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

"Not bad, not bad."

Although Jiang Qingyue didn't manage to buy any special items during the opening of the trading area, she was still very happy.

Special items are all a matter of fate.

Not many people would put it up for sale, and this time is different from the last time. Last time, because there were few people entering the trading area, she had the opportunity to snag a physique potion.

Nowadays, there are countless people qualified to enter the trading area. Even if someone were to put special items up for sale, the price would be exorbitant, which she could not afford.

"It's a pity we couldn't buy fertilizer, but one shouldn't be too greedy. Having seeds is good enough."

Jiang Qingyue comforted herself while calculating her gains from this trip.

The diesel generator and diesel fuel have both been sold.

All six bags of maocai (a type of Sichuan hot pot) that were put on the shelves were sold out.

No one even asked about the bundle of firewood, nor about the tin stove.

After deducting the transaction tax, she still had 273 transaction coins.

Adding the remaining 100, there are exactly 373.

"No, we still have to pay this month's rent."

Jiang Qingyue reluctantly took out 5 trading coins to pay the monthly fee for the quantum computer.

There are only 368 trading coins left.

"Still poor."

Jiang Qingyue was thinking about how to get more trading coins.

Today her main goal was to buy seeds and various fertilizers, but she also saw many things she needed, such as firearms.

Unfortunately, she couldn't afford it.

She couldn't buy this before the apocalypse, and she still can't afford it now.

As the saying goes, even the best kung fu master is afraid of a kitchen knife.

This weapon is extremely important. Even though she is quite strong now, she would be more confident if she had a firearm for self-defense.

"Never mind, let's plant vegetables first."

Unable to come up with an answer, Jiang Qingyue simply stopped thinking about it.

Since there was no fertilizer, Jiang Qingyue didn't dare to waste all the seeds. Instead, she planned to plant a small amount of each type first to test the waters on a small scale.

The next morning, she found the light bulbs she had bought earlier, took them to the planting room, and hung the light bulbs on the small area where she needed to plant.

Then they moved all the wood ash from the stove to the planting room.

He rushed to the generator room, added water, and lit the fire.

"Chirp chirp."

Jiang Qingyan woke up at some point and climbed onto her shoulder.

"Yanbao, I'm planning to plant a few rows of vegetables to try it out, so I need to heat the planting area now and generate electricity at the same time. Are you hungry? If not, wait for me a little while, I'll get some ice to melt the water and then cook you a meal."

"Chirp chirp chirp." This rabbit will help you.

Before Jiang Qingyue could react, the little guy leaped to the ground, dragged the large pot, opened the shelter door, and ran out.

A short while later, he returned with a pot of ice and placed it on the stove in the living area.

Then, with its paws on its hips, it tilted its head slightly and looked at Jiang Qingyue.

Is he seeking praise?

Jiang Qingyue readily praised, "Wow, Yanbao, you're amazing! How did you know I wanted to go outside to dig for ice?"

"Chirp chirp chirp." This rabbit isn't stupid. You did this a few days ago, and this rabbit learned it in no time.

That adorable yet proud little expression made Jiang Qingyue want to rub it.

He stretched out his hand halfway, then looked at his mud-covered hand and sheepishly withdrew it.

"Okay, the temperature isn't high enough yet, let's cook first. Once the water reaches room temperature and the temperature in the planting area is suitable, we can start planting vegetables."

"Chirp chirp."

Upon hearing that someone was going to make him food, Jiang Qingyan immediately ran to the frozen food section and dragged out half a bag of beef meatballs.

"Okay, I'll make it for you right away."

Jiang Qingyue temporarily moved the large pot containing ice aside and took out a frying pan to fry beef balls for the little guy who was eagerly waiting.

Then I took out a frozen egg, cracked the shell, cut it into 4 pieces, drizzled a few drops of peanut oil, and put the egg pieces in a frying pan to fry with the beef balls.

The little guy doesn't have a big appetite; one egg and three beef balls are enough to fill him up.

As for Jiang Qingyue herself, she grabbed a handful of millet, a handful of glutinous rice, added some chopped white fungus, and two pieces of rock sugar to make herself a porridge.

Once the food was ready, they carried the large pot filled with ice back up.

This pot of water is for dissolving vegetables, so it doesn't need to be boiled; it just needs to be dissolved and cooled to room temperature.

"Chirp chirp chirp".

After finishing his meal, Jiang Qingyan, looking quite respectable, grabbed a tissue and, mimicking Jiang Qingyue, wiped his hairy mouth before tossing the tissue into the stove.

"That's right, it's a hygienic rabbit," Jiang Qingyue praised.

"Chirp chirp chirp." That's right, this rabbit learns very quickly.

"Chirp chirp chirp." After a series of chirps, Jiang Qingyan pointed outside the door and made a wood-gnawing motion.

