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

After the meal, Jiang Qingyue and the others went to the zombie breeding base.

This is the source of future crystal cores, so I have to check it every day, otherwise I won't feel at ease.

Before we even arrived at the destination, we heard the distinctive screams of zombies.

"What's wrong? You can't smell any human scent, so you shouldn't be this excited, right?"

Jiang Qingyue and Long Jiuxing exchanged a glance and quickened their pace in unison.

When they arrived at the base, they peeked through a crack and discovered that the group of zombies were cheering.

Jiang Qingyue exclaimed in delight, "There's one more!"

There were only seven zombies in total, which was easy to spot without even counting them. But now Jiang Qingyue noticed that there was an extra little zombie among them.

"Has that Tier 2 zombie gotten smarter? Is it now a Tier 3 zombie king?"

Upon closer inspection, Jiang Qingyue noticed that the second-tier zombie's eyes were different from those of the previous two days, appearing more complex.

"Chirp chirp chirp." I'll go try it.

Jiang Qingyue nodded: "Go ahead."

Even if he turned into a third-tier zombie, with Yan Bao's current combat strength, he couldn't possibly be injured even if he couldn't defeat him.

The three-meter-high fence was like flat ground for Yanbao, who had an amazing jumping ability.

Jiang Qingyue and the others only felt a blur before their eyes, and the little rabbit had already jumped into the enclosure.

"Chirp chirp chirp." Take this rabbit's kick!

The tiny rabbit foot, a full three sizes in size, landed squarely on the zombie's face.

With a snap, the zombie's head flipped 360 degrees.

Based on Jiang Qingyue's past experience, a zombie with osteoporosis should be dead after being kicked like that.

As it turned out, the zombie twisted its neck and put its head back in place. Judging from the flexibility of its head, it was perfectly fine.

"This is definitely a Tier 3 Zombie King. No wonder it can create baby zombies, but aren't there a few born?"

Jiang Qingyue felt a sense of disappointment and frustration.

Wasn't she said to be comparable to a queen ant?

Why did it only give birth to one?

She only chose to raise zombies because the Zombie King's abilities were comparable to those of the Queen Ant. If she only had one, it wouldn't be enough. It would be better to find wild ones to kill.

"Should we find something to feed them? The more they eat, the more offspring they'll produce?"

Suddenly, Long Jiuxing spoke up, "Sister Xiaoyue, how about I go in and give it a beating?"

"Huh? Why?" Jiang Qingyue was completely confused. Weren't we discussing the Corpse King's reproductive capacity?

Long Jiuxing said seriously, "The third-tier zombie king has some intelligence. I'll go in and communicate with it with my fists. If it keeps making little zombies, I won't hit it. Once it stops, I'll keep beating it. After a few times, it will know how to avoid getting beaten up."

"Hiss~" Jiang Qingyue was stunned. What a unique angle.

How could she not have thought of that?

But you can give it a try.

"You go in and beat him up first. I'll go back to the shelter and bring Yu You over so we can have some extra food for this zombie king."

Jiang Qingyue returned to the shelter and brought Yu You's unfortunate body with her.

When they returned to the zombie breeding base, they saw Long Jiuxing giving the third-tier zombie king a good beating with his bare hands, and Jiang Qingyan, who had gone in first, didn't even get a chance to help.

When Long Jiuxing released the third-tier corpse king, the opponent was already lying on the ground, unable to get up.

"Take it easy, don't actually kill it. Finding a new one won't be easy. The Zombie King is a genius among zombies, and it's not easy to find one."

Just as I was about to throw Yu You in, a notice appeared.

[Congratulations to Zombie Makayaka for completing the hidden quest: "Why does it only attack me and not others? It's because it loves me." Reward: 60,000 points of Ice and Snow Power, Special Item: King's Cloak.]

Jiang Qingyue was stunned. Zombies can complete hidden missions?

Long Jiuxing immediately stared intently at the Corpse King beneath his feet, hoping to intercept the 60,000 units of ice and snow power, as well as the special items.

As a result, 60,000 icy blue light spots directly entered the Corpse King's body, and the special item, the King's Cloak, appeared directly on the Corpse King's body.

Just like the fur slippers on Jiang Qingyan's feet, they can be changed in size to fit perfectly.

Moreover, the cloak had several holes and was painted with a hideous zombie skull; it was incredibly ugly.

Long Jiuxing took a look and took a few steps back in disgust.

"Awooooo, quack quack..."

With 60,000 points of ice and snow power entering his body, the Corpse King felt he was back to his old self.

After rolling over and getting up, he twisted his neck, wiggled his butt, and chuckled strangely as he charged toward Long Jiuxing.

Then, Long Jiuxing slapped him hard across the face, sending him spinning three times on the spot.

Perhaps after absorbing the ice and snow points, this guy became much smarter. Even though he wasn't exhausted, he actually lay on the ground and didn't move.

