Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies Chapter 1661: Wuluan Tribe Intelligence

When Zhang Yi heard Frog's words, his mind immediately went to the origins of Big Chinchilla.

Back when Mist Valley on Star Island first underwent changes, Zhang Yi had infiltrated Star Island. After his second trip to the island, he met Big Chinchilla.

This special creature possessed a genetic sequence completely different from all known lifeforms on the planet, and it was suspected to have come from Fog Valley Abyss.

Zhang Yi had once believed that it was actually a native of the world beneath Fog Valley.

But after seeing the Gatekeeper of the Underworld and the lizard forms of the elite Fog Valley troops, that notion was dismissed from his mind.

However, its origins were absolutely connected to Fog Valley.

And at such a critical moment, it had suddenly undergone a change, which naturally drew Zhang Yi's close attention.

It was just a pity that, regarding this underground creature, Zhang Yi was unable to obtain any further information from it.

That was why Frog had later appeared. It could actually communicate with Big Chinchilla through musical tones.

As days turned into years, Zhang Yi had nearly forgotten about this matter, simply keeping Big Chinchilla at home as a pet.

Zhang Yi asked, "What's going on? Is there some news?"

Frog croaked a couple of times in that direction, and Big Chinchilla swayed its plump body and waddled over slowly.

During the two years since moving into the shelter, it had grown even fatter, its body expanding by quite a bit, its fur glossy and sleek, the very picture of endearing chubbiness.

It now got along extremely well with everyone in the shelter. Despite its massive size and considerable combat ability, it was exceptionally affectionate.

Big Chinchilla came up to the group with a simple, honest expression on its face and raised its fluffy paw toward Zhang Yi.

"Aba, aba-aba-aba."

Zhang Yi: "..."

A full head of black lines, he could only turn his gaze to Frog.

Frog said, "Big Chinchilla is saying that the people who attacked Tianshui City earlier, it knows where they came from."

Zhang Yi crossed his arms. "I know that too. They came from beneath Mist Valley on Star Island, right? Big Chinchilla probably came from there as well, didn't it?"

Frog croaked twice at Big Chinchilla, and Big Chinchilla gestured and vocalized some more.

Frog once again assumed the role of translator: "That's right, they come from the same place as Big Chinchilla. Hmm... Big Chinchilla's intelligence isn't very high, but I can roughly understand what it's trying to express."

"It knows that we are currently enemies with the mysterious race beneath Fog Valley, and that they attacked Tianshui City. So now, Big Chinchilla has decided to help us fight against their invasion."

Frog croaked and croaked through the whole explanation, finally managing to clarify what Big Chinchilla was trying to convey.

Big Chinchilla had indeed come from underground, but rather than calling it a native of the underground, it was more like a tool-type organism.

According to its description, when the apocalypse first descended upon the surface world, it had also affected the underground world.

That was why this special creature had been developed, and sent to the surface world for reconnaissance.

This also explained why Big Chinchilla's combat ability was average, yet it possessed an ability index close to Captain-level right from its first appearance.

Moreover, it was extremely skilled at digging, because it needed to tunnel through the passage between the underground and the surface world.

The term "lab rat" immediately came to Zhang Yi's mind.

When humans conducted all kinds of experiments, they would use lab rats, monkeys, dogs, or similar creatures to simulate.

For example, when they first entered space, they used animals for experimentation.

So Big Chinchilla was likely something similar, a creature bred through experimentation, used by the Wuluan Empire to probe the human world.

"So that's how it is!"

Zhang Yi couldn't help but exclaim. After pondering for a while, he asked, "Big Chinchilla may not be a high-level creature, but it should have some understanding of the underground world. We're about to go to war with them. Can it provide any useful intelligence? For instance, do the races of the underground world have any weaknesses?"

Frog communicated with Big Chinchilla once more.

Then it gave this assessment: "If we compare the underground races to humans, they have almost no weaknesses."

"Because the human body is far too frail. The population of the Wuluan Empire, whether in physical constitution or intelligence, is no lesser than humans, and their combat talent is far above humans."

"Even on the technological level, they are more advanced than current humanity."

These words left everyone speechless.

Uncle Yu pinched his chin and said with a frown, "So you're saying we have no advantage whatsoever in a confrontation with them?"

Yang Xinxin, however, spoke rationally: "That was always the case! If not for the fact that this world places certain restrictions on the underground races' biology, the moment the first war began, multiple major regions of Huaxu Nation would have been destroyed."

"And that's still under the premise that the other side didn't go all out."

"If the other side truly is a higher lifeform that has existed since several epochs ago, they must possess a level of technology far surpassing ours."

Such a conclusion made everyone feel utterly despairing.

If that were truly the case, this race would be akin to gods to humanity! In that case, what could they possibly fight with?

Zhang Yi said, "There's no need to be so pessimistic. We've already crossed swords with them. Although we could feel that they are indeed very strong, it hasn't reached the point of being impossible to resist."

In the previous battle, they had achieved a great victory, annihilating all the invading enemies!

Frog communicated with Big Chinchilla again. Big Chinchilla blinked its cute, big eyes, seeming to ponder something, then let out another string of gibberish.

Frog said, "It says that the Wuluan Empire's population seems to have always suppressed technological progress. And in terms of weapons, they have consistently refused to develop weapons of mass destruction."

"Strange, why is that?"

Uncle Yu said, not understanding.

Zhang Yi had some faint guesses in his heart.

"Could it be that when a civilization evolves to a certain point, it inevitably ushers in this kind of extinction-level apocalypse?"

There was no time to ponder such philosophical questions now. Zhang Yi still asked Frog to relay the question of whether the Wuluan Empire's race had any exploitable weaknesses.

Big Chinchilla thought for a long time, but ultimately shook its head.

A higher civilization that had existed for countless ages could not possibly have overly obvious flaws. Time was enough for them to make up for all their shortcomings.

This answer put everyone in a less than stellar mood.

They had thought they could obtain useful intelligence, but the information they had received only made them feel more anxious.

And at that moment, Yang Xinxin, who had been quietly listening to the intelligence all along, suddenly spoke up.

"No, they do have weaknesses. And they are very obvious weaknesses."