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

Since mining the trading coin, Jiang Qingyue has stopped panicking.

369 trading coins would be enough for her to buy quite a few things when the trading zone opened on July 1st.

For the next seven days, Jiang Qingyue focused on expanding the shelter.

Because the permafrost layer is very difficult to excavate, after seven days, they only managed to dig out ten cubic meters of space. The soil was still packed into bags and piled up in the shelter, and they didn't have time to take it out.

The main problem is that going out is too much trouble; you have to put on a full set of cold-weather gear.

To save time, Jiang Qingyue planned to find some items in the trading area to improve her physique. With a stronger physique, she would be less afraid of the cold, and her strength should also increase, making it much easier to drag bags of soil out to dump later.

I've been having a wonderful few days, cooking myself two delicious meals every day and getting a full ten hours of sleep.

The only regret is that no more trading coins or special items have been dug up in the past few days.

On June 30th, at 11 p.m., Jiang Qingyue was already sitting on the bed and turned on her personal computer.

In another hour, the trading area will open, and she is ready to go in and shop till she drop.

Next to the bed was a small box containing all her trading coins, a total of 369.

She still had some time, so she checked the three leaderboards again.

New Power Ranking:

First Place: Happiness Base, Team Leader Wang Dawei

Second place: Hope Base, Captain Huang Yali

Third Place: Ice Team, Captain Wang Longhua

Fourth place: ...

"As expected of a reborn person, they climbed really fast!"

Jiang Qingyue looked at the list, which had changed drastically from seven days ago, and saw that the woman surnamed Huang continued to hold the second place.

Happiness Base, which was previously ranked third on the New Power Ranking, jumped directly to first place under Wang Dawei's leadership.

Looking down a few more places, Jiang Qingyue noticed that several familiar forces had disappeared from the list.

It didn't just drop in ranking; it completely disappeared from the leaderboard, not even appearing in the top 100.

Either they've fallen out of the top 100, or the organization has disbanded or been destroyed.

Jiang Qingyue's expression was very serious. Those who could be listed on the power rankings were not to be underestimated, but now they had still disappeared.

What about an individual?

What about those like her, who were powerful figures all by themselves? Did they fall asleep one night and never wake up again?

She continued looking at the second list.

Individual combat power rankings:

First place: Long Jiuxing, female, 18 years old, combat power 913

Second place: Yu You, male, 29 years old, combat power 888

Third place: Wang Dawei, male, 46 years old, combat power 155

Fourth place: ...combat power value 91

Fifth place: ...

Jiang Qingyue stared at the list, completely dumbfounded.

Is this reasonable?

"Are special items really that easy to find?"

She wasn't surprised that Wang Dawei, who had previously been absent from the power rankings, had risen to third place in just seven days.

It's not surprising that reborn beings, with their foresight, know where certain items are.

Moreover, as the captain of the Happiness Base, he has tens of thousands of people under his command. He probably used various means to seize opportunities from many people, which is why his originally not-so-high combat strength was increased to 155.

What puzzled Jiang Qingyue was the two big shots who ranked first and second.

Before the special items were released, that is, before the second cold wave hit, when the rankings were first released, their combat power was ridiculously high, with both of them having over 800.

Now, seven days later, the top player has reached over 900 combat points, and the second-place player has also increased their combat power by several dozen points.

"How did you get promoted?" Jiang Qingyue asked, drooling with envy.

"With a combat power of over 900, this physique should be immune to the cold."

Wrapping herself tighter in the blanket, Jiang Qingyue longed for the comfortable and carefree days of wearing short sleeves and shorts.

The power rankings have not only changed at the top, but also at the bottom, with some people gaining a little more power.

Jiang Qingyue carefully checked the hundredth place, and unsurprisingly, she wasn't there.

She looked at the third list.

Survival Index Ranking:

First place: Wang Dawei, survival index 90

……

Fifth place: Jiang Qingyue, survival index 54

Jiang Qingyue's score remained unchanged at 54, but her ranking rose by one place.

Looking at the top few, Jiang Qingyue noticed that the person who was originally ranked fifth had dropped in points. Their score had dropped from fifty-five to thirty-something, falling to the lower tiers.

"Xiaoyi, Xiaoyi, will the survival index keep dropping?"

[Yes, Master.]

"What's the reason?"

[There are many reasons, such as being seriously injured, betrayed by subordinates, or obtaining negative special items, such as the "Child of Divine Punishment," which will lower the survival rate.]

Jiang Qingyue was stunned: "Wait, Xiaoyi, are you saying that not all special items are good, and some can even have negative effects?"

She had no idea about that.

[Yes, Master. The Child of Divine Punishment and the Child of Fortune are opposites; one increases the survival index and the number of positive events encountered; the other decreases the survival index and the number of negative events encountered.]

