Ice Age Apocalypse: I've Stockpiled Billions of Resources

"Brother Qiang, this metal plate is made of a very strong alloy and is nailed to the pillar. It will be very difficult to break it with a hammer. It may take several days."

The college student provided his own analysis.

"A few days is acceptable; it's much better than smashing the security door," Gao Yaoqiang nodded.

"Using a sledgehammer to smash it could collapse the entire load-bearing wall of the building, putting our whole building at risk of collapsing," the college student worried.

“What you said makes sense. If too many metal plates are nailed to the load-bearing wall, and the metal plates break open, there is a high risk of collapse. This risk is too great, so we have to be careful.”

Gao Yaoqiang's gaze was uncertain, but he nodded slightly.

"Brother Qiang, what should we do next?"

"Brother Dao asked."

"It's difficult to break this steel plate with a hammer, but we can use an electric drill to open it."

Gao Yaoqiang's eyes flickered slightly: "Everyone, take a break first, and we'll use the electric drill when the power comes back on."

"Thank you, Brother Qiang."

Everyone was exhausted and sat down on the ground.

It was already noon, and everyone was hungry.

What did we eat today?

Brother Dao said expectantly.

"Yesterday's pork rib soup was so delicious, I want to have it again," Shan Fengjuan said fondly.

She was locked in a suite for almost a month and experienced firsthand how unbearable hunger can be.

Soon Gao Xiaomei brought over bowls of vegetable soup; today's dish was tomato and egg soup.

Gao Xiaomei, Gao Yaoqiang's younger sister, still enjoyed preferential treatment.

Gao Yaoqiang put her in charge of the entire kitchen, which was definitely the best position in the team.

No matter what food is cooked, Gao Xiaomei is always the first to eat it.

Steam rose continuously from the tomato and egg soup, filling the entire suite with the aroma of eggs and tomatoes.

"smell good!"

Brother Dao took a deep sniff.

"We're having noodles today. It's been a long time since I've had noodles."

Tang Dahu said happily.

Gao Yaoqiang did not refuse this time, even though he hadn't eaten all night.

Although he spent most of his time giving orders and didn't expend much physical energy, he was already so hungry that he couldn't hold on any longer.

"Brother Qiang, this is yours."

Dao Ge, as the younger brother, was very responsible and brought over a bowl of tomato and egg soup.

The tomato and egg soup is mostly water, with three or four slices of tomato and a whole egg.

But the eggs are small and not tall enough to eat in two or three bites.

As the leader of the team, Gao Yaoqiang was already enjoying the best tomato and egg soup.

The tomato and egg soup next to Dao Ge's only had tomato and some egg bits in it, and the soup was just broth.

Gao Yaoqiang poured the cooked noodles in and stirred them with some disdain.

"Suck it!"

The guy next to me, Dao Ge, couldn't wait any longer and started slurping up noodles.

These noodles were absolutely delicious to him.

Gao Yaoqiang thought Dao Ge was really lucky, he had never seen a picture of delicious food.

If Brother Dao had seen the food photos Lin Luo posted, this tomato and egg noodle soup wouldn't taste so good.

Gao Yaoqiang watched Dao Ge eat noodles for a while and felt a bit more hungry.

The way Brother Dao eats noodles with gusto still makes people feel very hungry.

Gao Yaoqiang tried a bite, but immediately lost his appetite.

It was bland and watery, without a trace of oil.

He really couldn't find anything delicious in this bowl of noodles; its only advantage was that it filled his stomach.

After taking several bites, Gao Yaoqiang didn't want to eat anymore.

"Brother Qiang, aren't you going to eat this bowl of noodles?"

Dao Ge wasn't satisfied yet; his eyes were fixed on the bowl in Gao Yaoqiang's hand.

"Take it if you want to eat it."

Gao Yaoqiang pushed the noodles to Brother Dao.

Dao Ge started eating heartily again, enjoying his meal immensely.

Tang Dalong, Tang Dahu, and others nearby cast envious glances at them.

They felt they should stay closer to Brother Qiang in the future, since he didn't have a big appetite and always left some food uneaten.

If he's lucky, Brother Qiang will share his food with the people around him.

Dao Ge has already had two lucky breaks, and they want to try their luck too.

If Gao Yaoqiang knew what these people were thinking, he would definitely be so angry he'd vomit blood.

Gao Yaoqiang simply couldn't stomach the simple food he saw in Lin Luo's meal.

They don't have Lin Luo's circle of friends; if they did, they would know the truth.

It's like they've never seen heaven, so they don't know what heaven is like; they just think they're in heaven.

If Gao Yaoqiang showed everyone the photos Lin Luo posted, they probably wouldn't think the tomato and egg soup and pork rib soup were so delicious.

However, Gao Yaoqiang dared not show it to everyone, fearing that the entire team would be ruined because of it.

Gao Yaoqiang stood up, called Gao Xiaomei over, and went to the empty stairwell.

"Why is the food getting worse and worse lately? Didn't I just seize Shan Mingliang's remaining supplies? Are you deliberately skimping on the food? If I find out you're skimping on the food, I won't hold back even if you're my sister," Gao Yaoqiang complained.

"We didn't skimp on food, and there was plenty of food in Shanming, but our team was too big, with more than twenty people in total. It was too much for those twenty-odd mouths to feed."

Gao Xiaomei quickly explained.

"We shouldn't have kept so many people in the first place."

Gao Yaoqiang sighed.

Gao Xiaomei, the chef, and other cooks would inevitably sneak a bite.

There is no way around it.

Clear water has no fish.

Gao Yaoqiang, who was well-versed in "The Art of War," knew this, and he wouldn't pursue the matter too much with Gao Xiaomei and the others.

Many powerful teams collapse not from powerful external enemies, but from internal strife within the team.

If Gao were to thoroughly investigate and eliminate useless individuals, it could very well lead to disunity within the team.

He wanted to reduce the number of mouths to eat, and the best way to do that was to prevent others from joining him, but unfortunately, he had already missed that opportunity.

"Brother, how about we don't rob Lin Luo for now? The weather isn't that cold outside. We can rob those convenience stores and get some food quickly."

Gao Xiaomei advised.

"Let's talk about this later."

Gao Yaoqiang hesitated.

"If you don't grab it now, others will get there first, and we'll miss our chance."

Gao Xiaomei continued to persuade her.

"You think I don't want to rob the convenience store? The nearest one is at the entrance of the community. It doesn't have much stuff, just bread, instant noodles, snacks and other food."

Gao Yaoqiang said impatiently, "There are more than twenty people here, more than twenty mouths to feed. Do you think that stealing those things will be enough to sustain our team for a few days?"

Gao Xiaomei muttered to herself, "That's still better than staying here and not getting anything."

"That shows your short-sightedness."

Gao Yaoqiang asked, "Have you seen all of Lin Luo's recent posts on WeChat Moments?"

Gao Xiaomei gritted her teeth and said, "That damn Lin Luo, he posts all sorts of delicious food on his WeChat Moments every day. I feel like I'm going to starve to death from seeing so much of it, or I'll probably be driven crazy by Lin Luo. So I blocked him."

"Now open his WeChat Moments and take a look."

"oh oh."

Gao Xiaomei was about to open her WeChat Moments when she noticed something was wrong: "Brother, why don't you open your WeChat Moments yourself?"