Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies-Chapter 645: Soul Beast

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Chapter 645: Soul Beast

Ever since Zhang Yi and the others got off the armed helicopter, no further orders had come from headquarters.

Zhang Yi understood that the next set of instructions would probably only come once members of the Moon of Corrosion appeared.

The sea of fire before them was gradually dying down.

After all, the effects of napalm couldn't last too long.

And with the midnight temperatures dropping to sixty or seventy degrees below zero, the flames were quickly extinguished.

The only problem was—no one had any idea where the Moon of Corrosion members currently were.

"Let’s just hope we’re not unlucky enough to run into their core members. If that happens, I’ll have no choice but to retreat for a bit," Zhang Yi muttered to himself.

There was no way he could go head-to-head against the entire Moon of Corrosion team on his own.

Now that they had arrived at the designated location, all further actions would have to be based on his own judgment.

Zhang Yi didn’t rush ahead. Instead, he stood cautiously in place, carefully observing the scene before him.

Jiangning Plaza had already been burned into a crumbling ruin, thick gray-black smoke billowing into the air. freewёbnoνel-com

Zhang Yi asked the creature on his shoulder, “Hua Hua, can you smell any signs of life?”

Hua Hua’s sharp gaze swept across the ruins. It sniffed a few times, then shook its head helplessly.

Zhang Yi sighed. “Is it because of the fire?”

“Meow~”

After a blaze like that, the lingering smells had become too chaotic. It was almost impossible to pick out the scent of the living.

Chen Xiaoxiao and Peng Li walked over.

“Captain, what’s our next move?”

Zhang Yi paused to think, then made a decision.

“We wait for them right here!”

Chen Xiaoxiao: “???”

Peng Li: “???”

Chen Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but say, “Isn’t it possible that we’re supposed to be hunting them, not the other way around?”

Peng Li added, “Yeah, is it really smart to just wait around here like this?”

Zhang Yi ignored them and started examining the surroundings more carefully.

His specialty was long-range attacks, not close combat.

If someone like Daiku Kai Enzu or Tsukamoto Nobunaga—both close-range experts—were to sneak up on him, it could be dangerous.

Okay, maybe only about 0.01% dangerous… but still, better safe than sorry.

So, he needed to fully assess the terrain and find a safe vantage point to lie in ambush.

With Thunderstrike combined with Origin Bullets, his firing range could cover the entire five-kilometer radius of Jiangning Plaza.

While checking the environment, he casually answered them,

“Don’t forget, they’re monsters when it comes to gathering intel. They probably already know exactly where we are and are moving people into position to deal with us.”

“I don’t know this area well, and they’ve got the upper hand. That’s why I’m going to use stillness to counter movement.”

Zhang Yi’s eyes swept across the area for a long while before he finally settled on his ambush point—a scorched, blackened commercial building.

He turned back and gave the team their orders.

“I’ll be setting up an ambush on the rooftop. Your job is to stay nearby and make sure I’m protected.”

Without waiting for a response from Chen Xiaoxiao or Peng Li, he immediately opened the Dimensional Gate.

“Liang Yue, you’re with me. Stick close and keep me safe.”

Liang Yue simply nodded. No need for extra words in situations like this.

The two of them, along with Hua Hua, stepped into the Dimensional Gate and appeared on top of the building a moment later.

Down below, Chen Xiaoxiao and Peng Li were left staring at each other in the snow.

“He… he seriously just left us here?”

Peng Li looked completely dumbfounded. “What kind of captain does that? So irresponsible!”

She stomped her foot in frustration.

Chen Xiaoxiao’s brows furrowed as she cautiously scanned the area. “He knows full well that this is just a temporary partnership. From the start, he never cared what we thought.”

“But… we’re all on a battlefield now. His approach really is kind of immature.”

Peng Li sighed. “So what do we do?”

Chen Xiaoxiao replied, “Let’s just follow his plan for now. If we go off on our own, it could be even more dangerous.”

With no better options, the two of them hunkered down around the building, waiting for the Moon of Corrosion to show up.

What they didn’t know was—their entire conversation was being heard loud and clear at the Operations Center.

Zhu Zheng folded his arms and couldn’t help but sigh. “Man, this Zhang Yi is really playing it safe, huh?”

“But he’s smart. This is actually a solid way to test the enemy’s abilities.”

Everyone knew that Moon of Corrosion had powerful intel-gathering abilities.

But what exactly those abilities were, no one had a clue.

If Zhang Yi was camping outside Jiangning Plaza and still got found despite making no moves, then that could only mean one thing:

The enemy had some kind of terrifying ability—possibly something like prophecy.

“So, what are the other two teams up to?”

Zhu Zheng’s gaze shifted toward the other two squads stationed outside the city.

Wu Shifang and Zhuo Feiyu’s teams were also moving forward with extreme caution.

Everyone knew how dangerous this mission was. No one dared to let their guard down.

Wu Shifang’s squad had also arrived at their designated location.

There wasn’t much discussion among them.

Unlike Zhang Yi’s group, the other teams had already mapped out their strategies in advance.

Not everyone had Zhang Yi’s level of self-confidence.

They needed well-planned group tactics to ensure success.

And once they entered Jiangning Plaza, the first step was obvious—reconnaissance.

From Wu Shifang’s squad, Mo Zhongning stepped forward.

His gaze locked onto the ruined plaza ahead, and then he slowly crouched down.

His body was wrapped in a thick combat suit, and even his hands were completely hidden beneath oversized sleeves.

But when he placed his right hand on the snow, everyone nearby could clearly see his sleeve tremble slightly.

A faint violet glow began to gather in the palm of his hand.

Then, a small gray rodent crawled out of his palm.

Mo Zhongning, a Summoning-Type superhuman. Ability codename: Soul Beast.

He could transform his powers into different animals, and these creatures acted as extensions of himself—sharing his five senses.

Wu Shifang watched him quietly and thought to himself:

“Using spirit beasts for scouting really is convenient. But since he’s a faction leader, his powers must go far beyond just recon. He’s probably got serious combat strength too.”

Just then, as everyone else was still curiously watching, more and more soul beasts began pouring out of Mo Zhongning’s palm—like a stream of gray liquid.

In just a few seconds, over a hundred of them had emerged.

They stood in the snow and turned back to look at Mo Zhongning, their eyes gleaming with human-like intelligence.

“Go. Find them.”

Mo Zhongning’s voice was low and steady.

The soul beasts squeaked in unison, then shot off into the burned-out plaza.

Within moments, they vanished into the rubble.

Over on Zhuo Feiyu’s team, they didn’t have any special scouting abilities, but they did have a seasoned veteran.

Yu Zhengyang had served seven years as a reconnaissance soldier.

So he led the way at the front, cautiously searching for any trace of the Moon of Corrosion.

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