"Hiss." Jiang Qingyue gasped upon hearing this.

She always thought that all special items were good things.

"Wait a minute, Xiao Yi, the person who obtains the Child of Divine Retribution can simply choose not to use it."

[Master, this is not surprising. It's possible the other party didn't have enough trading currency, or was unwilling to use it for authentication and used it directly instead.]

"That's true."

Jiang Qingyue recalled that when she only had two trading coins, she still had to spend one of them to get them authenticated, which was a real pain for her at the time.

After looking at the three leaderboards, Jiang Qingyue browsed the World Channel and the Spring City Regional Channel.

It's quite lively.

The regional channel of Quanshui City, in particular, was almost entirely dominated by people from Xingfujidi. The screen was filled with chat logs, and more than half of them were Xingfujidi IDs.

Wang Dawei is a celebrity among celebrities; everyone knows him.

After all, this guy made it onto three lists, and all three were in the top three.

Many people speculate that Wang Dawei's current third place on the individual combat power ranking is only temporary, and he will eventually reach the top.

Jiang Qingyue also noticed that Wang Dawei himself didn't send many messages, giving off a kind of "I may not be in the game, but my legend is everywhere" vibe.

Several other residential areas surrounding Xingfu Community have actually merged, all siding with Wang Dawei to form Xingfu Base.

Jiang Qingyue counted on her fingers.

"The original number of residents in Xingfu Community was around 40,000. The surrounding communities are smaller, but together they have about 30,000 residents, so that makes 70,000."

"There are also some scattered people who came to join us because of Wang Dawei's reputation; these people, when included, make up quite a few."

"In other words, the current Happiness Base is conservatively estimated to have 80,000 people."

When the number was calculated, Jiang Qingyue was stunned.

What does 80,000 people mean?

Some small counties only have this many people.

As we strolled around, the time slowly came to 11:57.

Jiang Qingyue stopped watching the commotion and stopped typing, waiting quietly.

He then asked, "Xiao Yi, will there be a notification when the trading area opens?"

[Yes, Master. On the first of each month, the quantum computer will add a new entrance. After paying the entrance fee, you will be redirected to a new section. Everyone in the Eighth Experimental Zone who has paid the entrance fee can enter.]

"Understood." Jiang Qingyue nodded: "International department store."

At 11:59, Jiang Qingyue counted out ten trading coins from the small box next to her.

00: 00.

July 1st.

A small red dot flashed on the computer: The trading area is open. Do you want to enter?

Jiang Qingyue clicked: Yes.

A new notification has appeared: Entry fee is 10 trading coins. Do you want to invest?

Click again: Yes.

The ten trading coins in Jiang Qingyue's hand flew into the optical computer.

Just as Xiaoyi said, after paying the admission fee, a new section appeared on the computer.

The words "Eighth Trading Zone" are written in bold red at the top of the homepage.

announcement:

1. Only transactions using the transaction currency are supported for settlement.

2. Each individual may set up only one stall, with a maximum of ten items that can be listed.

3. The system will deduct a 10% transaction tax, which will be borne by the seller and will be automatically deducted upon completion of the transaction.

4. The trading area is open for one hour each time. If you leave and re-enter, you will need to pay the entry fee again.

"He's a complete scoundrel." Jiang Qingyue's face twitched repeatedly.

"Without trading tokens, it's really impossible to move an inch."

There is a prompt in the upper right corner asking whether to set up a stall.

Jiang Qingyue wanted to give it a try, so she clicked and followed the instructions step by step.

She rummaged through the pile of supplies to find the items to put on the shelves, and found ten items:

Vacuum-packed pigeon x1, bagged pickled vegetables x1, lighter x1, thermal blanket x1, vacuum-packed Australian baby lobster x1, cold medicine x1, expired compressed biscuits x1, bottled water x1, bundle of wood x1, bagged soil x1.

After putting all these items on the shelves, watching the ten items disappear from her sight and enter her personal terminal, Jiang Qingyue was filled with anticipation. She wanted to see what the market was like now.

After clicking "List," a prompt will pop up.

Tips:

When someone makes a purchase, the system will first collect the transaction currency and hold it in escrow. At the same time, you will receive a prompt and can choose to agree to the transaction or reject the transaction.

Agree to trade: The system will send the traded items to the other party. After deducting a 10% transaction tax, the remaining trade currency will be temporarily stored in your stall and settled when you leave the trading area.

If you choose to refuse: the system will determine that the transaction has failed and return the other party's transaction currency without charging transaction tax.

Jiang Qingyue carefully read the prompt.

"In other words, vendors cannot actively set prices for their items; instead, buyers set the prices."

"After receiving the transaction notification, if the price is right, choose to trade; if the price is not right, simply decline."

