Apocalypse: No rebirth! Time to upgrade the sewers!

On the rooftop.

The figure of the green-haired man appeared out of thin air.

"Where...where am I?"

He looked around blankly, his face filled with disbelief.

There was no one around.

He had absolutely no idea what was going on.

Because Song Qing and Gu Ya were always invisible, he couldn't see them at all.

Just as he was filled with doubt and uncertainty.

An extreme chill suddenly enveloped his entire body without warning!

Click!

Deep blue ice instantly froze from his mouth.

Next came his arms and legs.

He was looking at his body with a horrified expression.

Song Qing did not kill him.

This guy is still useful.

He needed to get everything out of this man about this mysterious organization.

After doing all this, Song Qing turned her gaze back downstairs.

Ah Hu, who was some distance away, turned his head and said.

"Afro, take the crystal."

The man with the afro immediately came running over, bowing and scraping.

"Alright, Tiger!"

He first ran to the hardened corpse of the large man.

Soon, he held up a crystal.

Song Qing could see it clearly from the rooftop; the crystal was yellow, not the red one he had obtained before.

"The man with the afro shouted excitedly."

"Tiger Bro! It's a second-tier crystallization! I never expected this guy to be second-tier!"

Ah Hu let out a burst of wild laughter.

"Hahaha! Keep this safe. You'll get your share of the rewards when we get back!"

"Thank you, Tiger!"

The man with the afro happily pocketed the yellow crystal, then scurried over to the corpse of the long-tongued man whose head had been smashed by a punch.

He crouched down and began to carefully search the headless corpse.

A minute passed.

Two minutes passed.

Sweat began to bead on the afro's forehead.

The energy crystals are gone!

"Tiger...Brother Tiger..."

The man with the afro didn't dare look at Ah Hu's face.

"This guy... this guy's energy crystal... is gone."

The air in the room seemed to freeze as soon as he said that.

Ah Hu's smile vanished instantly.

He knew that the guy with the afro would never dare to embezzle the crystal.

He wouldn't dare even if you gave him a hundred lives.

Ah Hu's gaze slowly swept over each of his subordinates present, and everyone lowered their heads.

He casually pointed to one of his henchmen who was closest to him.

The unfortunate henchman shuddered and frantically waved his hands.

"Tiger...Tiger...Brother Tiger! I didn't...I didn't..."

His words came to an abrupt end.

Ah Hu's figure appeared in front of him in an instant, and a fist the size of a clay pot smashed his head open.

Go search.

With his afro, he scrambled and crawled among the corpses of the henchmen, searching them thoroughly.

After a while

"Still no, Tiger."

Just then, one of the henchmen seemed to have discovered something and screamed in terror.

"Tiger! Green Hair! Green Hair's gone!"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked toward the spot where the green-haired man had been lying.

Sure enough, the place was empty; there wasn't a soul in sight.

Ah Hu's anger seemed to have found an outlet. He was stunned for a moment, and then burst into a deafening laugh.

"Hahaha! Good, good, good!"

"You green-haired bastard! You dare steal my stuff! Hahahahahahahahahaha!"

His laughter was filled with murderous intent.

"Everyone! Search! Find him! I want to crush his bones with my own hands!"

Everyone felt as if they had been granted a pardon and immediately scattered to search the surrounding buildings.

On the rooftop.

Song Qing felt completely calm.

He glanced back at the green-haired man whose eyes were darting around.

This guy did nothing, yet he was unfairly blamed for something huge.

This is the best-case scenario.

The fact that the group dispersed gave him an opportunity.

The man named Ah Hu was abnormally strong. He was just beaten into the building by a monster, but when he came out, he didn't even have a scratch.

But Song Qing was not afraid.

Physical attacks cannot harm him.

Now, his primary target is that guy with the afro.

He was very interested in the second-order crystal in his hand.

Song Qing looked at the man with the afro and then disappeared into a foot massage parlor on the street.

The opportunity is here.

He took Gu Ya with him, and their figures disappeared from the rooftop in an instant.

In the lobby of the foot massage parlor.

The man with the afro was still cursing and shouting things like "Green Hair, come out!"

Behind him, the air suddenly distorted.

Song Qing and Gu Ya appeared out of thin air without making a sound.

After several teleportations, Gu Ya had gotten used to the feeling.

Song Qing wasted no time.

The ground beneath his feet was covered with a layer of deep blue ice, which silently spread toward the direction of the afro.

Wherever the ice passes, everything is frozen.

The man with the afro seemed to sense the chill behind him and suddenly turned around.

However, it was too late.

puff!puff!puff!

Three incredibly sharp ice spikes suddenly shot out from the ground beneath his feet without warning, instantly piercing his body.

Immediately afterwards, the blood in the afro was frozen.

With a wave of his hand, Song Qing caused the man with the afro to vanish instantly.

Immediately afterwards, he and Gu Ya also vanished into thin air.

next second.

On the rooftop, Song Qing and Gu Ya reappeared.

This time, they didn't appear at the edge of the rooftop, but rather in the middle.

Song Qing deactivated his invisibility.

From this position, even if the group of people below looked up, they wouldn't be able to see anything.

With a wave of his hand, the corpse of the man with the afro appeared out of thin air on the cold cement ground.

Song Qing removed the ice from the corpse.

He crouched down and began to feel around.

Soon, Song Qing found a small cloth bag on the man's corpse.

He opened the cloth bag and emptied its contents.

Ding ding ding.

Seven crystals emitting a faint red glow, and one yellow crystal.

They've made a fortune.

Song Qing was overjoyed.

This harvest far exceeded his expectations.

He can now advance to the second-tier superhuman.

Besides the crystal, Song Qing also found that special piece of paper on the body of the man with the afro.

There was also a simple sketch of the zombie from before drawn on it.

Song Qing wasn't quite sure what the paper was for, so he simply put it into his system space for the time being.

Then, he reached out and placed his hand on the body of the man with the afro.

Binge eating

A feeling of detachment erupted from his palm!

[Bingeing successful!]

[Gained Ability: Paper Storage]

[Ability Description: Can be stored using paper that can be attached to the organism's body; requires a 60-second preparation time for each use.]

Song Qing nodded; it was pretty much what she had thought.

This ability is almost never used in combat.

It's pretty useless.

However, having an extra skill is never a bad thing, so why not take it?

He picked up the yellow crystal and asked himself a question.

"System, what's the difference between this yellow crystal and the red one?"

[System notification: A second-order energy crystal is equivalent to five first-order energy crystals!]

Song Qing suddenly realized.

It turned out to be the case.

He quickly calculated his current net worth.

This harvest yielded seven first-order crystals and one second-order crystal.

This second-order one alone is equivalent to five first-order ones.

In total, that's equivalent to getting twelve first-order crystals at once!

In addition to the one he had previously obtained from Ye Chen, the one he had swindled from the long-tongued man, and his own two.

He currently possesses energy equivalent to sixteen first-order crystals!

Song Qing took a deep breath, suppressing her excitement.

He asked himself the same question again.

"System, are there any time limits or other risks associated with advancing to the next level?"

[System message: None]

Having received an affirmative answer, Song Qing no longer hesitated.