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

Everyone had a sleepless night.

After a whole night of probing, even those who hadn't received any information from Liu Yuyao had a general idea of ​​the Shadow Demon's situation.

For those with low strength and insufficient resources, the Shadow Fiend poses a far greater threat than zombies.

With the same combat power, zombies can be physically isolated; a wall or a door can block low-level zombies.

But physical barriers are useless against Shadow Fiends. They can instantly appear and disappear in any shadowy place.

Electricity is actually quite scarce nowadays. Even in some large bases, only those with resources can guarantee that their homes are free from shadows. For the rest of the population, even starting a fire to ensure light is not an easy task, as firewood is not readily available.

Jiang Qingyue and the others returned to the shelter, where they took turns showering and eating to replenish their strength.

"I almost forgot about that cow." Jiang Qingyue quickly took the cow out of her spatial storage.

As soon as it was taken out of the space, a little bit of milky white liquid overflowed from the empty basin on the cow's back, and then more and more, until the basin was full in no time.

Upon seeing this, Long Jiuxing paused for a second: "Has the Eternal Winter God never seen a cow before?"

No wonder we couldn't find it; who would have thought it was such a cow?

What you look like doesn't matter.

Jiang Qingyue took a small cup, scooped a cup of milk from the basin, smelled it, and was somewhat disappointed because it tasted like ordinary milk.

I took a sip, and it had a rich milky flavor, but nothing else.

"Could I have guessed wrong?"

After drinking the cup, Jiang Qingyue carefully felt the changes in her body, but after waiting and waiting, there was no change at all.

If that's the case, then the cow only adds a little food to the shelter, which is far from what she imagined.

Seeing the three little ones staring expectantly, Jiang Qingyue made a cup for each of them: "Here, have a taste."

The cup she was holding was a large cup she usually used for drinking coffee. Five cups were just enough to scoop up the cow's entire day's output.

If you use an amplifier to magnify the contents, you can get a few more cups, but it will still just be regular milk.

"Well, something is better than nothing," Jiang Qingyue comforted herself.

I plan to put this cow on the table, collect the beef tonight, and then get some fresh beef balls for Yan Bao and the others.

Suddenly, she slapped her forehead: "Look at me! I forgot, this thing isn't an ordinary cow, it's a special item. We could have Xiaoyi help us appraise it!"

Once you identify its functions, you'll know everything. Why waste time experimenting on your own? You're just being silly.

"Hey Yi, can you help me authenticate this?"

[Yes, Master. Fee: One transaction coin. Appraisal in progress...]

[The identification results are as follows: Special item "Little Waste Cow" serial number 1223.]

[1, from the first experimental area.]

[2, Only two functions]

[2. Two were deployed in total in the first experimental area.]

[3. You are the third person to receive this.]

"Friendly reminder: Drink a cup of Little Waste Cow's milk, and your absorption rate of ice and snow power will double for the next 24 hours."

"Eat a piece of Little Waste Cow's beef, and your potential will randomly increase by one point."

"Cook beef with Xiaofei's milk and eat it all at once. The user's combat power will double for three seconds. Side effect: severe damage to internal organs."

"Huh?" Jiang Qingyue's first notice was the changed serial number: "Xiao Yi, didn't you say that all the special items appearing in District 8 start with 8? Why does this serial number start with 1?"

"Also, how come I'm the third person to receive it?"

Only Liu Yuyao knew this secret. Since Liu Yuyao had never obtained this cow, she should be the first person to do so.

"Master, I don't know about this. But my appraisal results are never wrong. This special item did indeed come from the First Experimental Zone, and what you received was definitely a third-hand item."

When her professionalism was questioned, Xiao Yi immediately defended herself: "Although Xiao Yi is a low-level system, the permissions she has are all based on sharing resources with the main system. So either she can't perform the identification, but as long as she can, the result will not be wrong."

"Is that so?" Jiang Qingyue asked thoughtfully.

She didn't care how many times it had been sold; the fact that it ended up in her hands meant that the previous two owners had already passed away.

But how did the things from the first experimental zone end up in their eighth zone?

"I should have known better than to drink it." Long Jiuxing licked the milk stains from his lips, feeling a little regretful.

She has been unable to figure out a way to absorb the power of ice and snow for a long time, and now she has even drunk the milk that could double her absorption, which is a complete waste.

"It's alright," Jiang Qingyue comforted her. "We'll produce a batch every day anyway. Tomorrow morning, we'll just use the item amplifier to increase the quantity and store it in our space, so it won't spoil. We'll use this milk once we know how to absorb the power of ice and snow."

"Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi, what exactly does 'randomly increasing potential' mean?"

"Yes, Master. There are many potentials. According to the system database, these potentials include, but are not limited to, strength, speed, agility, intelligence, and so on."

"Can I view the values ​​for each of my potential attributes individually?"

Although everyone has a personal panel, the personal panel only displays health values ​​and water content, and the overall index is also very general.

Currently, she can only know her combat power value through the rankings, but she cannot see the more detailed values ​​such as speed and strength.

"Sorry, Master, Xiao Yi can't do that yet. But she should be able to after she levels up. Keep it up, Master."

Jiang Qingyue's lips twitched: "I need you to encourage me?"

"Xiaoyi, cooking beef with milk... Let's not even talk about how it tastes, but why would cooking two good things together in one pot cause such serious side effects?"

The internal organs were severely damaged; this is not a superficial injury, but far more serious than a broken hand or foot.

Of course, for her, who possesses the essence of the herbal doctor, it's all a matter of healing with just one essence.

But this also means that every time, they will suffer heavy losses.

"It was impacted by the violent power." Xiao Yi explained, "The power doubled in a very short time. For example, if the master's combat power is currently 200000, after eating the milk stewed meat, the combat power will instantly soar to 400000."

"If the physical body cannot withstand the output of violent power, the internal organs will be shattered. If the master cannot control the injury in a very short time, he will perish. Therefore, the master must be extremely careful and use it with caution."

"Isn't that a suicidal fighting style?" Jiang Qingyue realized that this bull was tailor-made for her.

If it were anyone else, without the essence of the plant doctor, they wouldn't dare to eat this milk stewed meat.

"Xiao Yi, are you going to eat it all by yourself? Or should we cook a pot and share it among several people? That way, everyone's fighting power will double!"

"No, Master, please don't share it. This cow is designed to be stewed with its milk."

"A whole pot is equivalent to one dose of tonic. You need to eat it all to double your combat power. If you share it, it will lose its effect and be no different from eating ordinary food."

"What a pity," Jiang Qingyue sighed.

She was also thinking that eating the whole pot would be too overwhelming in terms of energy, and that dividing it up would reduce the energy levels and keep it within a manageable range.

Although the increase isn't as significant as doubling, a few tens of thousands more combat power is still quite appealing.

It seems this dog-like god has blocked her way out. She realized that this God of Eternal Winter is truly a dog; it seems to know what they're up to and isn't giving them a chance at all.

Announcement: "The All-Heavens Arena Tournament will begin in ten minutes. Players ranked in the top 100 of each region, please prepare yourselves. The teleportation countdown has begun: 600, 599, 598..."

The sudden announcement startled Jiang Qingyue and the others.

She tossed the empty little calf from the basin into her spatial storage, quickly changed into her combat suit, and instructed, "Zaizai and Yanbao are with us."

"Little Grey, you guard the house. The Corpse King is right at the door. If you disobey, he'll beat you up. Don't go anywhere, wait for us to come back."

"Remember, never let the fire go out, otherwise the power generation will be insufficient, the shelter lights will go out, and then the Shadow Fiend will come in."

Ten minutes is a tight timeframe, but luckily she had been preparing for a long trip and had stored most of her necessities in her spatial storage, which also contained a lot of items.

"3, 2, 1..."

A black hole appeared above the eighth district, and the enormous suction force caused the top 100 strongest people on the combat power ranking to be sucked into it uncontrollably.

Everything returned to calm.

Jiang Qingyue felt a sudden darkness before her eyes, followed by a wave of dizziness, and then found herself in a void.

A quick glance reveals a dense array of seats. Ignoring the emptiness beneath your feet, it resembles a school sports meet, with a hundred chairs in each area. At the front stands a sign that reads: Area 1... Area 100.

They formed a circle with a tiny arena in the middle, which looked to be less than ten square meters.

Those who were recruited at the same time as Jiang Qingyue and the others were the top 100 strongest individuals on the combat power ranking of districts numbered 1 to 100.

That is to say, there are exactly 10,000 people here.

"God Jiang! God Jiang..."

As if finding her mother's call, Jiang Qingyue got goosebumps all over.

She turned her head and saw a fat man, round and chubby, running towards her.

Long Jiuxing stepped forward and blocked Jiang Qingyue's path, pointing his Burning Heaven Fire Cudgel forward and poking the fat man's nose.

The other person was so frightened that they sat down on the ground.

"No, no, no, Sister Long, don't be angry. I'm Wang Defa, we're all on the same side."

Long Jiuxing put away the stick with disdain and looked around warily.

