End of the World Cycle

The things she brought back were not much. When Zhou Lili came back, Xie Qin had just finished taking a shower. When she came to see Xie Qin, she was holding a folder in her hand, like a subordinate who came to report on work.

“It looks very formal.”

“That’s because I found my niche.”

"What position?"

"Secretary, assistant, or more traditionally, butler. Something more formal can improve my work efficiency."

The two sat at the desk in Xie Qin's room.

"There are 23 people surviving in the town, 13 young and middle-aged people, 7 middle-aged and elderly people, and three children. The young and middle-aged people organized a team to kill zombies. I told them to take precautions according to your method. No one has turned into a zombie in this month. I brought back zombie crystals. I changed all the water."

“Is anyone coming from the county town?”

"They are coming. Three waves of people have come. I asked the people in the town to bring news. We don't know how many people are still alive in the town. There are about 40 people in the three waves. They are all exchanging water, 70 corpse crystals."

"Too little."

"Yes, so this is what I want to discuss with you next. There are not many towns here, only thirteen, but the population is large, but there should not be many alive. If you believe in Ranran's strength, we can let the people in the town deliver the message. With more people coming, there will naturally be more corpse crystals."

"Can the people in this town be trusted?"

"Of course there is a way to be trustworthy."

"any solution?"

"The leader of the town is called Li Chao. He stayed because his mother was paralyzed in bed and his wife had just given birth. He was a down-to-earth man, smart, filial and devoted to his wife."

"What does this have to do with trusting them? After all, we have nothing to do with him."

"His son is only ten months old, and his wife has run out of milk a long time ago. He has been fed with rice porridge for a long time, and the child is skinny. His mother is also living a difficult life due to illness. It just so happens that we have the milk powder his child needs and the painkillers his mother needs in our house. Why can't we trust such a good person who can benefit us?" Zhou Lili said with a smile.

"You mean to ask him to pass on the message?"

"That's about right. They go out to kill zombies every other day. As long as you think Ranran can protect the house, you can let more living people know about this place. They are becoming more and more skilled, and they will bring back more and more corpse crystals in the future. Didn't you say that there is not much time left?"

"There really isn't much time left." Xie Qin looked out the window. It would take at most two months for them to go out. The extremely cold weather and blizzards would cover almost all the zombies outdoors. Even low-level corpse crystals would be hard to find at that time.

This is also the reason why, even though people know the function and treatment methods of corpse crystals, there are not many high-level psychics after the extreme cold weather.

"I let his family live on the mountain, in the building next to ours. Do you want to go and meet them?"

"No, you can help me deal with it and ask them to go to the surrounding towns and counties to deliver the message. I only want the corpse crystals, and I don't like to negotiate with others. From now on, you will handle these matters."

"Okay, don't worry. For my own future, I will do what you arranged. But I still need more supplies. Believe me, people have great potential in the face of death. In the future, they will send more and more corpse crystals."

"it is good."

The next day, Xie Qin and Liu Bo set out with an empty car. A week later, they returned with a car full of supplies and nearly 2,000 corpse crystals.

Sometimes Zhou Lili would make a list for Xie Qin, and try to carry as many necessities and food as possible. When he came back the second week, there were unexpectedly many people on the mountain road at 4:30 in the morning.

Some rode motorcycles, some walked on tricycles, and the mountain road was cleaned up. Passers-by looked at their RVs from time to time, but did not slow down their pace up the mountain at all.

When he arrived at the doorstep, Xie Qin was shocked by the bustling scene. The originally large open space of more than 100 square meters was now filled with people, and the small shed had become a new type of supermarket.

My mother stood at the entrance to collect the corpse crystals for registration. Zhou Lili wrote the list of items by hand. Those who received the list of items lined up at the warehouse door to receive the items. There were four or five people in the warehouse busy moving things. Xie Qin was familiar with them. They were all the familiar men in Lijia Town. Everyone worked hard and even had smiles on their faces.

Seeing Xie Qin coming back, her mother was too busy to come pick her up for the first time. After parking the car, Xie Qin felt uncomfortable seeing so many people. Zhou Lili also knew that Xie Qin had some social anxiety. The two just nodded to each other and Xie Qin went into the yard and back to the house.

