Ice Age Apocalypse: I've Stockpiled Billions of Resources

The group wasn't particularly afraid of the black python's attack.

The individual black pythons are much stronger than a group of squirrels, but their numbers are very limited.

The group couldn't deal with the squirrels, but they were able to handle the giant black python.

Lin Luo led everyone back to the gray fruit tree.

He instructed everyone to begin collecting the gray fruits, for the things the Shi family had their eye on must be quite good.

The group stopped when the gray fruit trees were almost completely harvested.

"Let's keep going. After so many adventures, we've finally gained something."

Hazuki said with relief.

Cao Mao sighed, "Compared to other islands, Human Body Island is a high-risk, low-reward place. Many people have died, and we've only just obtained a gray fruit. We still don't know what the gray fruit is for."

Cao Shengnan said helplessly, "There's no other way. The authorities want us to come, and those who don't will be punished."

Lin Luo said, "The Shi family came here most likely for this treasure. I believe that obtaining the gray fruit can make up for our losses."

Cao Shengnan said, "Captain Lin is right, we've really struck gold."

"You betrayed us very quickly."

Cao Mao said disdainfully.

Cao Shengnan corrected, "I'm just trusting Captain Lin."

Cao Mao realistically said, "The gray fruit on you is not safe. It's safer for you to put the gray fruit on me."

Cao Shengnan sneered, "Uncle, don't be so realistic."

Cao Mao shamelessly said, "I don't believe your judgment, but I believe my own. I think Captain Lin is right."

"Good good."

Cao Shengnan scoffed, "A shameless person is invincible."

Hazuki said, "Let's leave Maolin as soon as possible; I always feel unsafe here."

"Let's go, it's getting dark soon, we need to find a safe place to rest."

Lin Luodao.

Old Ye chimed in, "On most islands, the night is much scarier than the day. Human Body Island is already terrifying during the day, so it must be even more dangerous at night."

"We need to find a safe place as soon as possible."

Cao Mao agreed.

The group continued on their way and spotted a squirrel ahead.

Black Bean the squirrel has bright, sparkling eyes and a thick tail trailing behind it.

Hazuki's face turned pale as she said, "The direction we're heading seems to be the location of the squirrels' lair."

Cao Mao said in a trembling voice, "How about we go somewhere else?"

Cao Shengnan spoke first: "I agree. I'd rather face a more terrifying creature than a swarm of squirrels. They're too disgusting, all furry and gray."

"It's alright, the squirrel colony suffered heavy losses, they probably won't attack me."

Lin Luo stomped his foot hard, and the squirrel was so frightened that it flew away.

Cao Shengnan gave a thumbs up and said, "Captain Lin, you're amazing! You know everything. You're much better than my uncle."

Cao Mao pretended to be angry and said, "You can praise others if you want, but why do you drag me into this? Don't you feel comfortable if you don't belittle me?"

"I'm telling you to learn from Captain Lin, Uncle. You have a lot of room for improvement."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Cao Mao and Cao Shengnan, uncle and nephew, got along very well. They often joked around, which eased the tense atmosphere considerably.

Lin Luo's deduction was correct; the squirrels ran away as soon as they saw people.

The squirrels fought the giant black python, but so many died that they had to keep a low profile.

When a population becomes too large, it will expand wildly and disregard even powerful individuals.

Once this small population dwindles again, it will become less prominent once more.

Lin Luo found bloodstains on the ground; the bloodstains were human blood.

Ye Yue said, "The bloodstains are most likely from the Shi family. Not all members of the Shi family died; they were brought to this place by the squirrels."

Lin Luo nodded and said, "That should be true."

"Shall we go take a look ahead?"

Cao Mao asked.

Lin Luo decided, "Let's go take a look ahead; we might find something unexpected."

Everyone unconditionally trusted his decision.

Without Lin Luo, it's no exaggeration to say that the group wouldn't have made it this far.

After walking for a while, the group saw a series of large trees.

The trees are very thick; the thinnest tree requires five people to encircle it, and the thickest tree requires twenty people to encircle it.

The shortest tree is 100 meters tall, while some are as tall as 1,000 meters.

Everyone was surprised when they saw these large trees.

Cao Shengnan said, "No wonder the squirrels didn't build their nests in front, but chose to build them here. It's because the big trees here have better places to build nests, after all, they are much larger than normal squirrels."

Cao Mao said, "Your understanding is always different from others."

"Your understanding is correct, isn't it?"

Cao Shengnan smiled.

Old Ye worriedly said, "We've seen a lot of squirrels since we got here. If we go any further, they might attack us all at once."

“You’re right. What frightened the squirrels just now was a black python, not us humans.”

Lin Luo nodded.

Everyone thought Lin Luo would say he was going to retreat, but Lin Luo changed his tune and told everyone to take out their rifles and shoot the squirrels.

They were puzzled, thinking that what Lin Luo was doing was very dangerous.

If you're not careful, you could easily provoke the squirrels and they might attack you.

Lin Luo's decision was correct; the group chose to trust him and picked up their rifles to fire.

The people sent by the Cao and Ye families were all elites; even the ordinary people there had excellent marksmanship.

Squirrels, each the size of a small dog, were shot and fell from the tree.

Several squirrels, unwilling to accept defeat, launched a fierce attack on the group.

Lin Luo picked up a sniper rifle and killed the squirrels to prevent casualties.

Squirrels have various germs on their mouths, such as tetanus and plague, so being bitten is not a good thing.

After everyone cleaned up, it was clear that there were almost no squirrels left.

They moved forward a little, and the squirrel was so frightened that it immediately ran away.

After walking a little further, the group stopped.

Beneath the big tree were tree holes, all of which were pitch black.

Cao Mao said, "The holes in these big trees must be where giant squirrels live."

Cao Shengnan's focus remained different: "The squirrels are awful. They dug a big hole in the tree trunk, and it's basically impossible for it to survive."

Lin Luo arrived at a nearby tree hole, and several squirrels immediately rushed out.

After the hunt, the squirrel developed a fear of humans.

They abandoned their home and chose to leave.

Lin Luo sent someone to check the tree hole, and they found a lot of food.

There are various fruits, including gray fruits, some unidentified nuts, weeds, etc.

There are also some kinds of meat, such as the meat of a black python, the meat of a cheetah, and the meat of a human, etc.

"This squirrel really eats everything."

Cao Shengnan felt nauseous.

Cao Mao thought of a terrifying scenario: "I saw that some of the stored food was still alive. The squirrels don't eat much at a time, so a lot of food is stored. Do you think it's possible that the Shi family members were stored as food?"