In a frigid apocalypse, I went on a shopping spree with the reborn.

Before the fight even started, a group of black coal balls were obsessively licking the bloodstains on the ground. After they finished licking, they rushed towards everyone like hungry wolves pouncing on their prey.

Jiang Qingyue shot her arrows again and again.

She took out Chen Sanyang's golden broadsword again and threw it to him.

Chen Sanyang took it and chuckled. Even if he was stupid, he knew that Jiang Shen felt he couldn't take it back and couldn't leave it for the next batch of top 100 people.

"Okay, killing one is enough to break even, killing two is a bonus."

He rushed toward the weakest-looking one with the knife and immediately gouged out his eye.

Regardless of race, eyes are the weakest point; seize the opportunity to stab them.

His combat strength was far inferior to his opponent's, so even if he unexpectedly entered their field of vision, it wouldn't make a difference.

"Boss, I'm going first."

"Bang!"

The black coal briquette was in excruciating pain from the explosion, howling in agony. This startled the other coal briquettes, who thought, "So brave? Going all out right from the start."

Besides, it's so weak, even if it self-destructs, it won't die.

"Little Sanzi!"

Liu Yuyao cried.

Even when she was being bullied by Wang Dawei at the Happiness Base, she didn't shed a tear, but she cried when Chen Sanyang sacrificed himself.

While the black coal ball was writhing on the ground in pain, Zhang Yuan and Jia Fugui quickly repaired it, still using the injured eye.

Zhang Yuan: "Boss, I'll go first too."

Jia Fugui also said, "We have no regrets following you. If there is a next life, I, Jia Fugui, will still follow you."

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Two more sounds.

"Agh!" Coal Ball's piercing scream was ear-piercing.

The three vice-captains of the Overlord Base self-destructed one after another, and in the most vulnerable spot, yet that coal ball was still alive.

Liu Yuyao took out a bottle of murky potion from her spatial storage, drank it in one gulp, and then poured it towards the coal ball: "Can't you kill it? Then add me to the mix."

She clung tightly to the lump of coal, using the last of her energy to detonate her physical body. Her highly toxic flesh covered the coal, which was soon corroded into a pool of murky liquid.

This was the first black coal ball to die, at the cost of four people from the Overlord Base being wiped out!

Nangong Zhao smiled charmingly: "I didn't expect that old woman Liu Yuyao to have such methods. I can't be inferior to her, can I?"

As soon as she finished speaking, a purple goddess outfit covered her entire body. At this moment, Nangong Zhao was breathtakingly beautiful, but more importantly, her strength had increased.

"Sweetie, Min, and Xiuxiu, watch carefully, the captain is going to demonstrate for you."

After he finished speaking, Nangong Zhao's entire demeanor became extremely strange.

Her once jet-black, lustrous hair quickly lost its shine, turning gray and then snow-white, and her delicate, supple skin was soon covered with wrinkles.

She transformed from a robust 30-year-old into a 90-year-old woman, yet her aura surged dramatically.

Originally, his combat power was around 500,000, but at that moment it miraculously broke through to one million.

"Captain Jiang, I'll wait for you on the road to the underworld. Don't keep me waiting too long, or I'll already be the king of the underworld by then, and when you come, you'll have to be my little sister."

Nangong Zhao grabbed the coal ball that was pressing down on Meng Zixuan, and with a "boom," chose to perish together with him.

Jiang Qingyue ignored the tears on her face and kept shooting arrows without stopping for a moment.

Compared to the four-for-one exchange at the Overlord Base, she and these little coal balls are on the same level of combat power, and she can usually take one down with about ten arrows.

But there are just too many of these things, so many that they are densely packed together, and there's no way to kill them all.

Miao Xiu and Qi Min exchanged a glance; they both knew this move.

The captain never holds back when teaching others.

Now everyone's combat power has reached about 500,000. Even if we use everything we have to self-destruct, we can still achieve the same destructive power as the captain. It's not a bad deal.

They each chose one.

Even Jiang Qingtian said, "Cousin, I'm going to find the team leader first."

Nangong Zhao and the people she brought all used the same method: a one-for-one exchange.

The roar of the explosions never stopped.

Kuang Shuang, Meng Zixuan, Li Yan... If these people don't have special methods, then we'll just use human lives.

They would seize any opportunity to pierce the eyes of the black coal ball, then go up one by one to self-destruct, staring at the wounds in its eyes. They wouldn't kill it, but they would incapacitate it due to the intense pain, and then Jiang Qingyue would send it away with an arrow.

A huge black coal ball fell from mid-air with a tremendous sound. Even though the translator had fallen to the edge of the arena, the coal ball's voice was still accurately transmitted through the translator.