"No rush." ​​Jiang Qingyue touched its little head with two fingers. "You're still young, and it's the age where you love to sleep. If you feel sleepy after eating, you can take a nap first. We have enough firewood. I'll go chop firewood with you after I finish planting the vegetables."

"Chirp chirp chirp." No need, this rabbit has plenty of strength.

Jiang Qingyan called out twice, jumped off the table to the ground, kicked off with her hind legs, and leaped out of the shelter.

Knowing that it had gone to gnaw on firewood, Jiang Qingyue didn't sit idle either, and took a thermometer to the planting room to check its temperature.

-6 degrees Celsius is not enough; the temperature is not high enough to plant it.

She simply took her tools and went to the other side to start digging.

As for Jiang Qingyan, she wasn't worried at all about having a rabbit outside. This little guy might be small, but he was incredibly strong.

I don't know about the mythical beasts, but among humans, apart from that monstrous genius Long Jiuxing, probably no one could harm this rabbit.

clang!

With the first strike of the shovel, a bright orange ball of light was unearthed.

"Special item!"

Jiang Qingyue quickly picked it up and held it up to the lamp, beaming with joy.

"My luck has returned, Jiang Qingyue! Haha."

"Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi, help me identify this ball of light."

[Okay, Master.] Xiao Yi replied, collected a transaction coin, and began scanning the light orb in Jiang Qingyue's hand.

Result: Child of Divine Retribution, Serial Number 8131.

8: From the Eighth Experimental Zone

1: Add a little negative value

3: A total of three were released in this experimental area.

1: You are the first person to receive this.

"..."

Without even looking further, the smile on Jiang Qingyue's face froze when she saw the words "Child of Divine Punishment".

Son of God's Wrath, you evil wretched thing.

Jiang Qingyue couldn't understand how she managed to get one of the three Chosen Ones in the entire Eighth Experimental Zone.

Including the one Wang Dawei put up for sale in the trading area before, that makes two.

"Am I lucky?"

As for luck, this thing is useless and will only bring bad luck.

To be honest, out of the billions of people in the entire Eighth Experimental Zone, only three of these things were deployed, and two of them had appeared in front of her.

With a clatter, Jiang Qingyue casually tossed the thing aside.

I wouldn't dare use it myself, and I can't sell it either.

"I can't understand it. Why would that damned god send out something so completely useless? Is it just there to disgust people?"

If that's the case, then the main god succeeded; she was indeed disgusted.

Not only did I get excited for nothing, but I also lost money on the authentication fee for the trading coin.

Just as I was feeling frustrated, a notification popped up on my wrist's personal terminal.

[Congratulations to Wang Dawei, captain of the Happiness Base, for completing the hidden quest: I Dare to Eat Shit. Reward: 6 Transaction Coins and one special item, the Diamond Ball.]

? ? ? ? ?

The announcement kept floating around, and for a moment, Jiang Qingyue's mind went blank.

I looked at it carefully several more times before I was sure I hadn't made a mistake, and then I gasped.

"Xiao Yi".

[Master, I'm here.]

"I..." Jiang Qingyue had so many questions she wanted to ask, but for a moment she didn't know where to begin.

She never expected there to be a hidden quest, and she never expected that this hidden quest would be so disgusting.

The key point is that Wang Dawei actually completed such a disgusting task!

"Hiss, the reborn are truly terrifying."

"But it gives you 6 trading coins, and a Diamond Ball..."

She had read before that to upgrade the quantum computer to level 2, a total of 10 transaction coins were needed.

This immediately brought in 6 trading coins.

Moreover, that golden sphere sounds extraordinary; it either increases defense or combat power.

If you give her 6 trading coins plus a King Kong ball, she can also...

Jiang Qingyue shivered. Okay, she couldn't.

"I cannot do it."

Jiang Qingyue wanted to cry but had no tears.

No wonder she can become the captain of the Happiness Base, while she can only hide in this shelter, living a life of furtivity. It's all because she's not ruthless enough.

Before I could even adjust my mood, another announcement came.

[Congratulations to Wang Dawei of the Happiness Base for becoming the first person in the Eighth Experimental Zone to upgrade his optical brain to Level 2. He is hereby awarded 200,000 Transaction Coins and a pair of the special item, the Light-Eating Gloves.]

"Ah, this..." Jiang Qingyue was stunned.

Everyone in the world, just like her, was stunned.

The world channel fell silent, as if it had paused for three minutes.

Three minutes later, the flashy, exaggerated comments began.

"Spit out that pile of shit and let me do it, I can."

My friend said he could.

"My boss can eat a lot, let him do it."

"Holy crap? I woke up with blurry vision, I didn't even get to eat hot shit."

