End of the World Cycle

Sanmao Peak is the highest place in Dongyue City. Because there are many people climbing the mountain, the top of the mountain has been renovated into an open rest area. In the past, when there were many people, many people brought tents to camp. From this point of view, it is a place where helicopters can easily land.

From a distance, Xie Qin saw slowly swaying figures at the foot of the mountain. As the yacht got closer, those figures seemed to have discovered something precious and gathered in the direction of the sound. Some even jumped directly into the water.

The bodyguard named A Jiang was standing on the deck and could see clearly what was not far away. He shouted to Xie Qin to stop with a look of horror on his face. Shen Songqi in the cockpit also stood up and looked through the window. They were all whitened by the water, with their exposed skin all bluish purple, their eyeballs all bulging out, and their big mouths with teeth that looked like piranhas' teeth. Green unknown liquid flowed from the corners of their mouths.

Shen Songqi was not one who had seen much, and he was terrified. He seemed to have forgotten to breathe at that moment.

"Stop!

"Yeah. We're here. Let's get off the boat. I have things to do." Xie Qin said nonchalantly, holding a lollipop in his mouth. He opened the cockpit door.

Shen Songqi was stunned. There was such a disgusting thing right in front of him, but the little girl could still eat candy.

"No! It's too dangerous, send me back." Shen Songqi panicked. A Jiang also arrived at the door of the cockpit.

"Master, you have to leave. The master said that if you stay here, you will die!"

"There are monsters all over the front! How can I get out? Do you want me to die now?"

"Wait~ Don't earn it yet. Your money is only enough for the journey here. The return trip will be another matter."

"You! How can you be so black-hearted, little girl!" Shen Songqi became anxious. Her originally calm look was completely gone, and her voice became much louder.

"The price is clearly marked. No cheating. If it doesn't work, I can just throw it away~" Xie Qin shrugged helplessly.

"Come on, young master. I will definitely take you to the top of the mountain safely."

"Did you see clearly? There are at least thirty zombies ahead! How many people do you have?"

"Master...my master said that he must take you back."

"Hey! Which floor do you live on?" Xie Qin asked curiously.

"88."

When Xie Qin heard about the 88th floor, his eyes lit up instantly. It was indeed a big fat sheep.

"How about this, you give me your house and I'll help you chop down these zombies?"

"Just you?" Shen Songqi looked at Xie Qin in disbelief. It was hard to imagine that such words would come out of the mouth of a little girl.

"Don't disbelieve me. As long as you give me the house, I will let you go up the mountain safely within ten minutes."

Maybe he was just trying his luck, thinking that staying would lead to death, so he might as well take a gamble.

"OK! Password." Shen Songqi took out a room card from his pocket and told the password of the room.

"Let's record a video for sharing." Xie Qin took out his cell phone and started recording to Shen Songqi.

"I, Shen Songqi, voluntarily donate the suite on the 88th floor of Dongzhu Building to... What's your name?"

"Xie Qin."

"I will give it to Xie Qin voluntarily."

"Okay! Just wait patiently." After saying that, Xie Qin returned to his room at the back. When he came out again, he changed into a jacket, with a long knife on his back and a grenade in his hand. They were both stunned.

The grenade was thrown accurately at the place where the zombies were most concentrated. With a bang, all the zombies around heard the noise and gathered towards the loud noise. Although the speed was not fast, within two minutes, fifty or sixty zombies had gathered.

Xie Qin returned to the cockpit and drove forward, stopping the yacht next to the mountain. He pushed A Jiang into the cockpit, closed the door, and then Xie Qin drew out his long knife and jumped off the yacht.

Everything that happened next was enough to shock the two people's three views. They saw a small figure nimbly moving among the zombies, and with a wave of his knife, the zombies' heads fell directly to the ground.

The zombies smelled the aroma of food and moved faster, but Xie Qin was even faster. Basically, three or five zombies that collided with each other were cut by Xie Qin along the neck. It was easy. In just ten minutes, there was not a single zombie left. They all fell to the ground.

Xie Qin scratched the knife in the water and it was clean instantly. He took out a piece of cloth from his pocket to wipe it dry and put it back into the sheath, then jumped onto the boat and opened the door of the cockpit.

"Okay, let's go. I'll take the house."

The two closed their surprised mouths, swallowed their saliva, and almost moved out of the cockpit. The little sister who they originally thought was fair, tender and cute, suddenly became afraid of her like a killing god.