Jiang Qingyue shouted from outside: "Good that you understand. If you understand, hurry up and make more little zombies to grow stronger, or you'll be the one who dies."

The Corpse King understood and bared its teeth at Jiang Qingyue.

Long Jiuxing looked at her and said, "You still dare to bare your teeth at Sister Xiaoyue?"

He took out the Heaven-Burning Fire Cudgel directly.

Seeing this, the Zombie King scrambled to his feet, ran to the foot of the mountain, and summoned the remaining seven little zombies to his side, completely shielding himself.

A classic case of "better to die than to die."

For safety's sake, Jiang Qingyue took out the large iron chain that Nangong Zhao had used to tie up the zombies and threw it into Long Jiuxing's hands: "Tie up that zombie king and restrict its movement."

In this way, the guy could only order the little zombies to work, and the little zombies were helpless against the current cage.

The little zombies had no brains. When they saw Long Jiuxing approaching, they all howled and pounced on him, only to be kicked away by Long Jiuxing one by one.

After binding the Corpse King, Long Jiuxing jumped out from inside.

Jiang Qingyue threw Yu You inside, then took water from her spatial storage and washed Long Jiuxing and Yan Bao's hands and feet.

"Let's go chop some firewood. We've used up a lot of the ice we stored before, so I don't plan to store any more. Although the ice outside has been contaminated by the poisonous fog, eating fresh vegetables can detoxify it. Besides, we have the essence of the plant doctor, so there's nothing to worry about."

"But without firewood, we can't grow vegetables, and that's the real problem. So in the next few days, we continued to expand the space, continued to chop firewood, and expanded the planting area a bit more. The more vegetables, the better."

Moreover, no one knows how many years this apocalypse will last, so in addition to vegetables, Jiang Qingyue also plans to grow some grains.

It would be great if we could buy some chickens, ducks, and geese. We could raise them to lay eggs and supplement our protein and meat intake.

She had prepared quite a lot of food, and then got a second batch from Wang Dawei's house, but they still ate a lot.

Jiang Qingyue and Long Jiuxing's appetites are getting bigger and bigger. After the two little ones' strength increased, they ate much more than before.

Once they've passed their cub stage and entered their adult stage, the two little ones will eat even more.

At that time, the shelter will have to eat four large pots of food per meal, and the consumption of food will be terrifying. We must plan ahead.

While Jiang Qingyue and the others went to chop firewood, Liu Yuyao was completely numb at the Bawang Base in the neighboring Yunyou City.

"It must be Jiang Qingyue. No one else knows about this hidden mission except her."

Chen Sanyang and his gang were stunned when they saw the zombie king and several small zombies they had finally managed to capture.

Chen Sanyang asked speechlessly, "Boss, shall we continue fighting?"

They originally intended to complete the hidden mission according to the contents of Wang Dawei's diary, but before they could subdue the zombie king they had captured, someone else had already completed it.

"Fuck you," Liu Yuyao cursed under her breath. "Kill them and dig out the crystal core."

All the hidden quests have already been completed, so fighting them now will only get you covered in dirt and won't do you any good.

At this point, she began to understand Wang Dawei a little.

Since Zhou Yu was born, why was Zhuge Liang born as well?

There was already one reborn person, and then Jiang Qingyue appeared, and she's ahead in everything. If she were Wang Dawei, she'd be so frustrated she'd vomit blood.

Chen Sanyang looked at the Corpse King, somewhat reluctant to part with it: "Boss, I have a brilliant idea."

"Speak," Liu Yuyao said irritably.

"Why don't we raise this zombie king? Didn't you say before that this zombie king is like the queen ant and can quickly create a huge zombie horde? If we raise this zombie king, we'll have endless zombies to kill and endless crystal cores to mine."

Liu Yuyao rolled her eyes at him: "Little Sanzi, are you still asleep? There are tens of thousands of people in our Overlord Base. With so many people gathered together, they are the main targets of zombies."

"There are countless corpse nests in the wilderness. It's just that things are a little calmer right now. Once those corpse nests grow stronger, the Corpse King will order an attack on our large bases."

"They might even unite multiple zombie nests to form a massive zombie horde. We're already struggling to defend our base, how could we possibly raise zombies in the city?"

"If you have the energy, go outside the city and kill a few more. Don't think about these trivial things."

Liu Yuyao returned to the room and opened Wang Dawei's diary again, considering one task after another if there were any that could be completed in the present moment.

Unfortunately, Wang Dawei's knowledge was limited, or perhaps he hadn't recorded everything, because after searching for a long time, he couldn't find a single one that he could complete in the present moment.

Liu Yuyao realized that, without her noticing, Jiang Qingyue had taken three of her tasks.

The first reward is the first kill bonus.

She knew that completing the first kill would trigger a hidden mission and reward her, so when the third cold wave hit, she prepared to find zombies to complete the first kill.

