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

Relying on his good physical strength, Jiang Qingyue measured the entire Quanshui City on foot.

She didn't know until she went out that Quanshui City, where she grew up, was actually so big that it could hide so many zombies, causing her to break her hands and feet time and time again.

The last stop was the main urban area, just as she had guessed. Not long after Nangong Zhao left, the main urban area had not yet been occupied by zombies. Apart from occasionally encountering a few wandering little zombies, it was as quiet as a ghost town.

Jiang Qingyue did not encounter the genius zombie that Wang Dawei mentioned, who had long held the position of the city lord of the first city.

Of course, it's also possible that it became one of the many crystal cores in her space before it had even fully matured.

It's also possible that he hid very well and wasn't lured out this time.

"Let's go home," Jiang Qingyue said, waving her hand.

Whether the zombie was there or not, she wasn't going to waste any more time. She needed to go back and improve her strength first, and then come out and wreak havoc once she was stronger, giving these zombies time to grow stronger as well.

Liu Yuyao didn't elaborate on just how powerful the Shadow Demon was, and it's very likely that she herself didn't know.

Jiang Qingyue was pressed for time. In any case, she and Long Jiuxing had to be the first to reach a strength of 200,000, otherwise their situation would be dire when the fourth cold wave arrived.

Shelter No. 1: Zombie Breeding Base

Long Jiuxing looked at her mangled left arm. Without professional equipment, she removed all the excess flesh to better observe the flow of ice and snow power through her meridians.

This wasn't the first time she'd done this. Besides her most dexterous right hand, she targeted her left arm, both legs, and every other part of her body she could see.

Especially these past two days, with Sister Xiaoyue away, she has become even more unrestrained.

This crazy behavior terrified the zombie kings, who dared not make a sound while working. They even gave orders to the little zombies, resulting in countless zombies bustling about in the forest, yet eerily quiet.

Night fell.

The little one, who had been lying on the wooden stake wiping away tears for two days, suddenly issued a warning.

"Hiss." Yan Bao and the others are back.

"Sister Xiaoyue is back!"

Upon hearing this, Long Jiuxing immediately put down his scalpel, took out a plant essence from his spatial storage, and swallowed it. His missing flesh and blood were restored to their original state.

With lightning speed, he took out a set of clean clothes and put them on, then put the bloodstained clothes back into his spatial storage.

Seeing the blood all over his palms, he rubbed them vigorously in the snow next to him, then used his feet to scoop up clean snow and bury the blood-stained snow.

Looking ahead, sure enough, there was a faint light coming from the location of the shelter. Without a doubt, it must be Sister Xiaoyue and the others who had returned and opened the shelter door. Otherwise, given how secure the shelter door was, the light wouldn't have been able to leak out.

She immediately scooped the little one up to her chest and wiped away his tears: "Remember what I said, just say I've been sleeping well these past two days. Don't mention anything else. Also, wipe your tears. If you keep crying like this, even a fool would know something's happened to me, let alone your sister Xiaoyue who's so smart."

On the other side, Jiang Qingyue, holding Yan Bao, whispered, "Just tell them about the zombies we found with the help of the Corpse King CEO. Don't mention my broken arms and legs, so Longlong won't worry."

Soon the family of four met in the middle of the area.

"Sister Xiaoyue."

"Slow down." Jiang Qingyue caught the person who rushed into her arms and bounced her around a bit. "You haven't been eating properly, have you? You've lost at least two pounds."

Long Jiuxing rested his chin on her shoulder and rubbed it against her shoulder again.

This silent pleading made Jiang Qingyue unable to bear scolding her anymore: "Come on, let's go back and I'll make you a steak."

Yan Bao, who was standing next to her, hugged the baby and bounced it around like its owner, looking a little confused.

Why does it feel like the little snake is lighter?

That shouldn't be the case. They are still in their cub stage. As their strength increases, their appetite will increase greatly. They eat a lot every day, and their diet changes every day.

It hasn't seen the little snake for two days, so why hasn't it gained weight but instead gotten lighter?

"Chirp?" Haven't you eaten properly either? Didn't your master keep cooked food in her space? Did she forget to bring you some when she was busy?

"Hiss~" The little snake flicked its tongue, climbed up, and wrapped itself around Yan Bao's neck. Its little snake head was limp and listless.

The family of four walked back.

The Corpse King CEO stood still, subtly sniffing the air.

There was a faint smell of blood in the snowdrifts at the base ahead, though it had been masked and was undetectable to the average person.

But it's not a person.

Long Jiuxing is injured.

Upon reaching this conclusion, the Zombie King CEO was doomed; his zombie minions had failed to properly protect Long Jiuxing.

The next moment, I wondered, who is Long Jiuxing?

That's a monster, her fighting power is terrifying, who does she need to protect?

