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

Zhang Meng looked at Jiang Qingyue, whose breathing had become steady, and asked, "Fight or retreat?"

"Let me think about it." Jiang Qingyue hugged the blanket, as if she were asleep.

After a long pause, she clearly stated her decision: "I'll stay. You take them and go meet up with Huang Yali."

"Have you thought it through?"

"Um."

"Don't push yourself." After giving these instructions, Zhang Meng turned and left the tent.

She personally carried the sleeping Yan Bao and Xiao Hui Hui, and then called on the other Hope Base team members to carry the drunk ones.

Old Wang with pigtails took everything he could dismantle from the base.

Everyone left overnight, leaving only Jiang Qingyue's tent standing there all alone.

Night Crown came to the tent to keep watch for its master.

Jiang Qingyue slept for another two hours, and when she woke up, she saw the campsite that looked like a wasteland.

He beckoned, and Yemian followed his fingertips back up.

"Sister Xiaoyue is awake? Does your head hurt? How about Yemian rubs it for you, or you can take a Herbal Doctor Essence?" Long Jiuxing's voice was extremely pleasant from within the hair chain gem.

Jiang Qingyue discovered that she could now distinguish between Long Jiuxing from her past life and her Longlong simply by listening to their voices.

"It doesn't hurt at all, I'm not drunk at all, just a little dizzy." Jiang Qingyue stretched lazily in the sunlight. "The enemy is a bit slow to arrive."

"By the way, little one, do you feel anything special? Or can others also carefully observe whether they feel a sense of recovery?"

"Don't let you suddenly appear while I'm fighting the enemy."

"No, thank goodness." The little one's voice was full of disappointment.

Yan Bao has been recovering for a long time, but she still doesn't feel anything. Could it be that it's not in the correct order, but there are other conditions?

"No rush," Long Jiuxing comforted him. "As long as he's not completely dead, there's still hope. It doesn't matter if it's sooner or later."

"Longlong is right, don't worry," Jiang Qingyue comforted him. "I'm busy grabbing quantum computers and resources for you guys. As long as we have enough treasures, we can catch up the moment we come out."

"Hopefully these guys will bring back some treasure."

"Then you're probably going to be disappointed," Nangong Zhao said. "After that traitor was executed last night, Senior Dao Wang opened her personal computer. There were quite a few things in her spatial backpack, but they weren't of much value."

"Yan Bao and the others might find it useful, but it's completely useless to people like you with over 1500 million combat power."

"The thing that guy got in exchange for information about the Human King and the Blade King, which he claimed was a treasure that would allow her to leave the base and become stronger in hiding, was actually just ordinary."

"Either she was fooled, or the base itself is just so-so, and what it can offer isn't anything of value."

"Not necessarily." Jiang Qingyue jumped onto a towering tree, gently sat on the canopy, and chatted with everyone in the gem while observing her surroundings.

"It's unlikely that a civilian base in District 93 would keep such important figures as the Blade King and the Human King to themselves."

"I agree with Captain Jiang," Liu Yuyao said. "If it were just about attacking Hope Base, that would be fine. But both the Blade King and the Human King have appeared in Hope Base. If I were the leader of that civilian base, I would definitely report it to the authorities in District 93."

"This way, they don't have to risk their lives to fight, and they can still get a lot of rewards, no less than the spoils they take."

"For the officials of District 93, the greatest value of the Blade King and the Human King lies not in the items in their inventory, but in their status."

"If we can kill or capture the King of Men, it will be a huge blow to the Eighth District, enough to make many people lose their will to resist."

"The secrets of the human race that the Sword King and the Human King possess are the real treasures to them."

Everyone hates District 93 to the core.

Back in the All-Heavens Arena Tournament, that big fat cloud, a local leader, caused them a lot of trouble.

The official controller of District 93, the Cloud Emperor, is even more terrifyingly powerful.

If the officials from District 93 were to come, it's highly unlikely that only Yun Huang would be there, because Dao Wang is also present. If Yun Huang couldn't defeat Dao Wang, he would naturally seek outside help.

This is also why Jiang Qingyue didn't let Zhang Meng stay here.

If it weren't for a powerhouse like the Cloud Emperor, Jiang Qingyue could handle it on her own.

If the Cloud Emperor arrives, he will bring a group of equally powerful individuals, and Zhang Meng will no longer be able to defeat him.

"Which civilian base do you hope to come to?" Nangong Zhao asked.

"To be precise, I hope they unite with several civilian bases. That way, I can win, and I won't gain too much," Jiang Qingyue said hopefully. "Although it's unlikely, what if they're incredibly audacious?"

"What if he doesn't want to report it and just wants to take down both the Human King and the Blade King himself, achieving instant success?"

"Anyway, you can feel it yourself at any time. If you feel the need to recover, you must tell me immediately. Don't let us accidentally kill you as soon as you come out and then have to go back into the gem to wait for recovery."