As luck would have it, Jiang Qingyue finished before she even found any zombies.

Another thing is the hidden mission, "I married my best friend." This wasn't considered stealing; it was simply that Wang Dawei didn't explain it clearly, leading to her misjudgment.

I thought I'd only get 60,000 trading coins and a bow, but it turns out both parties getting married receive a reward.

This is the third time.

Although it was triggered by a zombie, Liu Yuyao was certain that the person who beat up the zombie was Jiang Qingyue.

Aside from Jiang Qingyue, the reborn individual, no one knew that defeating zombies could trigger a hidden quest.

Although it was completed by zombies, their strength will increase after completing the hidden mission, and the quality of their crystal cores will be better than before, allowing them to reach the fourth tier very quickly.

Fourth-order crystal nuclei are many times stronger than first-order crystal nuclei.

Besides, there's a special item that, although it's a reward for zombies, can be used by humans if they snatch it.

According to Wang Dawei's diary, it was called the King's Cloak. Its function was to make a person exude an aura of dominance, making subordinates submit and become more loyal, and dare not easily betray him.

This is what she values ​​most. For the captains of the various bases who are in charge of their respective areas, no one would not want this king's cloak.

Chen Sanyang called out from outside, "Boss, I've brought the crystal cores over."

"Come in."

"Boss, look, it's yellow."

Chen Sanyang handed over the third-order crystal core in his hand.

Liu Yuyao took it and examined it carefully: "Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple correspond to the first to seventh levels of zombies. Wang Dawei was right after all."

"Boss, you just said that Jiang Qingyue was the one who fought the zombies and made them complete the hidden mission?"

"Who else could it be but her? Wang Dawei recorded in his diary that someone only completed this hidden mission in the third year of the apocalypse, and now someone has already completed it so soon after the apocalypse began. Apart from Jiang Qingyue, who is also a reborn person, I really can't think of anyone else."

"What should we do then?" Chen Sanyang was so anxious that his lips were blistered. "She is a real reborn person, and all we have is Wang Dawei's diary."

"Wang Dawei is always being suppressed, so he must not have had a very good life in his previous life. He knows limited things, and besides, he may not even have written everything down."

"Then won't we be unable to compete with Jiang Qingyue in anything from now on?"

"Why argue with her?" Liu Yuyao shook her head. "Little Sanzi, remember, this world isn't as simple as you think. Don't always look down at the world around you."

Chen Sanyang scratched his head: "What do you mean?"

"It means look further ahead. Your personal terminal has been upgraded to level two, you should be able to see the overall rankings by now, right?"

Chen Sanyang nodded. Those on the list were the most powerful official forces in each experimental zone.

Liu Yuyao said, "This main god seems to be seriously ill. Who knows if one day our Eighth Experimental Zone will merge with the other experimental zones?"

"No way?" Chen Sanyang's eyes widened. He knew that many of the forces on that overall list were obviously alien forces. Who knew how strong they were? Once they merged, the Eighth Experimental Zone would have no advantage at all.

"You're not a god, how do you know it won't happen?" Liu Yuyao said. "Anyway, remember, we are not enemies with Jiang Qingyue. If we really need to unite against external forces in the future, we will be allies with her and the major powers."

"With our current strength, we have no chance of winning against the people from other experimental zones. But Jiang Qingyue is a reborn person, a reborn person even stronger than Wang Dawei. Maybe we can win under her leadership."

"Does she have that ability?" Chen Sanyang said he couldn't tell.

Although Jiang Qingyue has been in the lead, she hasn't made it onto the overall leaderboard, has she?

"Is anyone sure?" Liu Yuyao sighed. "For example, in Wang Dawei's diary, the number of humans in the previous life was reduced by half. This is based on statistics. The actual number of people lost should be even higher, because of the poisonous fog and the lack of fresh vegetables."

"But Jiang Qingyue brought out the essence of Dr. Plant, and the officials used an amplifier to make it into small pills, minimizing the losses."

"They managed to keep those who were originally eliminated due to the toxic fumes."

"If she can change one thing, she might be able to change a second."

"Besides, she's with Long Jiuxing, and the two of them are extremely powerful. She herself is a reborn person, so she might have already made a lot of arrangements. Even if you want to kill her, you need to have the ability to do so. Do you have it?"

Chen Sanyang fell completely silent.

If he had that ability, wouldn't he be the boss?

Although his abilities are not top-tier, he is quite quick-witted.

He immediately assured her, "Don't worry, boss, I won't provoke her. If I accidentally run into her, I'll keep my distance and absolutely won't bring any trouble to our Overlord Base, nor will I make enemies for you, boss."

Liu Yuyao nodded in satisfaction: "That's right. We've paid such a high price to get to where we are today, not to give Jiang Qingyue a personal terminal and help her advance further. Remember, we don't need to compete with Jiang Qingyue, we don't need to compete with the authorities. What we need to do is do everything we can to survive."