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

A brief moment of warmth arrived at Wang Defa's home.

Jiang Qingyue took out the ingredients and cooked a hot pot.

Yan Bao can't eat spicy food, so to take care of the little one, Jiang Qingyue made a hot pot with two broths, one spicy and the other sour.

Jiang Qingyue, Zhang Meng, Yan Bao, Xiao Huihui, Wang Defa, plus Long Jiuxing, Zhao Mingyue and Wang Defa from the previous life, made up a table of 8 people.

The guy with the twin ponytails was a bit restless. Even though there were still dishes on the table, he just liked to find something to do for his past life: "Xiao Wu, we're out of potatoes, go get some more."

"Xiao Wu, go get some more meat."

"Xiao Wu, go get some drinks."

In his previous life, Old Wang was less powerful and was easily manipulated.

Even Yan Bao couldn't stand it anymore: "Little Four, you've gone too far. Little Five hasn't even eaten a few bites."

Old Wang from his past life looked at Yan Bao with resentment: "Thank you for speaking up for me, but I am not Xiao Wu."

"Why not?" the girl with twin ponytails said righteously. "If I'm number four, then of course you're number five."

In his previous life, Wang Defa was on the verge of tears, unable to understand why he had to follow the order.

"Yanbao, come on, eat more beef." Jiang Qingyue and Xiao Huihui scooped meatballs and beef into Yanbao's small bowl from the left and right.

Yan Bao accepted everything offered; she wanted to eat more so she could reach maturity sooner.

Looking at Jiang Qingyue and Yan Bao with envy, Long Jiuxing from his past life asked, "...When will the little one recover?"

"I don't know," Jiang Qingyue said honestly. "I'm not lying to you. Yan Bao was the first to recover, and so far, the second one hasn't recovered yet. We haven't figured out the pattern."

Long Jiuxing ate with a stiff face, unable to taste anything.

She didn't participate in the conversation; instead, she kept imagining what the baby would look like.

Zhao Mingyue didn't participate in the conversation either, not because she was aloof, but simply because she disliked this group of people.

Not to mention her old nemesis Long Jiuxing, she also disliked Jiang Qingyue. She couldn't understand how she could become best friends with someone like Jiang Qingyue in the future, and even become sworn sisters.

Could I have been scammed?

Faced with her suspicious gaze, Jiang Qingyue calmly chose to ignore it.

After finishing his meal, Wang Defa cleaned up the pots and pans.

Yan Bao was a little full, so she wiped her mouth haphazardly and kept yawning.

Jiang Qingyue pulled her into his arms: "Are you sleepy?"

The little rabbit's eyes were already squinting: "Chirp chirp."

"Go to sleep if you're tired, I'm here."

"Chirp~".

Jiang Qingyue took the wet towel again and tenderly wiped her mouth and paws.

The little guy used to rarely eat until he was stuffed, but now his tummy is round and bulging, clearly he's eager to grow up.

It's not easy for a gemstone to mature quickly after being left to mature for more than a decade.

Jiang Qingyue: "Old Wang, take everything you can. There's a high chance we won't be coming back from here again."

"What a pity." In his previous life, Wang Defa looked at his home.

For a treacherous emperor, his home is his territory.

To ensure he wouldn't feel depressed or bored when he was alone, he created an extremely warm and comfortable space.

"What's the big deal? Just move everything out, find a place, dig a hole, stuff everything in, and it'll be back to normal in no time." Old Wang with pigtails was cleaning his front paws, speaking with utter nonchalance.

"It's easy for you to talk when you're not in the situation." In his previous life, Wang Defa pointed to his belongings one by one: "These are all large items, they take up a lot of space, and I can't take them with me at all. I can only take some small and precious things with me."

Old Wang with twin ponytails: "If my space backpack can't hold it all, I'll just throw it into the little world."

"A small world?" Wang Defa from his previous life exclaimed in surprise, "You have a small world! Could you help me bring it with you?"

Jiang Qingyue and the others were stunned when they heard this.

The girl with twin tails also realized what was happening: "You...don't have any?"

"Me?" Wang Defa from his previous life looked completely bewildered. "Where did I get my little world from? Before the merger, I didn't even have a spatial backpack."

"Later, we still managed to kill an alien race and integrate its quantum computer before inheriting its spatial backpack. However, it only has 6 cubic meters, so it can't hold much."

Then, his intelligence prevailed: "Wait a minute, why do you all think I should have my own little world?"

He looked at the girl with the twin ponytails and exclaimed, "Holy crap, you don't actually have a little world inside you, do you?"

Before Old Wang with pigtails could speak, he slapped his thigh and said, "It must be true, because you have a small world, so you think that as your past life, I should also have one."

He clutched his chest in anguish; the feeling of being overestimated was unbearable.

