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

If you ask when a battle is most satisfying, it's undoubtedly when you're reaping the spoils.

"110,000 first-order crystal cores, 4,162 second-order crystal cores, 72 third-order crystal cores, 3 fourth-order crystal cores, and 1 fifth-order crystal core."

Jiang Qingyue finished counting and her mouth was crooked with a smile.

From this perspective, it doesn't seem so difficult to accumulate combat power to 200,000.

At this point, she began to understand why the authorities weren't sending people to clear out the zombies.

If everything is cleaned up, no one in the Eighth District will be able to grow up. It will be difficult to survive in this apocalypse even with the special items obtained by chance.

In addition to the crystal core, she also obtained a compass-like object.

"Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi, please verify."

[Yes, Master, the results of the assessment are as follows.]

[Special Item: Warning Device, Serial Number 8263.]

8: From the eighth district.

2: Early warning capability level 2.

6: A total of six were deployed in the entire experimental area.

3: You are the third person to receive this.

"It's a bit of a double-edged sword." Jiang Qingyue weighed it in her hand. "The Supreme God really doesn't love me anymore."

It seems that this warning device was stolen from someone else by this zombie.

Only in this way will it become a third-hand item when it reaches her hands.

However, even though it was somewhat of a dud, Jiang Qingyue had no intention of selling it.

She is not particularly lacking in trading coins and crystal cores right now.

If someone asks for an exorbitant price, no one will be fooled. If they ask for a meager price, it's better to keep it for yourself.

While in the shelter, the plant doctor warned that this thing wouldn't be needed, but she would always go out, especially when she was alone and couldn't keep watch at night, and that's when this thing would come in handy.

He casually put it in his spatial storage: "Let's go check out this zombie nest."

This was her first time exploring a wild zombie lairs.

"Ugh~"

I was forced to leave as soon as I went in because of the stench.

"I was careless."

After retching twice, Jiang Qingyue silently looked up at the sky.

With hundreds of thousands of zombies hiding in this poorly ventilated cave, you can imagine how lethal the smell would be.

After retching for a while, he calmed down and held his breath before leading the Corpse King CEO and Yan Bao back into the cave.

It was pitch black inside, so Jiang Qingyue took out a high-powered flashlight and shone it around.

Well, all my expectations were dashed.

This place is just an ordinary cave, surrounded by mud on all sides. When you get to the very center of the cave, you see a wooden chair, which is the only treasure in the entire cave.

"Let's go, let's go."

Call ~

As soon as I left the cave, the biting cold wind felt different from usual. I took a couple of deep breaths to refresh myself.

After a successful fishing trip, Jiang Qingyue became accustomed to the thrill of success and began to take action against herself without the slightest hesitation.

Anyway, with the plant extract, dying a few times a day is a minor issue.

The Corpse King CEO now has another "radish" in his hand.

While gnawing on the food, he dragged the injured Jiang Qingyue around.

They went to the mountains of Quanshui City. As for the city itself, in Jiang Qingyue's words, there was a high probability that there were no large corpse nests there.

Since Nangong Zhao has only been gone for a few days, even if some zombies have their eyes on the city's territory, they probably haven't built up a large force yet.

To be honest, while this move was a bit tragic, it was incredibly effective.

After walking only a few kilometers, they encountered a second wave of zombies that were tempting them.

The Corpse King was only at the fourth level and didn't have many subordinates. Jiang Qingyue didn't even have to lift a finger before the Corpse King finished him off.

Seeing it come over for "radish" again, Jiang Qingyue glared at it: "You better eat slowly!"

At this rate, she suspected that before the zombies in Spring City were even completely wiped out, she would have already fed the Zombie King CEO with her own flesh until he reached the sixth level.

The Corpse King CEO looked at her innocently.

Zombies aren't idiots; if their acting isn't convincing, they won't take the bait.

Of course, it's also good to take advantage of the opportunity to enjoy something delicious, since you don't usually get to eat something this good.

"Forget it, forget it. I can't bear to part with a 'radish' if I can't catch a zombie."

Jiang Qingyue looked at her legs.

"Ouch, damn it, that really hurts... If only I could get a special item that blocks pain."

The Corpse King CEO, holding his newly acquired "radish," had his eyes light up with an alarming gleam when he heard Jiang Qingyue's words.

Looking at Jiang Qingyue, whose face was contorted with pain, and at the pitiful little rabbit, it kept thinking about whether there was any way to get Jiang Qingyue a special item that could block out pain.

If Jiang Qingyue isn't afraid of pain, will she fish for zombies like this every day from now on?

Does that mean it has an endless supply of radishes?

