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

Exercise does have an effect.

Jiang Qingyue looked at her abs and the smooth muscle lines on her arms, and couldn't help but smile.

She discovered that, in addition to physical conditioning medications, self-training, though slow, was also effective.

The first person to put in the effort reaped the rewards, and the shelter began a flurry of daily practice sessions.

Even Long Jiuxing, who was always engrossed in his research, was dragged by Jiang Qingyue to exercise for two hours every day. After all, it was uncertain when the research would be completed, but the exercise would definitely yield results.

Even Little Grey, who is usually the laziest, flapped his short wings and flew again and again, only to fall to the ground again and again, squeaking and crying.

Jiang Qingyue sighed, and was about to go over and coax her when someone else beat her to it.

A white shadow flashed by, and Yan Bao came to Little Grey. She carefully picked it up and checked its wings and body. Seeing that it was not seriously injured, the two little ones started chattering away again.

After a short while, Little Grey, having regained its spirits, moved to a lower spot and continued practicing flying.

"That's wonderful." Jiang Qingyue's eyes were filled with smiles.

The little guy who used to eat firewood to exchange for beef noodles has gradually grown up, become more sensible, and can help her share the burden.

There has been no official response.

On the first of every month, the trading area opens and closes. Even if he doesn't need anything, Jiang Qingyue still pays the entrance fee to go in, focusing on finding the stalls of people with the surname Zhang, only to find that many are missing.

But she clicked on each one to look at it. When she clicked on the third one, she found that the stall owner had only fresh vegetables and grains on display.

Jiang Qingyue tentatively made an offer, but it was extremely low. She found that the other party would sell almost immediately upon receiving a price.

It's confirmed, this is an official.

After tentatively buying a bag of rice, Jiang Qingyue didn't buy any more. She grew her own and didn't need these things. There were many people in the Eighth District who needed food and vegetables to survive, and she didn't intend to compete with everyone for resources.

Knowing that the authorities still had the capacity to care for the public, she felt reassured.

After searching for a while, Jiang Qingyue found no one selling special items, and was ejected from the trading area when it closed.

"Chirp chirp?" Yan Bao looked at the bag of rice, her rabbit eyes full of doubt.

They don't lack food. Their owner already has plenty, and they have an item amplifier. In addition, they have planted a lot in their planting area. Although the crops are not yet ripe, they definitely have enough to eat. Why would they need to buy more?

"I'm in a good mood today, so I'll make you something different to eat."

"Chirp chirp?" What's delicious?

"Rice cakes," Jiang Qingyue said as she started cooking, "It's been a long time since I've made them, I don't know if I'll be able to make them successfully."

On the first of every month thereafter, whenever the trading area opened, Jiang Qingyue would go in to take a look, whether she needed it or not, mainly to confirm whether the official team was still around and whether they had the resources to take care of the ordinary people in the Eighth District.

Occasionally, she would put surplus vegetables on the shelves, priced at twice the official price. Her target customers weren't those who needed vegetables to detoxify, but rather the strong individuals who still wanted to eat some fresh vegetables in the apocalypse.

These people have plenty of trading currency, and they're willing to buy even at slightly higher prices. However, since she can only list ten units at a time, her earnings are limited, still far from ten million trading currency.

Several friends invited her to explore during this time, but she declined all offers. She also declined offers related to being besieged by a zombie horde, as the distance was too great.

They even asked Liu Yuyao from the neighboring city, but unfortunately, she was strong enough that even with the zombie siege, she still didn't need to ask for outside help.

Having failed to earn any kickbacks, Jiang Qingyue simply led her fellow refugees to sweep through the area around Springwater City twice more, even capturing a few sensible zombie kings.

Sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, and wheat ripened one after another. Jiang Qingyue directed the zombies to harvest the crops and then replant them.

All the harvested grain was stored away.

That day, Jiang Qingyue opened the rankings she hadn't looked at in a long time. She glanced at the Survival Index Ranking and the New Power Ranking; the top teams were still the same. She mainly looked at the Individual Combat Power Ranking.

Individual combat power rankings:

First place: Jiang Qingyue, female, 27 years old, combat power 200000

Second place: Long Jiuxing, female, 18 years old, combat power 200000

Third place: Liu Yuyao, female, 45 years old, combat power 200000

Fourth place: Chen Tangtang, female, 23 years old, combat power 200000

Fifth place: Huang Yali, female, 31 years old, combat power 200000

Sixth place: Yang Qingqing, female, nineteen years old, combat power 200000

Seventh place: Shen Yi, male, 30 years old, combat power 200000

8th Place: Yan Kexin, female, 14 years old, combat power 200000

Ninth place: Zhao Mingyue, female, 18 years old, combat power 200000

10th Place: Wang Defa, male, 33 years old, combat power 200000

……

"What a lively era it is, where everyone is chasing after each other," Jiang Qingyue couldn't help but sigh.

Everyone is really into it.

In just a few months, the top ten have already accumulated enough second-tier crystal cores, boosting their combat power to 200,000. The top thirty are not far from reaching 200,000.