"I wonder if urine will be okay?"

"Upstairs, it doesn't work, I've already tried."

"..."

Jiang Qingyue remained in a daze, then rubbed her numb face after a while: "Who are these people?"

I've lost interest in digging, so I'll just open three lists instead.

With Wang Dawei acquiring so many things, it goes without saying that the rankings will be completely reshaped again.

New Power Ranking:

First Place: Happiness Base, Team Leader Wang Dawei

Second place: Jiang Qingyue's Little Nest, Team Leader Jiang Qingyue

Third Place: Hope Base, Team Leader Huang Yali

Fourth place: Apocalypse Pioneer Team, Captain Hu He

……

Individual combat power rankings:

First place: Wang Dawei, male, 46 years old, combat power 2111

Second place: Long Jiuxing, female, 18 years old, combat power 1333

Third place: Jiang Qingyue, female, 27 years old, combat power 908

Fourth place: Wang Defa, male, 33 years old, combat power value 125

……

Survival Index Ranking:

First place: Wang Dawei, survival index 2346

Second place: Jiang Qingyue, survival index 1086

Third place: Huang Yali, survival index 211

Fourth place: Long Jiuxing, survival index 124

……

really.

Jiang Qingyue looked at the list with a helpless expression.

Even knowing that Wang Dawei would undergo a major change, no one expected that he would top all three lists simultaneously.

Both individual combat power and survival index have exceeded 2000.

"Trading currency does not increase combat power. That means that the Vajra Ball and the gloves instantly increased Wang Dawei's individual combat power by about 1200."

"Oh no!" Jiang Qingyue said with a bitter face.

As the saying goes, "If you are one step ahead, you will be ahead in everything."

Wang Dawei is now extremely strong individually, not to mention that, the key point is that he has a lot of trading cryptocurrencies.

With the new reward of 20 transaction coins, plus his control of the Happiness Base, a large base with a large population, it will be much easier for him to raise money to upgrade his quantum computer from level two to level three.

Once you reach level three, you'll receive more rewards and more trading currency, creating a virtuous cycle.

"Wouldn't that put me in even greater danger?"

Thinking about this, Jiang Qingyue felt numb.

What could be more painful than having an enemy grow stronger while you are powerless to stop them? What's more, Wang Dawei is not only stronger, he is also a reborn person.

He knows about this hidden quest, but what about the others? Does Wang Dawei know about them too?

What should she do if Wang Dawei becomes stronger and tries to kill her, the "reborn one"?

"Chirp chirp."

Jiang Qingyan's shout pulled Jiang Qingyue, who was sitting in a daze, back to her thoughts.

When I checked the time, I realized she had been sitting there for several hours, so I quickly jumped up from the ground.

"Sorry, Yanbao, I forgot to prepare lunch. I'll make it now."

"Chirp chirp chirp?" What's wrong with you?

Jiang Qingyan wiped her furry paws, then jumped to the opposite side of Jiang Qingyue and watched her scoop rice to cook.

Seeing the worry on her face, it didn't know what had happened, but it still jumped onto Jiang Qingyue's shoulder and rubbed its little head against her neck.

Feeling comforted by it, Jiang Qingyue forced a smile.

"It's nothing, it's just that someone has gotten too strong too fast, and I'm worried he might cause me trouble. But that's a matter for the future. Anyway, we're not going to provoke him, so we'll just stay here and live our own little lives."

Jiang Qingyue was worried that it was too close to Wang Dawei, and felt unsafe being in the same area.

But she really couldn't bear to give up the shelter she had worked so hard to build.

While cooking, Jiang Qingyue thought to herself, "If only I had a space, a big space, so I could store all my things in it and take them to other cities, or even go to some remote mountains and forests, the more deserted the better."

With her current physical condition, digging another shelter shouldn't be a problem.

It's fine to chop firewood again, it just takes a little more effort.

However, she had no space.

After a quick lunch with Jiang Qingyan, Jiang Qingyue turned on her personal computer and looked at the list again.

Only then did they realize that Long Jiuxing's survival index seemed to have decreased on the survival index list.

She remembered that the last time she checked, Long Jiuxing's survival index was around 200, but now it was only 124.

Why?

"Could it be because something happened to Long Jiuxing, like he was seriously injured?"

"Or is it because Wang Dawei has become stronger and poses a threat to Long Jiuxing, thus lowering Long Jiuxing's survival rate?"

"And what about me?"

Jiang Qingyue quickly checked her own, and her survival index remained unchanged.

This made her mind active.

"Does that indirectly mean that Wang Dawei doesn't actually know the location of my shelter, so even if he becomes stronger, he can't cause me any trouble, and therefore my survival isn't affected for the time being?"

Jiang Qingyue didn't know if her guess was right, but it gave her some comfort.