Drooling dripped onto the ground as the Corpse King CEO remained lost in his beautiful fantasy, unable to snap out of it.

Looking at Jiang Qingyue again, he no longer thought the woman was ugly.

In its eyes, Jiang Qingyue is now a lump of meat that can regenerate indefinitely.

"Smack."

The next moment, a furry rabbit foot kicked it in the face.

With a "splat," the Corpse King CEO collapsed onto the ground.

"Continue." Jiang Qingyue's voice was a little weak: "If we can't gather 20,000 second-tier crystal cores today, I'll mine yours. I feel like your crystal cores must be pretty good too."

Upon hearing this, the Corpse King CEO was so frightened that he covered his skull and shook his head repeatedly.

"By the way, if you keep eating, you should be able to level up to level six, right? Level six crystal cores should be blue, and I've never seen one before."

The Corpse King CEO was conflicted. He looked at the "radish" in his hand, wondering whether to eat it or not.

At the same time, dozens of kilometers away.

Liu Yuyao was with Chen Sanyang, holding something that looked like a glow stick with a faint red light inside.

Liu Yuyao swept the mountainside with her stick, but seeing that the red light did not deepen, she stopped in exasperation: "Troublesome. I can't pinpoint the exact location of the corpse nest; I can only detect that it's roughly within five miles."

"What should we do then?" Chen Sanyang had already given up on searching with his naked eye.

They searched all the way from the Overlord Base, and the world was a blinding white, so bright it hurt their eyes.

"Damn it, these zombies are too overpowered. They can dig a hole and hide inside, and even seal off all the entrances. They don't need to breathe, eat, drink, or relieve themselves. Who can find them? It's like they've been cheated."

Liu Yuyao looked around and came to a windy spot.

He pulled a dagger from his boot and slashed it across his wrist without hesitation.

Blood gushed out, and the stench of blood was carried by the gale through the mountains.

"Holy crap, boss, are you crazy?"

Chen Sanyang was startled and hurriedly tried to press the bleeding point to stop it, but Liu Yuyao pushed him away.

"We won't die, but be on guard! There might be a seventh or even eighth-tier zombie king around here. We don't want to be caught off guard."

Despite their current combat power reaching 100,000, they are still just mortals. If they were ambushed by a high-level zombie king and caught off guard, they could be killed in one move.

"Will this... work?" Chen Sanyang looked around but saw nothing.

"Let's give it a try." Liu Yuyao herself wasn't sure, but it was the only option at the moment.

The entire mountainside is covered in white, without a trace. We can't possibly dig up every single hill, can we?

That would take forever to dig.

After a while, still no zombies appeared, so Chen Sanyang took out bandages from his backpack to help stop the bleeding.

Although they possess the essence of plant doctors, the quantity is limited, and they are reluctant to use it until they are on their last legs.

"Is it not enough?" Liu Yuyao let him bandage her up, glanced at the blood on the ground, and handed the dagger to Chen Sanyang.

Chen Sanyang was stunned: "Boss, do I have to get it cut too?"

Liu Yuyao retorted, "You want to go back empty-handed?"

"In no mood."

The captain and vice-captain of the mighty Overlord Base came out together, but returned empty-handed. It's a laughing stock.

"So you want to be cornered at the Overlord Base by a bunch of people with the same combat power of 100,000, forcing me to hand over my laptop?"

She cleaned up the area around the Overlord Base and even came to Spring City because everyone was fighting too hard.

Before long, everyone in the top 100 of the leaderboard will have a combat power of 100,000. At that time, she, holding Wang Dawei's diary, will be the most dangerous person in the entire Eighth District.

Therefore, she needs a second-order crystal core; she must be ahead of everyone else.

Chen Sanyang gritted his teeth and took the knife.

He muttered to himself, "Why does it seem like the stronger I get, the more opponents I face? That shouldn't be happening!"

Just two months ago, the Overlord Base was at the top of the new power rankings, with its veteran combat power second only to Long Jiuxing and Jiang Qingyue.

With him included, it's safe to say that nobody dares to mess with them.

Now it's gotten to the point where it feels like anyone can mess with the top 100.

Thinking of the pain of that knife wound, Chen Sanyang stuffed the remaining half roll of gauze into his mouth, gritted his teeth, and then slashed his hand hard.

"Awoooooo~" Even so, the pained cries still escaped from her mouth through the gauze.

The blood of two warriors with a combined strength of 100,000 finally made the zombies hiding in the mountainside unable to hold back any longer.

A rumbling sound came from inside a mountain, followed by the snow being broken open, and fifth- and fourth-tier zombies leading the charge.

"kill."