"Fifteen, fourteen, thirteen, oh, another one exploded, twelfth, eleventh... Keep it up, kids! After you finish, this old ancestor will take you to a feast."

Upon hearing the words "feast," the group of little coal lumps squealed with excitement, forgetting even to lick the bloodstains on the ground.

Shen Yi stopped breathing at some point.

Knife King Yang Qingqing is dead, Chen Tangtang is dead, Yan Kexin is dead...

Even the two messengers from the second and seventieth districts who came to help died.

Jiang Qingyue was covered in blood, some of it her own, and some splattered on her after her companions exploded.

As I consumed one Plant Doctor Essence pill after another, my body's energy was repeatedly depleted.

The fingers that used to draw the string were long gone, leaving only hard white bones.

After each time I finish consuming the essence and recover, I'm left with nothing but bones again in no time.

She had no time to see how her companions died, nor the ability to protect them.

She heard Huang Yali say, "Sorry, I have to use you all one more time even after I die."

As soon as the words were spoken, the red spider lilies bloomed.

The vibrant flowers collected scattered fragments of souls, coalescing into familiar or unfamiliar figures.

There were people Jiang Qingyue and the others had never seen before, people who had died as soon as the arena competition began, and people like Nangong Zhao and Liu Yuyao who had just died.

They were mindless, but under Huang Yali's control, their combat power soared, like vengeful ghosts, rushing towards those black coal lumps.

Huang Yali frantically shoved the essence into her mouth, not eating it one pill at a time, but stuffing it in handfuls like a starving ghost reincarnated.

She even took the opportunity to run up to Jiang Qingyue and tremblingly reached out her hand.

Jiang Qingyue gave her all the remaining Plant Doctor essence.

Her face blended seamlessly with the mask adorned with a delicately blooming spider lily, its stamens flickering like a small lamp.

Just as she was about to perish, she was illuminated by the essence, and her energy was drained by those souls. Huang Yali was like a nutrient supply station.

"Awooo~" The little black coal balls died one after another, and their numbers kept decreasing.

The strongest among them was Nangong Zhao, who was probably strong enough in life and extremely lethal after death.

When Huang Yali consumed the last Plant Doctor essence, the spider lily on her head lit up one last time before quickly withering, and all the souls she controlled vanished like an illusion.

Huang Yali was like a dead tree, quickly decaying.

Before decaying, a sound as light as the wind reached Jiang Qingyue's ears beside him.

The explanation is: "It's not that I didn't want to use it in the first place, but because this surface has limitations."

Am I really that much of a failure? Jiang Qingyue thought numbly: Just how much of a failure was she that Huang Yali was still afraid of her misunderstanding before she died?

There were still many small black coal balls left. Tempted by the feast, these small black coal balls, as if injected with chicken blood, surrounded the only remaining Jiang Qingyue and Long Jiuxing.

Without the plant doctor's essence, the two suffered more and more injuries.

Even Jiang Qingyue, with a combat power of 1.36 million, was unable to recover after being depleted, and the ice arrows she fired were getting weaker and weaker, and were almost unable to break through the defense.

If this continues, they will be worn down to death in less than ten minutes.

"Sister Xiaoyue, here you go." Long Jiuxing handed over a notebook.

Jiang Qingyue quickly took it and threw it into her personal space.

Long Jiuxing wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth: "Isn't it just trading one life for another? I can do that too. Zaizai, Yanbao, are you ready?"

"Don't worry, Master, everything is ready."

"Me too, Master. We're leaving now. You can cry for a little while, but don't keep crying, it will break my heart."

Long Jiuxing quickly took out a bottle of corpse poison from her spatial storage. It was as clear as water, but this was no ordinary water. It was the Corpse King Poison that she had secretly purified many times behind Xiao Yue's back.

When the Corpse King bit Wang Dawei, turning him into a zombie, she took the corpse poison to heart.

She guessed that the purer the zombie virus, the greater the changes after use. In addition, given her current strength, her power would definitely increase significantly after becoming a zombie.

"Sister Xiaoyue, I'm sorry, I've hidden it from you again, but I promise, this is the last time."

He drank half the bottle in one gulp, and gave the rest to Yanbao and Zaizai.

Long Jiuxing led the two children away from Jiang Qingyue, afraid that she might accidentally hurt her older sister, Xiaoyue.

The skin changed from normal to bluish-gray.

"Roar~" Long Jiuxing gritted his teeth, energy was gathering wildly in his mind, a crystal core was forming.

Zaizai and Yanbao were the same; the two little ones were screaming and crying in pain.

The white snake turned into a gray snake, and the white rabbit turned into a gray rabbit.

"Longlong, Yanbao, Zaizai..." With her vision blurred by tears, Jiang Qingyue felt so much hatred. She hated the Eternal Winter God, hated these coal balls, and hated herself for being too weak.

