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

"This is the fourth nest. The zombies have almost hollowed out the whole mountain."

Jiang Qingyue put the collected crystal cores into her space once again. Looking at the rolling hills, she felt that there were zombies in this mountain and zombies in that mountain.

I looked at my arms and legs, and they were a little sore.

This is the third time she has used the Herbal Doctor Essence for recovery today.

If it keeps falling like this, even the Corpse King CEO will be stuffed.

"Why don't we dig one up and give it a try?" Once the thought came to mind, it was impossible to stop.

Forget about finding it. These zombies are very clever; they will block the entrances completely, leaving no cracks. With the heavy snow covering the caves, it's a pipe dream to try and find it with the naked eye.

However, based on their experience of eliminating four zombie nests, any mountain suitable for hollowing out is highly likely to be a breeding ground for zombies.

If that's the case, why not just dig it up directly?

Looking at the manpower again, the Corpse King CEO is tireless and strong, Yan Bao is a natural digging expert, and together with Jiang the miner, they are all professional diggers.

"Slurp~"

A sound of slurping saliva drew Jiang Qingyue's attention to the Corpse King CEO.

Seeing this guy staring greedily at his thighs, he was almost laughing with anger, so he slapped him across the face.

With a "whoosh," the Corpse King CEO was slammed into the air, then "plop" crashed onto the snow.

He was stunned for a moment, then quickly got up and left a clear "wood" character in the deep snow.

The Corpse King CEO, now standing back beside Jiang Qingyue, stared obediently at its toes. It wasn't out of fear, but because it knew there was a high probability it wouldn't get any "radishes" to eat today.

"See that mountain? There are few rocks there, making it a perfect place to burrow and build a nest."

As Jiang Qingyue spoke, he took out a hoe from his spatial storage, one for himself and one for the Corpse King CEO.

"Start digging."

One man, one rabbit, and one corpse chose a spot and buried themselves in their work.

The soil was constantly being turned over.

Half an hour passed... an hour passed... Jiang Qingyue and Yan Bao were panting slightly, still unable to find any trace of the zombie nest, so they had no choice but to stop and eat to replenish their strength.

Seeing this, the Corpse King CEO threw down his hoe, sat down next to the two of them, and extended his hand.

Jiang Qingyue habitually handed it a meal, and was about to put it on when she suddenly paused: "You want to eat too? No, you don't even know what tiredness is, why do you need to rest?"

After saying that, he kicked the Corpse King CEO away: "Trying to slack off? No way! Get back to work!"

"Chirp chirp." Instead of working, they dig for crystal cores.

The zombie king president picked up the hoe in frustration and started digging with his butt sticking out, huffing and puffing. This woman was simply a demon, all she did was exploit zombies all day long.

And this rabbit isn't any better. Sure enough, there's a reason why the "stretching-legged, glaring-eyed rabbit" clan is universally disliked in the First Experimental Zone. Only Yongxu Xingting was blind enough to carve this rabbit on the door plaque as a mascot.

It seems that Yongxu Xingting is not a good thing either, otherwise why would they use such a vicious rabbit as a mascot?

Taking advantage of the fact that neither humans nor rabbits could understand zombie language, the zombie king boss cursed as he worked, and the cursing became more and more enthusiastic.

Jiang Qingyue and Yan Bao ate their rice from the bowl while looking at the Corpse King CEO.

Suddenly, she said, "Yanbao, is this guy insulting us?"

"Chirp chirp." Can you understand that?

Jiang Qingyue said, "I can't understand it, but its expression is wrong."

"Then beat it up."

Yan Bao quickly finished the food in his bowl, rushed over and pinned the Corpse King CEO to the ground, giving him a good beating.

Regardless of whether they cursed or not, they should beat him up first.

Sure enough, there's nothing a good beating can't solve. After being given a good beating, the Corpse King CEO became completely obedient and didn't make a sound while working.

Unfortunately, his luck wasn't great. After digging for another two hours, Jiang Qingyue checked the depth and helplessly put the hoe back into his spatial storage: "This is forcing me to keep fishing!"

This wrong decision not only wasted three hours, but also consumed two large pots of rice.

"As expected, the Supreme God doesn't allow me to take such a simple and unadorned path. Well then, let's do it."

It's just pain, isn't it? Compared to death, what is pain?

The Corpse King CEO has finally obtained the "radish" he had been longing for.

This time, they hadn't gone far when several zombie heads emerged from the snow. They crawled into the hole and discovered that the strongest zombie king was only at the third tier.

Jiang Qingyue and Yan Bao didn't even have to lift a finger; the Corpse King CEO had already taken care of it.

"continue."

Jiang Qingyue lay on the ground, letting the Corpse King pull her along. Actually, if you ignored the pain in her back, it wasn't bad at all, since she didn't have to walk herself, which saved her a lot of effort.

Jiang Qingyue even fantasized about getting some thin steel plates when she got back, so she could make herself a steel plate vest and iron shorts to protect her entire back and buttocks.

This way, it will remain completely undamaged when being dragged.

