[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies":3,"chapter-ice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-ice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-chapter-40":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},770941,1022,"Chapter 40: Gunshot","ice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-chapter-40",40,"\u003Cp>Chapter 40: Gunshot\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi lit the stink bomb and quickly threw it through the shooting hole above the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the stink bomb hit the ground, a thick black smoke began to rise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The acrid smell quickly spread through the corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Yuqing and Lin Cainin, upon smelling it, felt as if they had opened a can of ten-year-old sealed feces, and immediately started vomiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh… What is this, ugh…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhang Yi, ugh… You’re despicable!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the smell intensified in the corridor, the two women hastily fled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Zhang Yi wasn’t worried about the smell returning to his house. After closing the shooting hole, the house became semi-sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the two women staggering and retching through the surveillance cameras, Zhang Yi laughed heartily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, however, he received a complaint from his neighbor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhang Yi, what did you throw at your door? It smells awful! Could you please consider your neighbors?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi’s neighbors were a young couple who had moved in two years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Zhang Yi hardly interacted with them, only occasionally nodding when they met in the elevator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, he didn’t care about maintaining neighborly relations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the apocalypse, he did everything solely for his own safety, not caring about others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wouldn't hesitate to eliminate others as long as he could live safely and comfortably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the apocalypse, any hint of altruism had to be immediately eradicated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you don’t like it, come and fight me!” Zhang Yi said, then blocked the neighbor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again, he wasn’t in the mood to argue and waste his breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Zhang Yi noticed the neighbor complaining about him in the group chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unfortunately, no one cared about their trivial matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi chuckled. It felt terrific to be shameless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That afternoon, Zhang Yi was suddenly awakened from his sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bang!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud noise echoed through the corridor, quickly spreading throughout the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi’s expression turned serious. It sounded like a gunshot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could someone in their community have a gun?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi wasn’t sure if it was a gunshot or fireworks. He quickly went to the living room, turned on the TV, and checked the surveillance cameras.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene he saw made his pupils contract involuntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of the third-floor apartment, Chen Zhenghao, with one leg broken, was holding a black gun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cold, dark gleam of the gun was enough to make anyone shiver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The apartment door was open, and from the surveillance angle, two legs could be vaguely seen inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Zhenghao’s subordinates, holding some food and candles, walked out with grins on their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clear that the residents of the third-floor apartment were dead. Even if they weren’t, having been shot and losing all their supplies, they wouldn’t last long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was 10 AM, usually when every household went out to dig snow for water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone going out together temporarily raised the temperature in the corridor, preventing it from getting too cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one could survive without water, so this activity happened daily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Zhenghao seized this opportunity to kill and rob.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ding dong!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi’s phone rang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at the phone and saw a message in the group chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Zhenghao had sent a voice message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now that we’re snowed in, we can’t rely on anyone but ourselves.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I, Chen Zhenghao, will take on the responsibility of being the leader of Building 25th. From now on, everything here will be under my control!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you follow my order, I can ensure your survival. But if anyone dares to challenge me, hehe!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Zhenghao then sent two pictures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was of the gun in his hand, and the other was of the third-floor resident lying in a pool of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The usually noisy group chat fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was shocked by the bloody and brutal scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most residents were likely filled with fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had never seen such scenes in peacetime, nor could they even imagine them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, the bloody reality was right in front of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this building sealed off by a snowstorm, others were hell!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one dared to contradict Chen Zhenghao. Everyone feared death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting on the sofa, Zhang Yi couldn’t help but say, “Chen Zhenghao is smart! No wonder he thrived in society.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Zhenghao used both intimidation and incentives, not just scaring the residents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only had one gun, and no one knew how many bullets he had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zhang Yi knew the quantity wouldn’t be much, given how tightly controlled guns were in the country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi had spent a lot of money, and they only sold him 100 bullets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Chen Zhenghao had only about five or six underlings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With fifty households and over a hundred people in the building, if pushed too far, a cripple like him wouldn’t stand a chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, the best way to keep the residents in line was to use threats and promises, intimidating and enticing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Human nature always fears death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though they understood that if Chen Zhenghao could kill the third-floor resident today, it could be their turn tomorrow, they still harbored a fluke mentality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, those living on higher floors might think Chen Zhenghao would deal with others before reaching them, giving them at least half a month’s reprieve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, they wouldn’t risk their lives, expecting others below to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And those on other floors might think Chen Zhenghao wouldn’t follow a sequence in his killings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They might feel that resisting would surely get them killed, so it’s better to stay hidden, hoping someone else would die first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi shrugged. None of this mattered to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While others might fear Chen Zhenghao, Zhang Yi didn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Chen Zhenghao dared to appear at his door, his fate would be entirely in Zhang Yi’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether the neighbors lived or died had nothing to do with Zhang Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they chose to be ostriches and not resist, Zhang Yi had no interest in playing the hero to save them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, his phone suddenly beeped urgently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi picked it up and saw hundreds of new messages!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He found himself being added to a new group chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Curious, Zhang Yi checked it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The residents had created a new group, excluding Chen Zhenghao and his men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently, Chen Zhenghao’s death threats had prompted some to consider banding together for warmth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi remained silent, confident in his own safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was just interested in seeing what this group could achieve.\u003C\u002Fp>",1081,"2026-06-03T02:47:18.755Z","2026-06-03T02:47:23.599Z",1,"novelbin.me","639d34d49bcdd157fd2561da3d14fa336bcd79052384624063c35b299cbb899c","ice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-chapter-41","ice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-chapter-39",1370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fice-age-apocalypse-i-hoard-billions-of-supplies-cover.jpg"]