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

Kuang Shuang and her team were heavily targeted in this battle, resulting in an extremely fierce fight.

Kuang Shuang used the Plant Doctor Essence in her hands again and again. Not only did she use it herself, but she also used it on the two people in Districts 33 and 34 who were temporarily allied with her.

Fortunately, Jiang Qingyue gave them enough, and they managed to hold on until the very end.

They didn't get any loot.

It's not entirely without its benefits; those who survive to the end kill a lot of enemies, so their lifespan bonus is naturally substantial.

The hand of the God of Eternal Winter fell precisely on time, drawing lifespan from the dead and rewarding the ten living ones.

After distributing the rewards, Kuang Shuang stepped off the stage and gave Jiang Qingyue a guilty look.

They needed resources, but unfortunately she didn't get any this time and even consumed so much essence.

"It's alright, it's good that you're alive." Jiang Qingyue patted her shoulder.

Next up is my cousin, Jiang Qingtian.

Since Kuang Shuang failed to grab a weapon, Jiang Qingtian had to go into battle empty-handed. Jiang Qingyue decided to upgrade her computer and take a gamble to see if the reward would be a weapon.

Just as Jiang Qingyue was making her calculations, the voice of the Eternal Winter God rang out:

"Multiple attempts to upgrade the quantum computers by exploiting system vulnerabilities have been detected. The system will fix the vulnerability... Fix complete."

"I..." Jiang Qingyue hadn't even uttered her traditional Chinese curse yet.

That shameless bastard, the Eternal Winter God, actually changed the rules on the spot: "To ensure absolute fairness, during the All-Heavens Arena Tournament, the system will suspend all quantum computer upgrade paths, and all quantum computer levels will remain unchanged..."

"*."

A strange voice came from the leader of the first district, freezing the words that the Eternal Winter God had not yet finished speaking.

Jiang Qingyue then saw that it was the leader of the first district who rushed to the edge of the arena and used the time stop device.

The Eternal Winter God was frozen in place, while the people in the First District were frantically fusing quantum computers and using crystal cores.

Jiang Qingyue realized what was happening and immediately handed all the personal terminals she had to Long Jiuxing, Liu Yuyao, and the others: "Hurry! Hurry up and merge them! Hurry up!"

There's no time to allocate resources now; I need to upgrade my quantum computer before the rules of the Eternal Winter God are finalized.

Zhao Mingyue and the others weren't stupid. After all, Jiang Qingyue had used the time-stopping trick before, and now the leader of the first district had used it as well, clearly to buy time, even if it was just a few seconds.

Not only were Jiang Qingyue and her group frantically fusing with the quantum brain to enhance their strength, but other major experimental zones also brought out all their resources, including crystal cores, quantum brains, and special items—everything they could use was put to use at this moment.

Jiang Qingyue did the same; she distributed everything. She had previously kept Wang Longhua's personal computer, which was very weak. Its only advantage was that Wang Longhua had used a special item that extended his lifespan by a hundred years.

She wanted to keep that quantum computer so that it could extend the lifespan of her mother and father when they were resurrected. Now, she also took out this quantum computer, which had almost no effect on everyone else.

Every little bit helps, just in case we're short by a tiny bit.

Five seconds later, time resumed its flow.

Eternal Winter God: "Remain unchanged."

Jiang Qingyue and the others had exhausted their quantum computer cores. Jiang Qingyue opened the individual combat power rankings, and apart from her, everyone else's quantum computers had a power level of over 400,000.

The giant hand of the Eternal Winter God paused for a moment, and Jiang Qingyue and the others held their breath, looking at the leader of the First District standing by the arena.

The other person looked up at the hand of the Eternal Winter God, where it seemed as if an invisible eye was watching them.

Finally, the hand slowly withdrew.

The leader of District One returned to his seat expressionlessly.

"Phew~"

A long sigh.

Wang Defa patted his chest: "That scared me to death, Fatty. I was worried that the God might get angry and kill the leader of the First District."

Chen Sanyang scratched his head: "Aren't you all curious? This time-stopping device that the Eternal Winter God deployed to various regions actually affects itself. Doesn't this give everyone a treasure that can deal with it?"

Looking at the sky where the giant hand had disappeared, Yang Qingqing felt a little eager to try it out.

Unfortunately, the gap was too large, so he eventually withdrew his gaze and moved closer to Jiang Qingyue: "Master, I feel like that blond guy is stronger than yours. You only froze for one second, but I counted, and that blond guy could froze for five seconds. If you two face off, won't you be at a disadvantage?"

Yang Qingqing's words were like a knife to the heart for everyone present.

On the battlefield, even a fraction of a second can turn the tide of battle, let alone a full five seconds.

"Now is not the time to talk about this," Liu Yuyao reminded. "If the quantum computer can't be upgraded, it means that no matter how much we seize, we can't integrate and become stronger. It's a complete dead end."

In those five seconds, everyone had used up all their resource crystals.

In other words, the next dozen or so matches were pure killing. Aside from the broken weapons, there would be no other benefits.

