Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies

Chapter 267: Combat Suit

Seeing Zhang Yi's confident demeanor, the women in the shelter felt much more at ease. Together, they began packing up the items from the top two floors. With Zhang Yi's spatial storage ability, the process was swift. They quickly cleaned up new rooms in the underground levels and moved everything down.

Zhou Ke'er and Yang Siya handled the cleaning and organizing, while Yang Xinxin and Lu Keran continued with their respective tasks as instructed by Zhang Yi. Zhang Yi called Yang Xinxin over to check on the progress of hacking into West Hill Base's network.

Yang Xinxin candidly admitted, "Their network security is excellent. I've tried many times to infiltrate, but they blocked every attempt."

Zhang Yi wasn't surprised by this. "After all, they're well-prepared, with advanced network equipment and plenty of experts."

West Hill Base housed the top figures from Tianhai City. Zhang Yi didn't comment on their morals, but their brains and foresight were far superior to those of ordinary people. The base had experts in every field, making it difficult even for a top hacker like Yang Xinxin to break through their defenses.

However, Yang Xinxin felt slightly underestimated and bit her lip in frustration. "Zhang Yi, it's not that I'm any worse than their people; it's just that I lack the resources. They're using an internal LAN. Unless I can connect to their intranet or plant a Trojan virus on their devices, it's nearly impossible to hack them!"

Seeing her aggrieved expression, Zhang Yi quickly reassured her with a smile. "I wasn't blaming you. Just focus on keeping our network secure. If you can counter-hack them, great; if not, it's no big deal."

Zhang Yi had no immediate plans to launch a counterattack. His priority was to protect the shelter's safety. As for infiltrating West Hill Base's network or planting viruses, those were mere fantasies for now—he had no feasible way to accomplish them.

Yang Xinxin had installed a firewall for the shelter's network, filtering all incoming and outgoing data. Additionally, she personally monitored the network, ensuring it remained impervious to outside intrusions.

Leaving the network control room, Zhang Yi headed over to Lu Keran's workshop. "Keran, I have a question for you."

Lu Keran set aside her work and quickly pulled up a chair for Zhang Yi. She wiped the sweat from her forehead, and although she wore a sweatband, her face was still covered in tiny beads of sweat from working in such conditions.

"Big Brother, what do you want to ask?"

Zhang Yi crossed his hands and asked seriously, "I'm wondering if West Hill Base plans to demolish our shelter, what methods would they typically use?"

Without hesitation, Lu Keran replied, "To demolish a building, they'd usually use TNT explosives paired with detonators. This is the standard method used domestically for tearing down old structures."

"Our shelter is built extremely tough, so they'd have to resort to that method to breach it."

Zhang Yi nodded. "Can you estimate how much explosive they'd need to blow a hole in our shelter?"

For a genius like Lu Keran, this wasn't a difficult question. "Based on the building materials and wall thickness, it would take about 300 to 800 kilograms of explosives to breach our shelter."

Lu Keran scratched her head with a smile. "I haven't measured it precisely, so that's just an approximate range."

Zhang Yi stroked his chin thoughtfully. "So roughly 500 kilograms would be needed. If they transport that much, it'll be hard to conceal."

"What if I try sniping to detonate it halfway—would that work?"

Zhang Yi hoped to cut off the demolition threat at its source. However, Lu Keran immediately shook her head at his idea. "Big Brother, I strongly advise against that."

"Oh? Why not?"

"TNT is a very stable explosive. You can't detonate it with bullets or by setting it on fire. It requires a detonator."

Zhang Yi immediately dropped the idea of sniping to trigger an explosion. "I see. I guess I'll have to stick to defense."

Zhang Yi chuckled to himself, thinking, "Time to go with Plan B."

He looked at Lu Keran. "How's the equipment I asked you to prepare to come along?"

Lu Keran quickly turned around and presented her completed work to Zhang Yi. "Big Brother, take a look at these. Are you satisfied?"

Lu Keran had been busy crafting weapons and gear for Zhang Yi. The most straightforward were the explosive bombs, of which she had made many. However, two other items piqued Zhang Yi's interest.

One was the heavy sniper rifle Zhang Yi had recently acquired. This rifle had an effective range of up to 1,850 meters, capable of piercing through armored vehicles. With Zhang Yi's precision shooting ability, its range could extend to a terrifying 5,000 meters!

In other words, Zhang Yi could kill targets from over ten miles away! However, this also presented a problem: Zhang Yi's ability allowed him to shoot at such distances, but his eyesight couldn't keep up. To solve this, he asked Lu Keran to modify an optical scope. With this new scope, Zhang Yi could become an unmatched sniper, taking down enemies from extreme ranges.

Aside from exceptionally agile opponents like Liu Ziyang or heavily armored creatures, most Superhumans who crossed his sights would be as good as dead—even those like Xie Huanhuan, who could pass through walls.

"The scope was easy to make. It only took me half a day," Lu Keran explained. "But the combat suit took me much longer!"

With that, Lu Keran pulled a black metal case from under the workbench. She struggled a bit to lift it onto the table and opened it in front of Zhang Yi. Inside was a pure white combat suit identical to those worn by Liu Ziyang, Shen Hong, and the other West Hill soldiers!

Zhang Yi's eyes lit up when he saw the combat suit. It was beautifully made—after all, it was modeled after the gear used by special forces, designed not only for functionality but also for a sleek appearance. In the snowy environment, it offered excellent camouflage.

Lu Keran proudly explained, "The materials are made from special alloys. Ordinary sniper bullets would have a hard time penetrating it."

"Its material costs are at least twenty times higher than those used by West Hill Base soldiers! But Big Brother, with all your resources, you're not short on materials."

"What I don't understand is why you wanted it to look exactly like the West Hill soldiers' suits."

Zhang Yi picked up the combat suit, a mysterious smile flashing in his eyes. "It's important. You'll understand when the time comes."

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