Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies-Chapter 1084: The Undying Ghost

Chapter 1084: The Undying Ghost

That dead cockroach sparked quite a discussion within the shelter.

Perhaps it had been too peaceful here for too long, and everyone rarely saw insects, so they casually chatted about this issue.

Zhou Ke'er asked, "Where did it come from? I remember there shouldn't be any cockroaches in the shelter. It couldn't have just fallen from the sky, could it?"

Liang Yue stroked her chin, seriously analyzing, "Maybe it was hiding in the house before. You know, these things are everywhere in the south, incredibly tenacious and very hard to kill."

Right at that moment, Aunt Zhou Haimei brought up a point with a worried expression:

"There's a saying: when you find one cockroach in a room, there are definitely a thousand more hiding in the shadows!"

The faces of the several women immediately changed.

The thought that there could be so many of these creatures lurking in the shadowy corners they couldn't see, and that they had been living alongside them day and night, made their skin crawl.

Just then, Yang Xinxin came into the living room from the back, riding her electric wheelchair.

Although her legs had already recovered to normal, the shelter was simply too large, and her delicate, weak legs would start to ache after walking for a while.

There was no helping it. Even though her legs were better, after years of not exercising them, she still preferred using machinery to get around.

Yang Xinxin had a computer in front of her, intently processing some data.

After overhearing their conversation, she leisurely replied, "That's impossible. This house's Smart System can monitor every corner and naturally includes a pest control system."

"This bug was probably accidentally brought in by someone coming or going!"

"I've already modified the system's code to add cockroaches to the cleanup list. The system will eliminate them as soon as it detects them. There's no need to make a fuss."

These words made the group look at each other in surprise.

"From outside?"

The temperature outside fluctuated around minus sixty degrees Celsius year-round. Basically, very few normal creatures could survive in that environment.

Cockroaches, those detestable and disgusting bugs, could they really have survived until now?

"Probably a mutant."

Yang Xinxin said flatly, "Cockroaches have an incredibly strong ability to adapt to their environment, and their reproductive rate even surpasses that of rats. So it's not strange for mutants to appear."

She paused, then continued, "And due to their massive population size, given sufficient food, large numbers of mutants could even emerge."

Zhou Ke'er frowned, then, mustering her courage, actually reached out and picked up the garbage bag containing the cockroach.

"Then I better take it back and study it carefully!"

Everyone nodded, agreeing that Zhou Ke'er's approach was more prudent.

However, no one paid this matter any special attention.

After all, by now, they had witnessed too many changes, and Zhang Yi's strength had also risen to the Epsilon-level.

They were just some annoying bugs; they wouldn't have much impact on their lives.

...

Tianhai City, West Mountain District.

This was once one of the most densely populated areas of Tianhai City. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

It also gave birth to the strongest refuge after the Apocalypse, the West Mountain Base.

However, ever since Zhang Yi completely destroyed it, it quickly became desolate and uninhabited.

The vast base had long been buried under thick layers of ice and snow. People simply couldn't find the sealed entrance on the mountain body of West Mountain.

However, a deathly silent zone didn't mean all life was extinguished.

Deep underground, over a hundred meters down, vigorous life force was currently surging relentlessly. Dense, black ghosts rustled as they crawled through the abandoned corridors, covering the broken walls and ruins.

Within the ruins, the ground was littered with dry bones that had been gnawed completely clean.

And these cockroaches exuded a brown, oily sheen all over their bodies, their size many times larger than ordinary cockroaches.

Even in the corners, crouched cockroaches with even more terrifying sizes, possessing horrifying dimensions of dozens of centimeters, even over a hundred centimeters!

They were born with an appearance that disgusted humans, and now, after becoming gigantic, they were even more spine-chilling.

"Thump!" "Thump!"

From within the shadows, several corpses were thrown into that dense mass of cockroaches that made one's scalp tingle.

"Whoosh!"

In less than a second, the entire ruins seemed to go crazy, as a huge black wave surged forth. Countless cockroaches swarmed over, rapidly devouring those corpses.

"Buzz—"

Several huge cockroaches flew over directly, quickly occupying the best spots, then opened their hideous mouthparts and began feasting heartily.

"Crackle crackle—"

They were a race born to chase food. They would eat anything that could help them survive.

Including their own kind.

The large cockroaches, unable to get to the rotten flesh, began eating the smaller cockroaches around them. The small cockroaches began eating even smaller ones.

Right at that moment, the entire cockroach swarm suddenly became restless.

From the depths of the shadows, a monstrously huge creature slowly crawled out—a mutant cockroach over two meters in size!

Its eyes emitted an eerie glow as it casually moved past the huge wave of cockroaches, then pounced, biting off the head of a cockroach over a meter long in one bite, splattering yellow-green fluid everywhere.

The other cockroaches paid no heed to this danger, competing to devour everything they could get their mouthparts on.

Soon, those corpses were completely devoured, and the still unsatisfied cockroach swarm began turning on each other.

In the shadows, a man revealed a sinister smile at the corner of his mouth.

"Yes, just like this! Devour each other, kill each other!"

"Only this way can we cultivate the most powerful gu insect!"

"Ah~ A gu insect cultivated from mutant cockroaches, this must be an unprecedented, most interesting gu!"

"Zhang Yi, hehehe, you just wait for me! I will definitely give you a huge surprise to repay you for everything you've done!"

...

Zhang Yi and Fatty Xu returned from Blizzard City.

He handed over the weapon technology obtained from Blizzard City to Lu Keran, asking her to help Zhang Yi rebuild Thunderbolt and White Owl.

Lu Keran, being a mechanical enthusiast, was immediately so excited upon seeing this world-class weapon technology that she skipped her meal and ran straight into the workshop to start researching.

Zhang Yi then gave the acquired genetic drugs to Zhou Ke'er.

"Ke'er, study these drugs carefully. Currently, Blizzard City's main method for enhancing superhuman strength relies on drugs."

"However, they can use them, but we must be careful. After all, they can disregard their subordinates' bodies, even willing to shorten their lifespans to gain power, but we don't have that necessity."

Zhang Yi wouldn't easily use this technology on his family unless its stability was confirmed.

Zhou Ke'er nodded, "I'll study them carefully! But this will take some time."

Zhang Yi smiled and waved his hand, "That's fine."

Zhou Ke'er said, "There's one more thing to tell you. Today, a mutant cockroach was discovered in the shelter."

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