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

After Jiang Qingyue took the Corpse King CEO outside and caused a ruckus, she found that she had only taken a bath and gotten nowhere.

Zombies are like a Titan Arum that secretes mucus; they're supposed to smell bad.

"This Eternal Winter God must have some quirks," he muttered.

Jiang Qingyue decided to stop making a fuss and ordered the Corpse King CEO, "Hand over the cultivation techniques you practice."

The Corpse King blinked, then surprisingly shook his head.

Jiang Qingyue's face darkened: "Don't want to talk? You think you're about to break through to the fifth rank, and I can't bear to kill you at this time?"

Upon hearing this, the Corpse King shook his head frantically in fright.

It's only because it's strong that it could shake its head off if the little zombie shook like that.

Seeing its terrified expression, Jiang Qingyue realized that the creature probably didn't not want to talk, but rather it couldn't.

This is troublesome. She keeps babbling on and on, and even if I explain it to her, she won't understand.

"Can you write?" Jiang Qingyue asked a rather silly question. But she still held onto a sliver of hope, since zombies could understand human speech and might even be able to write.

The zombie nodded frantically, then began to write stroke by stroke on the ice with its sharp fingernails.

Seeing this, Jiang Qingyue quickly called out, "Wait, I have paper and a pen."

Writing about ice sports is so troublesome; you have to copy it.

She very attentively handed the paper and pen to the Corpse King.

Soon, an extremely complex and bizarre set of characters appeared on the paper.

"What is this? Zombie writing?"

The Corpse King nodded, then shook his head, then nodded again.

Jiang Qingyue's eyelids twitched as she watched. Damn, she almost thought there was no generation gap.

She was definitely overthinking it.

Looking at this thing, which was very likely a cultivation manual, Jiang Qingyue clung to her last hope: "Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi, please appraise this cultivation manual."

[Sorry, Master, this is not an item sent by the Main God, so I cannot appraise it.]

It wasn't the Eternal Winter God who sent it. Looking at the Corpse King CEO in front of her, Jiang Qingyue's mind was filled with so many doubts that they formed a tangled mess.

She seemed to have a preconceived notion, assuming that the zombies were sent to the eighth experimental zone by the God of Eternal Winter.

They must have been created by the God of Eternal Winter.

However, the technique that can make zombies stronger is not one of the items dropped by the God of Eternal Winter.

This is the first thing Jiang Qingyue has discovered since the end of the world that is not within the rules of the Eternal Winter God.

In other words, this technique may have been something these zombies possessed.

Does that mean that these zombies were not actually created by the Eternal Winter God?

Their strength and wisdom were not bestowed upon them by the God of Eternal Winter.

"Could it be that they were captured by that supreme god?" Jiang Qingyue felt that her brain was not working properly.

After a brief hesitation, she decided to let herself off the hook and make things difficult for others.

And this "other person" is none other than the Corpse King CEO standing in front of him.

It possesses high intelligence, falling somewhere between barrier-free communication and fully barrier-free communication.

You can try.

"I'm going to ask you questions now. If I'm right, nod; if I'm wrong, shake your head."

The Corpse King nodded quickly.

As long as this woman doesn't stare at the crystal core in its brain, everything is fine.

"Were you zombies created by the God of Eternal Winter?"

Shake head.

As expected, Jiang Qingyue became increasingly curious about this Eternal Winter God.

As an extraterrestrial void controller, she not only has her own thoughts, but is also carrying out a grand plan. As far as she knows, there are more than 800 experimental zones.

They can also produce all sorts of special items, as well as exotic beasts like Yan Bao and Zai Zai.

They can also drop these zombies down.

Instead of being created out of thin air, Jiang Qingyue now suspects that Yan Bao and Zai Zai were not created by the Eternal Winter God, but were captured from other areas.

"Were you captured by the God of Eternal Winter?"

The zombie nodded, then shook its head after thinking for a moment.

"Why are you nodding and shaking your head at the same time? Yes or no, it's either yes or no."

The Corpse King thought about it seriously for a moment, then shook his head at Jiang Qingyue.

"Not arrested? Then you came voluntarily after reaching some kind of cooperation?"

nod.

"Invaders, huh?" Jiang Qingyue looked at the Corpse King, her eyes more dangerous than before. "Then this invader is rather weak. If it weren't for its rapid growth, and if the Corpse King hadn't led the way in hiding, it would have been wiped out long ago."

Judging from the current combat capabilities of these zombies, they haven't caused much harm to humans at all; in fact, they seem to be just providing them with equipment.

After all, before the zombies arrived, the only way for anyone to improve their stats was through special items, which were so rare they were like winning the lottery.

With the appearance of zombies, even an ordinary person can obtain a few crystal cores by overcoming their fear, and can obtain even more as their strength increases.

The entire Eighth Experimental Zone has truly achieved the goal of making everyone stronger.

