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

The impact of Wang Dawei's meteoric rise to the top of the three major lists was highlighted in a way that caught everyone off guard.

Just one day later, when Jiang Qingyue went to the woods to retrieve the firewood that Yan Bao had been chewing and brought it back to the shelter, she saw a red dot flashing on her personal computer.

He quickly put down the firewood and opened the box to take a look.

Good heavens, a kill order and a bounty order, both issued by Wang Dawei.

Thinking that the computer had some new function, Jiang Qingyue took a closer look, only to find that it was still the same as before.

I couldn't help but ask, "Hey, Hey, can the personal terminal issue bounty notices and kill orders?"

[Replying to Master, a Level 1 computer is not sufficient. Upgrading will unlock more functions, but Xiao Yi is currently only at Level 1, so she doesn't know the specific functions that will be unlocked after the upgrade.]

"Is that so?"

Jiang Qingyue frowned.

This is troublesome. Upgrading to level two requires 10 trading coins, which is an astronomical figure for her now.

She has no stable source of trading currency, relying only on digging or chopping wood occasionally to harvest one or two coins, and can only rely on the trading area on the first day of each month.

However, you can only list ten items at a time. Even if you sell them all, the amount of transaction coins you get is limited. After deducting transaction tax, you will get even less. It would take forever to accumulate 100,000 coins.

Suppressing her sense of urgency, Jiang Qingyue carefully read the two messages sent by Wang Dawei.

The first order is a kill order.

Target: Dragon Nine Star.

Basic information: Female, 18 years old, single combat power value 1333, has congenital heart disease and congenital spina bifida (requires wheelchair). On the night of August 2, she escaped from the Second People's Hospital of Quanshui City with injuries, with a severe injury to her right shoulder, greatly reducing her combat power.

Bring me your head, and I'll reward you with 3 trading coins.

The leader who brings the quantum computer will be rewarded with 10 transaction coins.

"Hiss." Jiang Qingyue gasped several times as she looked at the kill order.

For a moment, I didn't know which piece of news to be shocked by first.

She had always been curious as to why Long Jiuxing, who was the strongest fighter at the beginning of the apocalypse, was nowhere to be found on the other two lists.

I finally made it onto the survival leaderboard, but it dropped off after only two days.

After all that, it turns out that this top-ranked player with the highest individual combat power was always at low health.

I can't imagine how much stronger he would be if he were healthy.

What's even more shocking is that such a powerful figure, confined to a wheelchair and suffering from a serious illness, was able to escape from Wang Dawei's clutches.

"How did it get away?"

Jiang Qingyue racked her brains but still couldn't figure it out.

Needless to say, it was Wang Dawei who went straight to cause trouble for Long Jiuxing after his strength skyrocketed.

As a result, Wang Dawei, whose individual combat power exceeded 2000, and who may have even brought a bunch of underlings, actually let Long Jiuxing escape, which is why he suffered heavy losses and issued a kill order.

After being shocked for a while, Jiang Qingyue thought to herself, if it were her, she would be dead.

I quickly opened the rankings and saw that Long Jiuxing was still ranked second in the individual combat power rankings.

"Doesn't this combat strength fluctuate depending on the situation?"

Jiang Qingyue quickly woke Xiao Yi: "Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi, what's going on with this combat power value? Long Jiuxing was so badly injured, her combat power should have decreased."

"And then there was Yu You's injury. He was seriously injured, but his combat strength didn't seem to decline."

[Replying to Master, the combat power estimate is based on the strongest burst power of a single individual.]

[Although Yu You was injured, his upper body was still mobile, allowing him to unleash his strongest attack, so his combat power on the rankings did not decline.]

[Long Jiuxing is in the same situation now. She may only have the strength for one final strike, but that final strike will unleash her full power, so her ranking on the list won't change. Only when she doesn't recover and grows weaker, unable to even unleash her strongest attack, will her combat power gradually decline until it reaches zero.]

"So that's how it is." No wonder Yan Bao's individual combat strength didn't increase after she followed her.

In that sense, Long Jiuxing's current condition is actually better than she thought.

Just as Jiang Qingyue was thinking this, she saw that Long Jiuxing's combat power value on the individual combat power ranking had changed from 1333 to 1332.

"It's starting to decline."

This is not a good sign; once the condition starts to decline, it means the countdown has begun.

Even if Wang Dawei can't find him, Long Jiuxing will become weaker and weaker until he is exhausted and dies.

"Ugh."

Jiang Qingyue sighed, feeling a dull ache in her heart, unable to pinpoint why she felt so uncomfortable.

He sighed and opened Wang Dawei's second message.