Xie Qin shook his head helplessly. These people were still ignorant. When the zombies broke out, they would know how easy it was to kill these level 1 zombies. It was not a loss to get a house of 1,000 square meters this time.

The two got off the boat and watched the yacht going farther and farther away. After a while, they came to their senses and quickly went up the mountain, avoiding the corpses on the ground. On the way, they encountered two or three scattered zombies. A Jiang imitated Xie Qin and cut the zombies' necks with a relatively long knife. Although it was laborious, it was undoubtedly the best way to deal with zombies.

After the rain stopped, the city became even quieter. Xie Qin went directly to Xu Kai's place and wanted him and his family to move to Dongzhu Building. The tide would recede soon, and all the cars that were damaged by water would have to be repaired. It would be best if Xu Kai was closer to her. Otherwise, when the zombies broke out, it would definitely be unsafe to go back and forth to work.

Xie Qin did not plan to leave Dongyue City. With the intervention of the country in this life, there was a high probability that there would not be a large-scale zombie outbreak in the inland. If he wanted to hunt for crystal cores, it would be best to stay here.

【Little Castle! 】

[I am ~Master~]

[Can the base's protective cover withstand earthquakes? ]

[Yes, it is possible. The base protection cover is divided into different levels. A level 12 base can withstand a magnitude 17 earthquake, a magnitude 4.0 typhoon, and strong acid rain with a pH value less than .]

[If I want to set Dongzhu Building as the initial base, what conditions are required? ]

[1. No outsiders are allowed in the base. 2. The initial base population is greater than 10. 3. All housing belongs to the base leader.]

[All the properties? How can I prove that they belong to me?]

[There is a system sign on the small fort. You only need to nail the sign in an uninhabited place to make it the property of the base. If someone lives there, the resident needs to give it as a gift or surrender it, and then nail the sign on it. Then it will become the property of the base leader.]

【Understood. 】

When Xie Qin arrived at Xu Kai's neighborhood, it seemed even quieter. Unlike the previous two times she came, there were people watching her through the window. Everyone just stayed in their room quietly.

Before I even reached the downstairs of the community, I heard shouting from upstairs.

"Hurry up! Little Boss! There's a monster! Go!"

It was Xu Kai's voice. He had just opened the window, half of his body hanging from it, shouting vigorously. The sound made the monster he was talking about start to get agitated, and the zombies in the corridor began to make "ho ho" sounds. They all rushed to the floor where the sound came from.

Xie Qin looked up at the anxious Xu Kai. He was an honest and simple man. He was so scared that he came to deliver a letter to him. The boat stopped downstairs. Xie Qin came out of the cockpit and looked up. He was only three floors away from Xu Kai. The sound was not loud, but Xu Kai could hear it clearly.

"Wait for me at home. Remember to open the door when I knock."

"Young boss, don't come! The corridor is full of monsters that want to eat people."

"fine."

After saying that, he returned to the cockpit at the back, ignoring Xu Kai's worried expression. When he came out again, there was another big bag behind him. He jumped off the boat directly with a long knife in one hand.

The hallway was full of first-level zombies, all newly transformed zombies, nine out of ten of them had no crystal cores, moved slowly, and had little strength. It was effortless to chop them up.

There were only about ten of them in total, and it only took Xie Qin three to five minutes to chop down all of them that came into the corridor after hearing the noise.

As soon as she knocked on Xu Kai's door, the door opened. Before Xie Qin could react, Xu Kai pulled her into the house and she almost stumbled and fell.

Xie Qin smiled helplessly.

"It's all right. Cut it all off."

"Cut... cut?"

"Yes. By the way, you guys should pack up your things these two days. I will pick you up in a few days and move to Dongzhu Building."

"Dongzhu Building? Is it the building in the center of Dongyue City?"

"Ah."

"I...we..."

"Staff dormitory. Don't worry, just wait there and I'll fix my car."

"Okay! Thank you! Thank you, boss."

"This is for you. I'm going to go back first. Pack up your things and wait for me to pick you up."

"Boss! I can't take this. You've given me enough."

"Take it. Look how skinny you are. And you still refuse. I told you to work hard for me. If you don't want to eat it, your father and your daughter will have to eat it."

"Thank you sister!"

"Look, your daughter is sensible. Let's go."