Moreover, there were no signs of a battle around them, and given the little white snake's pitiful appearance, it quickly realized that Long Jiuxing's injury might be similar to Jiang Qingyue's, and that it was caused by its own actions.

However, Jiang Qingyue's purpose was to lure zombies, while Long Jiuxing was likely researching how to absorb and utilize the power of ice and snow.

Resisting the urge to lick the snowdrift, it turned around and followed closely behind Jiang Qingyue.

It found this family of four quite interesting.

Jiang Qingyue's injury this time was quite serious, and the rabbit saw it all and cried every time. Fortunately, both of them are relatively optimistic. Jiang Qingyue has a gentle personality but is very good at comforting people, and the little rabbit was soothed in no time. Her emotions come and go quickly.

On the other hand, judging from the intensity of the blood smell, Long Jiuxing was also seriously injured. The little snake must have been wiping away tears the whole time. But Long Jiuxing himself is not a cheerful person and is even less good at comforting others, so the couple's mood remained very low.

Back at the shelter, Jiang Qingyue started cooking steaks for everyone.

Considering that the two little ones preferred beef balls, Jiang Qingyue placed the larger beef balls in a cooler spot to fry them slowly.

I also took a quick look at Little Grey. The little one was sleeping soundly with her head resting on the edge of her bed, like she was drowsy in spring. I only glanced at her when I came back just now, and she hasn't moved at all since.

"Let's make a beef ball for it too."

Little Grey is not strong enough yet; one large beef ball is enough for him.

"Sister Xiaoyue, could you please..." Long Jiuxing said, then stopped.

What could she possibly say?

I told you I was worried about you, and asked if we could go out together in the future.

Or is it that I miss you, and I hope you can come back sooner in the future?

But she needed to research the power of ice and snow, so she couldn't go out with them. Sister Xiaoyue went out on important business, and she couldn't just come back before she finished.

"We won't be going out much in the future," Jiang Qingyue comforted her. "This time we've thoroughly explored the area around Quanshui City, so it'll be a long time before we need to go out to clean again."

Jiang Qingyue calculated in her mind that the quantum computer, the crystal cores she obtained this time, and the crystal cores from her pets should be able to improve them a lot and put them ahead of everyone else again.

It's not a big problem if we figure out how to use the power of ice and snow a little slower.

Besides, it's not good for Long Jiuxing to be constantly on edge while researching every day. Going out to fight monsters occasionally to relax is also good for his physical and mental health.

"In that case, I'll take you with me when I go out in the future."

"Really?" Long Jiuxing excitedly grabbed her hand.

Why would I lie to you?

"Then we agreed to go out together."

"it is good."

"Here, these two pieces are about right, you eat first."

"Hmm." Long Jiuxing took out a knife and fork and cut both pieces of beef into cubes, so that they were as uniform in size as if they had been poured out of a mold.

She took a bite herself, then fed Jiang Qingyue a bite.

After a while, when the cut beef had cooled down a bit, I started feeding Yanbao and Zaizai.

Steak is delicious, but it's not very filling.

Especially the two big eaters and two small eaters in the family.

By the time everyone had finished eating, it was already late at night.

Yan Bao and Zai Zai slept together in one bed, and Long Jiuxing grabbed her sleeve and wouldn't let go once he got on the bed.

They were both exhausted.

Jiang Qingyue gave up on having Long Jiuxing integrate the quantum computer and chose to close her eyes, thinking that it would only be a few hours before she woke up and decided to deal with it later.

While she was sleeping, the world channel was buzzing with activity.

At first, it was only when someone checked the leaderboard that they were shocked to find that two of the top players with a combat power of over 100,000 had died.

The two died within a single breath of each other, and both belonged to the Frost Squad.

The deaths of the Ice Squad's captain and vice-captain initially caused the most panic among the Ice Squad members.

The other factions were just watching the show; people were dying every day in this apocalypse, it was just that the two who died this time were relatively strong.

But strong people have died before. Even the reborn Wang Dawei was killed. Who else can't die?

Later, some members of the Frost Squad said that their captain and several vice-captains had gone to Spring City, and immediately some people connected it to Jiang Qingyue.

Although Quanshui City is not a large city, it has a lot of talented people.

It started with the reborn Wang Dawei, and later Long Jiuxing, Jiang Qingyue, Nangong Zhao, Liu Yuyao... without exception, all of these people came from Quanshui City.

However, after Liu Yuyao left and settled down at the Overlord Base, Wang Dawei died, Long Jiuxing and Jiang Qingyue became allies again, and Wang Longhua happened to go to someone else's territory this time...

As they talked, everyone was almost certain that it was either Jiang Qingyue or Long Jiuxing who had killed Wang Longhua and his companion.

Or perhaps, this is actually a competition between "Jiang Qingyue's Little Nest" and "The Ice Squad".

Wang Longhua and his companions were outmatched and lost their lives.

As the discussion went on, each floor became more skewed than the last.

