Ice Age Apocalypse: I've Stockpiled Billions of Resources

Cao Shengnan said with emotion, "This is so touching. Compared to other people, you are such a responsible uncle. You are so good to your niece."

Cao Mao angrily said, "Cao Shengnan, what are you saying? Your uncle is right next to you. Can't you consider his feelings when you say such things?"

Zou Ranran smiled and said, "Actually, your uncle is very good to you. You have your parents around, so it's impossible for him to be too good to you."

Cao Mao felt that someone understood him and said with relief, "If I had a good niece like you, I would be much happier every day."

Cao Shengnan said coldly, "Uncle, you never miss an opportunity to mock me."

Lin Luo asked, "How many outsiders are still staying in the village?"

Zou Lihai said, "There should be five more people."

Lin Luo said, "Please don't take offense. You just said that one outsider who stayed in the village would die every day. What methods did those who stayed in the village use? Have any of them died in the village?"

Zou Lihai sighed, "They think it was done by people in the village, and that as long as they kill one of them after a while, they'll be fine."

Cao Shengnan said angrily, "These people are despicable. They don't care about your lives. They think that because there are no laws here, they can do whatever they want."

Cao Mao said, "They treated you like that, didn't you resist?"

Zou Ranran said helplessly, "It's not that we don't want to resist, but that we can't. They have guns. If we hide, we can survive for a while. But if we fight them head-on, it's no different from courting death."

Zou Lihai said thankfully, "Luckily you came to our aid in time, otherwise Ranran would have been in grave danger."

After talking for a while, Cao Mao asked Lin Luo for his opinion, suggesting that he stay overnight and prepare to leave that evening.

Lin Luo nodded and said, "There's no better way to leave right now, so it's better to stay here for the time being."

Zou Lihai said, "If you don't mind, you can stay in that small villa next door."

Cao Mao asked, "Is no one inside the villa?"

Zou Lihai shook his head and said, "No one. The village came to this island, and one of the families died in an accident. Afterwards, their daughter disappeared, and their son disappeared not long after the outsiders came in. They were probably murdered."

Cao Shengnan said sadly, "The villa in our hometown was very well built. This family was considered one of the wealthiest in the village. Before the disaster, their life must have been very good. They lived a wonderful life. I never expected to suffer such a calamity. All four of them are gone."

Cao Mao said helplessly, "Natural disasters are beyond human control. Those who have survived to this day owe a great deal to luck."

According to the latest authoritative survey, there were eight billion people in the world before the catastrophe.

After several natural disasters, the world's population has fallen to less than 100 million, a precipitous decline.

Before the catastrophe, the death of an entire family was not a particularly unusual occurrence.

There was an underground city that wasn't properly constructed, and all ten or twenty thousand people who went inside died inside.

"That's true."

Lin Luo nodded in agreement, deeply moved.

The lock on the main gate was forcibly pried open, and the group easily entered.

Zou Ranran explained, "When the two adults were still here, no one dared to mess around. But now that they're gone, they pried open the lock and went straight in. They forced the lock open."

Cao Shengnan asked, "Was it done by someone from this village?"

Zou Lihai shook his head and said, "It was done by people from our village. There are quite a few scoundrels in the village. Seeing that the adults were no longer easy to bully, they even pried open the door. Others knew but dared not do anything about it."

Cao Shengnan angrily said, "You beasts! The disappearance of this girl is related to those beasts in the village. Don't let me find out who they are, or I will wipe them out."

The uncle and nephew of the Zou family did not answer, but sighed helplessly and opened the door of the villa.

A musty smell wafted out, and there was dust everywhere; no one had lived there for a long time.

Zou Lihai said, "No one has lived here for a long time. I'll have Ranran help you clean it up. Stay here for a while."

"Okay, I'll clean it."

Zou Ranran readily agreed.

"Sister Ranran, I'm so sorry."

Cao Shengnan quickly stopped Zou Ranran, saying, "This is where we live. We can't trouble you. Let's do it ourselves."

"You saved me, and it's nothing to do a little favor to repay your life-saving kindness."

Zou Ranran insisted on helping.

Everyone helped her clean up; a simple cleaning would make it more comfortable for people to stay.

"Sister Ranran, we have a lot of food. Why don't you eat with us?"

Cao Shengnan enthusiastically brought out a large bag of military rations, which were very plentiful and specially made by the Cao family.

All dungeons are good for the army. They risk their lives to search for various resources, and they may die at any time. It would be too much to not feed them well.

"no need."

Zou Ranran wiped the sweat from her brow with her arm and smiled sweetly: "Uncle is still waiting for me at home. He has difficulty walking and can't cook, so I'd better go back and eat. You brought a limited amount of food to the Human Body Island."

"What a good kid."

Cao Mao was deeply moved and gave Zou Ranran two bags of military rations.

Zou Ranran quickly waved her hand and said, "Really, it's not necessary."

Under Cao Mao's persistent efforts, Zou Ranran had no choice but to accept.

"thank you all."

Zou Ranran left with two bags of military rations, making sure to say thank you before she left.

"What a polite child. I wish my daughter were that kind."

Cao Mao sighed.

Cao Shengnan said, "Uncle, wake up! You don't even have a wife, so where would you get a daughter?"

Cao Mao pretended to be angry and said, "You want to anger me to death sooner so you can inherit my Huabei, right? I'll leave you more debt then, and you'll be the designated heir. You'll have to take it whether you want it or not."

"Let's eat."

Lin Luo took out the food and placed it on the table.

There are braised pork belly, hot and sour shredded potatoes, stir-fried vegetables, braised beef, and so on.

Lin Luo's strange space has many of these foods; he can take them out whenever he wants.

The fact that he was a mutant was no longer a secret, and there was no need for him to deliberately hide it.

Anyone who wants to study him has to be able to beat Lin Luo first.

Lin Luo ate the yellow fruit, which greatly enhanced his physical strength, making him a match for ordinary people.

The group split into three tables: Lin Luo, Cao Shengnan, Ye Yue, and Cao Mao sat at one table to facilitate discussion of countermeasures.

"What a feast!"

Cao Shengnan exclaimed in surprise, "Brother Lin, are you from the future and have a four-dimensional pocket, just like Doraemon, able to take out so many things from your pocket?"

Cao Mao said irritably, "You talk too much nonsense."

After taking a couple of bites of food, Hazuki voiced her concerns: "This village gives me a very strange feeling. On one hand, it seems normal, but on the other hand, it seems very abnormal. In such a large village, we only saw two people, and everything we saw and heard was told by the two of them. This in itself is a dangerous thing."

Cao Shengnan swallowed her rice forcefully: "I feel fine, but after listening to Sister Ye's analysis, I also feel that something is not quite right."