"Why do you have it but I don't?"

Old Wang with pigtails glanced at Jiang Qingyue: "Perhaps you performed quite well in your previous life, and someone took a liking to you, so they gave me a small world."

His words made Wang Defa from his previous life even more upset: "Why did you get to do better than me, even though I performed well?"

Old Wang with pigtails: "Because we are one person."

"Bullshit! You're a cockroach and I'm a human. Besides, aren't we the same person in this life and the last?"

"Of course."

"No!" Wang Defa from his past life was almost in tears. "When we were eating just now, you were sitting and I was standing. You had your little world and I didn't. You were fourth in line and I was fifth... How could we be the same person? We were completely different."

Old Wang with pigtails was speechless, muttering, "I knew it! How come you're so weak? Turns out you weren't cheating?"

Jiang Qingyue and the others were also astonished.

At first, everyone thought that Wang Defa had a small world in his previous life, and that having a portable small world made moving incredibly convenient.

It's no wonder that she can decorate her home so warmly.

Who would have thought that there wouldn't be one?

Without a small world, moving your old home over bit by bit is no easy task in this world.

After a moment of embarrassment, Wang Defa moved closer to Jiang Qingyue and asked, "Goddess Jiang, may I call you that?"

"What do you want to say?" Jiang Qingyue looked at him warily.

Although this guy didn't die, his shamelessness is exactly the same as Wang Defa in this life.

"That guy was looking at you when he was talking. If I'm not mistaken, the one who gave him a little space because I did well was you, right?"

Jiang Qingyue blushed and said, "Maybe."

"Then give me one too."

Jiang Qingyue pursed her lips, remained silent for a moment, and then patted Wang Defa's shoulder from her past life: "Old Wang, this small world isn't given away casually. You have to make a contribution, you know?"

"Look at all the people around me, apart from Old Wang, none of the others have their own little world yet."

Even according to the first-come, first-served rule, it's not your turn yet.

"Of course, if you really make outstanding contributions, we can arrange it for you first."

"What kind of contribution qualifies as outstanding?" Wang Defa was really going all out.

The 6-cubic-meter backpack is too small. It's fine for holding some emergency items, but as I get older, I accumulate more and more treasures. Just some things for cultivation, healing, and valuables can fill the 6 cubic meters.

There's no room for anything else.

If he could have a small world, it would be an absolute treasure for someone like him who firmly believes in the invincibility of the Way of the Dead.

If it were the kind of world that could be entered by people, he could hide in his little world and never come out again for the rest of his life, wouldn't that be wonderful?

Jiang Qingyue: "You know Yun Huang, the official controller of District 93 Alliance, right? Bring me his personal terminal, and I'll create a small world for you."

"Okay." Wang Defa nodded firmly in his previous life.

Old Wang with pigtails jumped onto his head: "No way, you actually believe that?"

Jiang Qingyue is clearly just making empty promises.

How strong is the Cloud Emperor?

That's someone who dares to fight Zhang Meng. If you want to kill him and take his quantum computer, you'd have to cultivate for thousands of years.

"I don't believe it." Wang Defa from his previous life said firmly.

"Then why did you agree?" The girl with twin tails was completely bewildered, thinking she had been tricked.

In his previous life, Wang Defa shook his head, causing his twin ponytails to fall to the ground.

With a look of misery on his face, he said, "I don't know if I'll be able to kill the Cloud Emperor in the future, and I don't know if she'll give me a small world."

"But I know that if I dared to say I wanted to part ways with you now, she would break my legs."

Everyone: "..."

In his past life, Wang Defa had an arrogant look on his face. Did he really think he was stupid?

Even Long Jiuxing and Zhao Mingyue were kept by Jiang Qingyue through all sorts of means, so how could he dare not keep them?

Since I'm destined to stay in this team, it's always good to get something, regardless of whether it's a pie or not.

With Jiang Qingyue's promise, if they are lucky enough to actually kill Yunhuang in the future, they will have a reason to ask Jiang Qingyue to fulfill his promise.

"Hiss." Jiang Qingyue stroked her chin, looking at Old Wang with pigtails. "Why does it feel like your past life was smarter than you are now?"

Old Wang with pigtails said angrily, "That's normal. People get wise with age. He's lived more than 20 years longer than me. If he were dumber than me, he would have died a long time ago."

"That makes sense." Jiang Qingyue said thoughtfully, "Back in the king's city, wasn't I also tricked by my past self?"

According to this logic, my past self lived more than 20 years longer than my present self.

"Senior." She looked at Zhang Meng.

"Don't ask me." Seeing her looking at him, Zhang Meng immediately leaned back on the sofa and closed his eyes to rest.

"Alright," Jiang Qingyue didn't press the matter. "One day, you'll tell me everything you know."

