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

Long Jiuxing: "๑＞◡＜๑"

Help! It's so delicious! Waaaaah, what kind of heavenly delicacy is this?!

No wonder the little one was so hungry he cried, tears were streaming down his face.

My sister's cooking is so delicious!

Long Jiuxing ate and cried at the same time, opening his mouth wide as he cried, "Ah!"

Jiang Qingyue was both amused and exasperated. What kind of operation was this?

"Why don't you finish crying before you eat? I'm afraid you'll choke."

Upon hearing this, Long Jiuxing immediately sniffed, and Jiang Qingyue watched as she forced back her tears.

"Okay." Jiang Qingyue reluctantly scooped up another spoonful and fed it to her.

With a single open mouth, the spoonful was gone in an instant, so fast that Jiang Qingyue almost thought it was an illusion.

She scooped up another spoonful, and it was gone in an instant. The speed at which she fed him was even slower than how fast Long Jiuxing ate; it was simply outrageous.

The little white snake, which had been lying nearby for a long time, flicked its tongue, looked at the fish porridge in Jiang Qingyue's hand, and then at the beef noodles in the small bowl.

After hesitating for a moment, I still crawled towards the beef noodle shop.

It picked up a beef ball with its little mouth, and just tasting it made it so happy that its tail wagged.

Seeing this, Jiang Qingyue said to Long Jiuxing, "Why is your snake acting so dog-like?"

Long Jiuxing's eyes dimmed considerably: "My little one has suffered because of me."

As the two were talking, they saw the little white snake raise its head and quickly crawl over.

Seeing that it was still holding the meatball in its mouth without swallowing, Jiang Qingyue laughed: "The little guy is quite good at sharing, he even wants to share one of the two meatballs with you."

Upon hearing this, the little white snake vigorously shook its head up and down.

Jiang Qingyue laughed: "Look, it nodded."

Long Jiuxing's lips twitched: "It's choking."

"Uh..." Jiang Qingyue's smile came to an abrupt end.

Long Jiuxing looked at her cub with heartache: "Sister, could you please help it? This dumpling is too big; it can't swallow it."

"Oh, okay, okay, okay." Jiang Qingyue was embarrassed.

Looking at the little snake shaking its head up and down, it suddenly dawned on me that it wasn't nodding in agreement with what she said; it was clearly trying to shake the meatball stuck in its throat out.

He grabbed the small snake, gently pinched the dumpling with his hand, and slowly rotated it to remove it.

"Hiss." The little snake flicked its tongue pitifully, its small eyes looking at Jiang Qingyue with resentment.

If it weren't for its owner, it would have been killed by a meatball today.

Meeting its gaze, Jiang Qingyue felt a little guilty. She placed the meatball next to the little white snake's head for comparison and found that it was indeed much larger than the snake's head. Even if she separated the lower jawbone, she couldn't swallow it.

"It's my fault, it's my fault. My baby Yanbao would hug and gnaw on it, and I forgot that snakes eat differently. Here, I'll cut it into smaller pieces for you."

The little white snake followed Jiang Qingyue with a pitiful look on its face, watching her divide a dumpling into four portions.

Its gaze remained unwavering; anyone who didn't know better would have thought it was afraid Jiang Qingyue had secretly kept half of the dumpling.

"Alright, you can't choke now, go ahead and eat." Jiang Qingyue patted its head.

It's cool and refreshing, and doesn't feel as nice as Yanbao's. She still prefers something fluffy.

Back at the restaurant, they continued feeding Long Jiuxing porridge. After finishing a bowl of fish porridge, Long Jiuxing licked his lips and glanced at the large pot of porridge out of the corner of his eye.

They didn't say a word.

Jiang Qingyue asked with a smile, "Would you like another bowl?"

Long Jiuxing, her face serious, said, "That's fine too."

Jiang Qingyue understood; she was still a little proud and aloof.

I took the bowl and filled it again, feeding the little darling spoonful by spoonful until she was full, then pulled the blanket that had slipped off her shoulders back onto her.