After saying that, she touched the large flower on Night Crown again, "Remember, if it's a powerful figure like Cloud Emperor who comes, we won't make a move. I'll just go into the dual-colored small world to hide. We'll only come out when they leave."

"If it's not Yun Huang and the others who come, then get them."

"Go all out! If you get hurt, just take the herbal extract. If we don't wipe them out, I'm not Jiang."

Night Crown nodded, and the petals swayed along with it.

Jiang Qingyue found a good angle, took out a phone, turned on the recording, and played it.

The person and the flower sat on the treetop, looking around, occasionally glancing at the personal terminal to report their recent situation to Zhang Meng and Huang Yali.

A few hours later, thunder roared and the clouds dispersed.

The sky cracked.

"Grass is a powerful creature capable of breaking through the air." Jiang Qingyue saw a glimpse of white through the crack.

She was very familiar with this thing; all the clouds in District 93 were this color, soft and fluffy, like cotton candy.

"What a pity." Jiang Qingyue quickly slipped into the dual-color miniature world.

Standing under the doctor tree, looking at the tree full of essence, I casually picked all the ripe ones.

"What a pity," Liu Yuyao sighed. "I didn't expect that the non-governmental organization would actually be willing to report such news."

The other party made a very smart decision, but it wasn't a good thing for them.

Chen Sanyang continued, picking up where his boss left off: "The races here are all too smart; they don't seem easy to fool."

He fondly recalled the days of the All-Heavens Arena, where everyone was a bit dim-witted and believed whatever Jiang Shen said. Even if they were weak, they could still turn the tide by using their brains.

It's different here. Everyone's about the same level of intelligence, and if you're weak, you're doomed.

Nangong Zhao took it in stride: "Luckily, Captain Jiang let everyone leave first, otherwise with so many people, they wouldn't have been able to escape."

Huang Yali has never been very noticeable; she rarely speaks when people are chatting.

This time, however, he took the initiative to say, "Thank you, Captain Jiang."

Jiang Qingyue chuckled: "Thanking me on behalf of the people from Hope Base?"

"Yes, if you hadn't told everyone to leave beforehand, I'm afraid those 200-plus people from Hope Base would have been buried here."

Everyone sighed upon hearing this, and for a moment no one responded.

After arriving at this Hope Base, Huang Yali became even more silent.

The reason is obvious to everyone.

In this life, I hope the base will develop quite well. Even though Captain Huang Yali went to the All-Heavens Arena and never came back, the vice-captains in the team have also taken on important responsibilities.

In her previous life, she had 10 members at her peak, and now she only has 200 or so. Those were all her former teammates.

There are only 200 or so left, and not many of them are familiar faces to Huang Yali. It would be a lie to say she wasn't sad.

The others were also worried. Lone wolves like Shen Yi didn't care, but Nangong Zhao, who had created a base, was no less worried than Huang Yali.

"Don't overthink it," Jiang Qingyue changed the subject. "Things will work themselves out. Anyway, we can't beat them. So, guess how many helpers Emperor Yun brought this time?"

"I'll try! I'll try!" Chen Sanyang exclaimed excitedly. "Master Jiang, is there a prize if I guess right?"

"Yes! You can choose the personal computer first."

"Really?" Chen Sanyang's voice rose.

He knew that once you had a combat power of 1500 million or more, you could no longer fuse with a quantum computer, so the higher the quality of the quantum computer you fused in the early stages, the better.

Some optical brain space backpacks are small, while others have a capacity of 100 cubic meters, a huge difference.

"Of course it's true. When have I ever lied? Besides, with your intelligence, you wouldn't be able to tell if I really wanted to lie to you."

Chen Sanyang: "..."

"That makes a lot of sense."

I guess three.

"What's the reason?"

Chen Sanyang: "Is there even a question? That Cloud Emperor can't beat the Blade King in a one-on-one fight. If we want to take him down, or even capture him alive, we'll need to hire at least two more experts of the same level."

"Otherwise, with fewer people, we might get killed by the Knife King. Boss, am I right?"

Liu Yuyao pondered for a moment: "I guess Emperor Yun is very likely to come alone."

"Why?" Chen Sanyang asked, puzzled. "Boss, haven't you always said that we should be cautious in our actions, and that no matter how tempting it is, nothing is more important than our own lives?"

"I guessed so," Nangong Zhao laughed. "Little Sanzi, you still don't understand how greedy these powerful people are."

"greedy?"

Nangong Zhao: "Yes, it's greed—greed for secrets, greed for treasures, greed for power."

"Yun Huang of District 93 is no match for Dao Wang, but don't forget that Dao Wang was only able to overpower Yun Huang after consuming milk stewed with beef."

"Although they maintained the upper hand throughout, they failed to severely injure the Cloud Emperor. There is a gap between the two, but it's not as large as we imagined."

"Yunhuang only needs to go back and review the situation to know that the milk stewed beef is not a treasure that can be taken regularly. It can only temporarily increase combat power. He may have already found out that it has huge side effects."