After entering the house, Xie Qin discovered that there were two more people. Two women, a younger one was carrying a one-year-old child on her back in the kitchen, kneading dough and steaming buns, and a slightly older middle-aged woman was cleaning the living room. Seeing Xie Qin and Liu Bo come in, the woman who cooked came over first.

"Well, you're back. Do you want to eat? I'll make it." The woman handed over the menu beside her. It was the one Zhou Lili had written before.

Seeing Xie Qin looking at the menu without saying anything, the woman spoke nervously.

"Teacher Zhou has taught me all of this, and I've been doing it for the past half month. Why don't you give it a try?"

Xie Qin raised his head and glanced at the cautious woman. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that the woman who had just been cleaning also stood over nervously, as if waiting for his judgment.

She could understand that Zhou Lili had so many things to do that she definitely had no time to do housework. Seeing that the two women were honest and pleasing to the eye, she didn't say much.

"Call me Xie Qin. What's your name?" Xie Qin asked

"My surname is Guan and my name is Guan Hongling." "My name is Liu Chunhua, and I'm Liu Bo's cousin." said the middle-aged woman. After that, Liu Bo turned around and shouted at the middle-aged woman.

"Cousin. Aunt." "Hey!" the woman responded happily.

"Uncle, what do you want to eat?" Xie Qin had no appetite and turned to ask Liu Bo.

"Red. Roasted meat."

"Please, just make a braised pork rice bowl and make some extra for him. There are also dirty clothes in the car, take them down and wash them. And ask Teacher Zhou to arrange to unload the things into the warehouse."

"As soon as these words were spoken, both women showed joy on their faces. Liu Chunhua quickly put away the cleaning tools and went out to get clothes and pass on the message. Guan Hongling went in with the sleeping child on her back and set out to cook.

After taking a shower and eating, it was only six o'clock. His brother was still asleep, so Xie Qin went to the reservoir before the temperature rose. There was only one-third of water left in the pool, and Xie Qin raised his hand for half an hour to fill the reservoir. The temperature at six o'clock in the morning was already 40 degrees. Even without the sun, Xie Qin almost had a heat stroke.

As the temperature of the sun gradually rose, the noise outside the house gradually became quieter. Soon Zhou Lili led people into the yard. The helpers went to the warehouse, six men and women.

Guan Hongling carried a dozen steamed buns and some pickled mustard tubers, while Liu Chunhua carried a large pot of porridge to the warehouse. It seemed that they had their meal in the warehouse.

Zhou Lili and her mother came over at this time.

"Come in, it's hot outside."

"Ah."

Zhou Lili did not eat directly, but took Xie Qin to the attic, where the five of them kept their survival supplies, which were much better than those in the warehouse.

At this time, besides the fifteen barrels that Zhou Lili had filled with corpse crystals, there were two more barrels beside him. Each barrel could hold a thousand crystals. This meant that Zhou Lili had saved two thousand corpse crystals for himself in the past two weeks.

"so much?"

"I told you, there will be more and more. And this." Zhou Lili took out a small box from the shelf beside him. When the box was opened, there were more than a dozen yellow corpse crystals.

"Second-level corpse crystal?"

"Yes. There are people with special abilities in Longtai Town. One is a fire element and the other is a wood element. They organized a team of 30 people from their living relatives and friends to search for supplies. After learning about us, they sent over a dozen second-level and more than 500 first-level bullets in just one week."

Fire is considered a rare ability, stronger than ordinary people. There are many of them, so it is no problem to hunt down the second-level zombies.

"Are there any other people with special abilities in other places?" Xie Qin asked.

"Yes, this is written by Ranran. During this period, there were a total of 6 psychics who came to us to exchange things, and they were all first-level."

Xie Qin took a look and saw two power users. The rest were the two brothers from Longtai Town and two earth-type users.

"Do you know where these two forces belong to?"

"These two people from the power system seem to be from the Yao Village in Heping Township, a man and a woman, about thirty years old."

"Keep an eye on these two guys next time. If they come again, ask them if they're interested in working for me. Please help me keep them as long as possible. I'm useful."

"Okay, I'll definitely get it done for you. Also, I'll keep all the people in town to help. It'll only get busier in the future. We need help. Will there be any other extreme weather next?"