Of course, you should still try to snatch the quantum computer if you have the chance. Although you can't fuse and upgrade it during the All-Heavens Arena Tournament, you can still use it after the tournament ends.

"Please welcome the 13th ranked person from each district to the stage."

No sooner had the words been spoken than one hundred thirteenth place winners appeared on the arena, several times faster than before, giving no one time to react.

Wang Defa: "Why does it feel like this main god is getting more and more impatient?"

"Remove the 'seems like' part." Chen Sanyang said with a look of disgust, "Isn't it obvious? The main god was frozen twice in a row, and everyone took advantage of the situation right under its nose. No wonder it's not happy."

The same fixed combination remained on the stage: the eighth, 33rd, and 34th divisions. They quickly gathered together, forming an iron triangle back to back.

As Jiang Qingtian said, she had indeed focused on training her physical body, and her close combat skills were well-balanced, clearly indicating that she was a trained fighter.

Jiang Qingyue even felt that, ignoring the differences in weapons and stats, she was no match for her cousin in close combat, given the same combat strength.

Turning her head, she saw Nangong Zhao looking quite proud, and couldn't help but ask, "Did you teach him?"

"Yeah, how about that? Impressive, right? Let me tell you, I selected six thousand people back then, trained six thousand promising talents to the bone, and in the end only three persevered."

Jiang Qingyue understood, looking at Qi Min and Miao Xiu following behind Nangong Zhao, as well as Jiang Qingtian on the arena.

It seems that these three are the top students selected from six thousand promising talents.

She didn't ask how Nangong Zhao was trained; she simply asked the arena, "Are you confident?"

Nangong Zhao rolled her eyes: "How would I know if you don't know? Anyway, I didn't hold back at all; I taught you everything I could. Under equal conditions, without special items, Xiaotian and I are evenly matched. However, these aliens' bodies are different from ours, so the outcome is hard to say."

Jiang Qingyue nodded: "Keep an eye on things for me."

Nangong Zhao nodded subconsciously, then quickly asked, "Where are you going?"

"Let me tell you, you should at least tell us what your plan is so we can have some idea. Killing that big crab almost scared the wits out of me."

"Go strike up a conversation."

"To strike up a conversation?"

Nangong Zhao looked puzzled.

Jiang Qingyue, with Yan Bao in tow and Long Jiuxing in hand, walked towards the first district.

Upon seeing this, Nangong Zhao's first reaction wasn't to ask why Jiang Qingyue was going to the First District, but rather to look at Zhao Mingyue.

Zhao Mingyue noticed the gaze on her, suppressed the gloom in her eyes, loosened her grip on her palm, and asked through her bitten lip, "Why is Captain Nangong looking at me like that?"

Nangong Zhao laughed and said, "You're good-looking, can't I take a second look?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Mingyue scoffed, "I'm not interested in you."

Nangong Zhao said helplessly, "Why are you so angry? We're allies now, and besides, we've never had any grudges against each other before."

Zhao Mingyue's gaze lingered on the two figures walking hand in hand, her tone growing increasingly cold: "Does this mean I have to like you just because we have no grudge against each other?"

"I didn't ask you to like me," Nangong Zhao said. "I just want to give you some advice as someone who's been through it all: you can't force feelings."

Zhao Mingyue: "Then you should go and persuade Long Jiuxing to stay away from A Yue and stop bothering her all the time."

"It's different." Nangong Zhao said frankly, "Although we haven't had much contact, I can still tell that Long Jiuxing's feelings for Jiang Qingyue are broad. All she wants is to be by Jiang Qingyue's side. She can be Jiang Qingyue's friend, sister, or family."

"You're different; what you want is love."

Zhao Mingyue did not deny it: "That means Long Jiuxing doesn't love her enough. If he loved her to the extreme, she would know that love is selfish, and what she wants is not just companionship, but possession."

Upon hearing this, Nangong Zhao remained silent.

Out of consideration for the fact that they were all human, she had said everything she needed to say, but the other party insisted on doing so, and there was nothing she could do.

The conversation between the two left the clueless Chen Sanyang speechless with astonishment.

Looking at this one, and then at that one, I noticed that everyone had a serious expression.

In the end, he could only fawn over Liu Yuyao and ask, "Boss, why aren't you all surprised? She actually has those kinds of feelings for Jiang Shen?"

Liu Yuyao reached out and pushed his old face away, her eyes fixed on the stage, and uttered only four words: "You're making a fuss over nothing."

As soon as Zhao Mingyue arrived, her gaze was glued to Jiang Qingyue as if she had a GPS tracker installed, and she looked at Long Jiuxing with particular displeasure. Even a fool could see the subtle tension in the atmosphere.

Staring at the arena, seeing Jiang Qingtian fight more and more fiercely, and the three of them cooperating perfectly, almost securing a victory, everyone relaxed a little and started talking about Jiang Qingyue.

"What do you think they're going to do in District One?"

"I don't know, this guy's being so mysterious."

"It's fine if she goes, but why does she have to take Long Jiuxing with her? Long Jiuxing's combat strength is about the same as everyone else's now, right? She won't be of any help to her even if she goes."