Bounty Notice.

Target: Jiang Qingyue.

"what?"

Jiang Qingyue was stunned when she saw her own name.

She thought that even if Wang Dawei misunderstood her as a reincarnated person, he would let it go if he couldn't find her. She didn't expect him to issue a bounty directly.

Sure enough, after Wang Dawei's personal computer was upgraded to level two, it still brought her a lot of trouble.

Jiang Qingyue quickly read the bounty notice carefully.

Basic information: Female, 27 years old, suspected to be a reincarnated person. She stockpiled a large amount of supplies before the apocalypse and has a complete power system. She is likely a single person with her own faction.

Possible areas: near Quanshui City, especially in places with underground rivers, hydroelectric power generation, or wind power generation.

Bounty: 10 trading coins plus a special item for capturing the animal alive.

The head and the quantum computer were delivered, and a reward of 10 transaction coins was given.

Bring me your head, and I'll reward you with 6 trading coins.

"Am I that valuable?"

The moment Jiang Qingyue saw the bounty, she wished she could cut off her own head and send it to Wang Dawei.

She knew that Wang Dawei was suspicious of her and very wary of her, but she never expected him to be so willing to go to such lengths.

If both Long Jiuxing's and her side's tasks are completed, then the 20 transaction coins that Wang Dawei was rewarded with after leveling up to level two will be for nothing.

Wow, they're willing to go bankrupt to get rid of them.

"What grudge do you hold against me?"

Jiang Qingyue was helpless.

Honestly, she really didn't intend to provoke Wang Dawei. She just wanted to buy some things and hide in this shelter, hoping to get through each day as it came.

Doesn't that work too?

She just wanted to live, is that wrong?

Seeing a kill order and a bounty notice highlighted in bold red floating on the world channel of the quantum computer, Jiang Qingyue's face turned bitter.

She also wanted to issue a kill order to kill Wang Dawei, since the bounty was only paid after the person was killed. However, the key issue was that her personal computer was only at level one, so she couldn't issue one.

So far, Wang Dawei is the only person in the entire Eighth Experimental Zone who can do this.

The world chat was quiet for a while, and then countless people started complaining.

"Wang Dawei, you idiot, have you lost your mind? Quanshui City is a million miles away from me. In this awful weather, if I walked there, my beard would be all white by the time I got there."

"Come on, I live right next to Quanshui City. It used to be just an hour's bus ride away, but now that hour is an insurmountable barrier. Even if you gave me a year, I still couldn't get to Quanshui City."

"Brothers, let's wash up and go to bed. Wang Dawei has gone mad. As for Long Jiuxing, let's not even talk about him. He's so strong, yet he couldn't kill anyone even with his own men. He still let him escape. If we little Karami go there, we'll just be cannon fodder."

"And then there's Jiang Qingyue. He himself said he's suspected of being a reincarnated individual. Who knows how much preparation such a powerful figure has made? His own combat strength is almost 1000. You want us to kill him? Are you kidding me?"

"If I met a big shot like that, I'd be too busy sucking up to him to get my hands on him. Only someone with a brain like that would actually kill him."

"Hilarious! He can't kill Long Jiuxing himself, and he can't find Jiang Qingyue's bounty, but he acts like we can."

Upon seeing these comments, Jiang Qingyue suddenly understood.

"Yeah, why would I panic?"

Long Jiuxing's situation was indeed quite critical, but the two had never met before, so they could only sigh in sympathy.

As for her, if Wang Dawei really knew the location of her refuge, he would have already led his men to kill her. Why would he issue a bounty?

Moreover, Wang Dawei's speculation was actually off. It's not hard to see from this bounty notice that Wang Dawei guessed that she had a stable power generation system.

But instead of steam power generation, people thought she had developed hydroelectric and wind power, so they mainly searched for underground rivers and the wind power plants that had been built before. They even thought she was hiding in those places.

It would be relatively easy to investigate the main urban area, given Wang Dawei's immense power and the sheer number of people at the Happiness Base. With his power now skyrocketing, he could potentially absorb all the other smaller factions as well. For him, investigating the main urban area would be as simple as issuing an order.

However, Spring City is not just the main urban area. Spring City has many hills and its area is actually quite large. Exploring every inch of the hills would be as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.

The biggest challenge is that ordinary people have limited time to go out.

For ordinary people with little ability, going outside for two minutes in minus fifty degrees Celsius weather is tantamount to certain death, so they can only stay at home and try every possible way to keep warm.

As a result, 99% of Wang Dawei's men are unable to leave the house.

