Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies Chapter 1513: The Transcendent Organization Plan
Previously on Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies...
Zhang Yi brought Deng Shentong to the Chaoyu Base.
The moment his car arrived, Lu Dahai was already waiting with his people at the base entrance.
“Mr. Zhang, welcome to inspect our work!”
Lu Dahai’s face was plastered with a flattering smile.
Deng Shentong swept his gaze across these people and couldn’t help furrowing his brow.
From these individuals, he couldn’t sense any aura of strength.
At the very least, a well-trained unit that had experienced countless bloody battles should carry a sharp, fierce fighting spirit.
But these people looked nothing more than a ragtag bunch.
“Could I be wrong? Are they all like Zhang Yi—masters of disguise?”
Deng Shentong wondered to himself.Zhang Yi said to Lu Dahai, “Go on about your business! I’m just bringing my friend around for a look.”
Lu Dahai was dismissed by Zhang Yi.
Then Zhang Yi led Deng Shentong on a casual stroll through the Chaoyu Base.
As they walked, workers were everywhere.
Living by the sea, thriving on its bounty—their main job now was going out to sea to catch fish and then supplying them to the three major bases.
“What do you think of these people from Tianshui City?”
Zhang Yi asked with a smile.
Deng Shentong chuckled, “Not bad at all. They live in great harmony!”
“I meant their strength.”
Deng Shentong cleared his throat, “Forgive my poor judgment. I didn’t see anything.”
Zhang Yi laughed. “No, they’re exactly as you saw! Pitifully weak. Right now, in all of Tianshui City, not counting the people around me, these guys have very few Awakened. Those with over 5,000 ability index points number less than a handful.”
Deng Shentong was stunned on the spot.
“The top combat force of the Jiangnan Region, and your subordinates are this weak?”
Zhang Yi said, “There were some special reasons in the past, so I never bothered to train them.”
Back then, he had fought a life-or-death war with the three major bases. At that time, Zhang Yi wasn’t strong enough, so he naturally had to stay on guard against them.
Deng Shentong now understood what Zhang Yi was getting at.
“You mean you want me to help train your subordinates?”
Zhang Yi said to Deng Shentong, “Even if you’re made of iron, how many nails can you hammer? On the trip to Edo City, I might be able to face their Epsilon-class combatants, but I lack powerful underlings.”
“From now on, there will be more and more wars like this. Relying on myself alone will become increasingly exhausting.”
“So, if your Deng family gets the Dragon Specimen and actually manages to research something useful, you have to share the technical results with me immediately!”
“Also, I don’t have professional personnel for training. Your Deng family needs to send people to help me!”
Deng Shentong didn’t hesitate for a moment and nodded firmly.
“As long as you’re willing to help me get that item, I can certainly agree to this condition! After all, you’re an important pillar of my Deng family!”
Zhang Yi smiled.
“By the way, how do you plan to deal with Mist Valley? It’s hard to use heavy weapons, right? Something like missiles would easily be detected by other forces. That would cause a huge headache.”
Deng Shentong smiled confidently.
“Don’t worry about that! My Deng family is an old-established noble house in Huaxu Nation. We naturally have ways to accomplish this. And I guarantee it won’t be discovered in the short term.”
He winked at Zhang Yi.
“Even if it’s found out later, what can they do? Mist Valley doesn’t belong to any faction, so why can’t others explore it? If a small problem pops up along the way, we can just call it an accident, right?”
Zhang Yi drooped his eyelids and said lazily, “Do whatever you want! As long as this doesn’t drag me into it.”
He added half-jokingly, “I’ve already offended enough people.”
The two reached an agreement, and Deng Shentong immediately returned to Blizzard City to arrange the relevant matters.
Meanwhile, Zhang Yi went home and called Yang Xinxin and the others to discuss forming a Transcendent unit.
“Even a tiger can nod off. If Tianshui City always needs me to defend it, the pressure on me would be a bit too much.”
“So I need to find more people to share the burden. Right now, forming a Transcendent unit seems like the best option!”
Fatty Xu heard this, crossed his arms, and said disdainfully, “Those garbage fish in Tianshui City—is it worth wasting resources on them?”
Zhang Yi didn’t hold back. “Garbage Fish Number One seems to have a pretty clear self-awareness, huh!”
Fatty Xu: “Huh?”
He pointed at his own nose, looking left and right. “Boss, who’s he talking about? Not me, right?”
“Stop looking—it’s you!”
Zhang Yi rolled his eyes.
Fatty Xu put on a aggrieved face. “Boss, I’m at least 9,000-plus on the ability index now, okay!”
“What’s the use of that? In a fight, you still can’t pull your weight.”
Zhang Yi didn’t mince words with Fatty Xu.
“Wow! That’s so hurtful!”
Fatty Xu wailed.
Zhang Yi paid him no mind. “There are still over ten thousand survivors in Tianshui City. Every single one of them has gone through three years of the apocalypse baptism and been filtered out as elites.”
“Among them, there are no shortage of gifted individuals, but they never got the opportunity to awaken. If we can develop their potential, there’s a good chance we can cultivate an excellent Transcendent unit.”
“But,” Zhou Ke’er raised her concern, “such a large batch of Transcendents needs scientific training to become real soldiers. With just us, I’m afraid we don’t have the energy.”
Zhang Yi said, “As for helpers, we have some ready-made ones.”
He then looked at Baili Changqing and Wu Di, who were sitting silently in the corner of the living room.
The two were still nominally his team members, and now, relying on Zhang Yi’s reputation, they could lie back in Blizzard City and collect a dry salary.
But when had Zhang Yi’s freebies ever been so easy to take?
Baili Changqing laughed heartily, “Captain, leave this to me! Training Transcendents is a piece of cake for me!”
Baili Changqing was originally a member of the Yan Cloud Guard Special Forces, and back in the day, he had been an instructor in the military—training people was his specialty.
Zhang Yi said, “You’re all part of my team. When the time comes, call the other guys over to help me out!”
“Yes, sir!”
Baili Changqing said loudly.
What Zhang Yi said was a commander’s order to him. And being commanded by the strongest person in the Jiangnan Region made Baili Changqing’s heart burn with excitement.
Not everyone had the chance to work for Zhang Yi.
“In that case, why don’t we just establish a Transcendent school?”
Yang Xinxin suddenly spoke up.
“A school?”
A gleam of novelty lit up Zhang Yi’s eyes.
Yang Xinxin said, “Since we want to train Transcendents and turn them into qualified soldiers, we need to cultivate their comprehensive qualities. The most critical point is ideological and moral education! I think this is no less important than combat training.”