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

"Sure enough, the bigger the box, the worse the product."

Jiang Qingyue was utterly disappointed and tapped the large crab shell.

The first thing that comes to mind is that this thing is tough enough, and its defensive capabilities are absolutely top-notch. However, once you get inside, your movement will be restricted. In short, this thing is useless for now.

Besides the flashy but impractical big box, Jiang Qingyue also found a dark, unremarkable jar.

Upon opening it, a familiar cyan color came into view, and the crystal cores were all level five crystal cores.

I quickly put it aside; it was the only useful thing at the moment.

Then he picked up a small box, opened it, and found a fruit that smelled incredibly foul. He quickly closed the box and handed it to Xiaoyi for identification.

Xiao Yi is exhausted today, so we need to give her extra money.

Looking at the remaining two boxes, Jiang Qingyue opened them together.

The slightly larger box on the left contained three orange balls. Jiang Qingyue's face instantly turned ashen. "Child of Divine Punishment"—she'd recognize this thing even if it were ashes.

She originally had three; goodness, she's saved up three of these big crabs too.

It seems they're all like her, useless yet unwilling to throw them away.

Jiang Qingyue frowned so deeply that her brows almost knotted when she put her three companions together with her.

She couldn't understand why the God of Eternal Winter had sent this thing out.

For personal use?

It's definitely impossible. Unless some unlucky soul obtained it in the early days of the apocalypse but didn't have any trading currency for the AI ​​assistant to authenticate, and accidentally used it, no one would be foolish enough to use something that would increase negative effects.

It's completely useless for scheming against others.

To use this thing, you need to click on the plus sign next to the overall index in your personal panel. In other words, if you want your opponent to use it, you have to turn on their personal computer first.

The problem is that those who can access each other's personal computers are either close friends like her and Longlong, who are completely unguarded around each other.

They are either much weaker than you.

But since they're already so much weaker, why not just strangle them? Why go through all that trouble?

As for those of equal strength, such as that big fat cloud, she couldn't even get close to them.

Forcing the other party to use the Chosen One is simply out of the question.

"Keep it, sigh." Jiang Qingyue still couldn't bear to throw it away.

It's just a matter of taking up some space. What if you manage to gather nine or ninety-nine of them and combine them into an amazing treasure?

The last box contained a letter that didn't feel like paper; it was more like plastic. The writing on it was crooked and illegible, so Jiang Qingyue put it back and closed the box again.

Xiao Yi's test results have also been released one after another.

Jiang Qingyue glanced at it quickly and, to be honest, was still disappointed.

Of all the things she gave Xiaoyi to appraise, the only one useful to humans was that incredibly smelly fruit.

Special Item: Life-Swapping Fruit, Serial Number 40113.

"40, from the 40th Experimental Zone."

"1. After use, you can exchange one life for one life with a designated target."

"1. Only one was deployed in the entire experimental area."

"3, you are the third person to receive this."

This was a special item for single use, and Jiang Qingyue carefully put it away.

Not everyone has the right to perish together with the strong, but eating this fruit does.

This life-exchange fruit gives the weak a chance to drag the strongest down with them.

Jiang Qingyue quickly threw the rest back into her spatial storage. Those items were either useless to humans or were food or decorations for the giant crab.

Qi Min and her group's battle was over; thanks to the combined efforts of the three parties, they successfully survived to the end.

The hand of the supreme god descended once more, and Jiang Qingyue glanced at it before looking away.

He quickly and skillfully removed all the crystals from the large crab necklace.

Forty-six cyan crystals, which are also known as level five crystal cores.

Eighteen blue, level-six crystal nuclei.

Nine purple level-seven crystal cores.

There was also a white one, and this white crystal core had extremely concentrated energy.

"Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi, is this white one an eighth-level crystal core?"

"Yes, Master. There are ten levels of crystal cores, and the corresponding colors are red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, white, silver, and gold."

Jiang Qingyue's expression changed several times. This meant that in the 40th experimental zone, an eighth-level zombie had appeared and had been killed by this giant crab.

Looking at the blue crystal core in the jar, it's clear that the big crab didn't need it and was unwilling to give it to his subordinates; he probably kept it to feed the zombies.

But in any case, it proves that the overall development of Experimental Zone 40 is much faster than that of Zone 8.

"Xiaoyi, did all the experimental zones start the experiments on the same day?"

"Xiao Yi doesn't know the answer to this; she should ask the supervisor."

"Never mind, it's not important." Jiang Qingyue was reluctant to spend crystal cores or trading coins.

"Jiang Shen, here you go." After leaving the arena, Qi Min handed the three quantum computers she had snatched over to Jiang Qingyue.

