Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies-Chapter 607: Gathering Intelligence

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Chapter 607: Gathering Intelligence

Over on the side of the three major forces from Daze City,

after sending the message to Zhang Yi, they were just waiting for his reply.

But honestly, it didn’t matter even if Zhang Yi didn’t respond.

They had already finished assembling their troops and could set out at any time to seize all the major resource points in Tianhai City.

However, not long after, they did receive an email reply from Zhang Yi.

Since the email address they had left for Zhang Yi was shared among the three groups, they could all see the email he sent.

“To the Three Major Forces of Daze City,

Today we received your letter. From your wording, it’s clear you intend to seize the territory and resources of Tianhai City. On behalf of Tianhai City’s major forces, I firmly oppose such actions!

We are fully capable of protecting our own home and do not need external intervention.

I hope you will exercise restraint and refrain from drawing weapons. Otherwise, we will report this to the Jiangnan District Headquarters and let them decide on this matter.

However, if you can behave like friendly neighbors, we are willing to offer a portion of our resources as a gesture of goodwill.

Tianhai City, Zhang Yi.”

After reading the email, Sun Jianming and the others couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

“Hahahaha! Did Zhang Yi really write this email? It’s killing me!”

“He’s clearly scared out of his mind but still trying to save face. Does he really think name-dropping Jiangnan District will scare us?”

The way the email tried to act tough while clearly trembling underneath made it hard for them to hold back their laughter.

Sun Jianming’s contempt for Zhang Yi deepened even further.

“A guy like this — a little more intimidation and he’ll fold for sure.”

Chen Liangyu and Gu Hongdie’s reactions were pretty much the same after reading the email.

Gu Hongdie was laughing so hard she was clutching her stomach and couldn’t even straighten up.

“Hahaha, what an adorable little brother! I’ve decided — after we take over Tianhai City, I’ll make him my little sidekick! He can tell me jokes every day!”

While she laughed with wild abandon, there was a cold glint flashing in Gu Hongdie’s eyes.

“He better know what’s good for him.”

After receiving the email, the three of them immediately started chatting in their group chat.

Sun Jianming: “Did you guys see Zhang Yi’s reply? Hahaha!”

Gu Hongdie: “I’m dying here. Such a good mood today. That little brother is just too cute.”

Sun Jianming: “Don’t get distracted by how cute he is. If he doesn’t cooperate, we strike immediately!”

Gu Hongdie: “I actually think there’s no rush. If we can avoid a fight, we should. Judging by his tone, he’s terrified. We can scare him a bit more.”

There was a hint of something deeper flashing through Gu Hongdie’s eyes as she typed:

“After all, in the apocalypse, everyone who’s still alive has one thing in common — they really don’t want to die.”

Chen Liangyu finally spoke:

“I also think we should talk to him a bit more. And… have you considered the possibility that he’s putting on an act?”

Chen Liangyu was an extremely cautious man.

He wouldn’t judge Zhang Yi as weak just based on a single email.

Someone truly incompetent could never dominate a place like Tianhai City.

However, they honestly didn’t have much intel on Tianhai City.

They knew even less about Zhang Yi’s legendary achievements.

Sun Jianming frowned, then snorted coldly, “Chen Liangyu, aren’t you being a little too paranoid? Whether he’s faking it or not, everyone knows Tianhai City is weak.”

“Our army can sweep through them like a tide!”

Chen Liangyu replied blandly, “It’s not that simple. We’d better talk to Zhang Yi a bit more. If we can settle this peacefully, no one wants to pay the price of bloodshed.”

Seeing Chen Liangyu’s message, Gu Hongdie happily tapped away at the keyboard.

“Alright then, let’s talk to him some more. As long as he hands over the territory and resources, we can spare their lives.”

“People — as long as they have even a tiny hope of survival — won’t willingly seek death. No need to push him too hard.”

Since both Chen Liangyu and Gu Hongdie said so, Sun Jianming had no choice but to agree.

“Fine, we’ll talk to him again. But he needs to know our patience is limited. We don’t have time to play games with him!”

The three of them reached a consensus: they would try communicating with Zhang Yi once more.

But while they were hemming and hawing over there,

over on Zhang Yi’s side, top-tier hacker Yang Xinxin had already breached their organization’s network firewall and retrieved all their intel!

Not every force had a strong cybersecurity system.

Tianhai City, being one of Huaguo’s most advanced cities in information technology, still had a few powerful programmers back when the major bases were standing strong.

But neighboring Daze City had suffered from Tianhai City’s “siphon effect,” so experts of that caliber were rare over there.

For Yang Xinxin, breaking through their firewall was as easy as walking through a spiderweb — effortless.

Immediately, she pulled all the information on the three major forces and handed it to Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi sat cross-legged on the couch, barefoot, wearing a warm yellow set of pajamas.

A laptop rested on his knees, and Yang Xinxin sat beside him, explaining the intel she had gathered.

“Based on the information so far, these three forces aren’t exactly small.

While they don’t match the peak strength of Tianhai City’s Five Major Forces, the gap isn’t that big.”

“After all, Daze City had a permanent population of over eight million and relatively abundant resources. They had room to develop their strength.”

Zhang Yi’s fingers slid across the touchpad, carefully flipping through the detailed combat intel of the three forces.

The most interesting thing was that they didn’t just have their own internal data —

they had also kept records on the other two forces.

Which meant Zhang Yi’s harvest was huge.

After all, no one would normally record their leader’s abilities and weaknesses right inside their own database.

“Sun Jianming, Enhancement-type superhuman, ability codename 【Dark Force】. It can penetrate armor and strike internal organs. In close-quarters combat, even heavy armor won’t protect against him.”

“No wonder Chen Jingguan got thrashed by him! Sun Jianming completely bypassed his external defenses and struck his organs directly. Nothing Chen Jingguan could do about that.”

“I knew Chen Jingguan wasn’t that useless — he was just countered hard.”

“Gu Hongdie, Mental-type superhuman. Ability codename 【Crimson Kiss】. She can bewitch the mind, turning someone into her puppet — and not just superficially. They’ll fall in love with her from the bottom of their heart.”

Zhang Yi couldn’t help but suck in a sharp breath.

That ability was seriously twisted.

Even if the target knew they were under her control, they would still be utterly unable to resist because of the overwhelming affection.

No wonder, Zhang Yi recalled, Gu Hongdie had the largest number of subordinates.

Such overwhelming control ability could let her command a massive following —

she was practically a weaker version of Yuan Kongye.

“Oh, here it even notes her ability’s weakness. Crimson Kiss has a range limit — it can only be triggered within 100 meters.

The closer the distance, the stronger the effect. If she kisses someone directly, even a Delta-level superhuman would fall under her control.”

“D*mn… and this Gu Hongdie used to be a professional tech specialist too!”

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