Scrolling down to the bottom, you can no longer find anyone with less than 100,000 power on the top 100 power rankings.

Even though most forces only have captains with a combat power of 200,000, it is still quite terrifying.

Because these people don't have weapons that boost their combat power eight or nine times, they need to increase their combat power to 200,000, which is the same number of crystal cores that Yan Bao and the others need, meaning each person needs 10,000 second-tier crystal cores.

This was all thanks to the large number of people gathered together, which meant the zombies would attack the city every few days, unlike her, who had to search for zombie nests everywhere.

Long Jiuxing stared at Jiang Qingyue's personal terminal and suddenly said, "I don't like this Zhao Mingyue."

Jiang Qingyue looked at Zhao Mingyue, who was ranked ninth. This person was a newcomer to the list. She had vaguely seen her hovering in the middle of the combat power ranking before, but this was the first time she had broken into the top ten.

The person she squeezed out was Chen Sanyang. It's likely that the second-tier crystal cores in the Overlord Base were only enough for one person to break through to 200,000 combat power, and they were all used by Liu Yuyao.

Of course, that's not important. What's important is that this is the first time Long Jiuxing has expressed his dislike for a stranger.

"Why?" Jiang Qingyue asked.

"I don't know." Long Jiuxing pursed his lips. "Just seeing this name makes me feel inexplicably uncomfortable. I can't quite put my finger on it."

"know?"

Long Jiuxing shook her head. She knew very few people, and with her memory, she couldn't possibly forget someone she truly knew.

"That's strange." Jiang Qingyue hugged her. "Don't worry about it. We don't even know if we'll ever have a chance to meet again in this lifetime."

Long Jiuxing thought about it and agreed.

She's just an outsider, what does she have to do with them? Her most important task right now is to figure out how to use the power of ice and snow.

"Go to sleep." Jiang Qingyue pulled the blanket up for her. "I'll go to the base with you tomorrow morning."

"Are you going too?"

"Hmm," Jiang Qingyue said, "After raising zombies for so long, it's time to reap some rewards."

……

"Sister Xiaoyue, wake up!"

Jiang Qingyue got up sleepily, just as the alarm clock next to her went off.

"Your biological clock is so punctual?"

"Hmm," Long Jiuxing said while folding the blankets, "I can get up whenever I want, even without an alarm clock."

"..." Jiang Qingyue, who would jump up like a zombie every morning when the alarm clock rang, was speechless. She also wanted to have that ability.

The two quickly brushed their teeth and washed their faces, then scooped up the three little ones and carried them to the base together.

The zombie base smelled like a biohazard pool, and the air was so polluted it could sting your eyes—in a physical sense.

Holding his breath, Jiang Qingyue turned around but didn't go any deeper. He then ordered the Corpse King CEO behind him, "18,300 second-tier crystal cores. Go dig them up now."

After these months of sweeping, she has 11,700 stones in her hands. Once she gathers 30,000 stones, she can make the three little ones' combat power reach 200,000. Even if the three little ones are not on the ranking list, their strength is real.

The Corpse King President gave instructions to the Corpse Kings of each nest, and then each nest's Corpse King selected a group of zombies whose potential had reached its limit and who could not become third-tier Corpse Kings, and they contributed their crystal cores.

Jiang Qingyue stood by and watched.

Those with low potential are actually not enough.

If that's not enough, then we'll have a second round.

Those who were expected to advance to the third tier were also selected, and after much effort, she finally managed to gather the number she needed.

"Here you go." Jiang Qingyue gave each of the three little ones ten thousand kernels: "We don't need to envy others for growing fast, you have them too."

After distributing these, Jiang Qingyue only had third-tier and higher-level crystal cores left.

She was reluctant to use the high-level ones, and the number of Tier 3 crystal cores was also small. Using them now would only increase her level by a few dozen points, which wouldn't make much difference to her. So she simply kept them and waited until she had enough to upgrade in one go.

Anyway, the five strong warriors in the shelter, each with a combat power of 200,000, wouldn't be afraid of zombies at all if they encountered them.

Besides, there are only five people, which is far from enough to attract zombies to attack the city.

If she wants zombies, she has to go out and find them.

The most important thing now is to find a way to raise ten million trading coins.

Jiang Qingyue opened her personal panel and took a look.

Jiang Qingyue:

Health stat: 100/100

Satiety level: 89/100

Moisture content: 86/100

Trading currency: 8324126

Space backpack: 7/9 cubic meter

Overall Index: 122223+

We still need more than 1.6 million transaction coins to upgrade one person's quantum computer.

If we want to exploit the bug like last time, we're still short over ten million.

"I can't wait any longer." Jiang Qingyue calculated the time; it had been a long time since she last upgraded her personal computer.

No matter how hard it is to make money trading cryptocurrencies, there are just too many people doing it.

With a base like Liu Yuyao's, which has at least 100,000 people, it's not impossible for each person to contribute a little and obtain 10 million trading coins.

