Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies-Chapter 1091: Behind the Cockroach Swarm

Chapter 1091: Behind the Cockroach Swarm

Zhang Yi looked at the dying Chen Jingguan and frowned.

He took antidote and antibiotics from his Dimensional Space and rolled them over to the doctors on the ground.

The base doctors, seeing such good supplies, hurriedly took them to use on Chen Jingguan.

"How is it? Can you save his life?"

Zhang Yi inquired.

Several doctors were already busy and sweating profusely.

One doctor said with embarrassment, "We need to draw blood for testing. General Chen is infected with a very serious pathogen. But our base's medical level... is somewhat insufficient."

Zhang Yi rubbed his forehead. "Wait."

He turned and left, returning soon after with Zhou Ke'er.

Zhou Ke'er was already wearing medical equipment and walked over to Chen Jingguan's sickbed.

Her ability was now much stronger than before.

Her hands emitted a soft white light, which she gently swept over Chen Jingguan's body from above, like an X-ray, clearly examining the internal condition of his body.

"It is indeed a very serious pathogen infection."

She deftly administered medicine to Chen Jingguan. After a busy period, the black color on Chen Jingguan's face finally receded.

However, he looked terrifyingly weak, his face deathly pale.

After opening his eyes, he saw Zhang Yi and Zhou Ke'er and was immediately filled with shame.

"Boss, I'm sorry, I..."

He pursed his dry lips, not knowing what to say at this moment.

Zhang Yi looked down at him and asked calmly, "How did you end up in such a sorry state? Didn't I warn you to be careful of attacks by Mutated Creatures?"

"Even if I hadn't said it, after experiencing the zombie hordes in Tianhai City back then, haven't you learned anything?"

Chen Jingguan: "I..."

Zhang Yi turned to look at Lu Dahai not far away. Lu Dahai quickly bowed his head respectfully to Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi said, "From now on, Dawn Rain Base will be temporarily handed over to Lu Dahai for management. Chen Jingguan is demoted to deputy. You should focus on recovering from your illness for now."

Lu Dahai couldn't contain his inner excitement and secretly clenched his fist.

He had finally waited for this opportunity!

The chance to become someone superior!

His two brothers, Rong Lei and Yu Gang, exchanged excited and gratified glances.

During the previous battle, they had also fought very bravely, precisely to not hold their brother back.

Now was the time for their reward.

Lu Dahai shouted loudly, "Yes, Mr. Zhang! I will definitely work hard!"

Zhang Yi said calmly, "It's only temporary. If you don't perform well, I'll replace you."

Lu Dahai was a superhuman, which was why Zhang Yi was supporting him.

But having combat power wasn't enough; he also needed management skills, and most importantly, loyalty to Zhang Yi.

He could give Lu Dahai a chance, but it also depended on whether Lu Dahai was the right material.

Lu Dahai quickly said, "I understand!"

Chen Jingguan, feeling guilty at this moment, even though he clearly knew Zhang Yi was deliberately promoting Lu Dahai, had no face to say anything.

Just then, Zhang Yi received reports from Xiao Honglian and Xing Tian.

It turned out that at the same time, their bases had also been attacked by cockroach swarms.

Zhang Yi asked, "How is the situation on your end?"

Xiao Honglian, wearing a red combat suit, stood on a high point of the factory. Below, the crisscrossing trenches were already a sea of fire.

The cockroaches were being burned to death in swathes, and the air was actually filled with a protein-like aroma.

Xiao Honglian smiled into the communication device, "With your warning, we made preparations early, so there haven't been any casualties."

Over at Qingpu Base, Xing Tian had also taken precautions in advance, so there were no major casualties.

Chen Jingguan, listening to this from his sickbed, felt even more ashamed.

Zhang Yi didn't blame him further at this time, simply calling Zhou Ke'er and leaving Dawn Rain Base.

He had said he wouldn't interfere too much in the operations of the three major bases.

They could handle their own affairs. Zhang Yi disliked wasting energy managing too many people.

Now it was up to Lu Dahai to see what he could do.

Zhang Yi took Zhou Ke'er back to the Shelter, took off his overcoat and threw it on the sofa, but a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.

Zhou Ke'er helped Zhang Yi put away his coat, took off her own protective suit, revealing her curvaceous figure, and sat down next to Zhang Yi.

"Zhang Yi, what's wrong? Did you discover something?"

Zhang Yi nodded.

"I think it's a bit strange. This feeling is very similar to the zombie hordes in Tianhai City back then."

"The three major bases being attacked simultaneously is definitely not a coincidence. Either a highly intelligent king has emerged within the cockroach swarms to control them."

"Or someone is controlling the cockroach swarms to launch the attacks."

"Moreover, the fact that the Shelter here wasn't attacked is clearly not a coincidence either."

Zhou Ke'er said, "You mean, someone wants to deal with you?"

Zhang Yi raised an eyebrow slightly. "Who knows? Maybe yes, maybe no. I always tend to think about things from a complex angle, but I also easily overthink, complicating simple problems."

"Even now, I can't be completely sure."

Zhang Yi was now an Epsilon-level superhuman.

Looking across the world, he was also a top-tier powerhouse.

Logically speaking, few would dare to oppose him.

But it wasn't completely impossible.

During the Mist Valley operation, he had thoroughly offended nations including the Colombian Ocean Fleet, Neon Pirate, New Rohan, and Malai.

The East Sea Region also held quite a grudge against him.

He couldn't completely guarantee that those guys wouldn't do something behind his back.

Of course, analyzing from a rational logic perspective, the probability of that was extremely low.

For anyone to want to deal with an Epsilon-level superhuman, especially on Huaxu Kingdom's home turf, would be extremely foolish.

"Could it be Zhu Zheng?"

Zhang Yi muttered to himself, but Zhu Zheng shouldn't be that stupid either.

He rubbed his head, feeling somewhat unable to figure it out.

Seeing this, Zhou Ke'er immediately called everyone in the house over to discuss countermeasures together.

Everyone gathered in the living room.

After hearing about the cockroach swarm incident, many felt goosebumps.

Regarding cockroaches, their feeling was less fear and more disgust.

Just thinking about cockroaches swarming over like a tide, crawling all over one's body, was enough to make almost anyone's skin crawl.

"This is strange. I remember cockroaches are cold-blooded animals. They can't move in low-temperature environments and can even freeze to death. That's why cockroaches in the north never became a major problem in the past."

"So why did so many cockroaches suddenly appear?"

Zhang Yi said, "That's easy to explain. 'Mutation'—these two words are the answer to everything."

"The reason cockroaches are so hard to eradicate is because of their strong adaptability to environments and terrifying reproductive capacity."

"Even if the frostwave caused massive die-offs, as long as one in a hundred million cockroaches developed a cold-resistant mutation, they could pass on that gene."

"If food is sufficient, the number of descendants a pair of cockroaches can produce is beyond calculation."

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