Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies-Chapter 685: Outside the Cycle

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Chapter 685 – Outside the Cycle

Facing Zhu Zheng’s praise, Zhang Yi remained very calm.

You couldn’t take flattery seriously — who knew what kind of work they'd make him do afterward?

"You overpraise me, Commander. My strength still has a long way to go compared to Blizzard City’s elites. Especially compared to professional soldiers, my combat training is still far too lacking."

Hearing that, Zhu Zheng couldn’t help but think of the fallen members of the Celestial Squad —

and of Deng Shentong, the junior he had pinned so many hopes on.

His eyes turned icy.

"Let’s not talk about that anymore."

"This battle has taught me a lot."

Zhu Zheng sighed heavily, his gaze becoming distant.

"In the era of the Great Mutation, the role of regular soldiers is getting weaker and weaker.

In high-level battles between superhumans, even the best-trained regular fighters — no, even low-level superhumans — are almost entirely irrelevant to the outcome."

Zhu Zheng thought back to the fallen Celestial Squad.

Every single one of them had been highly trained.

Yet they were defeated — by Neon’s ragtag bunch of corporate drones.

"In other words, the arrival of the new era means a new form of warfare!"

"This battle gave us all a harsh lesson."

"Only top-tier superhumans — and intelligence gathering — are the keys to winning battles!"

Zhu Zheng sighed again.

"Before, we were too arrogant. We were still clinging to the advantages of numbers and home-field advantage.

If we don’t change that mindset, we’ll keep suffering heavy losses in the future."

Zhang Yi listened and nodded along seriously.

Of course, he was mostly just showing agreement for the sake of the leadership.

In truth, he had already understood this long ago —

starting from the battle against the Daze City superhumans.

Almost a thousand troops, seventy-two superhumans, and eight hundred elite soldiers —

yet none of them could withstand a single Spear of Annihilation launched remotely by Zhang Yi.

That was the shape of the new era of warfare.

Superhumans would become the dominators of the battlefield, surpassing even hot weapons —

perhaps only second to the Death God of Love, humanity’s last dignity in the age of firearms.

"So," Zhu Zheng placed his hands flat on the desk, his gaze fixed firmly on Zhang Yi,

"our revenge from here on must be superhuman-led — and led by high-level superhumans!"

"I’ve decided to hand battlefield initiative over to you."

"So, Zhang Yi, I hope you’ll lead a team and carry out the next mission!"

The air fell silent.

Zhang Yi said nothing.

Baili Changqing turned his head slightly in shock, his face full of disbelief.

The campaign against the Moon of Corrosion —

this massive operation —

was going to be led by Zhang Yi, an outsider from the Outer City?!

Baili Changqing could hardly believe his own ears.

But thinking about it carefully, Blizzard City really didn’t have anyone left to use.

Two major investigation teams had been crippled, and they had lost their peak combat strength.

Meanwhile, Zhang Yi, who had singlehandedly slain five members of the Moon of Corrosion,

had ironically become the most suitable candidate.

It was... a little ridiculous.

Zhang Yi remained silent —

his mind briefly blanking out.

He had known that Zhu Zheng would want him to return to the battlefield,

but he hadn’t expected Zhu Zheng to hand him leadership of the operation.

This responsibility came too fast — and it was incredibly heavy.

Zhang Yi was a naturally lazy person.

He didn’t like leading teams, especially not unfamiliar ones who might drag him down.

"I think my abilities aren’t enough to shoulder such an important responsibility.

You should pick someone else, Commander.

Blizzard City has no shortage of outstanding talent."

Zhu Zheng looked at him meaningfully. freёnovelkiss.com

"You’re right."

"But you possess something that no one else has —

something that is the Moon of Corrosion’s greatest weakness!"

Zhang Yi stared at Zhu Zheng, a faint suspicion arising in his heart.

Before he could ask, Zhu Zheng continued explaining:

"Although our losses this time were extremely heavy,

after paying the price, we also obtained enough intelligence."

"We not only learned more about the Moon of Corrosion’s superhuman abilities —

we also identified their most critical figure."

Zhu Zheng pressed his hands firmly against the desk, his gaze sharp as a blade.

"We’ve been wrong all along —

Phoenixin Ren is not the core of the Moon of Corrosion!"

"Their true core is the miko with the power of prophecy — Takeuchi Mayumi!"

Zhang Yi: So it really was like that! Looks like I guessed right.

Zhu Zheng continued:

"We’ve already figured out her ability."

He raised two fingers.

"First, she possesses a prophetic-type ability that allows her to glimpse the future to some extent."

"Because of that, they were able to dispatch the perfect countermeasures to every one of our moves."

"Just this ability alone weakened our effectiveness by at least thirty percent!"

"Even deploying the Death God of Love couldn’t eliminate them!"

Zhu Zheng thought back to the time they launched the Death God of Love,

still feeling lingering fear.

He let out a long breath.

"You can’t imagine it.

She predicted what I would do...

minutes before I even made the decision!"

Zhang Yi’s face didn’t show much surprise.

He had already figured out a lot of this, being the one closest to the battlefield.

But Baili Changqing couldn’t help but raise a question:

"But... something doesn’t add up!

If she can truly foresee the future, then why were five of her comrades still killed by Zhang Yi?"

Zhu Zheng responded decisively:

"Exactly! You’ve hit the nail on the head!"

"We found that on almost every battlefield, they had overwhelming initiative.

But there was one person —

whose appearance disrupted her foresight."

Zhu Zheng lowered his head and stared at Zhang Yi, eyes blazing like he had found an invaluable treasure.

"Wherever Zhang Yi appears, her prophecy becomes ineffective.

It’s incredible!"

"Zhang Yi, that’s why I want you to lead this mission."

"Because only you can break our current deadlock —

only you can shatter her prophetic advantage!"

Baili Changqing stared at Zhang Yi, utterly dumbfounded.

He couldn’t figure it out either.

Zhang Yi’s abilities were clearly space-based.

But why could he interfere with Takeuchi Mayumi’s prophecy?

It didn’t make sense.

Zhu Zheng leaned forward, his head almost touching Zhang Yi’s,

and asked each word with great seriousness:

"Zhang Yi, at this critical moment, I hope you can be honest with us.

How exactly are you able to disrupt her prophetic abilities?"

Zhang Yi sighed deeply, meeting Zhu Zheng’s questioning gaze with clear, calm eyes.

"I don’t know.

Honestly, when I first started executing missions, I already noticed something was off.

But I have no idea why I’m... special."

This was a lie.

In truth, Zhang Yi had already vaguely guessed the real answer.

Prophetic powers —

in another sense —

were a form of causality weapon.

They relied on a predetermined fate.

However, Zhang Yi was a reborn individual.

Although it might also be related to some yet-undiscovered ability of his,

on the original timeline, Zhang Yi was supposed to be dead.

Thus, his future couldn’t be predicted.

And the space he occupied had become a unique field —

nullifying the effects of future prophecy on him.

Author's Note

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