Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies-Chapter 1256: The Pudge Family

Chapter 1256: The Pudge Family

Everything in Lhasa City felt so familiar to Zhang Yi.

He couldn't help but think that if Yuan Kongye hadn't killed so many people back then, Tianhai City would probably have a population of two to three hundred thousand now.

Perhaps the situation would be similar to Lhasa City at this moment, not much better.

He, Zhang Yi, had no worries about food and clothing, but scarce resources would inevitably lead to brutal slaughter among other factions.

Moreover, this was the Snowy Plateau Region, a place inherently poor in supplies.

Liang Yue and the others just glanced briefly before turning their heads away.

Although they didn't want to see such scenes, there was nothing they could do. When food is scarce, such hellish landscapes are born.

Liang Yue asked Zhang Yi, "This phenomenon will disappear in the future, right?"

Zhang Yi said indifferently, "When the population is sufficiently small and supplies are no longer scarce, this phenomenon will gradually decrease."

"As for whether it will disappear completely... that depends on fate."

Zhang Yi turned his head aside, but in his peripheral vision, he saw some even more gruesome scenes.

Fatty Xu suddenly pointed excitedly out the window, "They're slaughtering sheep!"

Slaughtering sheep?

Hearing this, the corners of everyone's mouths curled into ambiguous smiles.

Fatty Xu looked excited, a reminiscent smile on his lips.

"My family used to sell mutton. Adult goats were hung up just like that, then skinned, bled, and butchered."

Zhang Yi shot Fatty Xu a sideways glance. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

"Take a good look. Look more carefully. Is that a sheep?"

There was a layer of frost on the outside car window glass, making things appear indistinct.

However, by using the vehicle's built-in Smart System, they could zoom in on the distant scene and see it clearly.

Hearing this, Fatty Xu put down his game console and zoomed in on the image to look.

After a brief moment of confusion, his face instantly turned deathly pale. With a "Holy shit!" he collapsed onto the sofa.

"That-that-that-that-that... that's a person!"

"What's the big fuss? Is this your first time seeing it?"

Zhang Yi said calmly.

Fatty Xu was almost scared to tears.

"Even though I've seen some brutal things, their methods are just too horrifying!"

He saw those private soldiers hanging several people up, then carefully peeling off their skin, removing their internal organs, and placing them on metal trays.

At this moment, Yang Xinxin gave them a lesson.

"In the esoteric sect, there are ancient sacrificial traditions. From ancient times to the present, the best sacrificial offerings have always been humans."

"This custom was abolished many years ago, but I think there are still believers of the esoteric sect conducting them in secret."

"It's just that nowadays, such sacrifices have become open and aboveboard."

Recalling the Bai Xue Jiao, Zhang Yi said with a hint of mockery, "Disasters inherently make religions prone to flourish."

Tianhai City no longer had the Bai Xue Jiao.

But across the land of the Huaxu Kingdom, who knows how many people, lacking a sense of security, have turned to other religions.

And how many have taken this opportunity to establish their own factions.

Fortunately, the five major regions possessed relatively strong forces to suppress them, preventing these strange religions from developing.

But for the Southwest Region, no one could do anything.

Their foundation was the esoteric sect.

Soon, under Lhobu's guidance, Zhang Yi and the others arrived at the central area of the Pagyi Family.

This was a massive and imposing courtyard, no, it could even be called a palace complex.

Its area was no smaller than any base in Tianhai City.

From the outside, one could see that the white walls, splashed with milk, had already formed a thick layer of ice.

This was a very ancient structure. Centuries of continuous construction and reinforcement had made its area larger and larger.

From afar, Zhang Yi and the others seemed to be able to smell a special aura.

It was the aura of time.

The Pagyi Family had a history of a thousand years, and this building was equally ancient.

The gates of the Pagyi Family opened. On both sides of the wide road, hundreds of women dressed in bright, gorgeous clothes could be seen at a glance, bowing their heads respectfully to welcome Zhang Yi and his group.

A palm-thick red carpet was laid down the middle of the several-hundred-meter road, sprinkled with gold dust. The sides of the road were paved with gemstones of various colors.

Looking into the interior of the Pagyi Family, it was resplendent and magnificent, decorated with lanterns and colored banners, like a fantastical paradise.

Taking another look outside, it was clearly a scene of a frozen hell.

Zhang Yi couldn't help but murmur, "At the foot of the spiritual mountain lies the charnel ground. It truly is as described in Buddhist legends!"

Hua Hua, dyed to look like a yellow tabby, was perched on Zhang Yi's shoulder. Fatty Xu and the others followed behind him, looking at everything before them like country bumpkins entering the city.

It wasn't that they hadn't seen the world, but the prosperity they had witnessed in any bustling area was far inferior to here.

So, flowers need green leaves to set them off.

It was precisely because the ordinary people outside lived such bitter lives that the extravagant lifestyle of these Southwest Region elites seemed so striking.

Steward Lhobu was ahead, diligently attending to Zhang Yi.

"Honored guests, we have already prepared resting places for all of you. Food and hot water are also ready. I wonder if you would like to eat first, rest, or perhaps take a nice hot bath?"

Zhang Yi looked at Lhobu and asked, "How much longer until your family head returns?"

Lhobu smiled somewhat helplessly. "Each meeting tends to be quite long because we have many rules and formalities here. So it might still take a while. If matters get delayed, it's possible the meeting could last until late into the night!"

The current time was a little past 4 PM. The sky was gloomy. Zhang Yi and his group had traveled for over two hours and indeed wanted to rest.

After all, sitting in the vehicle for a long time always made one's body feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Zhang Yi thought for a moment and said, "I won't eat for now. First, take us to our resting places! Oh, right, a hot bath sounds good too."

Although their clothing had excellent cold-resistant properties and wouldn't make them feel too cold even in ultra-low temperatures of minus one hundred degrees Celsius, who could resist a refreshing hot bath?

Lhobu immediately led the group diligently to the courtyard at the rear, arranging a very large room for each of them.

Despite the local Snowy Plateau style outside, inside the rooms, every modern amenity was present.

It was unclear whether their original lifestyle was like this or if Pagyi Gesang, fearing Zhang Yi and the others might be uncomfortable, had deliberately ordered such preparations.

But after entering the Pagyi Family, every arrangement Lhobu made was impeccable, leaving no room for complaint.

And the most outrageous part was that every room had a private bathroom.

What? Having a bathroom in a room is normal, right?

Well, is a fifty-square-meter bathroom, and a separate pool at that, still normal?

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