Jiang Qingyue also saw some familiar faces, such as Liu Yuyao, Zhao Mingyue, and Yang Qingqing...

Everyone moved closer together in tacit agreement.

Other districts also gravitated towards the central figures in their respective areas.

Soon, the 10,000 people were divided into 100 small groups.

Even though seats had been assigned, Jiang Qingyue and the others couldn't settle down in the unfamiliar environment. There were no new announcements, no explanation of the competition rules, and no one knew what to do.

Fortunately, the God of Eternal Winter did not keep everyone waiting for long. His grand voice was androgynous, as if it came from another time and space.

"The All-Heavens Arena Tournament pits one hundred districts with adjacent serial numbers against each other against each other, and participation is mandatory."

"The competition is divided into two rounds."

"The first round is an elimination tournament. Players are ranked according to their region, and those with the same ranking are grouped together for a free-for-all. The ten players who survive are the winners, and their reward is the lifespan of the dead."

"The second round is the ranking competition. The survivors will have a day to rest and then try to improve their ranking in their region."

"After two rounds, the experimental zone ranked last is: Annihilation."

"The first countdown begins: 600, 599, 598..."

There was no time to be afraid or to complain; Jiang Qingyue and her team quickly figured out the rules for both rounds.

Then everyone's eyes turned to the rather shabby arena in the middle, like children playing house, wondering if it could withstand even one of their moves.

Wang Defa sidled up to Jiang Qingyue with a sly grin: "God Jiang, do you think this God has lost his mind? According to the rules of the first round, there should be a hundred first place winners, a hundred second place winners, a hundred third place winners in a hundred experimental zones..."

"That means people with the same ranking are grouped together, resulting in one hundred groups. And they've only prepared one arena; are the remaining ninety-nine groups supposed to fight on the ground?"

Jiang Qingyue looked at him with a deep gaze: "Can that arena hold a hundred people?"

Wang Defa: "..."

Jiang Qingyue warned, "If you're going to pretend to be stupid, don't do it at this time, it could really kill you. If you're really stupid, get lost and don't infect me."

Upon hearing this, Wang Defa paused for a second, his playful expression fading: "There must be something more to the arena than meets the eye. For example, it might look small from the outside, but the space inside is quite large. Since there's only one arena, I'm guessing it's for group matches."

No one answered him.

Jiang Qingyue took out the Snow Concealment Bow: "Either the 100th ranked person competes first, or the 100th ranked person competes first."

Upon hearing her words, the man ranked one hundredth in the Eighth Experimental Zone nervously raised his hand: "I...I'm scared."

His hands were shaking.

No one laughed at him.

As everyone's combat power increases, they become more sensitive to certain things, such as energy. Strong individuals possess vast amounts of energy within their bodies, and this energy can provide a rough estimate of a person's strength. Compared to the Eighth Experimental Zone, several other experimental zones in the arena are excessively strong.

Jiang Qingyue glanced at the queen-like Nangong Zhao. This guy must have removed his disguise after learning about the arena competition, allowing himself to appear on the top 100 list, which is why he was here as well.

Jiang Qingyue asked, "Captain Nangong, should we prepare?"

"Pfft." Nangong Zhao chuckled, "Does Captain Jiang really think I'm the number one ranked person in our Eighth District?"

"Isn't that right?"

"Of course not."

Jiang Qingyue looked at her quietly for a while: "If you say it's not, then it's not."

Anyway, this ranking isn't up to them. When the first-place team battle starts later, we'll see whether it's Jiang Qingyue or Nangong Zhao who gets in.

Ten minutes passed quickly.

They were all top-ranked fighters on the combat power list. They had ten minutes to prepare before entering, bringing everything they could and preparing everything they could.

This was the first time anyone had fought against these strangely shaped foreigners, and there was no experience to share.

Everyone silently watched the person ranked 100th and the person ranked 1st, wondering whether to start the battle with the strongest or the weakest.

"3, 2, 1."

"Round 1, Match 1, the elimination round officially begins. Please welcome the players ranked 100th from each region to enter the arena."

The words were polite, but in reality, no one needed to do anything; all the people ranked 100th were forcibly sucked into the arena.

Just as Wang Defa had said before, this arena looked shabby and shabby, but once you went inside, it was surprisingly spacious, with enough room for a hundred people to stand.

This was the first clash between the top talents from each region in the All-Heavens Arena Tournament, and everyone was extremely nervous.

Only ten can survive. The lifespan of the remaining ten who die will be extracted by the God of Eternal Winter and given as a reward to the ten survivors.

Those who went in were all enemies; there was no faction or clique involved, they just killed anyone they saw.

Less than a second after entering, death had already occurred.