But the string that controls reason in her mind kept pulling at her, telling her that the time was not yet right.

"Roar!" Long Jiuxing opened his mouth and made a hoarse, unpleasant sound.

She gripped the Burning Heaven Fire Staff and realized that even after she turned into a zombie, the special item's blessing hadn't disappeared. Then she rushed forward, along with Zaizai and Yanbao.

"Roar! Roar roar roar!"

Three against one.

Long Jiuxing guessed correctly; after his combat power increased and he became a zombie, his strength would indeed reach a new level.

Since they couldn't feel any pain, they fought without any restraint, and a bunch of little black coal balls swarmed around them.

Just in time.

Long Jiuxing and his two companions were gradually surrounded, and then with a loud "boom," an explosion shattered a group of black coal lumps into pieces.

Three shattered crystal nuclei remained at the center.

"Ah...ah...ah...woowoowoo..." Jiang Qingyue went crazy.

Big Coal Ball gloated: "Can't handle it already? The weak have such a narrow vision, they never understand that subordinates are just expendable resources, and the clansmen are just sustenance. If this batch dies, there will be another batch."

"Look, my children are almost all dying, and I'm not doing anything about it."

They're almost all dead; only six are left.

Jiang Qingyue had no strength left to hold the bow.

Until she was knocked to the ground by a small lump of coal, and she tried several times but couldn't get up.

Her energy was depleted, so even if the Heart of Ice could double her combat power, it wouldn't be of much use.

He rubbed his thumb against the ring on his hand.

Of all the items the leaders threw at her, this was the only special item that could help in the battle.

Special item: Balancer, serial number 24282, given to her by the leader of District 24.

There are two extremely stringent conditions for using it:

The first one can only be used after being warmed with blood for three hours.

While she was sorting through the items given to her by the tribal leaders, she secretly dripped her blood to nourish them. But whether it was the messenger controlled by the Eternal Winter God or this group of coal lumps, they were all too fast, rushing off to some kind of feast.

Even though she tried her best to stall for time, it had only been three hours so far.

Another condition for its use is the number of people; it can only be used when there are only eight living beings within a radius of ten thousand miles.

With such stringent usage conditions, its function is naturally extremely unique.

This balancer can balance the number of people on both sides, randomly eliminating any extra people, regardless of whether they are friend or foe.

In other words, the side with more people will suffer a loss.

There are still six small coal balls and one large coal ball on site, plus her and Wang Defa, making a total of nine people.

There's one more.

One more, just one more.

Jiang Qingyue bit her lower lip until it bled; she was unwilling to accept it.

In order to get to this point, in order to drag it out until the last few people, she didn't protect Longlong, she didn't protect Yanbao and Zaizai, but why is she still one short?

一只小黑煤球警惕地揍了几下，见姜清越真的没有还手之力，这才贪婪地爬到她身上舔了一口血。

This guy's blood smells so good; it licked it a few more times, almost obsessively.

Jiang Qingyue looked at the guy who had drunk his fill of blood and was about to taste the flesh, and twitched the corners of his mouth, revealing a cruel smile. It seems that the fate of my human race is not yet over.

She quickly took out a bowl of spicy hot pot from her spatial storage, poured it on the little lump of coal, and then burst into wild laughter.

"Hahaha..." The sound was filled with the exhilaration of revenge.

The little coal ball jumped up in fright: "What did you do?"

Jiang Qingyue's face went mad: "You're all going to die. This is something our clan uses to send those who have committed heinous crimes on their way. Just a little bit will get you infected, and then you'll infect all your clansmen."

"Everyone gets sick, and there's no cure. Do you feel a burning sensation all over your body right now?"

"Let me tell you, you're terminally ill. Soon your skin will ulcerate and fester, and you'll turn into a puddle of stinking water."

"You will all turn into a puddle of filth and be buried with us."

After hearing this, Little Coal Ball didn't look at Jiang Qingyue in fear, but rather at its own leader.

Given the leader's cold-blooded nature, he wouldn't gamble even if there was only the slightest risk.

Sure enough, Big Coal Ball didn't want to spend time verifying whether Jiang Qingyue was telling the truth or not, and cautiously killed his underling with a palm strike from a distance.

"What a waste of time." Big Coal Ball was getting impatient and decided to personally send Jiang Qingyue on her way.

If we delay any longer, we'll only be able to pick up scraps when we finally get there.

Just as it raised its hand, Jiang Qingyue turned the ring.

A green light flew out of the ring, sweeping across a vast area like a light curtain. After the test, Jiang Qingyue and Wang Defa were marked with blue tags, while the five small black coal balls and the large coal ball were marked with red tags.

