Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies - Chapter 190: The Power of Traps

Chapter 190: The Power of Traps

Zhang Yi’s senses were the sharpest. Upon hearing the sound, he immediately looked out the window. The outside was pitch black, making it difficult to see anything in the distance. He stood up silently and said, “I’ll go check it out. You two keep eating.”

Zhou Ke’er and Yang Siya glanced curiously out the window but saw nothing in the dark. Zhang Yi slowly ascended to the second floor. Keeping the lights off ensured the floor remained dark from the outside. He stood by the window, pulling out his infrared binoculars to scan the villa’s surroundings. Under the night sky, numerous red silhouettes were slowly encircling the villa.

A smirk appeared on Zhang Yi’s face. “They arrived faster than I expected!” He had already guessed their identity. Only the residents of Xu Family Town could have reached here in just two days. And only such short-sighted people would rush in without proper investigation.

“If you’re so eager to die, then come on!” A murderous gleam flashed in Zhang Yi’s eyes. Anyone who disturbed his peaceful life deserved to die! Moreover, such a large force was definitely not here for a friendly visit; they were here to rob him of his supplies!

“Ordinary people can’t threaten the safety of the shelter. Let’s see if any ability users from their village have come. If they have, I’ll take this opportunity to eliminate them!” Zhang Yi put away his binoculars and retrieved a tactical visor and a sniper rifle from his dimensional space. Setting the rifle on the window sill, he aimed through the thick nano-grade bulletproof glass.

He waited for the right moment to open the window and take out the ability user. As for the other cannon fodder, he’d let them test the effectiveness of his traps first.

Meanwhile, the first team from Xu Family Town had reached the outskirts of Cloud Manor and were on the edge of Zhang Yi’s trap zone. Seeing the brightly lit villa in the distance, they felt like they were dreaming. In the post-apocalyptic world, they had survived by building an ice village with Xu Chunlei’s abilities, relying on ancient fishing techniques and stored food.

They couldn’t imagine someone still enjoying such a luxurious lifestyle! A villager couldn’t resist and took a step forward. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his foot. “Ahhh!” he screamed, falling to the ground. The others quickly checked and found his foot impaled by a wooden plank covered with sharp steel nails that had pierced through his foot.

The villager’s face turned pale. In this severe cold, such a severe injury could be fatal. “Quick, carry him back!” The team leader ordered, and they angrily cursed Zhang Yi. “Despicable! Setting traps in the snow!” “Notify everyone to be careful. The ground is filled with nail boards!”

Commanding from the rear, Xu Dongsheng issued orders upon hearing the news: “Proceed with caution. That man is prepared, but such elementary traps won’t stop us! Move slowly. Use sticks and branches to clear the traps.”

The six teams, approaching from different directions, intended to surround Zhang Yi’s shelter. Following Xu Dongsheng’s orders, they improvised tools—sticks, shovels, and branches—to clear the snow-covered traps. Zhang Yi observed all of this.

“They think they’re smart? The second wave of traps activate,” Zhang Yi muttered mockingly. Why wouldn’t he have accounted for that if they knew to clear traps this way?

The first group acted as sappers, clearing several nail boards from the snow. Encouraged by their success, they sped up. Suddenly, one person felt resistance from his stick, like it had hit a string. The buried wire triggered a grenade. “Boom!” An explosion ripped through the night, sending nearby people flying.DiiScôver 𝒏𝒆w stori𝒆s on no/𝒗/e()/lbin(.)c/o/m

“Bombs!” shouted the panicked villagers, retreating in fear. However, they barely took a few steps before sharp pains struck their chests and faces. Inspecting themselves, they found their chests covered in blood. Although they avoided the blast, they were struck by shrapnel.

“Ahhhh!” The air filled with screams of agony. The commotion unsettled the other teams. Another unfortunate villager triggered another grenade, causing another explosion that killed or injured over ten more people.

“Bombs! We can’t move forward!” In terror, many villagers scrambled to retreat. But in their panic, they stepped on the nail boards again, not fully cleared before. Losing direction in the dark, they stepped into the traps, nails piercing their feet and causing them to fall, some even landing face-first onto the nails.

“Ahhh!” screamed one unfortunate man, blind and desperate, trying to pull the nails from his face. In his struggle, he ripped off his skin, leaving a bloody eye hanging. The villagers, never having seen such carnage, were utterly terrified.

While they had fought with neighboring villages, those conflicts were over resources and land, not intended to kill. Zhang Yi’s traps were designed to kill from the start. The scene turned chaotic, with people inadvertently injuring each other in their panic, resulting in more deaths and injuries. In the first moments alone, the Xu Family Town lost over ten people, with twenty more injured, and they had barely reached the outskirts of Villa 101.