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

Click.

Before the attack could even touch Jiang Qingyue, the attacker was turned into a pile of shattered ice.

Jiang Qingyue then clearly saw what the attacker looked like: "A foreigner?"

Where did it come from?

In a small border town like Quanshui City, there are very few foreigners.

When she worked in Haicheng, there were many foreign colleagues and she saw many foreigners on the streets. However, since returning to Quanshui City, Jiang Qingyue has not seen a single foreigner for several years.

She frowned as she walked over and picked up the quantum computer.

After opening it, Jiang Qingyue accessed the personal panel of the quantum computer.

Musa:

Health stat: 14/100

Satiety level: 1/100

Moisture content: 87/100

Trading currency: 0

Overall Index: 518+

Jiang Qingyue stared at her personal panel in silence for a long time.

She thought to herself, "I am a celebrity now, and the Snow Shadow Bow I wield is my signature weapon. How could anyone be so overconfident as to try to ambush me?"

After all that, it turns out he's about to die.

A low satiety level, if you're in good physical condition, can last for two or three days without any problem. After all, being hungry is just uncomfortable, not an immediate death. But if your health level is too low, you're out of luck.

The lower her health, the faster it drops, and the more severe the poisonous fog attack becomes. In other words, if this person doesn't ambush her, she might die in half an hour, or even just a few minutes.

"Musa..." Jiang Qingyue wondered, "This seems to be the name from the Third Brother's side. You can barely tell from the pile of broken ice that it is indeed the Third Brother, and a Level 1 quantum computer."

Jiang Qingyue didn't mind at all; even a mosquito's leg is still meat.

"Hey Celia, Celia, merge the quantum computer."

After the optical brain was integrated, Jiang Qingyue checked his stats and, wow, they were almost unchanged.

That's a real mosquito leg.

"That's not right. Someone this weak shouldn't be here, and doesn't have a spatial backpack."

"No, that's not right." Jiang Qingyue slapped her forehead, feeling as if she had overlooked something.

I turned on my personal computer and checked the three major ranking lists.

Scrolling through all three lists, there were no overseas names.

No matter how the list changes, without exception, all of them are Chinese.

"Xiao Yi, are these three rankings based on the entire Eighth District, or are they just sub-rankings for our China region?"

[Reporting to Master, everyone in the entire Eighth District will be added to these three lists once they meet the requirements.]

"Why aren't people from overseas on the list?"

[Replying to Master, that would only mean you don't meet the system's ranking criteria, such as being ranked outside the top 100 in combat power, survival index, or new power ranking.]

Jiang Qingyue knew about that new power ranking. She learned about it after her quantum computer was upgraded to level two. It seemed that the official authorities did not participate in the unofficial rankings.

They are competing for the overall ranking, and they are competing with people from other experimental zones for the overall ranking.

Excluding official overseas entities, the individual forces in the private sector should also be quite strong, so why is there not a single one on the list?

"Xiaoyi, are you sure you're not mistaken? This shouldn't be happening."

In the early days of the apocalypse, although she did not make it onto the New Power Ranking or the Combat Power Ranking, she was honored to be a gatekeeper on the Survival Index Ranking.

At that time, all she had was a small refuge.

She initially lamented that the list wasn't very prestigious, but at that time, no overseas individuals were on the list.

[Xiao Yi doesn't know the answer to this, but she can ask the supervisor system a question. Each question costs 1,000 transaction coins. Would you like to ask a question?]

"Ask a question." Jiang Qingyue didn't hesitate at all; this question was still very important to her.

Moreover, this is a new feature that Xiaoyi unlocks after upgrading to level three.

It's not like I can't withdraw a thousand trading coins; I might as well try this new feature.

After a while, Xiao Yi answered.

[The system replied that because your ancestors experienced the Great Ice Age, their lineage has never been interrupted. The bloodline genes, cold resistance, and experience of the ancient race have all been completely passed down to you.]

[The humans overseas are not descended from the ancient humans of the Ice Age; they are not the same group of people and have not received genetic inheritance or the transmission of experience.]

[Therefore, in extremely cold environments, after being separated from modern civilization, their survival and adaptability are far inferior to those of the Chinese. This is why, from the apocalypse to the present, no overseas human race has yet made it into the top 100 of the rankings.]

Jiang Qingyue listened thoughtfully.

Although her environmental history is mediocre, her geography is acceptable.

Around 20,000 years ago, the world did indeed experience a major ice age.

About 10,000 years ago, another major cold wave occurred, causing temperatures to drop and permafrost to expand.

Those who didn't survive were simply wiped off the map. Later, when the temperature warmed up, new humans migrated to those areas; there's no connection between the two.

This constitutes a complete break in bloodline, genes, experience, and so on.