None of the three quantum computers had storage space. Although the quantum computers displayed how many trading coins they had, these trading coins did not exist in the quantum computers and naturally could not reach her hands. Fortunately, the combat power of these three quantum computers was close to 400,000.

"Thank you for your hard work." Jiang Qingyue popped a Plant Doctor Essence into her mouth.

Caught off guard by the sudden feeding, Qi Min mumbled, "Jiang Shen, I can still hold on."

"Don't push yourself, there's plenty of time. Just recover well, the second round of the knockout stage will only be more brutal than the first."

Qi Min paused for a moment, then swallowed the Plant Doctor essence.

Jiang Qingyue prepared this essence for everyone, but until the very last moment, no one was willing to eat it.

However, Jiang Qingyue is right; they need to recover properly and prepare for the second round.

After all, no matter how badly the first round went, there were only a hundred of them present.

The second round is different. If you come in last in the second round, the entire eighth district will be wiped out.

More than a hundred died.

Jiang Qingyue turned on her personal computer and looked at the person ranked 15th on the individual combat power ranking.

Miao Xiu, female, 23 years old, combat power value 20.

Jiang Qingyue took one of the three quantum computers that Qi Min brought back and gave it to her.

Miao Xiu took it and clicked "Merge".

After successful fusion, the combat power is 381000.

"Not enough." Jiang Qingyue grabbed another handful of crystal cores. "Use them quickly."

Miao Xiu didn't refuse. Resources are tight right now, but those who will be on the field this time will definitely have 400,000 combat power, or even more.

If we don't break through 400,000, going up there would be like giving away free computers, so it's better not to go at all.

"Do you have any weapons?" Jiang Qingyue asked.

Miao Xiu didn't speak, but turned her head slightly to look at Nangong Zhao.

Jiang Qingyue understood. Okay, this is also one of Nangong Zhao's people.

Looking at Jiang Qingtian, Nangong Zhao's cousin, Jiang Qingyue had to admit that both Nangong Zhao and Liu Yuyao were natural leaders, and they had both cultivated many excellent deputies.

Even if his own combat power is stuck at 200,000, he will not be stingy in training his subordinates.

On the other hand, she herself doesn't seem to be doing very well in this regard.

Nangong Zhao removed a hair clip from his head, and Jiang Qingyue then saw that there was actually a strand of hair behind the exquisite hair clip, connected to the hair clip, like a special whisk.

Jiang Qingyue wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but after taking off the hair clip, she could clearly feel that Nangong Zhao's appearance wasn't as stunning as before.

It's not that she's unattractive, it's just that she went from being incomparably beautiful to being a stunning beauty.

Nangong Zhao solemnly handed it to Miao Xiu: "This is my life. If you're alive, you have to bring it back to me, or I'll beat you up."

Then he said fiercely to Jiang Qingyue, "This thing takes a year to maintain after one use. You've really taken everything I own."

She pointed at Jiang Qingtian with her chin: "Your cousin doesn't have any weapons either, so you'll have to figure it out yourself when you get to her."

Jiang Qingtian's voice, like her name, was clear and sharp yet not weak: "Cousin, don't worry. I've known for a long time that special items are rare and hard to obtain, so I've always focused on training my physical body. As long as our combat strength is comparable, I'm confident I can snatch a weapon from the arena."

Jiang Qingyue nodded, because she didn't have any herself, and now she could only hope that Miao Xiu and the others would be lucky enough to bring down a few items.

However, the chances are slim. The reason is simple: those who have special items as weapons are very strong and cannot be killed easily, so there is no way to take them.

The weaklings who could be killed by Miao Xiu and his group were basically poor people who had nothing but a supercomputer.

"Please welcome the 15th ranked person from each district to the stage."

Miao Xiu took the initiative to fly up.

The next moment, Xiao Taozi and the little robot, who had been taken hostage by Jiang Qingyue, were also pulled towards the arena by a powerful suction force.

They had only flown halfway when the two leaders of districts 33 and 34 threw over a bunch of things. The two little hostages quickly caught them, eating the crystal cores and putting the treasures on their bodies.

When he landed on the arena, his aura was already comparable to Miao Xiu, whose combat power had exceeded 400,000.

What a coincidence! Jiang Qingyue was surprised and glanced at districts 33 and 34, receiving eye rolls from the two leaders.

"This..." Jiang Qingyue felt a toothache.

He gave the remaining two quantum computers to Kuang Shuang, ranked 14th, and Jiang Qingtian, ranked 13th: "You two should fuse them first, and then use the crystal cores to raise your combat power to over 420,000."

The two of them, burping and rubbing their round bellies, took the quantum computer.

