Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies

If this were a conflict between nations, perhaps there might still be some room for reason and goodwill.

But their humans and the underground race beneath Mist Valley were not even the same species, so why bother discussing such pointless matters?

When humans eat chicken and duck, they don’t need to convict them of crimes first. If they want to eat, they just eat.

Li Guangxiao’s point was that the conflict between them and the underground race would arrive sooner or later.

Just this time alone, Mist Valley had launched an attack against most of the Huaxu Nation, and it was clearly aimed at annihilating them!

If their strength weren’t formidable enough, had this been any other nation on the planet, they would probably have already been wiped out!

At a time like this, still discussing what was right and wrong seemed somewhat laughable.

Zhang Yi, however, was perfectly at ease. With his hands crossed beneath his chin, he said in a deep, measured tone:

”I admit that we originally entered Star Island to search for treasure. But even if we hadn’t gone, other nations would have entered as well.”

”Underground civilization’s contact with humanity is increasing. Not to mention domestic incidents—occurrences abroad are far from rare either.”

”Conflict is unavoidable. Do you think that just because you’re located inland, you won’t face any risk?”

Zhang Yi smiled faintly. ”You’d best abandon such unrealistic notions as soon as possible! Otherwise, you’ll have plenty more hardship to endure in the future.” ℴℴ𝘮

Li Changgong said coldly, ”I’ll remember this! One day, sooner or later, I’ll settle accounts with you.”

”Whatever you wish.”

Zhang Yi replied dismissively.

He knew Li Changgong’s type all too well—someone obsessed with saving face, fiercer with his tongue than anyone else.

But if it ever actually came to blows, Zhang Yi wasn’t the least bit afraid of him.

Meng Yuanjun continued, ”The biggest problem right now is that we don’t know whether the enemy will launch another attack. Nor when it might come.”

”We can’t afford to operate under the assumption that they’ll only attack once. And judging by the scale of their assault, they must be aiming to wipe out our fighting strength entirely.”

”Therefore, we must be prepared at all times to face a large-scale offensive that could come at any moment.”

Han Shanzuo’s eyes flickered with unease. ”I’ve only ever heard of guarding against thieves for a thousand days, never of being on guard for a thousand days. What’s the use of living in constant fear like this? Why don’t we just organize our forces, charge into Mist Valley on Star Island, and fight them to the death!”

Meng Yuanjun shook his head.

”That approach is highly inadvisable.”

”According to the intelligence we’ve received, aside from attacking the Huaxu Nation, they also simultaneously struck at the Colombia naval fleet stationed at Neon Harbor.”

”At this point, even if we mustered the entire strength of our Huaxu Nation, breaking into the underground to annihilate them would be extremely difficult.”

Luozhuo asked curiously, ”What if we used the Love of Death? That’s our ultimate weapon!”

Zhang Yi answered this question. Looking at Luozhuo, he said, ”The Love of Death’s power is certainly formidable, but it can only produce effective lethality in open areas.”

”Not to mention that the underground civilization of Mist Valley on Star Island lives at least ten thousand meters below the surface. Even reinforced concrete fortifications a few hundred meters underground would make it difficult for an ordinary Love of Death to kill those inside.”

Luozhuo had wanted to ask whether Zhang Yi could use his ability to bring the Love of Death underground to make it work.

But the look Zhang Yi gave him made him promptly shut his mouth.

When Zhang Yi had dealt with the Nash Kingdom prince, he’d taken the risky move of using his Dimensional Gate to lure the Love of Death underground.

But in reality, that operation had been extremely dangerous—one small mistake could have caused everything to go wrong.

Moreover, Zhang Yi knew full well that in the abyss beneath Mist Valley, an existence like the Gatekeeper of the Underworld resided.

Wouldn’t going there be nothing short of courting death?

Without Zhang Yi needing to say a word, Xuanwu took the initiative to bring up the Gatekeeper of the Underworld’s existence.

”Within Mist Valley, there are even more powerful Transcendents who haven’t yet revealed themselves. And none of us knows just how powerful they truly are. It’s not suitable to launch a reckless offensive.”

Li Changgong’s brows furrowed deeply.

”This won’t do, and that won’t do either. Are we just supposed to sit here and take hits passively?”

”Just how much strength does our Huaxu Nation have left to withstand their attacks? Two waves? Or three?”

He was somewhat furious.

”You’re all fine over there—no losses at all. But my Northwest—after this battle, we’ve lost nearly half of our military strength!”

”If this continues, we’re all doomed!”

Zhang Yi didn’t respond to his words.

Although he didn’t care for Li Changgong’s tone, that man did indeed have every right to be angry right now. There was no need to rub salt in the wound at a moment like this.

Besides, he had come to this meeting precisely hoping to unite everyone and solve the problem together.

He simply looked at Meng Yuanjun and said, ”Commander Meng, at this point we don’t have any particularly good options. I can only protect the little piece of territory I call my own. However, if my assistance is needed and there’s a sound battle plan, I’ll actively cooperate.”

Li Guangxiao looked at Zhang Yi and gave a light snort.

”Of course you will, because if there’s another attack, the primary target will definitely be your Jiangnan Region! No—it’ll be your Tianshui City!”

Everyone strongly agreed with Li Guangxiao’s assessment.

Because this time, only Zhang Yi had achieved a great victory, annihilating every Mist Valley force that had invaded.

If the enemy wanted to counterattack, they would certainly list Tianshui City as a priority target and throw everything at it!

Zhang Yi spread his hands. ”I don’t deny that. But don’t forget—whenever I want to leave, I can leave at any moment. The land in Tianshui City isn’t worth much anyway.”

Li Changgong’s expression grew even uglier by a few shades.

They all had families and property, unable to abandon their homeland.

But for Zhang Yi, the world was vast—was there anywhere he couldn’t go?

A Black Chariot-tier space-type Transcendent could casually pack up an entire city’s supplies, even take his own house along, and then hide away somewhere safe.

Who could possibly find him?

Meng Yuanjun smiled as he looked at Zhang Yi. ”If Chaos is willing to lend his strength, then we’re not entirely without options for dealing with the crisis that may come.”

Everyone turned their gazes to Meng Yuanjun.

They wanted to hear what this newly appointed Supreme Commander of the Shengjing district had to offer.

Meng Yuanjun shifted half a step aside, and within the projection appeared a middle-aged man wearing the uniform of a major in the Dragon’s Roar Guard.

”Allow me to introduce you all. This is Dai Sheng, the Sky Swift Star among the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits of Shengjing.”

”He’s a space-type ability user, and his ability is spatial transmission.”

Meng Yuanjun gestured for Dai Sheng to step forward and introduce himself.

Dai Sheng straightened his back, walked forward, and solemnly rendered a military salute.

”Greetings to all the leaders of the major regions! My ability is called Star Cluster. I can leave coordinates at any spatial node, then activate my ability to transmit objects to that spatial node.”

”As long as I leave corresponding spatial nodes in each major region, I can achieve seamless personnel transmission between the six major regions.”