Perhaps it was because she smelled so good, looked so pitiful, or perhaps she was just lucky, or maybe the entire Quanshui City had followed Nangong Zhao and made these zombies go crazy with envy.

In short, I was incredibly lucky today. I hadn't walked more than two miles when I caught another nest of zombies.

Three level-five zombies suddenly appeared, followed by countless smaller zombies.

"Big fish."

Jiang Qingyue rolled over and got up from the ground, her eyes shining like an air force pilot who had caught a giant fish a hundred meters away. She swallowed the plant doctor essence she had been holding in her mouth, and her body quickly recovered.

Upon seeing this, the three fifth-tier zombies exchanged glances. To Jiang Qingyue's and the others' astonishment, the other two fifth-tier zombies actually took the initiative to dig out their own crystal cores.

The only surviving Tier 5 zombie stuffed two Tier 5 crystal cores of its companion into its mouth, then turned around and dug out the crystal cores of several Tier 4 underlings, quickly stuffing them into its mouth as well. Its aura instantly surged, transforming it from Tier 5 to Tier 6.

Even after becoming a level six zombie, it didn't pounce on Jiang Qingyue. Instead, it turned around and ran towards the steep cliff behind it.

"Can they escape?"

As Jiang Qingyue finished speaking, an ice arrow shot towards the crown of the sixth-tier corpse king.

However, Jiang Qingyue, who was always accurate, failed this time.

The sixth-tier zombie king seemed to have anticipated this, and rolled to the side, the ice arrow grazing its ear.

"The stronger you are, the more likely you are to die!"

Jiang Qingyue drew the Snow Concealment Bow again and fired four arrows in quick succession without any pause.

The first arrow predicted the zombie's escape route, pointing directly forward, forcing the sixth-tier zombie king to stop.

The second arrow, to the left. This is the steepest part of the entire cliff. The zombie king just ran towards the cliff face without hesitation, clearly believing that only by taking this route could it shake off Jiang Qingyue.

The moment its path was blocked, it was highly likely to go to the left, even if it fell, it would be better than falling into Jiang Qingyue's hands.

Sure enough, upon seeing the arrow embedded in front of him, the sixth-tier corpse king paused for a very short time before turning left.

Just as it turned around, another arrow shot out. If it hadn't reacted quickly, this arrow would have pierced through its skull.

Because dodging the arrow on the left slowed its movement by a beat, by the time it turned again, the third arrow was already unavoidable.

As the ice arrow pierced its brow, the sixth-tier Corpse King saw the last arrow embedded in its right side.

"I overestimated this guy."

Jiang Qingyue put down the Snow Concealment Bow, and the Corpse King CEO scurried over, picked up the blue crystal core that it was so obsessed with, and respectfully placed it in Jiang Qingyue's palm.

"As expected, blue is prettier than cyan. Speaking of which, you've eaten so much today, you should be at level six by now, right?"

The Corpse King CEO was so frightened that he covered his head and squatted on the ground. He dared not look into Jiang Qingyue's greedy eyes, nor did he dare to run away; he just felt like crying.

That wicked woman, she didn't even cause any trouble, yet she still tries to scare it.

Yan Bao was dealing with the little zombies when she turned around and saw the zombie king president squatting on the ground slacking off, and she immediately got angry.

After sending a group of small zombies flying with a series of rabbit kicks, he took the opportunity to slap the zombie king president across the face.

"Chirp chirp chirp." Don't even think about slacking off! Get over here and get to work, or I'll dig up your crystal core!

With a loud "Aww," the Corpse King CEO burst into tears.

It disgraced its ancestor. The ancestor treated the glaring rabbit with its outstretched legs like a snack, but in its generation, it was actually pinned to the ground and beaten by a rabbit that hadn't even reached maturity yet... After being beaten, it still had to keep working, and after finishing the work, all the crystal cores had to be handed over, not a single one could be left behind...

Oh, I'm so miserable...

The voice was hoarse and unpleasant, sounding no different from the wailing of ghosts and howls of wolves to Jiang Qingyue.

So she went over and gave the Corpse King CEO another beating.

This corpse nest was huge; even though Jiang Qingyue personally took action, it took more than two hours to kill them all.

After no more zombies emerged from the mountainside, Jiang Qingyue took stock.

There are 160,000 first-tier crystal cores, more than 20,000 second-tier crystal cores, 400 third-tier crystal cores, and the fourth and fifth-tier crystal cores were used up by the Corpse King himself. There is one sixth-tier crystal core.

Including the several zombie lairs that were destroyed earlier, there are now more than 300,000 Tier 1 crystal cores.

They don't actually need them. Currently, the only one in the shelter who needs Tier 1 crystal cores is Little Grey, but the domesticated zombies produce Tier 1 crystal cores every day, which is enough for Little Grey.

Jiang Qingyue handed a first-tier crystal core to the Corpse King CEO: "Swallow it, and I'll see how much growth it brings."

The Corpse King CEO carefully made a four with his hands.

Jiang Qingyue guessed, "Four?"

