Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies-Chapter 734: The Pirates

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Chapter 734: The Pirates

With Huaxu Nation’s influence, it would only take a few conversations with the major regions that export food and energy to the Tianlong Pirate Crew to throw them into chaos.

The pirates' advantage didn’t come from overwhelming strength.

In truth, tens of thousands of ragtag fighters didn’t have much real combat power.

Their dominance stemmed from the complex terrain of the Starsea Archipelago.

If they ever clashed with one of the nearby major nations, their underlings wouldn’t even be worth mentioning.

Cutting off their food and fuel supply would trap them on the islands like sitting ducks.

This was exactly why the Sea Dragon King didn’t dare make a move against Huaxu Nation.

Zhu Zheng gave it some thought and contacted the Shengjing Region.

He asked them to reach out to the surrounding nations that traded with the Tianlong Pirate Crew and request they halt all commerce.

Even after the apocalypse, Huaxu Nation still held weight.

And no one would offend Huaxu over a bunch of pirates.

So this issue could be handled swiftly.

But that was a matter for later and needs no elaboration here.

Tianhai City

The pirates of the Tianlong Pirate Crew began looting all over.

Tianhai City was massive.

While most of the vital resources had already been secured by the major factions, some large industrial factories, raw material depots, and small supermarkets hadn’t been completely cleared out.

These leftovers, which the major forces deemed not worth their time, were treasures to the pirates.

After all, in the resource-poor southern seas, everything they ate, wore, or used came from pillaging.

So the trash abandoned by Tianhai’s big players looked like gold to them.

But in this environment, it was actually hard for the bases of these factions not to be discovered.

The rest of the city was buried in snow, while only the shelter and the three main faction territories had been cleared.

They were easy to spot.

But even though they found them, they couldn’t breach the shelters.

These pirates, used to naval skirmishes in the southern seas, had no clue how to crack through reinforced concrete bunkers that could withstand missile strikes.

Zhang Yi’s shelter, especially, was tall and lavish—it made many pirates drool.

They tried everything they had outside, but couldn’t even scratch the surface of the outer wall.

Inside the shelter, Uncle You led everyone to the first basement floor, monitoring the situation outside via surveillance.

Zhou Haimei and Yang Siya both wore worried looks.

Uncle You held a machine gun in his hands, his body draped with ammo belts, his expression stern and unflinching.

If danger broke out, he would be the first to step up and buy time for everyone else to escape.

Zhou Ke’er, however, remained calm.

“It’s fine. They won’t break through the shelter’s defenses. Besides, Zhang Yi and the others will be here soon!”

Just then, a deafening noise rang out from outside.

A pirate officer had transformed into a five-meter-tall giant, his skin a bluish hue, and started violently ramming the shelter’s main gate!

The door didn’t budge, but the sound of the impacts alone was enough to make hearts pound.

Even though everyone trusted the shelter’s defenses, their nerves were still on edge.

These pirates were inhuman. They left nothing but destruction in their wake.

In past skirmishes among Tianhai City’s local factions, there was still a trace of humanity—non-combatants weren’t necessarily killed.

But harboring any such hope with these pirates would be pure foolishness.

Zhou Ke’er’s face remained calm, but anxiety welled in her heart.

She quickly called Zhang Yi and reported the situation.

At that very moment, a VTOL aircraft roared across the night sky, arriving over Tianhai City.

Upon receiving Zhou Ke’er’s message, Zhang Yi’s brows furrowed.

He immediately ordered the pilot to land at the coordinates of his shelter.

Since they were here to kill pirates anyway, it didn’t matter where they started.

Zhu Zheng had already made it clear—on the battlefield, Zhang Yi was the top commander.

The pilot followed orders and flew toward the border between the Western District and Lujing District.

Before long, the pirates attacking the shelter were shocked to hear the roar of a dragon overhead.

They looked up, only to find not a dragon—but a massive armed VTOL aircraft!

BOOM!

A deafening blast rang out mid-air.

The head of the giant mutant pirate instantly exploded.

Zhang Yi calmly swapped out his magazine and aimed at his next target.

The massive white sniper rifle, Thunder Judgment, rested in his hands.

Taking out lower-tier mutants was no different from killing regular people.

But to conserve ammo, he only targeted the mutant pirates.

Baili Changqing was the first to move.

Still a hundred meters above ground, he shouted, “Let’s go!”

Then, like a cannonball, he plummeted straight down!

The others followed closely behind.

There was no safe landing zone below for the VTOL, but that posed no problem for these top-tier mutants.

To avoid becoming sitting ducks midair, the Strength-type mutants carried others and leapt directly from the aircraft.

Only Meng Siyu stayed by Zhang Yi’s side. Her role was recon and healing—not combat.

Even Yang Xinxin rode into battle on Hua Hua.

In Zhang Yi’s field of view, Yang Xinxin was already testing her ability.

She pointed her hands at two pirates—who suddenly turned on each other, choking one another to death.

Yang Xinxin grinned with delight.

Zhang Yi, meanwhile, kept an eye on her surroundings, ready to eliminate any threat near her.

There were over a hundred pirates around the shelter, including five mutants.

Seeing these people drop from the sky didn’t faze them—they were used to living on the edge, accustomed to death.

They raised their guns and opened fire. “Ratatatatata!”

Baili Changqing took the lead, pulling out two black weapon pieces from his back and locking them together.

It was a massive Fangtian Halberd.

The pole was gilded, the black blade adorned with deep gold patterns—imposing and fierce.

As the bullets rained down, he didn’t dodge at all.

The ordinary rounds didn’t even tickle him.

With just one charge and swing, dozens of pirates in front of him were sliced in half like stalks of wheat!

Even Baili Changqing was surprised.

“These pirates... are this weak?”

He had expected the pirates, who ruled the southern seas, to have some strength.

But to his shock, they were pathetically fragile.

Thinking it over, it made sense.

The southern seas were full of small, weak nations. Even combined, they couldn’t match the Jiangnan Region in power.

No wonder a group like this could dominate there.

But now that they faced elite mutant squads from a powerful nation—they were just cannon fodder.

BOOM!

Another thunderous blast rang out on the battlefield.

Baili Changqing looked up to see the head of a charging mutant had vanished.

Suddenly it clicked.

He scanned the area and realized that any pirate displaying mutant powers had been sniped from above by Zhang Yi!

Baili Changqing swallowed hard.

Zhang Yi, using Thunder Judgment with Sacred Silver rounds—even he wouldn’t dare block one.

He’d have to dodge carefully.

No wonder other mutants didn’t stand a chance—Zhang Yi was taking them out one by one from the sky.

Who said firearms were useless against mutants?

When a mutant used their power to fire bullets, even other mutants couldn’t handle it.

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