While China also experienced a very long Great Ice Age and several Little Ice Ages, it was not wiped out but instead preserved intact.

What civilizations pass down is not just an unbroken written language, but also the robust genes that survived the extreme cold and ice ages, and the experiences etched into their very bones.

"So that's where the root of the problem lies."

Jiang Qingyue seemed to understand why only the China headquarters was on the overall ranking, while the overseas official organizations were not ranked either.

Knowing that Xiao Yi could apply to the management system, Jiang Qing became even more excited.

"Xiao Yi, ask that supervisory system again, what's going on with that main god, and what's the purpose of setting up these experimental zones?"

[Yes, Master.]

The total number of coins traded decreased by another thousand, and Xiaoyi gave a reply shortly afterward.

[Master, the supervisory system says that the full name of the Supreme God is the Eternal Winter Supreme God, and its true form is an extraterrestrial void controller. As for its purpose in setting up these experimental zones, the supervisory system lacks the necessary permissions. It can ask the Supreme God questions, but each question costs ten million transaction coins, with no guarantee of a response, and the consumed transaction coins are non-refundable.]

"Then forget it." Jiang Qingyue said without any hesitation.

If you really have ten million trading coins, wouldn't it be better to use them to upgrade to level four?

"Xiaoyi, what is this extraterrestrial void controller? Is it an intelligent agent?"

[The master can be understood as a more advanced and larger system, a high-dimensional data ruler.]

Jiang Qingyue understood.

In other words, this Eternal Winter God is not human, nor even an extraterrestrial intelligent life form, but a super-advanced system.

"Xiao Yi, since there is an Eternal Winter God, are there other gods as well?"

[Xiao Yi doesn't know the answer to this. Xiao Yi can ask the supervisor, which will cost 1000 transaction coins. Would you like to ask a question?]

"Forget it." Jiang Qingyue didn't waste any more money. Although a thousand yuan wasn't much for her now, what good would it do even if she got the answer?

She couldn't unite with other gods to kill this God of Eternal Winter.

"Xiaoyi, how many levels are there in your system? How can I become a supervisor?"

Jiang Qingyue's mind was racing with calculations.

If we can train Xiao Yi to become a supervisor system, then other smaller systems can ask Xiao Yi questions and receive 1,000 transaction coins each time.

Ask enough questions and getting rich is not a dream.

Even if the money ultimately belongs to Xiaoyi and doesn't end up in her hands, Xiaoyi herself has become the supervisor of the system, with greater authority and more knowledge. As the owner of the supervisor system, it will be much easier for her to ask questions.

[Reporting to Master, as an ordinary system, Xiao Yi can only level up to level ten at most. To become a supervisor system, the current holder of the supervisor system needs to die, and before the quantum brain is merged with the next person, Xiao Yi needs to successfully bribe the Eternal Winter God.]

[It needs to designate Xiaoyi as the next regional supervisor so she can become a supervisor system, but this is very difficult, as each experimental region can only have one supervisor system in principle.]

"In principle, well." Jiang Qingyue chewed on those three words. If it's not allowed in principle, then it's allowed.

The key is to find the right method.

She even felt that adding a supervisory system under a system that was fundamentally flawed was far more difficult than climbing the ladder through normal channels and stepping on the previous supervisory system.

After all, the management system of the Eighth Experimental Zone should, without any surprises, be in the hands of someone in the Chinese government.

Even if the holder of the supervising system dies, someone will immediately take over, or it will be taken over or merged by an opponent.

The time gap is pitifully short.

More importantly, they had no idea whether the holder of the supervising system was dead, so they were unaware of this gap in time and couldn't even rush to bribe the main god.

[Master, do you want to train Xiaoyi?]

Hearing the boundless anticipation in Xiao Yi's voice, Jiang Qingyue was speechless.

It seems that the temptation of promotion and salary increase is huge, even for the system.

"You're my little helper, and I'll definitely train you if I get the chance."

[Thank you, Master. If Xiao Yi becomes a regional manager, every transaction coin she earns will be split 50/50 with you.]

Jiang Qingyue's lips twitched.

Oh no, even Xiaoyi is starting to make empty promises to her.

The feeling of going to work is back.

Sigh, I wonder if that director who used to make grand promises to her every day at the company is still alive?

This minor incident had no impact on Jiang Qingyue.

Upon arriving at the zombie breeding base, Jiang Qingyue was amused by what she saw.

A group of low-level zombies with not-so-bright minds were divided into two teams by the roar of the zombie king, who was wearing a king's cloak.

One team had more members and looked stronger; some of them appeared to be close to reaching the second tier.

The other group was thin and small, drooling, and looked like ugly ducklings.

The Corpse King, still obediently chained up, pointed at the group of idiots and roared.

Jiang Qingyue understood: "For me?"

The Corpse King nodded.

