smiles on everyone’s faces, falling into the eyes of the newly empowered Li Changgong, turned into a sharp, stinging mockery.

Author’s Note