Jiang Qingyue said, "It's not convenient for you to get dressed while you're on an IV drip, so just stay wrapped up in the blanket. I'll find some of my clothes for you to wear after the IV is finished."

"Thank you, sister. I will repay you." Long Jiuxing's small face was full of sincerity.

The little white snake, its head buried in the bowl, also took a moment to flick its tongue: "Hiss hiss hiss."

Long Jiuxing translated for him: "Zaizai said it will repay you too."

"Really? How do you plan to repay me?" After a brief encounter, Jiang Qingyue still liked this little girl quite a bit.

Moreover, they share a common enemy and have come together by chance, so she wants to recruit Long Jiuxing into her team.

And this little snake, although it doesn't feel very good to the touch, has a rather endearing personality and can give Yanbao another playmate.

"I..." Long Jiuxing only knew that he wanted to repay the debt, but he didn't know how exactly to repay it.

Seeing her frozen in place, Jiang Qingyue took the initiative to ask, "Can you cook?"

Long Jiuxing shook his head.

"Then how about chopping wood?"

Long Jiuxing shook his head again.

"Growing vegetables?"

Long Jiuxing shook his head three times.

"Uh, so what can you do?"

"I can assemble 206 bones in a human body within an hour."

Jiang Qingyue was stunned. What kind of strange skill was this?

Seeing that Long Jiuxing was trying hard to restrain himself but still revealed a hint of wanting praise, Jiang Qingyue gave a dry compliment: "You're so amazing."

"...It's not that amazing," Long Jiuxing said reservedly. "Um, sister, do you have any bones you'd like me to help you put them back together?"

Jiang Qingyue thought she was joking, but then she realized that Long Jiuxing's face was very serious.

It's like when her parents ask her if she has enough money, and if not, they'll give her some more.

This isn't a joke, nor is it just empty politeness; I genuinely believe she might need it.

"Where would I get bones from?"

"Oh." Long Jiuxing's eyes dimmed. He had finally learned a skill, but his sister couldn't use it.

Seeing her like this, Jiang Qingyue suddenly had a brain fart and said, "Although there are no bones, there is a corpse."

"You have corpses?" Long Jiuxing's eyes lit up again. "I can dissect them too."

"Uh..." Jiang Qingyue coughed lightly when he saw her eager look. "Your body hasn't recovered yet. Just lie down and rest until you've healed."

Long Jiuxing nodded seriously: "Then I'll go to sleep right away, take good care of my injuries, and try to recover as quickly as possible."

"Hiss!" The little white snake, which had already finished a bowl of beef noodles, crawled over again. Long Jiuxing laboriously raised his hand and touched the little snake: "I know, we'll get revenge once we're healed. We won't let that Wang Dawei get away with it."

"By the way, sister, how far is this place from the main urban area of ​​Quanshui City? Could Wang Dawei's men find this place by following the trail of my escape?"

"You're worried about implicating me," Jiang Qingyue asked.

"Mm." Long Jiuxing and the little white snake nodded in unison, their expressions and movements perfectly synchronized.

Jiang Qingyue was quite envious, as she and Yan Bao didn't have such a tacit understanding. Mainly, she couldn't understand Yan Bao's speech, and her accuracy in guessing wasn't very high.

"Don't worry, we shouldn't be able to find Wang Dawei. Even if we do, the few of us working together won't be afraid of him."

"Wang Dawei's individual combat power has exceeded 2000..." Long Jiuxing said, then paused, "You are... Jiang Qingyue."

"You guessed it?" Jiang Qingyue raised an eyebrow.

Long Jiuxing nodded repeatedly: "Right now, the only one who dares to say that they are not afraid of Wang Dawei when they join forces is Jiang Qingyue, whose combat power, influence ranking, and survival index are all close to Wang Dawei's. There should be no one else."

"Congratulations on guessing correctly, I am Jiang Qingyue. So don't worry about recovering. Once you're healed, you and your snake, plus me and my rabbit, the four of us together will be no match for Wang Dawei."