"Come on, everyone, lend a hand and put everything here into Wang Defa's little world. Take as much as you can."

I must say, this place isn't very big, but it has a lot of stuff.

Wang Defa is a sentimental person, whether in his past or present life. He still keeps some of his mother's and father's old things, things he used when he was a child, love letters written by female classmates when he was in school, and chocolates he received.

In his words, these items are all of sentimental value and none of them are allowed to be thrown away.

He didn't even throw anything away when he moved last time, so he brought it all with him, and now he's stuffed it all into Old Wang's little world.

"It's completely empty." Wang Defa looked at his deserted home, feeling a deep emptiness in his heart.

"Let's go, let's set off." Jiang Qingyue waved her hand. "Our next stop is to find Huang Yali. By the way, what do you guys know about this Captain Huang?"

"Ruthless enough." Wang Defa thought for a moment and commented, "I've never met her, so I wouldn't say I know her. But as one of the few surviving strongmen in District 8, I've heard news about her over time."

"This person is truly ruthless, having fought her way up all the way. Among the top eight, she didn't make the most noise, but every time she did, it was a major event. She's the kind of person who doesn't make a sound until it's out in a big way, and when she does, it's earth-shattering."

"Jiang Shen, if you want to win her over, all you need to do is let her know that following you will lead to victory."

"Very stable." Zhao Mingyue thought for a moment and gave her evaluation, "I've been paying attention to Captain Huang for a long time. Among the top eight, she has a lot of people under her command."

"She is very good at leading teams, and the casualties among her subordinates are relatively minimal."

This person is very methodical in their actions. For example, last time they destroyed such a large base, seemingly being hunted down by the entire world, but in reality, they escaped unscathed.

"When I arrived at the scene, I judged from the signs of the battle that she was probably slightly weaker than me."

"In that situation, she was able to escape because of a meticulously planned operation, which means she had been watching that large base for a long time."

"How to attack and how to retreat were all carefully planned."

"This person's combat strength may not be top-notch, but among the top eight, apart from Nangong Zhao, probably no one can match his strategic planning ability."

After both of them finished their comments, Jiang Qingyue and the others looked at Long Jiuxing.

As the undisputed top performer among the eight finalists, Jiang Qingyue and her group also wanted to see what Long Jiuxing from their previous life thought of Huang Yali.

In his previous life, Long Jiuxing didn't even turn his head and uttered three words: "Never heard of it."

Okay, this is what a true lone wolf is like.

Zhao Mingyue said disdainfully, "Besides fighting, this guy is useless. I can't find her at all these years except when she comes to see me."

Jiang Qingyue zipped up Yan Bao's jacket to keep the wind out, and asked curiously, "Why did Long Jiuxing come to find you?"

"Fighting, of course." Zhao Mingyue rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the sky. "Before the multiple districts merged, there weren't many people in District 8 who could fight her. This girl is like a madwoman; she just loves to spar with me."

"They fought each other and became enemies."

"After the multiple districts merged, this guy and I developed a certain level of chemistry. It wasn't just practice anymore; we were really competing with each other."

"I'm familiar with her fighting style, and she's familiar with my moves, so I'm thinking of getting the upper hand."

"After so many years of fighting, we still haven't won. I'm tired of it, but she still enjoys it."

"After the match, since there was no clear winner, she left. After some time, she improved and came back to find me."

"It's like a leech, you can't shake it off."

Zhao Mingyue got angry when she talked about this, and said to Jiang Qingyue, "But you're lucky. If I'm not mistaken, you're going to gather all eight of the strongest people."

"Under normal circumstances, finding Long Jiuxing would be harder than climbing to heaven."

"She happened to come to challenge me yesterday, and I happened to sense that pendant and came looking for her. She followed right behind me."

"How could fighting create enmity?" Jiang Qingyue became more and more puzzled as she listened.

I originally thought these two had some unsolvable grudge that made them sworn enemies, but it doesn't sound like they have any deep-seated hatred or resentment.

"You two are the same age and equally capable. Shouldn't you be kindred spirits, sharing a deep mutual appreciation?"

"Tch." Zhao Mingyue scoffed. "Who wants to be friends with her? She's someone who hasn't spoken a word in years."

Long Jiuxing, who had been walking ahead in his previous life, stopped and warned Jiang Qingyue: "If you keep dragging my friends into this mess, I'll beat you up too."

Jiang Qingyue was both amused and exasperated: "Why is your temper so bad? My Longlong is much better."

In the ruby, Long Jiuxing responded, "Sister Xiaoyue, don't mind her, she has a bad temper."

Seeing the two of them playing along, Long Jiuxing coldly replied, "Yes, ignore me. You should use this time to think about how to help the baby recover as soon as possible."