At first, everyone just said that Jiang Qingyue was a complete harvester of strong people.

Long Jiuxing, who was ranked first on the combat power list, was taken in by Jiang Qingyue.

Yu You, who was ranked second on the combat power list, was killed by Jiang Qingyue.

Wang Dawei, who topped all three lists simultaneously, was killed by Jiang Qingyue.

Wang Longhua, who now has a combat power of 100,000, has also been killed by Jiang Qingyue.

Later, starting from some unknown point, a strange wind began to blow across the world channel.

It is said that Jiang Qingyue only kills the strong and not the weak.

He especially loved killing men, particularly those with the surname Wang.

Jiang Qingyue's ex-boyfriend also spoke out, saying that his surname is Wang. Jiang Qingyue loved him but couldn't have him, which led to her now extremely disliking men with the surname Wang, and she advised men with the surname Wang to be careful.

……

When Jiang Qingyue woke up the next morning and turned on her personal computer, she saw that all sorts of IDs on the world channel were posting the same message: "Wang Defa changed his name to save his life."

She didn't care at first, but when she saw the words "change name," she was successfully persuaded by her naturally suspicious nature.

Change the name?

Does Long Jiuxing have this ability?

Can other people change their names too?

I climbed the stairs until my fingers ached, and finally I understood why.

He was instantly speechless: "Am I such an unreasonable person? So, just because someone's surname is Wang, they're a man, and they're strong, as long as those three factors are combined, I'm supposed to kill them?"

At this moment, another message popped up on the computer, sent by Wang Defa:

"Captain Jiang, God Jiang, Grandma, Ancestor... Can I kowtow to you?"

"You can tell from my power level that I just want to lie low and do nothing, and not offend anyone. Don't be fooled by my combat power of 100,000; I've never used anything good. Even if you kill me and inherit my personal computer, you won't get anything."

"If you hate people with the surname Wang, I'll change my name right away. From today onwards, I'll be called Chen Defa, Yang Defa, or Zhang Defa, whatever you like. Just don't target me, really, I'm scared."

Jiang Qingyue: "..."

I reluctantly shut down the personal terminal.

She really didn't want to hunt down powerful individuals, but they kept coming to her territory. What could she do?

Like Yu You, would he die if he didn't provoke her?

And then there's Wang Dawei. After buying the things, she wanted to hide in her own refuge and live like a hermit until the end of time. But Wang Dawei brought this upon himself, so you can't blame her.

Including Wang Longhua.

"That's a good idea." Long Jiuxing woke up at some point and, seeing the message on her personal terminal, seriously suggested, "Hunt down more of the top players on the list and seize their personal terminals. Maybe we can stack up our combat power to 200,000."

"Not going to take a nap?"

Long Jiuxing shook his head: "Sister Xiaoyue, I'm serious. Even among zombies, second-tier crystal cores are considered genius-level. We don't have enough of them, and accumulating them takes time. The power of ice and snow hasn't progressed in the short term either. The fastest way is to steal someone else's personal terminal."

"I also have something to tell you." Jiang Qingyue took her hand: "It's okay to rob, but not theirs. After the major regions are integrated, we'll rob outsiders. By then, you'll probably be killing until your hands are sore."

"No," Long Jiuxing replied earnestly; battle only excited her.

Jiang Qingyue: "I received some new information from Liu Yuyao. Our enemy is not the Eighth District, but other experimental districts."

"Many of them treat humans as a tonic; one person's courage alone is not enough to survive."

"So Longlong, you have to make an agreement with me. If someone trespasses on our territory and could threaten our personal safety or interests, you can take action as you please, I won't stop you. But you can't actively hunt down strangers."

"Is it possible?"

Long Jiuxing had a slight doubt in her heart. She knew that Sister Xiaoyue wanted to make the overall strength of the Eighth District stronger, but she didn't feel anything about it.

In her heart, apart from the people in this shelter and her mother and father who had not yet been resurrected, everyone else was the same, whether they were from District 8 or other experimental districts, there was no difference.

As for not being able to beat them in the future, that's because they're not as skilled.

If she wins, everything on the other side will be hers.

If we can't win, death is the end of it all.

The winner lives, the loser dies; it is the natural order.

"Longlong?"

Long Jiuxing lowered his eyes: "If Sister Xiaoyue doesn't like it, I won't make it."

"Good girl." Jiang Qingyue patted her shoulder: "I hope that one day, even when I'm not around, the other people in the Eighth District can be your support or your comrades."

Long Jiuxing immediately became serious: "You're not here? What do you mean?"

Jiang Qingyue: "Don't be nervous, I was just saying. Life is both long and short, and accidents can happen anywhere. What I mean is, if something happens to me, you'll have fewer enemies and more allies."

Upon hearing this, Long Jiuxing pursed his lips tightly and said after a long while, "I don't need them."