"I'm just guessing. It's the rainy season, the dry season, and maybe the next one will be a cold wave." Xie Qin said casually.

Zhou Lili didn't believe it. If someone didn't know something in advance, how could they prepare so well? But she didn't dare to ask. She knew that talking too much would lead to mistakes. She had finally made Xie Qin feel useful and had a place to live. She didn't want to lose the big picture because of the small one.

She had to stay alive, so that Xie Qin could lead her to find her son. She didn't care about anything else. Just staying alive was enough. She also believed that her son would not die. She believed in the child's father, and also in her parents-in-law.

"Do you want to fix the fireplace? Stock up on some firewood. Even if a cold snap comes, we can survive without electricity."

"Sure. You arrange it."

This time, I only stayed for one day, rested for a while, and set off again in the early morning of the next day.

When Zhou Lili came back the next week, he had already kept the two power users. On the surface, they were hired as bodyguards. He provided them with a villa, took their families in, and provided them with food and lodging. Although the food was not good, at least the family would not go hungry.

Xie Qin met two people, Wang Xiang and Zhuang Ping, who worked as security guards here. It was much safer than taking people out to kill zombies. At least here they only needed to maintain law and order, and they were naturally happy to earn enough to feed their family. So when they saw Xie Qin, their faces were full of gratitude.

The two sat in the living room. After Xie Qin politely introduced themselves to them, the two were briefly distracted. When they came to their senses, they didn't notice anything. Zhou Lili was talking to them, and the two didn't notice anything unusual.

Xie Qin absorbed the power of the two people for 17 seconds, which was the limit she knew. Then she nodded to Zhou Lili, who immediately understood. She stood up and took out two bowls of ice jelly made from corpse crystals from the refrigerator.

The two of them just thought it was to cool themselves down, and they finished it in two bites. After that, Xie Qin would come back once a week, one to bring back supplies, and the other to absorb strength. Soon Xie Qin's strength system also reached the second level.

A month later, Xie Qin's spiritual power also reached the second level. After absorbing his brother's spiritual power that day, Xie Qin clearly felt the changes in his body. As long as his thoughts spread, he could sense almost everything he wanted to sense within a distance of about one kilometer.

She tried to strangle the ordinary zombies with her mind. Xie Qin didn't even need to use her hands. She could just invade the zombie's brain with her mind, and the zombie would die instantly.

Then he tried to kill a few more, and the final result was that Xie Qin could strangle 20 zombies at the same time. Mental power is terrifying, but it also consumes the most supernatural power. In just a few minutes, Xie Qin felt exhausted. He quickly stopped and replenished some corpse crystals.

Another biggest change was that she clearly felt that there was a blank space in the crystal core that only she could see, and she seemed to be able to absorb new supernatural powers.

She didn't dare to try rashly. If it was true, then this was a very precious opportunity. She didn't know it before, and she chose the first three abilities by mistake. If she could absorb the next one, then she must choose the one that is most useful to her. She couldn't be impatient.

The hill where Xie Qin was located became a somewhat famous place. Because the mountain was called Butterfly Mountain, the outside world called this place Butterfly Mountain Base.

The reason why it was called a base was that Zhou Lili had set up a checkpoint at the entrance of Lijia Town. He asked the people in the town to count all the vacant houses, and all the dozen small villas on the mountain were rented out. Because of Xie Ran, the two kilometers around Butterfly Mountain were very safe. Even a child, a third-level psychic, could weave a mental network with himself as the center. It blocked everything around, and made all the zombies afraid to approach.

In order to seek shelter, people brought corpse crystals to rent houses, just to be able to sleep peacefully. However, in just one month, the originally deserted Lijia Town gradually became lively.

At least a thousand people from surrounding towns had gathered here. It was also because of this group of people that before the cold wave came, the attic and two small study rooms in Xie Qin's house were filled with corpse crystals, more than 60,000 in total.

These people are certainly not supported by Xie Qin, they will organize themselves to go out and kill zombies and collect supplies. If they need anything, they will bring the corpse crystals to the mountain to exchange for things.

Gradually, these more than 1,000 people took Xie Qin's house as their safety center, forming a safe and virtuous circle. They had food, drink, and shelter, and some even started small businesses. In this end times where people are eaten without leaving any bones, it has become somewhat like the past.