After the different factions are divided, the faction with the larger number of members is randomly eliminated.

Silently, the four small black coal balls vanished like wisps of smoke.

A mechanical voice reported: "The number of people detected is the same, perfectly balanced."

The ring shattered with a "crack" and fell from Jiang Qingyue's hand.

Jiang Qingyue didn't have time to feel sorry for herself. She quickly took out the only two low-level recovery potions left in her space and drank them in one gulp.

To be honest, she was very disappointed. She had originally hoped to erase the big lump of coal and the three small lumps of coal, but the ring, after drinking so much of her blood, was actually doing nothing.

However, at least humanity is saved.

"Old Wang, it's up to you now."

Jiang Qingyue held the Life-Swapping Fruit in one hand and rushed towards the smaller black coal ball with the other.

While running, he tilted his head and shook Wang Defa out of his ear canal.

As she stuffed the life-saving fruit into her mouth, she chose to exchange her life for that big black lump of coal.

Having just regained some energy through the potion, the body chose to self-destruct towards the small coal ball.

With a "bang," she chose to exchange her life for her own as she self-destructed.

While the big black coal ball was still waiting to go to the banquet, its soul suddenly shattered, and everything went dark.

One life killed two, I'm a genius.

Before Jiang Qingyue died, she was thinking: Would it be inconvenient for Old Wang, with his twin ponytails, to manage the human race?

However, she had no other choice.

Even if Wang Defa were to trade his life for the giant coal ball's with the Life-Exchange Fruit, she still wouldn't be able to defeat the last remaining little black coal ball. The recovery potions were too low-level, worlds apart from the plant doctor's essence, and could only restore her a little bit.

The little black coal ball was of equal strength to hers, and with the little bit of recovery she had, it was no match for the last remaining black coal ball.

In the end, it was she who died.

Conversely, Wang Defa's combat power is now almost zero, and his small body doesn't have much energy. Even if he self-destructs, he can't achieve mutual destruction.

After much deliberation, the best solution is for her to take both of them down with her.

Just like she told Lin Jiahao: if sacrificing herself could increase the chances of the human race winning, she would not hesitate.

There was nothing spectacular or earth-shattering.

Wang Defa had just fallen out of his ear canal and landed hard on the ground. Before he could even turn over, he heard a loud "bang".

The world is quiet.

When he finally managed to get up, he found that he was the only one left on this huge arena of the heavens.

Wang Defa hurriedly turned on his personal computer, only to find that the screen was black.

He lay blankly on the ring, his sobs coming in fits and starts, lasting for a very long time.

"What's wrong with you?" Wang Defa laughed through his tears. "I, Old Wang, have finally become the strongest human! More than ten thousand people have entered, and now I, Wang Defa, am the biggest winner. I should be happy, so why am I crying?"

"Jiang Shen, you really think too highly of me. I've already told you, I don't have any great ambitions. I just want to find a place to live a quiet life."

"What's going on here? You're just dumping the human race on me like this? Did you even ask me? Aren't you afraid I'll go back and continue to hide, ignoring the fate of the human race?"

"Those four guardians of the sun, moon, and stars, one after another reborn beings, even the Eternal Winter God has become Little Winter, how am I supposed to contend with them?"

"How am I supposed to resurrect so many people?"

Wang Defa cried so hard that his tears pooled together, almost submerging his small body.

He climbed out of the pool of tears and went to a dry place to continue crying.

She cried until she was exhausted.

Only then did he climb to the spot where Jiang Qingyue had self-destructed, look at the personal terminal she left behind, and sigh.

"Sigh, forget it. The human race is too big and too heavy a burden. I can't carry it."

"But Jiang Shen, you have a good eye for people. You knew that only Lao Wang could turn the tide and rewrite the ending in the end."

"Since you think so highly of me, I can't let you down."

"Luckily, my space is in my mind, not in my personal computer, otherwise I would be completely lost right now."

After he finished speaking, he focused his mind and opened the small space in his mind.

To be precise, it wasn't a space backpack, but rather a small, undeveloped world.

It's the kind of inner world that protagonists in novels always have, with flowers, trees, and a spiritual spring, and inside the spring is a lotus flower and a lotus seedpod.

There are eight lotus seeds on the lotus pod, but the other seven are shriveled, and only one is barely ripe.

Wang Defa picked the newly ripened lotus seed.

As soon as it was taken off, the space seemed to lose its support and turned into chaos.

"My dream of becoming the main character is shattered!" Wang Defa cried as he placed the lotus seed on the ground.

Then they gathered all the fragments from Jiang Qingyue's self-destruction and covered them on the lotus seeds.

"Hey, you said you were blown up so badly you didn't even have a mouth left, so this is the only way to try. If you don't come back to life, I'll be at a huge loss."