Long Jiuxing herself didn't know why Sister Xiaoyue wanted to take her along. When her wrist was grabbed, she followed without thinking.

The two traveled through the Seventh and Sixth Districts, and under the watchful and angry gazes of the leaders, they arrived at the First Experimental District.

The leader of the first district casually lifted his eyelids and glanced at Jiang Qingyue.

Jiang Qingyue gave what she thought was a very friendly smile: "Let's chat."

Regardless of whether the other party understood or not, he pointed to a person behind the leader, who was holding a black fur ball in his arms, which looked to be a kind of strange beast.

Jiang Qingyue said to Long Jiuxing, "Try to see if you can understand what that furry ball is saying."

She didn't have much of a tacit understanding with the beasts, but Long Jiuxing was different.

Despite not being able to communicate in the same language as Zai Zai, Long Jiu Xing and Zai Zai are able to communicate without any barriers.

The first time she met Yan Bao was also like that. She spent every day with Yan Bao, and they often talked at cross purposes, mainly using a combination of gestures and guessing.

Long Jiuxing was able to accurately understand what Yan Bao wanted to say, as well as what Little Grey Grey was saying.

Although she doesn't know why, this might be a kind of talent, and she urgently needs a channel to communicate and exchange ideas with other districts.

The leader stared at Jiang Qingyue silently for a while, then turned and nodded to his subordinates' beasts.

The other person opened their small mouth and said, "Giggle giggle..."

A sharp, high-pitched sound, resembling a duck's quack, assaulted Jiang Qingyue's eardrums, leaving her speechless.

Long Jiuxing tilted his head, pondered for a moment, and then whispered, "Sister Xiaoyue, it's asking us what we want to do?"

Jiang Qingyue quickly pointed to Districts 33 and 34, then to herself, and then to the leader of District 1, making a hand-holding gesture.

It means the four of us should form an alliance.

The gestures were very accurate.

The leader thought for a moment, then mumbled something in his speech.

The black furry ball made another "quack quack" sound.

After understanding, Long Jiuxing translated: "It asked us what benefits we would give it."

After a pause, Long Jiuxing asked, "Sister Xiaoyue, why do we have to ally with them? Can't we choose another race?"

She didn't have a good feeling about the first experimental zone. She couldn't explain why, but it felt just like when she first heard Zhao Mingyue's name.

Jiang Qingyue: "I feel that the first experimental zone is quite friendly to us."

She didn't come to the First District out of desperation.

Forget about District 93, forget about District 5 too, they've taken down several of those tough guys from District 5.

As for the remaining experimental areas, it's unclear what benefits the giant crabs offered, but they have already formed an alliance with them.

There weren't many options left for her to choose from.

In contrast, the First Experimental Zone eliminated the leader of the 41st District, who had a grudge against their Eighth District.

In addition, Jiang Qingyue discovered that the main targets of attack in each round of the first district were also the clouds in district 93, the iron lump in the fifth experimental district, and that group of slugs.

Their goals are almost identical.

Whether it was a coincidence or not, Jiang Qingyue felt it was worth a try.

Of course, the main reason is that the first experimental zone is powerful enough and mysterious enough.

Just like those five seconds of time pause, if she were to use the time stopper, she would definitely run to her enemy's side and choose a position in the middle, so that she could freeze both the main god and the enemy's area.

This prevents enemies from integrating quantum computers and using crystal cores to enhance their strength before the rules are established.

However, if your own area is not fixed and therefore unaffected, you can indirectly weaken your opponent.

Jiang Qingyue couldn't believe that the leader of the First District couldn't have come up with such a simple method.

But the opponent did not do that. Instead, he rushed to the edge of the arena, immobilized the main god, and made all the experimental areas seize that five-second opportunity.

Regardless of the other party's reasons for doing this, it at least shows that the First Experimental Zone has enough confidence that it will not be at the bottom or be eliminated.

Since choosing allies always comes at a price, of course you'll choose the strongest one.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Qingyue took out a handful of Plant Doctor Essence.

The leader glanced at it and shook his head slightly.

Jiang Qingyue frowned. Not enough? Or do you not want this?

That black lump of coal made a "crackling" sound.

Long Jiuxing translated: "The other party said it wasn't enough."

Jiang Qingyue gritted her teeth and took out another one.

It's really painful to spend the money. I get nine capsules of Plant Doctor Essence every day, but there are so many people using it.

Even if it hurts, I have to take it.

We can no longer rely on constantly fusing with quantum computers to increase our strength; the next person to step up will be in great danger.

Like Long Jiuxing, their combat power was capped at around 400,000. Jiang Qingtian and her group, ranked thirteenth, could still fight, and even had a slight advantage.

Once they reach the top five or top three, the combat power of the top five in each region will definitely be more than 400,000. At that time, Long Jiuxing and the others will be doomed.

Even with the addition of their two allies from districts 33 and 34, they still wouldn't last until the end.

The only solution she could think of was to continue to build alliances, and powerful ones at that.

If three can't beat them, then four or five should band together.

However, the leader of the first district shook his head and pointed to Jiang Qingyue's arms.

Jiang Qingyue was slightly taken aback; Yan Bao was in her arms.