Liu Yuyao held a sword as thin as a cicada's wing in one hand. Her figure was as agile as the sword, weaving through the zombies like a silver snake. Whether they were fifth-tier, fourth-tier, or third-tier, none could withstand a single move from her.

Half a beat slower, Chen Sanyang used his mouth to help, quickly bandaging his left wrist, and then rushed forward with a large golden knife.

Holding special items, the two moved through the zombie horde as if they were alone.

Only when there wasn't a single zombie left standing did the two of them sit down on the ground.

Liu Yuyao, panting heavily, looked at his hand and suggested, "Let's use one essence."

Chen Sanyang took out a small box from his backpack, inside which were two Plant Doctor Essence pills.

He poured both into his palm and handed one to Liu Yuyao: "Boss, here you go."

"I don't need it," Liu Yuyao shook her head.

Chen Sanyang: "You cut so badly just now, why don't you use it?"

"It's alright," Liu Yuyao said.

With her current physical condition, she can recover in time even without using it, though she will suffer more.

"Then if you don't need it, I won't either." Chen Sanyang put both essences back into the box and into his backpack.

He took out chocolate and hot water from his bag, but instead of handing them to Liu Yuyao, he reached out and grabbed one of the corners.

Liu Yuyao tacitly extended her right hand, and the two worked together to tear open the packaging bag.

The first pill was put into Liu Yuyao's mouth, and Chen Sanyang took out another one, and again helped to open it and put it into his own mouth.

After resting for a while and regaining their strength, the two began to clean up the battlefield.

Their battlefield was easy to clean up.

Liu Yuyao's slender sword sliced ​​horizontally across the zombie's skull, as if opening a bowl. As soon as the zombie fell to the ground, the crystal core fell out.

Chen Sanyang's broadsword slashed diagonally, leaving only half a gourd of the zombies that died at his hands. The crystal cores were mostly lying on the ground, and all he had to do was keep picking them up.

"Two fifth-order crystal cores, one fourth-order crystal core, three third-order crystal cores, thirty-six second-order crystal cores, and the rest are all first-order crystal cores."

After counting, Liu Yuyao was somewhat disappointed: "It seems that this is a newly formed corpse nest, otherwise there wouldn't be so few second-tier corpses. It feels like all the blood shed was for nothing."

Chen Sanyang's hand was throbbing with pain.

Seeing Liu Yuyao's disappointed face after counting, he comforted her, "Don't be discouraged, boss. Just try a few more times. When we get ruthless, we'll even cut ourselves in the process. We're definitely the most ruthless people in this apocalypse. If we don't stand at the top of the world, then the God of God must be blind."

Liu Yuyao: "That's not necessarily true."

"What do you mean? Are there people in this world more ruthless than the two of us?"

"Isn't that obvious?" Liu Yuyao reminded her, "Long Jiuxing."

"Wang Dawei wrote in his diary that Long Jiuxing was a little pervert who didn't care about other people's lives or her own. When she got ruthless, she was capable of anything."

"Now that Jiang Qingyue's Plant Doctor Essence is helping, Long Jiuxing might be using himself to lure zombies everywhere."

Chen Sanyang: "..." He wouldn't believe it if it were anyone else, but if it were Long Jiuxing, the possibility was extremely high.

Wang Dawei suffered a great loss at the hands of Long Jiuxing back then.

Liu Yuyao added, "And then there's Nangong Zhao. I don't know where he ran off to with his people. He's a ruthless person too."

When Chen Sanyang thought of Nangong Zhao, what came to mind was her exquisite wavy hair, bright red lips, and breathtaking beauty.

But as for how strong he was, he considered himself only slightly stronger than him, and still not as strong as the boss.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have occupied the Overlord Base in the first place, allowing Nangong Zhao to leave and establish his own independent entity.

Liu Yuyao: "What, you don't believe me?"

Chen Sanyang: "I believe she's cunning and good at scheming, but I don't think she could be more ruthless than the two of us. She looks delicate and doesn't seem like the kind of person who would be so cruel to herself."

"Is that so, Xiao Sanzi? You can't judge a person by appearances alone, or you'll definitely suffer a big setback in the future."

Chen Sanyang curled his lip, unconvinced.

"I forgot to tell you." Liu Yuyao took out a bag from her backpack and put all the crystal cores in it: "Wang Dawei wrote in his diary that Nangong Zhao was one of the eight strongest people in the apocalypse in his previous life, on par with Long Jiuxing and Yu You."

Chen Sanyang was stunned: "That strong?"

Liu Yuyao: "Now you know, underestimating others and overestimating yourself are both problems that need to be corrected."

"In her previous life, Nangong Zhao didn't buy information from me and didn't have Jiang Qingyue's essence to help her get this far. In this life, she will only go further and faster."