Knowing her identity, Long Jiuxing completely relaxed: "It's okay if I recover a little slower. Wang Dawei suffered heavy losses this time, so he shouldn't dare to make any rash moves in the short term."

"At the very least, he himself wouldn't dare to come. If he sends his underlings, with your abilities, even if his men find some clues and come looking for you, they won't be a match for you."

"Also, I think this guy is more like a reborn person than a prophet."

Jiang Qingyue raised an eyebrow: "How did you figure that out?"

"Sister, I'm not stupid. If he could really predict the future, why didn't he foresee that this ambush would fail?"

"That makes sense." Jiang Qingyue realized that she seemed to be taking things for granted.

Perhaps she had read too many novels and always thought that reborn people were omnipotent, but in reality, Wang Dawei, this reborn person, didn't seem to be as powerful as she imagined.

Even after completing that hidden mission, one still doesn't become omnipotent.

Moreover, Wang Dawei probably knew about the hidden mission from the beginning, but it was too disgusting for him to make up his mind to do it.

Until he discovered that even with the advantage of being reborn, he still couldn't reach the height he wanted. Instead, people like Long Jiuxing and Jiang Qingyue climbed over him.

Only then, suppressing his nausea, did he voluntarily complete the hidden quest.

To be honest, Wang Dawei is definitely a frustrated survivor.

She could deduce that Wang Dawei was a reincarnated person based on his unusual behavior, and so could Long Jiuxing.

"What happened that Wang Dawei suffered heavy losses?"

Long Jiuxing: "Oh, speaking of which, this guy is quite strange. He's clearly a reincarnated person, and he has all sorts of ways to kill me, yet he keeps sending his underlings to deliver their heads."

"When the end times came, everyone in the hospital ran away, and those who didn't freeze to death."

"Although I was modified before the apocalypse and my physical condition is different from that of ordinary people, I can't move my legs and I'm just waiting to die."

"After all, although I'm a little stronger than the average person, my strength is limited. At most, I can crawl around the hospital using my hands to find everything I can eat and use. But once I run out of those things, I'll still die."

"Most importantly, without medical equipment, my health will only get worse and worse, and I'll die sooner or later anyway, so I'm too lazy to bother anymore."

"As a result, he kept sending his henchmen to their deaths. After I killed those henchmen, I discovered that the quantum computers could be fused together."

"After the fusion, I will become stronger and stronger. This means that even without the support of medical equipment, as long as I can fuse with enough quantum computers, I might be able to survive, and my legs might even recover one day."

"They were all wearing thick clothes, and they also had food and water. I barely survived thanks to the quantum computers, food, and water that they kept sending me."

"When the second cold wave hit, we encountered Zazai. We barely survived thanks to their occasional deaths and Zazai's constant searching for food."

"..." Jiang Qingyue's lips twitched after hearing this.

He thought with a wicked sense of humor, what would Wang Dawei think if he knew that Long Jiuxing might have starved to death if he hadn't sent his underlings over there?

They were already contemplating suicide, and you gave them a chance to live...

"That doesn't make sense either." Jiang Qingyue suddenly realized that Wang Dawei was a reincarnated person. He must have known that Long Jiuxing would survive and would be an obstacle to his future, or that they had a grudge in their past lives, which is why he sent his underlings over there.

"In other words, even if Wang Dawei didn't send his henchmen to their deaths, you could actually survive."

"I don't know," Long Jiuxing continued. "Anyway, after he completed the hidden mission and his strength increased dramatically, I knew he would definitely come to find me in person."

"My son wanted to run with me, but I didn't want to. It was freezing cold, and we only had ordinary cotton clothes, not professional cold-weather gear. With my physical condition, I could only stay outside for four hours at most."

"We can't possibly find a shelter in four hours. Besides, the entire Quanshui City is now under Wang Dawei's control; it would be too easy for him to find us."

"The cub is still in its cub stage and its strength is limited. Although it is a strange beast, it is still too much effort for it to carry a person as big as me. Once its strength is exhausted, I will be half frozen to death. If Wang Dawei finds it then, I will only face death."