She looked at the Corpse King and asked again, "Your purpose in coming to the Eighth Experimental Zone is to destroy humanity?"

The Corpse King hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Their nature is to destroy and prey on all blood-eating creatures, and humans are on their food list.

I thought that coming from a food-scarce wasteland to this eighth experimental zone would allow me to have a good meal.

Surprisingly, the humans, who were described as pitifully weak by the Eternal Winter God and who would scream in fear at the sight of zombies, were not afraid of them at all. On the contrary, they became food when the zombies descended.

That's why they couldn't find the God of Eternal Winter; otherwise, he would definitely have brought his subordinates to demand an explanation.

Jiang Qingyue stroked his chin thoughtfully. With the current combat power of the zombies, it was impossible for them to destroy humanity, even if they could mass-produce small zombies.

Liu Yuyao held Wang Dawei's diary and learned a lot of information. There was no way to access it before, but now that the quantum computer has been upgraded, it can add friends and chat privately.

Given that many powerful forces have no shortage of crystal cores and trading tokens, they will definitely choose to buy information from Liu Yuyao in advance to take precautions.

Even without prior precautions, many factions, both large and small, are raising zombies.

Crystal nuclei of order two or higher are not easy to obtain, but those of order one are not difficult to obtain.

Before long, humanity will see a surge in strength thanks to first-tier crystal cores.

Some captains and deputy captains of large bases will inevitably rely on first-tier crystal cores to directly stack their combat power to 10.

Currently, Jiang Qingyue and Long Jiuxing have a combined combat power of 10. Jiang Qingyue feels that even a seventh-tier zombie might not be her match.

Aside from weapons, even with bare hands, dealing with a level 5 zombie would be a piece of cake.

Even if a level 6 zombie's combat power doubles, it still can't defeat a zombie with 100,000 combat power in a one-on-one fight.

She felt that a zombie would need to reach at least level seven to be equivalent to a human with 10 combat power.

Humans only need a sufficient number of first-tier crystal cores to reach a combat power of 10.

Thanks to the Snow Shadow Bow and the Burning Heaven Fire Staff, she and Longlong each used less than 100 million first-tier crystal cores to raise their combat power to 10.

Like Liu Yuyao, she also has her own weapon, and even if the amplification is not as exaggerated as eight or nine times, it should still be quite powerful.

Given that she was already quite strong to begin with, it's estimated that she could accumulate a combat power of 100,000 with a maximum of three million crystal cores.

Other weapons require more crystal cores, but even with more, they are still essentially first-order crystal cores.

Even ten million sounds like a lot, but it depends on who you're dealing with.

For a captain like Liu Yuyao, who controls a large base and has tens of thousands of people under her command, it's not too difficult to gather enough people.

It can be done by holding off two zombie sieges or destroying a few larger zombie nests.

Currently, almost all the leaders of the top 100 forces on the new power ranking can achieve a combat power of 10, and it won't take them long to do so.

On the other hand, given the zombies' evolution speed, it would take them quite a while to become a seventh-tier zombie king.

The only advantage zombies have is their numbers and their reproduction rate.

No matter how large the number, without a top-tier zombie king to lead them, they would simply be easy prey if they encountered large bases or top-tier powerhouses like Jiang Qingyue.

"Something's not right." The more Jiang Qing thought about it, the more she felt that she had overlooked something.

She can see through something so obvious, so how could the God of Eternal Winter not?

The other side must have estimated the strength of the native inhabitants in each experimental zone since they set up so many experimental zones at once. They wouldn't have released some zombies that wouldn't cause any trouble for humans at all.

"But if the biggest challenge of the third cold wave isn't zombies, poisonous fog, or even lower temperatures, then what is it?"

Seeing that she was lost in thought, the Corpse King CEO quietly sat down on the ground without making a sound. He wished that Jiang Qingyue would stand there thinking about the end of time, so that he wouldn't have to do his work.

But Jiang Qingyue was never one to make things difficult for herself. After thinking for a while and still not understanding, she directly blamed everything on the God of Eternal Winter.

"Forget it, maybe this god is a lunatic who does whatever comes to mind."

It's perfectly normal for a normal person like her not to understand the arrangements of a lunatic.

She only knew that becoming stronger was never a bad thing.

He put the technique away and instructed the Corpse King CEO, "Practice it once and let me see."

The Corpse King CEO quickly stood up and solemnly took a deep breath in front of Jiang Qingyue.

Jiang Qingyue quickly perked up and took out a headlamp from her spatial storage, staring intently at the Corpse King without blinking.

One second, two seconds... A cold wind blew by, and the Corpse King and Jiang Qingyue stared at each other wide-eyed.

Jiang Qingyue urged, "Go ahead and practice!"

The Corpse King blinked, took a deep breath... and then disappeared again.

"I told you to..." Jiang Qingyue started to curse, then realized, "You're done practicing?"

The Corpse King nodded.

Isn't that what it means to finish practicing?

