Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies-Chapter 1145: Summit Meeting
Chapter 1145: Summit Meeting
No one thought Zhang Yi would accept Li Changgong's challenge, and they could understand Zhang Yi's approach.
However, in this world where the strong prey on the weak, it didn't mean they would sympathize with Zhang Yi. On the contrary, they couldn't help but feel a trace of contempt in their hearts.
No one would ever sympathize with the weak.
On the very first day of arriving in Shengjing, the issue between the Northwest Region and the Jiangnan Region had filled the entire city with a tense, confrontational atmosphere.
The Shengjing Region was doing its utmost to maintain order and prevent the conflict from escalating.
But everyone else was just sitting back, ready to enjoy the show.
They also wanted to see what kind of strength the King of the Northwest, Li Changgong, and that suddenly emerging kid, Chaos, truly possessed.
The afternoon passed by quickly.
Zhang Yi spent some time with his family, strolling around the massive estate.
He couldn't help but sigh with admiration: Shengjing was truly Shengjing. Even in this bitterly cold, frozen world, they could still create such magnificent estates.
And it was said that the most core area of Shengjing, where Qin Qigong, Houtu, and others resided, was built using the world's most advanced technology into an ultimate apocalypse fortress.
Midway through, he called Lu Keran aside and chatted with her for a bit.
He asked Lu Keran to prepare some things for him, just in case.
Evening arrived.
Shengjing sent special vehicles to pick up the representatives from each major region.
Because the issues to be discussed at this meeting were of great importance, only one person from each region was allowed to attend.
In other words, only Zhang Yi could go, while even Deng Shentong could only accompany him and wait outside.
However, this still couldn't quell everyone's curiosity.
Even if they had to wait outside the conference center, they still hoped to be the first to know: what exactly was the reason the Shengjing Region had so grandly gathered the representatives of the Six Major Regions?
Soon, the car arrived at the most core area of Shengjing.
Within Shengjing City, there was another city. Inside the Ming Imperial City, there was a technology city where only the highest echelons of the power structure lived and worked.
After driving through the city gates, Zhang Yi was astonished to find the temperature here was actually over 20 degrees Celsius!
Moreover, the ground was entirely paved with special non-reflective material. The construction technique was incredibly advanced; you couldn't even see the seams between the floor panels.
Zhang Yi looked up and saw that the large snowflakes falling from above seemed to be affected by something as they drifted to the sides.
Not a single one could fall within this area.
"To think Shengjing actually built a completely sealed technology city here!"
Even someone as worldly as Zhang Yi, or Deng Shentong and the others, couldn't help but sigh repeatedly at the sight.
This area covered tens of thousands of square meters and was completely enveloped by special materials, like a giant egg.
And within such a vast area, they could still achieve full heating.
But then again, this was the north. For them, losing heating was equivalent to losing their lives, so Zhang Yi could completely understand.
However, upon second thought, the energy consumption required to do this behind the scenes must be an astronomical figure for any post-apocalyptic faction.
"Elemental ore."
Zhang Yi murmured to himself.
The only explanation was that mysterious ore they discovered from tens of thousands of meters beneath the earth.
No wonder Zhu Zheng had been so excited when he mentioned this ore.
Seeing this technology city, Zhang Yi understood many things.
Li Yangyang led the way for Zhang Yi and the others, personally escorting Zhang Yi to the entrance of the conference hall.
"Only you are allowed inside here. As for the other guests, please wait in the adjacent room for a while."
Li Yangyang smiled elegantly and gently.
Her gaze passed over Fatty Xu, and her smile deepened a bit.
Fatty Xu's heartbeat couldn't help but quicken by several beats, a silly grin spreading across his face.
Zhang Yi turned around and instructed Deng Shentong, Zhou Ke'er, and the others:
"I'm going in first. You all just wait here."
However, one person was conspicuously absent from the group: Yang Xinxin.
At this moment, Yang Xinxin was already within Zhang Yi's shadow.
As for Jingwei, she had adhered to the professional spirit of a covert guard from beginning to end, never revealing her true form.
When necessary, she could also become one of Zhang Yi's secret weapons.
Zhang Yi had his share of cleverness; his intelligence was quite high. But limited by his life experiences, he wasn't adept at handling this kind of scheming, backstabbing environment where every sentence could hold hidden meanings.
So bringing Yang Xinxin along was a great help to him.
Zhang Yi stepped into the massive conference hall.
The others were led by Li Yangyang into the waiting room next door.
Fatty Xu coughed, walked over to her, and patted the game console in his pocket.
Li Yangyang covered her mouth with a light laugh and whispered softly in his ear, "Wait for me a moment!"
Fatty Xu happily nodded vigorously.
Looking at Li Yangyang's sweet smile, Fatty Xu felt he had met his true love.
Because in this world, it was the first time a girl could look directly into his eyes and then reveal a gentle smile.
Li Yangyang wasn't pretending, because gaming skills were Fatty Xu's forte. Li Yangyang couldn't possibly pretend to be a gaming nerd in front of a true otaku.
"She is my kind of person."
Fatty Xu thought sweetly in his heart.
...
When Zhang Yi entered the room, two people had already arrived ahead of him.
They were Han Shanzuo from the Northeast Region and Pagyi Gesang from the Southwest Region.
Han Shanzuo was wearing a black leather jacket, sitting on a chair with his legs crossed, looking utterly sloppy.
He had a big belly, which made Zhang Yi, upon seeing him, think of the frog Qi Baokai back home. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎
You really couldn't deny it, they were remarkably similar.
Pagyi Gesang was twice as fat as Han Shanzuo. His enormous body was stuffed into a chair. Although they had specially prepared the largest chair for him, it still looked very cramped.
Seeing Zhang Yi, the two greeted him.
Pagyi Gesang nodded politely in greeting. "Mr. Chaos."
Zhang Yi nodded back. "Chief Pagyi."
Han Shanzuo, on the other hand, waved casually at Zhang Yi. "Hey, young man!"
Zhang Yi nodded. "Daoist Lu Ya of the Northeast Region. I've long heard of your great name."
Han Shanzuo chuckled. "Heard of my ass! We're from opposite ends of the country. You probably only just found out someone like me exists."
Zhang Yi raised an eyebrow and couldn't help but smile.
This guy seemed rough and careless, but his personality wasn't unpleasant.
He walked over expressionlessly and found a chair to sit in.
The scheduled time was 7 PM, and it was almost time.
After a while, the representatives from the Northwest Region and the East Sea Region also arrived.
Li Changgong and Jiang Han came together.
They were siblings who grew up together, and now that they had a rare chance to meet, they naturally had to catch up.
Li Changgong's appearance instantly made the atmosphere in the room tense.
Everyone looked at him and Zhang Yi, clearly ready to enjoy the show.
But Li Changgong acted as if he didn't see Zhang Yi at all. He just politely pulled out a chair for Jiang Han and let her sit down beside him.
Jiang Han, however, couldn't help but glance at Zhang Yi, only to see him smiling back at her.
Zhang Yi knew that his personal intelligence had already been passed by Jiang Han to Li Changgong.
However, what the East Sea Region had wasn't his complete intelligence profile either.
Because during the battle on Star Island, Zhang Yi hadn't shown his full strength at all.
Author's Note