It seems these were abandoned by the Corpse King because they had no potential for growth.

Jiang Qingyue leaped lightly and easily onto the three-meter-high wooden stake, where he drew his bow from above.

Two arrows were fired in quick succession, turning the zombies, who were barely standing in two rows, into a pile of shattered ice.

Just as he was about to jump down to pick it up, he suddenly remembered something and shouted to the Corpse King in the distance, "Have your underlings pick up the crystal cores and pass them out through the crack."

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The Corpse King was incredibly frustrated.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Qingyue raised the Snow Shadow Bow in her hand.

I don't know what it means to be a wise man when things are going well, but the Corpse King, who chose to follow his heart, immediately roared at his underlings a few times.

The little zombies wandered into the broken ice to search for crystal cores, and once they found them, they obediently passed them out through the cracks in the wooden stakes.

Jiang Qingyue jumped off the wooden stake and collected all the crystal cores that had been handed over.

"More than 130 is a bit few," Jiang Qingyue said to the Corpse King. "You need to work harder."

Seeing the zombie king's frustrated expression, Jiang Qingyue glanced at the remaining zombies.

Most of them have the potential to advance to the second tier, so let's keep them for now. The improvement of a second-tier crystal core to them is several times that of a first-tier one. Killing them now would be killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, and we can't do something so hasty.

Looking at the Corpse King, I could vaguely sense that its aura had grown stronger, indicating that it was not far from reaching level four.

Jiang Qingyue threatened, "Even if you reach the fourth rank, you still can't beat me. If you stay here obediently, I'll keep you here. If you dare to run away, you'll end up like those little zombies from before, once I find you."

After threatening Jiang Qingyue, she leisurely left with the crystal core.

Having great strength is great; you have nothing to fear.

However, as the Corpse King grew stronger, it seemed to get a little arrogant. She felt that the Corpse King's fear of her was not as great as its fear of Long Jiuxing.

Next time, I'll have to get Longlong to beat this guy up again, and that'll make him behave for a few more days.

On the way back, Nangong Zhao sent a message: "If there are any similar Goddess Set items that increase beauty or charm in the future, please consider me first."

You like it that much?

Jiang Qingyue couldn't understand it. Nangong Zhao was already very beautiful. Even if she gained four more points of beauty, she would only go from being a great beauty to a top-tier great beauty.

Is he that narcissistic?

Unable to figure it out, Jiang Qingyue replied with "Okay".

Everyone has their own way of living. Although she felt that in the apocalypse, everything was about combat strength and survival, and appearance was not important.

But she didn't think there was anything wrong with what Nangong Zhao did.

Maybe the meaning of their lives is simply looking in the mirror.

I remember my mother saying that before she was born, there was a neighbor in my grandmother's hometown. The old lady was over eighty years old and her eyesight was not very good, but she loved to grow flowers.

The others were puzzled, saying that the old lady was just messing around for no reason, and that she couldn't even see, so why was she growing flowers?

Later, during an argument, her husband smashed all her flowers. The old lady lost all meaning in life and, unable to bear it any longer, passed away prematurely.

When Jiang Qingyue was a child, she only listened to the story and did not understand the old lady.

But she remembered her mother's words.

If what others do doesn't affect you, then even if you don't understand it, you shouldn't interfere, and you have no right to judge its right or wrong.

Walking on the ice, Jiang Qingyue walked at a moderate pace, missing her mother and father.

When she began to speculate that Wang Dawei was a reincarnated person, in the early days of the apocalypse, she was grateful that her parents had died early and she didn't have to face the apocalypse.

Now that she has become stronger and can protect her family even in the apocalypse, she regrets that her parents might still be alive.

She has plant doctors who can restore their health, and she has the ability to protect them in the apocalypse.

Perhaps in the future I will have the opportunity to gain a longer lifespan and see the worlds beyond District 8.

pity……

In just a few minutes, she returned to the shelter and saw Long Jiuxing with the two little ones looking in her direction from afar.

Upon seeing her, all three pairs of eyes lit up.

"Sister Xiaoyue." Long Jiuxing bumped into her arms.

Yanbao jumped onto her shoulder.

The little one curled up on her head, with a small tip of its tail sticking out, looking just like the tuft on Lazy Sheep's head.

Long Jiuxing nuzzled against her: "Sister Xiaoyue, you're two minutes later than expected. I was so worried about you."

Jiang Qingyan: "Chirp chirp chirp." The meatballs are cooked, super big meatballs, you can have the first one.

Baby: "Hiss hiss hiss~" There are still noodles to eat, just waiting for you to come and start the meal.

Thank goodness for them.

"There was a small mishap, but it's all taken care of now." Jiang Qingyue pulled Long Jiuxing out of her arms and took her slightly smaller hand in her own.

"Come on, let's go home and I'll tell you."