This is still the conventional method. If some less honorable methods were used, the speed at which ten million trading coins could be raised would only be faster.

This forced her to abandon the idea of ​​exploiting the bug again to get double the reward, since earning two tens of millions was simply too difficult.

But we can still find a way to get over 1.6 million.

Jiang Qingyue carefully searched through her spatial backpack, reviewing the resources of the shelter in her mind, and found that there was really nothing that could be exchanged for a large amount of trading currency.

Vegetables are also an option, but there are limitations. Only ten items can be listed each time the trading area opens. Even if she and Longlong enter the trading area together, they can only list twenty items.

Even if you sell everything, you won't get many trading coins.

Besides, things can change quickly; it's still a long time until next month. If someone gets the first kill reward during this time, she'll have no one to blame but herself.

Wang Dawei upgraded his quantum computer from level one to level two, and the reward he received was 200,000 trading coins and a special item.

She upgraded her Level 2 computer to Level 3, and the reward was two million trading coins and a special item.

If the Dog Lord God doesn't have a brain fart and change the rules, the reward for upgrading a Level 3 quantum computer to Level 4 is 20 million trading coins and a special item.

Twenty million!

If either she or Longlong successfully levels up, they'll have enough money to upgrade the other to level four, and they'll still have ten million left over.

But what can we sell?

The essence of Dr. Plant... people would rather have just one to save their lives than buy it.

Besides that, the most valuable thing in this shelter is their weapons, but she would never sell them even if you killed her. What else is valuable?

After thinking it over, Jiang Qingyue felt that she was quite valuable.

"I'll risk it!" She gritted her teeth. What did pride matter? She couldn't possibly give up money for the sake of pride, could she?

Upon opening his personal terminal, Jiang Qingyue issued a bounty notice.

Bounty: The strongest expert, Jiang Qingyue, will make a move once.

Requirements: Regardless of distance or level of danger, each rescue will cost 1.6 million transaction coins. First come, first served. You must pay immediately to purchase this opportunity, which can be used at any time within the next three years.

???

When the bounty notice was highlighted in bold red on the world channel, everyone was stunned for a moment.

After reading the bounty details several times, someone finally commented, "Holy crap, did Jiang Shen just sell himself out?"

"Only 1.6 million transaction coins? Is that really such a good deal?"

Everyone was speechless.

Is it more than 1.6 million?

many.

However, it depends on who it is; those powerful forces can still afford to spend money.

The key is that Jiang Qingyue intervened once, which is equivalent to having an extra life.

Although the Plant Doctor Essence can restore you to your original state instantly, in desperate situations, such as being surrounded by mortal enemies or zombies, you might be half-dead again after consuming the Plant Doctor Essence and regaining your original state.

If you can't break through, you won't even have the chance to absorb the essence.

Finding Jiang Qingyue is different. Among so many powerful people, only Jiang Qingyue is called "God Jiang". This is everyone's recognition of her strength. Even when everyone's combat power is the same, the name at the top of the list will always be Jiang Qingyue.

Moreover, Jiang Qingyue is growing rapidly, often widening the gap between herself and others, and will only become stronger in the future.

Paying 1.6 million now to buy this opportunity is like using 1.6 million to buy a life for your future self. It's a great deal no matter how you look at it.

Those without money are still watching the show, while those with money have already started making contact.

Before long, Jiang Qingyue received more than a dozen messages.

The first one is by Wang Defa.

This guy directly had his personal computer send 1.6 million transaction coins to Jiang Qingyue.

It was the first time Jiang Qingyue had ever received a delivery from someone else's personal computer, and she happily accepted the transaction coins.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome." Wang Defa's personal assistant, an old man, spoke slowly: "My master said that if you've already decided to kill him, I hope you'll spare his life for the sake of these transaction coins."

Jiang Qingyue was both amused and exasperated. Could she really say that it was a misunderstanding?

She had no real grudge against the man surnamed Wang... She had already eliminated all the men who did.

"Don't worry, Captain Wang and I are friends. I don't lay a hand on my friends."

"Thank you very much, Captain Jiang."

With Wang Defa's 1.6 million trading coins, that was enough, but the remaining dozen or so friends on his friend list were all people who had bought that opportunity.

Jiang Qingyue counted on her fingers. If she took all the money, it would be enough for the two of them to upgrade, and she would still have a few million left over.

What are we waiting for?

Answer them! Answer them all!

Hesitating for even a second is disrespectful to money.

Isn't it just doing work?

You can earn 1.6 million in one trip. Where else can you find such a good job?

Jiang Qingyue replied to the messages one after another.

Liu Yuyao, Nangong Zhao, Shen Yi... almost all the top players on the leaderboard are willing to buy her a chance to make a move.

After receiving a confirmation reply, they all sent their own personal assistants to deliver the transaction coins to her.

Jiang Qingyue was overjoyed after collecting all the transaction coins.

Not daring to waste a moment: "Longlong, come on, let's time it right and level up together."