Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies-Chapter 1176: Spring Thunder Requests Battle

Chapter 1176: Spring Thunder Requests Battle

Zhang Yi returned and immediately called everyone over, informing them that in three days they would be heading to the Qinling Abyss to hunt the Ground Centipedes disrupting the mining operations.

This matter wasn't exactly a secret; key individuals like Deng Shentong and Yang Xinxin already knew.

Zhang Yi hadn't informed the others to prevent information leaks, but everyone had a pretty good idea anyway.

As for Lu Keran, he had even prepared various tools for this operation in advance.

For example, lighting equipment, night vision goggles, grappling hooks, jet propulsion flight devices, compressed oxygen, and so on.

Zhang Yi looked at everyone and began assigning each person's tasks.

"I, along with the other three Epsilon-levels, will be responsible for hunting the Epsilon-level Mutated Beasts. As for the rest of you, non-combat personnel will stay within Jingwei's Shadow Space."

"Aunt Zhou, Siyu, Ke'er, as well as Keran and Xinxin, you don't need to show yourselves."

"Hua Hua, Liang Yue, Old You, and Fatty Xu, you will be participating in the battle."

"Deng Shentong, forget about requesting support from Blizzard City. They don't have many capable fighters left over there right now. Even if they send a few people, they'd just be filling numbers."

Zhang Yi had long since planned this out in his mind, and now he laid it out with exceptional clarity.

Liang Yue, holding Dragon's Roar in her arms, heard that she could join the battle. Her gaze instantly sharpened, and her entire body radiated an eager, excited energy.

Ever since receiving the superhuman origin and source sprites Zhang Yi provided for her, her superhuman ability had received a tremendous boost. Her current strength was already on a completely different level compared to before.

She was also urgently hoping to participate in the battles, to be of some help to Zhang Yi.

Old You grinned, showing all his teeth, and cracked his knuckles with a series of "pop-pop" sounds.

"Great! I've been waiting for a day like this!"

Only Fatty Xu timidly raised his hand, a look of worry on his face as he said, "Boss, with my level of strength, won't I just hold everyone back if I go?"

Zhang Yi shot him a glance. "Your current strength, even if placed within the investigation corps, would be at the level of an elite member. Stop pretending to be useless!"

"But... I'm scared!"

Fatty Xu wore a face full of sorrow.

Zhang Yi just found it amusing. "It's fine. After experiencing it a few more times, you won't be scared."

"But the underground is so dangerous. What if an accident happens?"

Zhang Yi smiled. "That's easy to solve. In your next life, be more careful."

Fatty Xu was so scared he covered his face and wailed, "I don't want that!"

Zhang Yi couldn't be bothered with him. This damn fatty was too cowardly; he absolutely had to be sent to the battlefield more for experience.

Otherwise, no matter how high his superhuman ability index became in the future, if he didn't dare to fight, he'd still be useless.

He wouldn't go easy on Fatty Xu.

No one is born knowing how to fight. Including Zhang Yi himself, didn't he also grow through life-and-death battles time and again?

Furthermore, Zhang Yi had planned it out.

If they were only dealing with ordinary insect swarms, then with Hua Hua and Liang Yue present, protecting the others wouldn't be a problem at all.

As for why he wanted Fatty Xu to go along, it was because his ability could be very useful when dealing with insect swarms.

Ground Centipedes live underground year-round. In reality, they are not a species that tolerates extreme cold well.

Fatty Xu's Blizzard ability might not have immense killing power, but it could achieve excellent crowd control effects.

Especially in large-scale combat, it could produce surprisingly effective results.

Once they descended into the abyss, having him use his ability to affect the Ground Centipedes could secure a slight advantage for their side.

The others had no objections to Zhang Yi's arrangements.

As the lead organizer of this operation, the Shengjing Region's preparations were very thorough, and the various materials provided were quite comprehensive.

Plus, having four Epsilon-levels participating in the action simultaneously gave people an incredibly solid, reassuring feeling.

It's no exaggeration to say that a team like this could currently sweep through the vast majority of countries in the world today.

Zhang Yi immediately distributed equipment to everyone, letting them get accustomed to it in advance.

Among everyone, only Fatty Xu remained anxious and uneasy the whole time, his face full of worry.

Zhang Yi ignored him, letting him adjust on his own.

But not long after, Fatty Xu suddenly took the initiative to find Zhang Yi. At this moment, his face was full of heroic spirit, as if he had completely transformed into a different person.

"Boss! This time, you can rest assured. I will definitely perform well in the Qinling operation!"

"Do you have any more powerful weapons? Get me a few! Oh, and that, uh, whatchamacallit potion, give me a couple more bottles!"

Zhang Yi looked at Fatty Xu's unfamiliar expression and asked strangely, "Have you been drinking?"

Fatty Xu frowned with dissatisfaction. "Boss, what kind of talk is that? I, Xu Chunlei, am a proper man. Isn't it only right and proper for me to go to the battlefield to achieve glory?"

"Actually, you didn't even need to say it. I've long wanted to volunteer!"

Zhang Yi stared at his face, pondered for a moment, and then a sudden flash of insight struck his mind.

"It couldn't be... Miss Li is also going?"

Zhang Yi's single sentence caused Fatty Xu's expression to change dramatically.

"Hehe!"

He blushed. He actually blushed!

You have to understand, in this world, there aren't many things left that can make a hopeless shut-in otaku blush, aside from the opposite sex.

"She just told me that she's also been assigned to the operation team this time, so she'll be going along with the group."

"Boss, this time you absolutely have to help me! Let me look impressive in front of her just once. Maybe the two of us will hit it off!"

"You get it, right? In dangerous times like these, a girl's heart is relatively fragile, yearning for someone to protect her."

"And I, Xu Chunlei, am that man!"

Fatty Xu thumped his chest so hard it made thunderous sounds. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"As long as the two of us hit it off this time, I'll definitely bring her back to Shengjing. Hehe, when the time comes, our kids will call you godfather, how about that?"

Fatty Xu chuckled foolishly, his mind seemingly already picturing the happy future of the two of them surrounded by children and grandchildren, growing old slowly in rocking chairs.

As he spoke, drool actually started to trickle unconsciously from the corner of his mouth.

Fatty Xu snapped back to reality and "slurped" the drool back in.

The expression on Zhang Yi's face twisted, and he silently took seven steps back.

"You're thinking pretty far ahead! I'm just afraid things might not go as you wish."

Zhang Yi looked at him out of the corner of his eye, his gaze carrying a hard-to-describe meaning, and the slight smile curling at the corner of his mouth was full of mockery.

The fact that Li Yangyang was getting close to him was itself extremely suspicious. Only a shut-in otaku like Fatty Xu who had never been in a relationship would fall for it so easily.

It's just that Zhang Yi wasn't revealing certain things for now. He wanted to see what that Li Yangyang would actually do.

"But I like people with dreams. I'll help you with this!"

Zhang Yi very generously gave Fatty Xu a lot of weapons. After the training Old You put him through, Fatty Xu's physical fitness had improved tremendously.

Carrying these weapons into battle wasn't a big problem. They weren't counting on him to kill enemies anyway; just learning to protect himself would be good enough.

Fatty Xu, holding a pile of weapons, left with his head held high and his spirits soaring.

Looking at him, he seemed to already be imagining how he would win the beauty's heart with his heroic performance.

At this moment, he still didn't know the immense price he would pay for this momentary impulse.

It would be a pain that could never be erased in a lifetime.

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