"And then?" Jiang Qingyue asked.

"My son and I discussed it and decided to ambush them and do something big."

"You want to steal Wang Dawei's personal computer?" Jiang Qingyue immediately guessed their intentions.

With Long Jiuxing's individual combat power of 1333 at the time, his combat power would have soared to over 3000 after he stole Wang Dawei's personal computer.

Furthermore, Wang Dawei must have used special items, such as physique-enhancing potions, which would add to Long Jiuxing's stats and significantly improve her physical condition.

Perhaps the necrotic leg can be slowly repaired.

"Not bad." Long Jiuxing, who had been looking up, lowered his head slightly. "It's a pity it didn't work."

Even without her saying it, Jiang Qingyue knew it hadn't worked, since that guy could still issue kill orders and bounty orders for the two of them.

But she was more curious about the battle itself.

She left Happiness Community before the apocalypse and never saw Wang Dawei again. She had no idea about his combat strength.

"Tell me about your battle."

"Oh." Long Jiuxing obediently began to speak, "At first, Zai Zai and I were lying in ambush in the ward."

"This guy swaggered in with a dozen or so henchmen. I thought he'd gotten arrogant and conceited after his combat power soared to over 2000."

"When he drew his sword and thrust it at me, I thought he was a fool. I was cornered, and I was going to die either way. Was I supposed to defend myself?"

"I quickly approached him, letting his sword pierce my right shoulder. I took the opportunity to smash three of his ribs with one palm, and with my other hand, I used a scalpel to cleanly shave off the two ounces of flesh between his legs."

Jiang Qingyue gasped, thinking, "This younger sister is ruthless indeed." "And then?"

"Then I slit his throat and went to check his personal computer, only to find out that Wang Dawei was a fake."

Jiang Qingyue was taken aback: "Fake? What do you mean?"

"So, the Wang Dawei I severely injured was an avatar... or a puppet? It must be a special item obtained after the apocalypse, but I'm not sure."

How do you know it's fake?

"He turned into snowflakes and flew away. Normally, killing someone should turn them into corpses, but he didn't. He and everything on his body, including his personal computer, turned into snowflakes and drifted away."

"I knew I'd fallen into a trap. I killed two of his underlings with all my might. Afraid that the real Wang Dawei would arrive, Zai Zai dragged me, who was badly injured, and ran away."

"We had prepared a wheelchair for our escape, but it broke down halfway through. After that, Zai Zai used its tail to tie my legs and dragged me along."

"I passed out not long after, and when I woke up I was in my sister's shelter."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Qingyue pressed her tongue against her cheek.

He stroked his chin thoughtfully: "In other words, Wang Dawei is very afraid of death. He must have used the convenience of being reborn to obtain a special item similar to a clone or puppet, which he used this time."

"What do you think of that clone's combat strength?"

"Very strong," Long Jiuxing said. "If the opponent hadn't not expected me to go all out from the start, I probably wouldn't be a match for them, and with Zai Zai in tow, it would have been tough for them too."

"Although he only used one move, based on my understanding of the human body, a normal person's body cannot reach that level of strength. His skin is much tougher than a normal person's, his meridians are much stronger, and his bones are much harder than a normal person's."

"Hmm, not easy to kill."

"Even if it doesn't reach Wang Dawei's actual level, it's at least a combat power of over 1500, and it's the kind that has taken special items."

Jiang Qingyue understood: "That means this clone has at least 80% of Wang Dawei's real strength. Now that you've easily taken down this clone, even if it was a sneak attack, it will definitely make Wang Dawei wary."

"That's right," Long Jiuxing said. "That's what I thought too. So I guess that given his cowardly and fearful nature, he's unlikely to come in person anytime soon. So, sister, don't be afraid. As for your little brother, no matter how many come, they'll just be throwing their lives away."

"Okay, I got it. You rest, and I'll take over from my husband. The little rabbit is still small and needs to rest more."