"Young boss! Wait, wait!" Just as Xie Qin was about to leave, Xu Kai's father ran out of the bedroom with a big bag of things in his hand to give to Xie Qin.

"what is this?"

"Bows and crossbow arrows. I improved them a bit, and now they are more lethal. That day I asked Xu Kai to stand upstairs and try it out, and he was able to shoot through the body of the monster outside the door."

"So powerful!" Xie Qin was a little surprised. You know, these crossbows are made of wood. It's not easy to make wood so lethal. Xie Qin looked at Xu Kai's father again and felt that this old man seemed to be a good ox and horse.

"Uncle. Do you want to work with me? Be my employee."

"Ah? I, I only know how to do some carpentry work, I'm afraid I can't help you."

"There's always a place where I can help you. Follow me and I'll pay you the same salary as your son."

"Okay! Follow the boss and work for him." The old man answered readily.

“Then pack up your woodworking tools and bring them over in a few days.

"okay!"

Xie Qin went downstairs carrying a crossbow. The three people upstairs couldn't wait to open their backpacks after Xie Qin left.

A bag of spinach, a bag of lettuce, about five pounds of pork and five pounds of beef, and a box of chocolates. The three people's eyes lit up. You know, since they finished eating what Xie Qin brought last time, their staple food is only noodles made of flour and some pickled meat.

The rice had long gone moldy and was inedible. They had survived until now only because they had only one full meal a day.

Xu Kai carefully divided these fresh things into five portions. They would definitely last until the boss came to pick them up, so there was no need to be too frugal. The consequence of not wanting to eat them was that they would go bad. It would be better to have a few full meals.

After returning home, Xie Qin exchanged the base logo from the system. It was a very simple logo, with a water drop in a circle in the middle and a sun shape surrounded by a circle of small triangles.

What is the meaning of this base logo?

【Life, glory, stable order.】

【I see. 】

After calculating how many households were flooded on the fifteenth floor, Xie Qin exchanged markers for one point. Just as he was about to leave, he was stopped by Zhang Mingfang.

"It's already half past eleven. Let's have lunch later before going out."

"What did you do? It smells so good?"

"Sichuan cuisine, delicious, right? Cold rabbit and cold beef. Take these with you and eat them anytime. Stir-fried pork intestines, crucian carp soup, and stir-fried spinach. I made them especially for you. Eat them before you leave."

Seeing her mother bring out several delicious dishes, Xie Qin couldn't help but sigh that her mother still had some talent for cooking. This life was much more leisurely than the last. Unknowingly, her mother seemed to have become a different person in the past six months.

My hands, which used to be rough from work, have become much more tender now. Although there are still some spots on my face, my skin is fair and rosy. My body was originally slim, and after practicing yoga, it has become even tighter. In half a year, I have become younger and younger.

If she said she was 30, some people would definitely believe her. When she was a child, her mother was pretty. Now she is even prettier than she thought.

After dinner, Xie Qin took the diving suit and went to find Miao Zhe. Miao Zhe had been accompanying his mother and Dr. Lan for the past two days, and the two of them were a little bored. When he saw Xie Qin coming to find him to do something, he happily followed her out.

Unexpectedly, they stayed underwater for an entire afternoon. The two of them were busy until around six in the evening before they finished occupying the 15th floor underwater.

"Go to my house and get some food. Don't cook. I'll let my mom do most of the cooking."

"This... This is so embarrassing..."

"I've made a pot of braised beef. Eat it if you want or not." Xie Qin rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"Eat, eat, eat! I'm the biggest eater!"

"Also, go to the property management floor early tomorrow morning and check how many houses are vacant in their system. Just like today, nail this sign right above the door of each house."

"Understood! Boss!"

Miao Zhe followed Xie Qin to her house happily, standing awkwardly in front of the entrance porch, too embarrassed to go in. Xie Qin didn't force him to go in, but asked his mother to pack a large box of braised beef and cold rabbit. She also packed a large box of fried pork intestines and half a pot of white rice. Miao Zhe almost drooled at the aroma.

He resisted the urge to eat secretly and went to Dr. Lan's house. Since his mother got sick, the mother and son have been living in Dr. Lan's house. They eat and drink together. Before his mother became paralyzed, she was a middle school teacher, so she could tutor Xu Nuo.

The four of them lived together and supported each other harmoniously. With Xie Qin's help, they didn't have to worry about food and drink, and their lives were much better than those of other people.