Those who had stolen other people's quantum computers or used special items, thus enhancing their physical abilities, would wear cold-weather clothing and would not go out for more than two hours at a time.

How far can you travel from the main urban area in two hours without any transportation?

We'll probably have to turn back before we even reach the suburbs.

The more Jiang Qing combed through her hair, the brighter her eyes became.

"So, if we calculate it that way, Wang Dawei is the only one in the entire Happiness Base who can be active outside for extended periods of time."

"Wang Dawei, without any transportation, wants to explore every nook and cranny of Quanshui City. That's just wishful thinking."

No wonder they issued a bounty; that old guy is really cunning.

"You scared me." Jiang Qingyue scratched Jiang Qingyan's rabbit head.

The little guy has been eating well lately and has gained a lot of weight. He's so chubby and feels even better to the touch.

"Even if Wang Dawei comes, he might not be able to kill me." Jiang Qingyue looked at Jiang Qingyan. Her combat power was currently over 900, while Yanbao was much stronger than her and should have broken 1,000.

The combined combat power of the man and the rabbit is around 2000, which is about the same as Wang Dawei's.

Putting everything else aside, their combat strength is roughly equal.

Besides, Wang Dawei shouldn't be ridiculously strong, otherwise he wouldn't have let Long Jiuxing, who only had 1333, couldn't move his legs, and was seriously ill, escape.

This shows that Wang Dawei, like her, lacks combat experience and is just a numerical monster.

"Let's go chop firewood." After thinking it through, Jiang Qingyue was no longer afraid, but she repeatedly instructed Yan Bao, "From now on, we can't act separately."

"When we need to chop wood, we go out to chop wood together. When we're not chopping wood, you sleep in the shelter while I dig in the dirt. In short, whether we're out or at home, we have to stay together."

"If I'm extremely unlucky and run into Wang Dawei, I'll have a fighting chance."

"Chirp chirp." Jiang Qingyan also knew the seriousness of the matter, and her rabbit face was full of seriousness as she nodded heavily.

Happiness Base.

"I'm so angry! I'm so angry!"

Wang Dawei got so angry that he smashed things at home.

All the easily broken porcelain bowls from before have been smashed and lost. Now, his family has replaced them with a batch of stainless steel bowls and chopsticks, which make a clanging and clattering sound when slammed, but none of them have broken.

"In the entire Eighth Experiment Zone, there's not a single person who can fight. I offered so many rewards, and not a single one of them even wanted to try. A bunch of useless cowards!"

The henchmen stood in a row, looking at the furious Wang Dawei with utter disgust.

They had also seen the comments on the world channel, and none of them dared to make a move regarding Long Jiuxing and Jiang Qingyue.

People from other cities simply cannot come to Spring City due to the harsh realities of their environment.

Even in Quanshui City, no one dared to provoke these two.

Although Long Jiuxing's condition was damaged, as long as Long Jiuxing's name was still on the leaderboard, no one dared to provoke a sick tiger.

After all, this was someone even Wang Dawei hadn't managed to kill.

As for his subordinates wanting to become stronger, that was out of the question. In the entire Spring City, apart from Long Jiuxing and Jiang Qingyue, almost everyone was placed under the control of the Happiness Base, and all the benefits fell into Wang Dawei's hands.

These people can only sneak a sip of soup; they're lucky if they can even survive. Where would they get the resources to become stronger?

After Wang Dawei finally finished cursing, one of his underlings mustered up the courage to speak up: "Boss, with this kind of weather outside, no one can go out at all. Sending more people out is just sending them to their deaths."

"How about... we find someone who's easy to control, loyal, and has a wife, children, and elderly parents tied to the base, train him at a cost, equip him with a professional cold-weather suit, and send him out to search?"

Wang Dawei's deadpan eyes instantly fixed on the henchman who had spoken. Before anyone could react, he swiftly struck, snapping the henchman's neck with a snap.

The remaining underlings retreated in horror, some even collapsing to the ground with their legs weak.

Wang Dawei was pleased with their fear.

"Don't think I don't know what you're up to. You're just thinking of keeping your wives, children, and elderly parents at the base, tricking me into giving you special items to train you up, so you can escape my control, right?"

Wang Dawei sneered: "Dream on."

As a man, he knew all too well that no man with power and influence would be bound by his original wife; most would be eager to replace her with a young and beautiful woman.

However, he also knew that in such extreme weather, ordinary people could not travel outdoors for long periods of time.

After thinking for a moment, he sighed and said, "Let's wait. After a while, the strength of the major base owners in the neighboring cities will definitely increase. Then they can come to Spring Water City and will be able to go head-to-head with Jiang Qingyue."