Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies Chapter 1494: Nightfall

The four groups were all operating within Edo City, not far from one another, with the Daliangdu Museum as their central point of reference.

Zhang Yi and his three companions found a Japanese restaurant and waited inside for night to fall.

The aroma of grilled meat filled the air, but no one touched it.

Zhang Yi glanced at the time displayed on his retina by the smart system, then looked at the gradually darkening sky outside the window.

It was almost evening.

Once the night grew deep enough, they would move immediately.

...

Over at the izakaya, Fatty Xu was already sitting with his arms wrapped around two hostess girls, drinking juice and having the time of his life! He even pulled the belt off one of the hostess girls and tied it around his head!

One of his chubby, wandering hands patted the hostess girl's thigh.

Fatty Xu said this with a lecherous grin while secretly giving Uncle Yu a meaningful glance.

Just as he had suspected, the people in Edo City were off!

Uncle Yu's sharp eyes swept across everyone in the izakaya.

If what Fatty Xu said was true, and these people had abnormal body temperatures, then they clearly weren't ordinary folks.

The chance that they were all Transcendents was extremely slim. The more likely possibility was that these people were puppets, or creations born from supernatural powers!

With that thought, Uncle Yu's muscles involuntarily tensed up.

If that was the case, didn't it mean these people had already known their identities?

Uncle Yu frowned. The hostess girl beside him noticed his expression, smiled, and came over with a glass to sit next to him.

"Hey, uncle, since you're here, why sit alone? Come on, let me toast you, alright?"

As she spoke, she handed the glass over.

A sharp glint flashed in Uncle Yu's eyes. He reached out to take the glass but deliberately applied force from within.

"Smack!"

The glass filled with champagne dropped onto the table and shattered instantly. Shards of glass sliced across the hostess girl's fair thigh, cutting open a gash as blood quickly seeped out!

"Ah!!!"

The hostess girl screamed in shock. The commotion drew the attention of everyone nearby.

Uncle Yu kept his eyes fixed on the hostess girl's reaction. Seeing that her shock seemed genuine, and that the wound on her leg was undeniably real, his confusion only deepened.

"She's not a puppet or a robot. What the hell is going on?"

"Could it be... what's happening in Edo City is a mass mutation!?"

Uncle Yu quickly apologized and pulled out some tissue to help her stop the bleeding.

The madam rushed over in a panic, but after receiving a generous transfer from Fatty Xu, her face quickly shifted to a fawning smile.

"A thousand apologies! I'm so sorry for the trouble!"

Fatty Xu waved his hand. "No problem! My friend here is visiting a place like this for the first time—maybe he got a little too excited!"

The madam led the hostess girl away with endless thanks, but the confusion in Uncle Yu's eyes lingered for a long time.

What the hell was going on?

Fatty Xu couldn't communicate with Uncle Yu on the spot. While continuing to feel the body temperatures of the two hostess girls with his hand to confirm his suspicions, he signaled Uncle Yu with his eyes to stay calm and not panic.

"The situation here is complicated. Better wait until we meet up with Zhang Yi and the others to discuss!"

Uncle Yu poured himself a glass of milk and slowly gulped it down, but all he tasted was a refrigerated product.

After all, where would you get fresh milk around here? Even if it existed, only the higher-ups could enjoy it.

Time unknowingly crept to five in the evening. The darkness seemed to fall all at once, as if a massive black curtain was being pulled from west to east, instantly blotting out the daylight.

Fatty Xu and Uncle Yu were still deep in thought when Zhang Yi's communication sounded in their ears.

"It's time. Come and regroup!"

At the same time, the other groups were also preparing to move out, heading toward the Daliangdu Museum as originally planned.

Fatty Xu snapped back to reality. "Ah, damn, almost forgot the important stuff! Uncle Yu, let's go!"

He squeezed the thigh of the hostess girl sitting next to him one last time.

But this time, he no longer felt the warm, soft skin. The spot his fingers touched was icy cold.

"Huh?"

Fatty Xu froze and turned to look at the hostess girl beside him. Her eyes had gone dull, as if someone had pulled the batteries out of a machine.

Stunned, Fatty Xu reached out to pat her cheek.

But the moment he applied even a little force, he heard a "crack!" Her head fell straight off her neck, rolled across the floor twice, and landed at Fatty Xu's feet, staring right up at him!

"Ah..."

Fatty Xu almost screamed, but a hand quickly reached out from beside him and covered his mouth.

Uncle Yu whispered, "Stay calm! Look around you!"

Fatty Xu's eyes went wide as he looked around. What he saw nearly made him lose control of his bladder.

The izakaya, which had been bustling just moments ago, had all activity grind to a halt in an instant. Like robots that had run out of power, everyone stood frozen in place.

The entire izakaya fell into absolute dead silence.

Only the mournful howl of the wind came from outside the window, like a night demon skimming low through the air.

"Woooo—"

The night wind wailed. The lights inside the izakaya flickered, then with a "pop," they all went out.

The human silhouettes in the shadows looked like cold, lifeless corpses.

Fatty Xu had seen plenty of big scenes in his time, but even he felt a chill crawl down his spine at the sheer eeriness of it all.

Uncle Yu pulled out a large handgun, chambered a round, and calmly aimed it in every direction.

"This damn place is definitely messed up!"

Before he could contact Zhang Yi, Zhang Yi had already pulled them all into a communication channel.

"Watch out! This place has turned incredibly weird. Don't go out on the streets—something strange has appeared!"

Before Zhang Yi's words even faded, Fatty Xu saw a massive black shadow suddenly appear at the window. An eyeball the size of a full-grown human was staring dead at them!

"Holy shit!!"

"Smash!"

A gigantic arm shattered the glass and shot straight toward Fatty Xu and Uncle Yu!

"B-B-Blizzard!!!!"

Fatty Xu screamed, his voice twisting like a duck being strangled.

A raging blizzard erupted from his mouth, instantly shattering the entire izakaya!

The massive arm was also affected, missing its grab and pulling back instead.

"Let's go!"

Uncle Yu grabbed Fatty Xu. In an instant, combat suits wrapped around them both, and they bolted out onto the street.

But the sight that greeted them next made them deeply regret fleeing the izakaya.

Because right then, they wished they had just stayed hidden inside the building, never having to witness what was happening outside.