Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies-Chapter 1096: Betrayal

Chapter 1096: Betrayal

The sky gradually darkened as Gao Tianwu led everyone back to Gaoyuan Village.

Although they had been busy all day, braving the wind and snow, the trip had yielded some gains, so everyone was still relatively happy in their hearts.

After returning to the village, Gao Tianwu told Xiao Guang to take the food to the warehouse. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

He was utterly exhausted at this point, only wanting to go back and get a good night's sleep to recover his energy.

Xiao Guang accepted the order and led people to store the food.

Gao Tianwu didn't even take off his clothes, just wrapped himself in a blanket and closed his eyes heavily.

He didn't know how much time had passed when a torrent of curses suddenly reached his ears.

"You dog! Get up!"

Immediately after, a sharp pain shot through his body.

Gao Tianwu struggled to open his eyes, only to find he couldn't move at all—he was firmly tied up with ropes!

He was shocked and horrified. Looking up, he saw Meng Chuan standing with a group of villagers, their faces filled with anger as they glared at him.

"What are you doing?"

Gao Tianwu was completely bewildered, not understanding why the villagers would do this to him.

"You're asking on purpose, you bastard!"

Meng Chuan walked over and kicked him squarely in the body, sending him tumbling to the ground.

Several villagers came over and, without another word, started dragging him outside.

They quickly hauled Gao Tianwu out.

Once outside, the sight before Gao Tianwu's eyes made his pupils contract sharply!

In the village square, hundreds of torches were lit. In the center, a large cauldron was set up—the kind used for slaughtering the New Year's pig during festivals.

All his brothers, including his own younger brother Xiao Guang, were tied up and forced to kneel on the ground.

Betrayal!

That was the first word that flashed through Gao Tianwu's mind.

"What are you doing? Why have you tied us up?"

Gao Tianwu demanded angrily.

In response, someone struck him solidly twice behind the knees with a stick, knocking him flat on the ground again.

Meng Chuan walked over, pointing at his nose and cursing, "Gao Tianwu, you bastard! You've been throwing your weight around just because you have superhuman abilities for so long now! All of us villagers have endured you and your brothers long enough!"

"Today, we're going to skin you alive to restore order!"

Gao Tianwu's younger brothers were already beaten bloody all over. Hearing Meng Chuan's words, they could only glare at him in fury.

"That's bullshit!"

Xiao Guang's eyes were bloodshot.

"If it weren't for Brother Xiaowu, Gaoyuan Village would have been wiped out by other villages long ago!"

"And we even went out to find food for you all! Is this how you repay us?"

A villager at the corner of his mouth revealed a cold sneer. Looking at Xiao Guang and Gao Tianwu on the ground, a flash of triumphant gleam passed through his eyes.

Yes, during the most difficult days, it was indeed Gao Tianwu and his brothers who protected the village.

At first, the villagers were very grateful to them.

But as time passed and the immediate dangers around them faded, they gradually began to forget those hardships.

And towards Village Chief Gao Tianwu, who had always strictly managed them, feelings of resentment slowly began to grow in their hearts.

Although they usually didn't dare to speak out, now, the situation had changed!

They were the ones in the high position now, while Gao Tianwu and his brothers had become prisoners that everyone wanted to beat!

Seeing these people they once had to flatter and obey meekly now reduced to drowning dogs, the villagers felt nothing but immense satisfaction in their hearts!

For most people, they didn't really care about the truth of the matter.

As long as they saw those in high positions being brought down, they would cheer along, then get their share of the spoils, and wait for the next person in power to fall.

Several villagers rushed forward and viciously kicked Xiao Guang in the face several times, kicking his nose crooked and knocking out several of his teeth.

Xiao Guang's mouth was full of blood, his face swollen, unable to utter a single complete sentence anymore.

Seeing this scene, Gao Tianwu felt blood rush to his head. He stared deathly at Meng Chuan and roared,

"If you have any issues, come at me! Don't take it out on my brothers!"

"Meng Chuan, you just want to be the village chief, right? I can give it to you! Let us go!"

A gleeful light flickered in Meng Chuan's narrow, triangular eyes. The smile at the corner of his mouth was exactly like that of a cunning fox.

"Gao Tianwu," he leaned down close to Gao Tianwu's face and said with a grin, "You bastard, you've finally come to this day too!"

"I just can't stand you! What makes you qualified to be the boss? Today, I'm taking your position, and," he opened his eyes, revealing a fierce, icy gaze, "I'm taking all of your lives too!"

Gao Tianwu's heart instantly turned cold.

If it were just about losing the village chief position, that would be one thing, but these villagers... these villagers actually wanted the lives of him and his brothers?

"Why???"

He unwillingly raised his neck, letting out an angry demand.

"In the year I've been village chief, I've given everything I have so this whole village could survive!"

"How many groups of wanderers have we protected the village from and driven away?"

"How much food have we found for you all, braving wind and snow?"

"Are you all such ungrateful people?"

Gao Tianwu roared with indignation, his anger so intense he felt like vomiting blood.

Being betrayed by the people he had protected with all his heart and soul—no one could accept that.

Hearing his words, the surrounding villagers showed hesitant expressions on their faces.

After all, what Gao Tianwu said was true; they had indeed contributed a lot to Gaoyuan Village.

Several people around Meng Chuan immediately started shouting and cursing loudly.

"Shut up! You're from Gaoyuan Village too! Talking about protecting the village—didn't the villagers protect you too? Contributing to the collective is your duty! Now you come asking for credit? Have you no shame?"

"You became village chief and embezzled how much of the village's food? Do you really think we don't know? I saw with my own eyes you stealing collective food and hiding it away."

Gao Tianwu almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

Gaoyuan Village protected him?

How laughable!

Both he and his brother Xiao Guang were superhumans. After the apocalypse, relying on their own abilities, they and their group of brothers could have lived perfectly well on their own.

Back then, it was out of fellow-villager sentiment that they resolutely stepped forward to protect the village.

Without them, Gaoyuan Village would never have been able to compete with the surrounding larger, more populous villages.

Not to mention the later groups of armed wanderers who came to rob.

How did it become, in their mouths now, that Gao Tianwu and the others' contributions were taken for granted?

As for that incident about stealing food...

Gao Tianwu hurriedly explained, "You've misunderstood! I didn't steal the food! I used it to hire someone to solve the cockroach problem from before!"

Meng Chuan gave a sinister laugh and kicked him squarely in the chest. Gao Tianwu's breath was knocked out of him, his face turning red.

"At a time like this, who's going to listen to your nonsense?"

Gao Tianwu glared viciously at Meng Chuan. Meng Chuan suddenly squatted down, grabbed the hair at the back of his head, and sneered into his ear,

"Don't you understand the situation yet? Now that everyone has taken action, there's no turning back. So no matter what your reasons were, tonight, you have to die!"