It usually gets stronger like this. When they are first released and their minds are not very clear, they naturally become stronger by relying on their instinctive breathing.

"I..." Jiang Qingyue had a bellyful of Chinese cultural sages but didn't know where to direct her insults.

She wanted to see what was unusual, like what techniques or moves she could follow, but then her breathing became stronger. How was she supposed to learn that?

Thinking of something, Jiang Qingyue quickly took the cultivation technique that she couldn't understand at all and put it in front of the Corpse King.

"So the exercise you wrote is just breathing?"

The Corpse King nodded. "Isn't it just about teaching people how to breathe?" It had been wondering, "These humans are so stupid, they even have to teach this."

"..."

People can laugh when they're speechless.

Jiang Qingyue discovered that this so-called Eternal Winter God was utterly weak compared to the zombies.

Find a planet covered in ice and live there. Sooner or later, these zombies will rule the universe and drag out that eternal winter god to be their slave.

"Sister Xiaoyue, the skewers are ready. Would you like to have some?"

"Coming right away."

As soon as Jiang Qingyue turned around, the Corpse King followed closely behind, its stench ever-present.

Helpless, she could only stop: "You just stand at the door, don't come in, don't move."

After saying that, she left the shelter door open, making sure that the zombie king could be seen standing outside the door from the living area.

Just got back.

"Chirp chirp~"

"Hiss~"

Yan Bao gave her a roasted beef ball that was as big as a giant lollipop, while Zai Zai gave her a super-sized beef roll.

Jiang Qingyue was both amused and exasperated: "Why do you grill everything?"

I took both skewers. The other skewers on the rack were all cut into smaller pieces and grilled, so these two large skewers were obviously a special custom-made version of two small ones.

"Thank you for your thoughtfulness. I love eating such big skewers. Are you drooling? Eat up, and then we'll have a little family meeting to talk about something."

This was the first barbecue they had since the apocalypse. Long Jiuxing and his two babies tried it all, grilling everything that could be grilled and everything that couldn't be grilled.

I must say, it tastes pretty good.

For example, Jiang Qingyue had never eaten roasted tomatoes before the apocalypse, but today she finally got to eat them.

It tastes a bit different from when it's eaten raw; it's more sour after grilling, which is surprisingly to Jiang Qingyue's liking for its sour, spicy, and numbing flavor.

The four of them were happily grilling skewers, while the Corpse King CEO at the door rolled his eyes. It seemed that the Eternal Winter God hadn't lied to them all; this Eighth District was indeed a remote and impoverished place.

Look, the local inhabitants are so hungry they're eating grass.

The Corpse King CEO looked at Jiang Qingyue. This person smelled so good that it made its mouth water. However, the other party was very strong and it could not eat him at the moment.

My gaze shifted slightly to the left and I saw Long Jiuxing. This one looks delicious too, but unfortunately, I can't afford to mess with him.

His gaze swept past the two large ones and landed on Jiang Qingyan, on the rabbit with outstretched legs and glaring eyes. It was a native of the First Experimental Zone, the rabbit carved on the gate of the Yongxu Star Court. Its ancestors said it tasted good, but it had never eaten it.

And that little white snake, it has little blood and little meat, so it doesn't like to eat it.

After circling around, he finally fixed his gaze on Jiang Qingyue and wiped the drool from his mouth.

Watching Jiang Qingyue happily eating two bunches of grass, taking bites from the left and right, the Corpse King CEO was so hungry that his saliva dripped onto the ground, forming a small, sticky puddle.

Its gaze was too direct, which greatly displeased Long Jiuxing, who already disliked it. He put down the skewers in his hand, picked up the Burning Heaven Fire Stick, and went out to give it a good beating.

While eating, Jiang Qingyue gave the two little ones pointers: "Look, Longlong is so well-behaved and quick in dodging, he didn't even get a drop of saliva on his face from the disappointed drool."

"You guys should learn from this too, instead of wasting water by taking one basin after another to shower after each battle."

The two little ones nodded frantically. Taking a bath is such a hassle. You have to dig ice, boil water, and then carry it out to empty it after you're done.

After stretching his muscles, Long Jiuxing returned with his stick, tossed it against the wall, and picked up his skewers to continue eating.

Like Jiang Qingyue, she loves to eat vegetables, but she also doesn't refuse meat. Except for not being able to eat very spicy food, she is almost not picky about food.

"Sister Xiaoyue, I heard what you were saying. Zombies can use the power of ice and snow to their advantage through breathing, but we humans can't. I think it's not a problem with the techniques, but rather a difference in our physical structure."

"I plan to cut open a few of them to study them, and take out their hearts, livers, spleens, lungs, and kidneys to take a look."

Jiang Qingyue was eating meat when she looked at Long Jiuxing, who remained expressionless, and said helplessly, "Longlong, we could have finished eating before talking about this."

Long Jiuxing, looking bewildered, replied, "Oh, okay."