The Zombie King CEO shook his head, looked at the zombie corpses on the ground, and saw that several fourth-tier zombies had their cores dug out by his own king. He ran over and pointed at their brains.

Jiang Qingyue's brow twitched: "You mean, as a fifth-tier Corpse King, you need a fourth-tier crystal core to enhance your strength?"

"I finally understand," the Corpse King CEO nodded vigorously, then saw Jiang Qingyue's face darken.

"Damn it," Jiang Qingyue cursed under his breath, "Is this God out of his mind? Did he set up this experimental area while drunk? Is this setting even reasonable?"

Keep in mind that she currently has 100,000 combat power points. If she wants to increase her combat power to 200,000, she only needs a large number of second-tier crystal cores.

Following this logic, a third-order crystal core is needed to go from 200,000 to 300,000, and a fourth-order crystal core is needed to go from 300,000 to 400,000.

Now look at the zombies.

The Corpse King is at level 5, so low-level crystal cores are no longer effective; only level 4 cores are useful. These cores seem to be a level lower than the Corpse King itself and appear to be easy to obtain.

But a comparison of combat strength reveals the truth.

She only has 100,000 combat power points now, yet she can easily manipulate a fifth-tier zombie king.

Let's assume that humans and zombies use the same level of crystal cores to reach their maximum potential.

In other words, the Corpse King CEO used a fourth-tier crystal core to upgrade himself to the sixth tier, and she used a fourth-tier crystal core to increase her combat power to 400,000.

A human with 400,000 combat power could, to put it bluntly, blow a sixth-tier zombie to death with a single breath.

Looking at it this way, zombies don't seem to have any potential at all.

Jiang Qingyue looked at the Corpse King CEO with a strange expression: "Did you offend the Eternal Winter God? Did it trick you like this? Given the current situation, no matter how much the Corpse King grows its army, it can't possibly be a match for humans."

The Corpse King CEO didn't say a word. What did this woman know? She was just unlucky to be caught and sold around. And today, her companions were the only ones who were unlucky to be lured out.

Any lucky and clever zombie king could find a secluded mountain forest, hollow out several mountains, hide there, and develop for three to five years. They could always extract the crystal cores of their subordinates, who were a level lower than themselves, to increase their strength.

They can maintain their absolute position while simultaneously expanding their tribe at an alarming rate.

When there are enough of them, the most powerful zombie king will have an inexhaustible supply of crystal cores, and the speed at which its strength increases is unimaginable. How can a human compare to that?

Thinking of this, the Corpse King CEO wanted to cry again. Why was it so unlucky?

While other members of her clan were growing stronger and developing quietly, she was working illegally under this woman.

It completely disgraced the zombies.

"Let's go, next place."

The more crystal cores the better. Although the first-tier zombies don't need them, they can be taken back to feed the second-tier zombies.

Second-tier zombies can quickly become third-tier zombie kings, and can then split off to build nests and rapidly produce baby zombies.

Just thinking about it makes me happy. Jiang Qingyue feels that the future is very promising. She is not stingy with her arms and legs. As long as the Corpse King CEO can eat them, she will give them to him without worry.

After taking down two more zombie lairs, Jiang Qingyue and his group arrived at the edge of Quanshui City as dusk fell.

"Let's change direction." Jiang Qingyue looked into the distance. If they went any further, they would be in the territory of the neighboring city. Although it was the apocalypse, it didn't matter which side controlled which mountain. But she didn't want to have a conflict with Liu Yuyao right now. After all, zombies were also resources. If she went to Liu Yuyao's territory to steal their kills without asking for help, it could easily lead to a deterioration in their relationship.

We turned a corner and continued fishing along the mountain range at the border.

Before we even caught any fish, we did get to watch a good show.

In the narrow ravine, two groups of people were facing off, with zombies scattered all over the ground. It seemed that they hadn't even had time to dig out the crystal cores.

Jiang Qingyue recognized one of the people in the group; it was Liu Yuyao. Even though she no longer had long hair and her demeanor had changed a lot, Jiang Qingyue still recognized her at a glance.

Jiang Qingyue guessed that the other man, who was slightly delicate-looking and had a strange voice, was Chen Sanyang, who had followed Liu Yuyao from the Happiness Base to the Overlord Base.

She had seen the rankings before, and both of them had a combat power of 100,000.

The opponent must be forcing two people with a combat power of 100,000 into a corner, so the opponent must be strong as well.

Of the four men, two had very strong auras, which Jiang Qingyue felt were roughly equal to her own. The remaining two had slightly weaker auras, but not by much. Even if their combat power was less than 100,000, they were probably not far off.

Jiang Qingyue stopped and shushed Yan Bao and the Corpse King CEO.

Standing on the cliff, looking at the two groups of people in the ravine, the Snow Concealed Bow silently appeared in his hand.

She's very unhappy right now.

She hadn't wanted to cross the line to avoid a conflict with Liu Yuyao. But when she turned around, she saw that Liu Yuyao had already come to her territory to steal kills.

Is she too low-key?

Or is it because everyone's combat power has reached 100,000, making some people arrogant?

Did they think the name Jiang Qingyue was no longer effective?