Ice Age Apocalypse: I've Stockpiled Billions of Resources

Do you still have the strength?

Shi Cheng was also excited.

"There's more."

Zhu Judao.

"Pick a dozen or so gray fruits and leave as soon as possible."

Shi Cheng received some information from the authorities that a type of squirrel lives on the gray fruit.

Squirrels feed on gray fruits, and if they take too many, they will be attacked.

Zhu Ju sprouted wings from his hands and flew up the tree, picking several gray fruits.

He picked a total of fifteen gray fruits, which he felt was enough.

"Captain, that should be enough."

Zhu Ju asked.

Shi Cheng greedily said, "My nephew said there are about a dozen or so. I think it should be fine to pick no more than nineteen. You can pick two or three more."

One mutated fruit corresponds to one mutated human, so he inevitably wanted to be greedy.

Zhu Ju said, "It wouldn't hurt to pick one more."

He nervously swallowed and picked a gray fruit with his hand.

After the gray fruit was picked, nothing happened.

Zhu Ju breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Picking one more mutated fruit shouldn't be a problem."

Shi Cheng said, "Let's get down."

Zhu Ju licked his dry lips and said, "I should be fine."

Shi Cheng quickly stopped him, saying, "Picking one is enough. Don't be too greedy. If you pick one and then want to pick another, you'll end up picking more than twenty without even realizing it."

Zhu Ju nodded and said, "It was my greed that led me astray."

He descended from mid-air and placed the gray fruit in his backpack.

Zhang Shuo said excitedly, "Getting the mutated fruit means we can leave now."

Shi Cheng said, "Let the Ye family leave it to the Liu family. We'll just take the mutated fruit and leave."

"I'll conjure wings now and leave this awful place immediately."

Zhu Ju grew wings and prepared to leave with Shi Cheng and Zhang Shuo.

Just as the three were about to leave, they heard rustling sounds around them.

A furry squirrel emerged. It looked similar to a mouse, with black bean-like eyes, and was ten times the size of a mouse, resembling a small dog.

The squirrel has a large black tail that sits behind its rear end, revealing two yellowish, sharp teeth.

Then many more emerged from the woods, densely covering the lush forest.

Shi Cheng had a bad feeling and quickly said, "Zhu Ju, let's leave quickly."

Zhu Ju was covered in cold sweat and flapped his wings, trying to leave.

The squirrels were faster and quickly surrounded the three people.

Zhang Shuo lost his grip and fell into a swarm of squirrels.

He quickly mutated his body, covering it with lizard scales to protect himself from the squirrels' bites.

But the squirrels' teeth were even sharper, and they gnawed at it, causing it to scream in agony.

Upon seeing the bloody and horrific scene before them, Zhu Ju and Shi Cheng turned pale with fright.

Zhu Ju frantically flapped his wings, trying to escape, but a swarm of squirrels was waiting for him above.

The two let out a scream and fell heavily to the ground.

The dense swarm of squirrels surged toward Zhu Ju and Shi Cheng like a black tide.

The two tried to escape, but it was too late; they were swept away by the black tide.

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Cao Mao frowned as he looked ahead and said, "If we continue forward, we will enter a dense forest. The vegetation inside is very lush, and there will be even more dangers hidden there."

Cao Shengnan patted her chest and said, "Uncle, don't worry, with me by your side, what do you have to be afraid of?"

Cao Mao said with a displeased look, "You're just a newborn calf that doesn't fear tigers. Do you think there aren't any mutants stronger than you in the official underground city? Many of those people who entered the Human Island didn't come out alive. This island isn't as simple as you think."

Cao Shengnan complained, "Now I finally understand why you're over thirty and still not married."

Cao Mao said with a dark face, "If you can't speak properly, you don't have to speak."

Lin Luo took out rifle bullets and handed them to everyone.

The Cao family cooperated well throughout the journey and did nothing wrong; they can be considered trustworthy allies.

Lin Luo was generous to them, giving them rifle bullets.

With their ammunition replenished, the group felt much more confident.

The mutants in the team are a few; most people are ordinary people.

Moreover, the methods of mutants are not as direct as those of firearms.

Led by Lin Luo, they entered the dense forest.

Cao Shengnan has a sensitive sense of smell, and she sniffed hard, saying, "There's a strong smell of blood in the air. Someone fought here."

"Bloodshed may result in injuries or fatalities, but there are no bodies here."

Hazuki asked, puzzled.

Cao Mao said, "Zhu Ju possesses the abilities of a birdman. He brought several members of the Shi family from Shicheng here, where they encountered danger. The people who attacked them may be dangerous creatures hiding in the Maolin forest."

Lin Luo squatted down and examined the drag marks on the ground, then discovered tiny footprints.

The footprints were the size of a dog's, but they didn't look like dog footprints; they looked like mouse footprints.

Hazuki asked, "Did you find anything?"

Lin Luo replied, "The marks on the ground are from a python, and there are also rat footprints. It's very likely that the python attacked the Shi family, was killed by the Shi family, and then the rats in Maolin dragged away the body to eat."

He went to another place and found two drag marks.

Drag marks are formed when a person is dragged.

The drag marks left by the human were quickly replaced by the traces left by the python.

The two were unable to withstand the python's attacks and were forcibly dragged away.

Cao Shengnan said, "Captain Lin, you're amazing! You managed to find this place. My uncle is a master of criticism, but he's only good at criticizing me; his other abilities are just average."

Cao Mao felt humiliated: "It seems I've been too good to you, so much so that you don't even have the basic respect for me. When I get back, I'm going to tell your parents and have them teach you a lesson."

Cao Shengnan turned pale with fright: "Uncle, I know I was wrong, please don't tell my parents."

Everyone couldn't help but laugh. Cao Shengnan, who was fearless, was actually afraid of her own parents.

Lin Luo said, "Let's continue. The forest is very dangerous, and we must remain vigilant at all times."

He continued walking in front, with the others following behind.

Having witnessed Lin Luo's power, they were not very afraid.

After walking for a while without encountering any danger, the group came across a large tree covered with gray fruit.

The gray fruits hanging on the tree didn't look very appealing.

Cao Shengnan complained, "The fruits of other trees are more vibrant, making you want to eat them. But these gray fruits look unappetizing. Does that mean they grow gray fruits because they're not meant for us to eat?"

Cao Mao said helplessly, "Your perspective on things is really different from others. According to you, the reason this big tree grows gray fruit is mainly because it's afraid of others eating the fruit it grows."

Cao Shengnan clapped her hands and said, "Uncle, it seems you're not just a master of words, you can be smart too."