"This is a bit troublesome."

Jiang Qingyue felt that it would be better to set a price directly, like online shopping, so that the other party could just pay directly.

With no one making any trades yet, Jiang Qingyue decided to go and take a look around.

Setting up a stall was just a trial run; her main focus now is on Taobao.

If you can find some products that can improve your physical condition, that would be great; if not, something like Lucky Star would also be acceptable.

My fingers kept swiping, and the panel was rough and simple, without a search function, and without sections for daily necessities, food, weapons, etc.

There are no categories at all, just a series of stalls, and only the stall names are displayed; you can't even set your own categories.

For example, when someone visits Jiang Qingyue's stall, they will see the name Jiang Qingyue. Only by clicking on the name can they see all the items on the stall.

"What we're saying is, even though they're all quantum computers and gods, this isn't really intelligent."

While complaining, Jiang Qingyue quickly tapped on one name after another.

The first one is a clothing store, and all ten items on the shelves are various kinds of warm clothes.

Unfortunately, they were all ordinary cotton-padded coats and down jackets, without the professional cold-weather gear that Jiang Qingyue wanted.

Clicking on the next one, my luck was even worse; this one was selling seeds.

"With this awful weather, who could possibly grow it?"

Moving on to the next one, the one selling weapons.

Jiang Qingyue was quite excited and carefully examined all ten items that had been put on the shelves.

Although she mainly wanted to buy special items to increase her physical fitness, she was also willing to spend money to buy suitable weapons.

It would be even better if there were special weapons, weapons sent by the main god, with special functions like the Lucky Star.

Although most people wouldn't put such a treasure up for sale, Taobao is all about patience.

"What a pity, there isn't one."

Jiang Qingyue was not discouraged. If this one didn't exist, she would try another one.

With a swipe of her finger, Jiang Qingyue saw a person named Wang Dawei and quickly clicked on it.

Special items:

Space Backpack: Serial Number 8182×1

Constitution-enhancing medicine: Serial number 8292×1

Child of Divine Wrath: Serial Number 8933×1

……

The remaining items were all food, which Jiang Qingyue glanced at but didn't pay any more attention to.

She looked at the first three special items with rapid breathing; this was the first place she had found where special items were being sold.

The Child of Divine Punishment—Xiao Yi mentioned this special item before; it's not a good thing, so let's ignore it.

"Xiao Yi, I know that constitution-enhancing potion. Its serial number is 8292. It comes from the Eighth Experimental Zone and increases constitution by two points. A total of nine were released, and Wang Dawei is the second recipient."

"But what's with the serial number of that space backpack? What does that 1 represent? Does it increase the backpack value by 1 point, or does it represent 1 cubic meter of space?"

[I don't know, it wasn't Xiaoyi who did the authentication, so I don't know.]

"Is that so?" Jiang Qingyue frowned slightly, then relaxed. Actually, there was no need to worry. What she needed most right now was not a space backpack, but a physique potion.

If you have enough trading coins after buying the constitution potion, you could try to buy the space backpack as well.

After prioritizing the important factors, Jiang Qingyue selected the constitution-enhancing potion.

"Xiaoyi, how much money is appropriate?"

[Replying to Master, Xiao Yi cannot provide a reference price.]

"Alright." Jiang Qingyue pondered for a while, then gritted her teeth and offered one hundred trading coins.

One hundred trading coins flew directly into the quantum computer from the small box beside him.

As soon as I placed an offer, a notification popped up: Sorry, the other party declined the transaction.

Another hundred transaction coins flew out of the quantum computer and returned to her small box.

"Let's go back the way we came."

The refusal was so decisive that Jiang Qingyue's heart sank. She initiated another transaction, this time offering two hundred trading coins.

She suspected that this Wang Dawei must be the same Wang Dawei from the Happiness Base. After all, besides this reborn person, who else could bring out three special items to sell when the trading area first opened?

This only shows that he himself has more and better things at his disposal.

System message: Sorry, the other party refused the transaction.

"I refused again." Jiang Qingyue hesitated.

She knew the value of special items; the Lucky Star increased her luck by nine points, directly raising her survival index from the bottom to sixth place.

But she knew it was useless; she had a limited number of trading coins.

Moreover, judging from the serial number, the other party's constitution potion only increases constitution by two points.

"I wonder if my two physical attributes will allow me to withstand the cold and go out for activities?"

Without much hesitation, Jiang Qingyue made a firm decision and offered 350 trading coins.

This is the most she can give; the rest should be kept as a backup.

Three hundred and fifty transaction coins flew into the optical brain, leaving only a pitiful nine in the small box.

Jiang Qingyue sat on the bed, clenching her fists nervously and staring intently at the personal terminal.

A moment later, a notification popped up: The other party agreed to the transaction.