Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies Chapter 1266: Nighttime Investigation of the Great Snow Mountain

Liang Yue and Mu Yan shared a glance.

Something was definitely off in this place.

Resembling mercury spilling across the floor, the shadow seeped along fissures in the walls and carpet, rapidly gliding into a barely concealed cellar entrance.

They hadn’t anticipated the area beneath to exceed the size above, buzzing with even greater activity.

A strange aroma drifted toward them, carrying a lewd stench like that from a rutting black goat’s genitals, blended with a cloying, milky fishiness.

This prompted Liang Yue and Mu Yan to immediately engage the air purification feature in their battle suits.

Dim illumination revealed lines of cages down below.

Within certain cages, women donned sheer garments or stood utterly bare, brazenly exposing their forms.

Yet, the prettier women among them enjoyed private chambers, whereas most crammed into disorderly communal spaces without nearby lavatories, only basic wooden pails present.

Liang Yue and Mu Yan’s faces grew exceedingly somber. As females themselves, they instantly grasped the fate of these captive women.

Still, this discovery alone failed to shatter their calm.

Not until they glimpsed into various rooms those women in ragged attire, hair unkempt, bellies grotesquely swollen from pregnancy.

"Pregnant women? How is this possible?"

Mu Yan bowed her head, struggling to process the scene.

The Pagyi Family viewed these women merely as toys.

But pregnancy turned them into major liabilities.

Nevertheless, about one-third of the women in this subterranean jail were expecting.

Liang Yue’s gaze locked onto those pregnant figures, countless visions surging through her thoughts.

Suddenly, her complexion drained to ashen, and she doubled over, heaving in fierce disgust.

"I know what they are now."

Tears trickled from her eyes, her irises blazing scarlet—a mark of seething wrath.

"This is hell on earth!"

Through clenched teeth, she spat each word in blistering hatred!

Right then, an overwhelming urge gripped her to free these wretched women, sparing them further degradation as breeding stock.

Thankfully, maturity held her back. Fists balled tight, she wavered long but refrained from acting.

"Once Zhang Yi’s deal wraps up, I’ll obliterate this den!"

Liang Yue declared icily, syllable by syllable.

Mu Yan murmured, "Relax. After his trade with Pagyi Gesang ends, this spot loses all value to him. If it brings you joy, handle it as you please."

"That said... it only scratches the surface, not the core issue."

With a casual head shake, she continued.

Having endured tougher times outside than Liang Yue, Mu Yan understood the world’s brutality all too well.

If Liang Yue demanded it, Pagyi Gesang would promptly free over a hundred women from this dungeon to curry favor with Zhang Yi.

Yet they couldn’t linger in the Snowy Plateau forever.

Old captives might depart, but fresh ones would arrive.

Moreover, how many such infernal pits dotted the world beyond the Snowy Plateau?

In shadows untouched by light, fiends thrived everywhere.

Liang Yue stayed quiet. Mu Yan eyed the listless women, then directed the shadow away from the courtyard.

Right as they prepared to depart and scout elsewhere.

Abruptly, far off under the endless night sky, brilliant flames erupted skyward.

Battle cries pierced the heavens!

Hordes of Pagyi Family guards, weapons in hand, rushed toward the blaze. Flying superhumans soared overhead.

"Damn rebels, striking again!"

"Seize them, string them up on gibbets to freeze solid!"

From the guards’ chatter, Liang Yue and Mu Yan realized the attackers were the Southwest Region’s resistance fighters.

Previously, they’d heard of this tangled group from Pagyi Gesang.

To him, the resistance sowed all chaos in the Southwest, devils toppling chieftain authority, debased outcasts reveling in decay.

But beholding the Snowy Plateau’s grim reality now shook the convictions deep in Liang Yue and Mu Yan’s hearts.

"Let’s head over, check it out!"

Liang Yue urged.

Mu Yan cautioned, "Observe if you must, but stay out of it completely."

A smirk tugged Liang Yue’s lip. "No fears, I’ve got this under control."

...

Meanwhile, Zhang Yi advanced on the Great Snow Mountain. After some spatial jumps, he reached the vicinity of the Snowy Plateau’s holiest site, Sangha Monastery.

Perched atop a hill, this temple loomed enormous and grand. Even from afar above, it exuded an awe-inspiring aura of ancient legacy.

Zhang Yi curbed his desire to breach Sangha Monastery. After all, the Snowy Plateau’s Lord of the Charnel Ground dwelled within.

Lacking intel on the foe’s power, he avoided rash entry.

Thus, Zhang Yi pivoted toward the Great Snow Mountain, towering over ten kilometers beyond Sangha Monastery.

Atop its seven-thousand-meter height, the Great Snow Mountain ranked among Huaxu Kingdom’s loftiest summits.

Even from the Snowy Plateau, it dominated, standing out boldly in the Kunlun range.

Zhang Yi massaged his wrist. Primed fully now, his aim wasn’t invading the fabled Demon Kingdom, merely scouting data.

Hence, danger should stay minimal.

Zhang Yi reached the Great Snow Mountain. From there to Sangha Monastery, elite Monk Soldiers in full gear patrolled rigorously.

Their gear marked them apart from regular troops.

All donned costly combat suits.

Given the Southwest’s tech limits, they couldn’t craft such items—likely imports from Jiangnan or Northwest Regions.

Among the Six Major Regions, Jiangnan led in Tech Tree mastery, boasting top-tier combat suits.

Yet none of this fazed Zhang Yi.

A single blink-step bypassed layers of defenses, plunging him deep into the Great Snow Mountain.

Instantly, darkness engulfed his vision—

Ah, lodged in soil.

No helping it; X-ray vision wasn’t his.

Void Power surged over Zhang Yi’s form, carving out a vast empty pocket around him.

The Smart System pinpointed his location. Then, Zhang Yi plunged straight downward.

Vast as it was, the Great Snow Mountain lacked a map for Zhang Yi, forcing gradual probing.

But with an underground Demon Kingdom rumored, a huge cavern awaited. Downward it was.

Indeed, soon after another traverse, he emerged into a pitch-black void.

No light anywhere. Zhang Yi switched on tactical goggles. Colors bloomed dimly before him, outlining nearby shapes.

It resembled an enormous karst cavern, running northeast to southwest. Chill and moisture pervaded the depths, hinting at subterranean streams.

Zhang Yi fired up the sonic system anew, mapping the cave system via echoes.

Author's Note