Although crab meat is a good thing, they were so sick of eating it that they dared not eat any more, since it was their turn to go on stage soon.

What if you vomit while fighting? Even if you don't care about your image, what if you get knocked out because your attention is distracted while vomiting?

Even though the crab left behind high-level crystal cores, everyone's combat power was already quite high. After the three people used them, Jiang Qingyue only had nine level seven crystal cores and one level eight crystal core left.

This time, they were even more in sync. After Miao Xiu and the two little hostages came on stage, they formed a back-to-back triangle.

Not only did they form an alliance, but Jiang Qingyue also discovered that several small groups had formed this time, indicating that everyone had formed an alliance.

"Did you find anything?" Jiang Qingyue asked.

Liu Yuyao's expression was solemn: "It's not very effective to temporarily boost it using a quantum computer."

"Not bad," Zhao Mingyue said. "In the past, our improvement was a process, and our physical strength and combat power were matched. This kind of combat power improvement by directly integrating with the quantum computer is far greater than our physical strength."

"If you only use 20 or 30% of your strength, it's fine; but if you use all of it, your physical body simply can't withstand it."

"At most 80%." Nangong Zhao replied, "Our shortcuts and quick increases in combat power are at most 80% of those who steadily improve step by step."

This is really not good news.

Even if they observed it, they couldn't change the situation.

To bridge the gap, the best approach is to further increase combat power. However, increasing combat power requires a more powerful quantum computer for fusion, more crystal cores, or special items.

Each of these three items is extremely rare.

After a moment of silence, everyone tacitly tore off a piece of crab meat and continued to stuff it into their mouths.

This meat can enhance their speed and agility, and keep their muscles in a state of explosive power. It is currently the only thing that can improve their strength.

Moreover, after being magnified, the crab meat was quite plentiful. Even after everyone had been eating around it for so long, the large crab was only slightly damaged.

"This little peach is suitable for team battles." Wang Defa discovered that when the little peach shook its body, it was covered in hair. Each hair was not very powerful, but the sheer number of them caused considerable damage to the opponent.

At this point, Miao Xiu would usually finish off the opponent directly.

The small robot, relying on its strong defenses, went up and snatched the quantum computer.

The three worked together very well.

"Ugh~" Wang Defa said, feeling nauseous. Looking at the crab meat in his hand, he admitted that the raw crab meat didn't taste very good. Of course, he had eaten too much of it. "Hey, this is the first time I've ever not been interested in food."

No one responded to him.

It's not that we don't want to talk, but everyone is about to throw up, so we're afraid to speak, lest we throw up as soon as we do.

Ten minutes later, the battle was almost over. Jiang Qingyue immediately said, "Everyone get ready, especially you few with high combat strength. Be prepared to hold off the people from districts 33 and 34. If they manage to take the hostages back..."

Everyone tensed up and immediately prepared to snatch the person away.

Seeing the leaders of Districts 33 and 34 looking this way, Jiang Qingyue immediately raised his hand and drew his bow, conjuring two arrows at once, which were aimed directly at the arena.

The two leaders were so frightened that they waved their hands repeatedly and even took a few steps back, indicating that they had no intention of taking anyone away.

They dared not gamble on whether Jiang Qingyue's two arrows would hit their own little brat. If he won but didn't walk off the stage alive, they would be devastated.

"You're quite sentimental," Jiang Qingyue said with a smile. "It seems we're natural allies. We both value relationships, so we should be on the same path."

Wang Defa leaned closer with a sly grin: "Jiang Shen, is it possible that the more sentimental they are, the more they will hate us for capturing their child?"

Long Jiuxing: "If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute."

"I'm just trying to lighten the mood," Wang Defa said. "So many people died today, everyone's about to go crazy. Let me tell you, if I die later, don't you dare laugh like that. Laugh wildly, let those guys know we're not afraid of death at all."

Jiang Qingyue glanced at him. If she hadn't just seen him crying his eyes out, she would have thought he was heartless.

The battle ended, the light screen disappeared, and Jiang Qingyue's two arrows flew out.

Miao Xiu had special items given to her by Nangong Zhao, and her combat strength was decent, so no one chose to ambush her.

This time, it was Little Peach that was ambushed; Jiang Qingyue blocked those two arrows for it.

Little Peach gave her a grateful look, then happily dragged the little robot towards District Eight.

Jiang Qingyue was stunned for a moment, then turned around and saw that, sure enough, the two leaders of Districts 33 and 34 had turned black with anger.

That was actually an opportunity, because Jiang Qingyue had already fired those two arrows, and it would take time to condense two more. That brief opening was enough for the two leaders to intervene and snatch their child back.

They were all ready to make a move, but their own little brat just walked right into their doorstep.