Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies Chapter 1602: Smoke Invasion

In the Huaxu Nation, news that two major regions were under attack by an unknown force spread rapidly through the upper echelons of every region.

The first to receive the news was the Supreme Commander of the Northwest Major Region and the nation's number one expert, Li Changgong, who immediately took the report seriously!

He threw on his clothes, pulled up the full map of the Huaxu Nation, and began examining the targeted areas and times of the attacks.

"The first to be hit was the Colombia Ocean Fleet stationed at the Neon harbor."

"The second was East Sea City in the East China Sea Major Region."

"The third target was Fengtian City in the Northeast Major Region."

"Calculating from the timing and the targets, the enemy must be coming from the sea, which almost certainly means this is the Underground Civilization from the Mist Valley on Star Island! I can't believe those bastards have emerged from the earth, and they're actively attacking humanity."

"Could it be that humanity's constant activity in the area, and the repeated expeditions into their domain, have provoked their wrath?"

Li Changgong quickly pieced together the chain of cause and effect.

They treated the Underground Civilization as a colossal treasure trove, launching relentless expeditions and invasions, hungering for more underground resources, along with the God Essence and Rite Spirits that could empower Transcendents.

But they had all forgotten one thing.

Humanity could launch attacks against a mysterious civilization, even wiping out an entire nation like the Southwest Region did to the Nash Kingdom. But a mysterious civilization with far greater power could just as easily strike back.

And even wipe out entire nations of humanity!

Li Changgong sat in his wide chair, his gaze burning as he sank deep into thought.

"I don't know how large this war will grow, but judging by the current trajectory, the next target should be the Jiangnan Region, followed by the Shengjing district."

"The Northwest Major Region is the farthest from the sea, so it should be the safest. Even if we're attacked, we'll be last. Still, I have to prepare for the worst-case scenario!"

With that thought, he immediately summoned all the senior officers in the army.

"Activate Red Alert. The entire Northwest Major Region is to prepare for battle!"

"Chang'an, deploy all Wolf Fang units and prepare to meet the enemy!"

The moment Li Changgong's orders were issued, sirens blared through every corner of the Northwest Major Region, especially in Chang'an City.

In the barracks, soldiers swiftly donned their combat suits, arming themselves to the teeth with the most advanced weapons available. Then the army mobilized, assembling into formation after formation, spreading across every corner of Chang'an like a swarm of ants.

The pounding of boots on the ground thundered like rolling thunder.

Li Changgong put on his combat suit and strapped his twin long blades to his waist.

He walked to the front of the command center, where a massive floor-to-ceiling window overlooked the entire city of Chang'an.

The air was thick with the breath of slaughter!

He sat down by the window, his sharp gaze ready to meet any enemy that dared to come.

Li Changgong's theoretical analysis was flawless. What he hadn't anticipated, however, was that the enemy wouldn't head for the Shengjing district or the Southwest Region at all. Instead, they were coming straight for the Northwest Major Region.

The forces from the Mist Valley even bypassed every secondary city in the Northwest Major Region, charging directly toward Chang'an.

But this time, there was no spectacular spectacle of a massive army storming the city walls.

The entire city of Chang'an stood on high alert, so tightly defended it was practically watertight.

Li Changgong used satellites to monitor everything around the city.

Any appearance of Transcendent forces would be detected by him in an instant.

There was no chance for a surprise attack.

Armor clanked, the chill of death hung in the air, and a great battle could erupt at any moment!

Every Wolf Fang Guard waited with tense anticipation for the enemy to arrive.

But no enemy came.

Not a single person showed up.

Amid the howling wind and driving snow, a wisp of green smoke drifted in with the storm, slowly materializing within the city of Chang'an.

It was a humanoid creature clad in silver armor. He stood in a quiet, deserted spot and looked up, surveying his surroundings. The sight of this massive human city stirred a flicker of nostalgia in his eyes.

Then he raised his right hand to his lips and gently exhaled a plume of black smoke.

"Hss—"

The black smoke spread through the air, slowly at first, but it quickly began expanding outward in every direction with alarming speed.

Rolling clouds of smoke slithered along walls, seeped through drains into the underground, and then surged toward the entirety of Chang'an.

Night. Snowstorm.

The smoke moved in utter silence, appearing slow yet spreading with terrifying speed, creeping from one district toward the entire city of Chang'an.

Everyone stood ready, bracing for a powerful Transcendent army to launch a ferocious assault on the city.

But no one could have predicted that the army they imagined would never show up. Instead, pitch-black smoke began pouring out from every corner of Chang'an.

In the darkness of night, such a thing was incredibly difficult to spot.

And by the time the Wolf Fang Guards actually noticed it, the black smoke had already expanded to such a massive scale that it was impossible to ignore.

"What... what is that thing?"

"Smoke? Did something catch fire somewhere?"

The Fierce Tiger Guards saw this and dared not take it lightly.

In the Great Anomaly Era, all sorts of Transcendents appeared constantly. On a night like this, any strange phenomenon was bound to draw attention.

A Transcendent clad head to toe in heavy armor stepped forward, cupped his right hand around his mouth like a megaphone, and unleashed a violent gust of wind, blasting it toward the vast expanse of black smoke before him.

The smoke was scattered instantly upon impact.

But before the Transcendent could breathe a sigh of relief, the dispersed smoke, agitated by the gale, began to boil and expand even more violently.

In the blink of an eye, it surged toward the entire unit!

Seeing this, the wind-attribute Transcendent hurriedly activated his ability again.

But that was when he realized that all around them, from the ground, from behind the buildings, black smoke was rising rapidly, forming a towering wall of darkness hundreds of meters high!

That wall of black smoke was bearing down on them, ready to crush everything in its path!

"Raging Storm!"

The Transcendent instinctively took two steps back before unleashing his ability, desperately trying to blow away the black fog.

But his storm could only tear a temporary gap in the darkness, which was immediately swallowed up by the surrounding smoke.

In the span of a single breath, the black fog had already closed in.

A massive number of Wolf Fang Guards found their feet engulfed in the black smoke.

The smoke crawled up their legs. Suddenly, one soldier felt his legs go completely numb. In terror, he looked down and saw that within the black fog, something like a horrific creature had latched onto his limbs.