"So in the eyes of the Cloud Emperor, the Blade King is actually a man with severe injuries from the side effects, plus a Human King who has never shown his absolute strength. In its view, the chances of winning are still very high."

"Having taken down the Human King and the Blade King, its gains are extraordinary. If it were to call upon two helpers, it would be quite good if it could get one-third of the spoils."

"Don't forget that the 93rd District Alliance also has the official controller of the 5th District, the Holy Mother of Salvation, and other top-level powerhouses who haven't shown their faces yet."

"These people wield enormous influence within the alliance; it's not just Emperor Yun who has the final say."

"As a top-tier powerhouse, doesn't it want to rule by its own hand?"

"It's impossible, so as long as it takes down the Human King and the Blade King, the treasures it obtains and the secrets it controls will be enough to make it leave the other kings in the alliance behind and become the only one in power."

"It's worth taking the risk."

Others also have their own opinions.

Most people guessed 1 to 3, after all, top-tier experts aren't as common as cabbages.

Besides, the more people come, the more they get. Emperor Yun isn't stupid; he wouldn't really bring a large number of powerful people just to crush them.

Jiang Qingyue: "Longlong, do you want to guess too?"

How could you not bring your own people along when you have the chance to choose the best quantum computers?

Long Jiuxing wasn't interested at first, but since Sister Xiaoyue had already asked, he didn't.

She thought for a moment and said, "I guess the Cloud Emperor won't come in person. What we just saw was probably an avatar."

"Master is right." The little one agreed wholeheartedly. "Wang Dawei can create clones, and the Cloud Emperor is so powerful, he must also have such special items."

Jiang Qingyue checked the time; she had stayed inside for about a day.

She believed that even the most patient person should leave by now.

He then took a plant doctor's essence and held it in his hand, gripped the Snow Concealment Bow, and cautiously left the small world.

The surroundings were completely silent; there wasn't even the sound of insects chirping or birds singing, only the rustling of the wind.

Jiang Qingyue held the bow, remaining vigilant until she sensed no danger, at which point she released her grip.

I took the phone down from the tree branch, turned it on, and saw that it was positioned perfectly and the picture was very clear.

With a rumble, the void cracked open, and a large, panting cloud drifted out.

Jiang Qingyue recognized the cloud's face and froze: "It's not the Cloud Emperor!"

The others in the gem were also dumbfounded. They hadn't expected that after a long time of guessing, not a single one of them would guess correctly.

A cloud did indeed arrive, but it was neither the Cloud Emperor nor any of the helpers he had invited.

The cloud drifted down and searched the campsite, but found nothing. Then it plopped down on Jiang Qingyue's old tent, collapsing it, and started cursing.

After hurling insults, he left angrily.

About ten minutes later, it quietly floated back, dug the campsite three feet deep, but still couldn't find it, and left cursing again.

Jiang Qingyue was about to turn off her phone when that guy actually came back.

This time I brought a special item, which looked like a thermal imaging camera as I searched everywhere.

After still not finding it, he took out a small boat that looked like a leaf, squeezed his chubby body into the leaf boat, and then was carried away by the boat.

"Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi."

"Master, I'm here."

Jiang Qingyue handed the phone to Xiao Yi: "Go and take this phone to Senior Dao Wang, and ask her if she recognizes the cloud in the picture."

"Yes, Master, I guarantee I will complete the mission." Xiao Yi left quickly.

Jiang Qingyue couldn't help but complain: "This personal computer feels like a half-finished product. It can only send messages, but it can't make video calls, and it can't even send a picture. It's garbage."

"It's good enough that he's even useful," Liu Yuyao said. "I didn't expect that it wasn't Emperor Yun who came. Could it be that he was held up by something and could only send a subordinate?"

"It doesn't seem like it," Nangong Zhao retorted. "The Cloud Emperor knows the strength of the Blade King. Even if he came personally, he might not be able to handle it. Sending a subordinate is tantamount to sending this guy to his death."

"This guy might be the second-in-command of District 93, and he might have a grudge against Emperor Yun. He was deliberately sent here to die." Chen Sanyang firmly supported his boss.

"Xiao Yi will know when she gets back," Jiang Qingyue said. "Anyone who can break through the void must be quite strong; they can't be an unknown nobody in District 93."

"The 93 District Alliance frequently clashes with people within the industry, so Senior Zhang Meng is highly likely to know them."

Jiang Qingyue laughed and said, "It seems that Longlong has won this time."

Chen Sanyang asked in confusion, "Did she win?"

"Of course we won," Jiang Qingyue said. "Everyone guessed that the Emperor Yun came in person, or brought one to three helpers."

"Only Longlong guessed that the Cloud Emperor wouldn't come in person, but would send an avatar instead."

"Although the clone didn't come, Longlong was right about the first half of her statement, so doesn't that mean she won?"

Everyone was speechless: "..."

Therefore, he doesn't have a physical body; otherwise, Jiang Qingyue would have received a lot of disdain.